Giulia Pesce reflects on Kendrick Lamar‘s involvement with Black Lives Matter, the political message behind hip-hop and why we should all still be listening to Lamar‘s seminal record, To Pimp a Butterfly, three years on. […]
Brockhampton: Redefining the ‘Boyband’
The multifaceted hip-hop collective which charted at Number 1 on billboard’s top 200 – whilst being in the midst of a #MeToo scandal. Brockhampton are best described as an alternative hip-hop group compiled of six […]
Loyle Carner and Jordan Rakei Get Personal in ‘Ottolenghi’
This isn’t a review. This is a thank you. There are rare moments in life where you listen to a song and instantly connect, to the point that you lie awake, unable to go to […]
R&B Singer-Songwriter Mahalia Comes to Leeds October 15th
Mahalia Burkmar, originally from Leicestershire but now based in Birmingham, is a 20-year-old singer and songwriter who wrote her first song when she was around 8 years old, and was signed to a record label […]
Bo Ningen are Bringing Experimental Alt-Rock to the Brudenell
This Sunday, experimental Japanese band Bo Ningen are coming to Brudenell Social Club. The four-piece noise rock and alternative band will play in Yorkshire’s capital for the first time in three years, since they played […]
Speedy Ortiz are Coming Back to Leeds
Speedy Ortiz are making a return to Leeds, making it almost three years to the day after their last headline show at the Brudenell Social Club. They are set to play Belgrave Music Hall in […]
Ghostface Killah Releases New Album, The Lost Tapes
The Lost Tapes is the latest offering of classic 90’s New York-styled hip-hop from arguably the best member of the Wu-Tang Clan. It’s fantastic. A collaboration with a producer named Big Ghost, Lost Tapes sounds […]
Lily Moore Gives a Stunning Intimate Show at Hyde Park Book Club, 05.10.18
It is always strange to make eye contact with an artist; it is a uniquely intimate feeling to make such close contact with someone normally separated from you by streaming platforms and earphones. But only […]
Tom Odell is Set to Return to Leeds on the October 16th
Well known for his 2013 hit single ‘Another Love’, the extremely humble Tom Odell is touring the UK just before his release of the new album Jubilee Road, to be released on October 26th. Jubilee […]
You Me At Six Tries to Impress With New Album, VI
You Me At Six’s sixth album, VI, is a pretty good record, but not as good as the old ones. That about sums it up. The band is continuing their shift away from pop-punk in […]
A Storm Of Light and MONO Bring a Dream Odyssey to Left Bank
Of all of the venues that Leeds has to offer, Left Bank is perhaps the most apt for tonight’s selection of music. Once a church, the building has become an arts space utilised for concerts, […]
KT Tunstall Releases New Album, WAX
I’ve been used to thinking of KT Tunstall’s voice as something instantly recognisable, largely due to how familiar it’s become to hear the Scottish singer-songwriter on radio. With a slight sense of reference to those […]