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Melys + Tin Star @ [onefourfour]

by Johnny Mango

If you weren’t at this gig please suspend your disbelief for a moment (if you were there you won’t need to) and consider this: Melys…


Goldfrapp @ Union Chapel, London

by Helen Wright
After a stunning gig at ULU in February, Goldfrapp’s two nights at the Union Chapel had sold out almost immediately. With the new single (a...
Goldfrapp @ Union Chapel, London

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds @ Brixton Academy

by Helen Wright
Fans of Nick Cave overheard at the rather different venue of The Royal Festival Hall the previous evening were worried that their Prince of Darkness...
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds @ Brixton Academy

Total Meltdown @ The Royal Festival Hall

by Helen Wright
Bringing together past directors of Meltdown before this year’s Meltdown Festival kicks off, Total Meltdown was part of the 50th Anniversary celebrations of the Royal...
Total Meltdown @ The Royal Festival Hall

Buena Vista Social Club @ Laugardalshöllin, Re...

by Michael Hubbard
The legend that is the Buena Vista Social Club goes on. The original album by these veteran Cuban musicians has been for some time the...
Buena Vista Social Club @ Laugardalshöllin, Re...

Kristin Hersh @ Shepherd’s Bush Empire

by Michael Hubbard
The first surprise was the ticket, which declared that we had downstairs reserved seats. This was the Shepherd’s Bush Empire and, as everyone knows, it...
Kristin Hersh @ Shepherd’s Bush Empire

Natacha Atlas @ Union Chapel, London

by Michael Hubbard
Before we launch headlong into Natacha worshipping around here, let us spare a few words for her support act; I’ve no idea what they were...
Natacha Atlas @ Union Chapel, London

Eliza Carthy @ Dingwalls, London

by Michael Hubbard
She’s got blue hair, luv. Eliza Carthy has more than that of course, starting with stage presence. A folky lady from northern climes, she comes...
Eliza Carthy @ Dingwalls, London

Starsailor @ Lomax, Liverpool

by Collen Chandler
This isn’t another New Acoustic band. Starsailor are far too exciting for that. Saying that they’re the band “most likely to do a Coldplay” is...
Starsailor @ Lomax, Liverpool

Divine Comedy – Shepherd’s Bush Emp...

by Helen Wright
It had been a long week – Glasgow, Cambridge, Oxford, Norwich and now home to the Shepherd’s Bush Empire, and as Neil put it, “four...
Divine Comedy – Shepherd’s Bush Emp...

The Divine Comedy @ Junction, Cambridge

by Michael Hubbard
With tour-long support from Food’s newest signing Matthew Jay and his motley band of shaggy-haired chums warming the audience up nicely for the rock band...
The Divine Comedy @ Junction, Cambridge

Fun Lovin’ Criminals @ Ocean, London

by Johnny Mango
It’s not easy to get to Hackney but the prospect of a new 23 Million venue and the Fun Lovin’ Criminals certainly had the potential...
Fun Lovin’ Criminals @ Ocean, London

Divine Comedy – Liverpool University, Liv...

by Collen Chandler
We live in interesting times. Pop-Opera blokeys The Divine Comedy being produced by Nigel ‘Radiohead‘ Godrich? He’s going to make them all depressed! He’s going...
Divine Comedy – Liverpool University, Liv...

Astrid + DNA @ Lomax

by Collen Chandler
DNA are pure eclecticism. There’s ten of them up there, each operating within their own square foot of the Lomax stage, but this isn’t some...
Astrid + DNA @ Lomax

Lowgold + Brave Captain @ The Lomax

by Collen Chandler
Brave Captain will shortly release an EP entitled Better Living Through Reckless Experimentation. Sounds quite good doesn’t it? Sounds like Martin Carr is carrying on...
Lowgold + Brave Captain @ The Lomax

Beth Orton + Eileen Rose + Anjali @ Union Chape...

by Michael Hubbard
Rough Trade had hired what is debatably London’s most atmospheric and beautiful venue, the Union Chapel, for five females of mixed musical tastes. Eileen Rose...
Beth Orton + Eileen Rose + Anjali @ Union Chape...

I Am Kloot @ Liverpool University

by Collen Chandler
There’s a storm warning. There’s a hurricane coming. Its really not a big deal though, so get out from under the table, and put away...
I Am Kloot @ Liverpool University