We catch up with Mercury Prize nominated band, Portico, ahead of their Leeds show this weekend. Portico’s recent name change from Portico Quartet does not just signify the departure of Keir Vine from the […]
UML Gig Picks of the Week
Akala- Sunday 22nd November – Hifi Club – Free – 10:00pm Playing at Hifi’s weekly Sunday Joint event, Akala & Live Band will be playing a mashup of Hip Hop, Funk, Soul and Reggae tracks. […]
We Are The Ocean @ The Key Club 13/11
Low ceilings, a dingy bar and a few precariously dangling microphones welcome We Are The Ocean to their Leeds performance at The Key Club – “it’s like playing in a box” muses frontman Liam Cromby. […]
Selected @ Hifi 9/11
Selected provided a night of underground music, from Lady Sanity, Dialect, and Weezy Jefferson who provided the grime and hip hop front, to Empress Imani whose soulful rendition of ‘Am I Wrong’ had everybody up […]
Papier Mâché Dream Balloon by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
The prolific long-haired Australian rockers make a strong return with this rather lovely album. Marking the band’s seventh studio album, Papier Mâché Dream Balloon is all sunshine and cool blue waves, transporting you to the […]
The Miraculous by Anna von Hausswolff
The Miraculous is as beautiful as it is terrifying. It’s a towering gothic church that you can see from miles around. It marches to the beat of war drums, always forward at a glacial pace […]
Purpose by Justin Bieber
Although I’ve been a fan of some of Bieber’s post ‘Baby’ body of work (‘As Long as You Love Me’ is still great) it was undisputed banger ‘What Do You Mean’ which really got me […]
Fool’s Gold?
From The Stone Roses to Busted to Fuzzbox, it seems like every band from eras past have announced that they are re-uniting in the past weeks causing millions of music fans to clamber onto the […]
Preview: The Calls @ 360 Club
After an emphatic single launch night at Bad Apples saw ripples spread across the Leeds indie music scene, The Calls will return to storm the stage at 360 Club on Saturday 21st November. A controlled but aggressive […]
In The Middle with Beans On Toast
Jay McAllister, more widely known as the voice behind his alternative folk band Beans on Toast, is the man who gracefully immerses his lyrics with stories of love, politics and sardonic humour. Upon beginning the […]
Make America Psycho Again by Fall Out Boy
Fall Out Boy have released a remix of American Beauty/American Psycho less than a year from the album’s official release. In an obvious attempt to recreate the sound of the Kanye West remix of ‘This […]
In the Middle with Spector
The Gryphon chats to lead singer Fred Macpherson of Spector about Moth Boys, Spotify and Brudenell Social Club. This four piece indie-rock band from London (coincidently named after the group of villains from James Bond) […]