Berlin’s Dirt Crew Recordings bring us relatively unknown Icelandic producer Felix Leifur and his second EP In General – jazzy hip hop infused deep house with a rough edge. ‘Eyelids’ is the soft A-side opener, […]
The Irish Invasion
British representation has always been an issue in hip hop. It’s a genre that, over the past thirty years, has become synonymous with the streets of urban America, whether it be the neighbourhoods of Brooklyn, […]
Hannah Wants’ PLAY tour comes to Canal Mills
On Saturday 25th February Hannah Wants is bringing her national PLAY tour to Canal Mills. The night will showcase the brummy legend alongside her talented selection of support DJs, including My Nu Leng and Mak & […]
It’s time to boycott music awards
[The Grammys] just doesn’t seem to be representing very well for people who come from where I come from and hold down what I hold down – Frank Ocean In the last two weeks, Drake, […]
Everyone loves a taste of the Good Life
Think Friday night in the desolate setting of the queue for Beaver Works. Think girls in flower print flares with an aptitude for creative use of glitter. Think eccentric décor and ambitious uses of space. […]
Copenhagen Nightlife: A Study Abroad Perspective
When making the decision to prise oneself away from the safe familiarity of Leeds and into another country, you can be left with no shortage of things to mull over. The Study Abroad Office will […]
Kontra and Friends: Fundraiser for Basis
If you’ve seen the little pink crocodile posters cropping up around Leeds recently you might know that Kontra is hosting a funky little night at Musiquarium tonight. But if you’re out of the loop and […]
The Abstract Orchestra playing the music of J Dilla @ The Wardrobe, 4/2/17
The impact of J Dilla’s music can hardly be overstated. An idol to legions of bedroom hip-hop producers, many see his ability to cut obscure parts of obscure records over crunchy, offbeat drums to create […]
Hippo Campus @ Belgrave Music Hall, 31/01/2017
Minnesotan indie rock band Hippo Campus returned to Leeds for a third-time-lucky gig at Belgrave Music Hall. The night could not have got off to better start, what with slick indie pop tune from local […]
Three Worlds: Music From Woolf Works by Max Richter
“Words, English words, are full of echoes, of memories, of associations – naturally”. Virginia Woolf’s voice opens Max Richter’s Three Worlds: Music from Woolf Works and is apposite in its description of the multi-layered album […]
Safe In Sound by Lower Than Atlantis
British rockers Lower Than Atlantis are back, but it’s not quite the triumphant return we’ve all been hoping for. As the album title, Safe in Sound, suggests, the band haven’t taken any risks sonically. In […]
Process by Sampha
The death of a loved one is often described as a dream-like experience and Process, an album inspired by the death of Sampha’s mother in 2015, entirely embodies this. An ethereal feel circulates through the […]