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18: EXPOSED VS Every hole’s a goal, ladies and gents – especially in footgolf. With a distinct lack of both footballing and golfing prowess in our locker, Team Exposed headed over to Tapton Park Golf Club in Chezzy and teed off against some seasoned ballers.

A FORE-gone conclusion? Only one way to find out...

22: IN SESSION It’s up-and-coming gothic rock quintet Vultures treading the In Sesh boards this month, and to celebrate they spent an afternoon mooching around a sun-kissed Kelham Island with Exposed snapper Lewis Evans.

28: METRONOMY A couple of weeks before bringing his electronic pop powerhouse to Ponderosa Park, we catch up with Metronomy frontman and producer Joe Mount.

35: TRAMLINES 2017 And just in case you haven’t heard yet… TRAMLINES IS BACK! We’ve rounded up the where’s, when’s, what’s and why’s in our cheeky wee guide to this year’s big bash.

68: PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING Still rocking tweed and still chopping up pieces of BFI footage to create enthralling soundscapes and tales, J. Willgoose, Esq takes Mark Perkins through the band’s latest offering, Every Valley.

11: UPFRONT 49: FASHION 53: FOOD 61: THINGS TO DO 63: COMEDY 65: NIGHTLIFE 68: MUSIC 78: LGBT 82: GAMING 89: FILM 91: CULTURE 94: CULTURE

It’s difficult to imagine a Sheffield summer without Tramlines weekend nowadays. For almost a decade now we’ve been treated to three days of merriment each July, where the pubs and bars hum with the sounds of live performance and some of the biggest names in music descend upon our seven hills to put a shift in.

It remains the biggest event on the city’s social calendar, which by default means it’s a pretty busy time at Exposed HQ an’all.

As well as putting together a special issue to celebrate the festival’s ninth instalment (that’ll be this thing in your hands right now, muckers), we’ll be producing the Tramlines Times newspaper and the fringe programme too – just so we can keep you lovely lot right on the ball and fully up to speed with everything that’ll be going off this year. Not all heroes wear capes, you know.

In fact, things have been so slammed recently I haven’t even started to get a POA together for who I’ll be seeing. Naturally, the thought of The Libertines and Primal Scream playing live on Ponderosa gets me a tad hot under the collar, but after releasing one of my favourite albums last year – the electro-funk triumph that was Summer 08 – I’m pretty stoked to catch this month’s cover stars Metronomy on the main stage, and even more so after reading Jordan Foster’s interview with main man Joseph Mount over on p.28. I’d recommend heading over and having a nosey yourself when you’ve got a min.

There’s plenty more Tramlines fun and games from p.35 onwards, including a breakdown of each stage, the afterparty craic and chats with The Big Moon, The Magic Gang and Liberty Ship. J.Willgoose Esq., the tweed-clad frontman of Public Service Broadcasting, also swings by this month to discuss their interesting choice of making an album about the decline of the Welsh coal-mining industry, which, incidentally, gets a glowing recommendation in the album reviews section this month.

Sticking with music, our thriving local scene gets its monthly big-up via an interview and photoshoot with this month’s In Session stars Vultures, while we also have a quick natter with solo artist Conor Houston about his upcoming EP. As per, I’ve yammered on here and find the word count limit quickly approaching, so I’ll leave you to relax, kick back and flick through the July issue of your friendly, neighbourhood Exposed in peace.

And whatever you get up to this Tramlines weekend, make it a good’un.

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Time to Party The award-winning Tramlines Festival returns to Sheffield 21-23 July, bringing a genrespanning line-up of music talent to its three main sites of Ponderosa Park, Devonshire Green and The Folk Forest. Headliners include iconic indie quartet The Libertines, 90s R&B outfit All Saints and this month’s cover stars Metronomy.

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MASTERS OF THEIR TRADE

Sheffield Doc/Fest was another huge success with this year’s festival clocking up a total of 60,586 attendances across the wide-ranging programme. Here David Chang catches two heavyweights of documentary making, Nick Broomfield and Louis Theroux, taking in some footage before an insightful interview between the duo.

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CANCER JUNE 21 - JULY 22

It’s no great shame to have a thing for the ‘older woman’, Cancer. In fact, from time to time I have dabbled in a bit of wrinkle myself. But you really should draw the line at members of your own family... now we’re leaving the EU, the whole ‘ well it was alright for the Greeks and Romans argument’ just won’t cut it.

LEO JULY 23 - AUG 22 Expect a pleasant surprise later this month, Leo. By surprise, I mean ‘punch’ and by pleasant, I mean ‘in the back of the head’. That’ll teach you to nick my Crunchie.

VIRGO AUG 23 - SEP 22 You need to take a good, hard, long look in the mirror this month.

Maybe then you’ll sort that horrific boil on your neck out.

LIBRA SEP 23 - OCT 22 You’re feeling creative this month and decide to finally finish that nude portrait of your girlfriend’s best mate. Inspired by Van Gogh, it’s a fitting tribute when your missus cuts your ear off. Oh. And your cock.

SCORPIO OCT 23 – NOV 21 When life gives you lemons, make a seriously strong G&T. SAGITTARIUS NOV 22 - DEC 21 Time is on your side this month, Taurus. Next month, however, is looking less rosy so you might want to cram as much in as possible before it all goes south.

CAPRICORN DEC 22 - JAN 19 “How long has this been going on?”

Only a couple of weeks but I’m thinking of leaving her for you, truth be told.

AQUARIUS JAN 20 - FEB 18 Your lack of patience and understanding rears its head this week, when you throttle a tramp for ‘looking at you funny’.

PISCES FEB 19 - MAR 20 It’s not big, it’s not clever, but it sure as hell looks good in that thong.

ARIES MAR 21 – APR 19 Yet again, this month is almost completely meaningless to almost all Arians. I’d literally just pack it all in if I were you.

TAURUS APRIL 20 - MAY 20 Some mornings you just don’t fancy getting out of bed, and with a face like yours, it’s easy to see why.

GEMINI MAY 21 - JUNE 20 Any chance I could get back that tenner I lent you about 10 years ago? It’s been boiling my piss pretty much every time I’ve seen you since.

Every month, the Great Foodini cups his crystal balls and slips into your aether. Can you feel him, dear reader? Can you?

In need of a little love advice? Has the fizz gone out of your banger? Let the lord of love enter your soul...

Is 35 too young to start losing your libido? In recent months, mine and my missus’ sex life has not only fallen off a cliff, but broken it’s neck and ended up in a crumpled, bloody mess on some awkwardly protruding rocks. Bedtime consists of some heavy duty facebooking from her and an awkward, concealed hand shandy from me. Should I be concerned? Nick, Woodseats

Concerned? CONCERNED? Too right you should be concerned. The last time I let my lady fall asleep without sliding over for some anal gymnastics, I was in short trousers. A rather fetching pair of Paisley ones as I recall. Technology is your problem here, Nick. Put your cellphone away and bring out the baby oil and fluffy handcuffs. She’ll be writhing in pleasure before you can say ‘unfollow’.

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Lad on tram: “Let’s just say that if I had a quid for every person I’ve slept wi’, it’ll be enough to cover dayriders for both of us, pal.”

A Midsummer Night’s Screen – Win Tickets!

This summer it’s all about open-air cinema and The Luna Cinema has over 150 screenings across the UK at some of the most jaw-dropping sites in the country. In the heart of Sheffield, there will be two nights at the amphitheatre in South Street Park, right next to the train station while Harewood House, just north of Leeds, will host three screenings. And for the first time ever, Chatsworth House in Derbyshire will be the setting for two nights of cinema under the stars.

The line-up of films includes something to suits all tastes – from 80s classics such as Top Gun and Back to the Future, to singalong sensations such as Grease and Dirty Dancing. Or perhaps you fancy catching this year’s Oscar winning hit, La La Land? Chatsworth House will also host a very special screening of Pride and Prejudice – in the location it was actually filmed.

You can generally take picnics with you to most venues, but it’s worth checking each venue beforehand, while you’ll also want to bring a chair or cushion to sit on.

Show times are as follows:

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Top Gun – August 23 Dirty Dancing – August 24

La La Land - September 8 Grease – September 9 Back to the Future – September 10

WIN NOW: Exposed are offering the change for you to bag a pair of tickets to the showings in Sheffield, Chatsworth House and Leeds. To enter, simply head to exposedmagazine.co.uk/competitions, enter your details and we’ll draw a winner at the end of July.

For more information about the full series of screenings, head to www.thelunacinema.com.

WIN! WIN! WIN!

TRAMLINES PETITION FOR EXTRA BANK HOLIDAY We have all felt the Monday blues, the overbearing sadness knowing that you have to make it through a full five days of hard slog before you can be free again. That feeling is always much worse when you have to sit down at your desk after the three-day madness of Tramlines, and don’t the organisers know it. That’s why a petition has been started to make the Monday after Tramlines a city-wide holiday. Head to the address below to sign up and let’s see if we can nab another day of recovery! tinyurl.com/ybg4293z

RUN A VIRTUAL MARATHON FOR CHARITY Whether you’re a couch potato or aspiring Olympian – this challenge is for you! The Children’s Hospital Charity has just launched a fundraising campaign for a £220,000 life-changing chemical analysis machine. The virtual marathon challenge asks you to complete 26.2 miles in whatever way you want - running, walking, swimming or cycling during August.

Funds raised will pay for specialist equipment that gives clinicians the best chance of detecting Vitamin D deficiencies to keep young patients’ bones, teeth and muscles healthy.

Head to teamtheovirtual.com for more info and look out for next month’s Exposed to find out how we got on after starting the challenge early!

PROSECCO PARTY BUBBLING UNDER You want Prosecco? You can’t handle the Prosecco.

Or maybe you can. If so, you’ll be delighted to hear that the Steel City is braced for an all day Prosecco and Percussion Festival on Sunday August 27th.

Details were a bit sketchy as we went to print but we’ve been told to expect live music and DJs, a fully stocked bar with 20 different types of Prosecco, a fantastic selection of local ales and cocktails plus a diverse range of street food.

We’ll find out more sharpish so keep an eye on our social media feeds to keep in the loop.

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“He’s gone weird, that lad. Last time I saw him he were doing yoga wi’ his missus in Endcliffe Park. I invited him out tonight and he said they were cooking a kimchi, or summat.”

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DIZZEE RASCAL – SPACE

Sheffield has that ‘big village’ feel to it; everyone knows everyone and you’re sure to bump into friends and family whenever you step out of the door. Naturally, this nurtures a great community spirit in many neighbourhoods around the city - and South Road in Walkley is no different.

WHO ARE YA? Situated opposite the library, Joni is owned by Kathryn and Liam and specialises in great macarons and coffee.

The duo have been in business since September 2015 but spent their time doing the rounds of markets, food festivals and pop-up shops, as well as providing fine establishments like The Steamyard and Upshot Espresso with the best macarons around!

Following the increase in demand they needed a bigger bakery and so opening a shop was the obvious step; they can now provide the people of Sheffield with a peaceful space to take a few

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minutes and enjoy the finer things life has to offer.

TREAT YOURSELF

14 years on from Boy In Da Corner, Dizzee shows that when it comes to fierce lyrics over minimal instrumentals he’s still top dog.

Although their ‘bread and butter’ is macarons and coffee, Joni also serve brunch and sandwiches throughout the week and at weekends. To keep things as local as possible, the bread is provided by Gerry’s down the road and Our Cow Molly provides the milk for the brews.

You may be wondering where the name comes from. Joni is actually Liam’s nan, who has nine children and over 50 grandchildren and great grandchildren, none of whom have taken her name. It’s a very fitting title for a family business, we’re sure you’ll agree.

So, when you’re next in Walkley, be sure to wander that little further along South Road and pop into Joni for a little bit of tasty self-indulgence.

ARCADE FIRE – EVERYTHING NOW

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Ellie Roswell and co. are back with a ferocious new single. It’s effectively just over two minutes of cathartic rant, delivered brilliantly through the lead singer’s trademark snarling vocals and complemented by screaming, feral guitars. Lovely stuff.

Any drink & macaron for £3.

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Only Arcade Fire could take a track with Abba-style ‘Dancing Queen’ riffs and chuffin’ Twisted Root pan flutes then turn it into another epic slice of indie-rock greatness.

THE ORIELLES – I ONLY BOUGHT IT FOR THE BOTTLE A second single on Heavenly Recordings serves up more delightfully dreamy, jangly surf-pop from the Halifax trio.

BIG BOI – CHOCOLATE One of the many highlights on his recently released Boomiverse album, the Outkast member joins L.A. rapper Trozé over a pumping techno-inspired beat.

WOLF ALICE – YUK FOO

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SIV It’s a day of long drives ahead today for the Exposed VS squad – and not just because Matt doesn’t know where he’s going. MD Phil, editor Joe, designer Matt and intern-come-caddy Dan (that’s me) are carting off to SIV’s Tapton Park Golf Course for a round of Footgolf...

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The excuses come in thick and fast before we’ve even seen the course. “I’m the weak link!” reckons Matt. “High pollen count today, my hayfever is bad” I moaned.

The SIV squad eventually make an appearance. Made up of Izzy, Matt, Shaun and Tom, we reckon they have the home advantage, but they don’t agree, claiming they’re just as useless as we are.

I doubt that one, lads.

It’s a nine-hole course, and we’ll be doingthree challenges: the course itself, a longest drive challenge and finally a putt onto the green challenge.

