What a fantastic night. The atmosphere was electric, the crowd was smiling the whole time. And why? Because Bloodhound is the best opening band one could possibly ask for. They took the heavy psychedelia of […]
Live at Leeds Preview
Live at Leeds takes over the city on the 4th May to give a platform the best underground music. Charley Weldrick takes a look at the lineup following the latest announcement of acts. Flicking through […]
Preview: The Exciting Bands Playing the One-Day Riffffest
This weekend, Rifffest will be bringing some of the best riff-heavy music to Leeds’ Lending Room. Zack Moore previews: First of all, we have to talk about Leeds’ very own Brooders, the coolest band you’ve […]
Download the Latest Information on the Download Lineup
Calling all fans of rock and metal, the UK’s largest Rock festival is back and has released a fresh chunk of its 2019 lineup to get your teeth into. 42 bands have been announced thus far, including […]
Oxjam Takes Over Leeds for One Night Only
Oxjam came back for its fifth year in Leeds this weekend – bringing with it another day packed full of incredible music. For only £2 a venue, or £10 for a wristband with access to […]
Queer Identities in Music: From Bowie’s Ziggy to ‘Trans Dysphoria Blues’.
With last Thursday marking ‘National Coming Out Day’, Tom Poole reflects on ‘queerness’ within the music industry, and how artistic output has served to challenge conventions in recent years. I had just turned 13 when […]
Why Leeds Festival Is Here To Stay
There’s no getting around the fact that the crowd at Leeds Festival was very young. It’s been that way for years, with the festival gaining the reputation of being what The Guardian called a “GCSE […]
Green Man sets festival season alight
Green Man: part festival, part hippie commune, part a mystical glimpse into a utopian festival future. With spectacular performances by the likes of Fleet Foxes, an epic final closing set from War on Drugs and […]
Latitude 2018: A Dustland Fairytale
The Killers ‘A Dustland Fairytale’ epitomises Latitude Festival in a nutshell: a beautiful, dreamy escape from everyday life paired with a dangerous amount of dust swarming around. Latitude makes you feel like you’ve left the […]
Melt Festival 2018: Discovering the Different
I arrived at Melt festival to grey clouds and the threat of rain. The night before in Berlin, I was caught in a horrendous thunderstorm after England were (deservedly) dumped out of the World Cup, […]
Reading & Leeds Festival: Strength in Diversity
With so many festivals taking place over the summer period, it’s hard to pick just which ones to go to. If you’re into multiple genres of music, you might not be happy with a festival […]
Paradise Found: Love International 2018
Love International blessed the beautiful, sun-kissed garden town of Tisno for it’s 3rd helping of hedonistic antics at the end of June, and the team have solidly improved on an already stellar reputation with a […]