When Sunflower Bean last played at Bleach during last year’s Great Escape, they were riding a wave of hype with their vivacious take on psych rock. However their début, at the time of the show merely weeks old, saw the band keen to prove themselves to be more than…
Marching Church’s début despite having some numerous moments of inspiration, felt a little bit like a collection of genre exercises that had been twisted beyond recognition. I had interpreted the tour Marching Church are currently in the middle of as a way of capping off the project for the…
We’re kept waiting a good 10 minutes from the point where Rosie Lowe’s band take to the stage until Lowe makes her appearance, but boy, what a way to make an entrance! Gliding through the crowd assembled at the Hope and Ruin, Lowe is tall and slim and sleek…
I have gripes about electronic music being sold as a ‘live’ show, finding the idea of a guy fiddling with his laptop for forty minutes described as performing live as somewhat misleading. But tonight's show promises something a little different, before Shigeto even touched any production tools he was…
The psych scene in Brighton is on the point of saturation – so it’s good to know there’s still some bands out there making quality psychedelic jams. Jouis are one of these bands, paying homage to the great psych bands of old while managing to breathe life into a…
Enduring and endearing, is Mr Mason. From hero to zero, and back again, he has survived a difficult post-Beta Band patch when he couldn't produce what the people wanted in enough quantity to make his chosen career of music a certainty. How he must have regretted turning down those…
For all the lonely hearts that were stuck around on Valentine’s night with nothing to do, there was a stir going on down at The Prince Albert. Hull’s finest export, The Black Delta Movement were bringing their neo-psychedelic garage rock down to these southern shores at a blistering…
You know it’s set to be a fantastic gig when four chaps from Manchester can storm onstage with such a rockstar-esque presence and rile a sold out crowd to start mosh-pits before they have even hit one note. Yes, tonight was set to be probably the best gig I…
The One Eyed Jacks pull a hell of a crowd: before the opening act, Dirty Mirror Traits, had finished their set, people were queueing up outside the door to the Latest’s basement. The Jacks have a growing reputation for intensely energetic gigs – there’s something visceral and at the…
It’s not easy to get the balance right on a Friday night. Maybe that’s why a lot of bands stick to weekday gigs. But the Dub Fossils didn’t need to worry about it. They played a tight and forceful gig, just the right mix of groove and smash for…