With a steady flow of investment rapidly transforming the city into a prominent financial and cultural hub, the floodgates have opened for an array of eclectic talents to emerge and fill the creative spaces of venues like Brudenell […]
Music | Shigeto Live at Belgrave Music Hall
The night of Wednesday, January 29th presented quite the arrangement of what one could call airy, tasteful music. Belgrave Music Hall has much character of its own, setting the stage for an intimate yet dynamic […]
Music | Touché Amoré Live
Amidst the battering punk drumbeats and heavy guitar riffs, Jeremy Bolm’s emotional lyrics would almost be masked by his screaming vocals and the volume of his band mates… if it wasn’t for the crowd religiously […]
Music | Live in Leeds – The Fratellis
On a crisp November evening in Leeds, with the frost hugging the windows, the O2 academy was rammed for the Fratellis gig…back in 2008. That is harsh, it was actually a good sized crowd with […]
Music | Live in Leeds – Billy Bragg, Crystal Fighters, Barenaked Ladies & Múm
Billy Bragg – Leeds Town Hall (3/5) Twenty five years into his career, punk rocker come political activist Billy Bragg still manages to find something to rant about. Despite a desire not to be dismissed […]
Music | Live in Leeds – MONEY
Money – Belgrave Music Hall (5/5) In Manchester’s unforgiving industrial landscape, MONEY are the latest musical outfit to emerge from its crevices. Fronted by Jamie Lee – a clown-like and enchanting creature – they deliver […]
Music | Live in Leeds – Summer Camp, Editors & Gold Panda
Summer Camp – Belgrave Music Hall (3/5) Summer Camp is a married couple from London who compose mellow lo-fi indie-pop with a hint of retro bits from the 1980s attached to it. They seem to […]
Music | Live in Leeds – The Family Rain, Palma Violets & Hayseed Dixie
The Family Rain – Brudenell Social Club (4/5) If you watched Made In Chelsea on Monday (yes, I do), then you have already listened to The Family Rain. It featured the band’s cover of ‘Enjoy The Silence.’ […]
Music | Live in Leeds – Vampire Weekend & Savages
Vampire Weekend – First Direct Arena (4/5) As the current music scene leaves us aching for new bands to present an original and unpretentious sound, it is a relief to hear Vampire Weekend moving from […]
Music | Live in Leeds – Alice in Chains & Big Deal
Alice in Chains – O2 Academy (4/5) At first, people wonder if they have wandered into the wrong venue. Having just witnessed the stange Swedish metal band Ghost, who fronted a sort skeleton-priest alongside guitar […]
Music | Live in Leeds – Deap Vally, Nick Mulvey & Boy George
Deap Vally – The Wardrobe (4/5) For girls like myself who grew up idolising rock stars as opposed to popstars, it’s always nice to see women in the industry picking up instruments and flipping out on stage […]
Music | Live in Leeds – SKATERS, Placebo & Gabrielle Aplin
SKATERS – The Wardrobe (3/5) After chatting to Michael from SKATERS last month, I was excited to finally catch the guys live at ‘The Wardrobe’ this weekend. Playing to a packed out room of trendy […]