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Live Review: Deaf Havana / Jaws The Shark – Manchester Academy, Manchester 11.11.2022
By Sian Connolly The Deaf Havana tour has finally arrived in Manchester and warm-up band Jaws The Shark are here to kick it off. Originally working as a tour manager, upcoming singer and producer Olly Bailey took to the stage to start the night off with a bang. With a low-fi vibe and punk aesthetic, …
Live Gallery: GLU at Knitting Factory – Spokane, Washington 12.11.2022
Photos by Anthony Moore Mikey Shuman‘s (Queens of the Stone Age) new solo project GLU blends a mix of hip-hop, electronic beats and technical guitar rifts to bring a unique indy sound. GLU is currently on tour, supporting Phantogram, making a stop this past Saturday in Spokane, Washington. Backseat Mafia’s Anthony Moore was there to …
Live Review: After The Burial – Manchester Academy, Manchester 11.11.2022
By Sian Connolly To all the metal heads out there, this one’s for you. The Never Say Die Tour well and truly smashed it this year with headlining band After The Burial tearing it down at Manchester Academy. All the way from Minneapolis, the death metal band who formed way back in 2004, are still …
Live Review: The Lightning Seeds/ Badly Drawn Boy – Town Hall, Birmingham 10.11.22
The legendary Lightning Seeds returned to Birmingham this week bringing their latest tour to the beautiful Town Hall in the centre of Birmingham, surrounded by the bustling German Christmas Market. Arriving to the venue ahead of the scheduled door opening times I could see people filing into the Town Hall so I walked it and …
Live Review: Crawlers / Uninvited – O2 Academy, Sheffield 09.11.2022
By Sian Connolly With a late start to the show, nothing was stopping this crowd from bringing the energy. Eagerly waiting for the crawlers to emerge, the sold-out venue, o2 Academy Sheffield, welcomed to the stage Glasgow band Uninvited. The indie/alt group consisting of guitarist/vocalist Gillian Dhlakama, bassist/vocalist Taylor Ray, lead guitarist Bex Young and …
Live Review: The Wannadies – Islington Assembly Hall, London 03.11.2022
The 1990s felt like the Swedish decade. Scandinavian style social democracy dominated politics whilst bands like The Cardigans and The Wannadies provided the songs for the CDs we so neatly stacked in all those IKEA shelf units. The Wannadies, led by cheeky, curly-haired scamp Pär Wiksten provided one of the ready assembled, rom-com songs of …
Live Review and Gallery: Biffy Clyro, 3arena, Dublin, 08.11.2022
Scottish rock giants Biffy Clyro made their first appearance in Ireland since before the pandemic in the 3arena this week and what a performance it was with an absolutely epic production. They played a mammoth 25 song set with a great variety from across their 9 studio albums. The set started off strong with ‘DumDum’ …
Gallery & Set List: Lyra / Saibh Skelly – 3Olympia, Dublin 08,11,2022
Cork electropop sensation Lyra made her 3Olympia Dublin headline show debut! which was a sold-out show and taking up the job as support slot was Dublin’s Saibh Skelly armed with just an acoustic guitar. Saibh Skelly: Gallery. Lyra: Gallery & Set List. We Are BeautifulNever Let GoWhiteladyRabbit in the HeadlightsEmeraldMy Heart Is BeautifulMotherLoversChessLose My MindNew …
Live Review: Sepultura / Sacred Reich / Crowbar -O2 Ritz, Manchester 02.11.2022
With a bill that was dominated by thrash, what better way to keep the evening grounded than by kicking it off with a heavy dose of New Orleans sludge courtesy of the legend that is Windstein and his troops of doom. With another early door time the ritz wasn’t as full as Crowbar would have …