In celebration of Mother’s Day this Sunday, we decided that our mums deserved celebrating with more than just presents – in the form of songs too. ‘The Best Day’ – Taylor Swift This song really […]
Female Artist Spotlight
To celebrate International Women’s Day, we collaborated to bring you some of the most impressive female artists about right now. Halsey Halsey has carved out a prominent space for herself in alternative-pop, with albums that […]
Cage The Elephant Bring A Storm to O2 Academy, 16.02.2020
The start of a prolific tour across the UK and Europe, their arrival at O2 Academy won’t have quite the frosty reception that the weather might predict; instead, things quickly heat up as the Kentucky […]
Cigarettes After Sex // 27.03.2020 // Preview
Swirling, ambient melodies and soft, whispering tales of heartbreak – Cigarettes After Sex have for many years now been the soundtrack to many a quiet, introspective night in. Candles lit, tears at the ready, and […]
Coachella Controversy – To Boycott or Not to Boycott?
The festival Coachella is being headlined by queer artist Frank Ocean. As the owner of Coachella has repeatedly expressed homophobic viewpoints, editor Neive McCarthy explores the question of why LGBTQ+ artists attend. Coachella is for […]
Bombay Bicycle Club Bring Absolute Euphoria to O2 Academy
Everything Else Has Gone Wrong declare Bombay Bicycle Club. Frontman Jack Steadman explains to a spellbound crowd partway through their return to Leeds how their latest album is essentially an ode to how so many […]
Preview: Cage the Elephant, O2 Academy, 16/02/2020
Fresh off the back of their second Best Rock Album Grammy, Cage the Elephant are ready and raring to embark on a lengthy tour of Europe. With the release of Social Cues last year, 4 […]
Bombay Bicycle Club Set to Enchant O2 Academy, 25.01.2020
A decade on from their pivotal debut album, I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose, indie sweethearts Bombay Bicycle Club made an explosive return to music after their four year hiatus. With a […]
The Chats Unleash Chaos on Brudenell, 04/12/19
As The Chats prepared to descend upon a sold out Brudenell Social Club, an absurd amount of mullet owners seemed to emerge from the darkest corners of Leeds in anticipation for the Sunshine Coast rockers […]
Review: Harry Styles on SNL
Filling the highly coveted role of host/musical artist, legendary Harry Styles made his return to Saturday Night Live last week amidst much anticipation – heightened significantly when the pre-released clip saw Styles and Kenan Thompson […]
The Gryphon’s Albums of the Decade
As we reach the end of the 2010s, it seems apt to reflect on what has been the most defining decade of most of our lives here at The Gryphon thus far – especially in […]
In The Middle with FONTAINES D.C.
Our online editor Neive McCarthy sat down with Conor Deegan from the incredible FONTAINES D.C. to discuss one of the craziest rises to fame yet. “I feel like we were playing around the same venues […]