Live Reviews
Live review: Gang of Four
Heaven, London 02.02.11 Words and Photo: Alessandro Penge Influential, imitated and important. A couple of words that are usually thrown around when describing...
Live Review: Birthmark
Birthmark London Lexington 12.01.11 Much like Dischord is for punk, or Pixar for animated films, the Kinsella family can be seen as a badge...
Live Review: Tennis
Tennis The Lexington, London 07.01.11 Words and Photo: Alessandro Penge Meet Tennis, Denver’s husband and wife 60’s pop idolisers, apparently a tongue-in-cheek dig by...
Live Review: Helmet
London Scala 15.12.10 “We want to make London a regular stop!” declares Helmet vocalist/guitarist/sole founding member Page Hamilton, to obvious delight from the crowd....
Live Review: Saint Vitus
Saint Vitus The Underworld, Camden, London 07.12.2010 (Photo: whenwedie) Saint Vitus, to people in “the know”, are the quintessential doom metal band second only to...
Live Review: Touché Amoré
Touché Amoré w/ Lighthouse / Throats Old Blue Last 21.11.10 Coming to the UK for the first time can be a daunting...
The National – Live
The National O2 Academy, Brixton 30.11.10 Words and photography: Caitlin Mogridge Only The National could have a sell out tour, and fill the...
Les Savy Fav – Live
Les Savy Fav London Electric Ballroom 22.11.10 Photo: Chico Hooke Well, better late than never. Les Savy Fav have been visiting our shores for at...
Rival Schools – Live
Rival Schools 16th November, 2010 Hoxton Bar and Kitchen Rival Schools have a bit of a theme going on this evening. Frontman Walter Schreifels...
Trash Talk – Live
Trash Talk, Cerebral Ballzy The Barfly 22.11.10 A word from the promoter before the show lets us know that this event is a couple...
Therapy? – Live
Therapy? London Forum 19.11.10 “The last time we played here was when we released this single!” declares a grinning Andy Cairns, shortly before the...
Casiotone For The Painfully Alone – Live
London, Luminaire 02.11.10 Ah, the Luminaire. This small north-west London venue deserves recognition – not just for its excellent acoustics, good layout and friendly...