5/5 Since the release of their last album in 1998, Neutral Milk Hotel have been MIA. 16 years on and there are no signs of their cult following dwindling, teenagers squash against the barrier while […]
Live Review: The Courteeners
Being my fifth Courteeners gig, walking out covered head to toe in beer with crowds chanting the final melody from ‘What Took You So Long?’ was expected; however what I wasn’t so sure about was how well […]
Live Review: The Gaslight Anthem @ O2 Academy
A sold-out and devoted Academy confirmed The Gaslight Anthem’s rise to the big leagues following the success of their latest LP Handwritten, which reached #2 on the Albums chart last summer. Over their four studio albums […]
Music: Live Review: Calexico @ The Cockpit
Tucson-based Calexico expertly embody the sounds and feel of the US-Mexican border. With influences from traditional Latin American sounds, American country music and indie rock, they create an exciting soundscape best described as desert noir. In a live […]
Music: Live Review: Swim Deep @ Brudenell Social Club
Birmingham’s ‘Sunshine-Popsters’ Swim Deep took to the Brudenell stage amidst a recent NME-spearheaded flurry of hype and managed to just about justify the acclaim surrounding them. After a shaky start (in which poetic justice shined […]
Music: Live Review: Exclamation Pony @ Brudenell Social Club
Here we have the unveiling of Exclamation Pony, Ryan Jarman (The Cribs) and Jen Turner’s (Here We Go Magic) out-of-the-blue collaboration, and Ryan seemed genuinely enthused to be bashing his poor guitar in a word-of-mouth […]
Live Review: NME Awards Tour 2013 @ O2 Academy
Is NME’s famous four-band ‘mini-festival’ a platform for rising talent or an unfathomable four-hour excuse for fresh-faced fans to thrash about to jolly guitar riffs that no one’s never heard before? 2013’s offering was undoubtedly […]
Live Review: Delphic @ Cockpit on 10/02/13
Three long years have passed since Delphic were tipped by all and sundry to crack the big time back in early 2010. Sadly, in today’s fast-paced music industry with its lengthy promotional cycles, this is […]
Live Review: Dinosaur Jr. @ LUU Stylus
Enormous riffs and stagediving – what more could you want? Years ago, before I had heard any of their music, a friend described Dinosaur Jr. to me as “what you would get if you put Neil […]
Live Review: Tamaryn @ Brudenell Social Club
It would be practically libellous not to put this gig in the context of today being the day My Bloody Valentine release the follow-up toLoveless after 22 years of waiting. If it hadn’t been so out […]
Live Review:: Ben Howard @ O2 Academy
“Hello Leeds!” were two of about seven words softly squeaked by rootsy melodic folkster Ben Howard during his visit to the O2 Academy. After a slow and intense opener, in the form of ‘Burgh Island’, […]
Live Review:: The Magnetic North @ Brudenell Social Club
The Magnetic North performed an intimate show on Sunday at the Brudenell Social Club, which featured fantastic support from Grant K. Fennel, and treated the audience to the exclusive première of their film, which […]