Live: Goo Goo Dolls @ Hammersmith Apollo
Hailing from Buffalo, New York, veteran American rockers Goo Goo Dolls returned to the UK for a run of shows, kicking off in Norwich last week and concluding at West London’s Hammersmith Apollo, in support of the group’s eleventh studio album Boxes, released in May....
Live: Luna Bay, Albert Man, William Poyer & Sherika Sherard @ Blogtober Festival
RockShot was recently invited to be part of Lost in the Manor’s Blogtober Festival - 31 days of gigs selected by the best online tastemakers - and on 10 October 2016, curated a very special evening of live music at The Finsbury in London’s Manor House. Our team of...
Live: The Pretty Reckless @ Scala
Taylor Momsen-led American rock four-piece The Pretty Reckless returned to London for the first time since playing their biggest UK headline show at the 5,000-capacity Brixton Academy in November 2014, this time playing a tiny pre-album launch show for third studio...
LIVE: LLOYD COLE @ UNION CHAPEL, LONDON.
On this tour Lloyd Cole is only performing his classic songbook covering a period from 1983 – 1996 which comprises of hits from albums Rattlesnakes, Easy Pieces, Mainstream, Lloyd Cole and Don’t Get Weird On Me Babe. Union Chapel is an intimate and relaxed setting...
Rock Show: RockShot Magazine Presents Blogtober
RockShot Music Magazine is curating it's own night of live music for the #BLOGTOBER FESTIVAL on Monday October 10th 2016 at The Finsbury in North London. When we were first asked to do this, we thought wow! What an honour to be included in the same...
Live: Blossoms @ The Forum, London
Stockport rockers Blossoms’ story is one that truly endears them to their audience and the music industry alike. They’re young, fresh and full of energy, but with an understanding of the struggle it takes to succeed in the music business, each member having tried and...
Live: Nina Hagen @ O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London.
Nina Hagen hasn’t played in the UK for a full 14 years, apparently, so there is tangible anticipation amongst the crowd tonight for this rarely seen and curious artist. Trying to pinpoint Nina Hagen’s role and legacy in the musical vista, on this, her 45th anniversary...
Live: Autumn Ruin, We Make Our Own Luck.
AUTUMN RUIN: WE MADE OUR DAMN LUCK, FRESH EP FROM MANCHESTER JUST IN TIME FOR THE COLD SEASON With Autumn now here, the debut EP from Autumn Ruin has been released. This Manchester's five has been playing for over a year now and after three successful singles they put...
Live: Together The People Festival Review
Together The People, set in Preston Park, Brighton, seems an apt name for a festival created by local people for local people. The organising commitee involves housing trusts, arts centres and creatives from around the region. So how on earth does a festival like this...
Live Review: L7 @The O2 Forum Kentish Town
There was a time in musical history in which angry women ruled the earth. In the musical domain, where are all of the angry women now? Were they pacified by Girl Power? Did they all grow up, give in to marriage and have kids? Are the last remaining handful all in...
Live: Butserfest 2016, Tenth Anniversary.
2016 brings the tenth Butserfest to Queen Elizabeth Country Park, Horndean. It is an event that has been cherished as an alcohol-free home for teenage fans of pop punk since 2007. That said, some bands might be a bit too profanity-laden to be ‘for all the family’. We...
Live Review: Thee Oh Sees @ The Coronet, London.
This San Francisco garage band have been a band in the making since 1997, at the nearly twenty year mark they are moving from cult following to essential band. They are playing entirely by their own rules, no pretence, no political messages or life lessons to sell,...
In Photos: Communion Turns 10!
Independent record label, live music promoter and publisher Communion is 10 years old! Growing from a monthly live music night at Notting Hill’s famous basement Arts Club venue, the artists and fans-based supportive community nature of Communion expanded from that...
Live: Victorious Festival 2016
Victorious refuses to stop growing. Every year causing a massive shutdown of the city, as the festival performances expand to dominate every square inch that southern Portsmouth has to spare. One can't begin to imagine what pressure is on the musicians, to be the...
Live: Thom Sonny Green, Xylaroo, Mothers @ [PIAS] Nites, The Lexington.
There is nothing better than unearthing new music! The feeling of exhilaration when you've heard a song or a band you never knew existed for the very first time. They can shake your world and leave you wondering how on Earth you could have survived so long without...
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