There’s something really special about Leeds in the summer – lazy days spent basking in the beautiful Yorkshire sun, culminating in picturesque sunsets washing over the city, all witnessed from the abundance of rooftop bars. […]
The Thrush Metal Queen of The Stage, 02.05.19
I don’t know if this is going to be an ode to Stella or an ode to my year abroad in Perth, but to truly clear the leaves from this review’s yellow brick path I […]
Loyle Carner Enchants Brudenell, 30.04.19
It is not only due to the fact that the Brudenell is a favourite venue of mine, largely down to it’s intimate, living room setting, but hearing Carner perform there in his Paris football shirt, […]
The One-Man Band You Have to See Live to Experience the Wonder: Newton Faulkner at Leeds Beckett Student Union, 01.05.19
An enthusiastic crowd turned out at Leeds Beckett Students Union on Wednesday 1st May, to watch singer-songwriter Newton Faulkner display exactly how he has achieved such longevity in his career. Unfortunately, whilst I only managed […]
Maisie Peters Soothes Hyde Park Book Club, 27.04.19
A setlist of pop-folk love songs that the room knew every word to make for a lovely Saturday night spent with Maisie Peters. Support act Plested opened up the show with acoustic versions of his […]
Frank Carter and The Rattlesnakes Shake Brudenell with An Explosive Album Launch, 05.05.19
Album launch gigs are usually met with fans quietly listing to new material with a few old gems sprinkled in. This did not feel like a typical launch gig. With the chilling opening song, ‘Why […]
Lucy Rose Rises Above Illness and Technicians, 16.04.19
Lucy Rose transferred the brooding aesthetic of new album No Words Left to a wonky stage at the City Varieties Music Hall, as she and her band battled with Norovirus and the lighting tech. […]
Poppy Ajudha Proves Herself at Headrow House, 29.03.19
Dim red lights illuminated exposed brickwork and warmed the room in anticipation of Poppy Ajudha’s first headline tour. A textile backdrop made in collaboration with Joy Miessi that read: “Radical intimacy is what we need” […]
Nina Nesbitt, 14.04.19
Nina Nesbitt’s entire ‘The Sun Will Come Up’ tour is a celebration of femininity at its core. With Call Me Loop opening for the Scottish singer at The Wardrobe, she sets the tone for the […]
A Night of Music, Poetry and Spoken Word, 29.03.19
On the 29th of March, the intimate upstairs venue at the Fox and Newt pub in Leeds played host to a compelling night of storytelling, poetry and music. The set opened with Roy, a spoken […]