Leeds is a diverse powerhouse of eclectic music housed in a multitude of independently run venues across the city. Charting back to the beginnings of the various scenes reveals the undeniable influence that forward thinking […]
Freshers Feature – Your Leeds Event Guide
Cheap & Cheerful Pryzm Drinks are £1. Getting knocked out by a group of locals outside Mcdonalds, priceless. Make it rain with your quids every Monday from 10pm. Bierkeller Four pound for two pints? It comes […]
Freshers Feature – Where to party and why
Well curated line-up? Powerful sound system? Lively crowd? All key ingredients for a good night out, but not always enough for a great one. The right venue can make all the difference, and here in […]
Review – Subdub Presents: Dancehall Science
Shifting from their usual haunt of the West Indian Centre, the latest edition of Leeds’ favourite party for all things bass-heavy, Subdub ventured into the depths of the Hifi basement on the 19th February. Usually […]
Review – Fatima Yamaha
Since its beginnings in 1998, FunkSoulNation has welcomed the finest names in disco, soul and funk, greeting the likes of Horse Meat Disco, Romare and Mo Kolours. Friday 5th February was no anomaly to such […]
Preview: Selected
Next Monday 9th, Leeds Student Radio host another array of some of the UK’s best underground acts at their infamous event, #SELECTED. The line up includes Dialect WY, Empress Imani, Weezy Jefferson, Lady Sanity, TACAT […]
The Story behind MoveOnUp at HiFi
MoveOnUp started in November 1995, and is now the longest running Soul night up North. One of the longest running weekly club nights in the UK, it plays a range of Soul, Tamla Motown and Sixties beat […]
Review – Horse Meat Disco
Bowie once demanded that someone bring him the Disco King. Horse Meat Disco meet David Bowie, please, for they are royalty in the current revamp of disco. This quadruplet of quirks have been dabbling in […]
Onra @ Hifi 24/10
For four months last year I lived with a Chinese family in Shanghai, and for four months I was surrounded by the unique tones of Chinese children’s learning development songs. Safely back in Leeds, I […]
Music | Auntie Flo @ HiFi 4/10
On what felt like the first properly cold day of post-summer, HiFi harboured a bit of African heat to thaw out those grey-October-evening blues. As Auntie Flo, accompanied by South African multi-instrumentalist Esa Williams, began […]
Clubs | Feature – Soul Jazz
Ahead of their visit to Leeds to host HiFi for Bugalu at the end of the month, we got a chance to speak to Pete Reilly from Soul Jazz. In charge of organising the mastering […]
Comedy | HiFi Sessions – Great Atmosphere
Image: Hifi Club Hifi’s regular Comedy Sessions are perfect for that relaxed Saturday atmosphere; with different acts every week you’re treated to something new in a cosy and chilled setting. We were seated on stools […]