indie live review
Live Review: Jango Flash / TV Death / Trunk – The Lubber Fiend, Newcastle 28.07.2022
By Adam Littlemore My first time to Newcastle’s new venue The Lubber Fiend, and there is a promise of a great night with the crowd buzzing already. It’s always great to support local businesses like this in the music industry because venues like this are what bring music together. Opening band Trunk were the perfect …
Live Review: Tramlines Festival – Hillsborough Park, Sheffield 22.07.2022 – 24.07.2022
The weekend of 22nd to 24th of July and the return of the highlight in Sheffield’s music calendar that is Tramlines at Hillsborough Park. The event promised to be spectacular and it did not disappoint, 35,000 people a day attended this year’s sold-out event which saw Sam Fender make his first ever headline appearance at …
Live Review: Death Cab for Cutie/Illuminati Hotties – MJN Center, Poughkeepsie, NY 16.07.2022
Not so long ago, Death Cab for Cutie’s Ben Gibbard was coming to us solely on video from his home studio. Remember the days when we were trying to keep each other sane from a distance? Gibbard spent over a year online, posting numerous solo performances and like many artists, provided us with some solace …
Live Review: Summer Street festival 2022 – Cliffe Park, Sunderland 09.07.2022
By Adam Littlemore Sunderland’s Summer Street festival returned with some fantastic artists performing and also bringing new cultures together. The first band to kick off the day was Labyrinthine Oceans, who opened up the festival with their dark music, driving guitar riffs, and bewitching vocals from the lead singer. The next act to perform was …
Live Review: The Coronas / Wild Youth / Roisin O. – Trinity Summer Series 2022, Dublin 01.07.2022
On the 1st of July 2022 Dublin indie band The Coronas played in Trinity College Dublin as part of the Trinity Summer Series originally scheduled for way back in 2020. The band is made up of Danny O’Reilly (vocals, keys, guitar), Graham Knox (bass) and Conor Egan (drums). The 3 permanent members of the band …
Live Review: Mannequin Pussy / Slow Crush – Broadcast, Glasgow 26.06.2022
By Ian Campbell It was 2017 when I last saw Mannequin Pussy. The world has changed radically since then and after a string of how can things get any worse events, the US supreme court decision on abortion has left the majority of us speechless, distraught and angry. Mannequin Pussy vented this anger in a …
Live Review: Sea Sessions Surf and Music Festival, Bundoran Beach, Bundoran 17.06.2020-19.06.2022
The picturesque seaside town of Bundoran, Donegal, is the homestead of long running surf and music festival, Sea Sessions. Every year, the festival sees up to 10,000 people make their way across the country to see some of the best music Ireland has to offer. As it is one of the first festivals of the …
Live Review: Sharon Van Etten – O2 Brixton Academy, London 17.06.2022
Sharon Van Etten declared that this was the biggest gig she had ever played! The audience responded by continuously cheering for a good 2-3 minutes, a demonstration of how far she has come and how special she has become in the hearts of her fans in Europe. Her first tour (like many) since 2019 with …
Live Review: Heelapalooza Festival – Play Brew Co, Middlesbrough 18.06.2022
BY Adam and Hazel Littlemore What a fantastic festival this years Heelapalooza has been, with the amazing artists and bands that signed up to perform. The first band on was Picnic, who confidently opened the festival with their funky sound that had the whole crowd dancing along with Robyn’s powerful voice coupled with the lush …
Live Review: Tim Burgess / Dean McMullen / Tom A Smith – Riverside, Newcastle 13.06.2022
By Hazel Littlemore It’s always good to see Tom Smith performing and see how much he has changed and how far he has came in his music career. As soon as Tom came on stage the whole crowd started to cheer his name and singing along to his lyrics. Tom has such a unique powerful …