Review // Flume- ‘Flume’
2012 into 2013 has been a victorious year for underground dance music as a whole, sure, I understand that that is a narrow statement to make but with the likes of Disclosure and AlunaGeorge’s collaboration hitting the number two spot in the Official UK Chart last week (No matter how much the aforementioned delivers as...
Leah’s Playlists // Albums of 2012 pt. 3
5) Japandroids- ‘Celebration Rock’ The Vancouver duo’s aptly-titled second release Celebration Rock saw them venturing into a much more radical style of reckless, expeditious guitar lines and reminiscent stories of out-lived youth landing itself as a record on many end of year best-of lists, this one obviously included. The sing-a-long qualities of ‘Fire’s Highway’ and...
Leah’s Playlists // Albums of 2012 pt.2
Beach House- ‘Bloom’ As I’ve mentioned many times in the past, I was more than just a little late at jumping on the Beach House bandwagon. Sure, there was the gorgeous articulations and delicately entrancing instrumentals on past releases but I just didn’t “get” it- well, until ‘Bloom’ came along, at least. Corralling the most...
Leah’s Playlists // Albums of 2012 pt.1
The Mayan apocalypse is one day away (If this actually happens, I’ll be most pissed off about missing Eminem live in 2013 and the fact you actually will never know who my Number 1 record of the year goes to- then again I suppose worse things have happened at sea!) so grab a can of...
Interview // Adam JK
Adam J.Kurtz is a twenty-something New York based graphic media designer, with a strongly personal internet presence both through his mediums of art and the use of integrated personal blogs. His constructions of humorously truthful and proclaimed ‘self-deprecating’ designs on everything from T-shirts over to badges, make for pieces of which are reflective, sometimes close-to-the-bone...
Leah’s Playlists // November
Aloha! Talk about an irrelevant greeting, it’s reached that point of the year where I realise that Foreigner’s 1977 ‘Cold As Ice‘ hit was not named after some heart-breaking scoundrel but in fact, the temperature of where I reside, which has lead me to reaching for the textbooks (UGH, deadline Season come back another month)...
Review // PEACE @ Soup Kitchen, Manchester
Setting the pre-Halloween themed week with draping, angsty green hues reflected throughout the venues basement, tonight’s support of Carousels droan-pop should present itself as angrily edgy and oh-so mysterious, no? Fusing through a handful of tracks (and sounding a whole less grunge-meets-twee than on their previously-heard demo recordings), despite being delivered with well-executed cymbal boasts...
Leah’s Playlists // October
Settled back in to the daily life of hard graft yet? No, me neither! Despite avoiding freshers week with all my might and saving myself for this weekends UNREAL Warehouse Project line-up, I’ve still managed to get flu from all the newbies and spent all my hard-earned (COUGH, STUDENT FINANCE, COUGH) cash on inappropriate footwear, mittens and...
Review // How To Dress Well- ‘Total Loss’
Tom Krell is a man inundated with emotions and a soft spot for hip-hop. There I said it- although you’d never expect it off the bat with a name like ‘How To Dress Well’ now, would you? These points were evident on the strikingly touching ‘Love Remains’ back in 2010 and it sure has...
Leah’s Playlists // September
Eurgh, September. The vile creature that ends the reality of roaming free for three months before we all head back to our respective corners of education / hardcore work; how I hate thee. OF COURSE you all had an incredible time this summer, at least at some point if not throughout, its the law for...
Leah’s Playlists // August
Its August which can only mean one thing… it is my birthday soon (send all present parcels up north, please)! Nah, I’m just kidding BUT it does mean that the last months of Festival Season are well and truly upon us only being helped along by a smattering of heatwaves- YAY FOR GLOBAL WARMING- and...
Leah’s Playlist // July
I honestly cannot believe it is July already and I’m onto my eighth playlist for the site. EIGHTH! Oh and noticed how this month’s one is actually on time? I’m getting better, guys! I’ve spent the past weekend hanging with the wonderful editor of this site, Katie, seeing the fabulous sights of London, watching a...
