It’s been a few weeks now since I went to the V&A to see the critically acclaimed Alexander McQueen ‘Savage Beauty’ exhibition, yet the show has been firmly imprinted in my mind. I remember being […]
Preview – Weather Festival 2015
In just three weeks time, thousands will descend onto the French capital for this year’s instalment of Weather Festival. Held on the spacious Bois de Vincennes, the festival has rapidly gained international attention for putting […]
Monsters: Dark Continent reduces the all important monsters to background noise
Monsters was one of those rare films that totally surpassed expectations; it made a conscious decision to explore further than its B-movie sci-fi roots, was a character study and critique of US foreign policy and was heartfelt, intelligent […]
Let’s go to… Norfolk!
Norfolk may not bring to mind the most glamourous of images, especically not if you’ve been dreaming of holidays abroad. In fact, there mere mention of Norfolk and most people will hit you with jokes […]
Review – Prosumer at Butter Side Up
It’s that time of the year when social networks are plagued by such words as ‘deadline’, ‘essay’ and ‘fail’. The library ups its gravitational pull, and you probably haven’t seen your housemate for so long […]
Review – Acetate 16: Ben UFO & Gerd Janson
Pearson Sound’s latest instalment of his all-vinyl Acetate night down at Wire managed to produce the most exciting line up of the May Bank Holiday weekend in Leeds despite strong competition from the Garden Party […]
In The Middle with Deerhoof
For 15 years, Deerhoof have defied rock music conventions with nonchalant ease and earned themselves a place on the fringes of musical experimentation. The group possess a creative zen unmatched by any other band in […]
After the End has the apocalypse scheduled for 12 o’clock this Tuesday
If you knew when the exact moment the world was going to end, what would you do? This is a question I was left pondering after Tuesday evening’s showing of “After the End,” a student […]
Dream a Garden by Jam City
Based on the Internet’s reaction to Jam City’s divergence in style for Dream a Garden, I half expected the record to be a collection of Renaissance lute songs or a choral Mass. Alas, no. Indeed, […]
In The Middle with Wolf Alice
London four-piece Wolf Alice are ready to take 2015 by storm. A new single here, an album announcement there, all amongst a long list of live gigs across the UK. Yet they are still struggling to get to […]
A Spool of Blue Thread, by Anne Tyler
A Spool of Blue Thread is the twentieth novel of Pulitzer Prize winning American novelist Anne Tyler. In many ways this novel is a culmination of all those that have gone before it; it combines a multitude […]
Preview – Cocoon In The Park
On July 11th, the illustrious Cocoon In The Park will return to Leeds for its seventh big one-day party featuring Sven Väth, Carl Cox, Dixon, Ricardo Villalobos, and Enzo Siragusa b2b with Seb Zito. Located […]