Washed-up rockers come around every so often, and they’re usually called Bono. There are pros and cons to Bryan Adams’s Get Up – it’s just a shame that the fact it’s not being performed by […]
12 steps to Christmas
With Christmas fast approaching I thought it was about time to get everyone on the tinsel-covered bandwagon and into the Christmas spirit. I know not everyone is happy about it – you Grinches know who […]
Binge-watching: I’ve started it so I’ll finish it
binge-watch (verb): to watch a large number of television programmes (especially all the shows from one series) in succession. Sound familiar? Turns out you’re not alone. ‘Binge-watch’ has been named as Collins Dictionary’s word of […]
In the Middle with Portico
We catch up with Mercury Prize nominated band, Portico, ahead of their Leeds show this weekend. Portico’s recent name change from Portico Quartet does not just signify the departure of Keir Vine from the […]
UML Gig Picks of the Week
Akala- Sunday 22nd November – Hifi Club – Free – 10:00pm Playing at Hifi’s weekly Sunday Joint event, Akala & Live Band will be playing a mashup of Hip Hop, Funk, Soul and Reggae tracks. […]
We Are The Ocean @ The Key Club 13/11
Low ceilings, a dingy bar and a few precariously dangling microphones welcome We Are The Ocean to their Leeds performance at The Key Club – “it’s like playing in a box” muses frontman Liam Cromby. […]
Selected @ Hifi 9/11
Selected provided a night of underground music, from Lady Sanity, Dialect, and Weezy Jefferson who provided the grime and hip hop front, to Empress Imani whose soulful rendition of ‘Am I Wrong’ had everybody up […]
Papier Mâché Dream Balloon by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
The prolific long-haired Australian rockers make a strong return with this rather lovely album. Marking the band’s seventh studio album, Papier Mâché Dream Balloon is all sunshine and cool blue waves, transporting you to the […]
The Miraculous by Anna von Hausswolff
The Miraculous is as beautiful as it is terrifying. It’s a towering gothic church that you can see from miles around. It marches to the beat of war drums, always forward at a glacial pace […]
Purpose by Justin Bieber
Although I’ve been a fan of some of Bieber’s post ‘Baby’ body of work (‘As Long as You Love Me’ is still great) it was undisputed banger ‘What Do You Mean’ which really got me […]
Fool’s Gold?
From The Stone Roses to Busted to Fuzzbox, it seems like every band from eras past have announced that they are re-uniting in the past weeks causing millions of music fans to clamber onto the […]
The Rise of the Men’s Fashion Blogger
Over the past ten years the blogging world has changed; once considered merely a hobby, now it has become something of an achievement to be a professional full-time blogger in the fashion industry. It’s a […]