Calexico Celebrate The Music Of The World At Shepherd’s Bush Empire
On paper, Calexico are two men. On stage at Shepherd’s Bush Empire, they’re eight. That’s because singer-guitarist Joey Burns and drummer John Convertino don’t just need bass, keys, and extra guitars to beef up their sound. They need trumpets, glockenspiel, pedal...
The Fratellis Have A Sweet Time @ Kentish Town Forum
The Fratellis have been a band I’ve always admired. They seem to have released album after album and I can honestly say I’ve enjoyed every one of those songs. Their upbeat tempo can get you out of a rut and leave you feeling in a great mood. Whistle For The Choir was...
Uncaged : A Tale Of Brix & The Extricated At 100 Club
Well-known for their exciting cinematographic and musical events, Rock & Roll Cinema inaugurated the start of their new festival : Soundscreen Music and Film Festival. Taking place in different venues across London from March 21st to March 28th, the first...
Bay Breathes New Life Live @ The Electric Brixton
He was the UK’s favourite pop artist of 2015. He was adored for his long hair, his sexually alluring voice and (of course) ‘the hat’. But the James Bay that was, was no longer. Adamant to change his identity, Bay has, for the past few years, focused on an evolutionary...
The Hold Steady Show London A Really Good Time
The Hold Steady wanted to do something special to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of their breakout album Boys And Girls In America. So, in December 2016, they played a run of four shows at an intimate Brooklyn venue. Fans travelled from as far afield as New Zealand...
Elbow Fill The O2 With Warmth And Joy
Arenas like The O2 are built for one purpose: to pack in as many people as safely possible. Comfort, atmosphere, and certainly a sense of intimacy aren’t exactly high on the checklist. So musicians capable of selling a small town’s worth of tickets a night have to...
The Guitar God Robin Trower Plays Hometown Show @ Islington Assembly Hall
As London braved snowmageddon and getting anywhere was a case of determination and luck, a living legend, Robin Trower, was headlining a sold-out gig at Islington Assembly Hall. Despite the weather, or should I say, transport conditions, the fans came out in their...
Shakey Graves and Cat Clyde Live @ The Garage Highbury Corner
I agreed to review this gig without listening to either band and using the old school method of just really liking Shakey Graves name and imagining him as a young blues singer with dark troubled lyrics, yes I had been sent a couple of songs to listen too but chose to...
Man With A Mission: The Wolves From Japan Devour London’s Dome
Japanese chart-topping band Man With A Mission recently visited London for a sold-out headline gig at The Dome. Straight from Shibuya, Tokyo, the five-piece compromising of Tokyo Tanaka (vocals), Jean-Ken Johnny (guitar and vocals), Kamikaze Boy (bass), DJ Santa...
Legendary Mod Icon Paul Weller Delivers A 31 Song Set In Leeds
What can I say about spending over 2 hours in the company of a British Music legend, spanning more than 40 years of music history, it was such an accomplished performance of some of the best music from the 70’s right through to his present record. That’s the...
The Temperance Movement Live Are A Deeper Cut Above The Rest
I was lucky enough a few weeks before Christmas to see The Temperance Movement during their ‘Small Rooms New Tunes’ tour – you can read about that here. The small room was Soho institution The Borderline. The new tunes were first public outings for tracks that would...
Jamie Lenman Is A Bright White Blaze Live @ Academy Islington
It is a rare musician who can escape being labelled. There is no simple description for an artist like Jamie Lenman. He has created whole albums of folk and blues, of hardcore (especially with his former band Reuben) and, most recently electro-pop. What kind of...
The Amazons Conjour Up Black Magic At Cambridge Junction
The Amazons have had a busy 2017, releasing their debut album, being included in the BBC Sound of 2017 and MTV Brand New 2017 lists, and being named a band to listen to in 2017 by NME, The Independent, and Radio 1. 2018 looks just as busy, they're in the middle of a...
Natalie Imbruglia Delights Union Chapel
When a 22-year-old Natalie Imbruglia broke onto the music scene in 1997 following her departure from hit Australian daytime soap Neighbours, the UK set their expectations firmly in the Kylie camp. But as big a hit as her debut single Torn was, Imbruglia’s style was...
Jim Jones & The Righteous Mind Rise Above The Chaos @ Dingwalls
I don’t like to start any review by moaning about things outside the bands control but sometimes it can’t be helped and this gig was one of those occasions due to the venue not handling the swap over between the early and late gig they had on at all well. Also Camden...
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