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Live Review: GATHERING YE ROSEBUDS 02: The Dada Movement / Endless Digital Birthdays / Bishopskin / Jelly Cleaver – The Columbia, London 06.11.2021
Words: Chiara Strazzulla // Pictures: Spela Cedilnik London has plenty of venues with plenty of history, but there is a special charme to the Columbia, a space which has seen a good number of rock legends go by and which now sees its stage trod upon by some of the most interesting emerging and alternative …
Live Review: Shadowhouse – Lone Fir Cemetery, Portland, OR, 30.10.2021
Saturday, the day before Halloween, was a busy day at the Lone Fir Cemetery in Portland, OR. Blessed with an unusually sunny and mild afternoon the cemetery was abuzz with activity. Families were having picnics, young couples were walking hand in hand, photographers were shooting models curled around headstones, and a post-punk band was playing …
Live Review: Modernlove / DeCarteret – Workman’s Club Cellar, Dublin 5.11.2021, plus gallery
What better than on a cold November night, to warm yourself up at a sold out new venue, with a couple of brilliant Irish bands on the bill for good measure. Opening act DeCarteret did their bit, dragging the crowd along with their funky, indie jams in the newly opened (and rather good) Dublin Workman’s …
Live Review: Opus Kink At Base Camp With Support From Travis Shaw and Undivine Telephone Line
An excitement was built for this gig after having doing some research into Opus Kink. The Brighton band are described as Horn-fueled filth-funk, where punk and jazz combine in grimy circumstance. The night was a packed affair with three bands on the list. The young rockers Undivine Telephone Line and Northern troubadour Travis Shaw. After …
Live Review: Anna Ash at Base Camp With Support From Elaine Palmer
First gig back, after the Covid nightmare, at one of my favourite venues Base Camp in Middlesbrough. A quaint venue with huge potential. The tables where laid out with candle burning for what is to be a special night of gentle country rock courtesy of local lass Elaine Palmer and American country girl Anna Ash. …
Live Review: Hellshock / Frenzy / Rigorous Institution – Black Water Bar, Portland, OR 30.10.2021 plus Gallery
Every town with a strong musical tradition has legendary or long-standing venues that provide space for bands to play and to grow. Portland, Oregon has had many such venues and the Black Water Bar is the latest. For the last 7 years Black Water Bar has been the only consistent all-ages venue in Portland for DIY music. Because …
Live Review: Salem – The Parish, Huddersfield 22.10.2021
Words: Chloe Ross / Pictures: Ruubez Media It’s almost surreal to step into the attic-like venue that is The Parish on Friday 22nd October. Live music is finally back in full swing after over a year of silenced stages just like this one, and what better way to embrace this fact by welcoming a band …
Live Review: Snapped Ankles / Mermaid Chunky – Crookes Social Club, Sheffield 23.10.2021, plus gallery
Words: PeteMo / Pictures: Nick Lowe Hailing from the basement & underground party scene of the east end of London, Snapped Ankles materialised like a strange & mythical apparition in front of an eager and discerning capacity crowd in the steel city, on a dank Saturday night. The venue, a working man’s club, dimly lit and heated to …
Live Review: Fontaines D.C. – Sheffield O2, 16.10.2021, plus gallery
Photos: StAn I don’t know if Irish post-punks Fontaines count as ‘rising’ still, but judging from their date at the Sheffield O2, this is a band who are very much right there at the front, now. Sold out, the crowd bay for the bands appearance, and when it comes, aren’t disappointed. Time and lockdown has …
Live Review – The Professionals + Desperate Measures. Newcastle Cluny, 19.10.21.
Two bands with members that, in one combo or another, have been stalwarts of the punk scene for 40+ years pretty much guarantees that tonight’s gig was going to be one of full on rock n roll packed with plenty of well recognised songs. Vocalist Eugene Butcher formed the short-lived Desperate Measures in his native …