Everything Everything, London Koko
Everything Everything - photo by Jonathan Fisher May 10, 2010 It’s with some intrepidation that I head through Koko’s doors, for I’ve not only fallen harder still for Everything Everything, but I’m...
View ArticleCold Cave, London Cargo
Cold Cave May 12, 2010 Maybe it’s the slight drunkenness, maybe it’s the moving horse head in the pub before the gig, maybe it’s the hour I spend trying to talk to a Dutch girl in rudimentary German...
View ArticleThe Brian Jonestown Massacre – London Shepherd’s Bush Empire
The Brian Jonestown Massacre May 14, 2010 For anyone unfamiliar with The Brian Jonestown Massacre here’s a brief synopsis: this experimental, psychedelic rock band from California formed in 1990, have...
View ArticleTitus Andronicus, London CAMP
Titus Andronicus May 25, 2010 I’m actually witnessing a crowd of people visibly enjoying themselves at a gig in Shoreditch. Shuh-Hit you not: It’s real. Maybe stuff like this goes on all the time,...
View ArticleThe Crookes, Manchester Deaf Institute
The Crookes May 31, 2010 The Manchester leg of the Dot To Dot Festival 2010 plays host to an impressive array of established and upcoming artists, with notable mentions for the ferocious and fantastic...
View ArticleMarina and the Diamonds, Leeds Metropolitan University
Upscaled from the modest Cockpit to the more accomodating Leeds Met, Marina returns to Yorkshire on the back of some pleasing album sales and a pair of heavily-playlisted singles. Her ascent to the...
View ArticleThe Drums/Summer Camp, London Relentless Garage
The Drums June 7, 2010 There’s a marked contrast between the simplicity of pop put out there by Summer Camp and The Drums. The Drums’ music – save being heard in isolation, for ‘I Feel Stupid’ is a...
View ArticletUnE-yArDs, London Scala
tUnE-yArDs June 23, 2010 Make no mistake: tUnE-yArDs‘ show displays the sort of oomph, pizazz and prowess to induce full-on obsession. And this higher-than-ceiling level of intense fangirling is not...
View ArticleDelorean, Hoxton Bar & Kitchen, London
Delorean (photo credit Sebastien Dehesdin) December 6, 2010 So how can a Catalonian band who are more used to all things Balearic, rather than Baltic (it was freezing out!), come across in one of east...
View ArticleThe Joy Formidable, Newcastle Academy
February 8, 2011 You can’t help feeling that The Joy Formidable shouldn’t be here. That a band who have been consistently tipped for mainstream success since 2008 should have outgrown the smaller rooms...
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