Live: Hinds @ Academy 2, Manchester.
Saturday evening at the Academy 2 in Manchester was an evening of two halves: the support acts and the headliner. It isn’t often, but on occasions, the support acts outshine the headliners, and Saturday night was one of those occasions. Setting aside the greater depth...
Live: White Lies @ Shepherd’s Bush Empire
White Lies have been away for three years since the release of their last album Big TV, they are back touring with their new album, Friends. Although a solid, well received album, Big TV did little to expand their fan base past the original promise of debut album To...
Live: Rachael Yamagata @ Kings Arms, Salford.
On the road, promoting her latest album Tightrope Walker, Rachael Yamagata treated a crowd of dedicated music aficionados to a very special night of low-key and introspective musical delights at the King’s Arms Ale House in Salford. Playing a mixture of old and new...
Live: Paradisia @ MOTH Club, London.
After a successful debut with the single Silent Lover, London-based band Paradisia have released their second track Warpaint. The single is scheduled to be released in November and follows up a premiere show at London’s MOTH Club. Edyta K went along to photograph and...
Live: ‘Roadstars’ @ The Talking Heads Southampton
Wednesday 16th December saw the first of a sixteen-night tour featuring some of the finest young talent that the heavy blues-rock spectrum currently has on offer. ‘Roadstars’, sponsored by Planet Rock, landed at The Talking Heads in Southampton - and if early...
Live: KT Tunstall @ Shepherd’s Bush Empire
“Good evening London” KT Tunstall screamed. “It’s so lovely to be here, what a strange, strange day” she said. “But we couldn’t be in a better place than one of the best venues in the world!” Scottish singer, songwriter and musician KT Tunstall has been on some...
Live: Kongos @ Islington Academy, London.
American rhythm specialists Kongos brought their mighty and fascinating sound to London. On the day after the US presidential election in which Donald J Trump was chosen as the 45th President of the USA, they rocked into town in a shocked state. They are all brothers...
Live: The Big Moon @ Scala
November 3rd 2016 will definitely be remembered as the day when Scala went mental! I have not quite seen anything like this before. An up and coming band, headlining a sold-out gig with the audience jumping around so heavily that the walls and floors were shaking...
Live: Ben Watt & Michele Stodart @ Union Chapel
Live: Ben Watt feat. Bernard Butler @ Union Chapel, London After a hiatus of some 30 years, Ben Watt released his second solo album Hendra in 2014. However Ben certainly hasn’t been lazy during that time; having recorded 11 albums as one half of Everything But The...
Bat Out Of Hell, The Musical & Meat Loaf.
In the 1970's Jim Steinman wrote a musical that was presented in workshop in Washington D.C. Jim had always intended these songs to be theatrical and a larger than life opus. When he met Meat Loaf the opportunity to realise the "rock and roll dream".. came true. Many...
Live: Kacey Musgraves @ Royal Albert Hall
Rising star Kacey Musgraves played the first sold-out show by a Country music act at London's historic Royal Albert Hall venue in 12 years. That's some feat for 27-year-old Musgraves who was playing to some 350 fans under two years ago at West London's Bush Hall. And...
The Veils @ KOKO, London
The Veils @ KOKO, London The lights dim, before Finn Andrews even takes to the stage his presence is palpable. As The Veils make their appearance, the atmosphere is charged and the rising anticipation in the crowd can be felt. The hunger of the crowd is juxtaposed by...
Live: Hackney Wonderland Festival. A Musical Feast In Hackney.
A Musical Feast In Hackney. The third annual Hackney Wonderland Festival took place in the heart of Hackney on 15th and 16th October. This year it evolved from one-day event to proper weekend festival. In short - Hackney Wonderland could be described as two days of...
Live: Michael Franti @ Heaven, London.
Michael Franti returns with his uplifting, positive and political message, this time ostensibly as an acoustic duo tour, with guitarist J. Bowman. However, if you expected to be in for a quiet, mellow time of it, watch out – tonight’s show was one of the rowdiest,...
Live Review: Wovenhand @The Dome, London.
Arriving onstage to a roar of excitement from the crowd, frontman David Eugene Edwards, thrusts his arms up demanding a greater noise, the crowd oblige whooping and hollering. An exciting line-up of musicians take to the stage, when touring gentler albums this...
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