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Live Review: Alex G – Sheffield O2 13.11.15

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Blame the internet. Time is warped. Everything is now….and everything then…is now too. Without the internet, the hunger and desire to see bands from “back in the day” may not exist outside the mind of some aspic-encrusted nostalgia radio geek. All hail the global jukebox. Nobody in 1983 said “I’m just popping out, I’ve got …

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By Cath Dupuy Nilüfer Yanya played her last show of her UK tour at the historic Electric Brixton, London to a packed, rapturous audience. Following on from her acclaimed first album ‘Miss Universe’ on ATO Records in 2019, she was promoting her second album ‘Painless’ just released last week, again to highly impressive reviews from …

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A Saturday night trip to Sheffield City Hall this week and something a bit different for me. Having tuned in to Sophie’s Instagram Friday ‘Kitchen Disco’ episodes during the pandemic I had become a fan. Her online presence made me smile and in an otherwise bleak period during lockdown, she was a weekly ray of …

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It is good to get a sense of normality again as restrictions lift even in Wales and gigs come back, and this mid-week appointment with the Cardiff date of Tony Hadley’s 40th anniversary tour, celebrating four full decades since the inception of Spandau Ballet, was an excellent occasion to shake off the cobwebs and experience …

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At 9.15 Lola Young emerges through the smoke on the stage at Belgrave Music Hall in Leeds, to a rapturous welcome from the 300-strong crowd. There’s excitement among them to see the powerful singer-songwriter, as a few people tell me, hot on the heels of IWD 2022. No-one is here by accident – they know …

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For a moment the only Desperate Journalist was me – stranded on a lethargic rail-replacement bus somewhere in the Essex hinterland. Like the title of the latest Desperate Journalist album – Maximum Sorrow – I feared disappointment and loss at the thought of missing their headline show. Still, this gig was originally scheduled to coincide with that …

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On the 5th of February, Elkin played there first full capacity live show since the beginning of the pandemic. Elkin are an Irish electro-pop duo made up of Carla Ryan and Ellen O’Mahoney. The duos self proclaimed “girly bangers” always get the crowd moving and this night was no different. The set on the night came …

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By Ellen Mae With the release of their new album Give Me The Future Bastille have set out to bring intimate stripped back special sets to their fans. Our Ellen Mae was there with her trusty camera to witness it. Check out the bands video for their track ‘Shut Off The Lights’, below: Find out …

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Review and photos by Fabian Fernandes So for a lot of music fans out there, we have been craving live music and for the unfortunate few our first gig of the year. Fitting, that James Bay’s first song of the night- Craving, opened up the show. The acoustic tour labelled New Song, New Stories, in …

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American singer, songwriter and record producer Ernest Greene Jr who goes under the name Washed Out is currently on a tour of America. Taking his blend of layered synths, quietly chiming guitars and dreamscape creations on the road as he supports his recent album ‘Purple Noon’. Backseat Mafia’s Taylor Betancourt was at The Observatory North …

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