Live: Poliça @ Village Underground
Poliça Live Review @ Village Underground American band Poliça are back with their third studio album United Crushers due out next month. And to ease themselves back into the live circuit, they hit up Shoreditch venue Village Underground for their only announced UK...
Live Review: Cage The Elephant @ The Forum
I last saw Cage The Elephant stampede through a London venue in 2011. That time it was at The Garage. My lingering memory of this monstrously energetic show is that of singer Matt Shultz’s frenetic, wild abandon in crowd-surfing, at one point returning to the stage...
Live Review: Highly Suspect @ Our Black Heart
So a band that’s just been nominated for two Grammy Awards are playing in London. What’s your first guess on where they’re going to play? The Forum, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, or maybe Brixton? Well that’s not the Highly Suspect way of doing things, so instead they’re...
Live Review: Hozier @ Portsmouth Guildhall.
Live: Hozier @ Portsmouth Guildhall Listen to Hozier’s eponymously titled debut album a few times and you soon appreciate there’s a lot more to the 25 year-old from County Wicklow than a song that takes a pop at the Catholic Church. Andrew Hozier-Byrne is a truly...
Live: Black Stone Cherry @ Wembley Arena
US touring hard rock mini festival Carnival of Madness made its way to the UK, including a stop at London’s Wembley Arena. With the event offering a line-up of Brooklyn-based trio Highly Suspect, the Lzzy Hale-led four-piece Halestorm and Jacksonville rockers...
Feature: Anoushka Lucas. Multi-Talented Exhibitionist.
Feature on Anoushka Lucas a Multi-Talented Exhibitionist. Nicola Greenbrook went underground to the 606 Club in Chelsea, London to meet singer-songwriter Anoushka Lucas, hear about her upcoming album and watch her heat up the stage. Photography by Kalpesh Patel. The...
Live: Hunck, Life and Phobophobes @ The Old Fire Station.
Hunck, Life and Phobophobes @ The Old Fire Station. It’s a very rainy windy night in Bournemouth for the Launch gig of Hunck’s short tour to promote their new EP Never had a Dream at the Old Fire Station. This gig is also part of Independent Venue Week, a 7 day...
Live: The Temperance Movement @ Forum, London.
Live: The Temperance Movement @ The O2 Forum Kentish Town I’ve been lucky enough to have been experiencing one of Britain’s most promising new rock acts The Temperance Movement since the days when their beautiful ballad Chinese Lanterns was performed from in front of...
Live: The Libertines, O2 Arena, London.
The Libertines, O2 Arena, London. The word “great” is bestowed on a lot of bands these days, sometimes merited sometimes not. It’s certainly a word that’s been pushed in the direction of the The Libertines, although for me there’s sometimes been a sense of the...
Live: Travis @ The Lexington.
Live Review: Travis @ The Lexington. Travis are probably not the first band that springs to mind in 2016, but with their eight studio album, Everything at Once, set for release on the 29th April, the band are still exerting themselves on the music scene. This week...
Live: Nahko And Medicine For The People @ Electric Ballroom.
Live: Nahko and Medicine for The People. “Not really sure what to expect tonight” was my response to a number of people asking about the Nahko and Medicine for The People gig at the Electric Ballroom. The fact that it had been moved from a temporarily closed...
Live: Daughter @ Portsmouth Pyramids.
Daughter at Southsea Pyramids Back in the 1990s, the shoegazing brand of indie rock was all the rage. Bands like My Bloody Valentine, Lush and the Cocteau Twins were masters of ethereal vocals, mixed with swirly guitar and big soundscapes. Even though I wasn’t one of...
Live: Harry Pane @ Live at the Roof Gardens – Kensington, London.
Live: Harry Pane @ Live at the Roof Gardens, Kensington, London. A cold and dark January is never an easy pill to swallow. The festivities are over for another year and it’s inevitable to feel rather gloomy about the weeks stretching ahead. Unless, that is, you climb...
Live: Caro Emerald @ Hammersmith Apollo
“Good evening London city!” Dutch jazz singer Caro Emerald screamed. “This is the very last show we’re going to play in the Absolutely Me tour tonight” she continued. “We’re going to make it a party, enjoy!” The Amsterdam-native brought her 18-date UK headline tour to...
Live: Lower Than Atlantis @ Roundhouse
Lower Than Atlantis at The Roundhouse Christmas is a traditional time for giving, so hats off to Lower Than Atlantis for giving us a bill with not just one, but four great bands at the Roundhouse tonight. It helped that there was plenty of Christmas cheer in the room...
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