Sadie and the Hotheads – Live @ The Union Chapel

London, 17th February.

American film, television, and theatre actress Elizabeth McGovern plays the serene and confident Cora in the highly successful TV series Downton Abbey. As a singer songwriter she began fronting the band Sadie and the Hotheads … Read More

Machinedrum – Live @ Lightbox

London, 23th November.

Travis ‘Machinedrum’ Stewart is one of the finest producers working in intelligent dance music today. But production talent doesn’t always translate to live skills. Just look at Four Tet – a fabulous producer, but mediocre DJ. … Read More

Gentleman’s Dub Club – Live @ Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen

London, 20th November

When a band is described as being “good at what they do”, it’s usually said as a way of sounding like one likes the band more than they actually do, most often to a friend or prospective … Read More

Bellowhead – Live @ Broadside rocks Bristol

Bellowhead have been making quite a name for themselves bringing traditional folk to the masses. It seems to be working given a sell out at the 2000 capacity Colston Hall in Bristol as part of their tour promoting their … Read More

Deaf Havana – Live @ Shepherds Bush Empire

London, 16th November

It’s easy to get off on the wrong foot with bands that have rather gobby lead singers. Deaf Havana, correct me if I’m wrong, seem to be one of those bands. My first exposure to them was … Read More

Squarepusher – Live @ Hackney Empire

London, 20th October

I sometimes wonder about the crowd security at experimental shows of this nature. Standing in front of the stage with their backs to the performance, the bouncers just witness the wide-eyed amazement of the Squarepusher fans, … Read More

Suzanne Vega @ The Barbican

London, 16th October

In the 1980’s the songs of legendary American folk artist Suzanne Vega inspired a new generation of female singer-songwriters.

This particular evening was a very special show to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the release of … Read More

BESTIVAL 2012 – Live Review

Here Tiz —- Bestival 2012, The Year of the Wildlife an ting’

Is it Bestival or is it Best-of-all…..?

Well, regardless of corny word play this years outing was categorised by NASA, BBC and Chuck Norris as the … Read More

Motion City Soundtrack @ Heaven

London – 17/09/2012

If you’re close to a computer (which, considering this is a website, is highly likely) you might want to take a quick detour to Youtube.com and type in “At The Drive-In Jools Holland” if you haven’t already … Read More

Torche @ XOYO

London,  16th September

On leaving the scene of Miami based stoner metal stalwarts Torche’s latest sponsored demolition of another poor, unfortunate venue, I was surprised to note that I hadn’t grown a five o’clock shadow at any point since I’d … Read More