Rory Sanger

The Indiependent • 22nd March 2021

Lee Underwood: Remembering the Life and Music of Tim Buckley

Mention the name Tim Buckley in conversation and you can expect only older generations to be familiar with this enigmatic musician. For younger listeners, Buckley remains a bygone name. His tragic death from a drug overdose in 1975 has left his music...

Brutalist PR

York Vision • 18th March 2021

The Howl and the Hum: Minster Gig, a Defence of Guitars, and New Music

As a self-proclaimed “miserable disco” band, The Howl and the Hum’s music is a magnificent concoction of alternative rock and new wave, laced with darkly poetic lyrics. Their musical spectrum spans from electronic minimalism at one end, to explosive...

23rd January 2021

Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not 15th Anniversary Review ★★★★★

The Sheffield indie rock band's debut album, which captured the ethos of the noughties, has now aged gracefully to classic status.

York Vision • 24th November 2020

Vulfpeck - The Joy of Music, The Job of Real Estate Review ★★★☆☆

For a band with such a remarkably authentic sound and musical philosophy, Vulfpeck's latest album is a mixed bag.

York Vision • 16th November 2020

An Introduction to Home Recording on a Student Budget

The sequel that nobody asked for, Lockdown 2.0 has unfortunately returned to transform us back into hermits for a month, deprived of human contact, and with ceaseless time on our hands.

York Vision • 6th November 2020

'The Trial of the Chicago 7' - Film Review ★★★★☆

The strongest attraction of the courtroom drama, which sets it apart from other film genres, is its ability to entertain, simply with compelling dialogue.

26th October 2020

The Civil Rights Protest Song Through the Ages

From Louis Armstrong to Childish Gambino, these songs were key touchstones in the campaign against racial injustice.

York Vision • 16th October 2020

Moon Boots - Pure Moons Vol. 2 Review ★★★★☆

With two full-length albums under his belt, Brooklyn-based producer, Moon Boots, has been scaling down his music releases in 2020. The second of the two EPs to be released this year, 'Pure Moons Vol. 2' is the sequel to 'Pure Moons Vol. 1', which...

York Vision • 9th October 2020

John Lennon at 80

Friday 9th October would have been John Lennon’s 80th birthday. The assassination of the Beatles legend was one of those rare events; everybody remembers where they were on 8th December, 1980 when they heard the tragic news.

5th October 2020

Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III 50th Anniversary Review ★★★★☆

How a secluded Welsh cottage inspired the band's humble third album.

York Vision • 25th September 2020

Remembering Jimi Hendrix 50 Years On, In 4 Exceptional Tracks

Saturday 18th September marks the 50th anniversary of the untimely death of legendary guitarist, Jimi Hendrix, who died of a drug overdose at his apartment in the London borough of Kensington, aged just 27.

York Vision • 23rd September 2020

Ulysses Wells: The Bastille Prodigy Talks New EP, French Jazz, and Spotify 'Playlisting'

It turns out that Ulysses Wells is his real birth name and not a nod to Greek mythology.

York Vision (Freshers' Edition) • 28th August 2020

Anticipating the Return of York's Eclectic Live Music Scene

For freshers awaiting an exciting move to York, the Covid-19 pandemic is a very unwelcome disruption. Starting university is a phenomenal change and is daunting enough under normal circumstances. Luckily, with an ideal balance of culture and nightlife...

York Vision • 24th August 2020

The Financial Struggle of Aspiring Musicians in the Age of Streaming

The business model of the world’s largest streaming service, Spotify, has long been criticised for underpaying musicians, and the stats make it clear that only major-label artists with a sustained following can survive on streaming as their only...

York Vision • 14th August 2020

Celebrating Independent Record Stores with Limited-Edition Vinyl Releases

Modern times have seen something of a vinyl renaissance. The trend of listening to music in its most tangible format has been nostalgic for older generations, and a fresh experience for young people.

York Vision • 26th June 2020

The Howl and the Hum - Human Contact Review ★★★★★

The most successful act to emerge from the York music scene in recent years, “miserable disco” band The Howl and the Hum, at long last have released their debut album, 'Human Contact'.

Rory Sanger

Essay • 3rd March 2020

'Affects' of Psychedelic Pop - Tame Impala's 'Keep On Lying'

In the spaces between human emotions, we find ‘affects’, feelings that cannot be given familiar labels such as: happy, sad or angry. Affect theory is the study of these enigmatic feelings, and it seems that music is the best place to find them; after...

Rory Sanger

Essay • 8th November 2019

Object Analysis of the 'Master' - A Humble Acoustic Guitar

It is sometime in 1990 in the remote mountains of India. My uncle walks into a primitive music shop and buys an acoustic guitar for a price in rupees that roughly equates to £13; the guitar would soon be dubbed the ‘Master’ from the black handwriting...

NDLA

Essay • 29th November 2018

The Waste Land (1922) - The Music Behind T.S. Eliot's Revered Poem

T.S. Eliot defined poetry as ‘an escape from emotion [and] an escape from personality’, and Eliot’s magnum opus, 'The Waste Land' is most certainly an ‘escape’; not just from emotions and personality, but from the entire modern world. It is a poem of...