Following Phil’s arrival (just the 18 minutes late – alright when you’re the boss), we tee off, or kick off, depending on how working class you are on a scale of golf fan to football fan. Nine holes, two teams, one winner. Can we improve Exposed’s below par 29-40-3 record to date, or will we balls it up?

With two Matts playing it’s bound to get confusing, so let’s agree to say Our Matt and Their Matt from here-on-in, oreyt? And it’s Our Matt that steps up first. Claiming to be “Claude Makélélé without the touch”, we need a big strike in windy conditions.

Instead, it’s a toe-pong over the hill and somehow onto the wrong green. Literally unbelievable, Jeff.

Fortunately, we had Phil on our side, who takes to Footgolf like a fish to water. He scores 3, a par for the first hole, beating the best SIV score of 4. First blood to team Exposed.

He continues his score of par on the next hole, slotting it in (behave) with no problems again before scoring a birdie (that’s one below par, not a good plan for the weekend) on the next. Three holes up in a flash and it already seems like this one’s in the bag “Is there a professional league for this, or?...”

The SIV heads are down. “It looks easier than it actually is,” claims Their Matt, who finished the first three holes in 7, 4 and 7 shots. “Boeing will employ you soon with that 747,” quips Tom. Decent bantz, to be fair.

As the fourth hole kicks off, there’s controversy: “Are we allowed to touch each other’s balls?” Ooh, matron. But Tom insists there are “no rules on colliding balls, but we should try our best to avoid it.” Roger

that. Our Matt steps up and scores a bogey (one over par – his best of the day), but it’s no good as Tom is a four shot gamechanger taking par. Game on.

Stepping up again, Our Matt tees himself up. Suddenly, Joe turns into Mr. Motivator without the VHS deal: “Come on, Matt, do them atrociously coloured trainers justice.”

He eyes up the ball. Swings a boot. Thwack.

“Ah, bollocks!”. Onto the wrong green again and this time there’s an actual golfer trying to putt, and she’s not happy to see a football landing next to her.

“Sorry,” Matt says sheepishly as he boots his ball back into play. “And the crowd goes mild” I pipe up. I should actually pipe down: I’ve been at least two over par each hole.

Maybe I should stick to caddying.

The next two rounds are similar. SIV’s Shaun steams in with an impressive one under par, then Their Matt follows up with par on the sixth to level the score.

Mmm... footgolf ’s ‘Istanbul’ is on; albeit in slightly less glamourous surroundings. Soz Chesterfield.

The momentum is clearly with SIV and they move into the lead on the seventh

with an assured par on a long par 5, and we all shamble across the line on the eighth, with neither team managing better than 2 over par for the first tied round. Forget technique – it’s toe-pong time!

Onto the final hole, and now the best we can hope for is an honourable draw on the first challenge, with Their Matt and Phil the closest men to the hole. Their Matt putts in, taking his score to 1 over par. Despite his best efforts, the hole is a tricky mistress, and Phil can only match the score. Exposed go one-nil down.

Two challenges left, and Joe and Their Matt step up for the longest drive. They trek up the course and Joe thunders his ball back down. The chuffin’ wind catches it and floats it left into the bramble. Damn! Their Matt is a little luckier, as his drive trickles down the hill and gravity takes it past Joe’s effort. 2-0 to SIV, game over!

Faced with the genuine possibility of a whitewash, we find our best form of the day: Matt chips it onto the green with technique that was sadly lacking all day, landing closest to the hole and salvaging some pride from an otherwise miserable result.

VERDICT:

Biggups to SIV for taking us on and bursting into life during the second part of the course, but we let the side down something tragic this month.

It might only be a consolation but that final win means that 2-1 reads somewhat nicer than 3-0, doesn’t it?

Still, a loss is a loss. Ahh well… Pub?

The scores so far: EXPOSED: 29 CHALLENGERS: 41 DRAWS: 3

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It’s at a lovely boozer just around the corner from Exposed HQ where Vultures are circling today. Over a pint outside The Riverside, we get to know a bit more about the band ahead of their upcoming In Session performance.

Peddling a hazy, cosmic sound, the quintet are influenced by the likes of The Velvet Underground, Brian Jonestown Massacre and The Horrors. They are currently spreading their wings with the help of new management company Scruff of the Neck, and vocalist Luke Thompson and bass/synths wiz Dillon Willis sat down to talk us through how things were shaping up.

Time to pick the bones.

‘Eh up Luke and Dillon! Tell us a bit about how Vultures came together?

Luke: Me and Nathan were in a band together [The Rusbies] that went on a bit too long. We wanted to try something new, with new musicians. We trialled one drummer – Conor O’Reilly – and Dillon was Conor’s mate. We only became a five-piece when we found out John McCullogh, who was friends with Nathan, wasn’t in a band and asked him to come down for a jam.

So you used to be in a punk-band – how is Vultures’ sound different to that?

Luke: This is more like 80s psychedelia.

There are bits of Goth music thrown in there too. We’re inspired by bands like Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, Joy Division and The Cure – what we’re writing sounds a bit like early Cure, I suppose. But that said, there are five of us in the band and we all have different tastes.

Dillon: I’m influenced by stuff like The Doors, so we all like different stuff. But it all comes together naturally. When you all like different things that’s how it is.

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So for the uninitiated, what do they need to know about you guys?

Luke: We’re not shit! [laughs] Dillon: We bring something different to the table.

Luke: Sheffield’s got a load of really good bands at the minute but like Dillon says we are something a bit different. Nobody sounds like us, and that’s what we take pride in. We wanna be the best at our genre.

So you just want to be the best then? Not bothered about the money, the number ones and all that?

Luke: Getting paid to gig and be in a band is a bit like being a Sunday League player and expecting to get paid: you have to put money in to get money out! But we can’t be expecting to make loads of money now… we just have to hope it’ll come back one day! But if it doesn’t, you do it because you love the music.

It must be hard trying to be in a band these days with the lack of money about though?

Luke: I’m an engineer by trade so I already have one! One of the other lads is a social media manager.

Dillon: And I haven’t got a job, but my dad knows we’re onto a winner so is pretty supportive of me putting everything into it.

That’s how it is for all of us really.

You look pretty broody and mysterious in most of your press shots, so it’s nice to get some sunny shots of you hanging around Kelham.

Dillon: I know! Normally photographers tell us we aren’t allowed to smile. Some of us are a bit miserable, granted, but most of the time we’re made to conform to that stereotype!

Luke: But we all have a bit of a resting bitch face, which doesn’t help at all! It’s been nice to smile for a change.

Your new tune, ‘Murder Ballad’, dropped on the 23rd of June. It’s a bit different to your previous efforts, a real stomper.

Luke: Yeah! We wrote it back in October. It’s

a lot heavier than what we’ve done before but you’ll find that with us... We’re trying to make everything we write different and keep things interesting.

Dillon: But at the same time we want it all to link together.

Luke: We write to perform it live – it’s one we’ve really enjoyed playing live – and we like having that mix of harder songs and softer ones.

You’ve built up a strong rep already as a band, largely due to live performances.

How important is that to you guys?

Dillon: Yeah, we really want to be a live band more than anything; become known for putting on a good show, start building it that way.

Luke: Being in a band is all about the live shows. You can’t stand there and do nothing.

We all were a bit daunted at first and kinda stood there, but the better the shows went, the more we’ve moved about! Our live show tends to build and build, like the calm before the storm that ends in this crazy mess.

Dillon: We give 100% and it builds to this real climax. We promise it’s not boring!

Where can people catch you live this year?

Luke: We’re supporting The Strypes at Plug on June 30th, then we’re back at Plug for Tramlines on Saturday July 22nd at 5pm.

Dillon: And we’ll be playing the Queens Social on October 7 – that’ll be our biggest gig yet. There’ll be one more new song released this year around the same time as that: ‘Underneath The Rain’.

Finally, and the most important question of all, you’ve all got this lovely hair in the band. Pray tell, what’s your secret?!

Luke: Don’t cut it! This took two years to grow, so I don’t plan on cutting it any time soon.

Dillon: I do cut mine occasionally – not myself, someone else does it! Although that might be my next move…

Luke: John swears by sea salt… sprinkles it all over and his hair comes out looking like an afro! So there’s a tip for you.

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Free to attend, the first panel talks will take place between 121pm, with a number of speakers including Sheffield-born MC Coco, Neil Hargreaves of Aggressive Management and Brendan Murphy of Arts Council England.

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A year on from the release from their fourth – and arguably best – album to date, Metronomy’s Joseph Mount tells us how there’s little chance of the indie-pop powerhouse slowing down.

“We are much more likeable now,” promises the creative force behind Metronomy, Joseph Mount, while reminiscing about his past visits to the Steel City. “I remember playing to, like, nobody at The Leadmill. We were supporting a band there and I remember people just not liking us.”

How times have changed. Around a decade later the leftfield-pop phenomenon are gearing up to headline Tramlines – South Yorkshire’s most highly anticipated live music event.

“The first time we played (in Sheffield) it was a club night, a kind of indie disco in the same mould as Trash in London. It was very good fun.” However, the modern-day Metronomy is almost unrecognisable from the three-piece that lit up noughties clubs with scuzzy dance rock and flashing chest lights.

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A Mercury-nominated third record revolutionised the band. The trio became a quartet, and sun-bleached triumphs like The Bay and The Look flirted with the mainstream.

If early works were a drunken binge on arcadegame krautrock, then The English Riviera was its breezy seafront antidote. In less than three years, their bleeping electro had evolved into a slick, modern day version of Fleetwood Mac. A gradual rise saw the group surpass several fleeting scenes and peers. “There was no way I was gonna let passing fads get in the way of my dream! I’ve always been quite conscious of how fragile your position can be if you’re a musician, so I’ve always tried to steer the boat through it all.” Late Of The Pier and Klaxons may have won the nu-rave sprint, but Metronomy were on a marathon race to the top.

After the touring of fourth album Love Letters – a respite offering boasting some classic 60s songwriting – the band took a break in 2015.

Between then and a May 2017 return, Mount dropped the playful, synth-lathered Summer 08. It sees his project come full circle by harking back to the carefree attitude of initial releases Pip Paine (Pay The £5000 You Owe) and Nights Out.

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From the Prince-inspired squelcher ‘Miami Logic’, to the immersive cutting-edge crooner ‘Mick Slow’, 08 is both reflective and pioneering – their most eclectic recording yet. “The new stuff has been some of the easiest in terms of putting it into the show. It’s actually been some of the most pleasing and enjoyable to play, because we’ve not played it before live. It feels good.”

“If anything, the new tour has devolved! We wanted to come back with a kind of more relaxed version of the last stage show. It’s supposed to look quite effortless, but in fact it’s very, kind of, involved. Before we may have thought too much about trying to get something to sound like the record and I think now we’ve thought, ‘sod it, let’s just do a really good live version of the record’.”

It’s a wonder how setlists will do each chapter of their ever-expanding back-catalogue justice.

However, Mount is upbeat on the selection process. “It’s a luxurious position to be in. You can just decide if a song isn’t feeling right, that it’s not right. We’ve been quite ruthless. We’re playing what feels right and what works well, and at the same time trying to get something from every album on there. To have that amount of stuff to work with is a good position

to be in.”

The pearl white suits have been ditched to reflect their new laid-back vibe. “Dry cleaning suits every couple of days is quite labour intensive, and also wearing a suit that’s been worn the night before is quite disgusting – we’re gonna be wearing jogging clothes instead! The previous tour was the dinner date version of Metronomy and this new tour is the ‘Sunday afternoon, watching TV with Metronomy’.”

But don’t expect them to put their feet up at Tramlines, like previous has-been headliners have been accused of. Be it Doncaster-born Anna Prior’s [drums] beaming presence, or Oscar Cash’s [keys] bonkers dance moves, their live show brims with vibrant charisma.

But for all the razzle-dazzle of his compatriots, Mount himself has struggled with the frontman title. “It’s not necessarily what I signed up for and for a long time it was excruciating to even watch a performance,” he admits. “If you have Instagram or Facebook and you’re taking pictures of yourself then you delete all of the ones you don’t like. You don’t have that luxury if you’re doing a gig every night. If you’re very self-conscious then it can be quite difficult.”

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His lack of ego is what makes Mount one of the most likeable in the game; he couldn’t be further from the jumped-up rockstar archetype. But whilst he’s no closer to destroying guitars and stage diving during sets, he’s managed to break free from the shackles of insecurity. “I think I’ve just made my peace with it, really.”

“The point at which you stop worrying about what you might have to prove is the point at which it all comes together. You can’t force it, but it’s impossible to not think about it for a period of time. I mean, now, we just genuinely enjoy it and that comes across more than it ever did before.”

Mount’s modesty stretches to his approach on headline slots. “When it comes to festivals, you still can’t take for granted the fact that a lot of people won’t have seen you before and a lot of people will be thinking, ‘who are you to be headlining this?’ I think the trick for festivals is

just to smack people in the face – in the nicest possible way! You can’t rest on your laurels and you can’t assume people know who you are.”

The mini-hiatus would have provided the perfect opportunity for some laurel-resting.

However, alongside spending time with his family, Mount has made grounds on a “poppy” but “not contrived” sixth full-length record.

“I guess I’ve probably got a last chance to prove I’m still cool,” he jokes. “I want to make a record which connects with youngsters. To me, I’ve always thought if young people aren’t interested in your music then you should question what you’re doing. I’d like to make something that the kids enjoy.”

Whilst Mount has been chipping away at his brainchild since – believe it or not – before the turn of the century, he’s not a man short of ideas. He reveals another instrumental is also in the pipeline. “I would really love to do that

again – to see if I could do it again. I’ve got so used to putting vocals on things that I’ve got a bit lost in that world.”

