Recon Festival: the lowdown
This October sees Recon Festival return for another series of intriguing and inspiring musical and artistic performances across Leeds and Bradford. The diverse line-up features performances from Warp...
View ArticleBeacons Metro: from campsites to clubnights
This year Beacons Metro will swap the lush green fields of North Yorkshire for the urbane nightspots of the North, taking the new form of a series of events across Leeds and Manchester. Most of the...
View ArticleReview: Xiu Xiu play the music of Twin Peaks
In many ways, the Howard Assembly Room is an appropriate venue to stage an interpretation of the Twin Peaks soundtrack. Rather like the fictional town, the Howard Assembly Room has a dark past,...
View ArticleRecon Festival 2015
This October sees Recon Festival return for another series of intriguing and inspiring musical and artistic performances across Leeds and Bradford. The diverse line-up features performances from Warp...
View ArticleA Little Slice of Light Night
The annual Light Night returned to Leeds last Friday, featuring late-night openings of galleries, museums, theatres, shopping centres and unusual spaces. Starting just as it went dark at 6pm, the race...
View ArticleCelebrating 20 years of The Leaf Label
This year, Leeds-based independent record company The Leaf Label commemorates its 20th anniversary. To celebrate, it has announced a special 14-record box set and a series of gigs at Headrow House. I...
View ArticleCreatively Leeds: Stronger Together
A piece I wrote for the first Independent Leeds Magazine, published in December 2015 and distributed free of charge to multiple shops, venues and other outlets across the city. Click above to view as...
View ArticleJUX Festival hits the Brudenell this February
This February will see the launch of JUX, Leeds’ newest festival of music, bringing together active participants of some of the vibrant musical communities across the North and London. Taking place...
View ArticleAn instrumentalist’s investigation into lyrics
An interview with the band Esper Scout. Published in latest version of Independent Leeds Magazine (issue 2), out now and free of charge. Click the image below to zoom in a new tab. Originally published...
View ArticleDays of Our Youth: Delta 5 for a new DIY generation
Next month sees the release of Leeds DIY label Bomb the Twist’s ‘Days of Our Youth’ – a quirky compilation featuring fresh interpretations of Delta 5 songs. Part of Leeds’ rich musical heritage, Delta...
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