Live Review: Ocean Alley / Hockey Dad – Roundhouse, London 02.09.2024
By Henry Groves Saturday night, sold out Roundhouse, Aussie rock band. I’m not sure there are 3 bigger hints that this was going to be one hell of a gig.…
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Live Review: Thomas Dolby – Islington Academy, London 24.08.2024
Forget Britney, it was Thomas Dolby who made the headset mic chic. Back in the early 1980s the electronica synth pioneer first came to prominence with all the poise of…
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Live Review: South Facing Festival – Love Motion Presents Grace Jones, Crystal Place Concert Bowl, London
The word ‘iconic’ gets thrown about a great deal in music, but there’s really no other person more deserving of the accolade than Grace Jones. Not only for her music,…
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Live Review: The Lambrini Girls – Scala, London 13.06.2024
By Henry Groves It isn’t very often that I get instantly excited by a new band, but when I saw Lambrini Girls back at Great Escape 2023, I was immediately…
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Live Review: Kerry King / Celestial Sanctuary – The Electric Ballroom, London 18.06.2024
As I rounded the corner from the tube I was met with an impressive line of black clad souls decorated in shirts ranging from the proudly worn decades old greyed…
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Live Review: Ladaniva – Bush Hall, London 11.06.2024
London offers the world. After summer shenanigans at South Asian events, Polish and Uzbek festivals I find myself in Shepherd’s Bush waiting for an Armenian band to take to the…
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Live Review: Ibibio Sound Machine – Koko, London 06.06.2024
By Henry Groves A slightly different show for me tonight. Tonight, I was at KOKO in Camden for the electro/afrofunk band Ibibio Sound Machine. Before I even got to the…
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EP Review: London duo Nudista’s raw new vision on ‘Nothing Makes Sense Until It Does’
London based duo: Nudista are back on form with their newest EP since the lockdown-recorded folk rock outing: Halfway Here. When I reviewed that record, I was struck by the…
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Live Review: Kawala / Bagge / Sofy – Outernet, London 22.05.2024
By Henry Groves As part of their European tour, KAWALA were playing their only UK date at London’s HERE at Outernet, and it was bound to be a special one.…
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Live Gallery: Teddy Swims – Shepherds Bush, London 13.05.2024
Teddy Swims is the moniker for Jaten Dimsdale an American artist based in Atlanta. Swims stands for – “someone who isn’t me sometimes”, which refers to him trying to integrate…
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