Example LIVE @ Nottingham Rock City, 07.11.14 in pictures
Photos by Philip Vernon.
Reviews
ALBUM REVIEW: Foo Fighters ‘Sonic Highways’
Rating: It has been three whole years since the last Foo Fighters album, and as any music fan is made to be very well aware, the ‘nicest man in rock’ is not one to hang around. In that space of…
Future Islands LIVE @ O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, 06.11.14
Rating: Having found fame/gone viral via frontman Samuel T. Herring’s dance moves during an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live in May (refreshed on this side of the pond with Jools Holland in September), Future Islands sold out the 2000 tickets…
THIS FEELING TRACK OF THE DAY 10.11.14: BILLY LOCKETT ‘OLD MAN’
Northampton singer/songwriter Billy Lockett has been announced as the main support for Nina Nesbitt on her December UK acoustic tour. The Scottish songstress will take Billy Lockett out on six dates, commencing in London on December 2nd at Union Chapel…
The Kooks LIVE @ Leicester O2 Academy 06.11.14
There was an electrifying buzz at the Leicester O2 Academy on Thursday, with queues snaking around its walls as The Kooks kicked off their 2014 UK tour. Opening for them, was the highly memorable Walking On Cars. This band are…
Yungen LIVE @ O2 Academy, Islington 6.11.14
2014 has been a huge year for South London rapper Yungen. Having appeared in the BET UK Cypher, had a mention on Wiley’s final solo album and been interviewed by our good selves, 2014 also saw the Play Dirty member…
THIS FEELING TRACK OF THE DAY 09.11.14: THE RUPEES ‘CATCH 22’
Catch 22’ is a sonic bending statement about the delicate choices we all face in life. There is no right or wrong, no yesterday or tomorrow, but only the here and now. With atmospheric organ tones, wonderfully unsubtle riffs and…
ALBUM REVIEW: Wampire ‘Bazaar’
Rating: Portland-based synth-pop outfit Wampire have had an exciting twelve months. Following the release of their debut album ‘Curiosity’ last year, the band have been elevated to new heights, scoring themselves enviable support slots alongside their sonic-contemporaries Unknown Mortal Orchestra,…
ALBUM REVIEW: Parkay Quarts ‘Content Nausea’
Rating: As hype grew and Parquet Courts became the discerning name to drop, their breakthrough album Light Up Gold (2012) was dismissed in some quarters as cynical Brooklyn hipsters, regurgitating tired garage rock riffs for the VICE generation. It always…
ALBUM REVIEW The Wedding Present reissues
Rating: A grown-up, post-bedroom dwelling Smiths, mainstay David Gedge is a narrator of the quixotic and quotidian, emblematic of ‘indie’ before the term became rootless and nothing but shorthand for a ‘look’ and usage of specific instrumentation (2/3 guitars, drums…