Live Music Reviews
by Michael Hubbard
A joyous, euphoric evening of familiar feelings and something more from an endlessly inventive originator
by Steven Johnson
Sounding fresh and galvanised, they’re very much a band that knows their role and can execute it with precision and power
by Matt Cotsell
Five albums in, they are making some of the best pop music out there, snappy anthems with instantly memorable lyrics.
by Matt Cotsell
With Chris Bailey and co around, none of us will ever be subjected to the horrors of an awkward silence again
by Michael Hubbard
At their 40th anniversary, Andrew Eldritch’s outfit remains a band with a considerable and under-appreciated canon of work, directed by a man with a singular vision
by Michael Hubbard
The Belfast duo underlined that, while their ascent to electronic music’s top step was a little delayed, they are undeniably and deservedly now upon it
by Steven Johnson
A career-spanning two hours from a much-loved musical polymath who continues to move forward with confidence
by Matt Cotsell
Julie Campbell brings the glistening, paranoid techno experience of new album Former Things to Brighton
by Matt Cotsell
Last year’s All Things Being Equal album is improved upon in new and remarkable ways in Brighton
by Daniel Paton
A pandemic-curtailed experience still opened up bold, uncompromising and personal musical visions from the likes of Yazz Ahmed, Dinosaur and Sarathy Korwar
by Alan Ashton-Smith
His songs are compelling yet often unsettling, telling the tales of fragile souls living through tough times
by Steven Johnson
Selections from his trio of Orkney Islands inspired albums are brought to life in a special show at the Barbican
by Daniel Paton
“I’d like to see you, but I can’t and that’s hard. But I can feel you psychically,” announces the Be Good Tanyas founder to her virtual audience
by John Murphy
Cave draws widely from his back catalogue for a solo piano show that lifts the bar considerably for online gigs
by Matt Cotsell
Celebrating International Women’s Day, the 2020 BBC 6 Music Festival did the obvious thing and staged five amazing solo women
by Matt Cotsell
A plea to recognise that sometimes the simplest things will bring the most satisfaction, and all we want in this moment is that endless beat
by Daniel Paton
At a time when there is plenty of talk of moving functions of government away from the capital and stimulating growth in towns and regions, it’s perhaps slightly surprising that the BBC 6 Music Festival...
by Steven Johnson
Young guitar bands have enjoyed something of a renaissance over recent years and The Murder Capital are one of the latest acts to find themselves very much in the spotlight. Hailing from Dublin, the four...
by Sam Shepherd
Since the release of their ground breaking album Souvenirs d’un autre monde in 2007, Alcest has consistently made steps across genre boundaries and in doing so has attracted a wide and diverse audience. The French...
by Matt Cotsell
Much as the worlds of packaging, clothing and illustration have resorted to mid-century tropes and colour schemes, so the world of modern music has resorted to tired remakes, reboots and rehashes of the late ‘70s...
by Matt Cotsell
The room, hidden as it is down an alleyway beneath the old Victorian train station arches, cavernous in proportion and flooded with darkness on this sharp March evening, is heaving with supporters and characteristically loud....
