Slowdive Go Deep At Roundhouse
On the excellent Song Exploder podcast, Slowdive singer and guitarist Neil Halstead spends a solid 10 minutes detailing the genesis of Sugar For The Pill. It’s a story of seagulls, effects pedals, layered drums, Wuthering Heights, multiple vocal takes, ProTools...
The Amazons: An Upward Trajectory
A year ago to the day, The Amazons struggled to sell 300 tickets to a show at OSLO in Hackney. Tonight, they’ve sold out The Forum. That’s 2300 people - and a year-on-year increase of 666%, if you’re counting. Chances are, nobody in this Kentish Town landmark is....
Lady Antebellum, Superstar Trio Bring Country Heart Break To London
With the rising popularity of Country music in the UK, it’s no surprise that more and more acts are making the trip across the pond, from up and coming acts playing smaller venues to the heavy hitters playing the UK’s largest stages. And this week it was the turn of...
The Soulful Charisma Of Zak Abel – Live At Koko
British singer-songwriter Zak Abel has the kind of voice that forces you to stop, listen, repeat and flood your music feed with his back catalogue. The 22-year old rising star and born and bred North Londoner first gained attention after lending his vocals to Gorgon...
Kelsea Ballerini, Country’s Newest Starlet at The O2
They don’t come much more Country than rising Nashville born and raised star Kelsea Ballerini, even though the 24-year-old grew up on a diet of pop, only delving into Country later on. And that might explain her catchy, hook-laden pop-country tunes that had her named...
Third Eye Blind Soak Up The Love At Roundhouse
The equation’s simple. Albums aren’t selling like they did a decade ago. But gig tickets are in higher demand than ever. Therefore, mark the anniversaries of those unit-shifting LPs by playing them live from start to finish. In the past year alone, U2, Manic Street...
Wilko Johnson’s 70th Birthday Bash: Live @ The Royal Albert Hall
Unless you’re a fan of Game Of Thrones, or else otherwise just ‘of a certain age’, it’s unlikely you’d have heard of Wilko Johnson until 2013 - when it was disclosed he was suffering from terminal pancreatic cancer. This news, or more specifically his reaction to it...
Sigur Rós Mesmerise At Hammersmith Apollo
Young children can be mesmerised by almost anything: ants, mud, the rain, a man in a purple dinosaur costume singing songs. Adults, not so much. Between all the Snapchats, news alerts, and seeing what’s happening everywhere but here, there’s just no time to focus....
Dan Reed: Intimate Performance In St. Pancras Old Church
Dan Reed is one of those rare musicians who's achieved success in a band (as the charismatic lead vocalist of Dan Reed Network, he's sold millions of albums and toured with the Rolling Stones) and as a solo artist. The American rocker recently released his fourth solo...
A Saturday At Bestival 2017, Made It Through The Rain
Bestival 2017 opened at its new home at Lulworth Estate with a promising packed lineup of musical treats and festivities, Nosa Malcolm explores. I arrived late Friday night, the clouds had consumed the sky and the forecast rain came down as I unloaded my car. Getting...
Four Decades of Adolescence: The Psychedelic Furs @ O2 Forum Kentish Town
Gathering together to play a sold-out London show are a band synonymous with American college rock of the 1980s, although they emerged from the UK punk scene in ’77 and grew a post punk fan base across Europe. The Psychedelic Furs are often best remembered for...
Music Makers Festival @ Omnibus Theatre, Clapham
RockShot Mag recently headed out to South London’s Clapham on a sunny weekend for a very special event. Past the famous Common and the drinkers unwinding in the mottled sunlight was The Omnibus Theatre, an elegant host for Music Makers Festival. A two-day independent...
Victorious Festival 2017, Three Days of Southsea Sunshine
I am local to Portsmouth, and I admit that I became slightly concerned before attending my third Victorious Festival. Victorious refuses to stop growing. It engulfs the entire city, with stages on the southernmost coast, and a new campsite on Portsmouth’s northernmost...
X Ambassadors Throw A Political Party @ ULU
Want to front a chart-topping band? You'll need more than a distinct voice. You’ll need to be a cheerleader, inciting the crowd to wave their arms or sing along in unison, like it was their idea in the first place. You’ll need so much energy that standing still is...
Curiosities In The Courtyard, Tori Amos Album Launch
Tori Amos is on the cusp of releasing her 15th album, Native Invader, and she's chosen the intimate setting of The Courtyard Theatre in Hoxton, as her launch pad for the record. The venue, a former library and Grade ll listed building, is a hidden gem, tucked away in...
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