The importance of the underground cannot be stressed enough. All art forms and social movements are a product of the context they find themselves in. But as well as mirroring the era, they serve to […]
Preview – Fuzzy Logic’s 16th Birthday Bash
Hailing itself as the longest running Alternative mid-week club night in the city, Fuzzy Logic is an integral part of Leeds’ nightlife. This may seem a bizarre accolade, but Leeds is riddled with lots of […]
Review – Deep Fever Winter Wonderland w/ Henry Wu
Jazz, far from being the the inaccessible music of intellectuals or a relic to be found in your dad’s record collection, is absolutely central to electronic music. It is the point of origin in its […]
Review – Acetate 5th Birthday
A sizeable but not sold out pre-Halloween crowd certainly seemed up for it as a marathon six hour set began, and a crowd that lasted the duration of the night formed early on around the […]
Review – Hunee (All Night Long)
Friday 9th October saw one of Leeds’ favourite underground parties reach their 5th birthday at one of the city’s favourite underground clubs. A truly standout event with regional nightlife, Butter Side Up’s list of past […]
Review – Midland All Night Long
On 25th September, techno and house fans across the city welcomed Leeds DJ and producer Midland back to the place where only five years ago he could be seen behind the bar collecting glasses. As […]
Preview – Levon Vincent at Wire
Selective Hearing have yet another massive booking lined up this Friday at Wire with none other than Houston, Texas native Levon Vincent gracing the decks of the smoky underground club. Dubbed as one of the […]
Wire by Wire
To get a sense of how long Wire has been around let me tell you this – their first album came out two years before Thatcher became prime minister. Punk has died a thousand deaths […]
Preview – Selective Hearing pres. DVS1
Selective Hearing are such a safe pair of hands if you want to hear a mix of new, razor sharp techno, and masterful sets from burgeoning or nigh on well-established legends of the scene. Thursday […]
Preview – Rinse pres. Jacques Greene
Leeds will see a return of the Canadian house maestro as Rinse host an all-night dance with Jacques Greene at Wire on Saturday 18 April. The infamous London radio station’s booking follows a number of […]
Pearson Sound by Pearson Sound
Hessle Audio are currently marauding around the UK on a huge headline tour. It was a very satisfying moment to see them come home to play to a packed out Wire in January, and reflect […]
Preview – Just A Little – Nightmares on Wax
As we nudge house music gently off the scene, and welcome a revamp of funk, groove and disco, we also prepare for the astonishingly cool dude that is George Evelyn, AKA Nightmares On Wax. He […]