Everybody Wants A Peace Of The Action
What’s in a name? Not much, it turns out, for Peace; their gigs are anything but. Possessed of an audience every bit as energetic as most of their songs, the band’s Kentish Town Forum show is loud, brash, sweaty, tireless, visceral, and totally invigorating. With a...
Delta Lady Rita Coolidge Melts Hearts @ Boisdale Jazz Blues & Soul Club
There aren’t many of the original 70s blues and soul ladies left that are actively performing around the world, so when a chance comes up to witness at close range the warm and tender vocals of Rita Coolidge, I’m not hesitating. So I travelled over 200 miles from...
Nickelback Have You All Figured Out At The O2
“Are we having fun yet?” is the most important line of How You Remind Me, Nickelback’s most important song. And by the time Chad Kroeger belts it out during the band’s 2001 breakout hit, the answer’s pretty clear. Exhibit A: the volume of the London audience shouting...
Dreadzone Mix It Up At Tunbridge Wells Forum
An unseasonably warm and sunny April evening set the scene perfectly for Dreadzone to play the intimate Forum in Tunbridge Wells. This Dub-reggae based group fuse all sorts of genres from dub to dance through to folk and rock with a sprinkle of classical thrown in....
Live At Leeds 2018 A Sunshine Opening To Festival Season
The anticipation is over, the 2018 festival season opens annually for me on the first Saturday in May for Live at Leeds (LAL). Having been a regular attendee for the last ten years this metropolitan festival, where they open the doors of around 25 venues in the city...
Pinkshinyultrablast Enchant The Broadcast In Glasgow
One of Russia’s foremost shoegaze bands, Pinkshinyultrablast (PSUB), are currently touring the UK in support of their new album, Miserable Miracles, which releases on the 4th of May. On the first leg of their tour, they performed at the Broadcast in Glasgow on the 2nd...
Frank Turner Being Kind At The Cambridge Corn Exchange
I had been looking forward to seeing Frank Turner for several months in the week that his seventh album, Be More Kind, was due for release. A diverse group of people amongst the Punks, Skins and Journeymen flooded into the Cambridge Corn Exchange. One excited group...
Going Where No One Has Gone Before, Space Rocks Indigo O2
Since the dawn of man, science and exploration have fed the creative imaginations of musicians, artists, writers and later, filmmakers. Like an ever-expanding spiral, dreams of the seemingly impossible were realised by scientific minds inspired by artistic vision. ...
Joe Satriani, John Petrucci, Uli Jon Roth Are G3 Guitar Gods In Hammersmith
“There’s going to be lots of guitar playing,” grins Uli Jon Roth, welcoming the audience to Eventim Apollo. As far as understatements go, his is right up there with “We’re going to need a bigger boat”; for the next three hours, three of the world's leading guitarists...
Twist And Shake With The Detroit Cobras In Chelsea
Even if you have a bit of knowledge about London and it's surroundings you probably do not expect to find a concert venue under a football ground in Chelsea. However, last Sunday, we went to Stamford Bridge to watch a rock'n'roll show at the amazing venue Under The...
Hooverphonic Is A True Celebration Of Genres
It feels like the start of a school performance. The layout of wooden chairs, the fog machine, even the smell of the Islington Assembly Hall are reminiscent of the years when the youthfully talented would perform in front of their overly proud parents - camcorders in...
Arcade Fire Deliver Everything Now At Wembley Arena
Arcade Fire end the second night of their Wembley Arena run with a traditional New Orleans-style second line parade. Joined by that city’s Preservation Hall Jazz Band, they perform David Bowie’s Rebel Rebel while making their way through the crowd. As with everything...
The Sheepdogs Are All Breeds Of Rock N’ Roll
Canadian quintet The Sheepdogs are an eclectic bunch. Visually they sit somewhere between 1970s Lynyrd Skynyrd and a Clint Eastwood western. Musically they offer a fun, modern twist to the classic southern rock of The Allman Bros. Yet, similarities aside, if there’s...
Greta Van Fleet Carry You Back Where You Come From
Elton John famously buys every new album released each week. So he’s got a pretty good idea of the new music that’s out there. He’s not half bad at spotting fresh talent, either: Ed Sheeran, Rag’n’Bone Man, and next-big-thing Anne-Marie are just some of the artists...
Melancholic Hymns Ring Out From Arcane Roots
When Arcane Roots announced that they will be playing at Sheffield’s iconic Leadmill as part of their UK tour, a big fat cross quickly went up in my calendar – this was one show not to miss. And boy, did the trio from London deliver on the night. The perfect...
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