Nao brought her Saturn tour to a sold out main room at Digbeth’s Institute tonight. Before she even took to the stage, there was a real sense of occasion in the venue as the Friday night crowd sang along to the pre show playlist of R&B cuts.
Continue ReadingLive Review: Self Esteem – Bristol Thekla, 21 March 2019
Rebecca Taylor is probably best known as one half of British indie group, Slow Club, who are currently on hiatus. As Self Esteem, she has released one of the albums of the year and her tour to support it reaches Bristol tonight.
Continue ReadingLive Review: Becky Hill – Bristol Thekla, March 18 2019
This sold out show from The Voice alumni, Becky Hill, was originally listed for last October but was one of a handful of dates rescheduled due to what she jokingly described tonight as “tactical laryngitis”. She’s backed by a full live band and backing singers (one of whom, Lovelle, was tonight’s opening act) and brings […]
Continue ReadingLIVE: Neneh Cherry – SWX, Bristol – 17th Feb 2019
It has always been difficult to describe Neneh Cherry‘s musical style. She’s spent the 30 years since her breakthrough album, Raw Like Sushi, navigating her way through a seemingly endless variety of genres. Each record is different from the one before and it is because of this continuous innovation that she is still selling out […]
Continue ReadingLIVE: Art Brut – Exchange, Bristol – 16th Feb 2019
It has been more than 7 years since Art Brut‘s last album and tour and now the post-punk band are back with a run of club shows in support of their new album, Wham! Bang! Pow! Let’s Rock Out!
Continue ReadingREVIEW: Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls – Cardiff Motorpoint Arena – 2nd Feb 2019
Frank Turner and The Sleeping Souls made their return to Cardiff Motorpoint arena as part of the UK leg of the “Be More Kind” world tour. Despite being at this very venue in both 2014 and 2017, with the latter date being support for Blink-182, a lot has changed in such a short space of […]
Continue ReadingREVIEW: Sigrid – Birmingham o2 Academy – 04/11/18
In January of this year Norwegian singer-songwriter, Sigrid, followed in the footsteps of Adele, Ellie Goulding and Sam Smith by winning the BBC’s Sound Of… award. An incredibly well-received performance on Graham Norton’s chat show followed sending her single “Strangers” flying up the charts. Follow-up singles haven’t quite scaled the commercial heights of that track but she’s […]
Continue ReadingUnderground Festival 2018 – Gloucester Guildhall
Underground Festival is one of the most exciting music events to occur in Gloucester. It’s been running for 7 years and it’s aim is to showcase the best in new and upcoming bands, with a few old favourites returning to head up the bills. Since it’s inception it’s seen sets from bands who are just about […]
Continue ReadingREVIEW: Garbage – Digbeth Arena, Birmingham 08/09/18
In 1998, Garbage’s second album, “Version 2.0”, became their first and only UK Number 1 album, spawned five UK Top 20 hits and went on to sell around 4 million copies worldwide. This year, they celebrate the 20th anniversary of the record with a remastered re-issue and a tour. Tonight, the tour hits Digbeth Arena as part […]
Continue ReadingREVIEW: Arcane Roots – Live at Gloucester Guildhall 31/08/18
Shortly before Arcane Roots were to hit the stage at Gloucester Guildhall they announced that the band would shortly cease to exist.
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