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Live Review: South Arcade – Boileroom, Guildford 21.01.2022 by Matt Chapman

Increasingly it seems, darlings of TikTok and the like, South Arcade’s emo-indie vibe has quickly got excitement building, so we went down to check out a hometown at Guildford’s Boileroom…

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Live Review: Howling Bells – 229 The Venue, London 22.01.2022

Tony Blair is still Prime Minister, Gnarls Barkley is going crazy in the charts and The Sopranos is the latest telly fix. Meanwhile, an Aussie indie rock combo has released…

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Live Review: Girl Ray – The Lexington, London 21.01.2022

On a cold and miserable night in January with still more grey days ahead we all need some Girl Ray. Emerging from their hibernation like snowdrops Poppy, Sophie, Iris (and…

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Live Review: The Rockaway Beach Festival – 07.01.2022 – 09.01.2022

Welcome to the end of the fear show! After everyone was grounded in 2021 Bognor braced itself for the return of the Rockaway Beach Festival. In the middle of a…

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Live Review: Nothing / Bambara / Midwife – Mercy Lounge, Nashville – 12.12.2021

This was my first experience shooting for Backseat Mafia and I was pretty excited to shoot for them. It was also my first time getting my photo pass for a…

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Live Review: Zuzu / Frankie Beetlestone / Luxury Goods – The Leadmill, Sheffield 14.12.2021

A trip to the now iconic Leadmill in Sheffield for what promised to be a great night. First up was Luxury Goods a band unknown to me before tonight, performing their first…

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Live Review: Hands Off Gretel / Edited People / Luke Appleton – The Birdwell Venue, Barnsley 18.12.2021

On a cold December afternoon, I drove my son, his girlfriend and my daughter 85 miles through the fog for our last gig of the year, Hands Off Gretel in Barnsley.…

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Live Review: LIFE / Isabella Strange – Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh 15.12.2021

In January 2020 at Rockaway Beach festival the Hull four-piece LIFE produced an electrifying set in an afternoon slot. Chatting to bassist Lydia after the gig, they said they were…

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Live Review: LCD Soundsystem – Brooklyn Steel, New York City 5.12.2021

As a native New Yorker, I have a really embarrassing confession to make – I had never seen LCD Soundsystem live before. Kinda sad, right? But, thanks to their 20-night…

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Live Review: LIFE – Lafayette, Kings Cross, London 07.12.2021

No mic stand is safe tonight. Mez is magnetic. The LIFE frontman paces the stage, proudly proclaiming “Ey ‘up, we’re from Hull…” before launching into the frenzied assault of Popular…

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