Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (15-24/11/13) The 15-24th November this year saw the thirty-sixth annual Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. Relatively little-know in the student sphere, this event has gradually grown since its conception in the 70s […]
Music | Ones to watch in 2014 – Real Lies
London trio Real Lies have uploaded just two tracks on soundcloud, yet they’ve already gained a healthy following with their house-inspired tunes, evoking the sight of watching the sun rise after a heavy party. Following a […]
Music | The best of 2013
Forget your run of the mill end of the year lists. For the first and probably the last time ever, here at LSi we have decided to hand out the LSi Music Best of 2013 […]
Music | Review – Robbie Williams
Robbie Williams – Swing Both Ways (2/5) I have no problem with karaoke. I’ve never done it myself, but I have seen Lost in Translation and looks like a wild old time. Who wouldn’t want […]
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 | Preview – Roy Ayers
Roy Ayers – Stylus on 05/12/2013 Roy Ayers is a name which should need no introduction. As one of the pioneers of jazz-funk, whilst also being hugely influential in everything from hip-hop to house to […]
Music | LS Introducing Dev Hynes – Blood Orange
On announcing his new album and his second as Blood Orange, Dev Hynes explained that “a lot of the record is about transitions, life transitions.” Any followers of Hynes will know that he is one […]
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 | Interview – Mallory Knox
Once upon a time Mallory Knox were just another band scuttling along the underbelly of the UK rock scene, touring relentlessly in an attempt to break through. Now the Cambridgeshire lot are riding the wave […]
Lifestyle | Tips for a keeping warm this winter, just in time for the arrival of the arctic wind
Leeds has never been known for it’s good weather, and with the dark months of winter drawing fast upon us, things are about to get even colder. What’s more, by this point in the year […]
Music | Review – London Electronic Arts Festival
London Electronic Arts Festival (LEAF) 2013 “London has defined a genre. It may not have invented electronic music, but it gave it a global focal point for decades. Its influence from DJ-s to parties, flyers […]