Categories
Music

Turn off the big light, we’re getting cosy with Niph 

Cardigan Arms in Leeds welcomed Niph on Thursday night, (2nd May) as they played their debut gig at the cosy venue.   The band consists of 23-year-old Callum Minks on guitar, vocals, and drum sampler; 24-year-old Aaron Jolly on bass and vocals and 24-year-old Alex Plater on guitar, vocals, and keys.  Although there was overall excitement […]

Categories
Music

Wednesday must be the new Friday because Everybody’s Saying Thursday’s the weekend

The sun is shining, you’ve just come home from work. Your friends have asked you to meet them at the local beer garden to catch the last few rays of the sun – it is Friday tomorrow. You contemplate it before saying “Go on then, Everybody’s Saying Thursday’s The Weekend.” Australian trio, DMA’s, has perfectly […]

Categories
Music Pop Culture

Nathan Connolly: The Strange Order of Things

After spending six years working on his debut solo album, Nathan Connolly is ready for the world to hear his voice. Nathan Connolly has been a big part of the Northern Irish rock band, Snow Patrol for over 20 years. And after feeling the need to write and explore on his own, his debut solo […]

Categories
Music

Pastel & Afflecks Palace @ The Brudenell Social Club, Leeds

Cheap beer, plastic cups, and speakers so loud you can feel the vibrations rip through your body, are all signs of a great venue. Waking up the next day with sore feet, ringing ears, and the songs from the night before stuck in your head, are all the signs of a great band. The Brudenell […]

Categories
Music

Knebworth, Cluedo and Knob Cheese, we talked about it all with Pastel.

“I’m convinced I could out sniff some rockstars” Jack Yates 2022 I went to the pub with lead singer Jack, 22 and rhythm guitarist James, 24, who make up two-fifths of the upcoming band Pastel. The band is made up of Manchester cousins Jack and James and Swansea boys Joe Anderson (lead guitar), Rhys Wheeler […]

Categories
Music Pop Culture

Knebworth 2022 – History Reimagined

Now that I have finally overcome my exhaustion from last Saturday (the 4th, 25,000 steps will do that to you), I can finally talk about the biblical, celestial, majestical performance that was executed by the one and only: Liam FUCKING Gallagher.  Liam Gallagher recreated history at the weekend (3rd and 4th June), playing at Knebworth 26 years […]

Categories
Music Pop Culture

It’s Harry’s House and We’re Just Living in it

The 70’s are well and truly back, and Harry Styles is giving it a warm welcome with his third solo album: Harry’s House. Harry has been known to flirt with different genres throughout his music, and he has done it again, this time he is doing the hustle back to the 1970’s.  It has officially been […]

Categories
Music

Oasis and The Total Stone Roses @ The Met Lounge, Peterborough

Last Night (February 26th), The Met Lounge, Peterborough was sold out as people of all ages piled in to watch Oaysis and The Total Stone Roses. Not quite the real thing, but people jumped around singing at the top of their lungs as if they were. As we got to the Met Lounge, waiting for […]

Categories
Music

Rex Orange County, You’re Late!

The excitement before a concert is always the best feeling, from the adrenaline to the eagerness to see your favourite artist singing your favourite songs. After hours of travelling for Rex Orange County’s new album tour for “Pony”, you get to the venue (which in this case was the O2 Academy in Brixton) with plenty […]

Categories
Music

Can he still Stand and Deliver? I’m Adam-Ant he can!

The year is 1982, you’re 12 years old and you’re standing at the front of the stage in De Montfort Hall, Leicester, wearing your best Adam and the Ants t-shirt with a black cross next to both eyes, which you made by begging your mum to borrow some of her black eyeliner. You’re waiting excitedly […]