Gorillaz – The Mountain. Released Today
Damon Albarn isn’t a man who likes to stand still and churn out more of the same….. …..he’s a restless, inquisitive and ultimately creative soul who seeks the new and interesting in projects he gets involved in, or puts his name to. It’s served him well through his career and is showing no signs of […]
Matthew C Whitaker: at Hyde Park Book Club on 14 February
Rather than being transported off in a space-ship with the intergalactic cast of HENGE, frontman Matthew C. Whitaker (better known as Zpor) was very much down on Earth this Valentine’s day, as he kicked off his UK album tour, Songs For The Weary, at Leeds’ Hyde Park Book Club. Whilst I was walking in mostly […]
DMA’S at 02 Academy Leeds on 14 February
There are anniversary tours, and then there are nights that feel like a genuine celebration. At DMA’S’ stop at the O2 Academy Leeds, it was very much the latter. This is a debut album that solidified itself on a level we have only ever seen before with the likes of Arctic Monkeys’ Whatever People Say I Am, […]
Lois: at Oporto on 30 January
Skipping through the bustling blue of the City Centre, the gig room at Oporto on Friday night brimmed with excitement as I tucked myself into the sardine can that was the crowd of a sold-out headline show. The silhouette of an oversized blazer appears, a statement piece of its wearer as she commanded the room. […]
he is tall: at Northern Guitars on 14 February 2026
As a reviewer who has just passed the 50-year mark in his life, there is something very appealing about afternoon gigs on a weekend. Home in time for your tea is something I can definitely get behind. I’m sure we have all silently groaned at gigs that don’t see the headliner take to the stage […]
