Music
Sam Amidon at Bush Hall | Live review
A truly immersive live experience is a rare thing, but Sam Amidon’s compositions instantly transport the listener on an intrepid yet mystical journey. Last night the Vermont-born artist celebrated his latest release Bright Sunny South with an utterly mesmerising concert [Read More]
Gianluca Terranova at Wigmore Hall | Live review
For the penultimate concert of this season of Rosenblatt recitals, Gianluca Terranova stands in for Ivan Magrí to perform a particularly populist program of Italian arias, accompanied by Simon Lepper. The tenor starts off with tidy renditions of Leoncavallo’s Mattinata [Read More]
Lewis Watson at The Forum | Live review
You could be forgiven for thinking that the last thing your music collection needs is another adolescent singer-songwriter musing about teenage heartbreak, but when they’re the quality of Lewis Watson, there’s always room for one more. This 20-year-old, self-taught [Read More]
A$AP Rocky at Brixton Academy | Live review
“It’s about to get a little hardcore in here!” Rocky cautions his crowd. Ignoring the warnings plastered all over the venue, he demands mosh pits and crowd surfing, with the promise that if his fans do it, by the end of the night he will too. The question [Read More]
Andrew McMahon at the Union Chapel | Live review
As the years go by, changes inevitably take place. Andrew McMahon started his career in 2002 as part of Something Corporate, a pop-punk act. Two records later the musician kicked off a side project called Jack’s Mannequin which became his focus and gained major commercial [Read More]
Craig David at the IndigO2 | Live review
With a new album on its way and his TS5 Sunday night parties creating a fair amount of Internet and radio buzz, it looks as though a Craig David comeback is once again gaining momentum. The UK garage scene is a distant memory and while David claims – during an impromptu [Read More]
Josh Rouse at Islington Assembly Hall | Live review
Josh Rouse returns to London after about a year, serenading fans with temperate acoustics and meaningful lyrics in a set that has the feel of a private performance at the Islington Assembly Hall. While promoting his latest studio album, Happiness Waltz, the American [Read More]
Ghostpoet – Some Say I So I Say Light | Album review
Ghostpoet’s debut album Peanut Butter Blues & Meloncholy Jam was critically acclaimed and was nominated for the hotly contested 2011 Mercury Music Prize – a momentous achievement for a rapper releasing his first record. However, Ghostpoet (Obaro Ejimiwe) doesn’t [Read More]
Mr Scruff at KOKO, Camden | Live review
“Incoming bass line alert!” With two turntables, a digital audio station and a sampler, Mr Scruff kept the beats dropping with an eclectic mix of techno, soul, hip hop, funk, electronic, house, reggae, dubstep and jazz for a five-and a-half-hour set at KOKO in Camden. [Read More]
Guards at Birthdays, Dalston | Live review
Guards startle the crowd into silence and command their attention, as they close the Paint it Black night in the basement of Birthdays in Dalston. An acoustic opening followed by the low vocals of I Know It’s You is an undesirable start to the band’s set, but their [Read More]
