What ever happened to my rock’n’roll? I enjoyed myself tonight. That’s the entire point isn’t? Of Life? To enjoy those moments that take you away from the painful realities of existence. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club did that for me tonight….
Whilst having released their first album back in 2009, Ducktails, the psychedelic indie pop quartet from New Jersey are still relatively unknown within the UK music scene. As surprising as this is, the reward for being in the know is…
Jake Bugg had his first proper gig in Japan last week. Following Summer Sonic, one of the biggest music festival Jake played as a band in Tokyo, Osaka with his “summer sonic extra show”. A Japanese audience could see proper…
Directly behind the bartenders, where many bars might have shelves or mirrors, the front bar at the Knitting Factory has remarkably sound proof panels of glass that overlook a packed venue. The bar is playing recorded music during the opening…
Is there a mathematical equation that can work out the percentage of how much fun a gig was based on how many times you fell on the beer soaked floor or were elbowed in the rib by a reveler? In…
My weekend kicked off in style on Thursday at the Barfly in Camden, with the Man Like Me gig. I got to the venue and instantly fell in love with Barfly when I discovered that I could drink a well proportioned…
On Saturday night I stood in a gloriously neon bar in the arches of Edinburgh’s Waverley station and danced my little cowboy boots off to what I’m now calling ‘party punk’ – it was glorious! Whoever thought to put Edinburgh’s…
The boys from Lambeth came rollicking into town after having been warmly received at Australia’s flagship festival, Splendour in the Grass. With them they brought the lion’s share of UK media-hype, generated of course by certain reliably excitable quarters. For…
For those of you who have been under a stone for the last week, Alunageorge have released their debut album and it’s kind of a big deal, K? ‘Body Music’ has single-handedly seized the zeitgeist whilst emphatically creating a new…
The 1975 sent a young and eccentric crowd into a dancing frenzy with their high-tempo Indie Pop last night, as the foursome from Manchester played their re-scheduled album release show. The band were supposed to grace the stage at Banquet…