Music
Field Day 2014 – The Upcoming’s top picks
Since first appearing in 2007, Field Day has steadily grown into one of the biggest musical events on…
By Tristan BathTristan Bath
Published articles
Album
Blue October – Sway
Still taking many cues from the emotional late-90s post-grunge scene that spawned them, Blue October’s soppy outlook has…
By Tristan Bath
Album
Mazzy Star – Seasons of Your Day
At a time when the angry kids of the early-90s Seattle grunge scene have become deified and hipster…
By Tristan Bath
Live music
Open East Festival champions diversity at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
2012 was truly a sobering year to be a Londoner, with the Olympic games at the centre of…
By Tristan Bath
Live music
John Zorn at the Barbican Centre
Of all the modern American composers to emerge from the 20th century, John Zorn was the most post-modern,…
By Tristan Bath
Dance
Quimeras at Sadler’s Wells Theatre
Few art forms are quite as overtly indicative of their home country as Flamenco is of Spain. It…
By Tristan Bath
Live music
Embers at the Sebright Arms
Not many new bands arrive in London with as much heat or laudation already behind them. With only…
By Tristan Bath
Play
Julius Caesar at St Paul’s Church
Just off to the side of St Paul’s Church, mere metres from the hustle and bustle of Covent…
By Tristan Bath
Live music
Robbie Williams at Wembley Stadium
In his first stadium tour since 2006, and with a his most unabashed release since Escapology just out,…
By Tristan Bath
Play
Our Town at the King’s Head Theatre
Back in 1938, Our Town gave Thornton Wilder his second of three Pulitzer Prizes, and it’s lost none…
By Tristan Bath