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Live Review – The Professionals + Desperate Measures. Newcastle Cluny, 19.10.21.

Two bands with members that, in one combo or another, have been stalwarts of the punk scene for 40+ years pretty much guarantees that tonight’s gig was going to be…

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Live Review – John at the Georgian Theatre with support from Wych Elm and Onlooker 12.10.21

By Steve White Last week John released Nocturnal Manoeuvres, their third album and probably one of the best albums that will see the light of day in 2021. So tonight’s…

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Live: Confidence Man/A. Swayze and the Ghosts/King Stingray – Dark Mofo Festival 2021

I’m not sure I can remember such a brilliant triple line up in one night without attending a full blown musical festival. Three bands just about removed the roof of…

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Live: The Electorate and Key Out collectively shimmer and shine at the Golden Barley Hotel

Both Key Out and The Electorate produced magnificent albums last year – ‘Anthropomorphia‘ and ‘You Don’t Have Time To Stay Lost‘ respectively made my list of best antipodean releases for…

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Live review: Squid, Falmouth, May 18th: who finer to bring us back to the live experience?

FOUR hundred and forty-seven days. Yep, I counted; or rather some natty piece of online calculator software did. Fessin’ up: maths was never my strong point. Anyhow, that long since…

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Live Review: Tenderlonious, London Jazz Festival: Shoreditch Town Hall, November 22nd

So the last night of the London Jazz festival and you can imagine what might have been in the unrestricted freedom of pre-COVID times. Tenderlonious and chums playing a selection…

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Live Review: Binker Golding, London Jazz Festival, King’s Place – 21.11.20

Even before saxophonist Binker Golding’s streamed show at King’s Place on Saturday night, we knew we were in for something a little bit out – there. The pre-show blurb had…

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Live Review: Dinosaur – London Jazz Festival, Kings Place 15.11.20

It’s amazing when you realise that trumpet player and composer Laura Jurd and her Dinosaur buddies, Elliott Galvin (keys), Corrie Dick (drums) and Conor Chaplin (bass) have been making music…

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LIVE REVIEW: The Divine Comedy, Barbican, London

TWO GIGS in one calendar week in 2020; this is unprecedented. Both live streams, maybe, but that’s just fine by me in a world which looks to have decided its…

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Gallery: The Last Gigs Before Lockdown – Phil Roberts

In celebration of the recent government news of a rescue package for the future of Britain’s museums, galleries, theatres, independent cinemas, heritage sites and importantly music venues we have a…

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