Live Reviews

Soujourner Fleet

Shoreditch Twat. The expression has become so much a part of the London landscape that…

The Fiery Furnaces

The White Stripes, the Kills, the Raveonettes… bands formed by a boy and girl couple…

The Charlatans

For me there aren’t many bands like the Charlatans. They are a band that keeps…

The Black Keys

Well what can one say about the elation that you receive from such generous band?…

Be Your Own PET

Although the presence of women in the music industry has increased considerably in the last…

Primal Scream

The Astoria is jammed tonight for a glimpse of Primal Scream’s new material. The celebrities…

Maximo Park & Arctic Monkeys

Following on from yesterday’s NME show headlined by the Magic Numbers, I was lucky enough to…

The Magic Numbers

Another year, another NME award show. These have now become a mainstay of the tour…

Bob Dylan

Five nights in Brixton, Five nights with Bob Dylan. Your first question must surely be,…

The Decemberists

Given that the Decemberists are a band frequently described as exemplars of college rock, the…

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

XFM, London’s alternative music station periodically holds party nights at various London venues. October’s show…

Sufjan Stevens

It is not without a certain surrealism that one looks around the Passionskirche in Berlin.…

Art Brut

Art Brut come onto the stage to much applause, their die-hard fans and ‘franchises’ (other…

Emiliana Torrini

The Icelandic singer who, at first sight, certainly comes across as timid and shy, yet…

White Stripes

Inside the gold-leafed hall of Boston’s Opera House; T-shirt clad teenagers and well dressed men…

Supergrass

Supergrass have come a long way since their heyday as the cheeky-chappy boys of Britpop.…