In The Spotlight: Party Guilt
Image: Connie Wroe When there’s more artificial smoke in the dance floor than people it’s safe to say you’ve either arrived too early or this is as good as it’s going to get. This is the scene to which...
View ArticleIn The Spotlight: Vanderground
My main dislike of clubs stems from the nauseating volume of their music. Having been to a gig or two in my lifetime I’m used to dealing with large quantities of sound being hurled in my direction,...
View ArticleAbbey Road, via a broom cupboard
There’s a preconceived persona “musos” like to attach to the frontmen of rock bands. We are almost innately programmed to conjure up images of Mick Jagger’s coquettish confidence, Brandon Flowers’...
View ArticleJake Bugg: One Man and His Guitar
To say that Brit-nominee Jake Bugg’s rise to fame has been rapid would be the understatement of this century. Scouted by the prestigious Mercury Records in summer 2011 after appearing on the BBC...
View ArticleIn The Spotlight: York House Concerts
No one would dream of walking into a stranger’s house, perusing their vinyl collection and settling down to relax with some music. One evening in York, however, I found myself in a taxi heading into...
View ArticleYO1: A Preview
After the success of our BRITs article a few weeks ago and with such a huge event on the horizon for York’s live music scene, your Music Editing Team wanted to offer a preview of what’s in store come...
View ArticleFestival Spotlight: Soundwave Croatia
The problem with UK festivals is that it will almost certainly rain. At some point, the heavens will open and for the rest of your stay you’ll be playing tent-twister just trying to prevent mud...
View ArticleVideo: YO1 Preview with Milli Vanilli’s Tim Perera
Ben Cross catches up with Milli Vanilli co-founder Tim Perera ahead of his set at this year’s YO1 Festival. Although he only bought his first turn tables last June, Tim’s become a leading light on the...
View ArticleGlastonbury: Sigh some more
It was a hard act to follow: U2, Coldplay and Beyonce set an incredibly high precedent two years ago. But as the grass began to re-grow across the fields of Glastonbury in a fallow year, thoughts...
View ArticleGlastonbury: Not all Thistle and Weeds
Agatha Torrance wrote yesterday on the subject of the upcoming Glastobury festival. Mainly criticising the somewhat dubious appointment of Mumford & Sons as headliners, it made some valid points...
View ArticleA Round of Applause for Radio 2
Radio 2’s Easter weekend album countdown inevitably threw up a few surprises and prompted a few concerned tweets. ‘Radio 2 playing the right albums… but not necessarily in the right order’ seemed to...
View ArticleThe Accessible Bon Iver
You may have listened to Joshua Radin without even realising. More than 75 of his songs have found their way into films and television programmes, including Scrubs, 90210 and Grey’s Anatomy. One of...
View ArticleThe Life of Savage
Straight out of our very own Goodricke College, Josh Savage graduated from the University of York in 2012. Born in Paris, the bilingual primary school pupil’s interest in music was first sparked by...
View ArticleSpotlight: Vanbrugh Jazz Night
When I ventured down to V bar near the end of last term for some ‘jazz’, I wasn’t too sure what to expect. I had in my mind something between an open mic night with trumpets for guitars, or some poor...
View ArticleAs it happened: YO1 Festival
9:20 pm Our coverage is coming to an end here, just before the headliners Rudimental hit the Main Stage. Thank you very much for following us. Even if we haven’t been able to get hold of a beer it’s...
View ArticleLive Review: …And The Hangnails at the Inkwell
Venue: The Inkwell, York Date: 20th April, 2013 Bluesy garage punk duo …And the Hangnails are going to be big. Combining crashing percussion with impressively powerful riffs, The Inkwell was literally...
View ArticleHang Around an Inkwell
Paul Lowman opened the Inkwell 18 months ago in an effort to bring something new to York’s music scene. After a few years of post-uni drifting, it was time to make a decision about where to go next,...
View ArticleThe Original Handsome Devil
There’s something about The Duchess: there are only so many venues that can get away with painting their walls jet black and seating merch vendors behind a slice of MDF reminiscent of a DIY pasting...
View ArticleGoing Solo
Putting a Joe Solo performance in to words is no easy task. As he produces his gripping, politically charged blues-folk with a strikingly skilful hand, something makes it difficult to tear yourself...
View ArticleReview: Live at Leeds
Live at Leeds is, unlike YO1, a festival within the city itself. The doors are thrown open to hundreds of bands over fifteen stages scattered all over the city. Akin to a much smaller South By South...
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