But for now he’s taking one step at a time and looking forward to his first long stretch of festival-headlining dates. “I’m very excited.

I never used to like talking about live music in this way; but I’ve kind of missed sharing a moment with the people that love your music.

I mean, it’s been a long while, so we’re all rather geed up for it all.” And whether you love or loathe Metronomy’s outlandish formula, you’ll struggle to look away from the Ponderosa stage during Tramlines 2017’s conclusive show. They don’t do boring.

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The big daddy of the festival stages, thousands of revellers will once again descend on the Ponderosa Main Stage this year.

The big pull on the opening night will surely be iconic indie outfit The Libertines, but they are in very good company with Scottish rockers Twin Atlantic and local favourites Liberty Ship warming up the crowd beforehand. With a career spanning over two decades, Primal Scream top the bill on Saturday. From winners of the first ever Mercury Music Prize for Screamadelica to topping the charts with the likes of ‘Rocks’ and ‘Country Girl’, the band have released a whopping 11 studio albums in their lifetime, including last year’s critically acclaimed Chaosmosis.

On Sunday, you will be able to enjoy a dazzling mix of British hip-hop, rap and grime through Loyle Carner, Akala and Lady Leshurr. Headlining are Mercury Prize nominees Metronomy, who will be bringing their brand of exuberant electronic pop and funk to the stage.

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New for 2017, this intimate stage in Ponderosa Park will house a plethora of DJ talent throughout the weekend. Saturday’s line-up features The Reflex, an artist championed by heavyweights of music, from BBC6 Music’s Craig Charles to Noel Gallagher. His imaginative remixes, which breathe funky new life into soul and disco classics, are a safe bett to fill Into the Tree’s dancefloor. Reggae royalty Don Letts and dancehall sound system specialists The Heatwave will also feature.

Local DJs also get a look in at the news stage in the form of Nice Like Rice’s Leroy and former Harley resident Thirsty Ear. Both DJs are known for joining the dots between genres as diverse as reggae, house and disco, and for filling venues with their eclectic sets.

Also playing: Reasons To Be Cheerful Soundsytem

Alt-pop artist Cate Le Bon performs on Saturday in the beautiful surroundings of Endcliffe Park’s Folk Forest. Le Bon’s off-kilter style is reflected by her eclectic work, ranging from a wholly Welsh-language album to a collaboration with Aphex Twin.

Syrian-born Omar Souleyman’s combination of elaborate keyboards, techno beats and Middle Eastern dance music is difficult to pigeon hole.

After gaining popularity in the West following collaborations with Four Tet and Bjork, the subject matter of his latest album returns to his home country. Two highly-rated acts in The Magic Gang and Goat Girl precede Omar’s performance.

Also playing: Blaenavon, Yorkston Thorne Khan, Jalen N’Gonda, The Wharves, Rachael Dadd, Paul Littlewood, James Ewan Tait, Little Robots, Sheffield’s Sgt Pepper Project, John Joseph Brill, The Buffalo Skinners, Neil McSweeney

The newly revamped Devonshire Green Stage will welcome another Mercury nominee in Kano, whose latest album Made In The Manor has brought him back to the forefront of the British urban scene after a six-year hiatus.

As Saturday evening closes in, Spring King bring their lively grunge rock to Devonshire Green on Saturday. The Manchester four-piece, who recently played SXSW and toured with the likes of Wolf Alice and Slaves, have gained a reputation for raucous, in-yer-face live performances. The rest of the night will bring the R&B vibes as M.O and the legendary All Saints take to the stage.

Sunday is all about quality guitar bands as local lads The SSS, grungey four-piece The Big Moon and indie pop powerhouse The Coral take us through the evening.

Also playing: The Pharcyde, LOGS, Alvarez Kings, Lucy Spraggan, Estrons, Mike Hughes, Matic Mouth

This new stage on Devonshire Green features emerging artists and bands supported by the Arts Council England fund of the same name, including South London rapper Ms Banks.

Banks has collaborated with the likes of Tinie Tempah and JME, and has picked up plenty of attention thanks to her clever wordplay and energetic performances.

Experimental Bahraini five-piece Flamingods also feature at the tent on Saturday. Their globetrotting music plays with sounds from across the world, using instruments from as far and wide as Nepal, Japan and Turkey.

But this well-travelled jumble doesn’t lead to cacophony. Instead, Flamingods produce a mosaic of sounds, guiding the audience from one corner of the world to the next. Other good shouts on the Saturday include Sheffield’s Katie Pham & The Moonbathers and Afrobeat artist Mista Silva.

Also playing: Champion, Jamie Isaac, Nubiyan Twist DJ Set, Bossy Love, Luxury Death, Goat Head, Jerry Williams, Our Girl, Cattle & Cane, Fizzy Blood

The Hallam Shuttle transforms the everyday experience of catching a bus across Sheffield into a festival experience. As a fresh take on old favourite The Busker’s Bus, the shuttle connects the Endcliffe Park Folk Forest to the main stage in Ponderosa Park. Each bus will host one-off performances from bands and solo artists throughout the day on Saturday and Sunday.

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A winning marriage of vibrant garage guitars with wry word-play, The Big Moon are bringing their ramshackle indie rock to the Devonshire Green stage at Tramlines. Their debut EP dropped to much acclaim back in April this year, and we caught lead singer Juliette Jackson bursting with enthusiasm about the band’s return to the Steel City.

I’ve heard that you met via friends of friends when you were looking to start a band. Did you immediately settle in together, or did it take you a while to find your feet?

We set off immediately, I think. I really wanted to start a band, and I was talking to and messaging everyone I knew. I met Fern [drums] first, then we looked around and found the other people. When we all finally got together, it just clicked. I’d already written a bunch of songs, so we kind of skipped the jamming stage. We knew what kind of band we wanted to be and worked it out from there. It happened really quickly.

You’re returning to Tramlines again this year. Stoked to be back?

I love Tramlines, I love Sheffield. We’ve always had really good shows there. People are always up for a good time and there are loads of small venues and passionate music lovers. One of the first shows we did outside of London was in Sheffield, supporting Peace at Queens Social Club. I particularly love it there; it reminds of me of youth clubs – but in a good way! All that tinsel on the stage is legendary.

You recorded your first album, Love in the 4th Dimension, earlier this year in just 12 days. Sounds pretty hectic – what was that experience like?

That’s true. It was one of the most intense experiences of my life. I was reading an article recently about groups of guys who get obsessed with video games and have to go to rehab; they forget to eat and sleep because they’re playing Legend of Zelda all the time. I’m not saying it was like addiction, but there was this strange feeling when you do the same thing all day long; it becomes like another world. It was intense, but we had a good time. There was lots of time to experiment with adding stupid sounds and taking them out again.

Where does the title come from?

The title is about being really, really in love, so much that you don’t feel like you’re in three dimensions anymore – it’s as if you’re in another plane. It’s also about the idea of an album as an escape; you can shut the door and feel like you’re in another world.

You’re often referred to as a ‘girl band’. Does this bother you?

Sometimes, it depends on who’s saying it.

When we were on tour in Europe, we had an all-guy support band. The singer said to us that he hadn’t listened to our music, but he knew he wanted to play with us because he loves girl bands. I guess he thought he was being accepting and egalitarian, but we found it patronising and insulting. There are more female bands than there used to be, so I suppose the label is becoming more and more unnecessary.

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Bigups on getting signed to Warner recently.

Tell us a bit about the story of the band up until this point?

A few of us were down here for uni and we used to play in lots of different bands, sometimes in bands with each other. Once we got together, we wrote a song called ‘Bruises’, put it on YouTube anonymously and it got a great reception, better than we had with any of our other bands. So then we were like ‘shit, maybe we should do this as a project’ – so we started playing around Brighton, getting better at writing songs basically. We signed a deal after being together for about two years and I’m glad we did it that way because a lot of buzz bands get signed after six months of forming and record labels try and sway them in one direction or another, but we had established ourselves as songwriters and the type of songs we were writing.

Do you feel any pressure in being known as something of a “buzz band”?

In all honestly, all the nice words about us are amazing. We’re not writing music for this sort of thing, but it’s great that people are into it and excited about the band. It’s all down to the music really; we spend a lot of time writing songs and it’s just exciting to get this sort of exposure.

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So, you’re all living together in Brighton at the mo. How is it sharing a gaff ?

Yeah, we all share a knackered four-floor house and with tons of other people playing in different bands. lt’s a really great environment to be in because if you haven’t written a song in a while and you walk past someone’s bedroom and they’re writing the best song in the world, you’re like, ‘oh shit, I need to go and write some stuff !’

The Magic Gang sound has a real sixties vibe to it. How would you describe it?

It’s an amalgamation of different sounds. We like to take sounds from a lot of different genres, but I think the songwriting is still a 60s/70s kind of pop sound like The Beatles, Beach Boys and Stax Records stuff. We love classic pop songs and that’s always going to be part of our music.

And you’re making a return to Sheffield soon.

What do you lads think of our humble city?

We’ve played a couple of times in Sheffield – at the Leadmill most recently. We supported Wolf Alice there and we’re stoked for doing Tramlines this year. Sheffield is great, man! I think if I was going to move anywhere it would be there; I know a lot of great people who live there and it’s a beautiful place.

D’awh, shucks. Catch you soon!

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It’s been a year since we last caught up with the Liberty Ship boys; they’d just released their debut single, ‘Learning to Fly’, after being around the best part of nine years. The last 12 months have seen the indie-rock band really kicking on, with two globally playlisted singles under their belt, a slot supporting The Libertines this summer and recently playing their biggest headline show to date. Eleanor Fidler caught up with the S35 four-piece to see how things were shaping up for Tramlines.

It’s been a huge year since your last Exposed interview. Could you tell us a bit about what you’ve been up to?

Jack: Bit of this, bit of that – loads of gigs and festivals!

Lewis: We’ve been in the studio quite a bit, recording our new singles. We released ‘Cast Away’ and ‘Don’t Wish’, but we’ve got a couple of new tunes recorded now as well.

New tunes, eh?

Kierran: We’ve got two new singles. Our first one, ‘Which Way’, is getting released the day before Tramlines ... it’s gonna be a number one.

Lewis: Then we’ll be releasing ‘Snakes and Ladders’.

You’ve established an old school rock‘n’roll sound that has been really prominent throughout your releases. What should we expect from these new tracks?

Jimmy: If you liked our other singles, you’ll definitely like these ones. But if you compare both to each other, they’re two very different tunes.

Lewis: ‘Snakes and Ladders’ is a direction we’ve never really gone in before.

Kierran: We wanted to just take it in the studio and see what we could do with it – and it’s paid off.

Jack: Yeah, you can carry on with the same sounding songs, but we just see that as boring.

It’s good to keep things fresh.

You just concluded your UK tour with SHEAFS and The Strawberries, also playing your biggest headline gig to date at Plug. What was that like for you?

Jimmy: Sweaty.

Jack: The tour itself was sick – great gigs and great lads. But the headliner Plug gig was just amazing. Like, when you’re grafting on a Monday morning on a site and then come Saturday you can play a gig where everyone’s singing your tunes, it just makes it all worth it.

I can’t wait to start smashing the festivals now.

Talking of festivals, how does it feel to be supporting The Libertines at Ponderosa for Tramlines this year?

Jack: God, it’s all bit surreal really. You’re used to seeing Pete and Carl and that on the telly when you were young, we went through school listening to them, but now we’re supporting them. It’s mad.

You’re Tramlines veterans now; from playing The Frog and Parrot alongside Catfish and the Bottlemen in 2012 to now. What’s been your favourite Tramlines experience?

Jack: The year we toured with King Charles [2013], we went to go and see them play at Leadmill and ended up getting up onstage with them. We eventually got in at about 7am and then played a shocking gig the next day.

Kierran: What? You might have been shit, but I thought the rest of us were class the day after.

This year’s line-up for Tramlines is pretty tasty.

Who are you off to see this year?

Jack: I reyt want to see Primal Scream, The Coral and October Drift.

Kierran: I’ll definitely go down to the Crystal

stage; there are a lot of good bands on there like Henderson.

Jimmy: Yeah, get down to see Frazer and The Leathernecks too.

Who would be your dream Tramlines headliner?

Kierran: The Beatles.

Lewis: Bob Marley.

Jack: They’ve all got to be alive, you idiots! I’d want to see Tame Impala at Ponderosa – that would be mad. Because owt’s possible now – who would have thought that The Libertines would play?

Kierran: Oh, well in that case, I’d say Ice Cube.

In fact, fuck it. Liberty Ship.

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with organiser Wild Live to present big-time reggae producer Prince Fatty and MC Horseman. Off Me Nut Records will also be there showcasing the best their label has to offer, including Phatworld and Superior Cornrows, while Displace will also be arriving with the Displace Crew and resident DJs. Some of the acts already on what is a massive line-up include grime MC Bugzy Malone, a DJ set from Sister Bliss, and threetime MOBO-winning artist Fuse ODG. Garage royalty TQD and Artful Dodger will also be playing sets along with Austrian duo Camo & Krooked, The Street’s Mike Skinner and drum & bass legends DJ Zinc and DJ Marky.

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Once again, Tramlines have collared some of the finest dance talent around to keep the celebrations going through the night at the official afterparties.

