The Monograph is excited to announce that Monograph.TV the online video platform for Leicester music television is now live! Working in partnership with Enter the Treehouse, Monograph.TV delivers rich media direct to you our readers! Full of interviews, documentaries, exclusive sessions and music videos all from Leicester and with an iPlayer style interface, Monograph.TV broadcasts unparalleled coverage of Leicester’s heaving music scene. Already online are interviews with Young Knives, Newton Faulkner and Blood Red Shoes. Alongside this Monograph.TV showcases local starlets in the shape of Charlie and the Martyrs, Joel Owen and the Antoine Band and SuperEvolver. Also available is a ...
We can’t believe it’s already 2012 and time for a new issue, Issue#03! In the spirit of expansion, we have decided to add four more pages of Leicester music goodness for your reading pleasure. Our first issue of 2012 is more exciting and packed than ever, all possible by the support from our brilliant advertisers. This issue sees interviews with Uncle Frank, Bombay Bicycle Club, Professor Green, Free Control, Some May Run, and some treats such as rare photos of Radiohead in Leicester, Biker Pubs and a chance to win tickets to see Dog is Dead! We also have the extremely exciting ...
Kenworthy & Humble He @ The Musician 11/02/2012On this icy February evening something quite special is taking place inside The Musician pub, in the heart of the otherwise-deserted Cultural Quarter. Two of Leicester’s rising stars, the piano-pop Kenworthy & folky Humble He frontman Joe Morrell, are about to begin playing to a packed venue.
Grace & The Magic Roots + Guests @ The Musician 24/01/2012While sparse and sountracked by overly emotional rock and emotionally retrained country music, The Musician, one of Leicester’s best venue’s for acoustic, folk & Country acts, is cheery enough. With the audience gradually expanding they eagerly await a busy bill with a few recognisable names.
Oxjam 2011: The Review + In Pictures SpecialOxjam is a music festival like no other, happening in tows and cities all around the UK every year to raise money for Oxfam. The main event for Leicester was on Saturday 22nd October in the heart of Leicester in the city’s Cultural Quarter.
By The Rivers LIVE @ The DonkeyShifting ever forward in their bright career, By The Rivers’ new single One Word, released just before their country-wide tour with The Specials, takes their neo-Reggae styling’s a step closer to the bright lights of the mainstream. With a packed out local release show at The Donkey full of family, friends & general well-wishers, By [...]
Strawberry Fields Festival 2011The newest festival to hit Leicestershire took place this weekend, jumping up from a one day event last year to a weekend camping experience this year…
Summer Sundae 2011: Final DayFrom the off Sunday was anticipated to be the best of the three days at this years 11th Summer Sundae, at least around these parts. The presence of the Drowned in Sound curated indoor stage is of course the main attraction for us but outside in the heat the average age of the audience just dropped a decade. McFly’s Sunday night headline slot had been a talking point from it’s announcement…
Summer Sundae 2011: SaturdayAnother early start sees us up at the crack of dawn to catch one of the best acts of the day in the form of the wonderful Humble He and playing a criminally short sets on The Musician stage. The former valiantly fight off technical problems for their final set in their current form…
Summer Sundae 2011: FridaySummer Sundae Festival starts surprisingly early for us. We take the long walk up New Walk before midday to catch local girl Elizabeth Cornish (accompanied as always by Jason Smith on bass) for a set of almost agonisingly delicate folk…
White Noise Festival: The ReviewUnless you’ve been sleeping under a rock or have pretty shoddy taste in music then you’ll be well aware that the past weekend was the now annual occurrence of White Noise at Firebug now stretching over four days from Thursday to Sunday…
Wolf Gang Live @ SumoWolf Gang (the indie band, not the rap collective), are brilliant and I can only thank them for bringing their catchy indie-pop tunes to The Sumo for the first time. The last day of their 3-day mini-tour brought them to Leicester, and I got the perfect opportunity to meet frontman Max and talk about his times on the road, family, music and general life…
Gallery 47 – Fate Is The LawThere’s a problem with being a man with an acoustic guitar in this day and age. Draw comparisons to the likes of Bob Dylan, Elliot Smith, Johnny Cash, Jeff Buckley, Tom Waits or Nick Drake and you will inevitably fail to live up to their high standards. However, fail to draw comparison to them and you clearly don’t know your craft nearly well enough…
