The VLM Playlist: August 2020
It has been particularly fruitful in the debut album department this August with a number of fearsome first records materialising. Alex the Astronaut blew us away with her stellar debut The Theory of Absolutely...
Introducing: Polyhymns with new single ‘Down With The Kids’
The Sheffield group Polyhymns are a blissful, folk-pop and electronic hybrid formed in 2019 from the folktronica collective, Little Glitches, championed by Lauren Laverne, Shaun Keaveny and Steve Lamacq.
The...
Tramlines Cancelled for 2020
In a statement posted on their website the team behind Tramlines have announced the festival will no longer be going ahead this year.
The statement read: "We have delved into all possible options to try and ...
Photos: Section Boyz at Plug, Sheffield
London grime unit Section Boyz brought the noise to Sheffield last night, blasting out cuts from 2015's Don't Panic. No Drake to be seen, but still formidable on stage.
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Photos: Big Moon at Plug, Sheffield
Mercury-nommed rockers The Big Moon took to Sheffield last night. Third stop on the road to a huge show at London's Koko, the four-piece shredded through their debut album and a mind-blowing cover of 'Total Ecl...
Four things we learnt at Outlines Festival 2017
Following its successful debut last year, Outlines returned last weekend (3-4 March) delivering new music and local talent to the Sheffield crowds along with headliners Jagwar Ma. Like great musical watering ho...
Photos: White Lies at Academy, Sheffield
With their 4th album Friends, White Lies have made it clear that subtlety isn't their strong suit. Everything they bring to the table is pumped up, bold components to slot into their monolithic synth belters. A...
Preview: The Pigeon Detectives at The Leadmill Sheffield, 07 March.
Returning this month with album number six, The Pigeon Detectives hope to spice up their recipe which has been growing tasteless since Wait for Me back in 2007.
The album titled Broken Glances is due for rel...
Photos: Slaves at The Harley, Sheffield
Just last month Slaves played what they describe as "their biggest show to date". The swirling turmoil which unfolded in front of Reading Festival's main stage can't have been enough for Kent duo Slaves, wh...
Photos: WHITE and Baby Strange at Plug, Sheffield
Co-headline tours are a rare beast nowadays, making the Scottish double-tap of WHITE and Baby Strange all the more special. Having stormed Camden's KOKO the night before, the faces of new Scottish music managed...