This year’s Bluedot festival boasts probably the best line-up of a British festival in 2017. There’s a whole range of artists but all share one thing in common: the desire to keep pushing boundaries and […]
Your guide to Leeds’ independent record stores
Record stores are a mecca for true music lovers, from the middle-aged men in tatty leather jackets and John Lennon specs by the collectables to the students by the recent indie-releases; the boys in Docs […]
‘She’ by Ella Grace
‘She’ is our first taste of what Ella Grace Denton, choosing to go by Ella Grace, has to offer our eager ears. Her sweet Sunday-soul voice is paired with a simple acoustic guitar on the […]
Single Review: ‘In Cold Blood’ by alt-J
alt-J have stated that this latest single was something they “began writing in our Leeds days” – who’s to say that Joe Newman’s crooning about how “your G&T is empty” wasn’t inspired by a late […]
Local Leeds: In The Middle with Team Picture
Team Picture are, in their own words, ‘a group of polite individuals living in Leeds’. What’s more, they’re pioneering an exciting brand of explosive psych and kraut than has seen them ascend, in my words […]
The Haze by Pulled Apart By Horses
As Tom Hudson sings “I’m melting faces quite literally”, I cant think of a better way to describe Pulled Apart by Horses’ new album. Whilst listening to The Haze there is an urge to learn […]
BandSoc GIAG Artists’ Showcase @ The Fenton, 10/2/17
Above the local Fenton pub, a bustling crowd gathers for Leeds University’s band soc night. Filled with a mixture of members and regular gig goers, the Fenton played host to some of the finest musicians that our […]
Local Leeds: In The Middle with Menace Beach
We sat down with Menace Beach to chat the Leeds music scene, politics, and Tresseme. Do you guys have any influences? Ryan: Yeah, loads. The first album [Ratworld] was very heavily based. I think the […]
LSR’s Transmission @ Brudenell Social Club, 9/2/16
Transmission was a showcase of local talent that showed a sold out Brudenell Social Club that Leeds is where it’s at. Where most local talent nights in Leeds have crowds that seem to have forgotten […]
Local Leeds: Treeboy & Arc @ Wharf Chambers, 8/2/17
Wharf Chambers feels like an appropriate venue for Treeboy & Arc. The LCoM boys carry a very Fat Whites/Eagulls vibe about them, but managing to straddle the boundary between utter cynicism and teenage ennui. In […]
Local Leeds: Ormstons, MOM and Jellyskin @ The Verve, 21/1/17
On the 21st of January in the small underground bar at the Verve in Leeds, the club became a mecca for indie and live music lovers alike as the bar held host to the Ormstons, […]
Local Leeds: Milk of Magnesia by Jellyskin
On the 19th of January, local Leeds psych trio, Jellyskin, released their much anticipated single, ‘Milk of Magnesia’. Complete of vocalist/keyboardist, Zia, drummer, Olly and Guitarist, Will, the band’s new track is a perfect example […]