Paloma Faith
Madder than Brian Mad from Madchester, based on her appearances on Never Mind The Buzzcocks, anyway, Paloma Faith is a perculiar yet likeable artist. And so it proved… Date: June […]
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Andy Cairns
A chance to see Therapy? frontman Andy Cairns play some of the band’s songs pared down and a little more genteel. Date: May 24, 2013 Venue: Bodega “The riff to […]
British Sea Power
One of my all-time favourite bands are still creating dazzling, dizzying displays of alt.indie. The foliage was back, the pre-support set was back, but no wrestling bears? The only let […]
The Sheepdogs
I first heard this band by complete accident when skimming through a secure app on my phone which music labels use to let reviewers hear albums. I was looking for […]
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
The last time I was scheduled to review this dark and brooding bunch the gig got cancelled due to illness. So I wasn’t about to let the m pass through […]
Stiff Little Fingers
This review exists due to a last-minute decision to go and see a band who – cliche alert – have more tunes than you remember. They may be embarking on […]
Mark Morriss
Remember The Bluetones? The 90s indie band that never really went away until 2011? I do, and as a massive Bluetones fan – largely due to Mark Morriss’s voice and […]
Twisted Wheel
I’d only seen this band in a supportive capacity, when they supported Oasis at Heaton Park, and Paul Weller at Sherwood Pines. Could they step out of the shadows of […]
The Joy Formidable
Thankfully, my first child arrived the weekend before this gig, allowing me to go along and check out a band who caught my attention at Nottingham’s Dot to Dot festival […]
Wave Machines
A hastily-arranged gig this one, but sometimes those type of gigs can unearth a gem. Not to be confused with the Wave Pictures, this Liverpool lot make indietronica with soul. […]
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