Gypsy punk isn’t a genre that many are overly familiar with, and yet Gogol Bordello have never been more atop of their game. This Manhattan eight-piece are pure insanity and pack a show of nonsense, hilarity and single handedly some of the best live music I've heard in…
When the editor of Kerrang! Magazine states on Twitter that he would travel to Chernobyl to watch two particular bands, it pricks your ears up. As I don’t possess a radiation suit, luckily for me there was no need to travel that far as The Menzingers and Lemuria came…
It’s a warm July evening and the O2 Brixton Academy is filling up rapidly as the door staff clinically execute their searches. This great venue is brimming with anticipation, a fever is in the air. A feeling that something remarkable is about to happen. The fans and revellers here tonight…
Cold War Kids are a band with an immensely powerful sound which has pushed their name to the masses. Tonight the band play their first UK show in over five years and bring all they have in an evening of powerful ballads, intense guitar solos and one very…
In a music industry drowning in reunions and comebacks, it’s fitting to finally see a band call it a day on their own terms, whilst still at the peak of their powers and headlining festivals. The Maccabees have done exactly that in a run of three shows at…
It was a miserable night in June and I was feeling grumpy as hell as I wandered down the hill through thin sheets of rain, getting soaked for the second time that day. Reaching deep inside myself I tried to gather the requisite enthusiasm for The Flaming Lips show…
A pretty good move, putting on a decent show whilst the hordes are at Glastonbury, enjoying a rare rain-free affair. But they missed a cracker here, at a tiny fraction of the cost, and without the headache and heartache of having to de-camp, trudge miles to get to your vehicle,…
Tonight is a celebratory show for the band Strange Cages who released their second EP, The Cracks, earlier in the month. We’re huddled at the end of Brighton Electric in a medium sized rehearsal space. The room is full to the brim before the band even come on. Support…
Thurston Moore and the Rock and Roll Consciousness Tour. Yeah. Let’s just let that float there for a moment. Thurston Moore and the Rock and Roll Consciousness Tour. It isn’t the most awe-inspiring band name of all time, and has a weird 1970s feel to it. What is awe…
Fresh from a storming Glastonbury performance, Brighton was treated to some Scandi-pop in what was Tove Lo’s sole UK headline date inbetween her current run of sporadic festival appearances. The Grammy nominee shot to fame with her ‘Habits (Stay High)’ song, which has amassed over 200 million hits on…