Tag: childhood

Track: Insecure Men – ‘Teenage Toy’

London is lurking with new artists, enlightening the industry with a fresh, offbeat sonic twist. The mass of indie bands, saluting the age-old lectures of teenage angst are still present and setting the pace, but flashes of something new are…

LIVE: Kid Wave @ The Windmill, Brixton, 05.03.15

Equipped with The Windmill’s own delicious brew, ‘Roofdog’ (whose namesake greeted me on arrival), I position myself at my local independent venue for a night of some of the best new music around. As King TV bound onto the stage,…

Peace, Jaws & Childhood LIVE @ 100 Club, London 11.09.14

Rating: People queuing up outside the 100 Club tonight should consider themselves lucky. Not only were the tickets they won to the gig tonight free but they’re to see three of Britain’s most exciting acts at the moment. Baggy t-shirted Jaws,…

LIVE: Festival No. 6, Portmeirion, Wales 05-07.9.14

Festivals belong in fields, or so I once thought. “Just 20,000 people standing in a field” sang Jarvis sardonically – written, mind, before Pulp’s seminal Glastonbury performance in 1995. All you need to accurately recreate the typical festival experience is…

INTERVIEW: CHILDHOOD

Following the release of their stunning debut album Lacuna, Childhood played an intimate gig in famed East-London record shop Rough Trade. After a mind-blowing set and surrounded by a crowd still buzzing from riff-heavy ‘Solemn Skies’, which brought the set…

ALBUM REVIEW: Childhood ‘Lacuna’

Rating: Having been featured on “Ones To Watch” lists for over two years now, it’s safe to say that Childhood‘s debut album has been a lengthily anticipated one. The band have landed support slots with Temples and Johnny Marr, as…

LISTEN: Childhood share new track ‘As I Am’

Childhood have aired their new track ‘As I Am’ ahead of the release of their debut album this summer. The album, titled ‘Lacuna’ is out August 10 but as a little preview you can listen to ‘As I Am‘ below: