You could breath adrenaline and positive tension in the air long before the show started as fans would sing ‘Are You In Love With A Notion?’, the latest single by the Manchester based band The Courteeners which is going to…
All the way from Boston, USA, Air Traffic Controller described their week in the UK as “exciting and refreshing” as it was the first time the band have performed in London. I was greatly anticipating their gig at The Dublin…
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…