electronic live review
Live Review: Gemma Dunleavy / Henry Earnest / Bricknasty- 3Olympia Theatre, Dublin 01.04.2022
On Friday, the 1st of April 2022, Dublin-native Gemma Dunleavy took to the 3Olympia Theatre stage for her biggest show to date. Despite the date famously being known as April Fool’s Day, this gig was no joke, with Dunleavy calling it the “dream of all dreams”. The night’s proceedings were kicked off in front of …
Live Review: Lynks / Jessica Winter / Straight Girl – Hyde Park Book Club, Leeds 23.03.2022
By Izzy Clayton Topping off a gloriously sunny day, it was down to the basement at Hyde Park Book Club to catch the wonderfully self-titled ‘Masked Drag Monster’, Lynks. The Leeds show also marked the halfway point of the 2022 tour. Opening the show was STRAIGHT GIRL, an electropunk artist based locally in Leeds. As …
Live Review: Kosheen – The Garage, London 12.03.2022
Really, all that’s missing are the glow sticks. Kosheen started the party back in 2001 and it feels like they’re still sound-tracking that noughties all-nighter. Sian Evans commands Kosheen much like Florence drives her machine but with bass heavy repetitive grooves and anthemic hooks aplenty. Pounding and intense. Like a Seat Ibiza motor has just …
Live Review: Iglooghost – Casbah, San Diego 28.02.2022
London based Seamus Malliagh, known by his stage name Iglooghost, is currently touring America with his addictive and brilliant electronic music. Taylor Betancourt caught Malliagh’s San Diego gig at Casbah for Backseat. Check out her photos below: Find out more via Iglooghost’s Facebook Tickets and dates are available here Check out the video for the track …
Live: Daði Freyr – The Wardrobe, Leeds 22.11.2021
On a chilly evening in the north of England, there’s no better way to warm up than with some Eurovision dance pop… well that’s what everyone told themselves on this bitter Monday in Leeds. Glaswegian two piece Hyyts are the lone support for the show and their infectious 80s inspired vibes received an exceptional reaction …
Live Review: Dadi Freyr – o2 Academy, Leicester 20.11.2021 plus gallery
It’s hard to believe that on this unassuming Saturday night in Leicester, Dadi Freyr and support, HYYTS are putting on a show that was 50/50 music/comedy. You can hear the laughter from the packed second room at the o2 Academy from the ticket desk and as you enter the crowd, it’s nothing but wholesome vibes …
Live Review: Self Esteem – Leadmill, Sheffield 12.11.2021
The buzz of anticipation was all but overwhelming. Like most cities, Sheffield looks after their own – those people that were at Pulps ‘last ever’ gig, or those nights at the arena watching Arctic Monkeys will attest to that, and the next on the conveyor belt of steel city talent heading for those echelons is …
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: OK Button – King Tut’s Glasgow 28.7.2019 Plus Gallery
OK Button bring their stunning soundscapes to Summer Nights at King Tut’s. OK Button released their debut EP – Sepia Spectres – last week. Despite featuring only one song that hadn’t been previously released, anticipation was high. The synth-pop soundscapes created by Amber Wilson, Nass Donald and Adam Falkner have already earned them a reputation …
Live: Best Kept Secret Festival, NETHERLANDS – 31 May – 2 June 2019
The Best Kept Secret festival in Hilvarenbeek is an absolute pearler, and believe me I’ve been to a few. From the life-affirming, (Glastonbury in the ’80s) to the life-threatening, (Treworgy Tree Fayre ’89 – two dead, two hundred arrested and a dead sheep in the water supply). Constructed around a lake in a forest, the …