Hu Are They? The Hu @ Camden Underworld
Making their first tour of the West The Hu blend heavy metal with traditional Mongolian instruments and the deep lung thrum of throat singing. Their lyrics include war cries and old poetry and their debut album is called The Gergeg, a word used to describe the...
Foals Saved And Not Lost At Alexandra Palace
"We’re gunna have a fucking spicy one tonight!" Yannis Philippakis singer and guitarist of Foals addresses the Alexandra Palace Great Hall after the second track Mountain At My Gates. It’s about ten past nine on this June Friday night and the crowd are already...
Nick Lowe y Los Straitjackets Inspire At Shepherd’s Bush Empire
The Shepherd’s Bush Empire, on a school night, sees a crowd of largely fifty somethings out in force to see what on paper is the rather odd pairing of Nick Lowe, the ‘Jesus of Cool’ with the Nashville-based, Mexican wrestling mask-wearing, surf guitar band Los...
Metallica Are Hardwired Into Twickenham
“London, do you want HEAVY?!” James Hetfield screams to tonight’s packed-to-rafters Twickenham Stadium. And the response? Well, yes. We want it heavy Papa Het, bring it! The last time Metallica played London, in October 2017, The O2 hosted the band's in-the-round...
Biffy Clyro Rock Scarborough’s North Bay Open Air Theatre
As I arrive in Scarborough, memories of day trips when I was a young boy come flooding back. Fairground rides, candy floss, donkey rides on the beach and the god awful four hour bus ride without a toilet on board was torture for a eight year old. This trip however...
Gary Clark Jr Brings This Land To The Roundhouse
In 2010 Gary Clark Jr. appeared, as if from nowhere, at Eric Clapton’s 2010 Crossroads festival and proceeded to steal the show with an incendiary performance. It wasn’t long before the then 26-year-old singer-guitarist was hailed as “The Saviour of the Blues” and...
Midnight Oil Set The Beds Alight Again At Brixton Academy
Peter Garrett has a lot to say. When RockShot spoke to him earlier this year, the Midnight Oil frontman shared carefully considered opinions on everything from climate crisis and the politics of greed to mobile phones at gigs and legacy acts who play the same songs,...
A Feast Of Soul And Jazz At Cross The Tracks
We already know that festivals are very popular but the single day event seems to be garnering more and more interest. Who really needs to camp and spend days without washing! Enter the inaugural one day soul and jazz fest of Cross The Tracks (stylised as XTheTracks)...
Its Only An Andalusian Wasteland With Guadalupe Plata Live At Dingwalls
This is another show in this years Future Juke Festival who are putting on many of the best blues influenced acts around now and tonight’s show features the least conventional sounding blues acts of the three I’ve covered for Rockshot Magazine this year. This show was...
Liz Phair Girly Sound Live At Islington Assembly, London
Tonight at the Islington Assembly Hall in London, Liz Phair played with a full band on her Girly Sound To Guyville tour celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Exit To Guyville LP. Opening with mine and many fans favourite Supernova really helped put us all on the...
Filthy Friends Buck Up @ The Barn Theatre, Oxted
Filthy Friends are a super tight, slick, tour de force group featuring some of the most iconic bands in music history. And here they are playing in a barn in the small town of Oxted that was converted into a theatre in the 1930s. In fact, it's the first gig of its...
Wild Love For James Bay At The London Palladium
Just before heading off to support Ed Sheeran on yet another leg of his never-ending Divide tour – that man really puts the “world” in World Tour – James Bay played a one-off headline show at the London Palladium. “I wanted to play a special, historic London venue for...
The Sun Shines On Roger Hodgson At The Royal Albert Hall
It’s been a balmy late spring day in London, just the odd wisp of cloud breaking otherwise clear blue skies. It’s not supposed to rain until June, and yet, couples are striding purposefully across SW7 with brollies tucked under their arms. It generates odd looks from...
Jimmie Vaughan Launches Baby, Please Come Home At Dingwalls
Jimmie Vaughan's had a busy week in London. This sold-out show at Dingwalls is his fourth, and comes just a couple of days after three nights opening for Eric Clapton at The Royal Albert Hall. Tonight's stage may be smaller and a little less prestigious, but the...
The Wildhearts Renaissance Men Live @ The Electric Brixton
This show is part of The Wildhearts' current UK tour to promote the band’s first new album in ten years, The Renaissance Men, that also miraculously sees them back with the band's classic line-up of Ginger, CJ, Danny McCormack, and Rich Battersby who have all just...
Cassadee Pope’s Not Wasting All These Tears In London
Cassadee Pope was a household name for the primetime millions across the U.S. who tuned into season 3 of the country’s version of The Voice in 2012. Following the disbanding of her rock outfit Hey Monday, an acoustic tour, and self-titled EP, she auditioned for and...
J Mascis Brings His Elastic Days Solo Tour To Leeds
As the crowds form an orderly queue inside the confined stairwell at Belgrave Music Hall, Leeds, it looks to be an eclectic mix of music fans; from the ones who weren’t even born when Dinosaur Jr was tearing it up in the early to mid 90’s, to the ageing group more...
Sam Fender Fires Hypersonic Missiles At Shepherd’s Bush Empire
Sam Fender hasn't released a full-length album. He's not had a song featured in one of those omnipresent car adverts or even the heavy-rotation trailer for yet another interchangeable BBC cop show. He's not even made Ant and Dec cry on Britain's Got The Voice, or...