Cat Power – Sun

The past six years have been tough for Charlyn Marie Marshall, aka Cat Power. After...

Sonnymoon – Sonnymoon

The description on Sonnymoon’s website as not a band but a “mystical, nurturing,...

Calexico offer a little midday entertainment at Rough Trade East

Joey Burns and John Convertino, the two founding...

The Killers bring epic tunes to the Roundhouse for the iTunes festival

Since 2007, the iTunes festival has seen...

ZZ Top bring back the beards and rock & roll with new album La Futura

Mark Knopfler – Privateering

Being a musician is easy. Or at least that’s the way Mark Knopfler makes it...

Birdy at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire

This fledgling is skybound; 16-year-old Jasmine van den Bogaerde, known in...

Janice Graham Band at Koko Camden for Club NME

There’s a fair amount of hype surrounding this four piece...

Hackney Colliery Band & Lealea Jones at Hootananny’s Brixton

Hootananny’s – a fantastically named...

Chilly Gonzales at Rough Trade East

Canadian pianist Chilly Gonzales (real name Jason Charles Beck) played an...

The Killers – Battle Born

Formed in 2001, the success The Killers have achieved since, is indisputable....

Crocodiles at Rough Trade East

Crocodiles’ third performance in RTE last night showed that although they are a...

Glen Hansard preaches to the converted at memorable Union Chapel gig

Onstage between songs at the Union Chapel, a...

Darren Hayman at Rough Trade East

Darren Hayman, lead singer of the now inactive urban folk band Hefner, has...

Ben Folds Five return after 13 years with new album — The Sound of the Life of the Mind

A sophisticated summer’s evening of Impressionist magic by the London Philharmonic at the Royal Academy

Foy Vance at Rough Trade East

Promoting his new EP, Melrose, Foy Vance delivered a passionate and worthwhile...

Ten albums you cannot miss this month – August 2012

Minus the Bear – Infinity Overhead Minus the Bear are back with their...

Crystal Castles to tour with third album

Crystal Castles formed in 2003, and already have a reputation to live up to. Their...

Vinyl Floor – Peninsula

Vinyl Floor, a four-piece rock outfit from Copenhagen, have released this concept album...

Missy Elliott to make a comeback with two new singles

Though the world of rock is soon to be graced with some...

Two Door Cinema Club’s Beacon shines brightly

It’s been a big week for fans of Northern Irish trio Two Door...

The Vaccines – Come of Age

The Vaccines have seen some impressive accolades pile up since they began in 2010,...

Jessie Ware at Rough Trade East

When Jessie Ware first set foot on the stage at RTE last night, she appeared...

DIIV at Rough Trade East

Brooklyn based band DIIV (formerly known as Dive) proved last night that, given the right...