“We are all actors. Everybody lies.” As I fumbled my way through the various set pieces occupying Stage@Leeds last weekend, I was repeatedly reminded of this truism. For in The Waiting Room, a final year […]
Have Yourself a Merry Little Gryfmus: The Gryphon’s Top 10 Christmas Bangers
Since the dawn of Christmas, man has grappled with a single, profound question. What are the definitive, Top 10 yuletide bangers? Here at the Gryphon Music, we think we’ve finally cracked it. Scouring the entire […]
Gryph Picks: The November Playlist
This month, Robbie’s friends didn’t want to go to Aldi with him and Juliette had meal deals for lunch and dinner for 6 days in a row. Robert Cairns November is officially the most fucked […]
Night Driver by Busted
Call Peter and get him to smash up the Flux Capacitor; you don’t want to see the future. If this is what’s multi-platinum, the Year 3000 is a bland dystopia ruled by cryogenically preserved X […]
Tom Misch @ Manchester Gorilla, 19/11/16
If the bitter chill over in Leeds has crossed the Pennines, it’s certainly not breached the sweaty walls of Manchester Gorilla. Cosy at the best of times, the intimate venue becomes utterly rammed during a […]
Jordan Rakei @ Headrow House, 11/11/16
For Jordan Rakei, from his infectious grooves down to the offensively loud shirt he’s sporting tonight, there’s only one word. Jazzy. Alongside the likes of Tom Misch and Zak Abel, Rakei forms part of a […]
Gryph Picks: The October Edition
We like music over here at the Music section. In fact, we’re downright music nerds. So much so, that we – your fave Gryphon Music Eds – decided to make a playlist of all our […]
Preview: Beacons Metro
Beacons Metro preview Beacons Metro is the recent transmutation of Beacons Festival; this used to be a traditional camping festival in August, but the organisers, in keeping with complaints that the traditional camping experience was […]
In celebration of the creeps: 10 greatest Radiohead tracks
Radiohead have come a long way since their debut single ‘Creep’. In fact, it’s 24 years this week since Thom Yorke and the gang burst into public consciousness, asking what the hell they were doing […]
"The Fab Four”: meet your music editors
So you know all about the music section. There’s music. There’s tunes. There’s top bants. But want to know a lil’ more about the faces behind the action? Well then, look no further than our […]
Music | Alt-J @ Manchester Apollo 20/09
With a name derived from an Apple Mac command, lyrics rooted in literature and a love of art-house films, Alt-J are anything but predictable. Their explosive debut An Awesome Wave featured a ground-breaking blend of […]
Music | Live – Elbow @ Leeds Arena
There’s something about Elbow that just screams ‘Dad Rock’. Whether it’s the mellow tone, accessible lyrics or understated image, the feeling you’ve fallen into your parents’ record collection is almost inescapable. However, there is an […]