Red Fang’s latest 41-minute offering is bound to satiate those mediocre stoner rock cravings we all get from time to time. It would, perhaps, be wrong to say that Red Fang have commercialised their sound […]
MØ @ Stylus, 12/10/16
MØ’s performance in the Stylus building last Wednesday was nothing short of average. I was not entirely underwhelmed by her singing, and I felt generally OK about the whole thing throughout. The crowd seemed to […]
Poliça @ Stylus, 14/10/16
Poliça clearly picked their support act FOG with careful consideration, knowing full well his synth beats and eerie echoing keyboard chords would fill the room with excitement. After an intense few songs, he quickly descended […]
Spring King @ The Wardrobe, 16/10/16
It’s rare to find a gig where you’re as enthusiastic about seeing the support acts as you are the headliner, but the combination of Get Inuit, The Magic Gang and Spring King ensured The Wardrobe […]
Four Tet All-Nighter @ O2 Academy Brixton, 15/10/16
The year is 2021. Four Tet has taken his annual All Nighter Event at Brixton Academy, but it now lasts for an entire week. Each night he plays a predictable selection of the same tracks, […]
In the Middle with HONNE
Ever since the pair of producers met at uni, electro-soul duo HONNE have been crafting their own, deeply personal brand of late night R&B. Bringing together soul, synth and funky bass with intimate lyrics, many […]
From The Breakfast Club to Juno: low budget movies that made it big time
It is not common to see low budget movies excel at the box office as they’re normally in the shadow of high concept blockbusters. The top 20 highest grossing films of all time consist mainly […]
Preview: Beacons Metro
Beacons Metro preview Beacons Metro is the recent transmutation of Beacons Festival; this used to be a traditional camping festival in August, but the organisers, in keeping with complaints that the traditional camping experience was […]
‘Inferno’ Review – In Its Own Purgatory
With a supposed star-studded cast of Tom Hanks, Felicity Jones and Irrfan Khan, you’d perhaps expect Ron Howard’s third instalment of the Da Vinci Code trilogy to be somewhat interesting. In reality, the most exciting […]
‘Blood Father’ review – a touch too generic
Blood Father is a well-shot, well-directed film that ends up falling into traditional action-thriller genre trappings too often to amount to anything special. The movie follows recovering alcoholic ex-convict John Link (Mel Gibson) who is […]
’13th’ Review – A meticulously timed documentary
This searing 2016 documentary highlights the deliberate criminalisation of African American citizens, and the ways in which institutionalised racism has transformed the nature of politics, incarceration policies and the overall African American fight for freedom […]
Leeds International Film Festival: our picks
With the renowned Leeds International Film Festival reaching its landmark 30th birthday, In the Middle gives you a quick preview of this year‘s most exciting offerings… Paterson The new film from indie scene titan Jim […]