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The Black Angels – Indigo Meadow | Album review

The Black Angels – Indigo Meadow | Album review

Listening to The Black Angels’ Indigo Meadow at times feels like being trapped inside a band member’s bedroom as he incessantly flicks between tracks from their YouTube favorites. The band certainly wear their influences on their sleeves, sometimes even mixing a few [Read More]

Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires of the City | Album review

Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires of the City | Album review

If Vampire Weekend’s Modern Vampires of the City really is the culmination of a trilogy, this latest installment successfully upholds their cheerful take on thought-provoking lyrical content that drives you to get up and dance. The upbeat, head-bopping single Diane Young [Read More]

Steve Hackett at Hammersmith Apollo | Live review

Steve Hackett at Hammersmith Apollo | Live review

Steve Hackett, the British singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, is foremost renowned for his seven years as the guitarist of Genesis from 1970 to 1977. This was the period, straddling both Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins as lead singers, where the band were [Read More]

Fake TV 2 / Powder Room After Party | Live review

Fake TV 2 / Powder Room After Party | Live review

Imagine Bikini Kill but a bit more metal and you have Fake Club – the new all girl band oozing with talent and just as much attitude to go with it. They are the soundtrack to MJ Delaney’s new girl-com Powder Room and the creators of Fake TV, which this week saw the [Read More]

Animal Kingdom at Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen | Live review

Animal Kingdom at Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen | Live review

Animal Kingdom’s second album has been out in America for a year but they are only now celebrating its British release. The Looking Away is ironically titled, as it accurately describes Britain’s collective failing to recognise this band. Tonight’s show is a terrific [Read More]

The Red Lapels at White Rabbit | Live review

The Red Lapels at White Rabbit | Live review

It’s bank holiday, the sun has finally arrived and it seems that the party has already started deep in the heart of Shoreditch. Down a small, winding lane off Shoreditch High Street, South East London’s The Red Lapels perform. The area is somewhat like a maze and upon [Read More]

Field Day 2013 – The Upcoming’s top picks

Field Day 2013 – The Upcoming’s top picks

Since first appearing in 2007, Field Day has steadily grown into one of the biggest musical events on London’s music calendar. Now in its sixth year, the festival sits proudly at the forefront of London’s thriving underground hipster scene. Yet it can also boast early [Read More]

The Computers at Rough Trade East | Live review

The Computers at Rough Trade East | Live review

The first few listens to The Computers’ brand new album Love Triangles, Hate Squares will probably trigger a few double takes from fans of their early material. Their riotous debut situated them squarely in the hardcore punk scene, but their latest offering sees them [Read More]

Noah and the Whale at the Palace Theatre | Live review

Noah and the Whale at the Palace Theatre | Live review

Noah and the Whale are a band armed with a reputation. Adored by fans, they still leave non-admirers nonplussed – detractors aren’t motivated to hate them, they’re simply unmoved. Noah and the Whale have always exuded an air of seriousness unbefitting their [Read More]

Matthew E. White at Queen Elizabeth Hall | Live review

Matthew E. White at Queen Elizabeth Hall | Live review

It’s been a good year thus far. We’ve had the return of some of the rock ‘n’ roll hierarchy, most prominently Bowie but also Nick Cave, The Strokes and The House of Love. And yet a small town Virginian, Matthew E. White from Richmond, VA, is in the running for the [Read More]

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