Taking place at the O2 Academy, The Octagon, Fusion & Foundry and Yellow Arch Studios on the 21 and 22 July, the afterparty club nights will feature a range of DJs covering everything from house to jungle, drum & bass and beyond. Names on the bill include the likes of Gilles Peterson, Gerd Janson and a DJ set by Nightmares On Wax. Other acts added more recently include Andy Butler from Hercules & Love Affair, 2 Bad Mice and Fatty & Horseman.

Local promoters Nice Like Rice will be taking over Fusion & Foundry on the 22nd to put on a wide mix of acts, and Tramlines favourite Gilles Peterson will return to headline the event. Over at Yellow Arch Studios, they’ll be hosting a huge night of grime and jungle with a bit of bassline thrown in for good measure. Roots, the brains behind 20Hz Soundsystem, will be teaming up

AWAY FROM THE HEADLINERS ON THE OFFICIAL FESTIVAL STAGES, PLENTY OF VENUES IN AND AROUND SHEFFIELD CENTRE WILL BE HOSTING THEIR OWN EVENTS OFFERING SOME BELTING ALTERNATIVE LINE-UPS TO GET STUCK INTO. PICTURE HOUSE SOCIAL The 3-day fringe fests at PHS have been hugely popular over the last two years, and 2017 is set to be no different after announcing one of their strongest line-ups yet. Curated by Bear Tree Records, Girl Gang Sheffield and Evil Hoodoo Records, the likes of Wolf People, PINS and The Interesting Alternative (Steve Davis and Kavus Torabi DJ set) will grace The Ballroom.

A number of club nights will keep the party going, including old Sheffield faves Club Pony and Threads.

Top picks: The Interesting Alternative, PINS, Slowcoaches, Wolf People, Cowtown @PicHouseSocial

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THE GREAT GATSBY Another well-known venue for some quality fringe action, T’Gatsby has teamed up with record label Too Pure Singles Club, rock ‘n’ roll promoters This Feeling and local music platform English Rain. All-day DJ sets will keep the good vibes flowing downstairs.

Top picks: Seize The Chair, Blacklisters, Trampolene, Femur, Black Mamba Fever @gatsbysheffield

THE CRYSTAL STAGE As one of most popular stages at the Fringe, the Crystal Stage offers a busy line-up of up-and-coming acts, curated by Aggressive Management.

Top picks: Keir, October Drift, Allusondrugs, TRASH, Desperate Journalist

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THE WASHINGTON PLUG One of the city’s biggest clubs has a strong mix of live bands from noon-midnight, followed up by impressive nightlife events such as the KabAl-Dayer featuring the likes of Serocee and Winston Hazel.

Top picks: Marsicans, Stush, Serocee, Winston Hazel, Vultures @plugsheffield

SHAKESPEARE’S Regularly offering a jam-packed line-up over Tramlines weekend, it’s business as usual for the Shakey this year with 30+ acts playing across its indoor and outdoor stages.

Top picks: High Hazels, Heads Off, Pilosa, Dave Woodcock and the Dead Comedians, The Mourning After @shakespearesShf

RECORD JUNKEE A cracking little live venue and vinyl outlet situated on Earl Street, Record Junkee sure know their music – and prove it by putting on a wide-ranging line-up of largely northern talent over the weekend.

Top picks: Floodhounds, Factory, Soul Fire Saints, Little Illusion Machine, Them Sardines @RecordJunkee

Don’t forget to pick up your fringe programme this month; they’ll be delivered to the usual venues which stock Exposed and handed out free over the festival weekend.

The full listings guide for all the fringe venues will be in there!

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Know as the city’s spiritual home of alternative rock, The Washy have stepped up to the plate accordingly with a wide-ranging bill of 30+ acts and DJs keeping the party going until 3AM every night.

Top picks: Life Aquatic Band, The Terrosaurs, I Set The Sea On Fire, Vulgarians, Rale

BUNGALOWS & BEARS The pub housed in a former fire station is the place to be for catching the next big thing this year. While B&B’s afternoon offering of bands include spangly pop from Her’s and and Dream Wife’s disco-meets-riot-grrrl, DJ sets keep the party going into the night.

Top picks: DJ Seinfeld & DJ Boring, Ben Pearce, Personal Best, Her’s, Dream Wife @bungsandbears

THE FROG & PARROT A regular feature of the Fringe programme, the Frog & Parrot offers an exciting line-up of emerging indie acts, many of which hail from Sheffield itself.

Top picks: The Opera Comic, The Wholls, The Vellas, False Heads, Abominable Soul, Treebeards @FrogandParrot

THE FAT CAT The outdoor gigs at the Kelham Island real ale haven have been known to attract thousands – and suffice to say, wherever local favourites Everly Pregnant Brothers go, a loyal crowd of fellow brethren tend to follow.

Top picks: Everly Pregnant Brothers, Big City Blues, Brad Ryan, Davey Wilson, Emily Jane Stancer @FatCatTap For the full list of Fringe venue listings, get thee sen to exposedmagazine.co.uk

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partake in classes or to get personal training. If you want to come and use the gym without a trainer, you can see one of our team who will show you how to use the gym and give you exercises specific to your goals and needs. You can come and enjoy training in your own time and at your own pace.

Come down and see us!

Wanting to see what we have to offer you at The Kettle Club? We’ll be holding an Open Weekend from Friday 1st September to Sunday 3rd September, giving you the chance to see our demonstrations in Martial Arts, Yoga, Dance and Calisthenics.

COME AND HAVE A GO YOURSELF WITH OUR TEAM. Meet The Kettle Club Trainers and book in for a free lifestyle consultation with one of our experts.

LET US HELP YOU FIND A BALANCE We have a diverse range of classes on offer, so you can find a plan tailored to your own needs and goals.

As discussed in last month’s article, it is imperative to train your body in different ways. It’s no good pounding your body with HIIT

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At the end of May we were graced with the presence of Fedor Chenov and Lenroy Thomas before their big fight at Bramall Lane. We are fully equipped for boxing training with pads, bags and gloves available, so both had their final training session at The Kettle Club before their fight.

They came to us for an ideal calming ambience in our stylish class studio, which was a big help to them both in their final hours of training. Lenroy won and Fedor held his own; as battered as he was, he stood his ground to the end.

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A brand new bar on the site of a former workshop in Neepsend is now open

What do you do when the old workshop you’re housing your truck in suddenly stops being fit for purpose? You turn it into a new bar of course… well at least if you’re Matt Holdsworth, owner of The Bhaji Shop.

A joint venture between Matt, his sister Melissa and Beer Engine owner Tom Harrington, The Old Workshop had been taken on originally to house the Bhaji Shop’s Thali truck used for outdoor events.

But when Tom, who is an old school friend of Matt’s, had the bright idea of levelling the sloped floor, it meant they could no longer get the truck in, which is when Matt struck upon the idea of opening a bar instead.

Located in the heart of Neepsend, alongside the likes of Peddler Market and Yellow Arch Studios and just a couple of minutes’ walk from the burgeoning Kelham Island eating and drinking scene, The Old Workshop is a perfect complement to Matt and Tom’s other ventures.

Capturing the charm and home-spun vibes of the Bhaji Shop alongside an insightful list of ever-changing craft

beers (there are 7 draft lines and 25 bottles) and an excellent array of gins, rums and wines courtesy of Tom, it’s a fusion of the two businesses’ strengths.

There’s artwork from artists HINEink and Fem Sorcell complementing the wooden panelled walls and exposed brickwork, alongside fairy lights, low slung individual pendant lighting and lots of flora and fauna.

Alongside beers from breweries such as Magic Rock, Brew By Numbers, Dark Star, The Kernel, Wild Beer, Tiny Rebel and Green Flash, there’s a ‘live’ kitchen making pinchos (small bar snacks made popular in Northern Spain) as well as an in-house piano, while regular DJ nights and occasional acoustic nights will also be on the menu.

“The bar is very much Matt’s vision – that’s what he’s really good at – but I know more about beer, so it’s a match made in heaven,” says Tom. “This area is really exciting now,” adds Matt. “There’s such a mix of new, light industries – pretty much everything we’ve used to put the bar together has been sourced from within a quarter of a mile radius – and with places like Peddler on the doorstep, it’s really vibrant here now.”

After launching last month with a ‘thank you’ event for all those who helped bring the Sheffield Food Festival to town, the bar launched to the general public on Friday June 16. It’s been packing them in since.

There’s also an event space for hire upstairs while in the future they plan on bringing in a lunch menu on Sundays.

The Old Workshop is open Wednesday to Saturday from 4pm-12am and Sunday from 2pm-11pm. Find them on facebook or in person at Hicks Street.

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Last month, Red’s True BBQ celebrated their 1st birthday in expected fashion: a monumental barbeque bash featuring live music, 2-4-1 cocktails, craft beer and of course – plenty of meat.

The Ecclesall Road venue, which also provided a number of special discounts to customers throughout its anniversary week, had its best pitmasters serving up world class brisket while live performances from bluegrass band Kentucky Cowtippers and a live DJ set kept the well-fed crowds entertained.

Since joining the city’s burgeoning food scene last year, Red’s has established itself as a popular fixture on the bustling Eccy Road crawl of restaurants and bars, inviting hordes of hungry Sheffielders to ‘come forth and worship at the altar of meat’. Many have since been converted, and the venue is now hoping to entice more BBQ lovers during its second year of trading.

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the last year we’ve served more than 100,000 people; our team has worked incredibly hard to keep the hordes of BBQ-loving locals happy.

We’re hugely grateful to the people of Sheffield for supporting us over this last year – you are true believers. Thank you.”

Away from the Ecclesall Road venue, Red’s was invited back to Texas to again participate in the World’s Championship Bar-B-Que competition – the only UK BBQ restaurant group to compete. They fared well, going brisket-to-brisket and beating two-thirds of the seasoned US competition in the prestigious cook-off event.

Closer to home, the venue will be supporting the community by working with Cathedral Archer Project, organising a number of offmenu food and craft beer nights – and we’ve been told that there are a few new heavenly dishes in development. You can get the latest updates and book your table at facebook.com/ RedsBBQSheffield.

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Chicken Oyako Don Traditionally chicken oyako don in Japan is created by pan-frying the chicken thighs.

Here at Edo Sushi we’ve adapted slightly and we tempura (deep-fry in batter) the chicken. Ultimately this leads to a stronger depth of flavour, but for trying this recipe at home, we’ll keep this traditional.

boiled, to serve Spring onions, sliced, to garnish (optional) Pickled Ginger, to garnish (optional)

Prep time: Approx. 5 minutes Cook time: Approx.

10-15 minutes

For the chicken Heat a frying pan with a little oil and when hot add the ginger, garlic and onion. Immediately add the chicken thighs and season with the salt and pepper.

Constantly stir the chicken for around 4-5 minutes. Add the oyako don sauce and add the two eggs into the pan. Lower the heat to minimum and cover for 3-4 minutes.

Serves 2

Ingredients For the sauce: 4 tsp sugar 2 tsp hondashi (powdered bonito stock) 300ml hot water 150ml soy sauce 150ml mirin For the chicken: Fresh root ginger, finely diced, to taste Garlic, finely diced, to taste 1/2 large white onion 2 chicken thighs, diced into 8-10 pieces 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 tsp pepper 2 free-range eggs Oil, for frying

Method For the sauce First make the sauce.

Mix the sugar and hondashi with the hot water to dissolve and add to the soy sauce and mirin. Set aside.

To serve Just before serving, stir the egg within the pan and immediately pour over some hot boiled rice. Garnish with spring onions and pickled ginger to add that extra complementary flavour and colour to the dish.

To garnish and serve: Japanese small- or medium-grain rice,

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News In Brief

Summer arrives at Brocco

Brocco Kitchen’s Scandi-cool makes it a destination worth visiting all year round, but summer is when its parkside terrace really comes into its own. Think comfy sofas, twinkly lights and ivy screens while you sip rhubarb fizz cocktail and summery sangria whilst watching the sun set over Endcliffe Park. Got the picture yet?

The team have just released their summer programme, and there’s plenty to get social about. Brocco BBQs will run every Friday on their terrace from 12-7pm, they’ll be celebrating Wimbledon fever with a special afternoon tea offer (available 3rd-14th July) and you can throw live jazz and roasts on Sundays in there as well. Got a special occasion in mind? You can even hire the terrace out to celebrate! www.brocco.co.uk .

Stew & Oyster confirm opening date

Kelham Island has long been notorious as the place to go for something a little different from the city centre, and now the area is becoming even more of a hub with constant renovation work and new additions. Keeping with its sense of originality, Stew & Oyster is setting up home in the newly created Little Kelham, launching officially on July 24th. Described as somewhere “where the food is fresh, the bar staff are friendly and the atmosphere is relaxed,” you can expect stew, oysters and craft beer. Winner.

#savestreetcity

The monthly street food festival set next to Co-Op, just off Ecclesall Road has been temporarily pulled, after disputes with the council about noise and planning issues. After launching towards the backend of last year, Street City has been a roaring success with punters, especially those with children, catering for those who don’t fancy the journey down to Peddler and might fancy a stint in Napoleons afterwards.

Their Facebook page shed some light on the situation as best they can and explained: “We will still try to fight this in the coming months because we believe that having an event that is accessible to one and all brings the whole local community together.” They are asking all those that enjoy the festival to email the local MP with the message #savestreetcity.

Keep an eye on the Exposed Facebook feed and website for updates.

