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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]
Don Broco at Koko | Live review
Only last year alternative rockers Don Broco released their debut album Priorities, yet on the night of 19th April, the boys sold out London’s Koko, along with former Gallow’s frontman Frank Carter and his band Pure Love. The quartet have appeared at the [Read More]
Concert review: Airborne Toxic Event rock the Koko
February 28th saw Californian indie rockers Airborne Toxic Event taking London’s KoKo stage for a night of incendiary rock ‘n’ roll. Everything was set for them to be once again the kings of Camden Town (the band played for a whole month at the Dublin [Read More]
Concert review: Mr Scruff at Koko
Koko in Camden is Mr Scruff’s London home, a venue he has frequented more than any other artist in the club’s history. Over the course of his years performing there, each event has sold out – fans arrive in droves, and the gigs become less like concerts than [Read More]
Concert review: Modestep at KOKO
London-based live dubstep and rock band, Modestep played at KOKO in Camden for the first time, to a sold out audience of fans. They were there promoting their debut album Evolution Theory, released on 11th February. The band includes brothers, Tony and Josh Friend who, [Read More]
Concert review: Paul Banks brings NYC gloom to Koko
As the frontman of doom-laden New York post-punk peddlers Interpol, we’ve come to pretty much know what we’re going to get from Paul Banks et al: a lot of black, an atmosphere drenched in a particularly cinematic vein of melancholia and a great deal of forlorn glances [Read More]
Concert review: Ron Pope dazzles the Camden crowd at KOKO
It’s Friday night at the Koko in Camden and the atmosphere is electric. Anybody unfamiliar with who was soon to take the stage was in for an overwhelmingly good surprise. For the majority who have had this date circled on their newly bought calendars for some time, [Read More]
Concert review: Needtobreathe at Koko
There is a certain stigma that surrounds Christian music, especially in the UK. The labelling of certain musical acts also seems strange: for instance, Johnny Cash had many religious songs in his catalogue but his music was never deemed to be Christian. While Needtobreathe [Read More]
Concert review: Jake Bugg performs at Camden’s Koko
18-year-old breakthrough artist Jake Bugg, currently on tour to promote his eponymous debut album released on 15th October, picked the suggestive Koko as the location for his London night, and nailed it as he delivered a low-key yet notable performance in front of an [Read More]
Concert review: The Lumineers at Koko, Camden
“This is our biggest sold out show so far in London, we’re very humbled. Thank you.” gushes frontman Wesley Schultz in a thick mid-western American drawl towards the end of what was a particularly rousing set at Koko in Camden; what’s refreshing is just how genuine [Read More]
