Live Review
Say Psych: Live Review: The Black Delta Movement, Mister Strange, Blanketman @ Night & Day, Manchester – 22.02.2018
Manchester’s Night & Day Café plays host to Hull band The Black Delta Movement, who with a new line up and an album release imminent are one of Britain’s hotly tipped prospects for 2018. First on the line up is a band who are only a few months old, the oddly named Blanketman are a …
Live: Alvvays – O2 ABC Glasgow 18.2.2018 Plus Gallery
Alvvays continue to exceed unreasonably high expectations with another captivating set – this time at a sold-out ABC. The Toronto-based five-piece – Molly Rankin (vocals, guitars) Kerri MacLellan (keyboards, vocals) Alec O’Hanley (guitars), Brian Murphy (bass) and Sheridan Riley (drums) – gave us an exciting contender for album of the year when ‘Antisocialites’ was released …
Live Review / Gallery: Glen Hansard – London, Royal Festival Hall 9/2/18
It’s easy to see why Glen Hansard won an Oscar and a Grammy, after his performance at the Royal Festival Hall, where he moved smoothly between heartbreak and soul stirrer and proved to be an engaging and funny hist for a near on two hours. It also showcased Hansard as one of the best singers …
Live: Siobhan Wilson – The Mackintosh Church Glasgow 3.2.2018 Plus Gallery
Siobhan Wilson sends spirits soaring in Glasgow with a heavenly set at a sold-out Mackintosh Church as part of the Celtic Connections festival. It’s official – audience figures for the 25th anniversary of Celtic Connections were the highest recorded for the festival. Over the 18 days, there were 130,000 attendances at 350 concerts, workshops and …
Live Review: Bang Bang Romeo, The Wholls, Idle Ross – The Harley (Sheffield) 2/2/18
The 29th of January marked the start of Independent Venue Week, a “celebration of small music venues around the UK and a nod to the people that own, run and work in them, week in, week out”. Friday’s gig really encompassed what this event is about for me – a sold out, hugely receptive audience …
Live Review: Wand – Brudenell Social Club, 28/1/18
Given the amount of people in Leeds Brudenell last Sunday who enthusiastically raised their hands when frontman Cory Hanson asked who had been at their show the last time they came to Leeds, Wand are not a band to be missed. Certainly after an hour and a half, a packed Brudenell would attest to that, …
Live: Marnie – The Hug and Pint Glasgow 27.1.2018 Plus Gallery
Marnie performs ethereal and enthralling electro-pop that connects at her intimate Glasgow show. When the programme for the 25th anniversary of Celtic Connections festival was announced there were a few shows that instantly jumped out at me. Marnie playing the snug surrounds of Glasgow’s west end gig-goers institution – The Hug and Pint – was …
LIVE: Asking Alexandria, Manchester Academy, 24/1/18
Tonight’s support To The Rats And Wolves are a German six piece electronic metalcore band from Essen. Their individual brand of futuristic tinged heaviness gets the crowd moving early on. Blvckout is a particular highlight that translates perfectly to a live setting. Suburban Romance showcases the band’s infectious energy, which is hard to deny from …
Live Review: Dead!, The Kenneths, Conflare, Leeds Key Club, 27/01/18
Fresh from the release of their debut album ‘The Golden Age of Not Even Trying’, released just the day prior, Dead play their first headline Leeds show to a packed out Key Club on Saturday 27th January. Earlier on in the afternoon, they treat a small amount of fans to a short acoustic set and …
LIVE: Escape The Fate, Manchester Club Academy, 21/01/2018
It’s Sunday night, but down in Manchester’s Club Academy, it does not feel like the end of the weekend. Although their newer material may be slightly on the tamer side, their set tonight is as impassioned and relentless as ever. Opening with setlist staple and all-round leviathan track This War Is Ours, things get off …