Firstly, it’s The Barfly, if you’ve ever been there you know full well it’s The Barfly, let’s move on. Having waxed lyrical about the excellence of Bryde‘s tunes on a few previous occasions, I finally had the pleasure of seeing her live as she headlined a rather busy Camden Assembly on a Wednesday night which saw my…
The Vryll are brill. Well before I even trundled down the streets of Bethnal Green to finally go and see the Scouse geniuses live I could feel a buzz, a knowing sensation that I was off to watch something incredibly special. And, boy, did they deliver. Kicking things off with a sadly all-too-brief set were The…
On Wednesday night Brixton was treated to its own small slice of Australia as two of the current hottest properties from down under gave fans at the Academy a night to remember. Support acts don’t always manage to draw the biggest crowds but several people were already feeling the buzz as Cleopold took to the…
If you’re the sort of person who likes their guitars bursting through the cracks in the walls with a ferocity that would beat even the most hardened heavyweight to shame then you’ve probably missed out one of the most ear-blowing gigs of the year. The folks over at Jagermeister got together with this tiny music…
Having seen The Bulletproof Bomb live now more times than I’ve got hairs on my chin (curse my crippling inability to grow facial hair), it seems as though I might as well tell you why I’m as madly in love with their on-stage presence as I am with their exquisite releases. As headliners of a night which was…
One of my regular East London haunts was brought into life last month by a line-up of three bands that had one over-riding factor in common; the harmonies were exquisite. Though there may not have been an massive amount of stylistic consistency between the three bands, each of them filled with a unique charm that…
I’ve been full of praise for the wonderful organisers of the Indigo Sessions on plenty of previous occasions for their line-ups at Hoxton’s Underbelly, however, never have they managed to put together a night of music that has blown me away quite as much as this. Whilst there wasn’t a particularly weak link on the bill, the…
