Broken Bells After the Disco 3/5 Collaborations are often exciting. Just think of James Blake and Chance The Rapper cruising in a convertible car, chanting about life. However, in this particular case it’s something a […]
Music | Shigeto Live at Belgrave Music Hall
The night of Wednesday, January 29th presented quite the arrangement of what one could call airy, tasteful music. Belgrave Music Hall has much character of its own, setting the stage for an intimate yet dynamic […]
Music | Local Sounds – Engine
Based in Leeds, this neat little outfit combine tightly produced beats with layers of glittering samples sprinkled over catchy guitar hooks. With an amalgamation of 60s psychedelia, drum samples fit for a club and vocal […]
Music | 10 reasons why Justin Bieber isn't all that bad
Justin Bieber’s wild partying, paparazzi altercating and inebriated driving antics have dominated the tabloids for some time – a far cry from the baby-faced innocence the teenage heart-throb once held. His recent misconduct seems to suggest that he’s […]
Music | Album Review – Hard-Fi & Actress
Hard-Fi Hard-Fi: Best of 2004 – 2014 (2/5) The mere existence of this Best Of is somewhat troubling as it likely comes down to a cynical decision made by the band in order to squeeze […]
Clubs | Feature – Workshop Records Berlin
Photo: Keep It Deep Ronayne Maher talks us through the Berlin-based house and techno label and what marks it out as special above the other 12″ dance labels out there. European interpretations of Detroit house […]
Music | Semester Highlights – Haim at Leeds Met Union
HAIM Leeds Met Union Friday 6th December Before becoming irreversibly engrossed with the artists who are going to cause a storm in 2014, let’s just take a moment to pop those ultra cool Californian sisters […]
Music | Album Review – Bombay Bicycle Club & East India Youth
Bombay Bicycle Club So Long See You Tomorrow 3/5 In a scene addled with charming young Indie bands, it’s never easy to say who’s going to be in it for the long haul. So Long, […]
Music | The Grammys – the latest TV show?
Every year the world’s most prestigious award ceremony spews forth some fresh controversy. In true musical fashion it is usually related to the ‘commercialisation’ of the Grammy’s award ceremony. But for me, the Grammy’s has stopped […]
Clubs | Weekly Chart
This weeks chart of editors picks features brand new sounds ranging from Nigerian Afro-pop to Estonian house. Unless you’re planning on a night at Fruity Fridays, wrap your ears around this. Tracklist William […]
Clubs | RBMA Leeds sessions with techno pioneer Derrick May
Photo: Kieran Doyle Last Thursday Leeds played to host to a truly special event as grime/ dubstep and house DJ T. Williams and techno legend Derrick May of the infamous ‘Belleville Three’ came to the […]
Music | Outlooks – Social media takes centre stage
Just lately, two rather remarkable events involving the fabled likes of Azealia Banks and Macklemore and social media have occurred. Firstly hip-hop star Banks, who is only just fresh out of her recent beef with […]