ENNOR, BABYTEETH, And Lavender Hills Celebrate Blogtober With RockShot Mag
“Alright, let’s have some fun,” says Tom Elliott as ENNOR kick off their headline set at The Finsbury. And fun is exactly what they deliver as part of London’s annual Blogtober Fest, 31 gigs in a row curated by the best online tastemakers. Tonight is RockShot Mag’s...
Glenn Hughes Revisits Classic Deep Purple Live
Glenn Hughes has, during his six-decade career, been associated with more than a handful of bands. Finders Keepers, where it all began in the mid-60s became Trapeze, the funk rockers that set him up for the big time. There’s the short-lived collaboration with...
Will Varley’s Intimate Night At The Cambridge Junction
After a very successful European Tour Will Varley kicked off a UK Headline Tour, playing intimate seated venues, on 10th October in Norwich. RockShot caught up with him on the second night at The Junction in Cambridge. We have been to the main hall in The Junction,...
30 Years Of Mlah: Les Negresses Vertes @ Islington Academy
In the thirty years since the release of debut album, Mlah, Les Négresses Vertes have been focused on solo projects. On their European Tour, they come together again to perform the album in its entirety. Their music is a unique blend with elements of gypsy punk,...
Crowd Control: Tallest Man on Earth @ Union Chapel
Former Montezumas frontman, Kristian Matsson now performs as The Tallest Man on Earth. The man who has made a career of performing with a single instrument and a voice has booked a two-night residency at London’s Union Chapel. In the calm glow of the chapel at...
Nick Mason Serves Up A Saucerful Of Secrets At Roundhouse
Nick Mason doesn't have to be here. Instead of hitting the road for the first time in over 20 years, the 74-year-old Pink Floyd drummer could be racing his classic cars, flying his helicopter, crafting a follow up to his meticulous autobiography Inside Out, or,...
Buck & Evans: The Future of Rock ‘n’ Soul
Last time I came to see a band at Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen in London’s hipster encrusted Shoreditch, it looked like the kind of place you’d go for the sixth form disco. A red velour curtain formed the backdrop and it had all the excitement of a vegetarian...
HRH C.R.O.W.S. Festival Soaring High
Going for over a decade, HRH (Hard Rock Hell) has decided to add a Country, Rebel, Outlaw, Western & Southern Rock (C.R.O.W.S.) festival to their repertoire of festivals and what a fantastic decision this was. With four HRH Hotels to choose from near the venue,...
Garbage Are So Much More Than Paranoid At Brixton Academy
It seems risky to open a show with not just a 20-year-old B-side, but a slow, brooding 20-year-old B-side. It seems even riskier to follow it with another. But Garbage know exactly what they’re doing. Their bold opening gambit isn’t just a reminder of the...
Afropunk’s Brixton Takeover Finale
Last weekend the global institution that is Afropunk closed their week-long takeover of Brixton at the historic Academy, headlined by US supergroup August Greene. Following seven days of talks, exhibitions, installations and music offerings, Afropunk brought together...
Watchet Festival Music In The Heart Of Somerset
No matter if you’re a festival-goer or not, if you hear the words "Somerset" and "music festival", you'll probably think "Glastonbury". Attracting over 130 000 people last year, Glastonbury's definitely one of the biggest and most famous UK festivals. But it’s...
Incubus Drop A Glitterbomb On Brixton Academy
When Incubus first hit the big time in the late ‘90s, the rock band featuring a DJ and dreadlocked guitarist were unsurprisingly lumped in with all the other rock bands featuring a DJ and dreadlocked guitarist. But the five-piece from Calabasas, California had little...
Erin Rae Live At The Slaughtered Lamb Clerkenwell
This show was part of Erin Rae’s tour to promote her new album Putting On Airs that has been doing very well in the USA, it was also a warm up for the End Of The Road Festival that she was performing at alongside tonight’s main support Samuel R Saffrey. Beginning the...
Music And Mythology With Colter Wall At Scala In London
In this modern world of technology and convenience; instant communication, instant gratification, instant noodles, there is still an untouched tribe destined for a slow life governed by the seasons, by the land and populated by those who are suspicious of city folk...
Victorious Festival 2018: Sunshine, Showers, Gales, Great Music
In the past, I have lauded Southsea’s amazing luck regarding the weather over the course of Victorious Festival. This is now my fourth visit after three years of gorgeous weather. However, the frontman of Beatles tribute project Come Together, here to perform the...
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