Live Review
Live Review: Bury Tomorrow / We Came As Romans / Kingdom Of Giants – The Stylus, Leeds 18.01.2024
Energy personification was the order of the day for this Metalcore billing in Leeds, and with it being completely sold out well in advance it promised to be an evening of true brutality and mayhem. First up were Kingdom Of Giants and with the Stylus filling up nicely it was time for them to take …
Live Review: The Libertines / Benefits / Bear Park – The Arc, Stockton 23.01.2024
By Francis Fitzgerald A wet Winter night in Stockton, and it is the opening night of the Libertines Albionay tour of ‘small sweaty clubs’. The band are touring their hotly anticipated fourth album due in March ‘All Quiet on the Eastern Esplanade’. So how did that first night go? Answer, they went down a storm, …
Live Review & Gallery: Sea Girls Kick Off Down-Under Debut At Oxford Art Factory, Ahead of Louis Tomlinson Support – Eora/Sydney, 24.01.24
In a burst of electrifying riffs and anthemic choruses, the British indie-rock sensation, Sea Girls, took centre stage at Eora/Sydney’s Oxford Art Factory last night. It wasn’t just the kickoff of their Australian tour; it marked their down-under debut, and it proved to be a perfect encapsulation of indie-rock at its finest. The quartet, composed …
Live Review & Gallery: Cowboy Malfoy Brings Stunningly Sweet Glam-Pop To The Lansdowne Hotel – Gadigal/Sydney, 20.01.24
Saturday night at The Lansdowne Hotel in Gadigal/Sydney saw baroque glam-pop artist Cowboy Malfoy take the stage for a stunningly sweet spotlit performance. The intimate setting of the venue created an atmosphere warm with a shared closeness and camaraderie. The night began with the soulful tunes of Sage Dwyer, whose solo performance showcased her beautiful …
Live Review: Francis Dunnery and It Bites (IT Bites FD) / John Young – Manchester Academy, Manchester 20.01.2024
On Saturday night, Francis Dunnery and his band It Bites performed at Manchester Academy, delivering a night of musical brilliance and nostalgia that left the venue buzzing with excitement. The sold-out show took the audience through decades of an impressive career, starting with the classic “Black December” from second album, “Once Around The World”. With …
Live Review: The Rockaway Beach Festival – Sunday 07.01.2024
Rockaway Beach knows its audience well. It’s Sunday morning and people are already congregating at the vinyl market stalls looking for that elusive record that they’ll probably pop on a shelf and never play. The soft play area is still closed though. What better way to spend Sunday lunchtime than in the company of crooner …
Live Review & Gallery: SUO at the ACO Neilson, Sydney 20.01.2024
SUO dazzles with bold, androgynous flair at Sydney show.
Live Review: The Rockaway Beach Festival – Saturday 06.01.2024
The soft play area is still cordoned off. Nobody wants a ruptured hernia when there is so much more great music scheduled. Saturday on the Reds stage starts with Trout from Liverpool. Playing shimmering songs with more than a nod to Newdad – it’s a gentle soundtrack for the Bognor brunch gang. Then London punk …
Live Review: The Rockaway Beach Festival – Friday 05.01.2024
Who do you think you are kidding Mr Butlin…a festival in early January? The decorations have only just come down but the glitterball in Bognor shines brightly – hmmm maybe delay that dry January for a while yet. Armed with a wonky trolley load of pale ale, camera batteries and loose change for the arcade, …
Live Review: Julie Byrne at the ACO, 17.01.2024
Julie Byrne enveloped her audience with an aura of tranquility, as her hauntingly beautiful voice and intimate guitar work transformed the ACO into a haven of reflective serenity