Exit Youth, the debut album from this Atlanta based four piece leads the listener through a meandering world of trotting basslines, dirtily distorted guitars and cyclical drum beats. The opening song ‘Tension’ provides exactly what […]
Product 3 by Beat Connection
A rich landscape of low-key synths and breezy vocals form what is essentially an album of beautiful, effortless love songs. Beneath the drum machine lies an unbound wave of cheeriness in the face of romantic […]
Shame by Petal
Following self-released 2013 EP Scout, Petal has finally released their debut Shame, an album that wears its heart on its sleeve, is packed with genuine lyrics, and boasts an honest sound. There is a feeling […]
Preview : Youth Club Sounds Launch Party
Thursday 5th 10pm, Distrikt Bar, 7 Duncan St, LS1 6DQ This Thursday, the Leeds air will be smoke filled, checked with needlessly expensive pyrotechnics and scored by cacophony of simulated weapon fire. Firework night, while […]
The Music Bit
Ex University of Leeds Students Launching A Music Venue In The Back of a Van to Support Local Musicians. Jack Miles and his partner Gabriella Barrett, both 23, are launching a crowdfunding campaign to […]
Weekly Chart – Editor’s Picks
Flabaire – Esoteric Audio Research (Organic-Music) Coming from one of the main guys behind DKO records, Ralph Maruani, Esoteric Audio Research is a three-track EP of all killer and no filler. Kemia Fever is a […]
Feature – David ‘Ram Jam’ Rodigan
Few broadcasters can hope to have a career as distinguished as David Rodigan. He boasts a radio career spanning over thirty-five years, in which time he has become the leading reggae broadcaster in the UK, as […]
Review – MiNT Presents Little Dragon (DJ Set) & Leon Vynehall
Encroaching overdrafts and a swarm of house parties occupied the majority of the Hyde Park population this Saturday 24th October, allowing plenty of room for movement beneath the technicolour galaxy at MiNT. Alas, this did also mean […]
35 Years Of Gary Numan
The career of Gary Numan is one of ups and downs. From his meteoric rise around 1980, to his musical doldrums in the late 80’s and early 90’s, and finally his resurgence over the last […]
Ezra Furman @ Stylus 21/10
Ezra Furman looks great in a skirt. And string of pearls. And blue hair. Assembling with “The Boyfriends”, this feisty Canadian graced the stage in Stylus on Wednesday night. Elegantly scuttling on with his band […]
BBC Radio 1Xtra Live @ First Direct Arena 17/10
Held annually, BBC 1Xtra Live has become the radio station’s flagship event in which Britain’s newest and best urban music is given centre stage. Now in its eighth year, the honour fell upon the City of […]
Preview: TANTZ @ Belgrave Music Hall 29/10
Home grown Leeds based Klezmer band TANTZ are launching their debut album ‘Voytek The Bear’ here in Leeds this Thursday. They studied at Leeds College of Music, and TANTZ was formed in 2012, fittingly after […]