Matthew E. White Sunday 21st April | Thekla, Bristol Words by Thomas Spooner When I first heard Matthew E White’s Big Inner I got over-excited. It had been a while sinc ...
Words by Katie Malcolmson If you have ever had the pleasure of witnessing the live Phosphorescent show in one of its many forms, then you will no doubt agree that Matthew Hou ...
Words by Keya Muk Christopher by Ruby Suns is the kind of album you want your ex to write about you post-break up because despite being lyrically dark, challenging and on occ ...
Sister of Rufus (you know him), daughter of Loudon Wainwright III (he was once the new Bob Dylan, but she doesn’t like him) and the late Kate McGarrigle (respected Cana ...
Swn Festival; 18th – 21st October, Cardiff Words by Caitlin Gwynn Every October, the Welsh capital of Cardiff plays host to a four day festival, celebrating the best ne ...
Erased Tapes 5th anniversary tour Words by George Cloke Wow. Just wow. Words just aren’t enough to describe the feelings experienced by those who witnessed the Erased Tapes 5 ...
Why? Electric Ballroom, London Words by Katie Malcolmson Why? fans everywhere have been waiting patiently since Eskimo Snow for them to re-emerge, new album in hand, brimming ...
Best Coast The Borderline, London Tuesday 18th September One of my main gripes with the internet is it’s passion for hyperbole. Seemingly every record is labelled “album of t ...
And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead Acoustic Show/”Lost Songs” Listening Party at The Rattlesnake, London (11/09/2012). Being the bigtime superpimps that we are it basi ...
My Tiger My Timing Hoxton Sq. Bar & Kitchen 19/07/2012 My Tiger My Timing seem to be a band that like to keep things simple. Following on from a self-released debut there ...
It’s only been ten months since the last Field Day in Victoria Park (brought forward due to the Olympics for 2012) and Eat Your Own Ears big day out is still as diverse ...
It’s hard to imagine how the deep, meticulous sound of ‘Ways To Forget’ can transfer to a live capacity. With its many twisted layers and deep pulses the debut album shone th ...
Artist: Afghan Whigs, Yuck Venue: Alexandra Palace, London Date: May 27th 2012 Like several other noted alt. rock acts, The Afghan Whigs appeared on the Sub Pop label in the ...
Artist: The Horrors Venue: 02 Academy, Bristol Date: 23/05/2012 A brazen performance at Bristol’s O2 Academy demonstrates The Horrors’ notable transition from buzz-band aesth ...
Owing to the nature of shift work, I missed out on seeing Tellison’s US tour mates on this tour The Bots. Aged just 18 and 14 with the sound of kids armed with a copy o ...
Simple Things Festival returned to the streets of Bristol once again, after its rather impressive debut offering this time last year. To say that the line-up was impressive w ...
Towards the end of his bands recent show at Alexandra Palace, Jack Steadman noted from behind the piano “…from one of our early photos taken on Jamie’s roof ...
Last week, Brooklyn trio The Antlers played the only UK date on their current tour. It was an important occasion, with the band headlining their largest show to date and debu ...
Well, well, well…. Doing this kinda thing you inevitably go to many gigs. And I mean many, many gigs. Which isn’t a bad thing of course, but it had been getting t ...
As soon as James Mercer walks on stage and opens his mouth to sing the first lines of show opener Kissing The Lipless, and what feels like the whole crowd join in in unison, i ...
Wednesday night at Bristol's Thekla gets underway early and Tall Ships perform in a way that would be commendable for a headlining band. It’s rare to see a support band captiv ...
“Pluck all your silly strings and bend all your notes for me, and soft silly music is meaningful, magical, the movements were beautiful…“ - Jeff Mangum, Oh ...
Having swooned over Kevin Devine and The Goddamn Band the previous evening at a Banquet Records show in Kingston, I was intrigued to see what the This Is Fake DIY secret show ...
Words by Tom Johnson Photography by Amanda Penlington 2012 has already been some year for Johanna and Klara Söderberg. The two sisters released the second record under their ...
