Tag: live review

GUM TAKES TOOTH LIVE @ Café Oto, London 10.07.14

Rating: Gum Takes Tooth are a London based electronic duo who take all the preconceived notions of what electronic music can sound like and toss them out the window. The band’s sound is strong rooted in a DIY ethic and…

Reverend & The Makers LIVE @ Sheffield Academy

B-b-bassline. Just one of the things that Reverend & the Makers bring to their hometown city of Sheffield’s O2 Academy. Opening with ‘Detonator’, one of the catchiest tracks from their new album, the band establishes the raucous, lively atmosphere that…

Miles Kane LIVE @ Kasbah, Coventry 23.3.14

The 23rd of March and Mr Miles Kane takes a little trip to the small city of Coventry to take on the only club in the whole of town with the slightest bit of life. Miles filled the club with…

Kodaline LIVE @ Brixton Academy 21.03.14

I am standing in the cloakroom queue when suddenly the building is filled with the folky sound of Amber Run. Purely from the beats that were pulsating through Brixton Academy, I knew that they were putting on a show that…

The Game LIVE @ Shepherds Bush Empire

The Blood Money Tour; The Game’s first return to the UK since his sell-out tour in 2011. As one of the most critically acclaimed rappers of the current crop and, arguably, one of the all-time greats, this has been one…

Skaters LIVE @ Dingwalls, Camden 5.3.14

Dingwalls may be the hardest place to locate in all of Camden but finding out where Skaters hail from is no such ordeal; there are references to New York city everywhere. I guess that when you’re from one of the…

George Ezra LIVE @ The Cluny, Newcastle, 23.2.14

The Cluny is one of Newcastle’s most loved small venues, not to mention the possibility of it being simply the most troublesome venue to locate in the city.  Tucked away in the heart of Newcastle, this prestigious venue has had…

Jake Bugg LIVE @ Royal Albert Hall, 21.02.14

The Royal Albert Hall. Grand, historic, bordering on palatial – there are few other venues that can match it for scale. Playing here also lends a certain sense of durability, of being taken seriously as an artist; let’s face it,…

Drenge LIVE @ The Scala, Kings Cross 20.2.14

Drenge deliver a master class in how to keep a gig rolling Silence: not an adjective you’d dare attach to Drenge, yet that was the case in one way tonight. Eoin Loveless just does not interact with the crowd. Now,…