Rock legend Dave Grohl celebrated his 51st birthday today and to add to the celebrations his band, Foo Fighters, began their 25th year celebrations by releasing a tantalising instrumental short on their social media accounts, along with the following statement, "Holy...
Perfection from the British-Ugandan soul man. It would take a lot to topple Home Again and Love & Hate, but his third release has done - and some. Beneath melancholic soul, jazz, gospel choirs, dizzying guitars and samples including from civil rights campaigner...
Album anniversary tours are now as common as Liam Gallagher’s name at the top of festival bills. In just the past few weeks, everyone from Alanis Morrisette and Goldfrapp to David Gray and Jill Scott have announced treks honouring their landmark albums. Even a band as...
When The Lumineers hit the big time with 2012’s inescapable Ho Hey, they were lumped in with the other bands riding the folk revival wave of the time. Their contemporaries (say Mumford & Sons and Of Monsters And Men) have since embraced Coldplay-rock,...
The last time Luna Bay headlined a London venue it was back in March, at Mumford & Sons’ keys man Ben Lovett’s Omeara venue. And speaking as one of the 300 or so in attendance, I can still remember the sweatbox the London Bridge venue became as the energetic crowd...
Of Monsters And Men are about so much more than songs with irresistible “la-la-la” choruses, impossibly sunny melodies, kooky lyrics about pet dragonflies and talking trees, and sudden jubilant outbursts of “hey!”. Of Monsters And Men are about spreading joy. For 90...
Yannis Philippakis isn’t averse to getting into the crowd. You might say he loves it: the Foals singer has even been known to leap off the stage at such usually restrained affairs as a Rough Trade in-store performance. But as the band’s following grows and they...
Alice Cooper isn’t short on charisma – or experience. He could probably transfix an arena audience with acapella renditions of songs from long-forgotten album Zipper Catches Skin. All he’d need is an empty stage, some black greasepaint for his eyes, and perhaps a...
When I tell people that my wife and I are going to Glastonbury Festival this year, there is a generally positive response. Questions such as “are you camping?” and “who is on this year?” are forthcoming. There is also the question: “who’ll be looking after the little...
There is nothing better than a summer full of music. The rock giants from America know this the best. Once again they have spoiled British fans with a mini UK Tour. With Reading, Leeds, Glasgow, Belfast, and Dublin the choice if wide and if you are a die-hard fan, you...