Interview – Shed Seven

`Luckily as a band we’re still here, managing to cling on to that wreckage’ - Shed Seven's Rick Witter discusses life as one of York's finest musical exports

Tramlines Festival – Shed Seven Review

York's own bring humour and rainbows to Hillsborough Park

Tramlines Festival – Sam Ryder Review

Odd details aside, Ryder may be a pop star in the making

Tramlines Festival – The Wombats Review

After almost two decades, these marsupials can still play

Live Review – Richard Dawson & Circle

Richard Dawson & Circle invite us into their dizzying botanical realm

Interview – Richard Dawson & Circle

Richard Dawson and Circle's Janne Westerlund discuss touring, writing and botany

Festival Review – Glastonbury

The incomparable Somerset gathering returns with three headline slots that deserve a place in history

Festival Review – Primavera Sound

Organisational hiccups aside, the titan of European Festivals returns with a relentless barrage of greatness

Live Review – Colin Stetson

Belgrave Music Hall Leeds A visceral growl soars aggressively over the hypnotic drone of the enormous bass saxophone. As this growl and drone combine into one gradual and gloriously oppressive forcefield ringing […]

Live Review – Jeff Rosenstock

The opening night of Jeff Rosenstock’s UK tour sees volume, speed and sing-along choruses abound at Leeds’ Belgrave Music Hall. Jeff Rosenstock has had a busy decade thus far. Beginning in 2020, […]

Live Review – The Charlatans

Thirty-two years on and the indie icons still have their bite

Live Review- Dream Wife

Punk three-piece Dream Wife’s blisteringly loud tour stopped off at Leeds’ The Wardrobe for a gig whose flatteringly noisy performances made up for the occasional moment of over-indulgence. With a sound rooted […]

Gig Preview – The Four Owls

With almost two years having elapsed since the release of their third studio album Nocturnal Instinct, UK hip-hop four-piece The Four Owls will be bringing their long awaited and highly anticipated new […]

Live Review – Beans on Toast

Jay McAllister, known to most as the bearded, politically charged singer-songwriter Beans on Toast, is far detached from the traditional rock and roll paradigm. But does this not make him the most […]

Album Review: Black Country, New Road – Ants From Up There

Black Country, New Road follow their exciting 2021 debut record with a full throttle emotional masterstroke.

Album Review: The Wombats – Fix Yourself, Not the World

'A catchy and coherent pop-rock album from one of indie's more consistently appealing artists'