Album Review: JARV IS… – Beyond the Pale

Dora Gardouni
Jarvis Cocker likes to experiment with wordplay. He also likes experimenting with music and Beyond the Pale captures both of these talents beautifully. JARV IS..., a band of musicians Cocker gathered from acros...

Live Review: IDLES at The Leadmill, Sheffield

Dominic Penna
Following from their high energy debut Brutalism, it was last year’s sophomore release Joy as an Act of Resistance from IDLES which really propelled the five-piece. Making several album-of-the-year lists (but m...

Live Review: DMA’s at O2 Academy, Sheffield

Alicia Hannah
Britpop, Burberry and bloody good tunes marked the DMA’s second visit to Sheffield this year. The cocksure Aussie trio took to the stage of the O2 Academy for the penultimate UK show on the For Now tour. Eru...

Live Review: Shame at The Leadmill, Sheffield

Will Fisher
Sweat soaked, stormy and sarky as ever. Shame's return to The Leadmill was everything you would expect, and then some. Their absence from Sheffield has been a short one. The South Londoners' last visited the St...

Live Review: Blaenavon at Leadmill, Sheffield

Dominic Penna
Over the last few years, Hampshire indie rock trio Blaenavon have made a name for themselves through a relentless touring and festival schedule, which led them to sign to Transgressive record label – whose curr...