Double Bubble

This summer sees two new beer festivals hitting Sheffield city centre. The Craft Beer Festival comes to Bungalows and Bears and The Lescar between June 8th–15th and that’s followed on July 29th by the Vegan Beer Fest, hosted by Fat Gay Vegan at Yellow Arch Studios. The Craft Beer festival will feature a limited-edition selection of independent American brewer Sierra Nevada beers, especially brewed for the festival – ranging from Sidecar, Peach IPA and River Ryed. There will also be a selection of exclusive offers for customers, including a loyalty card scheme.

Street Food @ Plug

Sheffield street food society are taking over The Plug from 5pm every Friday and Saturday hosting different vendors each weekend – each event is free.

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Sean Clarke, head honcho at the Moor Market’s Beer Central, showcases his craft brewery of the month and recommends some of their finest tipples.

We love all things beer at Beer Central (of course!), and being asked to talk about beer each month in Exposed Magazine is something we’re very excited about. Each month we’ll feature a top craft brewery and suggest a few of their finest brews – hopefully you enjoy both the words and the beers!

First up for this edition is one of the UK’s most consistently excellent craft brewers, The Kernel Brewery. Since starting out in 2009 beneath a railway arch in Bermondsey, south-east London, Kernel Brewery have quietly gone about producing some of the best beers ever brewed in the UK. Their approach is a simple one: exquisite pale ales, hop-forward IPAs, decadent stouts/porters and seasonal specials. They refuse to overhype the beers, instead allowing their reputation and quality to guarantee drinkers return again and again.

PALE ALES Look out for the Kernel range of Pale Ales when you’re next in a decent bottle shop or pub. They use world-leading hops from the USA, Australia, New Zealand, Germany and beyond to produce classy, drinkable beers that have a real beauty about them.

IPAS

IMPERIAL BROWN

Again Kernel use the STOUT best hops in the world to The various brews of this produce IPAs that really one hover around 10% hit the spot, nothing ABV, but for a beer of too punchy, nothing too such strength we never heavy – just delicious find it difficult to drink! wonderment.

Imperial Brown Stouts were a London tradition for many years; they fuse history, tradition and modern day brewing into something to be savoured & adored!

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When approaching the Cricket Inn via a narrow, quiet country lane it can be easy to forget that the hustle and bustle of Sheffield centre is a mere 20-minute drive away. Located on the edge of the Peak District while surrounded by green fields and grazing cattle, it’s pretty as a picture and a welcoming sight as we arrived outside on a warm summer’s night. The interior is just as pleasant; a recent refurb has freshened things up nicely but still retains that quintessential country inn feel.

THE FOOD

We took our seats, tucked away in the corner alongside a wall adorned with framed Sheffield cutlery. After a warm welcome, our waiter came over to take us through the starters, and it quickly became apparent that the staff A: took great pride in the food they served; and B: knew the dishes like the back of their hand, even from the seasonal daily menu we’d chosen to order from.

For starters I opted for the BBQ white asparagus, while my partner went for the hand-dived scallops – the latter being a particularly solid choice, we were told. Both arrived looking impeccable, the scallops nicely presented and intermeshed with summer truffle, iberico ham and peas; while a generously sized poached egg smothered in hollandaise sauce was the centre-piece of my choice.

My crispy egg was perfectly poached and the rich hollandaise and sweet white asparagus complemented each other very well. The scallop dish tasted as good as it looked: succulent scallops, salty iberico ham and the pea puree were another winning savoury-sweet combination in a real treat of a starter.

For mains I had been eyeing up the 8oz Denver steak right from the off, and the decision was cemented when manager Chris picked it out as “must-try” while talking us through the menu. My partner on the other hand kept it piscatorial with the smoked salmon tagliatelle. More helpful pointers from the serving staff suggested a medium-bodied shiraz-malbec for the steak and a classic pinot grigio for the fish.

The steak, seasoned well and cooked to medium-rare perfection, was cut into juicy chunks and served amongst shitake mushrooms, chewy pieces of pancetta, spinach and mushroom ketchup. I had ordered some peppercorn sauce too, but most of it went on the triple-cooked chips as there was no need to add to the superbly rich, beefy and generously marbled pieces of steak, a taste which contrasted well with the tangy mushroom ketchup. Likewise, my partner immensely enjoyed the tagliatelle dish: the smoky salmon and creamy dill sauce with a subtle kick of green chilli making for another tasty, indulgent offering.

For dessert, and with us being a mere 10 miles from of the famous market town, we felt obliged to try the Bakewell Tart Soufflé – a twist on their famous apple crumble soufflé. The light, fluffy dish boasted tasty homemade jam in its centre and warm biscuits on the side made for perfect dipping.

THE VERDICT

With exemplary service and a winning selection of both comfort and luxury dishes on offer, the warm welcome at The Cricket Inn is still well worth heading slightly off the beaten track for.

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£20 per head Add a 20cl bottle of Prosecco for an additional £8 • Freshly baked bread with English cheeses, home-smoked salmon and English charcuterie • Farmhouse pork pie with Cricket Inn piccalilli • Thornbridge beer-pickled onions and roasted red pepper hummus • Brandy soaked fruitcake with Our Cow Molly butter • Fruit scones with clotted cream, jam and strawberries • Mixed Macaroons • Drink of San Pellagrino or Franklins each

English Summer Picnics At The Cricket Inn This summer, come and enjoy the beautiful surroundings of the Cricket Inn with one of our traditional English picnic hampers. Hire a hamper full of homemade treats and snacks, take away and enjoy a relaxing afternoon in the sun. Children’s hampers also available.

How To Order

Reservations required so that we can prepare your hamper. Deposit for picnic hamper and blanket £20.

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New pub and bottle shop to open on Eccy Road

The Drink Inn Tucked away just outside of the hustle and bustle of the city centre is something of a hidden gem for the city’s thriving craft beer and ale scene. The Drink Inn, situated just up from Ponds Forge on Commercial Street, offers a friendly welcome and wide selection of expertly selected drinks – all at very reasonable prices.

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of fine ales. The varied selection offers everything from local favourites to new surprises, a current favourite being a gum drop flavoured brew! For those not beer-inclined, the comprehensive wines and spirits menu provides plenty of options.

With regular special offers, live sport and events ranging from gin and whiskey tastings to live acoustic sessions, this small venue certainly has big potential. Try it for yourself on your next venture into town.

With an expected opening date in October, five cask lines, eight keg lines on rotation and 150+ bottles/ cans, The Ecclesall Ale Club is set to be one of Sheffield’s favourite new drinking spots. Picture a 1920s, Speakeasy-inspired watering hole, complete with dark woods, antique furniture and taxidermy… throw in a tap from local brewery Brew Foundation and you get the picture.

As well as local brews, this newcomer will also offer a range of beers from across the globe, as well as having a handpicked selection of wines and spirits from independent vineyards and distilleries. Customers can also build up loyalty points to get discounts and free merchandise, while the bottle shop will be open for on and off sales between 11am-1pm.

Head over to www. thebrewfoundation.co.uk for more info.

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TOP PICKS

BIG FISH LITTLE FISH: FAMILY RAVE 2 July // Plug // £9.35 A friendly party experience for the whole fam, this event offers an afternoon of fun craft and play activities for kids, along with a multi-sensory dancefloor experience and a playlist which mum and dad will enjoy too! www.bigfishlittlefishevents.co.uk RADICAL RUN 8 July // Graves Park // £15 Does a 3km obstacle course sound like something your kids would be up for? At the Radical Run they can climb, bounce and jump over specially designed inflatable obstacles in a safe environment, goodie bags and prizes on offer at the finish. The course is for children aged 5 to 14 and costs £15 per child. www.radicalrun.co.uk SHEFFIELD WELLBEING FESTIVAL Fargate // 20 July // Free As part of Sheffield’s Mental Health Week initiative, the Wellbeing Festival will return to Fargate this year with a variety of stalls and activities in celebration of wellbeing and the fantastic services Sheffield has when it comes to dealing with mental health. tinyurl.com/ybtavhl8 QUARTERLY VINTAGE & ARTISAN MARKET Abbeydale Picture House // 9 July// £2; Kids Free Showing off the delights of Sheffield’s Antiques Quarter inside one of the city’s most beautiful old buildings, the popular Vintage & Artistan Market returns for the second time this year. Selling a range of wares including vintage clothing, retro items, antiques and Yorkshire-made Artisan Produce, live music and entertainment will also be on show. www.sheffieldantiquesquarter.co.uk

The Great Outdoors Promising to again turn Sheffield city centre into a giant outdoor playground, Cliffhanger Festival is back for 2017!

Following a whole host of adrenaline-fuelled events recently hitting the Steel City, including the Tour De Yorkshire, Outdoor City Weekender and the Sheffield Adventure Film Festival, another celebration of physical activity arrives this month in the form of Cliffhanger.

The event, setting up shop over the weekend of 7-9 June, will see a number of free events and activities on offer across the city centre. The British Bouldering Championships (BMC) will be taking place on Devonshire Green, as some of the finest climbers in the country battle it out on a huge purpose-built wall. Live music, activities and refreshments will also be available from 5pm onwards on opening day.

The rest of the weekend will see a wide range of professional demonstrations and activities in sports including climbing, mountain biking, running, skateboarding, orienteering and much more. Entrance is free and chosen locations include Peace Gardens, Barkers Pool, Devonshire Green, Millennium Square and Winter Gardens.

Head to facebook.com/theoutdoorcity for the latest announcements.

UNDERNEATH THE STARS FESTIVAL 2017 21-23 July // Cannon Hall Farm // Varied prices (see website) Now in its 4th year, this 3-day family festival sets itself apart with an astonishing mix of quality live music, fantastic array of foods, crafts, workshops and stalls, stunning views and cozy campsites. The likes of Newton Faulkner, Lucy Rose and Kate Rusby star on this year’s line-up. www.underthestarsfest.co.uk WWW.EXPOSEDMAGAZINE.CO.UK | 61

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FUNHOUSE COMEDY CLUB EDINBURGH FESTIVAL PREVIEW ALL-DAYERS New Barrack Tavern // 2, 16, 30 July // £6 Highly regarded up-and-coming comic Chris Washington is just one of a number of names in action at the New Barrack Tavern this month, with a selection Edinburgh Festival All-dayers kicking off at 2pm each day.

“Chris Washington is naturally funny and could easily become a big name on the comedy circuit: He posts top quality comedy with a first class delivery.”– Buzz Comedy www.facebook.com/NewBarrackTavern LAST LAUGH COMEDY CLUB Sheffield Memorial Hall // Every Friday and Saturday // £18 (£10 NUS + Group Discount) Every week Last Laugh Comedy Club brings the finest stand-ups from across the UK to Sheffield.

Hosted by resident compere Toby Foster, some of the names on offer this month include Gavin Webster, Tony Burgess and Allyson Smith. With food available to pre-order, music afterwards and a bar open ‘til late, you get the full works and a top night out.

“Gavin Webster is a blunt-talking, motormouth Geordie who calls a shovel a shovel, which is exactly the sort of no-nonsense attitude that instantly establishes his authority over the audience.” – Chortle www.lastlaughcomedy.co.uk THE LEADMILL COMEDY CLUB Paul Sinha // Rotherham Civic Theatre // 21 July // £10 ‘Paul Sinha, isn’t he that guy from the Chase?’ Yes, you’re absolutely right. And it turns out that as well as being a clever chap – and a fully-qualified GP – he’s also an award-nominated comedian.

Have performed in comedy clubs around the globe, Sinha brings his innovative new show to the Rotherham Civic Theatre later this month.

“His confidence on stage was excellent and his talent for adlibbing and summoning gags off the cuff were very funny” – BBC Online www.rotherhamtheatres.co.uk EDINBURGH PREVIEW: ADAM HESS The Lescar // 27 July // £8 (£5 NUS) While Little Laugh at the Lescar is a longstanding weekly fixture, Adam Hess takes over on 27th July ahead of his Edinburgh show. A Foster’s Best Newcomer nominee and staff writer for Russell Howard’s Good News, Adam Hess has made his name with surreal storytelling and frantic on-stage delivery. Fellow oddball comedian Mat Ewins will also feature.

“Hess’s act consists of elegantly crafted pieces of wordplay performed with an intense, unhinged delivery.” – Time Out London www.thelescarhuntersbar.co.uk

In the Funny Business Dapper, deadpan and downright dark at times, Jimmy Carr has brought together all of the finest jokes of his career, along with some brand new material, and headed out on a mammoth UK tour scheduled to stop off at Sheffield City Hall in September. After over 15 years in the stand-up biz, he’s certainly delivered pearlers in his time – and here are a few of our (slightly less controversial) favourites.

“I hate those e-mails where they try to sell you penis enhancers. I got ten just the other day. Eight of them from my girlfriend. It’s the two from my mum that really hurt.”

“I like to go into the Body Shop and shout out really loud, ‘I’ve already got one!’”

“I went up to the airport information desk. I said, ‘How many airports are there in the world?’”

“I’m not being condescending; I’m too busy thinking about far more important things you wouldn’t understand.”

“Boxers don’t have sex before a fight. Do you know why that is? They don’t fancy each other.”

“Swimming is good for you, especially if you’re drowning. Not only do you get a cardiovascular workout but also you don’t die.”

Jimmy Carr: The Best Of, Ultimate, Gold, Greatest Hits Tour arrives at Sheffield City Hall on 15 September.

