Reviews Archive

Last Week’s Gig Reviews

The live action began this week on Monday at the Electroacoustic Club at the Slaughtered Lamb pub in Barbican where there were a couple of acts that I was keen to catch up with and some surprise guests. Well, there were some surprises, as ...Read More

Reading Festival 2008 Review

The Reading festival of 2008 did not see many early birds as campers as the volume of early arrivals was lower.However, by the end of the festival, 80,000 or more had let the musical event and its festivities rejuvenate the cores of their being. ...Read More

READING Festival 2009: The Best Year Ever?

It was the year of 1971 when the first festival was held at Little John’s farm on Richfield Avenue. The town of Reading was invaded by good music and throughout the year the festival became a genuine tradition. Each Reading festival brought something new, ...Read More

INDIE STREET: Last week’s gig reviews

Gigs The very title of this section is misleading as I have only been to one gig this week due to the extreme cold (a lousy excuse from a guy who used to live in Toronto) and the fact that there weren’t many. So ...Read More

INDIE STREET: Last week’s gig reviews

Hello and welcome to another week in a city that will prove to be as multicultural as you like as time goes on. It all started out in the 12 Bar Club which, on Tuesday, played host to some of the best folk/rock performers ...Read More

GIG REVIEW: Xfm Winter Wonderland

Kaiser Chiefs The Rifles Iglu and Hartly Ida Maria Ladyhawke White Lies Brixton Academy 2nd December 2008 Back in the early nineties I watched a mini-festival in London organised by a radio station that barely existed. It featured the royalty of indie at the ...Read More

GIG REVIEW: The Anomalies

Proud Galleries Thursday 6th November The Anomalies are an animated assortment of indie slash hip-hoppers from a small town in the Midlands. Founder members Murphy and Sam a.k.a. Mouthmaster Murph and Goldseal decided that in order to hear the kind of music that they ...Read More

GIG REVIEW: Funeral for a Friend

Rock City 28 October 2008 It’s a freezing cold, slightly frosty Tuesday night outside, but inside none of that matters. Welsh trio, Incase Of Fire have just finished their set, to no major disappointment, and Nottingham is about to get the full Cancer Bats ...Read More

GIG REVIEW: Hexes

Hexes supporting The Bronx Daniel P Carter probably has the best job in the world; not only does he get to play Heavy Metal on the radio, go to loads of gigs and generally banter about music to people that actually want to listen, ...Read More

LIVE REVIEW: Motown Revue, Pigalle Club

Motown Review Pigalle Club 16th October 2008 How many times have you descended on the bright lights of London’s West End and left somewhat unfulfilled at both the experience and the value-for-money? Well next time you venture out; try the smooth grooves and fundamental ...Read More

EVENT REVIEW: Underground Rebel Bingo

Underground Rebel Bingo The Mission Room Friday 24 October 2008 Going to Underground Rebel Bingo was a little bit like going to a church fundraiser in the local village hall, except with lots of professional twenty and thirty somethings and jokes about your grandmother’s ...Read More

EVENT REVIEW: Last Night On Earth

Last Night on Earth Party 93 Feet East, London 11th October 2008 If this really was the last party you went to before the world ended, you may have felt a bit cheated with the execution. As one of several parties in London celebrating ...Read More