Following numerous festival appearances and tour dates across the country supporting Jess Glynne and Jack Garratt, we caught up with self-described “soulful” multi-instrumentalist Martin Luke Brown whilst he was on tour supporting Seafret at Leeds […]
In the Middle with Baby Strange
Glaswegian trio Baby Strange chat to The Gryphon in the backroom of Belgrave Music Hall in anticipation of their headline performance at Headrow House in Leeds, accompanied by Elvis Costello playing along in the background […]
In The Middle with alt-J
The Gryphon chats to alt-J’s Gus Unger-Hamilton about going from St Mark’s residences and Ash Grove to headlining this year’s Latitude Festival. alt-J aren’t a band that you can easily visualise chowing down on […]
Product by SOPHIE
Fads can be cool. Remember sneering at your mates for not being hip enough to know who White Ring were back in 2011 when you thought Witch-House was going to take over the world? Fond […]
Few Days To Go by Fufanu
Penned by Rolling Stone as “Disclosure attending Bela Lugosi’s funeral”, the Icelandic band are about as weird as their name. They started off as techno duo Captain Fufani, until the theft of their master computer […]
Christmas in Reno by Cassie Ramone
Cassie Ramone has presented us with her second solo offering since leaving Vivian Girls, Christmas in Reno. In it she mixes the same whispy, hopeless and mildly depressive tone of her first solo album, The […]
UML Gig Picks of the Week
Alt-J, The Horrors and Ghostpoet – Sunday 6th December – First Direct Arena – 6.30pm – £31.90 The Mercury prize-winning band, Alt-J will be making a return to Leeds, the city where they formed back […]
JAWS @ Belgrave Music Hall 23/11
Birmingham Indie surf pop four-piece, JAWS, bought hazy guitar echoes of nostalgia-inducing lazy summers to Belgrave Music Hall on a cold Monday night in November. JAWS have made the transition in three years from lesser-known […]
Agent Fresco @ Belgrave Music Hall 22/11
“What happens on tour stays on tour” – opener Cleft warms the crowd at Belgrave Music Hall on this cold-as-hell Sunday evening with some banterful small talk as charming as the Mancunian duo’s music. Their […]
Music and Image
After the recent airing of the AMAs. Robert Cairns discusses the deification of image in music. Coldplay baffled the audience by performing with a troop of dancing primates. Meghan Trainor devoured Charlie Puth’s face […]
Preview: The Dark LP @ 360 Club
The Dark LP will be the next musical outfit to grace 360 Club’s stage. A band born and bred in Leeds, the Dark LP embrace a variety of rock, blues and reggae to spin a […]
Reading & Leeds Festival 2016 Announce First Headliner
Reading & Leeds Festivals have announced that the first headliners for 2016 is RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS. Nine years after their last performance, the legendary four-piece are returning to Reading and Leeds Festival with […]