• By The Rivers – By The Rivers

    By The Rivers – By The Rivers

    May 14, 2013 10:41 pm

    It’s been a long, meandering course for these six Leicester lads, from the trickle of excitement playing local bars to the swell of popularity after

  • By the Rivers Album Launch, Live @ O2 Academy, 5/5

    By the Rivers Album Launch, Live @ O2 Academy, 5/5

    May 13, 2013 6:27 pm

    The bank holiday weekend is almost coming to a close, and for once the cliché of rain and unsuitable weather is not holding true. By

  • Charlotte Carpenter – In The Night

    Charlotte Carpenter – In The Night

    April 26, 2013 11:33 am

    Midlands based artist Charlotte Carpenter has been on tour all over the UK, perfecting her craft. Now she’s back with another EP for us in

  • Gallery 47 – Dividends

    Gallery 47 – Dividends

    April 25, 2013 5:25 pm

    Breathy, barebones balladry from Gallery 47, AKA Jack Peachey, whose technicality on guitar and hushed, earnest vocal delivery mark him out as one of the

  • Stornoway – Tales From Terra Firma

    Stornoway – Tales From Terra Firma

    April 24, 2013 1:15 pm

    Stornoway come across as Nautical Prep-boy Indie, which may sound like an insult, but couldn’t be further from it. Indie is the last thing you

  • Flat Five Vs. Denizen Records, Live @ The Cookie Jar, 26/2

    Flat Five Vs. Denizen Records, Live @ The Cookie Jar, 26/2

    April 19, 2013 8:34 pm

    What do you get when two established labels pit the cream of their crop against one another? Musical deliriousness. With Nottingham’s Denizen Recordings going against

  • Kenworthy

    Kenworthy

    April 23, 2013 12:12 pm

    Kenworthy, made up of Jack (Piano, Guitar and Vocals) Dom (Bass) and Lee (Drums & Cymbals) are a trio that have quickly worked their way

  • Rudimental

    Rudimental

    April 18, 2013 6:26 pm

    The quartet that make up Rudimental are a pioneering collective who have taken the British music scene by storm. Championed for their uncompromising approach to

  • The (Un)usual Suspects: One Suspicious Monkey

    The (Un)usual Suspects: One Suspicious Monkey

    April 16, 2013 7:37 pm

    This is my second, albeit slightly more official meeting with noirish-folk rogues One Suspicious Monkey. We first coincided in a pub garden and happy times

  • Surrender the Coast

    Surrender the Coast

    April 10, 2013 8:27 am

    Surrender The Coast have been popping up at shows all over the city in the last year and have grown into the scrappy kings of

  • Raptusound

    Raptusound

    January 20, 2013 11:47 am

    2013 is a fresh start for Raptusound. The band set out in 2012 as somewhat of an unknown entity, having released their first EP ‘From

  • Sisterland

    Sisterland

    November 23, 2012 8:54 am

    What happens when three musicians unwilling to get farted out the other end of the commercial music industry get together to create their own rehearsal

  • The Shed and The Crumblin’ Cookie

    The Shed and The Crumblin’ Cookie

    April 23, 2013 12:46 pm

    Alex Scoppie once again looks into Where it’s at and gets to grips with what makes these venues great. Where It’s At: The Shed Where’s

  • Rockin’ for Richard

    Rockin’ for Richard

    April 19, 2013 7:11 pm

    The discovery of King Richard III’s remains beneath a city centre car park in February was probably the biggest thing to happen in Leicestershire since

  • Tinny Hopkins

    Tinny Hopkins

    November 28, 2012 8:41 am

    Leicester’s Crumblin’ Cookie rightly touts itself as “more than just a coffee bar”. Established in 2005 for weary parents to rest their feet after a

  • A Full Circle for Flat Five

    A Full Circle for Flat Five

    November 21, 2012 8:59 am

    If you are a follower of the local scene you will have no doubt come across the name Flat Five Records. They seem to put

  • Kevin Hewick

    Kevin Hewick

    September 5, 2012 7:53 am

    Kevin Hewick is an elder statesman of Leicester’s music scene, with a prolific output and a host of associates, who’s supported everyone from The Fall

  • Luke Bingham

    Luke Bingham

    September 4, 2012 7:27 am

    You may not have been aware of him until now, but if he continues at the rate he’s currently going, Luke Bingham will be well

  • Ten thousand emails later… The Last Column

    Ten thousand emails later… The Last Column

    April 17, 2013 1:58 pm

    Hey, Monograph Reader. How’s tricks? This is my last column for this lovely publication, mostly so that I can rest my brain, allowing it to

  • Show your support

    Show your support

    April 9, 2013 8:51 am

    Ten years ago Leicester was full of independent record shops and they were a recognisable feature of our City Centre. Music fans spent hours flicking

  • Best (Selling) Records of 2012

    Best (Selling) Records of 2012

    December 16, 2012 6:40 pm

    As sang by Big Brother One’s Craig Phillips in ‘This Time Of Year’, publications and websites are awash with what they believe are the best

  • The Perils of Postering (or How Leicester Learnt to Marginalise it’s Artists and Audience)*

    The Perils of Postering (or How Leicester Learnt to Marginalise it’s Artists and Audience)*

    November 21, 2012 8:21 pm

    I usually start these columns by boasting about whatever ridiculous part of the world i’m in at whatever point in time i’m writing it, but

  • Being a Fresher

    Being a Fresher

    November 8, 2012 3:38 pm

    Welcome students. Welcome to University and goodbye to your old life. Now is your time to shake off the oppressive shackles which followed you through

  • The Monograph Asks… What Makes a Good Festival?

    The Monograph Asks… What Makes a Good Festival?

    July 4, 2012 7:30 am

    Glastonbury. Reading. Leeds. These three towns are synonymous with outdoor revelry thanks to three of the UK’s most famous music festivals. Thirty or so years