Live Review: Morrissey- Cardiff
Morrissey Cardiff Motorpoint Arena, 18th March 2015 Words: James Gallagher With a rush and a pull, droves of people descended upon Cardiff but on closer inspection, it would seem that a fair proportion knew little about and had less affection for the man they came to see. A well known car insurance company based in … Continue reading
Live Review: Sleaford Mods – Liverpool
Sleaford Mods 3rd March, The Kazimier, Liverpool Words: Gary Lambert Sleaford Mods had never appealed to me in the slightest beforehand. I’ll be honest the name put me off so I never invested any time in finding out about their music. I hate the recycling of “mod” culture into a sixties pastiche. It is representative … Continue reading
Live Review: Blossoms – Liverpool
Blossoms February 22nd, The Kazimier, Liverpool Words: Gary Lambert A soaking Sunday night is not the most exciting time to go to a gig, but nevertheless Blossoms were in town and aiming to entertain, so there was really only one place to be. The Kazimier is a great little venue. Wooden and compact and slightly … Continue reading
Live Review: Bear’s Den – Manchester
Bear’s Den 13th February 2015, Gorilla, Manchester Some might say that Friday the 13th is not a good day. This time, however, I would most certainly like to beg to differ. Though it could have all been so different, luck was certainly on my side. At 7.20pm I found out that Bear’s Den were on … Continue reading
Live Review: Prides – London
Prides London, Heaven 12th February 2015 Words: Stuart Evans So, underneath the arches of Charing Cross station is the place where Glaswegian three piece electro indie dance smashers Prides played their biggest headline show to date. And it was a triumphant, magical set of dance-floor delerium. Supported by the quite wonderful Remi Miles – a … Continue reading
Live Review: Black Rivers – Bristol
Black Rivers The Fleece, Bristol 11th February 2015 Words: Jimmy Gallagher The Seven Stars, situated right next door to Bristol’s The Fleece provides the coziest of environments to sip a few local beers on a cold February evening whilst waiting for a slightly late running gig, just as this one was. When the doors did … Continue reading
Live Review: Baby Strange – Glasgow
Baby Strange CCA Glasgow, 3rd February 2015 Words: Gary Feeney The Ramones, The Clash, The Sex Pistols, The Libertines, The Strokes…Baby Strange. This is not an odd-one-out question about who doesn’t have a “The” in their name, although there are more than a few differences between the latter and the rest than the format of … Continue reading
Live: Hudson Taylor – Manchester
Hudson Taylor Academy 2, Manchester, 7th February 2015 It’s actually the first time I’ve ever been to this venue and I was surprised to see that it filled up pretty quickly, not just a few people milling around but a full on excited audience piled straight on in. I watched the first act up, Jack … Continue reading
Live Review: Cast – Glasgow
Cast Glasgow, December 11th 2014 Words: Gary Feeney Still touring almost twenty years on from their debut album, it’d be fair to say Cast are one of Britpop’s greatest survivors. Releasing All Change in 1995, Cast proceeded to enjoy great commercial success over the next few years with subsequent albums Mother Nature Calls and Magic … Continue reading
Live Review: Xmas Jumper Jam – London
Xmas Jumper Jam Editors, The Charlatans, The Subways, Andy Burrows, Bear’s Den & Rhodes Union Chapel, London, December 4th 2014 Sometimes there are just shows that blow your mind and sometimes there are shows that b l o w your mind. This gig, in aid of Save The Children, would be one of the latter. … Continue reading
Live Review: Fatherson – London
Fatherson The Borderline, London, December 2nd It’s cold, it’s wet and it’s Tuesday night so where else would be best to be than in the sweaty underground venue in Soho where Scotland’s Fatherson have travelled down to play. Nowhere, that’s where. First up we were treated to some pretty damn fine punk vocals and stylings … Continue reading
Live Review: Jack White – London
Jack White 02 Arena, London, November 19th 2014 Words: Nick Jaques The anticipation for the Jack White concert at the O2 was impressive – I could overhear conversations about the special vinyl version of his 2nd solo effort Lazaretto being praised from the heavens and it was encouraging to hear – it spread a good … Continue reading
Live Review: Carl Barat & The Jackals – Manchester
Carl Barât and The Jackals Sound Control, Manchester, 19th November 2014 Words: Sean Regan Having witnessed The Libertines return to gigging earlier in the year with shows at Hyde Park and Alexander Palace, the chance to hear some of these songs along with The Jackals’ material, in a more intimate venue, was too tempting an … Continue reading
Live Review: The Mispers – London
The Mispers Flyover Portabello, London, November 20th Words: Haven Laine In their 3rd and final London show of the “November Search Party”, The Mispers are jovial with the audience before the show, encouraging everyone to check out the opening band Gutshot for Broadway; A four-piece with a massive sound. With flavours of Muse’s showbiz they … Continue reading
Live Review: Tom Butler and Model Aeroplanes – London
Tom Butler and Model Aeroplanes Tooting Tram & Social, November 19th Words: Stuart Evans Discovering exciting, new, wonderful musical talent is something I’m always on the look out for. And when it lands without warning, like tonight, having no idea who will be performing first, it’s bloody awesome. Even if it meant travelling ‘saff of … Continue reading
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