Live Review: Black Honey – Manchester
Black Honey Ruby Lounge, Manchester, March 2017 Words: Gary Lambert Photos: Trust A Fox Photography Manchester and Black Honey go together like Manchester and rain, or Black Honey and ace rock songs. When Popped Music met up with Black Honey in 2015, it was the day after a spectacular Mancunian gig which culminated in a … Continue reading
Live Review: Peace – Sheffield
Peace NME Topman Show, Sheffield, March 2017 Words: Eliza Laben The long-awaited comeback of Peace is finally here and everyone is bursting with joy. The indie-rock quartet went on a brief hiatus, having not released an album since 2015’s Happy People. There were then rumours last year that one was on the way, with a … Continue reading
Live Review: Kings Of Leon – Liverpool
Kings Of Leon Liverpool Echo Arena, February 2017 Words & Photos: Elena Katrina Any time Kings Of Leon decide to play a show or do a tour in the UK there’s a massive frenzy for tickets, without fail. There’s good reason for it too, they are just one of the best live bands and they … Continue reading
Live Review: Amber Run – Manchester
Amber Run Academy 2, Manchester, 23rd February 2017 Words & Photos: Elena Katrina I’ve been looking forward to this tour since the day it was announced and then once the support acts were added it was my most highly anticipated show so far for 2017. Three of our favourite bands all on one line up, … Continue reading
Live Review: Marsicans – Manchester
Marsicans The Deaf Institute, Manchester, 18th February 2017 Words & Photos: Rebecca Mason When it comes to plans for a Saturday night, I can’t think of a better place to be than The Deaf Institute. This time my favourite venue was host to Leeds four piece, Marsicans’ for the first date of their ‘Friends’ headline … Continue reading
Live Review: Estrons – Liverpool
Estrons Studio 2, Liverpool, 15th February 2017 Words: Gary Lambert Photos: Elena Katrina A gig is not just about the performance of the artist. The very best gigs require a mix of venue, audience and performance. When all three are right together it pushes each of them higher and higher. When one is off, it … Continue reading
Live Review: Sundara Karma – Liverpool
Sundara Karma o2 Academy Liverpool, 12th February 2017 Words: Gary Lambert Photos: Elena Katrina An older audience can be a sign that a young band has had a healthy amount of airtime and the right people saying that they are a band to watch, but in the words of Tom Ogden at a Blossoms gig … Continue reading
Live Review: Cabbage – Liverpool
Cabbage 11th February 2017, EBGBs Liverpool Words: Gary Lambert Photos: Fi Carroll There are some nights that stay in the memory because a band plays who are ready to take on the world and it is great to see them in a venue where you can bump shoulders with the lads and girls as they … Continue reading
Live Review: Dream Wife – Liverpool
Dream Wife Buyers Club, Liverpool, 20th January 2017 Words & Photos: Elena Katrina When Friday 20th January came around it felt like I’d waited such a long time for this gig and it was exactly the kind of show I needed to kick start my return into the gigging scene for 2017. And what a … Continue reading
Live Review: Palace – Manchester
Palace Deaf Institute, November 25th 2016 Words and Photos: Elena Katrina The Deaf Institute is my current favourite venue for gigs, I love everything about it, the style, the intimacy, the good dolly bad dolly wall paper in the little girls room. Everything. So what better way to spend a Friday night than in my … Continue reading
Live Review: Fickle Friends – Liverpool
Fickle Friends Arts Club, 20th November 2016 Words & Photos: Elena Katrina It was a typically cold and wet November evening and I was wrapped up as snug as a bug on my sofa. Very few things can get me to move out into the cold wind and rain but knowing I’m going to see a … Continue reading
Live Review: Louis Berry – Liverpool Music Week
Loius Berry Leaf, Liverpool Music Week, 31st October 2016 Words: Gary Lambert Photos: Georgia Flynn As we are all well aware October 31st is Halloween and the night that we have to give children gifts in the shape of Fun Size Mars bars to reward them for knocking on the door in the middle of … Continue reading
Live Review: Dream Wife – Liverpool Music Week
Dream Wife Arts Club, Liverpool Music Week, 1st November 2016 Words: Cath Bore Photos: Elena Katrina It’s a curious line up for the penultimate Breaking Out night for this year’s Liverpool Music Week. I’m not sure the bands matched each other or should be playing the same show. It made for an interesting combination anyway. … Continue reading
Live Review: Clean Cut Kid – Liverpool Music Week
Clean Cut Kid Arts Club, Liverpool, 29th October 2016 Words and Photos: Elena Katrina In 2015 Clean Cut Kid were a relatively new name on the lips of music fans in Liverpool, despite being a band from that very city. They had only played one show in their home town at that point and were … Continue reading
Live Review: Vevo Halloween – Liverpool
Vevo Halloween 29th October 2016, Bramley Moore Dock, Liverpool Words: Gary Lambert As Halloween has now departed from being a tradition celebrated on 31 October by sending kids around the streets close to home to menace sweets from pensioners, upon arrival at the warehouse on Bramley Moore Dock I was immediately taken out of my … Continue reading
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