Live Review
Live Review: Frank Carter And The Rattlesnakes, Leeds Stylus, 24.03.2017
Frank Carter is a man made to perform. Having spent over a decade honing his craft, he’s solidified himself as one of the most exciting and mesmerising frontmen in the punk rock scene today. Clad in a pinstripe suit and blanketed in tattoos, his striking appearance is the perfect match for a bold and charismatic …
Live Review: State Champs, Leeds Beckett University – 16.03.17
A tour like this has possibly been in the minds of pop punk fans for a while, As It Is backing up their impressive new album okay. and State Champs, coming up to the two year anniversary of their newest album Around The World And Back are arguably two of the best UK (As It …
Mark Eitzel – The Greystones, Sheffield
It’s a terrific thing that one of the best songwriters and most heartfelt singers of the last four decades can come and play the back room of a local pub. Much as he’s sticking to the water this evening, it’s hardly an incongruous venue for Mark Eitzel though – so many of the characters in …
Live Review: Busted, Leeds O2 Academy, 21.2.2017
It has been some time since Busted released an album and headed out on the road. The last time around, a large proportion of their fans were probably negotiating a minefield of pre-teen dramas- while some may have been even younger than that. This is to say that Busted were a band that sound tracked …
Live Review: Be Charlotte – Attic at The Garage Glasgow 17.2.2017 Plus Gallery
Half way through their short tour of Scotland, Be Charlotte enthral a packed Attic with a set of stunningly artistic and irresistibly catchy anthems. As we’re waiting for Be Charlotte to take to the stage, I’m told by a fellow photographer that I should prepare myself for something special and when the band – made …
Live Review: André Brasseur – Reflektor Club, Liège 12.2.17
Belgian organist André Brasseur should be mentioned in the same hushed reverential tones as Giorgio Moroder or Jean Jacques Perrey, but alas such cult status evaded him. Maybe because he invested the proceeds from his 1965 hit ‘Early Bird’ (which sold a staggering six million copies) into two (not one but two!) dance clubs in …
Live Review: Ladyhawke – The Art School Glasgow 9.2.2017 plus gallery
Ladyhawke gives Glasgow a huge dose of her addictive electro-pop and leaves it hooked on her hooks. Ladyhawke – aka New Zealand songstress Pip Brown – danced confidently into synth-pop territory with third album ‘Wild Things’, which was released last year. The music was exhilarating, uplifting and reflected her mood as she confessed at the …