by Helen Clarke
The resurgence in the indiepop scene of recent years means there’s more events for the discerning cardigan wearing, jangly guitar listening music fan than ever…
by Matt Langham
If ever a band inverted the idea of less is more, fully embracing the notion that bigger must mean better, it’s The Joy Formidable. Drummer...
by Andy Baber
There is always a sense of anticipation before watching any of the acts being hyped for a big year. This was certainly the case before...
by Helen Clarke
If it’s true that we mellow with age, Billy Bragg’s a big kid at heart. Thirty years since his debut album, he’s only now beginning...
by Colm McAuliffe
Wrangling an infectious joyous rhythm from murder ballads in 9/8 and taut, tense odes to middle-aged angst is quite an achievement. But when the sorcerer...
by Daniel Paton
Once a great rarity, Keith Jarrett concerts now seem to be assuming a ritualistic regularity. In the past five years, Jarrett has visited London twice...
by Marc Burrows
Django Django are an odd headliner for this year’s NME Awards Tour, not because they’re not ‘big enough’ – Brixton Academy’s going-mental audience is proof...
by Steven Johnson
Music derived predominantly from the guitar can attract feelings of fatigue and disdain from time to time, possibly more so than any other single instrument,...
by Chris White
After almost 15 years on the road this is, irrepressible front man Johnny Bramwell informs the audience, I Am Kloot’s first ever sell out tour. ...
by Geoff Cowart
From high church to being high at a club, German producer Hendrik Weber, aka Pantha Du Prince, displayed just about every sound and mood a...
by Helen Clarke
‘Intimate’ shows are all the rage – a couple of miles down the road Dave Grohl is playing an ‘intimate’ show at the Forum –...
by Marc Burrows
It’s been hard to find a gig buddy for tonight’s show by Kiwi rock n’ rollers The Datsuns. Responses have ranged from “2004 called, they...
by Daniel Paton
There is acres of space, yet nobody rudely pushes their way to the front. Nobody spills beer. For most of this extraordinary multimedia performance, the...
by Laurence Green
When it comes to Kodaline, we’ve been waiting for a while to throw some kind of obligatory ‘luck of the Irish’ line into the mix....
by Christopher Monk
This gig was sold out weeks ago, and it’s reasonable to assume that there are very few no-shows among those who have tickets. The Scala...
by Daniel Paton
Through its seductive combination of judicious song interpretations, thrilling playing and confounding rhythmic trickery, pianist Vijay Iyer’s astonishing trio has been bringing challenging music underpinned...
by Jack Davies
The rise of Two Door Cinema Club has been a stealthy one. Their first album, Tourist History, sold moderately well. And their recent album Beacon,...
