Live: Tedeschi Trucks Band / Jo Harman @ London BluesFest
Live: Tedeschi Trucks Band / Jo Harman @ London BluesFest I’ve never much cared for Robert Elms if I’m honest. Finding him prone to hyperbole, when he appeared under the tent at the O2 Indigo and introduced the Tedeschi Trucks Band as “The best blues band in the...
Live: Buck & Evans @ Half Moon Putney
Buck & Evans Live at Half Moon Putney In the summer, I was lucky enough to take photographs at the Ramblin’ Man Fair festival in Maidstone, Kent. Optimistically scheduled against Blue Öyster Cult in an unassuming mid-afternoon slot on Saturday, the Outlaw Country...
Live: Cadillac Three @ Islington Academy
The Cadillac Three – O2 Islington Academy Singing along at a gig is a strange phenomenon isn’t it? We all pay hard earned cash to go and see a band we like, and rather than listen politely and earnestly to them sing, we stand there and have a go at the songs...
Live: Bear’s Den @ Roundhouse
Live Review Bear’s Den @ Roundhouse English alternative folk band Bear’s Den played their biggest headline show to date to a sold-out crowd at London’s 3,300 capacity Roundhouse on the closing their run of shows in support of debut studio album Islands, which was...
Live: Third Eye Blind @ The Forum
Third Eye Blind Live at The Forum. American alt. rockers Third Eye Blind returned to British shores for the first time in five years for two dates, including a headline slot at the newly rebranded O2 Forum Kentish Town, as part of a short European tour supporting...
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,...
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