White Lies returned to the O2 Academy on the back of their fifth album, FIVE. Opening with ‘Time to Give’, the first song on the new album, followed by ‘There Goes Our Love Again’ off […]
Marc Rebillet Brings His Impromptu Improvisation to Leeds, 28.01.19
Marc Rebillet brings his improvised live show to Belgrave Music Hall & Canteen on a freezing January evening and has the sold-out crowd warmed up without a moment’s hesitation. His increasingly popular brand of beat-driven […]
Busted Return with a Short Nostalgia-Inducing Show, 06.02.19
It is a surreal experience seeing your favourite childhood band play a gig at your local venue about 15 years after you fell in love with them. Yet, I was still part of the rather […]
Enter Shikari Bring Euphoric Energy to the O2 Academy, 2.02.19
Black Peaks, had the task of it was their job to energize a crowd and to prepare them for what the evening had in store – band Enter Shikari. It was truly astonishing the sheer […]
Death Cab for Cutie Rock the O2 Academy, 29.01.19
It’s safe to say that the alt-rock band Death Cab for Cutie did not serve fans short with their almost 2 hour set at the 02 Academy on Tuesday night. Formed in 1997, the band […]
Seven-Years Away Fades to Nothing, Snow Patrol 29.01.19
“It took the Beatles six years to change the music yet it took us six years to make an album” Snow Patrol finally return to Leeds after eleven years to play a sold-out gig at […]
Mom Jeans Bring Cross-Generational Emo Rock to the Brude, 19.01.19
Mom Jeans playing the Brudenell Social Club was, in many ways, a perfect microcosm of the ways that music creates communities and connections that transcend generational or geographic divides. Not only was there a Californian […]
DMA’s Enchant the O2 with Britpop Goodness, 10.12.18
Monday the 10th of December proved to be a great night for all those who are lovers of anything Britpop at O2 Academy. The first support act Rosborough were mesmerising to watch, to the point […]
The Alarm Play a Standout Show at Brudenell Social Club, 06.12.18
Welsh alt-rock/new wave/post-punk band The Alarm formed in 1981 out of the ashes of punk band The Toilets and have been touring on and off since their reunion in the late 1990s. Their blend of […]
Jordan Allen Rock The Key Club, 05.12.18
From the get go, I’d been quite critical of Jordan Allen. I’ve always found it to be quite unfair that on Facebook, and in music journalism, more generally the act is referred to as a […]