Matthew Halsall & The Gondwana Orchestra – Live @ St. Barnabas

Monday 16th June, London

Tonight’s concert was as much about the venue as it was the music. The House Of St. Barnabas’ chapel is hands down the most beautifully ornate and peacefully intimate venue I’ve ever had … Read More

DJ Shadow + James Lavelle – Live @ Area

Saturday 14th June, London

Of all of James Lavelle’s Meltdown activity, this event is the one that had those who actually knew of Lavelle foaming at mouth. It’s no secret that much of Englishman Lavelle’s success, both … Read More

Max Richter: Waltz With Bashir – Live @ Royal Festival Hall

Sunday 15th June, London

More than 30 years have passed since the tragic events of the First Lebanon War and the bloody Sabra and Shatila massacre, while over five have passed since the movie Waltz With Bashir … Read More

How To Dress Well – Live @ ICA

Friday 13th May, London

The How To Dress Well of 2014 is a different beast to the one that first emerged in 2009/2010. Whereas HTDW, aka American singer-songwriter-producer Tom Krell, was once a mysterious introvert who nervously … Read More

A CHAT WITH: TRENTEMØLLER

Danish electronic music powerhouse Anders Trentemøller is bringing his spectacular, full band live show to the Southbank as part of Meltdown 2014. Across his three studio albums, Trentemøller has effortlessly evolved from noir-ish minimal techno to a hybrid … Read More

BANKS – Goddess

‘Goddess’ is the teaser single and title name of BANKS’ debut album to be released on September 8th via Harvest records. The song is a concoction of Jillian Banks’ distinct RnB vocals and tones, which have been … Read More

JOHN ILLSLEY – Testing The Water

English musician John Illsley was well known as bass guitarist in the legendary rock and blues band Dire Straits which sold over 120 million albums and toured the world extensively . He’s received numerous Brit, Grammy and … Read More

GET INVOLVED! – Apathy

A brand new band which features former members of the amazing Glassjaw, Thursday AND From Autumn To Ashes, named Get Involved!… which everyone most certainly will. The sound is a mixture of the influences from their previous bands, but they … Read More

Amazon Launches Music-Streaming Service In The States

It’s official: There is another competitor in the ever-expanding realm of music-streaming services, and it just so happens to be one of the biggest web-based companies in the world. Multi-faceted e-commerce site Amazon has entered the foray with Amazon … Read More

The Polyphonic Spree – Live @ The Waterfront

Monday 9th June, Norwich

The Polyphonic Spree put on a spectacularly psychedelic choral set at The Waterfront on Monday night; quite how the small venue accommodated the 14 band members on stage was incredible!

The night starts with … Read More