The Hold Steady Host Killer Parties At Electric Ballroom
Tonight, there are plenty of reasons to celebrate. The Hold Steady have hit their 20th anniversary this year. The band are weeks away from releasing a new album. They're in the middle of their annual three-day London residency, appropriately named The Weekender (after...
Self Esteem Brings Pop Mastery To Hammersmith
“Do I look alright?” Rebecca Lucy Taylor – AKA Self Esteem – asks ironically, red lipstick smeared widely over face before scolding an audience member for raising their phone torch during a quiet spot in tonight’s set: “Don’t do that, it’s not a Coldplay show!”. She...
KT Tunstall Delivers Nut In Full At Shepherd’s Bush
“Good lord, can you believe that song is old enough to drink now?” – just one of a running stream of comedy gold nuggets offered by KT Tunstall as she celebrates the completion of her trilogy of L.P.s which kicked off with 2016’s Kin, continued with 2018’s Wax and was...
Cat Clyde Brings Down Rounder To Koko
Stratford, Ontario-based indie-folkster Cat Clyde has been on the rise since releasing debut L.P. Ivory Castanets in 2017. 2019’s Hunters Trance followed, elevating the rawness of Clyde’s songwriting and taking us deeper on her journey ahead of the release of this...
Lissie Carves Canyons At Koko
Midwestern – via a Los Angelean detour – folk artist (if I have to pick a genre) Elisabeth Maurus – aka Lissie – has been on the circuit for a while. Enough to have put out five studio albums since 2010, the latest of which – Carving Canyons – her current tour is in...
The Academic Sit Pretty At The Shepherd’s Bush Empire
This past week saw something many fans of The Academic have been waiting for for five years: Their sophomore L.P. release. The Rochfortbridge, County Westmeath-based Irish four-piece – who formed while still at high school together – put out their debut record Tales...
DYLAN Is A Star Risen At The Shepherd’s Bush Empire
There seems to be a constant stream of news about “rising stars” in the music industry and Natasha Woods - AKA DYLAN - has certainly been among them for a while now, remaining largely under the radar of a wider audience, even with a Latitude main stage appearance to...
PVRIS Set Hammersmith On Fire
When Lowell, Massachusetts-based PVRIS (pronounced Paris) formed, they were a male-fronted five-piece metalcore outfit called Operation Guillotine. That quickly shifted to the enduring trio of frontwoman Lynn Gunn, bass + keys man Brian MacDonald and guitarist Alex...
Charlotte Sands Swings Big At Hammersmith
It's a tough gig, supporting any act on their headline tour. Most in attendance are largely there to see the artist topping the bill on a night. It’s harder still when you’re one of two support acts and you’re on stage 30 minutes after doors open, the venue slowly...
Lera Lynn Lends A Touch Of Elegance To Omeara
While Lera Lynn began as many artists do by grafting, honing their craft and playing shows, her career was propelled into the mainstream when she both contributed music as well as played a small on-screen role in the second season of the hugely popular noir drama True...
Holly Humberstone Has The Best Night Of Her Life At Brixton
It’s been an incredible couple of years for 22-year-old Grantham, Lincs-hailing Holly Humberstone. Grafting hard from a young age bore fruit by way of a BBC Introducing Stage slot at a pre-pandemic Glastonbury Festival in 2019. But when the festival returned this...
Placebo Never Let You Go At Brixton Academy
Placebo really don't want you on your phone — filming or taking photos — during their show. A polite, heartfelt note on their social media platforms explains how a sea of mobiles makes it difficult for them to connect with the audience and disrespects other fans. Plus...
Phoenix Are Resplendent At Brixton
It’s been a beat since Phoenix were on British shores – a good couple of years pre-pandemic, joining the likes of Glass Animals and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs supporting LCD Soundsystem’s headline show at London’s Victoria Park as part of the Capital’s All Points East...
The Pretty Reckless Turn Brixton Up To 11
Rock and Roll is dead, so ‘they’ say. Not so if you happen to be walking around Brixton as fireworks ignite in the sky on bonfire night. Tonight there are crowds dressed in black, red, leather, fishnets and other such clichéd rock attire beelining to one or other of...
Paolo Nutini Raises The Bar At Alexandra Palace
The name Paolo Nutini has in recent years been synonymous with a superstar-in-waiting who simply disappeared. Moving from playing at Balham's famous Bedford pub at the tender age of 17, being signed to Atlantic Records at just 18 and releasing his smash hit debut...
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