Psych live review
Live Review: Melin Melyn / KuleeAngee – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds 23.03.2025
Words: Jim F / Photos: Huw Williams / Jim FAfter working taxing six-hour Sunday (yes, Sunday) that left me drained and irritable, the prospect of attending a gig seemed daunting. Yet, the allure of Melin Melyn performing at Leeds’ Brudenell Social Club was irresistible; had it been any other band, I might have opted for …
Live Review: Ryley Walker & Bobby Lee at Sidney & Matilda, Sheffield (Matinee Show) 2.2.2025
On a cold Sunday afternoon in Sheffield, Sidney & Matilda played host to a matinee show that transported the audience somewhere far warmer, both in sound and spirit. Curated and supported by Bobby Lee, this was a gig that felt intimate, immersive, and, at times, utterly transcendent. Bobby Lee and his trio – comprising himself …
Live Review: The Flaming Lips / Heartless Bastards – 02 Kentish Town Forum, London 02.06.22
With the never ending enthusiasm to create fresh and weird new sounds Wayne Coyne finally made it to play at the Kentish Town Forum complete with Giant Robots, blow-up rainbows and mechanical birds! The Flaming Lips are an American psychedelic rock band formed in 1983 in Oklahoma City. The band have recorded several albums and …
Live Review: Beach House / White Flowers – 02 Academy Brixton, London 26.05.2022
It started as a project with 10 Dollars in their pocket and Beach House were formed and created a genre that has been widely imitated. The band played a sold out Brixton Academy with a catalogue of songs and Victoria Legrand’s mesmerising voice. Beach House are a neo-psychedelic shoegaze band from Baltimore, Maryland in 2004 …
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 Review: Nebula Live In The Mojave Desert (stream)
MUSIC is meant, at least performance wise, to be performed in front of an audience. Certainly that’s the case when it comes to live music. As we’ve seen over the course of March 2020 till now, this has been adapted for livestreams, and in the case of three-piece Californian rock outfit Nebula, concert film. Concert …
Live Review Gwenno / Omaloma – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds 10.3.18
It was an altogether strange atmosphere in the bar prior to Gwenno’s appearance in the Community Room of Leeds’ fine Brudenell Social Club. Due, in no small part to the differing clientele. Fans of the Welsh chanteuse (I’m taking the lead here and referring to her as such) fell broadly into the 6Music target crowd …
Live Review: Wand – Brudenell Social Club, 28/1/18
Given the amount of people in Leeds Brudenell last Sunday who enthusiastically raised their hands when frontman Cory Hanson asked who had been at their show the last time they came to Leeds, Wand are not a band to be missed. Certainly after an hour and a half, a packed Brudenell would attest to that, …
Say Psych: Live: Bluedot Festival 7th July
Bluedot Festival has garnered a reputation as being one of the festivals of the summer, a must for all musical fanatics regardless of genre choices. This year’s line-up has been carefully curated to appeal far and wide, the addition of the unique settings and scientific slant mark it out as a curiosity not to be …
Say Psych: Live Review: Gnod & Blondi’s Salvation – The Golden Lion, Todmorden, 13.04.2017
The Golden Lion, Todmorden has garnered a reputation as of late for hosting some of the best live experiences in England as well as a whole other feast for the senses. Promoter White Rabbit create a slice of psychedelic heaven with stunning visuals, great in-between music selections and stunning live bills. Tonight’s juxtaposed bill is set …