Live: The Membranes, Brudenell Social Club, Leeds 04-07-2015
It’s a very hot summers night in Leeds, and as The Membranes take the stage, it’s clear from the off that the temperature is set to carry on rising. Opening…
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Initially the project of Leeds’ Owen Brinley, Department M has developed into a growing concern, a full live band in fact that includes Tommy Davidson from Pulled Apart By Horses.…
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News: The Stranglers ‘English Towns’ mini tour
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Say Psych: Album Review – Smoke Beach by Kill West
Kill West have already established themselves as firm favourites here at Psych Insight thanks to their debut EP (Kill West), still available on Drone Rock Records. Their mix of upbeat…
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Sarah Cracknell reschedules Leeds City Varieties gig
I was one of those punters who turned up for Sarah Cracknell’s much anticipated City Varieties appearance on Sunday June 21st only to find it been cancelled at the last…
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Say Psych: Album Review – Heaven by Sundays and Cybele
I first came across Sundays and Cybele earlier this year when I heard the 2012 album release ‘Gypsy House’, which had just come out on vinyl on the brilliant Tokyo…
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Incoming: Touch of Evil
In a seething Mexican-American bordertown, narcotics agent Miguel Vargas (Charlton Heston) clashes with detective Hank Quinlan (Orson Welles) – a local hero despite his dubious intuitions and bloated bigotry –…
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Sheff Doc/Fest Review: Leaving Africa
Africa is a very conservative continent. Outside of South Africa, traditional values and beliefs tend to hold a grip on the populous. Uganda is no exception. Outdated gender roles and…
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Track: Years and Years – Shine, plus album news
All eyes are on London based three piece Years & Years. At the start of the year they walked away with the BBC’s sound of 2015 prize. Since then, both…
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EP: John J Presley – White Ink
Following on from his highly regarded singles Honeybee and Left, bluesman John J Presley is back with his debut EP, White Ink. Recorded in one eight hours straight session at…
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