Clubs Editor Dan King talks you through his album picks for October Mount Kimbie – Love What Survives Mount Kimbie, the sought-after electronica duo, are back with their third album after a hiatus that saw […]
Anteros @ Oporto, 27.09.17
For a band that have yet to release an album, Anteros set the jam-packed venue of Oporto alight with their ‘bitter dream pop’ setlist. Tonight is, pure and simply, about leaving your troubles at the […]
Lorde @ Alexandra Palace, 27/09/17
There’s an awkward kind of restlessness amongst the Lorde crowd at Ally Pally tonight. Everyone’s excited, but no-one really wants to show it. It’s a whole different story when the lights go down though – […]
Baby Strange @ Headrow House, 23/09/2017
For a band that started in 2012, around the same time as similar sounding bands Palma Violets and Slaves, Baby Strange have managed to create an impressive following and body of work in not very […]
‘Visions Of A Life’ by Wolf Alice
Wolf Alice’s debut full-length, My Love is Cool, was an album to define the times. This is a band who have brought together people of wildly different musical tastes, without intentionally crafting their sound to […]
Agony aunt: evenings in Leeds
What else is there to do in Leeds in the evenings if you’re not into clubbing? Leeds is a party city, it’s no secret. It can be daunting arriving in a place where the norm […]
‘Wake Up Now’ by Nick Mulvey
Perhaps the first hint as to the contents of Nick Mulvey’s latest album, Wake Up Now, is hidden amongst the layers of its striking artwork. Endless spiralling patterns colliding and overlapping within a kaleidoscope of […]
A Tribute to Tom Petty
Tom Petty, dynamic frontman of eponymously titled Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, has passed away from cardiac arrest. At the age of just 66 and fresh from an acclaimed performance at the Hollywood Bowl, his […]
Mint Festival 2017 – Back to its Best
Stockeld Park is usually a quaint and peaceful green oasis, less than half an hour distance from Leeds city centre. But then Mint Festival rolled into town. The 23rd of September saw this serene tranquillity […]
‘Love What Survives’ by Mount Kimbie
Mount Kimbie are returning with their third studio album following 2013’s melancholic Cold Springs Fault Less Youth. The transatlantic Love What Survives, conceived between London and Los Angeles, marks the duo’s movement into more melodic, […]
Settling into life at Leeds as an international student: experience and advice
Settling into the UK at university was completely different to my high school experience in the UK. Nevertheless, it was still a challenge. Initially when I arrived (having lived already in the UK for 6 […]
Glastonbury Recycling Crew: from Foo Fighters to Poo Fighters
Is it just me or are festival ticket prices getting a little extortionate? As a student fresh from the education machine, broken and penniless, the thought of spending £200 on anything is enough to make […]