The second hand on your clock ticks slowly, the setting sun lingers greedily on the horizon, the receding pools of daylight cling to existence; all the while Daniel Caesar’s Freudian spins, plays, reverberates in the […]
In the Middle with The XCERTS, who are “falling back in love with life”
We spoke to The XCERTS frontman, Murray Macleod, ahead of the band’s upcoming tour. We discussed making music, coming-of-age films, and falling back in love with life… You’re off on tour at the end of […]
Rock en Seine Festival Review
This year was the 15th anniversary of the French music festival Rock en Seine with a 110 000 people attending the 3-day festival, with headliners including The XX, PJ Harvey and Flume among others. Having […]
Mint Festival 2017 – Preview
2017 sees the return of Mint Festival – bigger, naughtier, and better organised than 2016’s offering. Stockeld Estate will play host on the 23rd of September to some of the dance world’s biggest names, with […]
DMA’s @ Wakefield Unity Works – 05.08.2017
Seeing DMA’s at Wakefield’s Unity Works was not only my first time seeing the Australian band, but the first time I had stepped foot into the city. A mere half hour from Leeds on the train, […]
Bambino by Superfood
As the blue skies over summer begin to fade into the perpetually overcast days we all know and loath, don’t fret, for Superfood are set to release their finest and most self-aware project to-date: their […]
‘Erased Tapes Is Ten ‘ Preview
The 8th and 9th of September are certainly dates to put in the diary. The heart of UK arts, London’s Southbank Centre , will be accommodating an array of artists from Erased Tapes Records, as […]
All We Know Of Heaven, All We Need Of Hell by Pvris
When it comes to being instantly recognisable, there aren’t many bands that can match Pvris, whether that’s in regards to their effortlessly chic black and white aesthetic, or their highly cultivated sound. However, in the […]
‘Love What Survives’ by Mount Kimbie
Mount Kimbie are returning with their third studio album following 2013’s melancholic ‘Cold Springs Fault Less Youth.’Conceived between London and Los Angeles, the transatlantic ‘Love What Survives’ marks the duo’s movement into more melodic, upbeat […]
Houghton Festival 2017: A Review
The sellout status of Houghton Festival’s debut edition, plus the announcement of an extra day of programming added shortly before the Norfolk event, is testament to the cumulative esteem of its curator and producers. Needless […]
‘Rainbow’ by Kesha
The first line that Kesha sings on ‘Rainbow’ is “I got too many people I got left to prove wrong.” And yet, the album suggests that she knows she owes nothing to anyone – in […]
“Mental illness is not confined within a sound or by genre, it is everywhere”: Enter Shikari’s ‘Live Outside’
Time and time again, rock finds itself in the same old position: a band, beloved for their heavy roots, venture into calmer waters and are subsequently scorned for it. Enter Shikari’s latest single, ‘Live Outside’, […]