Live Review
Say Psych: Live Review: Night Beats, White Flowers & Calvin Love @ Band on the Wall 07.02.2019
Before the main event we have two supports, the first of which is solo singer/songwriter Calvin Love. The Canadian has joined The Night Beats on guitar and at the same time utilises his own talent to provide support. His imposingly tall stature dominates the stage and he woos the crowd for thirty minutes or so …
Say Psych: Live Review: SLIFT, DENSE & Farfisa @ Big Hands, Manchester 02.02.2019
Sour Grapes Records, a DIY Manchester label, have put together a stellar little line up in the infamous Big Hands bar tonight with a cocktail of bands that are certain to entertain. Opening proceedings from the heart of Manchester comes electric psychedelic four-piece Farfisa who blend wavy, heavy and fuzzed out riffs with hazy Eastern …
Live: Siobhan Wilson – Saint Luke’s Glasgow 3.2.2019 Plus Gallery
Siobhan Wilson ensures that the Celtic Connections festival ends on a high note, with an eclectic set of new songs, old favourites and stunning covers at Saint Luke’s. 2019 has seen the most widespread Celtic Connections festival since it began in 1994 – with 2000 artists from 25 countries taking part in 300 events on …
LIVE: Escape The Fate- This War Is Ours Anniversary Tour, Gorilla Manchester, 25/01/19
A lot of things can change in ten years; relationships, work, opinions, goals- anything really. However one thing that has remained unwavering over the decade since its release is the fervour and the love Escape The Fate fans have for their second album (first with current vocalist Craig Mabbitt) This War Is Ours. It is …
Say Psych: Live: Label Mates Festival, London 26.01.2019
Label Mates Festival is back and this year its hosted in Hackney’s finest venues, BSM makes the journey south to see what delights are on offer on Saturday’s line up. We head straight to Oslo early doors, where DIY labels Club AC30, Rocket Recordings and Fuzz Club Records have teamed up to offer forth a …
Live: Conversations with Nick Cave (Odeon Theatre, Hobart)
Many people have two phases in their lives, according to Nick Cave. The first phase represents self-centered assuredness and an even keel: the path they assume they will take that is the fruition of their own choices and desires. This phase can be ‘obliterated’ for some by external events beyond their control. This inevitably, leads …
LIVE: LIVING COLOUR – Brisbane, Australia 20/12/18
There’s a few bands I wish I had seen back in the day, at the height of their creative peak. There is also plenty that I know I have truly missed the boat seeing in a live setting. Up until 3 months ago, NYC Funk-Metal legends ‘Living Colour’ was one of those band that were …
LIVE: Bowling For Soup, Leeds O2 Academy, 3/12/18
How could we possibly get through the year without a Bowling For Soup tour cropping up somewhere? It may be December and dangerously close to the end of 2018, yet here we are catching BFS on a cold Monday night on the Almost Christmas tour they’ve squeezed in right before the ball drops for 2019. …
Say Psych: Live Review: Peter Murphy & David J Celebrate 40 years of Bauhaus with Desert Mountain Tribe @ O2 Ritz, Manchester
When Peter Murphy announced that he was planning a tour to celebrate 40 years of Bauhaus with David J, as well as a vinyl release of The Bela Session, post punk fans Europe wide gave a collective cheer. With many new fans being too young to see Bauhaus live, this is the next best thing …
Live: Sunflower Bean – Art School Glasgow 26.11.2018 Plus Gallery
Sunflower Bean blossom on stage in Glasgow performing tracks from their coming of age album ‘Twentytwo in Blue’. “Alright, enough of this silence” shouts vocalist and bassist Julia Cumming to the hushed crowd as Sunflower Bean take to the stage at Glasgow’s recently reopened Art School venue to kick off another night of their extensive …