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They Might Be Giants – Glean
For their 17th studio album, Glean, New Yorkers They Might be Giants returned to their Dial-A-Song project, an ongoing venture that the band started…
Kate Tempest, Clubs & Spades and Normanton Street: Plug, Sheffield
Hosting a joint venture between literature organisation Word Life and Now Then magazine, Plug ditched its usually sticky floored, student night feel for an…
The Pierces and El May: The Leadmill, Sheffield
Hailing from LA sibling duo The Pierces packed out The Leadmill for the Sheffield leg of their ‘Creation’ album tour. El May, Australian singer/songwriter…
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Alex Adams, Rubies EP
Alex Adams, who has branded his sound a distinctive breed of soulful pop/dance, has been working hard in the run up to the release…
8.0
Voluntary Butler Scheme – A Million Ways To Make Gold
Two tracks into Voluntary Butler Scheme’s new album A Million Ways To Make Gold and it’s almost impossible to think about anything bad in…
Dan Le Sac v Scroobius Pip: Plug, Sheffield
It’s not often you hear Miley Cyrus and Sheffield legend Sean Bean referenced in the same show but somehow Dan Le Sac v Scroobius…
The Crookes, The Hosts and The Oreoh!s: Sheffield University
Named after one of the city’s popular student areas, singing songs written in the halls of residence and playing tracks that ‘only work in…
Y Not Festival 2013: Derbyshire
Never heard of Tony Pikehall? Then you must never have come across Derbyshire’s Y Not festival. The elusive character; who announced the festival’s line…
Richard Hawley, Tom Hickox and John Lennon McCullagh: Under The Big Top, Sheffield
With tea towels and limited edition prints on the merch stand rather than mass produced hoodies and novelty underwear; and queues for real ale…
Midnight Juggernauts – Uncanny Valley
Blending seamlessly to create a sound more like a dreamy DJ mix enjoyed by UV painted festival goers with dinner plate pupils than a…
Darwin Deez and San Cisco: The Leadmill, Sheffield
Warming up an almost empty Leadmill were San Cisco, making summery, chilled out, cider in the sunshine type music. You can tell the four…
Low Duo, David J Roch and The Hudares: The Great Gatsby, Sheffield
For the launch of Low Duo’s album, Dive and Slide into the Blue, the Gatsby had an almost Dickensian feel, what with piles of…