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Live Review: Black Kids – The 100 Club, London 15.09.2022
A fan clutches a Black Kids colouring book. Black Kids inspire this kind of devotion. He’ll probably colour it in without going over the edges. Then again, he won’t want to spoil the pristine pages of his heroes at all. He’ll wait for the limited-edition Black Kids felt tip pens to arrive. The 100 Club …
Live Review: Ceiling Demons / Rex Simonson – The Green Room, Stockton 10.09.2022
Sometimes these smaller venues can throw up a surprise or two and give a cracking night of music. Tonight was one of these magical nights. Starting things off was the minimalistic Rex Simonson with their first gig. A band set up by father and son team Simon and Rex hence the name. One thing of …
Live Review: Yann Tiersen / Quinquis – The Roundhouse, London 08.09.2022
As the puddles form around the humdrum town and London joins the rest of this disunited kingdom to enter a new Dark Ages, a little French fun should be just the tonic. Yann Tiersen contributed much of the score for the Amelie film soundtrack back in 2001. The quirky beauty of Audrey Tautou and Yann …
Live Review: Independent’s 16th Birthday Party – Independent, Sunderland 03.09.2022
By Adam Littlemore Sunderland’s Independent venue celebrated its 16th birthday of bringing music to my home town of Sunderland. The night featured 7 bands performing on stage with a packed line up of the best talent around at the moment. The first act to perform and kick off the night was Lottie Willis, singing her …
Live: Reb Fountain – The Isaac Theatre Royal, Christchurch – 18.8.22
The iconic Isaac Theatre Royal fuses historic architecture, modern comfort and rich acoustics which set the canvas for Reb Fountain to express her art masterfully, theatrically and flawlessly. Jazmine Mary warmed the crowd with their visceral noir-folk sound, offering a psychedelic and moving teaser of some of their tracks from the album “The Licking of …
Live Review: Noyou / Picnic / Violectric – The Independent, Sunderland 19.08.2022
By Adam Littlemore Another great night at The Independent starting off with the first act Violectric, who I remember seeing perform at this very venue a few years ago and they were awesome. Tonight they didn’t disappoint once again getting the crowd up on their feet singing and dancing. With the crowd still buzzing second …
Live Gallery: Foxing / Greet Death / Home Is Where – Soda Bar, San Diego 08.08.2022
Indie rock band Foxing paid a visit to the Soda Bar with support from Greet Death and Home Is Where.
Live Review: Live At Central – Central Park, Newcastle 07.08.2022
By Adam and Hazel Littlemore The sun was shining on Central park in Newcastle for the Central Park Festival. Opening up the festival with her lush vocals, Lizzie Esau and her band where the perfect act to start the afternoon off. With amazing guitar riffs and a sweet tone to the bass and drums, she …
Live Review: Les Nuits Secretees Festival – Aulnoye-Ameries, France 22.07.2022 – 24.07.2022
Going to festivals and collecting the press accreditation is like childbirth – it’s best to forget how painful the process can be otherwise you’d never attend another festival again. So here I am in the sun-bleached fields at the back of Aulnoye-Aymeries railway station in Northern France wandering around aimlessly muttering “pardon, je suis Anglais” to …
Live Review: Kate Bond / The Redroom / The Peevie Wonders – The Cluny, Newcastle 29.07.2022
By Adam Littlemore The Cluny was host to Kate Bond’s last gig before she moves to London to start her new career but tonight the amazing crowd in one of Newcastles finest music venues was ready to celebrate and enjoy Bonds music. The first band to kick the night off were Peevie Wonders who blew …