NO CEREMONY/// – HURTLOVE
I haven’t been myself lately at all. The past few weeks and months have been a blur, everything moving with such great speeds that the only thing constant is the residue of space they leave behind – a strange, fulfilling emptiness. I have been waking up every morning at precisely 7:43am “We live in an...
Everything Unexpected Happened at Live At Leeds 2013
There is a reason for the title of this post. Everything unexpected DID happen at Live At Leeds 2013. Let me break it down for you: I couldn’t go to work on Friday. Someone in the office gave me a nasty bastard chest and sinus infection. By the time Saturday rolled in, I was still...
Live At Leeds 2013: What To Expect
So we’re pretty excited about Live At Leeds hitting the city come May 3rd-6th this year. And I’ll tell you why. 1) Savages. are. playing. Enough said. 2) Awesome venues across Leeds, favorites are the now newly refurbished Nation of Shopkeepers. Brudenell is always alot of fun and then there’s Trinity Church, next to the newly opened...
SAVAGES – Shut Up (New Video)
Mind = blown. Hear the album version of Shut Up from Savages‘ upcoming debut full length Silence Yourself (out May 6th) via this new video by Grammy nominated director Giorgio Testi, presented by Dazed Digital.
Brilliant Colors, Wharf Chambers, 8th April 2013, Leeds
Typing this as I wolf down the microwaved leftover spag bol I made last night. Who’d have thought that the band I wrote about 3 years ago would play a gig in Leeds tonight??? I must say it is quite unfortunate that Margaret Thatcher happened to pass away on the night Brilliant Colors were playing. [Brilliant...
Avoiding Tequila Shots, Rocking Out To Black Moth and Bringing Disco Back with Galaxians at British Wildlife Festival 2013
Leeds definitely knows how to party. Friday and Saturday was British Wildlife Festival at The Brudenell Social Club...
Tombed Visions Records
I haven’t wrote in awhile and there’s a reason for that. The countless stream of useless, non-personalised emails from PR agencies who should know better than to send me badly written presspacks about artists that are totally not relevant to this blog, had me so underwhelmed and uninspired that I have turned my attention to...
In Photos: The Soft Moon x Dracula Lewis Live, Brudenell Social Club, 25th Nov 2012
Went to catch The Soft Moon at Brudenell Social Club yesterday despite my bangin sore throat induced by wisdom tooth pain and the fact that the side of my face was swollen as heck. Waited in the rain for half an hour for the cab to arrive and when I finally got there, thinking I...
In Photos: The Voyeurist, O Children, LIVE, Leeds 24th Oct 2012
O Children and The Voyeurist were playing at Oporto on Wednesday night and we thought we’d pay them a visit. Mid-week gigs is always a weird one, you just don’t know what the turn out is going to be like on a school night. And that night felt slightly “off” too – there was a...
Vuvuvultures
The nouveau goth movement was already in full swing before I’ve even realised the full extent of it. As I sit here going through Savages‘ facebook photo album, making plans for the show with O Children and The Voyeurist tomorrow and listening to Vuvuvultures, I cannot help but feel a sense of, relief. Relief in...
Death Rattle – He&I EP
Seriously vibing hard to my preview of Death Rattle’s ep, He&I, released 15th October by Belgian label, Frontal Noize. Its the perfect sound to accompany a lonely, foggy autumn night in. Don’t let the new wave-y upbeat tempo of Fixer fool you into a dance party, this is dark, melancholic electronic music for the heartbroken and...
Linea Aspera
Winter is coming and I’m craving for cold, grim sounds, I can’t help it. The synth-heavy darkwave duo that is Linea Aspera has got me completely spellbound. They’re on the more catchier spectrum of darkwave than the icy monotone no-disco of coldwave. It’s dancier, and it’s dark and it makes you feel like you’re in some underground...
