Slowdive – Live @ Huxleys Neue Welt

Tuesday 3rd October, Berlin

It’s difficult to overstate Slowdive’s influence on modern indie music: The Horrors, Tame Impala, DIIV, Grizzly Bear and even The xx have all borrowed elements from the newly reformed English five-piece. Although Slowdive weren’t the … Read More

Camp Bestival 2017 – Live Review + Photos

Thursday 27th July – Sunday 30th July, Dorset

Day one. Tent packed, camera stuff sorted, beer tokens in hand and rain on the forecast… it’s that time again for my favourite of all festivals. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, it’s Camp … Read More

Soundwave 2017 – Live Review

You know you’re getting old when the smallest and most chilled out of the major European festivals is the one that sounds the most appealing. With a capacity of under 2000, Croatia’s Soundwave is as intimate as it gets, and … Read More

Primavera Sound 2017 – Live Review

Even with the news of Frank Ocean pulling out a week before the 16th edition of Primavera Sound, it didn’t dampen the electricity of the musical utopia. With the Barcelona sun shining down and it’s mammoth line up boasting some … Read More

Echobelly – Live @ Norwich OPEN

Sunday 21st May, Norwich

It’s a welcome return to the live scene as Echobelly reform and play at OPEN in Norwich on a Sunday night with a packed crowd of mainly 40-somethings. Unfairly branded as Brit-Pop back in 1993, Echobelly … Read More

Common People 2017 – Festival Review + Photos

I can’t believe it happened again!……… and I was right in the middle of it! – It’s on people “Common People Oxford 2017”. Small, fast, fun and loud.

The alchemist types that have for the past 10 years been making and perfecting the likes of … Read More

Tycho – Live @ Electric Brixton

Tuesday 28th February, London

Tonight’s show is a celebration of Tycho’s achievements and rightly so. Take into account it’s completely sold out, and the fact their fourth studio release Epoch was nominated for Best Dance/ … Read More

Taking Back Sunday – Live @ Berlin’s Lido

Tuesday 21st February, Berlin

When I first heard Taking Back Sunday’s lead single from their latest album, the title track ‘Tidal Wave’, essentially a Gaslight Anthem ripoff (Taking Back Gaslight, anyone?), I was worried that the US … Read More

Loyle Carner – Live @ Shepherd’s Bush Empire

Friday 17th February, London

Loyle Carner has only been on tour for two and a half weeks, and yet his sold out Shepherd’s Bush Empire show feels like something of a homecoming. Just 22 years old, the South London … Read More

Shirley Collins – Live @ The Barbican

Saturday 18th February, London

Tonight’s event at the Barbican was divided into two parts. The first, which lasted for about an hour, saw a host of friends, musicians and collaborators – including Dave Arthur, Peter Cooper, Alasdair Roberts, … Read More