It’s mid-August and my iPod is on shuffle in my car. To my horror, Bing Crosby starts to croon about white Christmases through my stereo and I have to hurriedly skip the song. The sun […]
Nubiyan Twist @ Belgrave Music Hall 28/11
Upon this very cold, wet and windy November evening, it appeared that everyone at the ever-great Belgrave was in the mood for the rays of sunshine that make up this Leeds-based band. Speaking for myself, […]
Allusondrugs @ The Library 27/11
Stumbling into the Library’s medium sized venue I had no idea what to expect. Having only briefly skimmed Allusondrugs’ discography I was not particularly familiar with their music and worried that that I wouldn’t be […]
In The Middle with We Are The Ocean
Before their Leeds gig, Natasha Lyons caught up with We Are The Ocean’s Liam Cromby (vocalist/guitarist), Jack Spence (bassist) and Alfie Scully (guitarist) to discuss their latest album Ark, their new sound and reconnecting with […]
In the Middle with Martin Luke Brown
Following numerous festival appearances and tour dates across the country supporting Jess Glynne and Jack Garratt, we caught up with self-described “soulful” multi-instrumentalist Martin Luke Brown whilst he was on tour supporting Seafret at Leeds […]
In the Middle with Baby Strange
Glaswegian trio Baby Strange chat to The Gryphon in the backroom of Belgrave Music Hall in anticipation of their headline performance at Headrow House in Leeds, accompanied by Elvis Costello playing along in the background […]
In The Middle with alt-J
The Gryphon chats to alt-J’s Gus Unger-Hamilton about going from St Mark’s residences and Ash Grove to headlining this year’s Latitude Festival. alt-J aren’t a band that you can easily visualise chowing down on […]
Product by SOPHIE
Fads can be cool. Remember sneering at your mates for not being hip enough to know who White Ring were back in 2011 when you thought Witch-House was going to take over the world? Fond […]
Few Days To Go by Fufanu
Penned by Rolling Stone as “Disclosure attending Bela Lugosi’s funeral”, the Icelandic band are about as weird as their name. They started off as techno duo Captain Fufani, until the theft of their master computer […]
Christmas in Reno by Cassie Ramone
Cassie Ramone has presented us with her second solo offering since leaving Vivian Girls, Christmas in Reno. In it she mixes the same whispy, hopeless and mildly depressive tone of her first solo album, The […]
UML Gig Picks of the Week
Alt-J, The Horrors and Ghostpoet – Sunday 6th December – First Direct Arena – 6.30pm – £31.90 The Mercury prize-winning band, Alt-J will be making a return to Leeds, the city where they formed back […]
JAWS @ Belgrave Music Hall 23/11
Birmingham Indie surf pop four-piece, JAWS, bought hazy guitar echoes of nostalgia-inducing lazy summers to Belgrave Music Hall on a cold Monday night in November. JAWS have made the transition in three years from lesser-known […]