Penned by Rolling Stone as “Disclosure attending Bela Lugosi’s funeral”, the Icelandic band are about as weird as their name. They started off as techno duo Captain Fufani, until the theft of their master computer […]
Christmas in Reno by Cassie Ramone
Cassie Ramone has presented us with her second solo offering since leaving Vivian Girls, Christmas in Reno. In it she mixes the same whispy, hopeless and mildly depressive tone of her first solo album, The […]
UML Gig Picks of the Week
Alt-J, The Horrors and Ghostpoet – Sunday 6th December – First Direct Arena – 6.30pm – £31.90 The Mercury prize-winning band, Alt-J will be making a return to Leeds, the city where they formed back […]
JAWS @ Belgrave Music Hall 23/11
Birmingham Indie surf pop four-piece, JAWS, bought hazy guitar echoes of nostalgia-inducing lazy summers to Belgrave Music Hall on a cold Monday night in November. JAWS have made the transition in three years from lesser-known […]
Agent Fresco @ Belgrave Music Hall 22/11
“What happens on tour stays on tour” – opener Cleft warms the crowd at Belgrave Music Hall on this cold-as-hell Sunday evening with some banterful small talk as charming as the Mancunian duo’s music. Their […]
Music and Image
After the recent airing of the AMAs. Robert Cairns discusses the deification of image in music. Coldplay baffled the audience by performing with a troop of dancing primates. Meghan Trainor devoured Charlie Puth’s face […]
Preview: The Dark LP @ 360 Club
The Dark LP will be the next musical outfit to grace 360 Club’s stage. A band born and bred in Leeds, the Dark LP embrace a variety of rock, blues and reggae to spin a […]
The Joy of Untranslatable Words
Gezellig (pronounced heh-ZELL-ig) is that feeling when you are cuddled up watching films with your favourite friends in bed eating ice cream and feeling cosy. It’s being at pre-drinks where the alcohol is flowing, you […]
There’s Women and Social media Trolls
*TW: Rape* Without debate, the world would probably be an easier but perhaps a less exciting place. It’s completely within someone’s rights to disagree with your opinion, but what happens when the debate turns ugly? […]
MENTAL HEALTH A-Z: G is for Grief; in memory of my Grandad
I peek through the bedroom curtains to find a beautifully foggy morning. After suffering the longest awkward silence in a full lift, I shuffle outside and into the fog. With Chris Martin’s heart-breaking voice running […]
Postcards from Abroad: Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Alice is a third year cinema and photography student who’s currently studying abroad in the wonderful, if slightly rainy, city of Rotterdam in the Netherlands. If she’s not venturing out of her comfort zone to […]
Postcards from Abroad: Perth, Australia
Melissa Gitari is spending the third year of her English Language and Literature degree at The University of Western Australia, Perth. She enjoys writing, cheese-based foods and the musical stylings of Beyoncé Knowles-Carter. When she […]