Bjork’s latest and ninth album is a record of her divorce from husband Matthew Barney, and the songs contained within it are unflinchingly vulnerable and wrought with heartache. It’s a side we’re not used to […]
70’s Digest: Bohemian Rhapsody
When we think of the seventies we often turn to embracing our inner bohemia. A trend that has been slowly returning for the past few seasons in crochet and vintage looking fabrics emerging on the […]
Weekly Chart
1. Paranoid London – Paris Dub 1 (ft. Paris Brightledge) Label: Paranoid London Re-release of the hugely successful 2014 release, featuring this club favourite with vocals from Paris Brightledge. __________________________________________________________________ 2. Marco M. Bernd – Limpp Label: […]
Feature – Swamp 81, a 7 Year Retrospective
The Gryphon Clubs investigates the roots of the infamous label ‘Swamp 81’ in the run up to their upcoming Beaver Works takeover. Orchestrated by one of the pioneers of dubstep, Swamp 81 has risen to […]
Gig Guide w / 6 February 2015
Friday 6th February Julian Cope at Brudenell, £22.50 Ex-Teardrop Explodes frontman and general rock behemoth brings his infinite back catalogue to Hyde Park. Saturday 7th February Viet Cong at Brudenell, £7 Twisted alt-rock from Canada […]
Preview – Just A Little… Acid Trip w/ DJ Pierre and Marshall Jefferson
House music truly moves people: crowds dance – or jack – all night long. People travel from far and wide to experience the unrivalled pleasure of a house night or rave, and it can move […]
Are the U.S. war propaganda accusations against American Sniper justified?
Our hero, Chris Kyle (Bradley Cooper) stands statuesque and heroic on a windswept battlefield. Shrouded by an American flag, he stares into the far distance determinedly. The poster for American Sniper certainly does nothing to […]
Eddie Redmayne gives a towering performance in The Theory of Everything
It’s fair to say that the Theory of Everything’s success or failure lies purely on the shoulders of Eddie Redmayne’s performance as world renowned theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking. Fortunately, Redmayne more than lives up to […]
Ratworld by Menace Beach
Boasting members from other bands such as Hookworms, Pulled Apart By Horses and Sky Larkin, it’s very hard to disagree with those who dub Menace Beach as something of a supergroup. This status obviously brings […]
In Ex_Machina Alicia Vikander steals the show with unsettling artificiality
Alex Garland, frequent Danny Boyle collaborator and writer of The Beach and 28 Days Later, has started his own directing career on fine form with Ex-Machina. Although ostensibly a hard sci-fi exploration of the nature […]
Leeds Icons: The Parkinson Building
The Parkinson Building is nothing if not iconic. As much as we may take its monumental grey-stone facades for granted as we rush past to get to lectures, this grand, yet somehow tastefully understated building […]
Whiplash owes its success to J.K. Simmons’ performance
Originally conceived as a short film which premiered at 2013’s Sundance Film Festival, Whiplash is an exhilarating drama depicting 19-year-old Andrew Neimann’s passionate aspiration to become one of the world’s greatest drummers. After he is […]