Reviews

The Kooks LIVE @ The Loft, London 29.08.14

Rating: The Kooks’ frontman Luke Pritchard is presenting their fourth album as “Chapter 2” of the band’s story, and there’s certainly something different about the former indie-pop janglers as they release Listen (out this week), which was preceded by an intimate but…

THIS FEELING TRACK OF THE DAY: Gangs ‘Daisy’

Tipped by those in the know as the next band to go big from Ireland, Gangs are hard hitting rock n rollers whose tunes and attitude appeal to the everyman, the working class, the man on the street. For fans of: The…

BINGLEY MUSIC LIVE, 31/08/14, DAY 3 (SUNDAY)

It’s Sunday morning – the weather is as far from the mini hurricane of Friday and irritating showers of Saturday. Sun, at last. But it seemed that the fun of Saturday night has taken its toll on some people, and…

BINGLEY MUSIC LIVE, 30/08/14, DAY 2 (SATURDAY)

With no sign of Jason not so Derulo, lost wellies or £3 plastic ponchos from ASDA, stuck in trees; Friday was fantastic. Not to mention it had staged equally fantastic music, a busy Saturday had a lot to contend with….

BINGLEY MUSIC LIVE 29/08/14, DAY 1 (FRIDAY)

“I say Jason, you say Derulo… Jason?” “Derulo!” and that sums up my shuttle bus from V Festival, home to rural Leicestershire. But how does this have anything to do with Bingley Music Live, you may be wondering? After Jason…

ALBUM REVIEW: The Vines ‘Wicked Nature’

Rating: To announce your return from a three year lapse into obscurity with a double album seems quite a galling and somewhat overblown affair, yet that is precisely what Aussie band The Vines have done with their sixth album, Wicked…

The Orwells LIVE @ The Black Heart, Camden 28.08.14

Rating: This group of Chicago young punks must carry one mighty insurance premium. Whether it’s covering any damages to guitarist Matt O’Keefe’s axe as he bravely releases it into the delirious masses, or to maverick singer Mario Cuomo as he hurls…

Moseley Folk Festival 2014 – Friday Highlights

Set in the suburbs of Birmingham, Moseley Folk Festival reels in the top names of folk and increasingly more genres. The first day of the festival offered big names including The Smiths’ Johnny Marr, Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore and Jimi…