Live / stage review Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Leadmill, 23 Nov 1 December 2018 You don't expect to see ferns dangling from the roof of The Leadmill during a gig - especially when that's combined with the sound of…
Sound Beaming To A Venue Near You 19 October 2015 The crowd has been anxiously waiting for over an hour for them to appear on stage, but rather than the usual reasons for delays - tantrums,…
Sound Streaming 16 August 2015 When a London computer scientist called Tim created the world wide web 25 years ago, he could hardly have envisaged what effect it would…
Ghostpoet: Shedding Skin 16 July 2015 “I think we’re in a time now where genre is irrelevant.” It’s in unusual surroundings that I meet Ghostpoet backstage, before he opens…
Filmreel Threads 15 July 2015 It’s a busy Thursday morning in May on The Moor. Men, women and children are all wandering the high street looking for the latest bargains,…
Sound Record Store Day 19 April 2015 Record Store Day has become a big event in the calendar for those in love with the black wax. Founded in 2007, it’s held on the third…
Troyka: Chris Montague talks Thom Yorke and avian apocalypse 14 February 2015 It’s difficult to categorise Troyka. The instrumental trio who hail from London have been talked about as a jazz/electronica band, but…
Sound Guitar Music Isn’t Dead, But It May Need Resuscitating 19 October 2014 Every now and again, the phrase ‘guitar music is dead’ rears its head in conversation. There’s nobody like The Clash anymore, there’s not…
Filmreel The Double. 15 April 2014 There's a moment in The Double when main character Simon James is talking to his doppelganger James Simon about his shy, timid personality.…
Filmreel The Grand Budapest Hotel 12 March 2014 There are many elements that make a film Wes Anderson’s. Regularly labelled as ‘quirky’ or ‘peculiar’, his attention to detail in his…
