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Deer Shed Preview: 26th-29th July
Deer Shed is Yorkshire’s unique music, arts and culture festival. This year it commences between 26th-29th July in the beautiful...
Jul 16, 20242 min read


Live At Leeds in The Park 25/05/2024
Having attended my fair share of the well-established multi-venue city stomper, now aptly name ‘Live at Leeds in the City’, I was...
Jun 7, 20244 min read


English Teacher- Mastermind Specialism Review
New single Mastermind Specialism catapults English Teacher fully into the ballad market. With its slow roots in other tracks like A55,...
Dec 6, 20232 min read


bdrmm, DAMEFRISØR and Shaene at Project House 16th November 2023
(Photo of bdrmm by Katherine Mackenzie) There are few things that fans of alternative music will look forward to more than a first visit...
Nov 24, 20233 min read


Volk Soup- A Perfect Christmas Single Review
It is rare to get a new Christmas song on the festive circuit, and it is even rarer for any that do surface to be good. In a market which...
Nov 22, 20232 min read


Van Houten- Coming of Age Single Review
Just like the plot of a teen movie, skating through the streets of Burley, Leeds’ well-loved slacker heroes are back with a bang with...
Nov 14, 20232 min read


Live at Leeds in The City 14/10/2023
Our Luca went down to check out the underground action at everyone's favourite mid October stomp-fest. On October 14, Leeds' most...
Nov 12, 20234 min read


Tiss Vampiric and Friends at Headrow House 11th February 2023
A dazzling spectacle, more akin to the West End than the middle floor of Headrow House. Local legend, Tiss, formerly of the project Genie...
Feb 18, 20232 min read

New Headingley New Years Party
New Years in Leeds is always a scatty one. There's many a motive and trying to satisfy everyone and being in the right place for the...
Dec 19, 20222 min read

Van Houten, Uncle Keir and Bug Teeth at The New Headingley 19/08/2022
Combining a line-up of fresh acts on their first Leeds show ‘Bug Teeth’, Yorkshire legend Uncle Keir alongside his new band and indie...
Sep 12, 20223 min read


Long Division Festival 2022 Review
We went down to Wakefield for the day and caught Fuzz Lightyear, Pit Pony, Mollie Coddled W.H. Lung and more… Showcasing some of the best...
Jun 22, 20224 min read


George Bloomfield and Friends at Hyde Park Book Club 6 June 2022
Arriving at Hyde Park Book Club on a gloomy Monday, it didn’t seem the scene for the electric gig that was about to take place. As the...
Jun 10, 20222 min read

Long Division Festival Preview
Long Division Festival started when festival director Dean Freeman cashed in his NHS pension to fund a festival that could match up...
Jun 8, 20222 min read

TC & The Groove Family at the Brudenell 1st June 2022
TC & The Groove Family’s show at the Brudenell brought three of Leeds’ finest jazz inspired acts to the fore. It was a rare show in which...
Jun 6, 20223 min read


BPM Documentary
BPM chart their rise and release of debut album Don't Ask, Don't Get in new documentary When Is The Gig?. Capturing their humble...
May 30, 20221 min read


An Interview with Divorce Finance
Overhearing a “profound” engagement on a train between a “middle-aged, middle-class bloke and a pissed tramp” discussing the struggles of...
May 16, 20223 min read


English Teacher Headline the Brudenell 25th April 2022
Revered by the likes of NME and BBC Radio One, Leeds band English teacher’s first ever headline show was highly anticipated. One of three...
Apr 29, 20223 min read


Youth Sector at Oporto 29th March 2022
Upcoming art rock band Youth Sector played a repeatedly up tempo set at Oporto in March. A visually striking band, it could only be...
Apr 12, 20223 min read

A chat with Iona Lane
On the folk scene in Leeds and her new debut album, Hallival, released 25th March 2022. Iona Lane is a Leeds based folk singer-songwriter...
Mar 30, 20224 min read


NAALÍ Collective Headline Sunday Joint
NAALÍ COLLECTIVE have been a staple of the Leeds jazz scene since their debut gig last September at Belgrave. Previously supporting...
Mar 13, 20223 min read


King Violet and Smuj at the Fox and Newt 25th February 2022
Smuj, partly residence in Leeds and the infamous Toon smashed their set at Burley’s quaint Fox and Newt. They demonstrated some awesome,...
Mar 7, 20221 min read


WhoBodyHow Single Release at Hyde Park Book Club 24 February 2022
Celebrating the catchy, somewhat psychedelic, and atmospheric first single release, Vigilant When Sober, new artist WhoBodyHow headlined...
Mar 6, 20222 min read


An Interview with The Sunkissed Child
Inspired by the climate of her hometown Beirut, Chance The Rapper and her innocence apparent in the expressive emotion in her lyrics,...
Feb 15, 20225 min read

Sonic Caravan: A Review of Static Caravan at Wharf Chambers 23/01/2022
It’s rare to see a band on their first proper show, and a band as good as this. Going from playing open mic nights to headlining a Sunday...
Jan 30, 20222 min read

Fehlt at The New Headingley Club 3/12/2021
A mesmerising state of calm occurred in an old working men’s club in Headingley on a cold December evening. Decades of pool-playing, and...
Dec 6, 20212 min read

The Boys Bringing Grunge Back to a Woodhouse Basement
I caught up with Ben Parry, guitarist and lead singer of Fuzz Lightyear in October to discuss recording a live session for Emily...
Nov 29, 20213 min read
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