The pop industry is calling out for a new starlet. Someone with the ability to write honest tracks not revolving around their recent tabloid break-up, and who aren’t ex-Disney princesses hastily trying to shake off […]
Terrorism finds a new target
My Friday nights are usually uneventful; I spend the majority of my night listening to newly released albums on Spotify, analysing and forming opinions on whether listening to an artist’s work is an enjoyable break […]
Skindred @ Stylus 11/11
Tonight’s show has queues of fans winding around the underbelly of Leeds University Union, patiently waiting for what they all know is going to be a night of top quality live music. Yashin make a […]
Review – Detonate Leeds presents DJ EZ
Detonate hosted DJ EZ at canal mills last Friday 13th, and it was a big one. It was the garage guru’s first time back in Leeds since autumn last year, which was probably part of […]
13 by Norman Westberg
Although Norman Westberg is best known for co-founding and playing guitar in the band Swans, his latest release is a solo album titled 13. The album offers up three extended pieces composed by Westberg which […]
High & Lonesome Festival
On Saturday 14th November, Left Bank Church and the Brudenell Social Club hosted the small but perfectly formed High and Lonesome festival, spread out across the two venues over one day, and filled to the […]
Modern Dancing by TRAAMS
Returning with their second LP, Modern Dancing, TRAAMS are back with an evolved sound that emulates the best aspects of their debut LP Grin and following EP Cissia. The first track, ‘Costner’, bridges Grin and […]
The power of Adele
When Adele dropped the video for ‘Hello’, the first single from her upcoming album 25, it broke records. So many records. The video itself broke Vevo’s benchmark for most views in 24 hours, a title […]
Garden of Delete by Oneohtrix Point Never
If you’re looking to feel unsettled, Garden of Delete will have no problem achieving that. Experimental electronic artist Oneohtrix Point Never, aka Daniel Lopatin, throws us into the deep end of his music in this […]
Clean by The Japanese House
Nineteen year old London artist Amber Bain under alias The Japanese House oozes scintillating electronic rhythms and exquisite melody sewn together with ever ascending “oooh’s” in latest ambient EP Clean, featuring collaborations with The 1975’s […]
Courting The Squall by Guy Garvey
The first thing to note about Guy Garvey’s solo album, Courting The Squall, is that it is not an Elbow album. The absence of his fellow band mates has allowed him to have completely free […]
In a month in which Theresa May unveiled stricter UK surveillance measures, The Gryphon asks: "Is mass surveillance ever okay?"
Yes: “Big Brother is watching you.” That is what we were told by George Orwell in his famous work – 1984. Of the people I speak to at university, there appears to be a collective […]