Leeds 2s v Sheffield Hallam: After losing by just two against Hallam in the first half of the season, tensions were high going into the game. In a fixture with infamously bad umpiring, the seconds […]
Features | Students show support for struggling refugees
The UK government, this year, refused to raise asylum support rates, meaning they have not been changed since 2011 and leaving many refugees unable to provide for themselves and their families. To tackle this, University […]
Music | Paper Aeroplanes live
Paper Aeroplanes Belgrave Music Hall 4/5 For soft, indie-acoustic numbers, there is a dangerously fine line between a truly captivating performance and a truly dreary one. Fortunately, last week’s performance at Belgrave by Paper Aeroplanes […]
Music | Maximo Park are coming to the O2 – anyone else feeling nostalgic yet?
Those who harbour nostalgic feelings for the music scene of the mid-noughties may wish to head down to the O2 Academy next week, where Maximo Park will be gracing the stage with their signature dish […]
Sport | BUCS Preview – Leeds face Durham for the title in Women's Lacrosse
A packed schedule of home fixtures this week means that Uni fans will have plenty of choice over which sports to follow. In one of the earlier starts, the men’s tennis 1sts take on Sheffield […]
Music | Warpaint Live
Warpaint O2 Academy Wednesday February 19 Sanctimonious music snobs like me will rage that good music has the power to evoke incandescent sensations. Warpaint’s sound, indebted to the astral majesty of shoegazers Slowdive, krautrock rhythm […]
Music | Album Review – Angel Olsen
Angel Olsen Burn Your Fire 2/5 Angel Olsen lets her captivating and emotive voice speak for itself from the very first track of her second feature length album. The scratchy, vinyl-like vocals are distorted yet […]
Music | Album Review – Beck
Beck Morning Phase 4/5 There has been a six year gap between Beck’s latest album, Morning Phase, and his last, Modern Guilt. Such a hiatus would suggest that the singer-songwriter has been leading up to […]
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 […]
Sport | Lacrosse – Uni secure huge cup victory over Met
Leeds Uni women’s lacrosse 1st securing a massive 19-7 win. The side was hugely excited to get back on the grass pitches of Weetwood, after bad weather had prevented them from doing so in recent weeks, whilst […]
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 […]
News | HistSoc bag £5k in competition
History Society has won £5,000 in RateMyPlacement’s ‘National Society Showcase’ competition. The competition had four rounds, including a YouTube video round for students to display their marketing talents. Leeds HistSoc’s committee got the most people […]