Item of the Week : Between-season dressing
Between-season dressing can be tricky, so here is a suggestion as to what to wear, now. Images of Spring/ Summer 2011 are already littering the pages of fashion magazines, and Seventies style sex appeal is one of the predominant trends of the season. Eye-popping shades (oranges, blues, reds and purples) mixed with a glamorous gypsy [...]
Competition: Win Tickets to Hospitality
Win Guestlist for Hospitality at O2 Academy If you don’t know already, the drum and bass label, Hospital Records hosts another huge Hospitality event at the O2 next week. The event is already sold out, but we here at LS have a few guestlist places to give away to one lucky reader. Call it a [...]
Promoter Profile: Liquid Steel Sessions
Name? Liquid Steel Sessions Genre? Dancehall, UK Funky, Garage & Dubstep Where? The Hifi Club, 2 Central Rd, Leeds, LS1 6DE When? The Last Thursday of Every month (Feb 24th, March 31st etc.) Cost? Usually between £4-6 – Cheaper advance tickets at www.theticketsellers.co.uk Most Memorable Moment/Set? Probably the first time we got THE HEATWAVE down [...]
Review: Louche 23/01/11
Louche Nicolas Jaar, Josh T Mint Club Sunday 23rd January Last weekend saw Louche deliver the goods once again with a Sunday special, welcoming dance music hot property Nicolas Jaar to the Mint Club. Yet, beyond the hype and help of notorious New York duo Wolf and Lamb, Jaar has proven himself as a young [...]
Review: Vagabondz 22/01/11
Vagabondz The Bug, Flowdan, Kenny Ken, Zed Bias, Girl Unit, Trolley Snatcha, Phealeh Leeds University Union Saturday 22nd January Leeds outfit Vagabondz returned to Leeds University Union after their sell out roadblock back in October, bringing all things bassbin-related with them, and this time collaborating with Bangerang to expand from Stylus and open up Mine. [...]
Feature: Previews
We’ve all been there – back in your student abode after the Christmas party season, staring woefully at a desk submerged under university work. Kicking yourself for ignoring the exams for so long, you sigh, wrench the lid off your fourth Redbull and curse the day Mark Zuckerberg even had an inkling to put the [...]
Feature: Previews
We’ve all been there – back in your student abode after the Christmas party season, staring woefully at a desk submerged under university work. Kicking yourself for ignoring the exams for so long, you sigh, wrench the lid off your fourth Redbull and curse the day Mark Zuckerberg even had an inkling to put the [...]
Review: Sunrise 27/11/10
Sunrise Absolum, Scorb West Indian Centre Saturday 27th November Sunrise is a fine northern flower. Psytrance is the sound on offer and it’s a delicacy best served booming and shovelled through the speakers by a spade on speed. These guys are psychedelic horticulturalists, experts that have lovingly nurtured an ever flourishing Saturday night experience. Extreme [...]
Review: Metropolis presents Hospitality 27/11/10
Metropolis presents Hospitality Subfocus Live, High Contrast, Rusko, London Elektricity Leeds University Union Saturday 27th November Last Saturday the heavyweights of drum and bass and dubstep descended upon our university union throughout the night in an explosion of light and sound. Hospitality had arrived. Whilst one occupation continued in the Michael Sadler building, in the [...]