For any students returning to Leeds this September, Mint Fest marks the arrival of Freshers’ Week ahead of a new year of clubbing, and obviously studying, in the party capital of the North. As a […]
Review – Gottwood Festival 2016
The summer of 2016 saw Gottwood return to the island of Anglesey for the 7th time. Living just along the coast in North Wales I’ve been able to attend the festival for the past four […]
Mint Festival Preview
In the overcrowded promotional scene of Leeds there is one team which stands prominent over the general melee. Mint’s stranglehold on the club scene through Mint Club and Mint Warehouse have provided some of the […]
Preview – The Garden Party 2016: Part 2
It’s an exasperating conflict between the desire for summer and the necessity to work. That haunting episode, ‘Exam Season’ is in full swing, and highlighters and 4 Bic pens are doing their best to weld […]
Weekly Chart – Editor’s Bank Holiday Picks
Secret Squirrels – #9 Having rapidly reached the final single digit edition of the series, the crew behind Secret Squirrel have released yet another hit. Sticking to their usual format of two tracks on the […]
Review – Acetate #19 Four Tet
We are so lucky to live in this city. I mean, it isn’t without reason that whenever you mention you’re at university in Leeds, people remark ‘Oh, that’s a good party city, isn’t it?’ So, […]
Preview – Leeds May Day Bank Holiday
Its that pitiful time of the year again for the students of Hyde Park and Leeds where we’ve finally found ourselves a slither of free time in between dissertations and our final assessments. Fortunately, this […]
Review – Goodbye to Bloc.
Those of you with even half an ear on the electronic music scene will have been aware of the finale of Bloc – a techno festival at Butlins, Minehead. Those of you who attended the event […]
Review – Super Hexagon & Future Daze with DJ Stingray 313
Last Saturday 5th March, Leeds-based underground music troupes Super Hexagon and Future Daze joined forces for the ultimate in alternative electro and techno talent. DJ Stingray 313 (AKA Sherard Ingram) graced the comforting lair at […]
Feature – The Technics Revival
“We are sure that retailers and consumers will understand that our product range has to reflect the accelerating transformation of the entire audio market from analogue to digital…” There it was. The epitaph to an […]
Weekly Chart – John’s Picks
Future Islands – Seasons (Waiting On You) (BADBADNOTGOOD Reintepretation) This track from synth pop trio Future Islands gets stripped back to just lead singer Samuel T. Herring’s cinematically soulful voice, with Toronto trio BADBADNOTGOOD making […]
Feature – Brotherhood Sound System Turns Four
2016 is still young, but this year has already seen the losses of Mono_Cult, Deep Fever, and Bigger Than Barry from the Leeds party scene, with newbies Soul Control and Glug Glug adding further variety […]