Based in South London, 20 year old singer Matt Maltese has been rising slowly through the ranks since 2015 with his distinctive rich vocals and melancholy piano melodies. With an album and several EPs under […]
Goat Girl @ Brudenell Community Room, 4/11
London based Goat Girl are making waves on their headline UK tour in a series of intimate and cosy venues. This evening, it’s the smaller, newly named Community Room in the Brudenell Social Club, whose […]
IntheMiddle with Francobollo
Francobollo (translating to postage stamp in Italian) are the London via Sweden four-piece that put the weird and wonderful in indie music. Francobollo released their debut album Long Live Life in July, collaborating with the […]
Sleaford Mods Say It How It is @ Beckett SU, 25/10
Prior to their headline show at Leeds Beckett Students’ Union, a tweet from the Sleaford Mods twitter account reads: “Town today awash with homeless folk. Desperate. Every time I go in it breaks my fuckin […]
Brooders Storm The Lending Room Stage with New Single ‘Amnesia’
Last Friday marked the release of Brooders’ latest single – ‘Amnesia’ – with the band playing a hometown release show the night before at the Lending Room. Most bands experience some anxiety over the potential […]
Jungle @ Beacons Metro, Canal Mills, 2/11
“You’re f***ing amazing Leeds!” exclaimed Josh Lloyd-Watson, as the lights dimmed in the sweaty warehouse of Canal Mills. Indeed, Leeds is a pretty spectacular place to perform, giving audiences the chance to see some of […]
How British Hip Hop Found Its Voice
From its very beginning, British hip-hop has existed in a permanently maligned state, seemingly always losing ground against the genres it rubs shoulders against. Whether being unfathomably overshadowed by its US counterpart, or rejected in […]
#MeToo: Sexual Harassment and the Music Industry
Sexual harassment of any sort is condemned by society, however the topic is also widely stigmatised and often kept quiet. Following the overwhelming response on social media to the ‘Me Too’ campaign, it’s important to […]
Making Music Herstory Vol II: Bonzai
Bonzai is part of the new generation of women making music herstory today. She takes the lessons learned by her foremothers and crafts them into her weird and wonderful music, creating tracks that are so […]
Matt Maltese to play Oporto, 7/11
It’s the final night on earth… Donald Trump and Theresa May have just pressed the Big Red Button… before slinking into the bedroom. This scene, horrifying and humorous in equal measure, was the inspiration for […]
The Horrors @ Leeds Beckett Student Union 21.10.2017
“Are we holograms? Are we visions?” certainly rang true in the visual presentation of The Horrors’ headline gig. Amidst the smoky atmosphere and holographic lights, the band were only really visible as silhouettes and shadows, […]
Fickle Friends @ The Wardrobe 17/10/2017
It may be cold and dreary outside, but Fickle Friends are already pre-empting next summer with their breezy melodies and palm tree decorated set, framing the band in a tropical retro looking landscape. The Wardrobe […]