Music Reviews

The Rolling Stones – Bridges to Bremen Review

Latter-day live albums are often a painful affair, with scant muscle to cover the dignity of their creators, the unspooling of the years since their apogee all ... Read More...

Festival review: The hottest Glastonbury on record

In a year where climate change is prevalent in the news, this year’s Glastonbury was a scorcher. The question is, was it to do with a bubble from the Sahara or ... Read More...

Night Flight soar on debut LP

There is no better experience than discovering your new favourite band by chance at a pub gig. That’s what happened to this writer when Night Flight supported W... Read More...

Fatboy Slim kicks off Live in The Wyldes

In the beautiful setting of the Cornish countryside, down a few winding roads near Bude, something was stirring on Friday 14 June. A steady stream of traffic wa... Read More...

DeWolff – Live & Outta Sight II Review

Where did all the live albums go? In the Second Great Age of Rock - also known as the 1970s - they were the absolute cat’s pyjamas. After Frampton Came Alive, e... Read More...

Gov’t Mule ride into Kentish Town

It’s seven o’clock in Kentish Town, and a strange crowd is moving in on the north-Camden hipster haven. They’re old, they’re hairy and they’ve kept the faith si... Read More...

Duncan Lloyd – Outside Notion Review

Having shot to fame in the early noughties with indie band Maximo Park, Duncan Lloyd has stayed in the indie scene until now. Lloyd’s new solo album Outside Not... Read More...

XE54 take over The Wool Store

On Saturday (1 June), XE54 hosted the penultimate Wool Store party of 2019. Decked out with an insane lighting rig, there was a post apocalyptic feel to the ven... Read More...

Mark Knopfler brings the class at The O2

There are good gigs, and then there are musicianly gigs. There are wig-outs and happenings, and then there are virtuoso displays. Tonight’s show at The O2, bill... Read More...

The Lumineers put Gloria Sparks into the world

How do you market music these days? It’s a question that the music industry still hasn’t quite sorted out in the digital age, but The Lumineers have had an idea... Read More...

Swimming Tapes – Morningside Review

Cassettes that can swim? Poolside home videos? Sellotape in the sea? It may be hard to parse their name, but it’s not hard to listen to their music - that’s Swi... Read More...

William The Conqueror mellow out The Lexington

The Lexington has a good level of scuzz to it. The pub downstairs looks like the bar where Dewey Finn romances Miss Mullins in School of Rock. The venue upstair... Read More...

Film

Sing Me A Song Review

Come Away Review

The Macaluso Sisters Review

TV

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Music

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Single Review: Andrea – Fighting For

Spotlight on Matt Marcii and Robbie Hutton

Books

Book Review: A Room Called Earth by Madeleine Ryan

Book Review: Paris By Starlight by Robert Dinsdale

Book Review: The Last Thing To Burn by Will Dean

Music Reviews

The Rolling Stones – Bridges to Bremen Review

Festival review: The hottest Glastonbury on record

Night Flight soar on debut LP

Fatboy Slim kicks off Live in The Wyldes

DeWolff – Live & Outta Sight II Review

Gov’t Mule ride into Kentish Town

Duncan Lloyd – Outside Notion Review

XE54 take over The Wool Store

Mark Knopfler brings the class at The O2

The Lumineers put Gloria Sparks into the world

Swimming Tapes – Morningside Review

William The Conqueror mellow out The Lexington