An Evening with Simon Reynolds in Leeds!

We are thrilled to have acclaimed music journalist, author and critic Simon Reynolds joining us on the 19th of June to talk about his new book, Still in a Dream. Simon will be in conversation with David Hesmondhalgh, the Professor of Media, Music and Culture at the University of Leeds.

The definitive story of the slackers and shoegazers who reinvented rock.

Twenty years after his acclaimed postpunk best-seller, Rip It Up and Start Again, Simon Reynolds tells the tale of what happened next: the underground explosion of noisepop, shoegaze, slacker rock and grunge that reverberated through the late Eighties into the early Nineties.
A propulsive and personal account from a journalist who covered this music in real time from the frontlines, Still in a Dream vividly recreates a period that was the last blast for the analogue culture of vinyl records and music papers, before the Internet changed everything.

This event will consist of 45 minutes of conversation between Simon Reynolds and David Hesmondhalgh, followed by 15 minutes of audience questions and then a signing.

Ticketing Information:
General Admission: £5
Book and Ticket: £26
Accessibility:
- Two in store bathrooms
- An elevator for accessing the first and second floors.
- Doors open from 18:45

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