There’s a guy in the centre of the moshpit at Sheffield’s O2 Academy who has taken Circa Waves’ ‘Carry You Home’ a little too literally; he’s waving his crutches around in the air with reckless abandon, as his friends look pleadingly at him, singing the lyrics: “I would die for you / Just to try and … Continue reading Live Review: Circa Waves // O2 Academy, Sheffield, 16.06.23
Sheffield’s biggest music festival is set to return to Hillsborough Park from 21-23 July, just a month after Arctic Monkeys will be playing their hotly anticipated shows in the same location. Here are five of the acts from this year’s lineup that we’re the most excited about seeing… Read the list over on The Indiependent.
I spent a lot of last night thinking of iconic pairings. Gin and tonic. Wine and cheese. Chilli and chocolate. Coincidentally, all great breakup remedies – but not quite as good as the experience of a Maisie Peters and Cate show in Sheffield, it has to be said. There are a lot of tired cliches about how life on … Continue reading Live Review: Cate + Maisie Peters // The Leadmill, Sheffield, 18.04.23
After an opening slot from Thus Love, American three-piece Dehd took to the stage of Sheffield’s student union venue, The Foundry, ahead of Dry Cleaning’s headline show. Emily Kempf looks like a boho Janis Ian from Mean Girls, and perhaps that’s why when she referred to Sheffield as ‘Sheffy’ my mind immediately went to “stop trying to make Sheffy … Continue reading Live Review: Dehd + Dry Cleaning // The Foundry, Sheffield, 22.02.23
After a brief but soporific intro that sounds like it belongs on the soundtrack to Interstellar, Spector’s long-awaited third full-length release Now or Whenever launches into ‘Catch You On The Way Back In’, the single that heralded the part-time outfit’s triumphant return in June last year. This is quintessential Spector for fans of their frenetic debut, Enjoy It While … Continue reading Album Review: Now or Whenever // Spector
I’m sitting on my own, it’s 2021. The lights are falling like snowflakes over the stage. I see it all through an iPhone 12 filter, as the woman in front lets out an excited squeal, her cheeks decorated with cheap golden glitter. There are no holes in my recollections, time has stopped and is perfectly … Continue reading Live Review: Manic Street Preachers // Manchester O2 Apollo, 02.10.21
Opener ‘Still Snowing In Sapporo’ sets the scene: it’s 1993, the Manic Street Preachers are on tour in Japan — in a city famous for beer, skiing and the annual Sapporo Snow festival. “There are no holes in my recollections,” claims James Dean Bradfield’s vocal, which is draped over a woozy, electronic melody drenched in plenty of … Continue reading Album Review: The Ultra Vivid Lament // Manic Street Preachers
Having lived down south for the past five years I regrettably hadn’t been to Sheffield’s Tramlines festival since it relocated from the city centre. Although it took me a while to get my head around the fact that cans of Red Stripe cost £6 (I may as well still have been down south), as a … Continue reading Tramlines Festival 2021 Highlights
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BETH KIRKBRIDE 