Live: Patti Smith @ Union Chapel
The ground underfoot is dark, dank woodland and there are strange, other-worldly sounds whirling through the air, that may be ominous or might be soothing. This is the setting created by a huge video screen overhead and five musicians on one side of the stage. Leading...
Live: Laura Doggett @ Brixton Academy
Singer songwriter Laura Doggett opened as John Newman’s support act for his second London Brixton Academy date. You might be forgiven for not knowing who Laura is but you would certainly remember her afterwards. She is fast making an impression on us with her...
Live: Nerina Pallot @ Union Chapel
During the summer months this year, Nerina Pallot’s first two albums held a significant space in the musical landscape of my car, having discovered that they are perfect ‘windows down, driving along the motorway, singing your heart out’ music. During these moments of...
LIve Review: OFF! @ Oslo.
The annual Rockshot party at Oslo got off to a bad start, illness, flooded flats and literally a lack of spark. Those of us that did make it were in for a real experience. OFF! are one of those bands who have to be tried out at least once in a lifetime, just so you...
Live Review: Joan Baez @ Royal Festival Hall.
Joan Baez saunters alone onto the stage of the Royal Festival Hall, sits at the microphone and strikes up with Handsome Molly, a song with the opening line ‘Well, I wish I was in London..’. If that’s not savvy song selection, I don’t know what is. This legend of folk...
Live Review: The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger @ Dingwalls
The Ghost of A Saber Tooth Tiger is waiting to hit the stage, as the appointed showtime of 9pm begins to slip by. Someone, somewhere, is struggling to set up the projected graphics that will swirl behind the band throughout the night. Whilst a technician begins to...
Live Review: Rewind North. The 80’s Festival.
Upon arriving at the Rewind Festival North, newly launched this year, you are instantly hit by the beauty and perfection of the site writes Caz Jenkins. Capesthorne Hall, known for utilising its' Hall and Gardens for various events and activities, seems to be the...
Review: Nick Cave: Chasing The Myth @ Proud Galleries.
Proud Camden launched its latest exhibition entitled Nick Cave: Chasing The Myth on 2 September. With Cave's hotly anticipated documentary 20,000 Days On Earth due to hit UK cinemas in a couple of weeks, the gallery's look back at portraits spanning his career is a...
Live Review: Liam Finn Mumuration @ The Lexington.
Liam Finn is a force to be reckoned with. In the first of his 4 Murmuration residency shows at the Lexington, he brings his crew of old friends, new band mates The Dream Team including his brother Elroy on drums and longtime collaborator singer Eliza Jane Barnes to...
Live Review: Green Man 2014
The dramatic and picturesque Brecon Beacons makes Green Man one of the most striking music festival settings. The undulant landscape on all sides makes a mind-blowing backdrop for the rich offering of music and activities on offer for the 20,000 capacity crowd. It’s...
Live Review: Guilfest 2014.
It was great to see Guilfest back in 2014, the crowd and performers seemed to be so ready for it, I had never attended but had heard how much fun the Festival was so I was looking forward to be there. As soon as I arrived I felt welcomed and everything was running...
Live: Grace Jones @ Hop Farm Music Festival
It was Hop Farm’s first year without Vince’s Power behind the promoting, but a quirky family orientated approach supplied by Neil Butkeraitis' new organisation and plenty of festival charm and great headliners in Grace Jones, Brian Wilson and Ray Davies. Echo and the...
Live: Black Sabbath @ BST
“This is a rock and roll song,’ croaks Motorhead’s frontman Lemmy. ‘You like rock and roll, don’t you?” It’s one question that hardly needs asking, with today’s British Summer Time day festival themed entirely to appeal to a heavy rock audience. Still, always good to...
Live Review: F**ked Up @ Scala
Fucked Up played the Scala tonight to showcase Glass Boys, their fourth studio album and the follow-up to the critically acclaimed 2011 epic, David Comes To Life. Main support came from trendy Brooklyn punks Cerebral Ballzy, who played a short sharp set of thrashing...
Live Review: Rival Sons @ Scala
The Rival Sons is the kind of band that doesn’t need you to be an extreme fan or for you to have all their albums or know all the lyrics to succumb to their charming rock alchemy, blues, funky & soul. The Californian band has been on the road since 2009, bringing...
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