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Live Review: HowTheLightGetsIn Festival – Kenwood House, Hampstead London 01.10.2022 – 02.10.2022
My pace quickens and acorns crunch underfoot. I’ve got the fear. Like the return of a recurring nightmare, I’m late for my lectures, again. October will always herald a new term, a new start and the anticipation of mind-expanding adventures – so welcome to the university of Hampstead aka HowTheLightGetsIn festival. My first lesson is: …
Live Review: Frank Turner And The Sleeping Souls / Snuff / Pet Needs / Truckstop Honeymoon – 02 Academy Brixton, London 25.09.2022
The Folk Punk star Frank Turner finally heads out on tour again with a mammoth lineup with his provocative and joyous singalong set to a mass gathered audience with big hearted anthems! Known for his provocative views on right wing sediments which have sparked debates in the past and have led to doughs to which …
Live Gallery: Parcels – O2 Academy Brixton 30.09.2022
By Henry Regan Formed in Byron Bay, Australia back in 2014, indie-pop 5 piece Parcels were now in the middle of their European tour for the release of their second album ‘Day/Night’ (2021). After making a name for themselves with a Daft Punk collaboration in 2017, and the release of their critically acclaimed self titled …
Live Review: Black Kids – The 100 Club, London 15.09.2022
A fan clutches a Black Kids colouring book. Black Kids inspire this kind of devotion. He’ll probably colour it in without going over the edges. Then again, he won’t want to spoil the pristine pages of his heroes at all. He’ll wait for the limited-edition Black Kids felt tip pens to arrive. The 100 Club …
Say Psych: Live Review: Psych All Dayer, London, 17.09.2022
London’s Other Side Promotions are one of the newcomers to the psych promoting game and they have already made quite a stir. Today’s all dayer came about from the ashes of cancelled gigs at the end of last year, and even with line up changes since it was announced, they have put together something really …
Live Review: Yann Tiersen / Quinquis – The Roundhouse, London 08.09.2022
As the puddles form around the humdrum town and London joins the rest of this disunited kingdom to enter a new Dark Ages, a little French fun should be just the tonic. Yann Tiersen contributed much of the score for the Amelie film soundtrack back in 2001. The quirky beauty of Audrey Tautou and Yann …
Live Review: Bauhaus – Brixton Academy, London 19.08.2022
There’s soaring inflation, public sector strikes and a cost of living crisis and somewhere in Northamptonshire the band Bauhaus are taking that angst and discontent and creating a goth classic. Bauhaus – or Bauhaus 1919 (as they were initially called) recorded their classic Bela Lugosi’s Dead amidst the industrial strife and political instability of Britain …
TRACK: High Vis release new single Trauma Bonds ahead of second album, Blending, due 9 September
London’s High Vis have released new single ‘Trauma Bonds‘ from their second album Blending which is set for release on 9 September on Dais Records. The impassioned vocals and forthright lyrics present a hopeful search for empathy and communication in the face of ongoing personal tragedy. As front person Graham Sayle explains:“‘Trauma Bonds’ was written after the news of …
Live Review: Joe Jackson – London Palladium, London 07.08.22
School was cruel. Blessed with an abundant record box of singles I had a passport to the parties but it came at a cost. Spending my paper-round money on vinyl but still clad in jumble sale garb didn’t go unnoticed by my mates, So a throwaway jibe about me being “square” stuck fast. To be …
Live Review: Christina Aguilera / Union J – The O2, London 05.08.2022
Words by Adrian Peel Hailed by opening act Union J as “the greatest voice of our generation”, Christina Aguilera stopped off at the O2 as part of a short UK tour – her first since the pandemic – which was due to culminate with a headline appearance at Brighton Pride on Saturday, August 6th. Images of the sultry singer looking every inch the superstar …