Live: We Were Promised Jetpacks @ The Garage
Following a pre-release tour of the UK and Ireland in late 2014 which teased tracks from their forthcoming third studio record Unravelling, Glasgow-based indie-rockers We Were Promised Jetpacks have hit the road once more in 2015 with a string UK and European dates...
Live: The Unthanks @ Roundhouse.
In a pop-rock world where the introduction of folk elements is seen as somewhat gimmicky and often contradicts the real origins of bands, there lies the true folk music subculture that continues to progress forward. And none is a better reflection of the genre’s...
Live: Kid Creole & The Coconuts @ Clapham Grand
First there was a party and then there was a party! Kid Creole & the Coconuts stopped by at the historic newly refurbished Clapham Grand in South London to bring some, samba, rumba, salsa and glamour to this intimate venue. August Darnell (Kid Creole) bought his...
Live: Grant Nicholas @ Bush Hall.
For any band to continue full steam ahead for twenty years producing album after album every couple of years is rare. But Welsh rockers Feeder made it through eight studio albums before taking a break. However, the band’s front man and sole songwriter Grant Nicholas...
Live: Fields Of The Nephilim @ The Empire.
Fields Of Nephilim celebrated 30 years of goth darkness with two sold-out shows at London's Shepherds Bush Empire at the end of December 2014. Not at all what I expected. In fact they delivered one of the shows of that year. Carl McCoy has developed a Hollywood...
Live: OK GO @ KOKO
Los Angeles based OK Go are at least as well known for their innovative and technically grand music videos as they are for their eccentric brand of alternative pop/rock. The videos, always visually spectacular and often hewn from a single shot, are a viral phenomenon:...
Live: Mariachi El Bronx @ Brooklyn Bowl
It’s St Valentine’s Day and London is awash with people looking for appropriate ways to either publicly display their passion or, alternatively, to reject the commercial love circus in a defiant act of single status celebration. I may just have found the perfect band...
Live: The Waterboys @ Roundhouse
I’m not sure I can remember the last time I saw a band open with not one, not two, but three consecutive songs taken from an album released just a couple of weeks before. What might be deemed a fatally optimistic move for some bands, manages to work for Mike Scott and...
LIve: Afghan Whigs @ Koko.
After a recording break of some 16 years, the Ohioan men of Afghan Whigs returned with their 7th studio album Do to the Beast in 2014, quickly followed by the 21st anniversary remastered reissue of their major-label debut, Gentlemen. Being one of few non-Pacific...
Live: White Fence @ 100 Club
Tonight's White Fence show at the 100 Club reminds us how 60's music will always be re-interpreted in new and interesting ways. Support bands Family and Ultimate Painting bring a Velvet Underground and The Byrds tinged vibe to the proceedings. Ultimate Painting...
Live: Katzenjammer @ The Lexington.
With eclectic, folk-driven, collective groups making their mark on the British music scene for some time, it’s a wonder why Norwegian folk-rockers Katzenjammer weren't leading the wave rather than seemingly following it as they release their third studio album...
Live Review: Waxahatchee @ St Pancras Old Church.
St Pancras Old Church is a beautiful place to experience live music – described as “London’s most spectacular intimate live music venue”, it really does justify that assessment. It’s toasty within; convection heaters blast warm air up the walls and make for the...
Nils Lofgren @ Tunbridge Wells Assembly.
It seems the good people of Tunbridge Wells are well informed. Nils Lofgren played to a packed hall at the Assembly Theatre. I had seen a version of this show a few years ago and it was good then. Tonight Nils blows the socks off that. The sound, electronics and most...
LIve: Chrissie Hynde @ Koko
Chrissie Hynde takes to the stage of London’s Koko to bring us a pre-Christmas blast of old hits and new songs, from her first solo album, Stockholm. Strikingly, she has retained the look, demeanor and attitude that has characterised her position at the helm of the...
Live: Ellie Goulding & Friends @ Streets Of London.
English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Ellie Goulding hosted a unique evening of acoustic music at West London’s Shepherd’s Bush Empire, sharing the stage with a host of acts from rockers Band Of Skulls to the delicate-voiced Birdy in aid of the homeless...
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