Review: Hospitality
Hospitality Sub Focus, High Contrast, Danny Byrd, Camo & Krooked, Wilkinson, Mele, Kito O2 Academy Friday 19th April With the likes of modern day drum & bass poster boy Sub Focus billed alongside the Hospital Records’ veterans, the classic DnB student event in Leeds returned to its familiar confines of the O2 Academy in Leeds city [...]
Review: Hospitality
Hospitality Danny Byrd, Shy FX, London Elektricity, Nu:Logic, S.P.Y, Calyx & Teebee, Metrik, Preditah, Om Unit O2 Academy Friday 1st February The archetypal drum and bass event in Leeds returned once again to the O2 Academy in Leeds city centre last week. With a lineup devoid of some of the recent regulars such as Netsky, [...]
February Gig Guide!
Here’s the best of what February has to offer! Monday 4th – Jake Bugg – O2 Academy Thursday 7th – Dutch Uncles – Brudenell Social Club Saturday 9th – NME Awards Tour with Peace, Miles Kane, Palma Violets and Django Django – O2 Academy Wednesday 13th [...]
Live Review:: Passion Pit @ O2 Academy
With bands of this year choosing to focus their sound on house or dubstep vibes, it’s quite refreshing to a band whose music is all the more approachable for this change and slightly shies away from the pressures of this revived trend. Passion Pit prove tonight that they have not lost their [...]
Live Review:: Ben Howard @ O2 Academy
“Hello Leeds!” were two of about seven words softly squeaked by rootsy melodic folkster Ben Howard during his visit to the O2 Academy. After a slow and intense opener, in the form of ‘Burgh Island’, the title track from his upcoming EP, he sat his guitar face-up on his lap and set to using his [...]
Live Review:: Crystal Castles @ O2 Academy
Amidst a thick wall of relentless bass and wailing synths, Alice Glass shrieks and screams, working the O2’s super-charged crowd into a pulsing sea of energy; the move to larger venues, it seems, has not phased Canada’s most fearless musical export. Few bands reach the level of energy elicited by Crystal Castles, whose fondness for extreme volume [...]
Live Review:: The Cribs
There’s no surprise that there have been so many claims of The Cribs to be the best live band you can see at the moment. They probably are. Who cares about the fact they don’t have Johnny Marr as a secondary member anymore? Because if you do, you’re not listening properly. This year’s release of [...]
November Gig Guide! – Who’s playing where next month
With November fast approaching and student loans fast decreasing, perhaps now might be the time to be a bit more carefully in choosing which gigs we really ought to go to. Here’s our picks on what Leeds’ venues have on offer next month! 1st November – Ellen and the Escapades – Brudenell Social Club [...]
Live Review // Hot Chip @ O2 Academy Leeds
Never a band to perform by halves, Hot Chip stormed the O2 stage in a flurry of strobes and a riot of sound. The band kicked off their no-holds-barred set with possibly three of their biggest hits in a row, including ‘And I Was A Boy From School’. The best part of any Hot Chip [...]