Wallice Uses MOTH Club As Her Punching Bag
Wallice Hana Watanabe (or just Wallice) is indie pop’s antidote to Gen Z’s anxieties. Or something equally as deliberately labelling. Really, the Los Angeles born & raised artist of Japanese descent, and Dirty Hit signing, brings guitars and lush melodies...
The Chats Deliver One Night of Mayhem At Roundhouse
Drenched in beer and slightly dazed, I emerged from the mosh pit with my life intact, ready to recount a wild night with The Chats. The Australian punk rock icons, unleashed an explosive performance that blurred the line between a concert and a riot. [gallery...
The Hives Are Back On Stage Where They Belong – Live Review From The Fleece
As the saying goes: "It's only champagne of bands if it comes from a small town in Sweden called Fagersta, otherwise it’s just sparkling nonsense”. Do they even need an introduction anymore? Or is it merely a reminder? If you were still wondering, we are indeed...
The Levellers Are Together All The Way At Hackney Empire
This show is part of The Levellers Collective Tour to promote Together All The Way the band’s latest album that sees them re-imagining there greatest hits and playing them in a more traditional folk style, to help them do this live they have been joined by three...
Blondshell’s MOTH Club Turn: Also Very Enjoyable
Blondshell is the relatively newly-formed indie-rock persona of New York-raised, Los Angeles-based Sabrina Teitelbaum, formerly known as the pop-leaning BAUM. And what an about turn the 25-year-old has made, for the better. In a world where music is being produced at...
Steel Panther Live And Lewd In Manchester
Come on guys, it’s 2023! Is there really still room for a band like Steel Panther? This is a joke that’s gotten way out of hand, a joke that’s even lasted twice as long as the genre it parodies. The shockingly vulgar content of the songs, the sexism, the penis...
Bradstock Festival: Nine Bands, Ten Hours, One Stage
I’m on the train. Barrelling up the east coast mainline from Kings Cross. My destination is Bradford and specifically, to Bradstock, a one-day music festival held at Nightrain, a venue that is a magnet to up and coming new artists and established tribute bands in that...
Duran Duran Bring Hits And Deep Cuts To The O2
It’s been more than four decades since Birmingham-based Duran Duran emerged into the blossoming New Romantic music scene of the 1980s, following line-up shifts that solidified when Hertfordshire-hailing frontman Simon Le Bon brought his distinctive voice to the group....
James Bay Takes A Leap At The Royal Albert Hall
Following his breakthrough debut L.P. The Chaos And The Calm, released in 2014, and it’s divergent follow-up Electric Light four years later, which saw the Hitchin-hailing singer-songwriter and guitarist do away with both his signature felt Fedora hat and folksy,...
Garage Rock Icons Black Lips Return To The Riot Scene
“London! Been a minute right?” Black Lips ask their 47k Instagram followers. It’s a rhetorical question of course, and they’re not wrong. In fact, the last time Black Lips played in London the world was just one month shy of being slapped in the face by COVID-19....
Dave Okumu Shares The Black Experience In The Round
“I’ve been making records for a long time and I feel like it’s an immense privilege to do that. What are we without our stories, we’re made of them and we have to share them and I feel very lucky to be able to do that through the medium of music.” Wise, yet humble,...
The Damned Showcase DARKADELIC At Ally Pally Theatre
The Nightingales are a post-punk band hailing from Birmingham who date back to 1979, although largely inactive for the 1990s they reformed in 2004 and have since been more active than ever accruing a slew of releases, both of the single and album variety. Singer...
Black Honey Bring A Fistful Of Peaches To Koko
In a bold statement that demonstrates Black Honey aren’t here to take themselves too seriously, following a rousing opening set from Essex-based punk outfit Bad Nerves, none other than Elvis himself appears on the Koko stage. Well ok, someone other than Elvis who...
The Luka State Deliver Triumphant Rock ‘N’ Roll At Camden Assembly
“As long as we stick together, then and only then will we become. We will become More than this.” Conrad Ellis, dripping with sweat and visibly moved says as they go crunching into the final chorus of the title track from their second album, More Than This. [gallery...
Chris Shiflett At Scala: Stetsons, Sprinters, Capos & Greggs
Ahead of the upcoming release of his newest solo album, Lost At Sea due out later this year, Chris Shiflett dons the stage for the sixth and final night of his Irish and UK tour, at a sold-out Scala. [gallery type='flickr' view='photo' photo_id='52779689775'...
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