On his remix of Syron‘s forthcoming sophomore single ‘Here‘, Manchester’s TCTS drops a two-step beat to devastating effect; curtailing the original’s epic synth stabs and veering into far more garage-oriented territory. One of three remixes acting as b-sides to ‘Here’, which is out via Black Butter and …
Blood Brother – a contemporary menswear brand founded by James Waller and Nick Biela are launching a series of parties under the moniker ‘Never Alone’ – starting at the Victorian Vaults in East London on Feb 7. Notion’s online ed Seb Law caught up with three acts performing at the …
It doesn’t feel quite right introducing you to a band like Fiction on a freezing British morning; the London quintet’s tropicalia and afrobeat-inspired indie pop takes the mind on a musical tour of more equatorial environs. With a debut album The Big Other out via the ever-reliable Moshi Moshi on …
The Reading & Leeds Festival, a massive two-location series of concerts is finally letting details out about its plans for 2013. And, uh, they’re pretty big.
Besides from maintaining the quality they’ve served over the past decades (Nirvana, anyone?), they’re also going bigger this year. Way bigger. On top …
Occupying a void that greatly needed filling in Leeds’ music scene, Waxwerks – a specialist electronic music retailer by day; a club by night - was opened in the city earlier this year by Back to Basics residents Frenchy and Tristan da Cunha. In what sounds like a frankly lovely retail environment, …
Continuing our occasional column about exciting movements in the cap world, here’s Leeds-based brand indcsn. They’ve just dropped a few more designs and we reckoned it was time to give them a shout-out. We’re particularly taken with their approach to camo: if the regular DPM khaki is a little …
London based Foxes, AKA Louisa Rose Allen, has announced dates for a UK tour, as well as details for a new EP.
The Warrior EP will be released on July 9 via Neon Gold Records, and the UK tour kicks off on June 16. Also, you can check out …
Evening all, now usually I roam the streets of the big smoke, but I’ve had somewhat of a crazy week which led me to the fair north. The fine city of Leeds in particular. As a virgin of the city I really had no idea just how much paint got …
Anna Calvi has released a new video to pair with her second single off her debut, self-titled album. New single, ‘Desire’ which came out earlier this week, features the b-side cover of Leonard Cohen’s ‘Joan of Arc,’ reworked beautifully into an instrumental piece by Calvi.
Anna Calvi just finished up …
Planet Notion caught up with Latitude’s Tina Harrison to talk about the arts side of the festival and what makes it so unique.
Planet Notion: We just had the lineup announced. How do you decide what to put on?
Tania Harrison: It’s a difficult question. That’s always a challenge because …
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