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Elly Oracle

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Ólöf Arnalds: Takk, Manchester

Written by Elly Oracle, photos by Jamie Boynton

The evening at Takk in Manchester is both as far away from Icelandic as you might imagine, and as Icelandic as much of England…

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Club Smith

Written by Elly Oracle, photos by Andrew Benge

Club Smith are going through a bit of a transformation. Their drummer Vijay has moved on to pastures new, and the rest of the…

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Retro Stefson – Retro Stefson

Written by Elly Oracle

So you’re a music fan, eager for new sounds. You’ve heard Iceland’s pretty cool and that it has more to offer than than Björkish…

Features

Kleine Schweine

Written by Elly Oracle, photos by Ben Statham

I met with Neil Hanson, Bart Pettman, Drew Lunn and Declan Hogan from Leeds historical rock scamps Kleine Schweine. I say scamps, for that’s what…

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Summer Sundae 2012

Written by Elly Oracle, photos by Jamie Boynton

Summer Sundae is an eclectic little festival, part party in the park, part city festival, part proper potential mudfest. It’s drawn several comparisons over…

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Diagrams and Yeti Lane: Brudenell Social Club, Leeds

Written by Elly Oracle, photos by Jamie Boynton

A quick glance at Diagrams’ blog, and you notice the number of pictures involving open spaces. It’s a testament (intentionally or not, I don’t…

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Dog Is Dead, Fiction, Bearfoot Beware: Cockpit, Leeds

Written by Elly Oracle, photos by Andrew Benge

It’s quite a surprise to turn up relatively early at the Cockpit on a Sunday evening, expecting to be home for 10pm, to find…

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The Computers and Pulled Apart By Horses: Leadmill, Sheffield

Written by Elly Oracle, photos by Jamie Boynton

Exeter’s The Computers are not what you expect. In their pristine white wardrobe and slicked quiffs, they do not give the impression that they…

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Slow Club & Mad Colours: The Brudenell, Leeds

Written by Elly Oracle, photos by Andrew Benge

The Brudenell is buzzing with love for South Yorkshire. Supporting Sheffield’s Slow Club are Rotherham’s Mad Colours (almost-freshly reincarnated from The Heebie Jeebies), and…

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Constellations: Leeds University

Written by Elly Oracle, photos by Andy Cook

So it’s November, the nights are drawing in. The days of lying face down in a boggy campsite to the sound of your favourite…

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New Music Stage: Tramlines, Sunday

Written by Elly Oracle, photos by Jamie Boynton

Sheffield’s finest hardcore daughter and sons Rolo Tomassi, once again plucked the cream of screamo to play Sunday’s Tramlines New Music Stage. From Three…

Live Reviews

The Importance of BeatHerding: Beatherder Festival

Written by Elly Oracle, photos by Jamie Boynton

So ya missed out on Glastonbury? Grateful to have avoided all the mainstream headliners and the “long-dead hippy commune crap”? Or gutted to have…

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