It’s 6pm; I’ve finished work for the day and I’m bloody excited. I’m seeing one of my favourite bands in one of my favourite venues. I arrive in Manchester slightly intoxicated following a series of lukewarm Budweisers, it’s nice out so…
Monopolising on Glasto’s sabbatical, Primavera really outdid itself last week. With arguably the best line-up on this year’s festival circuit, a view of the sea and consistent sun to boot, revellers truly were spoilt. Here are our highlights: THURSDAY 31ST MAY Kicking…
In the midst of his Be More Kind World Tour, and having just announced another run of UK dates for early next year, we caught Frank Turner at O2 Academy Liverpool. Frank Turner certainly gets a lot of bad press…
The arrival of Cabbage‘s debut album Nihilistic Glamour Shots is one that has been long-awaited. Dreamt about, written about, we have eagerly anticipated the launch of their (hopefully) long-chain of albums as an active band. Knowingly controversial, Cabbage is indie music’s…
On the back drop of a dark red stage surrounded by what looked like old lights from a 50’s film set The Vaccines run out onto the stage of Manchester Academy 1. The room is filled with young teenagers ready…
New wave, punk band, The Stranglers headed over to Brxiton’s O2 Academy Saturday 24th March to play a headline show, with support from Northern-Irish rock band, Therapy. The audience at the beginning of the evening started off slightly diverse with…
The 90s are synonymous with the broken down, derivative and quintessentially indie. But survivors have some how managed to transcend the ordinary and fixate themselves as legendary. Call it a commiseration for enduring the 1990s. Amongst them are the Welsh-born-and-bred…
On Tuesday 13th March I headed over to London’s infamous gay venue, Heaven, to review electronic, pop, multi-instrumentalist, SOPHIE. Recently, on February 16th, SOPHIE dropped her first cut of the year, ‘Faceshopping,’ through Transgressive Records. Since the release of this…
Opening his set with the title track from his recent album Criminal, The Soft Moon – aka Luis Vasquez – gave a seamless, captivating performance at Tufnell Park Dome on Friday night. Entering the stage in a haze of smoke…
After returning from this gig, I had to have a moment to assess what I had just been too. The music was great and all the acts who performed on the night played to a really high and admirable level,…