Robert Cooke

This Tumblr is primarily a feed of my work for The Fly, where I am a staff writer, Drowned In Sound and The 405. My day job is as a reporter for the Dewsbury Reporter and Mirfield Reporter.

I have previously worked for Exposed and The Star in Sheffield, and at the Edinburgh Festivals for ThreeWeeks. As a student I was arts editor of Forge Press.

E-mail: rob_cooke1@hotmail.com.

Twitter: @robertcooke_.

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Islet @ The Harley, Sheffield, 29/5/2012 for The Fly

The music that’s been blaring from the PA between the bands cuts out and four figures begin wandering around the room, clanging bells. “Are they making us join a cult?” an audience member whispers as the bells crash into a din that’s swiftly overwhelmed by a thick, bassy squelch from the stage and a feral howl. No, this is no cult initiation ceremony – this is your standard Islet gig.

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