Heading to Trio on a Thursday lunchtime LSi were unsure of what to expect from the rather up-market venue nestled in the heart of our scruffy beloved student area. On arrival we found the building itself to […]
Food | Chocolate Snickers Rocky Road
As an enthusiast of the outdoors, I’ve found myself out in the wilderness on several occasions recently. Whether it’s been plodding my way to a race finish or up a mountain I’ve always known I […]
Opera|Girl of the Golden West – The very first spaghetti western
Image: Opera North Critic Sir Christopher Frayling said that ‘…it was Giacomo Puccini who wrote the first Spaghetti Western worthy of the name…’ and it’s a proper old fashioned western of saloon brawls, poker games […]
Art | Flyposting at Leeds City Gallery – aesthetically thirst quenching
Image: Leeds City Gallery Gig posters have become a well established feature of our student environs over the years, whether plastered to a nearby lamppost on the way to uni or covering up that nasty […]
Fashion | Brand Alert : Jackson & Jerome
As North London born brand Jackson & Jerome approaches it’s third birthday, as does the launch of the designer trios latest collection. This time around, they’ve veered away from the first collections powerful staple […]
Music | Album Review – Wildbeasts
Wild Beasts Present Tense 4/5 After releasing three albums in four years, the Kendal four-piece put on the brakes for their latest endeavour, Present Tense; the result is a record that taps tastefully into contemporary […]
Film | Fritz Lang's Destiny – Hitchcock and Buñuel's gothic inspiration
As the British Film Institute’s Gothic Festival draws to an end, the Hyde Park Picture House played host to a live score of Fritz Lang’s Destiny. The film itself was born in the early 1920s […]
Music | Interview – Noya Rao
Leeds three-piece Noya Rao blew the audience away with a stunning performance supporting Shigeto at the Belgrave Music Hall last month. LSi caught up with keyboardist and producer Tom Henry after the show to find […]
Music | Album review – Planningtorock
Planningtorock All Love’s Legal 5/5 Almost simultaneously with the German Winter Olympic team’s multicoloured entry into the Russian national stadium, gender-bender Planningtorock (Jam Rostron) has released her new album All Love’s Legal. With various gay […]
Video Games | Titanfall – Totally Enormous Addictive Mechs
Titanfall is undoubtedly one of the most anticipated games of the year. Created by a team of former Call of Duty developers at Respawn Entertainment, Titanfall puts single-player gameplay on the back burner in favour […]
Food | National Chip Week – History of the chip
In an attempt to raise moral and invoke the spirit of the Blitz in these Tube-Strike-Flood-addled times, the National Potato Council of England has declared that the last week as National Chip Week. LSi offers […]
Music | Fat White Family Live
Fat White Family Belgrave Music Hall 4/5 Imagine going to see Beyoncé and her not playing ‘Crazy in Love’ – a song that, to many, defines her. How would that make you feel? Could her […]