Live Review
Live Review: Be Charlotte – Attic at The Garage Glasgow 17.2.2017 Plus Gallery
Half way through their short tour of Scotland, Be Charlotte enthral a packed Attic with a set of stunningly artistic and irresistibly catchy anthems. As we’re waiting for Be Charlotte to take to the stage, I’m told by a fellow photographer that I should prepare myself for something special and when the band – made …
Live Review: André Brasseur – Reflektor Club, Liège 12.2.17
Belgian organist André Brasseur should be mentioned in the same hushed reverential tones as Giorgio Moroder or Jean Jacques Perrey, but alas such cult status evaded him. Maybe because he invested the proceeds from his 1965 hit ‘Early Bird’ (which sold a staggering six million copies) into two (not one but two!) dance clubs in …
Live Review: Ladyhawke – The Art School Glasgow 9.2.2017 plus gallery
Ladyhawke gives Glasgow a huge dose of her addictive electro-pop and leaves it hooked on her hooks. Ladyhawke – aka New Zealand songstress Pip Brown – danced confidently into synth-pop territory with third album ‘Wild Things’, which was released last year. The music was exhilarating, uplifting and reflected her mood as she confessed at the …
Live Review: Tift Merritt at The Lexington, London, 31.1.2017
On this last day in January, with the rain pouring down in the cloying cold outside, upstairs at the Lexington is snug. There’s a dampness in the air as we all warm the wet off each other. The chill that settled into our skin and bones gradually dries away, eased out as Tift Merritt and …
Live Review: Elyne – Mulberry Tavern, Sheffield 13.1.17
Elyne, a Post-Hardcore band from Ravenna, Italy embarked on a UK tour (well, three out of four did) touring with To Kill Achilles and Scream Blue Murder but even with only three of the band, they gave their all and gave the crowd exactly what they needed to hear. In between songs, frontman Danny (who was …
Live Review: The Wired / Liberty Ship / SHEAFS / Paul Fletcher – The Leadmill, Sheffield, 16.12.16
The Wired are hoping to end the year on a high, having released some cracking new music and played a string of important dates, by packing out the main stage of Sheffield’s iconic Leadmill as headliners. They have a solid fanbase and have stuffed the line up full of other interesting acts, ensuring an entertaining …
Live: Beartooth – O2 Ritz Manchester, 12/12/16
As the weather gets colder, it only gets hotter and hotter inside the O2 Ritz in Manchester, last week they were graced with The Amity Affliction and exactly a week later they have another set of alternative and metalcore bands playing the stage, to possibly some of the same fans. Trash Boat, with something a little reminiscent …
Ben McKelvey opens for The Overtones at Sheffield City Hall
Being a support act on a major national tour is like a GCSE exam in ‘first impressions’ – you’ve got to be good and not scrimp on your revision if you want pass with flying colours. The penalty for doing it wrong is an embarrassing even humiliating walk of shame stage right. Friday night saw …
Live Review: Kula Shaker – Albert Hall, Manchester, 10.12.2016
Kula Shaker, named in honour of one of the twelve alvars of Southern India, are a band that need no introduction and the almighty tour they are currently on is testament to that. However, this is not just any tour – it is the 20th Anniversary of their debut album K tour. K reached UK no. …
Live Review: Honeyblood – Saint Luke’s Glasgow 8.12.2016 Plus Gallery
After releasing a seemingly impossibly perfect second album, Honeyblood complete 2016 with a triumphant homecoming show. The Honeyblood partnership of Stina Tweeddale and Cat Myers take to the stage to the eerie chanting of “never die, never die” and launch straight into the thunderous, and magical, ‘Ready For The Magic’. Then they launch into ‘Love …