Live Review
Say Psych: Live Review: Love Music, Hate Racism @ Night People 14.07.2018
On 15th July 1978, 35000 people came together in Alexandria Park to listen to music and make a stand against racism and fascism. In the 40 years that have passed, unfortunately the ghost of racism has returned and so the need to stand up and be counted is stronger than ever. Tonight at Night People, …
Say Psych: Live Review: Déjà Vega & The Goa Express @ The Golden Lion, Todmorden 06.07.2018
The Golden Lion, set in the quaint tranquillity of Todmorden has garnered a reputation as being one of the finest underground gig venues in the country and attracts the most enviable of names. Tonight there are two local bands taking to the hallowed stage to showcase that it is not just the big names who …
Say Psych: Live Review: Future Sounds @ The White Hotel, Salford 23.06.2018
Something a little bit special is taking place at Salford’s The White Hotel today, with a line up humbly called Future Sounds hosted by Manchester promoters Strange Days. I arrive in time to catch Meggie Brown, a London four piece who channel a lo-fi sound blended with shoegaze and psychedelic vibes. The motley looking quartet …
The Damned – Melkweg, Amsterdam 27/05/2018
There’s nobody like The Damned. You couldn’t make ’em up. A Nosferatu frontman, and a guitarist half Danny Kaye and half Honey Monster. Original punk innovators who did everything first but somehow got pushed aside, for not taking themselves too seriously. Amidst the posturing and posing of The Clash et al, they were the custard …
Live: Dark Mofo Festival 2018 – Tanya Tagaq, Soundtrack to Nanook of the North
The extraordinary fare served up in Hobart’s annual Dark Mofo Festival continues to astound and delight. Set in the dark mid-winter Hobart, the southernmost point in Australia, the Festival must be one of the most unique and eclectic festivals in the world, both in terms of its setting, its motifs and its events that deliberately …
Say Psych: Live Review: Melting Wax All Dayer, Night People – 09.06.2018
There’s a new promoter in town and to mark their arrival they have planned a full day of live music from Manchester’s finest local bands at the fast becoming infamous Night People on Princess Street. Melting Wax have lined up an intriguing bill with a mixture of sounds which cater to varying tastes. Opening are …
Live Review: Braver Than Fiction, WensleyAle, Redmire, 27/05/18
Braver Than Fiction have left their stomping ground of Sheffield to play among the sunny environs of Redmire railway station in North Yorkshire. For four years now the WensleyAle festival organisers have invited musicians, beer and gin connoisseurs and rail enthusiasts alike to come together and celebrate over the May bank holiday whilst also raising …
LIVE REVIEW: Slam Dunk Festival North
Words by Emma Louise and Erin Moore Its that time of year again – where Slam Dunk Festival hits three cities in the UK over the May bank holiday weekend! Saturday saw the first day of the festival, spanning across the centre of Leeds – including the arena, O2 Academy and Millennium Square. Taking on …
Live: Kid Congo and the Pink Monkey Birds – Brisbane Hotel, Hobart 13/05/2018
The carpets at the iconic Brisbane Hotel in, confusingly, Hobart, Australia are so sticky that if you stand still on the one spot for too long, you might get never get out alive. Luckily, when a band like Kid Congo and the Pink Monkey Birds play, there is no risk of that. Opening with their …
Live Review: Yo La Tengo – The Church, Leeds – 3rd May 2018
There’s a Riot Going On American indie rockers Yo La Tengo made a welcome return to the UK and Ireland this month for five gigs in support of their 15th release, There’s a Riot Going On, the band’s first full set of originals since 2013’s Fade. Formed in Hoboken, New Jersey in 1984, Yo La …