The last ten years have seen Levon Vincent become one of the most revered names in electronic music. A self-professed ‘scientist working in the field of ass-shakery’, Vincent’s theoretical music training and intelligent […]
Preview – Just A Little… Acid Trip w/ DJ Pierre and Marshall Jefferson
House music truly moves people: crowds dance – or jack – all night long. People travel from far and wide to experience the unrivalled pleasure of a house night or rave, and it can move […]
Wild Beasts @ Canal Mills 11/12
When making the pilgrimage over the canal to that seemingly forever-dark corner of south Leeds, you kind of know what to expect from your night. It normally centres around depravity and hedonism. The taxi to […]
Music | Album Review: Ólöf Arnalds – Palme
It’s always exciting to see a new album come out of Iceland. One tends to get caught up in the fantastical folk tradition of this fascinating country, one which has left a very quirkily shaped […]
Music | Album Review: Aphex Twin
Lurking like an android shark in the fathomless gloom of the Deep Web is a creature whose emergence has been foretold by UFO and urban hieroglyph. The robotic beast that ascends from the internet’s seabed […]
Music | The Telescopes live
The Telescopes Belgrave Music Hall 4/5 The Telescopes’ leader Stephen Lawrie and his bassist are hunched over on their knees in an agonising tension between pleasure and pain. Lawrie howls wildly and ear-splittingly into his […]
Music | Album review – Planningtorock
Planningtorock All Love’s Legal 5/5 Almost simultaneously with the German Winter Olympic team’s multicoloured entry into the Russian national stadium, gender-bender Planningtorock (Jam Rostron) has released her new album All Love’s Legal. With various gay […]
Music | Album review – Ásgeir & Jerome LOL
Ásgeir In The Silence One Little Indian 4/5 There is something enchanting about Icelandic music. Bjork makes music as if she were a mythical creature. Sigur Ros forge ambient yet popular soundscapes worthy of soundtracking […]
Music | Live in Leeds – The Family Rain, Palma Violets & Hayseed Dixie
The Family Rain – Brudenell Social Club (4/5) If you watched Made In Chelsea on Monday (yes, I do), then you have already listened to The Family Rain. It featured the band’s cover of ‘Enjoy The Silence.’ […]
Music | Live in Leeds – Alice in Chains & Big Deal
Alice in Chains – O2 Academy (4/5) At first, people wonder if they have wandered into the wrong venue. Having just witnessed the stange Swedish metal band Ghost, who fronted a sort skeleton-priest alongside guitar […]
Music | Live in Leeds – Parquet Courts, Travis & The Pigeon Detectives
Parquet Courts – Brudenell Social Club (4/5) This is a gig for feedback junkies. Dirty guitar tones fluctuate towards pig squeals at almost every opportunity in this alternative punk showcase at the Brudenell. Locals Menace […]
Music | San Cisco – Interview
Stepping out of the leaden coldness of Cross Belgrave Street into the warm neon hue of the new Belgrave Music Hall; one knows it is a place to feel at home with its mishmash of […]