It’s hard to believe that, until a couple of years ago, the Islington Assembly Hall was being used as a storage facility, yet for 30-odd years, this gorgeous 1930s theatre essentially served as an oversized filing cabinet for the town…
TSU are hardly prolific in their recording of new material. Despite releasing their first single in 2005, the Yorkshire based outfit still only have two albums to their name. With a third attempt planned for release in early 2014, a…
Whilst we have become familiar with Sivu’s pretty alt-pop and youthful charm, new track ‘I Hold’ – which features the soaring vocals of Marika Hackman – has darker undertones than previous material and an added introspective depth. ‘I Hold’ combines…
Formed in 1998 in Austin, Texas, Okkervil River has largely remained a cult act. Their sound takes indie rock and injects a healthy dose of folk rock, with lyrics that tell stories with heavy use of tragedy and irony. On…
It’s been a busy year for Bath’s indie blues rockers The Family Rain, having supported a list of big name acts including: Biffy Clyro, Jake Bugg, Miles Kane, and The Rolling Stone. Now after months of playing support, the three…
Little Boots appears from on the stage in her high heels. She’s wearing black sparkly tights and a black top with a long voile that looks like a fairy cloak. She is as charismatic as Morgan le Fay and as…
Dressed in a bright Hawaiian print shirt, Adio Marchant, the man at helm of the electronic/ indie pop project Bipolar Sunshine, calmly walks out on stage. A roar of excitement echoes throughout the crowded, dingy looking room as fists clutching…
Five years have passed between ‘Era Vulgaris’ (2007) and ‘…Like Clockwork(2013), a great amount of water has flown under the Queens Of The Stone Age bridge. It might be the time, the fatherhood, the surgery during which QOTSA’s leader Josh…
It’s not my intention to celebrate the importance of drugs during a nine hour long rave marathon, however a Skrillex show requires a lot of energy, stamina and resistance. Because the man himself is a non stopping machine that keeps…
Strolling on stage finishing off a cigarette, Josh Homme’s presence releases a sense of escape as I was surrounded by a community of middle aged insurrectionists who seem to be leaving all the stress of the office at home. Seeing…