Live Review – Page 2

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WHEN LOVE RUNS HIGH – Zombies In Triumphant 50th Anniversary Performance of Odessey and Oracle

October 5, 2017

In June 1967 five musicians went into London’s Abbey Road studios to record The Zombies‘ second album Odessey and Oracle. Though not a…

NICE TO SEE YER! – Sleaford Mods Tie The O2 Academy Brixton Up In Nottz

September 25, 2017

For some the thought of spending 90 minutes in the company of two middle-aged blokes, armed only with a laptop and a microphone, would…

KOOL THINGS – The Thurston Moore Group Invades A Teeming Scala’s Rock N Roll Consciousness

June 22, 2017

Having spent the first 10 minutes crushed beneath someone’s armpit in a packed and sweaty Scala, it’s painfully obvious Thurston Moore still has a massive…

X-MACHINES – Boss Hog Turn Up The Heat At The Hackney Oslo

February 6, 2017

It’s been 17 long years since Boss Hog last had an album to tour, so Friday’s show at Hackney’s Oslo was an event not…

A THOUSAND KISSES DEEP – Savages Captivate A Besotted O2 Academy In Black Friday Show

November 29, 2016

What better antidote to the rapacious commercialism of Black Friday than a night out in Brixton with Savages?

The O2 Academy show was the band’s biggest UK headlining performance to date and the packed house signalled that this was a band ready for the big leagues.