Held annually, BBC 1Xtra Live has become the radio station’s flagship event in which Britain’s newest and best urban music is given centre stage. Now in its eighth year, the honour fell upon the City of […]
Preview: TANTZ @ Belgrave Music Hall 29/10
Home grown Leeds based Klezmer band TANTZ are launching their debut album ‘Voytek The Bear’ here in Leeds this Thursday. They studied at Leeds College of Music, and TANTZ was formed in 2012, fittingly after […]
Hallé Orchestra @ Leeds Town Hall 18/10
On Saturday 18 October, the Hallé Orchestra joined us here in Leeds for a night to show us the strengths of a large Symphony Orchestra. If you’ve never been to the Town Hall for a […]
Are You Alone? by Majical Cloudz
Majical Cloudz, the project of Canadian electronic indie-pop maestro Devon Welsh, have released their third studio album off the back of the critical success of 2013’s visceral Impersonator. Where the previous LP revelled in creating […]
Òran Mór Sessions by The Twilight Sad
Despite having a reputation as a band with an overwhelming sound, Òran Mór Sessions takes The Twilight Sad to a different level. The initial release of the album was late last year and featured stripped […]
Lost Voices by Esmerine
Post rock infused with classical music is hardly revolutionary nowadays. Yet Quebec-based chamber group Esmerine’s fifth album Lost Voices brings a fresh perspective to this combination, where rock instrumentation, for the most part, sits on the […]
Life by Dan Friel
Life serves as an exhibition of the mayhem that is ubiquitous in Dan Friel’s unique brand of noise. Awash with pulsating melodies, uncompromising heavy rhythms and prominent synth action, the record guides you above and […]
We The Generation by Rudimental
The second album from this relatively new group from Hackney does not tarnish their newly crowned label as festival favourites. Playing at Glastonbury earlier this year and most likely taking this new album on the […]
He was the Walrus
On the 75th birthday of the famous Beatle, Juliette Rowsell evaluates the lingering influence of John Lennon. From the fame, the talent and the beard, John Lennon apparently had it all. With the iconic […]
Dopamine by Børns
In the words of Almost Famous, “it’s all happening” for Børns. From performing on Conan in January to the release of his debut in October, Garrett Borns – the man behind the stage name – […]
All We Need by Raury
Released just over a year after his first mixtape Indigo Child, Raury’s debut album All We Need is a reflection of his inexperience. But his style is original if nothing else. Raury manages to place […]
Fading Frontier by Deerhunter
Deerhunter’s universe has always been one stalked by a sense of displacement and isolation. From the agoraphobia of Microcastle to the anger of Monomania, Bradford Cox and company have canvassed a catalogue of genres and […]