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...
Iron Maiden @ O2 Arena: Metal Gods Still Flying High
"Doctor doctor, please, don't you know I'm goin' fast. Doctor doctor, please, don't you know I just can't live. […] Livin' lovin' I'm on the run. So far away from you. Livin' lovin' I'm on the run. So far away from you." The famous UFO song (always played at the...
Never Grow Old At Neverworld Festival
Neverworld has taken over from Neverland and before that its legendary start-up LeeFest. From the humble beginnings of a totally DIY festival, Lee Denny and his crew have graduated to putting on a substantially improved and carefully curated music festival. Each year...
Celebrating Diversity At WOMAD Festival 2018
Where does one start writing about a festival as diverse and multicultural as WOMAD? So much more than simply another music festival on the UK calendar, the World Of Music And Dance (WOMAD) is a celebration of the wonderful and diverse world of expressive art through...
Little Steven Shows Who’s Boss At Shepherd’s Bush Empire
So towering is the legend of Springsteen that it’s easy to forget Steven Van Zandt is much more than The Boss’ consigliere. As a songwriter and producer in the early ‘70s he helped pioneer the “soul horns meets rock ‘n’ roll guitars” Jersey Shore sound that Born To...
Music & Art at Underneath The Stars Festival 2018
Yorkshire’s premier Music and Art festival, Underneath the Stars, returned for this year’s fifth edition at a brand new venue in the stunning rolling-hills of Cinderhill Farm, Cawthorne, with an exciting mix of musical delight, workshops, and lots of arts, crafts, and...
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Turn Up The Heat @ Forum Kentish Town
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club return to the UK to tour their eighth studio album, Wrong Creatures. Having achieved cult status as one of the greatest live bands following the critical success of debut album B.R.M.C. This tour provides an opportunity for the band to...
The Goo Goo Dolls Slide Into Brixton Academy
The 1990s weren’t just about Britpop, grunge, the Spice Girls, and *NSYNC. They were the decade of the film soundtrack, a time when songs like (Everything I Do) I Do It For You, My Heart Will Go On, Love Is All Around, and Born Slippy leapt from the big screen to the...
Keep On Trucking (Dancing, Prancing, Sweating) At Truck Festival 2018
Another weekend of almost pure sunshine fixed the woes of last year’s Truck Festival mud bath. Over the three days of the 2017 festival the rain barely stopped in Abingdon, Oxfordshire leaving the whole site flooded with mud by the end of the weekend. With a heavy...
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