Live Review
Live Review: Sea Sessions Surf and Music Festival, Bundoran Beach, Bundoran 17.06.2020-19.06.2022
The picturesque seaside town of Bundoran, Donegal, is the homestead of long running surf and music festival, Sea Sessions. Every year, the festival sees up to 10,000 people make their way across the country to see some of the best music Ireland has to offer. As it is one of the first festivals of the …
Live Review: Sharon Van Etten – O2 Brixton Academy, London 17.06.2022
Sharon Van Etten declared that this was the biggest gig she had ever played! The audience responded by continuously cheering for a good 2-3 minutes, a demonstration of how far she has come and how special she has become in the hearts of her fans in Europe. Her first tour (like many) since 2019 with …
Live Review: Del Amitri – Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow 10.06.22
Following the release of their seventh studio album Fatal Mistakes last year, Del Amitri performed the perfect playlist of new material and nostalgia to a grateful Glasgow crowd. Del Amitri’s three-night run of sell-out shows at the iconic Barrowland Ballroom in December, including a night just for NHS workers, had to be postponed due to …
Live Review: Waterparks / Phem / Bad Suns – O2 Academy, Leeds 17.06.22
Marking the start of the UK leg of the ‘See You In The Future Tour’, tonight sees Waterparks perform at Leeds o2 Academy with support from Phem and Bad Suns. Having had a quick look on social media prior to arriving and seeing that some fans had been there since lunchtime, it was no real surprise to …
Live Review: Blood Red Shoes / Ciel / Glu – Chalk Venue, Brighton 15.06.2022
Blood Red Shoes finally made it back for a homecoming gig in Brighton after being cancelled at the beginning of the year for a night of guitar riffs and energetic electronic grudge The Duo originally formed in 2004 and consists of band members Laura-Mary Carter and Steven Ansell and have released six studio albums to …
Live Review: Pond – Manchester Academy 2, Manchester 18.06.2022
By Olivia Kenny Manchester’s Academy 2 was flooded with energy on Saturday night when the Australian psych-rock band Pond took to the stage for the last night of their UK and European Tour. The band played a good mix of tracks, going back to their early releases with a medley of Moth Wings, Eye Pattern Blindness and Giant …
Live Review: Heelapalooza Festival – Play Brew Co, Middlesbrough 18.06.2022
BY Adam and Hazel Littlemore What a fantastic festival this years Heelapalooza has been, with the amazing artists and bands that signed up to perform. The first band on was Picnic, who confidently opened the festival with their funky sound that had the whole crowd dancing along with Robyn’s powerful voice coupled with the lush …
Live Review: Download Festival 2022 – Friday
The hallowed ground of Donington Park has been lacking in those who enjoy the heavier side of life for the last few years so when the hoards of emos and metalheads descended to the East Midlands, it finally felt an ounce of normality had returned to the world. FRIDAY Bury Tomorrow were one of earlier …
Live Review: KALEO / Belle Mt / Junius – 3Arena, Dublin 19,06,2022
Icelandic blues rockers KELEO rolled into Dublin’s 3Arena with support coming from Belle Mt and Juniusand attracting a 3000 strong audience. Opening the night fell on fellow Icelandic band Junius who came on stage at 7.45 with Unnar Gísli Sigurmundsson firstly saying hello Dublin the city of Luke Kelly and after their first song he …
GALLERY: Hidden Door Festival – Edinburgh 18.06.2022
This year Edinburgh’s Hidden Door festival was based at the old Royal High School on Calton Hill. This festival takes derelict buildings and sites and brings them back to life thanks to a dedicated team of volunteers. It is a hugely ambitious undertaking, ten days of live music, visual art, dance, theatre and spoken word. The …