Live: Steve Hackett @ Birmingham Symphony Hall
Steve Hackett Live Review, Birmingham Symphony Hall. Designed by specialist architects in the 1980s and officially opened in 1991 the Birmingham Symphony Hall was purposely constructed to create acoustics of exceptional sound quality, so unique that Steve Hackett...
Live: Federal Charm @ The Talking Heads
Federal Charm at The Talking Heads I’ve a soft spot for The Talking Heads. It was the place where I took my first concert photograph with anything more sophisticated than a smartphone, and it’s exactly the sort of small(ish) community venue that needs to survive if...
Live: Joanne Shaw Taylor @ Jazz Café.
Joanne Shaw Taylor @ Jazz Café, Camden, London When there’s a queue outside the venue a full 30 minutes before doors opening, you know there’s something good going on. Such was the cache of expectation for Joanne Shaw Taylor’s second night at the Jazz Café, the last...
Live: Half Moon Run @ Koko
Half Moon Run @ Koko Montréal-based indie rock four-piece Half Moon Run brought their newly expanded set to Camden as they headlined Koko in support of sophomore studio album Sun Leans Me On, which was released just last Friday. For a band that came together via a...
Live: The Shires @ Shepherd’s Bush Empire.
The Shires @ Shepherds Bush Empire Hot UK country music duo The Shires lit up Shepherd’s Bush Empire on Saturday evening for the final night of their headline UK tour. The band, comprising singer-songwriters Ben Earle and Crissie Rhodes, met in 2013 through a mutual...
Live: Flight Brigade @ Notting Hill Arts Club
Flight Brigade @ Notting Hill Arts Club Hampshire-raised septet Flight Brigade chose the intimate Notting Hill Art Club’s Nova presents…..Over & Over live music night to host the release party for their new EP Stealing Fire. Offering delicious cupcakes to those...
Live: Squeeze @ O2 Indigo London.
Squeeze at O2 Indigo in London It's hard to believe that the latest Squeeze album is the band's first new work in 17 years. Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford – the songwriting powerhouse of Squeeze – have, of course, done their fair share of writing, recording and...
Live: Darwin Deez @ Wedgewood Rooms Portsmouth.
Darwin Deez at The Wedgewood Rooms Portsmouth “You Up?” proclaims the kick drum belonging to Tim McCoy, skinsman with New York indie pop-rock band Darwin Deez. Tonight’s big crowd at Portsmouth’s Wedgwood Rooms is certainly giving that impression. The band is touring...
Live: Rickie Lee Jones @ Islington Assembly Hall
Rickie Lee Jones @ Islington Assembly Hall "How come I'm not a big shot?" Rickie Lee Jones states in a recent interview. In the 1980s she wrote and performed some of the nations best loved albums from Pirates, The Magazine, Flying Cowboys and the eponymous Rickie Lee...
Live: Editors @ Portsmouth Pyramids
Live Review: Editors @ Portsmouth Pyramid When a band changes musical direction there’s always a risk. Recently Mumford and Son’s ditched the banjo’s and went all electric to generally positive reviews. On the flip side a past master of being a musical chameleon,...
Live: Roo Panes @ Shepherd’s Bush Empire
Roo Panes @ Shepherd’s Bush Empire Dorset-raised singer-songwriter Roo Panes joined Rae Morris at Shepherds Bush Empire on Thursday evening as the main support for the Blackpool singers' debut album's 12-night UK tour. The classical folk singer, real name Andrew...
Live: PJ Harvey & Seamus Murphy. The Hollow Of The Hand.
PJ Harvey & Seamus Murphy - The Hollow Of The Hand The last time I saw PJ Harvey was through a one way window at Somerset House that allowed visitors to watch and listen to the recording of her new album. It was an unusual and intriguing introduction to her new...
Live: Rae Morris @ Shepherd’s Bush Empire
Rae Morris @ Shepherd’s Bush Empire It’s been a great year for Blackpool-native and sometimes Bombay Bicycle Club collaborator Rachel Anne "Rae" Morris. Following the release of her debut album Unguarded in January, which peaked at #9 in the UK album chart, she hit...
Live: Gaz Coombes @ The Forum
Gaz Coombes @ The Forum In the mid 90’s it was hard to ignore Supergrass. They were everywhere from TFI Friday to TV adverts, and constantly on Radio 1, and underpinning it all was Alright, their worldwide hit from their debut album which introduced their killer...
Live Review: The Lemonheads @ Indigo, London.
The Lemonheads at Indigo 02. There is no pomp or ceremony about Evan Dando and the Lemonheads tonight, they even come on stage when the background music is playing and catch the operator off guard. “Turn the music off” he shouts and then “turn the music back on” he...
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