The Sea & I, LIVE @ St Pancras Old Church 15.7.13
We are in the height of summer and I feel like I’m in a sticky southern scene from a Tennessee Williams play. Clutching my razor clam (the gig stamp for the night), I purchase a can of beer from the…
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Peven Everett LIVE @ Oval Space 13.7.13
During a scorching summer’s eve amidst a London heat wave, the Need2Soul July event at Oval Space felt a bit limp and wilted, if only for the sole reason that it was much too hot to be inside a club….
UB40 ‘Getting Over The Storm’ – Album Review
I’m not a UB40 connoisseur by any means, but I think they’re underrated in terms of being a national institution. Or maybe they’re not, you tell me. However if you’ve never heard ‘The Earth Dies Screaming’ and the beautiful b…
Scott and Charlene’s Wedding ‘Any Port in a Storm’ – Album Review
“When you’ve got nothing left, you’ve still got rock n’ roll!” declares Craig Dermody on ‘Jackie Boy’. It’s these seemingly off-the-cuff, throwaway lines that raise the goosebumps and cements the music fans love of this, the most peerless of music…
Richard Hawley LIVE @ Somerset House. July 14, 2013
Slinging on the first of many guitars, Richard Hawley looked genuinely taken aback by the grandeur of London’s Somerset House and the huge crowd ahead of him. “I can’t believe there’s so many of you. When we started out we…
THE WHIGS ‘Enjoy The Company’ – Album Review
Unlike the political party, American Garage-rock band –The Whigs – do not seem all that revolutionary, but certainly appear to have a rather laissez faire, rock ‘n’ roll attitude, and seem to be enjoying a similar wave of success to…
T IN THE PARK – Sunday Review
Earth Wind & Fire open up the main stage today, not a massive crowd for a band of such legendary standing, but to be fair the vast majority were still in their tents nursing hangovers at this hour. Lead singer Maurice…
CHIC ft NILE RODGERS, SOUL II SOUL & OCEAN COLOUR SCENE LIVE @ Magic Summer Live
Having landed a few press passes courtesy of friends / top girls at LD Communications, 4 of us met at Waterloo at midday. Jordan, Wellard and Andy. All very metrosexual; sun cream and wet wipes purchased along with bottles of…
The Strypes LIVE @ The Sugarmill
The Sugarmill took feeling like you’re in a sauna to a new level on Wednesday night; there was actually steam coming out of the doors! While the venue was boiling, The Strypes were impeccably cool leading up to their sell out Midlands gig. Telling local bands on Twitter,…
The Charlatans LIVE @ Delemere Forest
Having never been to a gig at Delamere Forest, I wasn’t too sure what to expect. I’ve been to the forest before, it being quite close to my hometown of Sandbach, but after an incident with a parking ticket (touchy subject) I hadn’t been back. On a…