Live Review

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LIVE REVIEW: Marcus McCoan @ O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire Supporting Natalie Imbruglia

October 14, 2022

For the 25th anniversary of her landmark album ‘Left Of The Middle,’ Natalie Imbruglia gathers people around the country to sing along to the hits we all know so well. On an October evening, people queue up at the O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire to witness this Australian sensation.

LIVE: aliensdontringdoorbells at the Dublin Castle

August 4, 2022

The interiors of London’s Dublin Castle cleared up for the landing of aliensdontringdoorbells. With the arrival of Adam and Dorian and their band, people fill the venue in anticipation of an energy-packed performance to end the week just right.

Kris James Live @ LeeStock Festival 2022

June 16, 2022

Now that everyone is allowed out and about again, it is hard to pick and choose from the overwhelming amount of live shows, festivals, and pub gigs. During the Bank Holiday weekend, it seemed like everywhere you looked, there was an event in full swing.

LIVE REVIEW: LeeStock Festival 2022

June 9, 2022

With the Jubilee weekend, people have been scattered everywhere but at home. The sunny, not-so-usual British weather let us enjoy a pint or two, whether it was in the streets of England waving a British flag or at a local pub catching up with friends enjoying days off work.

Stephen Jones Babybird live at the 100 Club November 2019

GOOD GOOD NIGHT – Babybird Live And Hilarious At London’s 100 Club

December 10, 2019

A first proper album in 21 years, deserves a proper tour and so EP’s Matt Catchpole (Words) and Sam Wells (Pictures) find themselves in…

President Street Bring Something New To The Bedford At Their Intimate Acoustic Gig Last Night

November 27, 2019

We were lucky enough to catch the genre-defying President Street at their live acoustic set at The Bedford last night!

Live Review: Kate Lomas, The Grace, London, 02/10/19

October 16, 2019

Closing off 2019 in style, indie inspired electro-pop artist Kate Lomas put on a dazzling performance at The Grace in London, off the back of releasing her dreamy summer bop ‘Happy Like This’ alongside accompanying party-popping visual.

HERE COMES SICKNESS – Mudhoney Bring Their 30th Anniversary Tour To London’s Camden Electric Ballroom

December 20, 2018

A little over a decade after punk kicked over the traces with its back to basics approach, a gaggle of lumberjack-shirted miscreants from Seattle picked up the baton and ran with it.
Reared on diet of hardcore, MC5 and The Stooges, Mudhoney were at the vanguard of the grunge revolution and their debut mini-album Superfuzz Bigmuff remains a defining document of the times.

UP ON THE STAND – MC50 Kick Out The Jams At The Shepherd’s Bush Empire

November 23, 2018

Anniversary tours are always tricky, especially for a band with the cachet of the MC5.
Reputations can be destroyed, legacies tarnished and there’s always the risk of being accused of “selling out”. Wayne Kramer has faced such a backlash before having previously reformed the band for a one-off show in 2003 with two surviving members as part of a Levi’s ad campaign.