Colin Stetson is really fucking good at the saxophone. He can do things with his saxophones that I can barely even comprehend, and listening to each of his albums has always been exciting if only […]
A Shadow In Time by William Basinski
Capturing life is hard in any medium, instrumental music particularly so. Words give us the freedom to jump forwards and backwards, to zoom in and zoom out. Music is often too tied to its inherent […]
Review: One More Time With Feeling
On 8th September, Nick Cave released a film, One More Time With Feeling, to go alongside his new album Skeleton Tree. Daoud Al-Janabi gives us his take on Cave’s latest venture. As much as it’s about recording […]
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 […]
Earth @ Brudenell Social Club 22/2
The genius of Earth doesn’t lie in its riffs, though they are abundant. Out of context there’s little to be excited by in the riffs themselves, they’re just riffs. Uncomplicated to a tee, accompanied by […]
Musical Moments – Editors’ picks of 2014
In 150 words, the Music and Clubs editors recall their favourite musical moments of 2014, ranging from Massive Attacks‘ set at Glastonbury, Klock and Dettmann at Dekmantel, to Ben Frost‘s performance in Utrecht. https://soundcloud.com/state_industry/ben-klock-b2b-marcel-dettmann-live-awakenings-festival-2014-day-2-area-x-29062014 Andrew: It […]
In The Middle with Sect
The short history of Sect is one of the ebb and flow of good fortune. Having been approached by Beat Bar mere weeks after coming up with the idea for a small experimental techno night […]
‘Xen’ Album Review
Xen is not Zen, though it’s easy to see why you’d think it might be. It’s rare that an electronic producer dares to condense their ideas. For a long time I held a sincere belief […]
Film | Pride – Never forgets the importance of the story it’s telling
Image: Calamity Films Britain’s history is a long one; full of a nationwide narcissism that has left all but 22 untouched by our desire to rule. Even now it can often feel like there’s little […]
Music | Scanner live
Scanner Belgrave Music Hall 4/5 Test patterns are used when a television is receiving a signal but nothing is being broadcast, showing that any problems do not lie in the box itself. Scanner, who is […]
Music | Eagulls live
Eagulls Brudenell Social Club 3/5 If you’re aware of Leeds’ current biggest thing, Eagulls, then it won’t surprise you that at tonight’s show there were five inflatable penises and four inflatable sex dolls. It’s not […]
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 […]