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OFF TRAMLINES WEEKEND RAVE UP Hope Works // July 21 // £10 The two-day rave is set to be jam-packed with local names and DJ talent, with Friday being dedicated to a hardcore session. The event will bring techno, house and enough noise to make it the perfect rave. The likes of Special Request, Alren8 and Nebula 2 have already been announced. www.hope-works.co.uk/ TWISTED WONDERLAND TBC // 22 July // £20 Muzik Events host the first ever Twisted Wonderland, an all-day party in a secret outdoor location somewhere in Sheffield city centre. The 5000 capacity event will run from 2pm to 10.30pm, and boasts some house and techno headliners with the likes of Solardo, Hot Since 82 and wAFF all on the bill. There will also be an afterparty event taking place at CODE – head online for more ticket info. www.codesheffield.com LENGOLAND X THE HARLEY PRESENTS: BASSLINES The Harley //July 22 // £TBC Teaming up with UK producers Lengoland, The Harley is bringing a line-up of key players in bass music to the decks. Taking over the night with huge DJ talent from all around the country, they’ll be hosting a huge, wobble-heavy bash through to the wee hours. www.theharley.co.uk

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DON’T LOOK NOW: 2ND BIRTHDAY The Harley // 1 July // from £3 Experience the best of funk and soul with Pleasant Magic, in celebration of the second anniversary of Don’t Look Now’s nights at the Harley. Also on the line-up is Smiley Selassie’s blend of jungle and hardcore, alongside tunes from Nomadic and Deburgh. Zaron Mizmeras will be on hand to make your head spin all night long with his dazzling digital visuals. www.theharley.co.uk

The Kitchen Is Closed A shining beacon of the underground nightlife scene in Sheffield, The Night Kitchen closed its doors for good last month.

Naturally, the venue signed off in true TNK style – with a huge ‘final dance’ party featuring the likes of DJ Deep, Tom Demac and secret guests Denis Sulta and Artwork making it a farewell to remember.

The much-loved venue achieved acclaim in Sheffield and further afield for welcoming both new and legendary artists from all corners of the electronic and dance scene to the city’s industrial Shalesmoor area. This year alone the former cutlery factory hosted

the likes of Sir Spyro and Craig Richards, among many others.

The club started life in 2013 as a joint project between local social enterprises Party for the People and CADS, which works to provide affordable arts space in Sheffield.

However, this is not goodbye for TNK. The team have a set up a crowdfunder page aiming to raise £15,000 to finance the renovation of a new venue this summer.

If you’d like to find out more and maybe donate to the crowdfunder yourself, head to crowdfunder.co.uk/tnkrebirth

THE HUBS RELAUNCHED! The HUBS, home to the Sheffield Hallam Students’ Union, is launching a brand new programme of events over the summer in a bid to establish the venue as a popular events space for both students and locals.

Boasting a 350-capacity room (150 for seated gigs), with an industry standard PA system and a location right next to Sheffield’s train and bus stations, the venue aims to serve as something of a middle ground between the smaller and larger capacity venues.

Black Peaches, Payroll Union, The Mightees and All We Are play Tramlines weekend, while a number of other events are in the pipeline, including rock celebration ‘Day of The Riffids’ taking place in November.

Rob Lee, Live Events Co-ordinator, told Exposed: “What we want to do is gets bands and events that no one else is bringing into Sheffield.”

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In music these days, being described as ‘unique’ is not uncommon, but there is just no other way of describing Public Service Broadcasting. If you’ve caught them on any of their previous visits to the Steel City, you’ll know they take dialogue from archive documentary films to make enthralling music which often tells a story, but has a character of its own. Following the release of two critically-acclaimed albums, the duo is now looking to make it a hat-trick with number three, Every Valley.

Perfect timing then for Mark Perkins to don his finest tweed jacket and have a respectful word with J Willgoose Esq. You’ve made songs about everything from Spitfires to Everest, and a whole album about the Race to the Moon, so perhaps I shouldn’t be surprised to hear the new one, ‘Every Valley’, is about coal mining in Wales. How did you decide on an album about the Welsh pits?

It just evolved, really over quite a long period. We had access to the BFI archive of films and the South Wales Mining Archive, and it just developed from there. Maybe it was something to do with the strength of the community and the solidarity during the strike that appealed to me.

And you relocated to Wales to record it, didn’t you?

Yes, we set everything up in a village hall in Merthyr Tydfil.

Previously I’ve made most of the music myself at home, with just drums and brass sections done in a studio, but we had this space for a month, and we recorded everything in the one place. We kept it under wraps, and thought we’d need to have a cover story when people saw us coming in with equipment. We were a band called ‘The Antennaes’, if anyone asked, but no-one was bothered in the end. It was January and it was quiet so we were able to keep the room for the entire time. I’d seen other bands doing this, and it looked like a fun way to work so we gave it a try. It’s a much nicer way to make an album.

Did you have to make way for the weekly bingo?

Not really, although they did hold a Zumba class every Thursday, so we couldn’t record then as they made too much noise.

And this album shows a development as you’ve started to use real vocalists, rather than found voices from archive film?

Well, we have used human voices before, but not to the extent we have on this album. We were keen to evolve and change things and not stay the same. Also, it gives you more freedom to express what we wanted to say, rather than rely on footage and stuff that’s already out there.

There’s one track sung by James Dean Bradfield from the Manic Street Preachers. How on earth did you get him on the album?

He’s a fan! And also we met him at the Swansea gig, and a couple of other shows, so I just asked him. He said yes, though I thought he might have just been being polite, but he kept answering my phone calls. I did struggle during the recording session not to keep pinching myself and thinking, ‘oh my goodness, it’s James Dean Bradfield and he’s going to be on our record!’ But I pulled it together and stayed professional.

Who else is on the new album?

Traceyanne Campbell from Camera Obscura sings on ‘Progress’, which was the first track we released as a single. It’s not specifically about the Welsh pits, and we released it to deliberately be a bit

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obtuse; it stands alone without giving away what the album is about.

There’s also Lisa Jen Brown, who is the vocalist with 9Bach, and she sings on the track ‘You and Me’. It’s a duet sung in Welsh and English and I like it because it is an actual song. We’ve finally written a grown-up song!

Am I right in thinking that you are the uncredited ‘other voice’ on that track?

Well, I’m not hiding it. It does say on the album credits that I do vocals, but she’s credited with singing the track. She carries it and I’m happy to let her. There were other people in the running to sing the English part, but it wasn’t working, so to save time I thought I’d do it and I hope it works. My mum likes it.

Your songs still feature lots of archive vocals taken from films, so I was wondering how you write the songs. Do you have an idea and then go looking for some soundtrack, or does hearing the film soundtrack start off the idea for a song?

It depends on the song. Often when a song is finished it’s not easy to unpick how the song ended up sounding like it does. With some songs, ones like ‘Go’ off the Race To Space album, it was a case of finding the archive and just making a song out of it. On this album, as the concept was already there, it was more about finding the archive to support the various ideas and turn everything into a song.

Using archive film soundtracks to provide the vocals to a song is a pretty odd thing to do. How did this idea originally come to you?

It was originally just about trying to get a bit of character into instrumental music. If you listen to tracks like ‘Now Generation’ on the first album, they’re a world away from the songs on Every Valley.

We’re lucky that we’ve been able to invest time into the band and the song-writing so our sound has evolved over time. We’re also very lucky to be doing this sort of music at a time when anyone can work on a home computer to edit and create sounds. A few years ago that would have been a long and laborious task, and could only be done in a studio at great expense.

You’ve played in Sheffield several times: DocFest, the Leadmill and twice at Tramlines. How do you find playing the songs live?

I love it. It’s the main part of the job for me. I’m never happier than when we’ve got gigs to perform, hopefully putting on a good night and making people happy. Occasionally keeping the technology all working on stage can become a bit fraught, but it’s worth it.

How will you incorporate live versions of the new songs with all those guest vocalists? They can’t all be there, can they?

Not easily. We won’t be able to tour with the Beaufort Male Voice Choir, I can tell you now. They drink too much beer for a start, but with some of the others we’ll be able to incorporate a bit of technology to artfully present them as if they’re there. We’ll be playing some older stuff as well of course. I’m not a fan of complete album shows. I want to hear a selection of songs when I go see a band, so we do the same.

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So, when did you start work on the album?

I started writing after Tramlines last year and then I went away in November to do some theatre stuff in Germany.

I got back from that at Christmas, so I was just enjoying all that cosy stuff for a bit, then I started recording the album in January.

The snippets we’ve heard sound much more electronic than your previous stuff. What made you want to explore that route a bit more?

I wanted to try and get away from that 70s art rock influence. I still like it but it’s more a case of ‘I’ve done that now, I want do something else.’

And what sort of influences have nudged you towards finding that ‘something else’?

This is going to be such a trendy answer to give at the minute, but I’ve really been getting into people like Kendrick Lamar.

When I’m recording I play the majority of the instruments myself, so I’ve got that freedom to make any noise I want. It would be a bit of a waste if I didn’t experiment with other genres and stuff.

Do you prefer doing it all yourself?

I do enjoy playing with other people, especially the social aspect of it, but when it comes to my own ‘art’ I like to realise my own vision as completely as I can.

I record with Lee Redfern. I’ve recorded all my stuff so far with him and we’ve got a good relationship. He knows how I work, which is great because I know I can come out with something ridiculous and he won’t laugh at me.

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Which brings us nicely onto the upcoming album, Impartial Advice. Give us a few tracks which are going to blow our socks off?

Oooh, I like ‘em all. I particularly like the second track, ‘No Added Sugar’, as it’s a really jolly song. It’s actually not easy for me to write jolly songs, so to come out with something like that was pleasing. I like the last one too, ‘Cars Can Crash’, and that’s a sad song. I’ve never really written one of those before; I’ve written depressing stuff and miserable stuff before, but not really sad stuff. I feel like it’s an appropriate way to end the album.

But there’s a lot of humour in the lyrics throughout the album.

Yeah, one thing I need in all my music is one element that makes me laugh and I think there’s a lot of humour in the new tracks.

Humour is an important part of life anyway so why would you not transfer that over?

Like, why would I be humorous in life but deadly serious in music?

What drives you to make music?

It’s funny this because, even though I do theatre and used to be a full-time session musician a couple of years ago, I find that I’m always thinking about my own music when I wake up in the morning. Maybe some people just have that artistic fire within them, whereas some are just happy playing and gigging. I got into my first band when I was 11, so I’ve now been doing music for 12 years. But it’s just something I do, I don’t know really know where it comes from and I haven’t really thought much about it.

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MILBURN @ DON VALLEY ARENA It takes a special band to raise spirits when you’re stood in the middle of a muddy Attercliffe field, it’s raining something tragic and you’ve just spent half an hour queuing at the bar to be told you needed to get tokens beforehand. But, thankfully, and I think each one of the 5000 soaked individuals huddling together for warmth here would agree, a Milburn homecoming gig will seldom let you down.

A palaver getting in means we just about catch the final few tracks of the Reverend’s set, and true to form, Jon McClure – probably one of the biggest Milburn fans here tonight – has got the crowd whipped up into a right old frenzy. Closing the performance with a mass singalong and thousands echoing the iconic brass refrains on ‘Silence Is Talking’, the crowd are suitably warmed up and ready to continue with the Sheffield indie music love-in.

So, here’s the score with most Milburn gigs: around five minutes before the band are due a number of football-style chants start up; the band eventually arrive onstage and pandemonium ensues; then the opening chords of ‘Well, Well, Well’ kick in and even more pandemonium ensues; and from this point onwards the level of pandemonium remains at a sure, steady level throughout the set.

And this is pretty much how it pans out, with the usual lively renditions of ‘Send In The Boys’, ‘Count To Ten’ and ‘Lipstick Licking’ going down an absolute storm. But, crucially, tonight sees the nostalgia shifted to one side at times, as a selection of new tracks breath a fresh sense of life and excitement into what is obviously a winning but arguably formulaic set. The strong receptions for ‘Midnight Control’ and ‘Take Me Home’ whet the appetite for the upcoming EP and remind us that they are far from done yet.

There are the usual feelings of wistfulness during the encore, as ‘Roll Out The Barrell’ and ‘What You Could’ve Won’ take people back to a blissful summer circa 2006, but it’s all intertwined with a nice sprinkle of optimism for what’s still to come from one of Sheffield’s most-loved guitar bands. Bring it on, lads.

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PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING EVERY VALLEY I am not one of those who think that music and politics shouldn’t mix. When music doesn’t comment, it turns into X-Factor: fast-food sugar-rush karaoke pap to take you from work to the weekend and back again without you ever needing to think, feel, or shake your booty. But I’m not a fan of sloganeering.

Give me ‘Palaces of Gold’ over 1976-as-ground-zero-shoutyshouty-mcshout-face stylings any day. This brings me neatly to Public Service Broadcasting’s Every Valley. I approached it with trepidation. A concept album about the decline and destruction of the Welsh mining industry standing as metaphor for modern politics, social dislocation and community fragmentation?

Please God, no. This shows how wrong your reviewer can be on occasion, folks. Put simply, this is the best album I’ve heard this year by some considerable distance. It’s bold, symphonic, and stirring; a mournful elegy that boils into an anthemic impassioned panegyric. The songs, since you ask, are uniformly stunning. This is everything guitar music can be when they’re wielded by those who know they can get beyond the clichés.

How good is it? I’ve handed in my review copy, and bought my own. It’s that good.

