Recently the UK has not exactly been short of indie bands dealing in synth-heavy modern rock. Amid heavyweight new releases from Foals and Everything Everything, perhaps we should take a chance on the much less […]
Music: Album Review: Atoms For Peace – AMOK
After over a year of hints, it is here. Despite the addition of some unexpected and some unsurprising members to the lineup (put Flea in the former camp, Nigel Godrich the latter), this full-band effort […]
Music: Album Review: Shout Out Louds – Optica
Four albums in and Shout Out Louds have taken the time to polish their strain of saccharin, synth-driven, dream pop. Behind Optica is a band with confidence in their sound, certainly more so than previously heard on albums […]
Music: Album Review: Johnny Marr – The Messenger
Since The Smiths broke up in 1987, Johnny Marr has jumped around from band to band collecting all sorts of accolades along the way. He has played on a US No. 1 album with Modest […]
Art | Vladimir Markov: Displays and Fictions
3/5 Stars At the Henry Moore Institute, the Vladimir Markov exhibition displays the artist’s sculpture through a set of photographs, publications and a painting dating from 1910. A Latvian painter and originally an art theorist, […]
Interview: Netsky
Drum and bass DJ and producer Netsky is set to bring his new ‘LIVE!’ show to the UK this year, reaching Leeds on the 28th February. Ahead of his anticipated performance at Leeds University Union, […]
The Zero Hour
3/5 Stars UK Theatre Company Imitating the Dog explore a fusion of live action, recorded footage and animation in their perplexing piece The Zero Hour. Blending cinematic qualities with live theatre, The Zero Hour explores the different accounts of three […]
Review: Back to Basics w/ Andrew Weatherall
Back to Basics Andrew Weatherall. Ralph Lawson, James Holroyd The Garage Saturday 16th February There isn’t much that hasn’t been said about Back to Basics regarding its long standing legendary institute-like status in the Leeds […]
Interview: Colin Teevan
With rehearsals at the West Yorkshire Playhouse underway, Alice Rafter caught up with Colin Teevan, scriptwriter for Dr. Faustus, and got an exclusive insight into some of the ideas behind the production. When it comes […]
Theatre | Beulah and Some Small Love Story
5/5 Stars The Holbeck Underground Ballroom’s presentation of Beulah and Some Small Love Story saw the marriage of two exquisitely matched pieces of musical theatre, both expertly navigating unique stories through varying forms of drama and music, to […]
Review: Louche w/ Ben UFO
Louche Ben UFO, San Soda, Brinsley Kazak Mint Club Saturday 16th February Having recently celebrated its 5th birthday and throwing a string of parties in London, Louche returned to its home, the Mint Club, with […]
9am: Simone Rocha
Respect your elders’ was the message at Simone Rocha, who’d taken inspiration from her grandmothers for Fall