Live Review
Live Review: Paloma Faith / Jack Kane – The Piece Hall, Halifax 02/07/22
A consecutive night for me at Halifax’s The Piece Hall, this time featuring the enigmatic Paloma Faith supported by Jack Kane. This venue will never lose its appeal for me – it’s my hometown so will always have a special place in my heart, but for anyone who hasn’t managed to attend a live music …
Live Review: The Libertines @ Castlefield Bowl, Manchester 01.07.2022
Photos by Olivia Kenny The Libertines commence celebrations for the 20th anniversary of their era-defining debut album Up The Bracket with four headline shows, the first of which took place tonight at Manchester’s Castlefield Bowl. Up The Bracket was produced by Mick Jones of The Clash and took listeners then, and now, on a journey …
Live Review: The Coronas / Wild Youth / Roisin O. – Trinity Summer Series 2022, Dublin 01.07.2022
On the 1st of July 2022 Dublin indie band The Coronas played in Trinity College Dublin as part of the Trinity Summer Series originally scheduled for way back in 2020. The band is made up of Danny O’Reilly (vocals, keys, guitar), Graham Knox (bass) and Conor Egan (drums). The 3 permanent members of the band …
Live Review: Tom Grennan / The Ramona Flowers – The Piece Hall, Halifax 01/07/22
Tonight sees Tom Grennan perform at The Piece Hall, the iconic 18th century former cloth mill in Halifax, and what a beautiful backdrop it is for the venues aptly named Summer of Music in collaboration with Cuffe and Taylor. Starting the night off is support act The Ramona Flowers, a Bristol based band who are well …
Live Review: Thieves Of Liberty / Amongst Liars / Kulpa – Independent, Sunderland 01.07.2022
By Adam Littlemore Blues Rockers Thieves of liberty held their first EP ‘Back Again‘ launch at the Independent bringing another two bands along to entertain the crowd. The first band of the night to perform were Kulpa who gave it their all with fuzzy bass and rock riffs from both the guitarist as the crowd …
Live Review: First Aid Kit / CMAT – The Piece Hall, Halifax 23.06.2022
By Tom Marshall Having graced the music world with their newest single ‘Angel’, the Swedish duo play their first UK show in three years, the stage of Halifax’s Piece Hall, a truly impeccable venue I might add having been my first ever visit. The scene was set, the atmosphere was that of a festival: long …
Live Review: Hella Mega Tour Green Day / Fall Out Boy / Weezer – Marlay Park, Dublin 27.06.2-22
The monster that is Hella Mega Tour descended on the sleepy suburb of Rathfarnham just outside Dublin city centre. Thousand of music fans attended to see four acts, those being Amyl and the Sniffers / Weezer / Fall Out Boy and Green Day. It had originally been announced on September 10, 2019 and included dates …
Live Review: Mannequin Pussy / Slow Crush – Broadcast, Glasgow 26.06.2022
By Ian Campbell It was 2017 when I last saw Mannequin Pussy. The world has changed radically since then and after a string of how can things get any worse events, the US supreme court decision on abortion has left the majority of us speechless, distraught and angry. Mannequin Pussy vented this anger in a …
Live Review & Gallery: Camp Cope at The Republic Bar, Hobart. 25.06.2022
Indie darlings, Camp Cope returned to Hobart for the first time in 4 years to deliver a masterful set of their “power emo”. Playing to a capacity audience at The Republic Bar, the now four-piece band belted out a strong, and popular selection of their songs from their self-titled debut LP, through their highly-regarded sophomore …
Live Review: Rammstein – Coventry Building Society Arena, Coventry 26.06.2022
With an early start of 20:15, Rammstein give us the very definition of “starting with a bang”, interrupting the 40,000 strong crowd as everyone ducks and turns to the crowd to see what is going on. As the realisation of what’s about to happen is setting in, the pyrotechnics continue and this group of gig-goers …