10/10 AJ

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This EP can be summed up by what a man with long hair and a guitar once said: “There’s something happening here, what it is ain’t exactly clear”. In one sense, this is timely. The heatwave has burst and summer is in the air – a season that doesn’t come to life without songs to define it. There’s nothing on this EP that will be a hands-in-the-air festival moment. Nor will it form the backdrop to a night of hedonistic clubbing, unless as part of the chillout session taking revellers towards dawn – something a remix of ‘3/3’ seems suited for. The word that keeps appearing in my notebook (you say old school, I say craftsman) is languor. What’s happening here are soundscapes: the vocal stacks aren’t as big as before, but this is still lush and measured. What it is, especially on standout ‘Saw You In A Dream’, might best be described as Scritti Politti and 80s analogue adventurism smashing face first into the digital noughties. Perfect for introspective hot summer nights.

7/10 AJ

Given the plurality of music that has poured out of it, it is ridiculous to talk about a ‘California sound’.

Listening to Haim’s latest, however, it’s hard not to reach for the term.

This is pop as California has always done it: super-slick production; smart arrangements; top-notch musicianship; and impeccable vocals. If that doesn’t sound particularly exciting to those who like it rough and ready, well, draw a line from the Beach Boys to now and California has produced at least one gem every decade since. If the opening salvo of ‘Want You Back, Nothing’s Wrong’, or ‘Ready For You’ popped out of your speakers at any point this summer they wouldn’t seem out of place. This is Wilson Phillips without the 80s cannon for a snare drum and more introspective knowingness meeting a modern Nashville songwriting sensibility.

A magpie album tooled for a mainstream land grab, yes, some of the early distinction has gone, but they can be forgiven for that.

8/10 AJ

TRASH MIGRANES Ever imagine what kind of song would play in the

movie of your life during the ‘summer fun with friends’ sequence? After listening to Chesterfield band TRASH’s new single, I think we’ve got a winner. Dreamy and carefree, Migraines has a catchy, familiar and very accessible vibe to any indie-pop enthusiast. But the uplifting harmonies and ‘woah-oh’ vocals combined with the poignant lyric of “pills won’t do and neither will you” causes a quick double-take at the underlying contrast between the melody and the words. Serving a slice of classic British summer cool with some juxtaposition cream on top, this is a migraine you’ll want to have.

8/10 LYT

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A QUICKIE WITH…

KONG All has been a bit quiet in the land of KONG recently. What have you been up to, lads?

We have been a little quiet on the surface, but it’s a whole different story underneath. We’ve been having a few months of calm before the storm. A lot of time has been spent writing and deciding which road is the best for us to go down next. We have a couple of fresh songs recorded and even more in the pipeline, so it’s not too quiet in reality for us. Just to add to that, expect a little more than just the music for the new song too.

When can we expect to hear the next single and what sort of vibe have you gone for?

It’s just in its very final checks so expect it pretty soon. Keep your eyes and ears peeled just before Tramlines. In terms of the vibe of the song, it’s a little different from the last couple of EPs, with a slightly heavier sound but keeping that indie-punk side of the band well within sight. It’s a little more aggressive and in your face.

Tramlines, baby. Just how much does KONG love Tramlines?

What can we say? It’s our third year playing this festival and we’re just as excited as the first time. It’s going to be our second time playing the Crystal Stage, and the line-up is somehow even better than last year! With bands like October Drift, Cellar Door Moon Crow and SHEAFS all playing the same stage, we feel very privileged to get the opportunity and can’t wait for the whole weekend.

How does KONG get into the mood for a big show like that?

Alcohol probably helps, but in all seriousness we’ve been putting a lot of time into our setlist, getting it down to a tee for the big day.

With so many new songs being implemented, it’s getting more difficult for us to choose the songs we want to play but we can definitely say it’s going to be as high energy as we can. Even with all the preparation, the main thing is to enjoy playing such a good occasion – because if you’re not enjoying it, is there any point?

What else is on the horizon for the band?

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DREAM WIFE 23 July // Bungalows and Bears // Free With roots in the UK and Iceland, this pop punk trio formed whilst at university in Brighton and have notched things up a gear since graduating. With a reputation as one the best new live bands on the London scene and armed with razor sharp tunes, we reckon you won’t be able to catch Dream Wife for free for much longer. www.bungalowsandbears.com MONKEY SWALLOWS THE UNIVERSE 28 July // City Hall // £13 To celebrate ten years since the release of their album ‘The Casket Letters’, folk-pop five-piece Monkey Swallows the Universe are reuniting for two summer shows, including an appearance at Sheffield City Hall. Nat Johnson & co. will reprise the roles that saw them put the ‘cor’ back into recorder in the mid-noughties. www.sheffieldcityhall.co.uk

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This month sees the return of Sheffield Pride, we take a look at what’s on the agenda.

I can’t believe another year has already passed. I think I may be missing a few weekends from all of the events we’ve had, but somehow, yes, it’s time to dust off your rainbow flags again – Pride season has officially returned!

This year, Pride is marking the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality and Pride Sheffield are marking their own anniversary, as this year’s will be the 10th event held in the city.

We have much to celebrate over the past in terms of LGBT+ equality. We now have the most open LGBT+ MPs of any government in the world, including the first three openly gay members of the Welsh Assembly, plus we have also seen the election of the UK’s first openly gay Lord Mayor and the first openly transgender council member.

Elsewhere, Northern Ireland repealed the lifetime blood donor ban for gay and bisexual men; the first same sex married couple won Olympic medals; the first Church of England bishop came out as gay; the Isle of Man legalised same sex marriage; and Prince William appeared on the cover of Attitude magazine.

But we also, sadly, still have a lot of reminders as to why Pride and LGBT+ equality campaigns are still so important. We recently marked the one-year anniversary of the Pulse massacre, in which 49 people lost their lives in an attack on a Latinx night at an LGBT+ nightclub in Orlando. There has been a 147% increase in reported LGBT+ hate crimes in the three months following Brexit, and concerns are currently being raised about the homophobic stance of

the DUP, who as I type are in talks with the Conservative Party over a ‘confidence and supply’ deal.

So, with all of this in mind, what can we expect from Pride Sheffield for 2017? From its beginnings as South Yorkshire Pride at Cemetery Park back in 2008, where they boasted an attendance of 4,500 for their first ever event, Pride has undergone several changes. In 2016, following a number of years of being a ticketed event being run

by Sheffield Pride Ltd, it returned with a new committee (including some of the original South Yorkshire Pride founders) and again became a free event at Endcliffe Park. The same format continues this year, kicking off with the return of Pride Fortnight from 15-29 July at venues across the city. There will be a

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number of events taking place such as Pinknic, a huge family-friendly picnic in the Peace Gardens hosted

by LGBT Sheffield, which will see a whole host of live entertainment and the return of its now famous dog show.

Throughout the fortnight there is something on every day in the lead-up to the main event – with groups, organisations and venues hosting events ranging from social meet-ups to film screenings and club nights. There are too many events to mention here, but check out www.pridesheffield.org for full listings.

Pride Fortnight ends with the main Pride Sheffield festival on Saturday 29 July, starting things off with what is expected to be their biggest parade yet starting at 12pm on Ecclesall Road. The festival – which is free to attend – takes place at Endcliffe Park with a

variety of stalls, activities and live entertainment on offer.

The T’Other Stage community tent returns hosted by QASh (Queer Agenda Sheffield), featuring a full day of talks and workshops from LGBT+ organisations, as well as live entertainment from local LGBT+ artists and cabaret acts. This year also sees a larger family tent, courtesy of the Aviva community fund, to make sure the smaller members of your family are well entertained and catered for.

Taking pride of place on the main stage is a packed line-up including Sheffield’s own LGBT choir Out Aloud and The Funky Beaver Show. Personally, I’m excited to see Glastonbury favourite LeKiddo – Lord of the Lobsters! (you read that right) with a performance that is absolutely not to be missed.

For those that like a good tribute act, check out the exceptionally

talented Belinda Hallows as Adele and the Steel City’s own Little Mix tribute, LMX, who are guaranteed to get everyone in the park dancing.

Throughout the line-up, you’ll find something to suit everyone – from the classical Tre Amici to pop princess Lucy Whittaker, and even an appearance from Shefffield’s most infamous drag queen, Tia Anna (as seen on Britain’s Got Talent).

However, don’t wear out your dancing shoes too soon as you’ll be needing them for the official Pride afterparty that evening (check out their website and social media for details) to keep you dancing until the early hours.

Don’t forget, you can still support Pride Sheffield at the weekly Tuesday night quiz and bingo at Dempseys – with all proceeds going towards keeping the festival free and accessible for all.

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The world’s biggest, most prestigious gaming expo played host to many exciting announcements from all the major games developers last month.

Here are some of the releases which piqued the interest of gaming blogger Connor Jones.

Anthem

Straying away from the narrative-led franchises such as the modern classic ‘Mass Effect’ and the Dragon Age series, Anthem is BioWare’s answer to the shared-world RPG genre that the likes of Destiny and The Division have monopolised thus far.

The game is set in a walled-off city that serves to protect humanity from a post-apocalyptic world that is now largely inhabitable. You are a freelancer tasked with… actually, the plot isn’t explicitly mentioned. All we know is that the player assumes the role of a freelancer who encounters animals and animal-like robots in a relentless quest to kill these enemies and level up. The massive, world-altering occurrences are a cool touch. Think of a Destiny raid, but after you get past each hard bit, the world implodes a little and crazy storms wreak havoc on your environment, making things much harder to navigate.

One of the things we do know is that your character can expect to sport a fetching Titanfall-like mech suit which is largely customisable in both form and function. There are different types of exosuits featuring balanced abilities and ones favouring certain attributes such as taking enemy damage.

To summarise, you’ll probably like this game if you like exploring pretty jungles, flying and shooting things to pieces. Pretty much everybody, then…

Release date: Autumn 2019

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A Way Out

Hazelight studio are bringing back the charm of childhood gaming. Mine being sitting next a friend, while his mum makes dinner, fighting over the best controller to play split screen Need for Speed until the loser eventually throws a tantrum and retreats to the kitchen to neck a consoling Capri Sun. These are the experiences Hazelight are trying to bring back with A Way Out. It was one of EA’s most surprising and exciting features of the expo. The game itself is strikingly similar to the plot of Prison Break, the tension-driven American TV drama. The selling point? It’s co-op and split-screen only – even online. Play with a friend locally or a stranger from the online matchmaking service, your goal is to break out of prison by completing levels which will vary in style. Stealth, shooting and driving will be intrinsic elements to the escape while completing the Portalesque missions that demand good communication and teamwork.

The question is will people enjoy the nostalgic charm of the third-person, splitscreen gameplay or has the advent of large displays and immersive experiences spoilt the restricted view for us? It’s too soon to say, but I can imagine breaking out of a prison with your best bud is one hell of a bonding task.

Release date: Early 2018

CoD WWII

The annual instalment from the world’s most popular FPS – and after many calls from fans over many years, Activision are finally releasing another WWII game. E3 saw a demonstration of Sledgehammer Games’s overhaul of the multiplayer framework. Keeping fan favourite game modes such as Team Deathmatch and War untouched, the changes are focused on balance and customisation.

It’s not the first time changes have been made to create-a-class over the course of the franchise’s evolution but these focus on choosing a specific skillset and keeping to it. Players in WWII will pick from ‘Divisions’ which cater to different playstyles, much like in Battlefield. Progression through the rank system accompanies progression in your chosen division, rewarding you in specific ways that will aid your playstyle. From run and gun, to camp and wait, each playstyle is accommodated. Divisions can be switched at any time.

Character customisation is becoming more expansive than ever before: more options for ethnicity, gender and other features are being added so you can become, if you so desire, the first ever black female Nazi frontline soldier. This is what our forefathers fought for.

With many being left disappointed by the CoD instalments of recent years, hopefully now the fan base’s incessant whines for a WWII game can finally revive Call of Duty’s lack of invention. And another feature to keep the naysayers happy is the return of Zombies – and if the trailer is anything to go by, the controversial yet spine-tinglingly exhilarating Nazi zombies from World at War will be making an emphatic return.

Release date: 3 November 2017

Super Mario Odyssey:

Mario is back with another instalment to the most iconic franchise in gaming history. Odyssey’s plot fits in line with the traditional framework: fight through levels and complete various puzzles with the goal of defeating Bowser at the end. This time around, Bowser has again captured Princess Peach and intends to marry her, securing her unwilling heart forever.

Players will guide Mario through a myriad of kingdoms in his world, each with their own distinct appearance and characters. We’re not talking just mushrooms and meadows either; you can explore a New York City inspired kingdom under the wittingly disguised name of ‘New Donk City’. The levels still largely hold true to what Mario used to be in the Nintendo 64 days, with the sandbox, open(ish) world structure to the game. Nintendo wanted to move away from the linear level-based progression through the world, the same type that can be found in recent titles such as Super Mario Bros Wii. In terms of gameplay, as mentioned earlier, the familiar framework exists whereby players will complete challenges to reach Bowser’s castle. However, new gameplay dynamics have been added – the main being the animation Cappy, Mario’s famous red hat that now has the capability to kill Goombas, activate features of the map such as bounce pads and also allow you to assume the role of other entities.

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4 EXTREMELY RARE GAMES (WHICH YOU MIGHT OWN!) There are rare games, and then there are rare games worth a few bob. Could you be sitting on a goldmine without knowing about it? If you have any of these beauties in your collection, you might want to get yourself on eBay.

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NINTENDO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS GOLD CARTRIDGE

Sitting alongside Time Crisis, Elemental Gearbolt took advantage of the lightgun, priding itself on combining both on-rail shooting with RPG mechanics. Whilst the standalone game can go for a fair amount of moolah, the “Assassin Case” edition, complete with Namco gold light gun, memory card and briefcase, can sell for over £5k.

