‘Strike while the iron is hot’, the blacksmith implores. Such is the potency of this ancient advice that its wick burns brightly still, even as the fire of the industry that forged it sadly flicker and fade.
Reading that sentence … Read more...
For Gary Deep
We are gathered in a room lined with arches of red brick. Beams of light pattern the floor – blue, red, green. Music floods the air, our ears, our hearts.
But we are not in Wire. We are not dancing. … Read more...
House of Koko
Based in Chapel Allerton, House of Koko is an independent coffee and tea house. They also serve great food, and since the lockdown have been offering a takeaway menu.
They also distributed packed lunches to children around the city whilst … Read more...
Live From The Lockdown – 212 and Doghouse
On the 27th of March, we were set to bring Bill Brewster to 212. Unfortunately, due to the current circumstances, the party couldn’t go ahead and is postponed until this is all over.
In place of our event, we … Read more...
A Golden Weekend – The Off Licence presents CMYK
This was such a good party.
The Off Licence is the brainchild of my friends Ben Etherington and Alex Kelsall, who are also Schwein residents. They’d been talking about putting a night on themselves since before coming on board with … Read more...
Goodbye, Mint Club
I need to stop going to gigs on acid.
Well, I don’t, because it’s brilliant, but I probably should when I intend to review them objectively because it makes everything sound so completely different. Tunes sound four dimensional. Mixing on … Read more...
Flamingos Cafe
Alongside pineapples and Salvador Dali, the flamingo is one of nature’s greatest achievements when it comes to expressing flamboyance and ridiculousness.
That combination of elegant head and ludicrous beak; the penchant for standing on one leg; their insistence on eating … Read more...
On Rotation – Interview
We caught up with On Rotation residents Chris I’Anson, Alex T and Marlon Morris ahead of their fourth birthday party with Katiusha and CCL at Open Source Arts…
DIY Leeds: So tell us about how you got started?
Chris: Well … Read more...
Interview – Al Bradley
We met up with Al Bradley ahead of his gig at Sheaf Street this Friday.
I caught up with him at 212 along with my mate Marcus Kitchen, who’s EP Into The Wild was released on Al’s label 3am Recordings … Read more...
Eat Your Greens
I wasn’t meant to be writing this feature on Eat Your Greens. My friend was supposed to write it – and he most likely would have made a much better job of it than me.
How I came to be … Read more...
Space Ritual
“People are strange when you’re a stranger”, said some bloke somewhere sometime.
And he was right; people are indeed strange, though I’d argue that the less of a stranger someone becomes to you, the stranger to you they become (if … Read more...
Nicolas Dixon
To attend one of Nicolas Dixon’s exhibitions is to step into a world of two very different perspectives. This comes as no surprise from a man who stepped into the multifaceted world of visual art fairly late in life, having … Read more...