A mere few days after their intimate album launch gig at Headrow House, The Magic Gang return to Leeds for a stellar sold-out show. Support act Our Girl win the crowd over with their grunge […]
Piercing the Canon: LGBTQ+ Representation in Literature
As Miss Puddleton advises Stephen in The Well of Loneliness, ‘books are good friends’. Here are some classics to add to your book shelf. The Well of Loneliness – Radclyffe Hall Stephen Gordon always had […]
To Kill a King return to their roots at Brudenell Social Club 16/01
To Kill a King return to where it all started this evening. The band are no less than alumni of Leeds University and Leeds local frontman Ralph Pelleymounter begins the gig by reminiscing about earlier […]
Are We Having a Period Revolution?
You may remember a certain photograph of Rupi Kaur’s that was taken down initially by Instagram under terms of ‘violating community standards’. The photo was of Kaur herself, lying on a bed with a few, […]
Up to 75,000 Banking Jobs in Jeopardy Thanks to ‘Hard Brexit’
As Post-Brexit trade negotiations are set to be underway, pressure is amounting to strike the right deal to avoid further loss of banking jobs in London. The Bank of England are claiming that up to […]
Fickle Friends @ The Wardrobe 17/10/2017
It may be cold and dreary outside, but Fickle Friends are already pre-empting next summer with their breezy melodies and palm tree decorated set, framing the band in a tropical retro looking landscape. The Wardrobe […]
The Royal Shakespeare Company Sells Off Old Wardrobe in Jumble Sale
What’s the cost of an RSC costume? A very early start we should think. Fancy yourself a piece of history? Julius Caesar’s chest armour perhaps? Or Lady Macbeth’s guilt stained necklace? Last week, the Royal […]
Lust For Life by Lana Del Rey
If Lust for Life’s album cover is anything to go by, it appears Lana Del Rey has finally chirped up after three albums of pensive ballads, downcast beats and sad, sad girls – or so […]
Emerging Adulthood by Dan Croll
It seems it has been a less than easy three years since the release of Dan Croll’s debut album. He recently tweeted that a couple of years ago he was uncertain if he would ever […]
In The Middle with We Are The Ocean
Before their Leeds gig, Natasha Lyons caught up with We Are The Ocean’s Liam Cromby (vocalist/guitarist), Jack Spence (bassist) and Alfie Scully (guitarist) to discuss their latest album Ark, their new sound and reconnecting with […]
Film: Mockingjay Part 2 – A neat, if somewhat flat, conclusion
Mockingjay Part 2, the final instalment of the immensely popular Hunger Games series, sees – as I’m sure you know by now –all thirteen districts of Panem join forces in rebellion against the Capitol and […]
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. […]