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...
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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...
Caught by the River Thames @ Fulham Palace
Caught by the River is reminiscent of the early days of festivals, when they were more like gatherings at which multiple interests were represented, where fashion and showing off are abandoned in favour of relaxation, and letting it all hang out. All ages, all...
Live: LeeFest Presents: The Neverland @ John Darlings Farm.
LeeFest Presents: The Neverland, is a new and exciting venture for Lee Denny and his pals. Believe it or not this is the Tenth Anniversary of LeeFest, and let me tell you there have been some changes and all of them good. Gone is the total DIY ethos of previous...
Live: Ramblin’ Man Fair @ Mote Park, Maidstone.
Wow, what a difference a year makes. Twelve months ago, the inaugural Ramblin’ Man Fair in Maidstone’s Mote Park experienced modest audiences, kept in check by wretched weather. The event made a loss and resulted in a change of management, with Spirit Of Rock taking...
Live: Citadel Festival 2016
CITADEL Festival @Victoria Park, London Rising from the ashes of the Lovebox site in Victoria Park, Citadel is a very different kind of festival. Arriving early means you can still see the more generic remnants of the previous festival. It may share some of the stalls...
Live: Truck Festival 2016
It would possibly come as a surprise to Truck Festival first timers, that it was in fact celebrating its 19th birthday. A well struck balance between the feel of a small, friendly festival whilst attracting big headliners, Truck thrives on avoiding the traps of...
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