An enthusiastic crowd turned out at Leeds Beckett Students Union on Wednesday 1st May, to watch singer-songwriter Newton Faulkner display exactly how he has achieved such longevity in his career. Unfortunately, whilst I only managed […]
Maisie Peters Soothes Hyde Park Book Club, 27.04.19
A setlist of pop-folk love songs that the room knew every word to make for a lovely Saturday night spent with Maisie Peters. Support act Plested opened up the show with acoustic versions of his […]
Frank Carter and The Rattlesnakes Shake Brudenell with An Explosive Album Launch, 05.05.19
Album launch gigs are usually met with fans quietly listing to new material with a few old gems sprinkled in. This did not feel like a typical launch gig. With the chilling opening song, ‘Why […]
Lucy Rose Rises Above Illness and Technicians, 16.04.19
Lucy Rose transferred the brooding aesthetic of new album No Words Left to a wonky stage at the City Varieties Music Hall, as she and her band battled with Norovirus and the lighting tech. […]
Poppy Ajudha Proves Herself at Headrow House, 29.03.19
Dim red lights illuminated exposed brickwork and warmed the room in anticipation of Poppy Ajudha’s first headline tour. A textile backdrop made in collaboration with Joy Miessi that read: “Radical intimacy is what we need” […]
Nina Nesbitt, 14.04.19
Nina Nesbitt’s entire ‘The Sun Will Come Up’ tour is a celebration of femininity at its core. With Call Me Loop opening for the Scottish singer at The Wardrobe, she sets the tone for the […]
A Night of Music, Poetry and Spoken Word, 29.03.19
On the 29th of March, the intimate upstairs venue at the Fox and Newt pub in Leeds played host to a compelling night of storytelling, poetry and music. The set opened with Roy, a spoken […]
Benjamin Francis Leftwich Captivates Liverpool, 31.03.19
Whilst the pairing of black Air Max 97’s and tracksuit bottoms, with delicate acoustic melodies and serene falsetto may be perceived as a fairly quirky juxtaposition at a glance – in actual fact, Benjamin Francis […]
Emily Burns Entrances The Leadmill, 22.04.19
Emily Burns was just a little ‘Too Cool’ performing at Café Totem in Sheffield. Playing to a small but dedicated crowd of fans, she truly showcased her talent and sounded amazing! Stood amongst a backdrop […]
Becky Hill Rocks Stylus, 19.04.19
Blunt, Honest and Fiery, Becky Hill delivered a strong but short performance at Stylus in Leeds University Union. Breaking onto the music scene after appearing on The Voice UK, in 2012, Becky has firmly established […]
Empress Of Warms the Hearts of Manchester, 27.03.19
Hidden along the cobbled backstreets of Manchester’s city centre, the newly-opened venue, YES, is a refuge of vibrant nightlife that lets out no more than a squeak of the peppy energy that blossoms inside. Travelling […]
Get Yourself Some Self Esteem, 22.04.19
Belgrave seemed overly dark this Friday evening as Dilettante stepped on stage to shine a smoke-filled light on the room’s blank canvas with their hazy saxophone loops and scatty vocals, pulling the audience into a […]