S.C.U.M // Bush Hall // 24.02.12
"Adding to the lurking unknown that is in the air tonight, the frontman is like a mirage..." Read More »
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Hold Your Horse Is // LIVE // The Old Blue Last // 28.02.12
More Than Conquerors tell us of their hellish journey from Ireland to play this London show, followed by Axis Of and headliners Hold Your Horse Is who played an epic show at The Old Blue Last! Read More »
NME Awards Tour 2012 // UEA LCR // 17.02.12
But it was the sub headliner Metronomy that really made the night. The set drew pretty heavily from last years album 'The English Riviera' but with a few tracks from 'Nights out' thrown in for good measure. Read More »
Dead Wolf Club // LIVE // 09.02.12 // Native Tongue
Complimentary miniature Bounty in one hand and a pint in the other... Read More »
LIVE // Mirel Wagner // The Green Note Cafe // Camden // 02.02.12
After spending the majority of my day listening to a whole heap of new music (soon to be... Read More »
LIVE // Reel Big Fish // Out Now // Nottingham Rock City
Reel Big Fish were one of my first loves in terms of music. The live album was one... Read More »
The Milk // Tour Dates // Broke Up The Family // March-April 2012
Have you heard of The Milk? No, then make like a DJ and add them to your iPod... Read More »
LIVE // Y Niwl // Buffalo Bar // Cardiff // 28.01.12
Y Niwl (The Fog in English) are a surf rock band more akin to the west coast of America than the damp mountains of North Wales. Tonight they have travelled down south to one of Cardiff's coolest venues, Buffalo Bar, to give an excited audience a dose of Shadows-esque guitar and surfy sounds, North Walian style. Read More »
LIVE // M83 // 20.01.12 // Leeds University Union
I did an assignment for uni not long ago on how the digitalisation of music has ultimately made it more than difficult for bands to be noticed in the 21st century. M83 has been around for the past 10 years, producing the odd hit but never really quite broke through those slippery cracks to industry success, ultimately leaving Gonzalez and his band unnoticed for far too long. Read More »
Various Cruelties // 21.01.12 // Cockpit // Leeds
Through the ether of the dark room cuts the melancholic bluesy voice of Liam O’Donnell Read More »