Rating: My day began with a tired yawn after Pixies the night before at Castlefield Bowl (which was incredible) and a super speedy get ready to catch the train into Liverpool from Manchester Piccadilly. I saw some amazing bands at…
Rating: It doesn’t get much better than seeing one of your favourite bands in a small venue. As a warm up for their T in The Park and Benicassim festival appearances, on Friday night (July 11th) The Charlatans made that…
What do Lewis Carroll, Kate Adie, Bob Paisley, Bryan Ferry and Lauren Laverne all have in common? The answer is… Sunderland! As well as being home to an eclectic range of talent over the years, the city also hosts one…
Rating: Radkey have been making a lot of noise recently, and my word what a noise they make. The critically lauded punk rock outfit from St Louis, Missouri have an intense live show comprising a maturity far beyond their tender…
As you venture outside, there’s no doubt that you will now be surrounded by topless men with the unsightly combination of beer-belly’s and dodgy sun-tans, along with tango-d women in the shortest shorts you’ve ever seen and flip-flops. This can…
In support of their second album World Of Joy, Minneapolis’ surf-punk Howler popped into Birmingham on March 28 to play a set crammed full of boisterous antics and amps turned up loud enough to make sure no-one could leave without…
Shepherd’s Bush Empire always takes me a bit by surprise. Not just because it’s so pretty – although it is – but because I always forget just how intimate gigs here can feel. If you turn around on the ground…
Hoxton Square Bar and Kitchen is the epitome of East London: dark and dingy but undeniably cool. The EP plugging was shameless, but no doubt effective, being greeted with a table full of EPs before I’d barely stepped through the door….
Ever been to a party at your local community centre? To see your mates band at the pub? You walk in and everyone is awkwardly standing at the edges of the room, drinks in hand. You can almost taste the…
“Thank you for coming to our first gig as a top ten band,” Metronomy’s founder and frontman Joseph Mount tells a surprisingly lively Monday night crowd, continuing with how saying that felt (with a bang on the drum for each…