We Are Scientists Stylus 4/5 Hailing from New York, indie rock band We are Scientists, currently on their world tour, played Stylus in Leeds as their third stop. They played a packed out show with […]
Music | Luke Sital-Singh live
Luke Sital-Singh Holy Trinity Church 4/5 Luke Sital-Singh – a singer-songwriter who has recently been long listed for BBC’s Sound of 2014 poll – is playing as part of the ‘New Faces’ tour. The night […]
Music | News – Daft Punk 'Computerized' leak
An unreleased demo from Daft Punk and Jay Z took Soundcloud by storm yesterday, amassing over 400,000 plays overnight. The track known as ‘Computerized’ was released via a Daft Punk website and was originally perceived […]
Music | News – The Fly announces closure
It was announced last week that the music magazine The Fly will be no more, after its publishers announced that the free monthly is closing down after almost 15 years. Known for mainly covering indie and […]
Music | LUU Big Band with the Oxford University Jazz Orchestra
Following a successful excursion to Oxford to showcase their talents, it was the turn of Leeds University Big Band (LUUBB) to host an event for the Oxford University Jazz Orchestra (OUJO). In true Leeds style, […]
Music | Album review – Major Lazer
Major Lazer Apocalypse Soon 3/5 Apocalypse Soon carries on Diplo’s mantra of making his music “feel like a party”, and if the island-inflected and insanely fun Free The Universe was the main event, then one year later this […]
Clubs | Review – Jams presents Elijah & Skilliam, Royal T
With waves of smoke filling the air and swathes of gun fingers bopping to each and every tune, it was clear from the outset that this grime night belonged in the underground. With a residency […]
Music | Temples live
Temples The Cockpit 4/5 Where do you think of when someone mentions psychedelia? Spiritual (if drug-fuelled) journeys to India? 1960s LA in the summer? Certainly not the small midlands town of Kettering. Yet from this […]
Music | Album review – Foster the People
Foster the People Supermodel 3/5 Riding in on the same Nu-Wave movement which carried bands like MGMT and Phoenix, Foster the People’s dance-infused indie came to the music world’s attention with the catchy ’Pumped Up […]
Music | Paper Aeroplanes live
Paper Aeroplanes Belgrave Music Hall 4/5 For soft, indie-acoustic numbers, there is a dangerously fine line between a truly captivating performance and a truly dreary one. Fortunately, last week’s performance at Belgrave by Paper Aeroplanes […]
Clubs | Weekly Chart
Photo: AQNB Escar – ‘With You’ [Origami Sound’ Deep, engrossing techno, well suited to nocturnal headphone listening. Owiny Sigoma – ‘Yukimwi’ (Bludd Relations RMX) [Brownswood] Hazy, sun-drenched rework of the thumping afrobeat original. […]
Music | Album review – Arthur Beatrice
Arthur Beatrice Working Out 3/5 Arthur Beatrice, not a solo artist but rather a quartet of school friends from London, is a band that likes to be in control. They run their own label, Open […]