Esprit D’Air Start A Tsunami In London
Kai, the driving force behind Esprit D’Air, is taking his own path through the world. The Sisters Of Mercy guitarist and his project are unique in deliberately rejecting all the logistical trappings of the music industry, working without PR representation, booking...
Pendulum Come Alive At BRITs Week 24 for War Child
Somewhere under Tottenham Court Road, under the LED billboards, the Friday night partygoers and wandering tourists, there’s a tempest brewing. Pendulum, Australian Electronic Rock and Drum and Bass legends - the soundtrack to the millennial British university...
Keane Are Somewhere Only We Know At BRITs Week 24 For War Child
Ahead of the twentieth anniversary tour of their 2004 debut record taking in sold out arenas in Bournemouth, Cardiff and two nights at London's O2 Arena, Keane executed an engaging display of piano led pop mastery. It’s easy to forget how big the soft pop rock of the...
Ash Hold A Shining Light At BRITs Week 24 For War Child
What happens after an arena-filling band disappears from the spotlight? In Ash’s case, they carry on regardless. In their heyday the Northern Irish trio could pack festival main stages but then they just faded away into the footnotes of the Britpop era, at least in...
Crawlers Deliver A Valentine’s Treat At Rough Trade East
The queue stretches down through the glowing Shoreditch street for half a block. Someone’s cut out hundreds of pink cardboard hearts and they hand them out so we can all hold them up during the show. A nervous teen walks up and down the queue, offering us handmade...
Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes’ Dark Rainbows Shine At The Roundhouse
Few musicians and artists that I’ve followed over the years have evolved as much as Frank Carter has since I first saw him fronting Gallows when they opened for the MC5/DTK at the Underworld in Camden back in December 2006, back when I described Frank as a Wee Ginger Gobshite who offered out the audience for a fight, Now nearly 18 years later Frank is playing two nights At The Roundhouse to celebrate the release of dark Rainbow his fifth album with The Rattlesnakes.
A Lesson Of Rock’N’Roll To The People Of Hackney, By The Schizophonics
It was an average Wednesday night for many people in Hackney, just trying to get through the rest of the winter while dodging the rain and thinking of holidays in the sun… Perfect timing for The Schizophonics, hauling from sunny California, to start a EU and UK tour....
Luna Bay Are Far From Misunderstood At Omeara
It’s been a beat since Luna Bay stormed Kings Cross venue Lafayette back in March 2022, but the London-based quartet have been busy in the interim and come armed to tonight’s headline show at London Bridge venue Omeara with a growing arsenal of kick-ass tunes to flex...
Miles Kane Rocks Bristol’s O2 Academy On His One Man Band Tour
Many great bands and artists have come from the Merseyside area over the years, Birkenhead born Miles Kane is just one of those, and he brings his One Man Band show to Bristol tonight. For a while he played in The Last Shadow Puppets alongside Arctic Monkeys frontman...
EMF Bring The Beauty And The Chaos To The Garage
EMF launch The Beauty And The Chaos album with the bands latest UK Tour.
Extreme Offer Far More Than Words At O2 Forum Kentish Town
Extreme have not had a quiet 2023. In June they released Six, their first studio album in 15 years. And, since August, they've played 50-something shows on a world tour that's already taken them as far afield as Japan and Australia. So, at their final gig of the year,...
Don Broco Bring Greatness To Koko
There’s a celebratory mood in the air, and it’s not just because it’s nearly Christmas. Tonight is the last date of Don Broco’s Birthday Party Tour, and their third night at London’s Koko. The rockers from Bedford have been gathering fans like a hyped up snowball, and...
We Believe In A Thing Called Love! The Darkness And Ed Sheeran Live At The Roundhouse
“If you’ve just walked in: I’m Ed, I’m a singer from Suffolk and you can find me on MySpace,” grins Ed Sheeran, the multi-award winning, stadium-hopping musician who just happens to be a huge fan of The Darkness, “I’m living the dream literally right now…” The thirty...
Bob Vylan Take A trip On The Northern Line To The Kentish Town Forum
Bob Vylan took the stage at London's iconic Kentish Town Forum for a night that has been etched in the memories of those lucky enough to witness it. The venue was packed to the brim, with tickets long sold out, creating an electric atmosphere that buzzed with...
Tom Walker Burns Bright At The Brunel Museum
It’s a grim autumn day outside the Brunel Museum in East London. There’s no real signs posted for the show - it’s mostly secret after all, advertised largely via a small notice on Tom Walker’s website as part of his tour of underground places – and the wind blows the...
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