“F*** the rap, I’m tryna own a planet” is proudly declared by Tyler, The Creator or should I say Wolf Haley (just one of his alter egos) in the first single and visual dropped last […]
Zubble: the sociable music experience
Launching earlier this year, Zubble is an app which aims to bring the music industry and the social media world together. The ideology which underpins the app is that the discovery of music should be […]
Preview: Stormzy @ O2 Academy, 8/4/17
Stormzy? Average? I don’t think so. His hard-line hit ‘Shut Up’ was both his first to climb into the UK Top 40, and the first ever freestyle to accomplish that feat. His performance on Jools […]
Music News: Bon Iver Releases Two New Tracks
Last night, after five years under the radar, Justin Vernon announced the release date of 22, A Million, his third studio album under the guise of Bon Iver. Prior to a performance of both old […]
1958 – 2016: The Prince’s Purple Reign
Well, that came as a shock didn’t it? The loss of another global icon. Is our music industry set to shatter at the seams? Is expressionism and liberalism doomed? Or, is the passing of these […]
Bitch Better Take My Money
Robbie Cairns discusses Rihanna surpassing the Beatles for number of weeks at number one. As Rihanna’s voracious ‘Work’ has twerked its way into a ninth consecutive week at number one, yet another long-standing Beatles’ […]
#FreeKesha
Heather Nash discusses what it means to be a woman in the music industry when your autonomy isn’t the top priority, and how it exposes those who are afraid to rock the boat. If […]
It’s time to stop sexual harrassment at gigs
We have a chat to the campaigners Girls Against who are speaking out against the very real problem of women being sexually harassed at music venues. Have you ever been at a gig, the band […]
Preview: Selected
Next Monday 9th, Leeds Student Radio host another array of some of the UK’s best underground acts at their infamous event, #SELECTED. The line up includes Dialect WY, Empress Imani, Weezy Jefferson, Lady Sanity, TACAT […]
Futuresound Competition Winners Announced
The Futuresound Competition, in which the winning acts earn themselves a slot at this year’s Reading & Leeds Festival, has announced its winners. Forty bands battled it out at The Wardrobe over the last month, […]
YouTube’s Music Key and a look at our music consumption in 2014
What a turbulent fortnight for music. First Bieber faces Argentinean arrest after an alleged assault, then Usher resorts to releasing his latest single via boxes of Honey Nut Cheerios. And then the icing on the […]
Music | Crystal Castles announce split
Three critically acclaimed albums, years of notoriously storming live shows and arguably pioneers of the two-piece electronic act riding the internet hype train – Crystal Castles has definitely ended on a high. Alice Glass tweeted […]