Tag: koko

LIVE: Hinds – Koko, Camden 18.02.16

Hinds‘ guitarist & vocalist Carlotta Cosials stepped in to KOKO’s spotlight on Thursday night, and with a simple “Hola…” she captured the attention of a crowd who were ready to go “Freakin’ mad”. For Carlotta, Ana, Ade & Amber, playing…

LIVE: The Selecter @ KOKO, 27.03.15

Koko. Friday night. I’m here to see one of my all time favourite bands. But, before the iconic Pauline Black and co. take to the vast stage at the almost as iconic Camden venue, The Tuts treat us to a…

LIVE: Saint Raymond – KOKO, London 10.02.15

From Madonna’s first ever UK show in October 1983 to Prince’s surprise show on February 2nd 2015, the stars have lined-up to play a venue as prestigious as KOKO, and this was the turn of Nottingham’s Saint Raymond. The 19-year-old singer-songwriter…

Milky Chance LIVE @ KOKO 26.8.14

German folktronica duo Milky Chance, who consist of Clemens Rehbein on vocals & guitar and Philipp Dausch as DJ, only finished their secondary education in 2012 but since then have gone on to achieve major success across Europe, most notably…

Swim deep LIVE @ KOKO, Camden 17.2.14

Swim Deep are one of the most recent indie groups to hail from Birmingham’s B- town scene, the foothold of bands such as Peace and Jaws. Their debut album, Where the Heaven Are We, released last year, may have failed…

Amber Run LIVE @ KOKO 17.11.13 (A Mothers Review!)

The postcard might be from Nottingham but this 5-piece band consists of Buckinghamshire gents. Their music is soft and alluring and makes me proud of my hometown talent but to really put these boys to the test I left my…

Baby Strange LIVE @ KOKO, 10.01.14

It’s not the name of a 1972’s song by T-Rex. This time Baby Stange is the name of a Glaswegian band formed by guitarist Johnny Madden, bassist Aidan McCann and drummer Connaire McCann. It’s half past midnight of a Friday…

Catfish & The Bottlemen LIVE @ KOKO 03.01.14

Walking onstage to a screaming crowd, Catfish and the Bottlemen leave no time before launching into their single, “Rango”: an obvious crowd pleaser. This song, one that was written about that age-old problem of escaping small town life for something…

Wilko Johnson LIVE at KOKO, Camden 13.10.13

‘If I ain’t dead by the end of the year, it’s gonna start getting embarrassing” Despite being given six months to live back in January, Wilko Johnson seemed very much alive on stage at Koko on Sunday, as he propelled…