Full Summer Sundae Line Up Announced
With the clocks going forward *yawn* and with the odd over zealous wasp swooping around like an old soak it can only mean one thing, summer is officially on the horizon
Articles by Duncan Graham
A regular gig goer and demon at the bar, Duncan has a keen eye for spotting emerging talent. He is Co-editor of the Monograph.
Decibels: Emily
Proving that you don’t always need big budget or ‘special lighting’ to produce a great video, Decibels hit us up with their latest visual treat, the dangerously dark video for Emily. Produced by Joseph Luk and Megan James aka Ace Cream, Emily makes clever use of camera on screen and some rather ominous tubing
Modern Faces Sign to Leicester’s Telescope
Local label Telescope Records have signed up Dunfermline five piece Modern Faces as the latest group in their rapidly growing arsenal of artists
Charlie and the Martyrs: 7 Shades
Charlie and the Martyrs have got to be one of the bands in Leicester we rate the highest, with their unique blend of pop n’ roll CATM capture hearts and ears in and out of the city
The Young Knives to Name Next Album After Local Landmark
The 3-piece from Ashby de la Zouch have revealed that their forthcoming third studio album will be named after Leicester’s Silver Arcade
To Bury a Ghost | The Hurt Kingdom
With 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
Pretty Young Things Craft Fair
For lovers of indie crafts and jewellery the Pretty Young Things craft fair is just for you
New Sounds of the Campervan
Our friends over at Sounds of the Campervan have uploaded some great new vids and as promised we are letting all you lovely people know
Week Four | Frankie & the Heartstrings
Here we go again for the forth installment of our Summer Sundae countdown. So far we’ve tipped Los Campesinos, Stornoway and Leicester lads These Furrows as our picks of the line up, this time we are going for Frankie & The Heartstrings
Her Name is Calla – The Quiet Lamb
Given the unorthodox approach used by Her Name Is Calla to write their debut full length album, The Quiet Lamb, I must confess that I approached the album with a certain degree of apprehension as to whether they could make all the different instruments used fully gel for an entire album. I am pleased to announce that my concerns could not have been more misplaced
Week Three | These Furrows
Here we arrive at week three of our Summer Sundae countdown. In previous weeks we’ve looked at Los Campesinos and Stornoway and this time we’ve gone for the less well known These Furrows. It seems only right that one of our tipped acts are a Leicester based band but that isn’t to say that These Furrows are any less deserving than anyone to make list
