This month, Robbie admits his love for James Blunt and thus gets fired as Music Editor, Juliette dreams that she and Jemima get locked in a club with the Pied Piper listening to trip-hop jazz music, […]
Preview: Sonic Sahara bring Sassy J to Studio 24
To see in bank holiday weekend next Friday night, Sonic Sahara are throwing their next intimate party at Studio 24. This will be the promoters’ third time at the Mabgate venue. Last year their Leeds debut (they […]
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: 10 of the best jazzy gym leggings
It goes without saying that when you look good, you feel good. Everyone wants to achieve that summer body and getting the motivation can be a challenge. As students we don’t always have the cash […]
Hessle Audio: 10 Years
For the musically minded Leeds student, there is an epiphany to be had when coming across one of Hyde Park’s finest pieces of trivia: Hessle Audio is named after the grimy terraced street that party […]
DKMNTL-10YEARS02 // Call Super + Shanti Celeste
To celebrate 10 years of throwing parties and releasing high quality underground electronic music, Dutch label Dekmantel are doing a series of releases in 2017 with some of the most prominent and well respected names […]
Track Review: Hard Times by Paramore
Comeback singles are a notoriously difficult thing to get right, but, when you’re Paramore, the margin for error becomes almost impossible to navigate. In the four year gap since their polarising self-titled album, the group’s […]
Your guide to Leeds’ independent record stores
Record stores are a mecca for true music lovers, from the middle-aged men in tatty leather jackets and John Lennon specs by the collectables to the students by the recent indie-releases; the boys in Docs […]
Track Review: Sign of the Times by Harry Styles
There’s been a lot of hype about this former boy-band member starting his solo career. So few have actually succeeded in a solo career after finding fame in this way (the exception perhaps being Robbie […]
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Must See Fashion Exhibitions in 2017
Balenciaga: Shaping fashion Where: The Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK When: May 27, 2017 to February 18, 2018 This exhibition showcases the work and legacy of Crisóbal Balenciaga, the influential Spanish couture designer, and […]
Let’s talk anxiety and derealisation
Late last year, seemingly out of nowhere, anxiety found me. It gripped me with its dull, malevolent claws, and, so far, hasn’t yet let go. It wasn’t Uni stress, it wasn’t a personal issue. To […]
Why I think Brexit is terrifying
In the future, I imagine, historians will spend long hours and thousands of pages debating the exact events leading up to and following the 23rd of June 2016, so let me set something down for […]
DAMN. by Kendrick Lamar
Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly was hailed as a career affirming hip-hop masterpiece as well as a near flawless chronicle of the troubling racial climate of modern America. With DAMN. Kendrick avoids re-treading ground […]