Reviews

Pete MacLeod LIVE @ Roxy 171, Glasgow 28.06.14

Rating: Admittedly, I am a big fan of Pete MacLeod and always enjoy hearing him live, and once again I was more than impressed. This intimate gig was billed as the last in Glasgow before Pete heads off to Germany…

Paul Weller LIVE @ Cannock Chase Forest 28.06.14

Over the years I’m sure every word has been used to describe Paul Weller, one of the greatest musicians to have ever graced this planet and quite possibly this earth. His constant ability to produce music to an extremely high…

M.I.A. LIVE @ Glastonbury 27.6.14

Rating: Glastonbury has come and gone for another year. As ever it’s proved untouchable as the greatest music festival in the world. So many special people, so many brilliant performers – all in one massive field, covered in mud and smiling….

EP REVIEW: Jacko Hooper ‘For You’

If you’re a fan of winsome and introspective men with acoustic guitars, who write songs about the indeterminable nature of love and how fragile their emotions are, then Brighton singer-songwriter Jacko Hooper’s new EP – For You – may indeed…

ALBUM REVIEW: George Ezra ‘Wanted On Voyage’

Rating: With the face of a boy and the deep baritone of a well-built man, George Ezra has erupted on to the scene with his triumphant debut Wanted On Voyage. Bursting at the seams with beautifully written blues-folk influences, Ezra…

Gary Numan LIVE @ Norwich Waterfront 25.06.14

Rating: I felt rather out of place, smothered by the multitude of 50-year-old beer bellies, hailing the arrival of Gary Numan. After being temporarily blinded by the hallucinogenic strobe lighting and choked by the smoke, he finally emerged. At that…

Interpol LIVE @ Electric Ballroom, London 25.6.14

Rating: Say hello again to these black angels of sombre melancholy, defying rhythmic tempos and mathematical sonic precision. Just less than three months ago, Interpol triumphantly left the iconic art-deco walls of Brixton Academy splattered with their sound. Last Wednesday,…

Radkey LIVE @ Liverpool Kazimier 24.06.14

Rating: Radkey have been making a lot of noise recently, and my word what a noise they make. The critically lauded punk rock outfit from St Louis, Missouri have an intense live show comprising a maturity far beyond their tender…