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Festival Review: Visions 2017

by Bekki Bemrose

Considering all the festival horror stories hitting the headlines currently it’s heartening that the small, but perfectly formed, Visions Festival finds itself thriving. Historically, multi-venue…


Mercury Rev and Royal Northern Sinfonia @ Barbican, London

Scheduled as part of Bella Union’s 20th anniversary celebrations, this collaboration between the long enduring Mercury Rev and the Royal Northern Sinfonia provided, according to...
Mercury Rev and Royal Northern Sinfonia @ Barbican, London

Ezra Furman: That’s When It Hit Me @ Barbican, London

Performing at the Barbican to celebrate 20 years of Simon Raymonde’s Bella Union label, to which he is signed, Ezra Furman seems overwhelmed to be...
Ezra Furman: That’s When It Hit Me @ Barbican, London

The Cinematic Orchestra @ Somerset House, London

For the last 18 years Jason Swinscoe has perfected his evocative blend of jazz, soul, beats and soundtrack-friendly sounds as the creative force behind The...
The Cinematic Orchestra @ Somerset House, London

Arcade Fire @ York Hall, London

In the red corner: Arcade Fire, indisputably one of the world’s greatest live bands, known for knockout shows and punchy, emotional music. In the blue...
Arcade Fire @ York Hall, London

New Order @ Old Granada Studios, Manchester

Before New Order + Liam Gillick this evening – or rather, the wonderfully and pretentiously titled ∑(No,12k,Lg,17Mif), for which the formula will be unpacked shortly...
New Order @ Old Granada Studios, Manchester

The Maccabees @ Apollo, Manchester

The Maccabees paid a fond farewell to Manchester at a party which didn’t disappoint. Throughout the band’s final gig at the city’s Apollo on Wednesday...
The Maccabees @ Apollo, Manchester

Tindersticks: Minute Bodies: The Intimate World Of F Percy Smith @ Barbican, London

“The house in which he works is crammed from basement to top floor with every conceivable device for filming animals, vegetables and minerals”, wrote documentarist...
Tindersticks: Minute Bodies: The Intimate World Of F Percy Smith @ Barbican, London

Diamanda Galás @ Barbican, London

In a career spanning over 30 years that has brought her renown as one of the world’s most original vocalists, it’s hard to know where...
Diamanda Galás @ Barbican, London

Festival Review: Bushstock 2017

Shepherd’s Bush isn’t exactly known as a hot bed of nightlife and gig venues. Sure it’s got the massive Shepherd’s Bush Empire and that dearly...
Festival Review: Bushstock 2017

Ride @ Village Underground, London

The recent shoegaze revival has proved to be more successful than anyone could have reasonably predicted. Slowdive have returned with a beautifully enriched album that...
Ride @ Village Underground, London

Festival Review: Field Day 2017

After last year’s slippery conditions, the run up to Field Day 2017 is spent nervously checking the weather, preparing for the worst. We needn’t have...
Festival Review: Field Day 2017

BadBadNotGood @ Forum, London

IV by youthful Canadian jazz outfit BadBadNotGood was one of the standout albums of 2016, expanding their take on modern jazz in innovative and wide-ranging...
BadBadNotGood @ Forum, London

Erasure @ Roundhouse, London

Erasure has been a going concern for over three decades, in a career spanning songs in the hundreds, gigs in the thousands and sales in...
Erasure @ Roundhouse, London

Bing & Ruth @ LSO St Luke’s, London

The genre of modern classical may be getting a slightly crowded place to be these days but albums like No Home Of The Mind by...
Bing & Ruth @ LSO St Luke’s, London

The Unthanks @ Milton Hall, Barbican, London

Amid the UK’s quietly thriving but often rather cosy folk scene, Northumbria’s The Unthanks have long stood out for their willingness to boldly blur the...
The Unthanks @ Milton Hall, Barbican, London

Philip Glass & Laurie Anderson @ Royal Festival Hall, London

An evening in the presence of a master of minimalism and an avant-garde multimedia artists might lead you to assume a hefty side order of...
Philip Glass & Laurie Anderson @ Royal Festival Hall, London

Penguin Cafe @ Omeara, London

The leader of Penguin Cafe, Arthur Jeffes, recently explained that the band’s third album had been inspired in part by thinking about the imperfections of...
Penguin Cafe @ Omeara, London

Music In Twelve Parts @ Barbican, London

At early performances of Philip Glass‘s Music in Twelve Parts, held in Manhattan lofts in the 1970s, the audience could wander around or lie on...
Music In Twelve Parts @ Barbican, London

Festival Review: Desertfest 2017

The concept of Desertfest is somewhat misleading. On the surface it appears to be nothing more than a list of insanely heavy bands brutalising the...
Festival Review: Desertfest 2017

Kasabian @ O2 Forum Kentish Town, London

Kasabian kick off their show just minutes after the final whistle of their beloved hometown team Leicester City’s battling defeat in the European Champions League...
Kasabian @ O2 Forum Kentish Town, London
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