indie live reviews Archives

Live: Kid Congo and the Pink Monkey Birds – Brisbane Hotel, Hobart 13/05/2018

The carpets at the iconic Brisbane Hotel in, confusingly, Hobart, Australia are so sticky that if you stand still on the one spot for too long, you might get never…

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Live Review: Nothing But Thieves / Sundara Karma / Black Foxxes at the Leadmill, Sheffield, 11.4.16

Nothing But Thieves could almost be forgiven for taking things slightly easier on themselves tonight as they take to the stage at the Leadmill. They’ve had to recently reschedule several…

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Live Review: Lisbon / Feral Mantra / The Wired at The Rocking Chair, Sheffield, 18/02/16

Lisbon are the kind of band it’s very easy to get excited about. They’re enthusiastic about their music, whether it’s finessing new material in the studio, getting the tech just…

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Live: Maxïmo Park – Rock City, Nottingham – 15-12-15

I first saw Maxïmo Park as a gawky twelve-year-old at Sheffield Octagon with me dad and a mate, on their UK tour for their debut record, A Certain Trigger. The high…

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Live: Ash at The Ritz Manchester 9.12.15, plus gallery

It remains one of rock’s enduring mysteries why Northern Ireland’s finest Ash are only playing decent sized venues like this instead of stadiums and this fun packed greatest hits sets…

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Live Reivew: Courtney Barnett – Kentish Town Forum, London 26.11.2015, plus Gallery

With her award-winning album ‘Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit’ appearing in most album of the year lists (including ours), Courtney Barnett’s appearance before a sold…

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Live Review: Ex Hex Live Review – The Scala, 02.11.2015, plus Gallery

Ex Hex tore through a set of rock ‘n’ roll that lifted the gloom of a Monday night in foggy London. As we’re standing outside the Scala on a murky…

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Live: The Cribs and Pulled Apart By Horses, Sheffield O2 Academy 24.10.15

On a brisk evening in Sheffield two of Yorkshire’s finest under the radar bands met at the O2 Academy. Traditional chants of “Yorkshire, Yorkshire” greet Leeds’ Pulled Apart By Horses…

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Live Review: Sleaford Mods – Brussels Ancienne Belgique 20.10.2015

Much has been written about Sleaford Mods; the non-musicality jibes, the faux-chav accusations, the lazy comparisons. Serendipity allowed me to sit in on the “An audience with…” in the AB’s…

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Live Review: Pinkshinyultrablast. Brudenell Social Club, Leeds 01.10.2015

Pinkshinyultrablast take the stage in a rather subtle, polite manner, take up their positions, twiddle a few knobs, tweak a few dials and ever so gently begin their set. Lyobuv’s…

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