Author Archives: Robert Gershinson

LIVE: Clean Bandit – Roundhouse, London 24.10.16

Five days after founding member Neil Amin-Smith announced his departure from the band, Clean Bandit are playing one of the biggest gigs of their career to a sold out crowd at The Roundhouse. Their formula isn’t instantly obvious, with a sound that blends…

LIVE: Empire Of The Sun – Roundhouse, London 13.10.16

Despite touring to promote their upcoming third album, Two Vines, just two tracks from it appear on the set list tonight. While most acts relish the first chance to test new material on an already adoring crowd, Empire Of The Sun clearly understand…

LIVE: Madness – House Of Common, London 29.08.16

Madness. They call it Madness. And for the thousands of fez-wearers who chose Clapham Common over Notting Hill for their Bank Holiday Monday, the decision was far from it. 2016 marks 40 years since the band formed (Suggs would join the year…

LIVE: DNCE – O2 Academy Islington, London 19.08.16

To many, a Jonas brother will mean nothing, but to the majority of the sold-out crowd at Islington Academy tonight (the smallest of all the London O2 venues, with no screens other than the hundreds of phones held aloft, recording…

FILM: Gary Numan: Android In La La Land

Rating: Inevitably I will use the word ‘human’ in this review, not only because it rhymes with ‘Numan’, but for the accuracy in which it perfectly describes the man born Gary Webb. Since he established himself as The Dark Lord Of…