Reviews

LIVE: Chic Featuring Nile Rodgers – Leeds 02 Academy 23.03.15

The last time that the founding fathers of Chic performed together was at a 1996 Tokyo show. Shortly after this Nile Rodger’s partner in crime, Bernard Edwards, passed away. After surviving cancer, Nile Rodgers focused on himself. Despite on/off appearances over the past few…

ALBUM: Benjamin Clementine ‘At Least For Now’

Rating: A cloaked figure, nimble fingers and bare feet sits in front of his piano. Surrounded by the watchful eyes of Sir Paul McCartney and Alex Turner, his captivating performance transfixes the entire audience in silent reverie. It was this…

ALBUM: The Soft Moon ‘Deeper’

Rating: Having claimed that 2012’s Zeros was to be his last as a solo artist, it had to be a drastic change of life that made Luis Vasquez go back on his word. His cathartic move to Italy in 2013…

ALBUM: Cold War Kids ‘Hold My Home’

Rating: The name of the band is interesting but unfortunately this release, Hold My Home, is not. I do not know much about Cold War Kids but I was expecting something different, perhaps an experimental outing with politics thrown in for…

LIVE: The Stranglers – Manchester Academy 21.03.15

Legendary rockers The Stranglers are one of the most continually successful bands still around from the punk/new wave artists of the late ’70s/’80s. They tour pretty much every year to huge crowds; their legacy will always live on. Tonight in…

LIVE: MUSE – Newport Centre, Newport 19.03.15

If there’s one band that can announce a tour with a weeks notice and absolutely smash it, its space-rock gods Muse. The Devonshire trio took to the stage at the tiny Newport Centre last Thursday, and ripped through a phenomenal…

ALBUM: Only Real ‘Jerk At The End Of The Line’

Rating: Blending down-to-earth drawling vocals, wryly humorous lyrics, and sun-kissed melodies to create feel-freaking-great pop songs, Only Real (alias to Niall Galvin) has cultivated quite the following. Comparisons to Jamie T have accompanied his name somewhat inevitably it seems, but with this…