Rating: This sold out gig would appear to be the antithesis of everything this duo stand for. Hipsters with sleeve tattoos, wispy beards destined to be on the cutting room floor by Christmas, imbibers of nothing but craft ale. However,…
Rating: Once only known as the secretive duo of ‘J’ and ‘T’, it took a while for Jungle’s true identity to be revealed. Being unknown at the beginning is becoming the in-thing to do; it’s worked for Superfood and now…
Rating: The Ronettes. The Shangri-Las. Heart. The Bangles. The Breeders. Haim. From the sixties to the present day, the sister act remains a staple motif in pop music. Brooklyn quartet TEEN (capped up to boost search engine optimisation, techies) boasts…
Rating: When a ticket tout offered the lead singer of Scottish electro three piece Chvrches, Lauren Mayberry, a ticket to go and see ‘The Churches’ play at London’s iconic Somerset House as she made her way to perform alongside bandmates…
Presented by Xfm’s Jo Good, the final of the DieselOnTour mix competition took place at Oslo, Hackney and having beaten off competition from the likes of Benga, Waze and Odyssey and Duke Dumont, Klaxons (represented by Jamie Reynolds) and Clean Bandit (represented by Neil Amin-Smith) took to the decks…
This is a completely fubar mix of ambient fuzz, Hefti guitar, weapons grade snark, and everything else inbetween. The first collaboration between electronic underworld figures FTSE and Jakwob weighs in at a giddy 2:35, and punches you in the face…
Rating: There’s a brilliant and droll line in the film Trouble in Paradise where Kay Francis says to Edward Everett Horton, “Marriage is a beautiful mistake which two people make together.” Given that La Roux’s founding members Elly Jackson and…
Rating: Jon Allen’s voice has been praised to the point of idolatry, for which journalists could be burnt at the stake in some countries. A journalist must be constantly aware that praise can do as much damage as good; Had…
Rating: Following the blistering set by the Gramotones, I was more than pumped by the time Paul Weller and his band of talented of musicians took to the stage. With the band containing Steve Cradock on guitar and including a…
Rating: Since catching the Gramotones supporting Steve Cradock on his Travel Wild – Travel Free tour last year I have been hooked. Back then I got myself a copy of their debut EP A Soldier’s Kiss which I just could…