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 ...
Maybeshewill: Critical DistanceMaybeshewill are never short of a cracking tune or two and are normally the first point of call if you want to sample some of the delights of Leicester music. John from the band dropped us a line recently to let us know of their ‘super secret’ new release Critical Distance to see if we fancied reviewing it if we liked it. We did… so we did…
I am In Love – I Want YouWhat do you get when you mix 80s synth, ambitious vocals and riffs catchier than the Christmas illness of 2010? Well the answer is hard to gather as the band are newer than … well, most things. Always loving an exclusive, we only received their debut single today and are straight on the band wagon…
To Bury a Ghost | The Hurt KingdomWith one of the best band names I’ve heard in years, To Bury a Ghost have come along and with their debut EP, The Hurt Kingdom, and left the Monograph office completely divided into lovers and haters…
Superevolver feat. Tom Meighan | Viva la RevolutionSomething has been brewing for a while now in the music scene of Leicester, a quiet hush of expectance as fans sit all ears waiting for something quite special. After the Monograph reported that Tom Meighan would be working on solo projects earlier this year, the good people of Leicester and indeed the world have been waiting for that call to arms to support Leicester’s town crier…
Maybeshewill | To the Skies from a HillsideIf you prefer the romance of discovering a band while they are relatively unknown to the greater world, then hurry up and see Maybeshewill now, because it is only a matter of time before they break into the mainstream music conscience…
Kyte | Designed for DamageJust when you think Kyte can’t do any better, they go and ruin it all by releasing something as serene as Designed for Damage, the new single released this weekend. This newest and brightest little offering features Designed for Damage, a track from the recent album Dead Waves, and three other new beasts fresh from the Korg…
The Screening | DiemDescribed by the king of Leicester, Tom Meighan as “like the Lost Boys but from Leicester – vampire music” tells us two things firstly is that Mr. Meighan knows his 90s thrillers and that The Screening are ones to take note of. They have been on the scene for quite some time and over the years earned some critical acclaim and superstar fans such as Kelly Osbourne and Kasabian, and new single Diem proves the point that there not done yet…
Free Control | The BalloonLet us introduce you to Leicester’s best kept secret, Free Control. God knows why it’s a secret, as they’re brilliant! With smooth hints of Moloko and early Massive Attack the Balloon may not be a new release but is definitely worth praise and a mention here…
Phonetic Error | AffinityAkin to current Monograph featurette Rival Consoles, Phonetic Error lulls and excites simultaneously, bringing to life beautiful bleeps. His new track Affinity has just been uploaded to his Myspace page and I can safely say I am a fan…
Her Name is Calla | Long GrassLong Grass is a hauntingly melodic six minutes and eighteen seconds that stays with you long after the track has finished. The delicate vocals from Thomas Corah sweep into the room and circulate like a dancing pixie. The whole track has a feeling of something I can’t quite put my finder on, the closest I have managed to come is Medieval Angst…