Back in 1990, Nintendo held an official tournament to determine the best Nintendo players; and in said tournament, twenty six gold cartridges were given away through Nintendo Power as part of a separate contest. These have been reported to sell for just over $100,000 (or £78,000). Oh baby.

SYSTEM: PLAYSTATION RELEASED: 1998 AVERAGE PRICE: £2000 - £5500

SYSTEM: NINTENDO ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM RELEASED: 1990 AVERAGE PRICE: £10,000 - £80,000

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According to legend, developer Steve Schustack self-published 100 copies of this educational bible game back in 1983, but it wasn’t discovered “officially” until 2007. There’s absolutely nothing special about the game in terms of gameplay but it become the ultimate item for Atari collectors. Bit pricey for some religious education though, innit?

Similar to the 1990 Nintendo World Champs, Nintendo Powerfest was another competition promoting Nintendo and its products. Within the custom cartridge, players had to prove their mad Nintendo skills across various games. With just 33 copies produced, it’s become extremely sought after within the collector’s scene, and rightly so.

SYSTEM: ATARI 2600 RELEASED: 1983 AVERAGE PRICE: £7000 - £10,000

SYSTEM: SUPER NINTENDO ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM RELEASED: 1994 AVERAGE PRICE: £7,500 - £18,000

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Baby Driver You’ll know Edgar Wright. He’s the guy who made his name directing the cult 90s TV series Spaced, before moving onto helm the ‘Three Cornettos’ trilogy: Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and The World’s End, all starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost.

Baby Driver, his latest, tells the story of Baby (Ansel Elgort), a young, super-talented getaway driver who has been coerced into working for Atlanta crime boss Doc (Kevin Spacey) since he was old enough to look over the top of a steering wheel. Doc refuses to allow Baby to leave his ever-changing crew of bank robbers, because he’s his ‘lucky charm’, but Baby has fallen for diner waitress Deborah (Lily James) who shares his dream to escape. So far it all sounds like pretty standard stuff, right? Wrong.

The genius of Wright lies in his decision to frame the action almost completely around the film’s unbelievable soundtrack. Baby has tinnitus you see, caused by a traumatic childhood accident and listens to music 24/7 to drown out the high-pitched shrilling. It gives Wright the perfect excuse to cut his dialogue and car chases around the likes of Barry White’s Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up and Martha and the Vandellas’ Nowhere To Run. From the opening scene which showcases Baby’s jaw-dropping driving skills to the tune of The John Spencer’s Blues Explosion Bellbottoms, this is a film that never lets up. The plot unfolds at a cracking pace and the action sequences (with the exception of an overelongated finale) are pant-wettingly exciting. The cast are great too. Spacey does what Spacey does so well, being threatening and charming in equal measure, while Elgort is engaging and really well cast in the lead role. John Hamm is increasingly deranged as gang member Buddy while Jamie Foxx steals all his scenes as the quite frankly mental Bats.

Innovative, exhilarating and ear-catching, Baby Driver manages to be action-packed as well as emotionally engaging. It’s a seriously well-crafted piece of film making. 4/5

SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING JULY 5 This Spiderman reboot picks up the story just after the events of 2016’s Captain America: Civil War, with Peter enlisting the help of mentor Tony Stark as he tries to balance his life as an ordinary student with fighting crime whilst dressed in blue and red spandex.

THE BEGUILED JULY 14 A reworking of the 1971 Clint Eastwood film, Coppola’s version is reworked into a Southern Gothic that focuses on the female characters and simmers with dark, subversive wit. With Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst and Colin Farrell all in fine form, this could well be Coppola’s best since Lost in Translation.

Ever since I’ve had kids, any kind of film or TV show that highlights the special relationship between parents and their offspring has me reaching for the hankies.

Whether it’s The Pursuit of Happyness, Finding Nemo or One Born Every Bloody Minute, it doesn’t take much to turn me into a blubbering wreck.

And it’s the main reason I think Gifted will be a divisive film. Cinema-goers yet to experience the unadulterated joy of parenthood (that’s a joke by the way) may well find it one-paced and predictable. But if like me, your kids are still at an age when you’re the centre of their world, then this film will cut you to pieces, emotionally speaking.

Starring Chris Evans as Frank Adler, uncle and adopted parent to seven-year-old maths genius Mary, it centres around his fight to keep custody of his deceased sister’s daughter and give her a normal life under pressure from his cold-hearted mother, who wants Mary to move in with her and attend a school for the gifted.

Evans is all sad-eyed, home-spun charm in the lead role and although Lindsay Duncan is a little too much the ‘wicked stepmother’ cliché as his mum, it’s McKenna Grace as the child prodigy who turns Gifted into something special. She gets the best lines for starters; the moment she says “Goooood Moooorning Miss Stevensooooon” in that classic classroom voice when her teacher stumbles out of her uncle’s bathroom in nothing more than a towel is genuinely hilarious, and some of scenes with Frank are incredibly touching. It’s not perfect but many of you will find this film thought-provoking, charming and just a little bit emotionally draining. 4/5

DUNKIRK JULY 21 Dark Knight and Inception director Christopher Nolan helms this World War II thriller about the evacuation of Allied troops from Dunkirk before the Nazi’s move in. With a cast including the always-awesome Tom Hardy, Kenneth Branagh and Mark Rylance, the buzz is promising.

GIRLS TRIP JULY 28 When four lifelong friends travel to New Orleans for the annual Essence Festival, things get out of hand. A comedy caper that owes more than a nod to The Hangover, it comes hot on the heels of the equally awfullooking Rough Night, starring Scarlett Johansson of all people.

Crikey.

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SISTER ACT The Montgomery // July 5-8 // £15 The well-known comedy about a talented lounge singer, Delores, whose life takes a surprising turn when she witnesses her mobster boyfriend killing an employee. Whilst hiding out in a convent she helps her fellow sisters to find their voices – but can she rediscover her own? www.themontgomery.org.uk UP THERE APG Works // 7-22 July // Free APG Works Gallery presents ‘Up There’, a new exhibition showcasing their recent collaborations with a diverse group of over 15 local artists. Each artist will create a screen print design, reflecting their wide variety of backgrounds such as photography, graphics and textile design. www.apgworks.co.uk THE WEDDING SINGER Lyceum // July 18-22 // From £29 Robbie Hart juggles with plans for the future, career prospects and getting over his ex-fiancé.

The wannabe rock star is hopping to face life head on and get his life back on track. Based on the popular film, The Wedding Singer brings a fleet of West End stars, X-Factor alumni and this year’s UK Eurovision song contest singer together for a hilarious comedy musical. www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk

WHAT WE WISHED FOR Crucible // July 19-22 // From £15 With monsters coming over the hill and wolves in the night, this fantasy drama follows a group of grandparents hoping for their grandchildren to turn up to save them from the terrors that threaten their retirement village. If they don’t make it, they might just have to take matters into their own hands. www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk

TRIBES Billy was born deaf, but doesn’t feel like an outsider as his family noisily squabbles around the kitchen table – until he meets Sylvia. As she teaches him sign language, Billy wonders if he’s ever really been listened to before.

This month Crucible Studio welcomes Tribes, a play dealing with the need to belong, to understand and be understood.

Molly Kerkham spoke to award-winning director Kate Hewitt and cast members Simon Rouse, Alexander Stewart and Emily Howlett to discover more about Nina Raine’s latest family drama.

What first attracted you to Tribes?

KH: For me, it’s just a brilliantly funny and moving story; it really is a privilege to work on such a beautiful play.

EH: I love my role because it’s not tokenistic – it’s about a deaf character with a real life. Sylvia [Emily’s character] isn’t only deaf so she can lip-read CCTV footage and solve the crime.

Emily and Ciaran, do you experience extra challenges as deaf actors?

EH: It was hard for me starting out. I wasn’t accepted into drama school because I’m deaf, but that’s changing now. There’s a new generation of deaf actors with better opportunities coming through.

AS: I’m training at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, on a course specifically designed for deaf people. Of course, deaf actors face different challenges – but that’s what rehearsals are for!

EH: For example, my character becomes deafer throughout Tribes, so I have to make my voice get worse. That’s really hard for me but, by working with our wonderful vocal coach, I’ve learnt to really feel where sounds are coming from.

Does any part of Tribes reflect your real life experiences?

EH: I think it represents a certain type of deaf experience very well, and reflects my life personally at times. It’s about a family struggling to accept their child is different, which is common. But there are so many different experiences, and you can’t represent everyone. If there are more deaf and disabled roles, we’ll see more of the real world on stage.

Do you think this play will have a positive impact on attitudes towards deaf people?

AS: Yes, it’s an opportunity to teach people about deaf identity and culture; Tribes is great because it’s not black and white. Instead, it’s a chance to figure out what it means to be deaf and ask questions about it.

The play really revolves strongly around the family setting. What effect do you think this has?

SR: It’s perfect really. We all understand how families work, and what we expect from relationships and from each other. I think it makes you consider what it’s like to be the odd one out in a family environment.

How does Tribes present deafness on stage?

KH: There are moments where the sound is cut off, and others where if you don’t speak sign you won’t understand all the details of what’s going on. By including lots of different modes of hearing, Tribes gives the audience a chance to see a little bit of what it’s like to be deaf.

Most importantly, the deaf characters are presented with the same complexity as every other character on stage.

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We head down to Hot Yoga Sheffield’s latest venue to find out more about the yoga lifestyle and the 30-day challenge the students there are taking on.

When thinking about yoga, thoughts of peace and tranquillity may come to mind. All these things are present at hot yoga but are combined with 30-40 degrees heat – in a yoga session designed to make you sweat. The two Hot Yoga Sheffield studios – one in Commonside and the other in Nether Edge – have a mix of infra-red and gas heaters that combine to give the studio its tropical temperatures. The heat generated is designed to keep you focused throughout the session, leaving little chance to get distracted, whilst warming up the body and muscles to improve circulation. Naturally, this will also help you sweat – you’re going to sweat a lot.

This month, the studio has set a challenge for its students: 30 continuous days of yoga.

The test isn’t just about doing yoga every day throughout the month. It’s about committing yourself to making a conscious effort to be aware of lifestyle and to make positive changes to your wellbeing each day. Hot Yoga Sheffield places a keen focus on the community aspect of the group, and the participants can share their success with the chalkboard in the reception which shows how many times each person has done a yoga class so far, inspiring motivation, a sense of reward and a little healthy competition.

“It’s a real motivator having others around you that are working for the same thing; it’s a great environment to be in,” says Louise, a participant in the 30-day challenge.

This is the third time Hot Yoga Sheffield has

done its 30-day challenge, and it is proving to be a huge success with around 50 students taking part across both sites. The team is aiming to create an understanding that the sessions aren’t about achieving anything fundamental; it’s more about practicing the art of yoga and listening to the body. For those thinking about getting involved, there will be more chances available as the aim is to put on three challenges throughout the year.

The space offers an inclusive, welcoming environment designed to cater for all abilities.“It doesn’t matter what your body’s like, it’s about putting your health first,” explains studio manager Maria Rudden. “It’s not full of super bendy, flexible people – there are some super bendy people – but we have a range of people participating that come from different levels of wellbeing.”

The studio doesn’t just focus on the physical aspect of good living but also emphasises the importance of a good all-round lifestyle.

To celebrate the end of the challenge, all participants will be welcomed into the opening of the site’s fully vegan Wild Leaf Café, open both to students and members of the public.

Not only will it be filled with great tasting food, but it will also feature educational sessions to help people learn about the benefits of eating vegan and how to get the most out of the highly nutritious lifestyle.

There are many other things the recently opened Edgedale Road site offers; there are a number of therapy rooms with staff on-hand trained in sports massage and the stress-reducing practice of Reiki. New features are regularly added and a trapeze yoga studio has now offers four classes a week. Head to hotyogasheffield.co.uk for info on how you can get involved.

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@GrahamSmyth My boys have made a ship in the lounge and are sailing to Kelham Island. Don’t have the heart to tell them #landlocked #sheffieldproblems @goodflo Just discovered the Yorkshire Burrito: beef and gravy wrapped in a yorkshire pudding. This is a food trend I can get on board with. @simoncholland Just texted my kids to turn down the TV in case you were curious how strong my dad game was.

HIS ‘N’ SHATNER’S You’ve probably seen William Shatner’s (surprisingly good) cover of Pulp classic and all-round Sheff anthem ‘Common People’. If not, boldly go where no man has gone before – YouTube – and check out this brilliant fan-made Star Trek mashup of the track. tinyurl.com/y7z7farb

@chiefbrody1984 Jo Whiley to Liam Gallagher on R2 just now at Glasto: “Did you watch any of the performances yesterday?”

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GETTING TO THE TRUTH A highlight of Doc/Fest 2017 saw Private Eye editor Ian Hislop and fellow satirist Jolyon Rubinstein sitting down to discuss the role of satire and a post-truth world. If you couldn’t get a ticket, the full interview can now be watched online. tinyurl.com/y7yl5y9j

FROM THE STREET As we know, the Steel City is a haven for a wide selection of street art styles – and the recently opened Brick Gallery on Abbeydale Road will be hosting an exhibition celebrating some of the country’s finest streets artists and graffiti writers. Get more info below. tinyurl.com/y9mtgpyp

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THE WHO’S TOMMY @ THE LYCEUM Based on the band’s iconic 1969 concept album, the award-winning rock musical rolled into town last month. We headed on down to see Tommy the pinball wizard in action. tinyurl.com/y7wpxrnd

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