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Buzz Osbourne : This Machine Kills Artists

06/09/2014

Buzz Osbourne once again unearths past music clichés in a way that makes them feel undead and hungry....

Cambridge Rock Festival [Part 2]

04/09/2014

The veteran acts topping the bill pulled in the punters while the newer acts lower down the bill ended up giving the best performances....

Dr John : Ske-Dat-De-Dat

01/09/2014

This is not offensively bad, or indeed really bad at all, but it feels like an awful waste of potential. ...

Loitered Lens : Rival State

31/08/2014

Up close and personal at The Garage, Rival State get near enough to spritz the punters with a mist of high-octane rawk perspiration....

Cambridge Rock Festival [Part One]

27/08/2014

The brother of Jimi Hendrix fails to impress, but the rest of Cambridge Rock Festival comes up shining....

Machine People at The Sticky Frog

25/08/2014

They grabbed the audience from the first chord and refused to let them go, playing only original material and building a set that couldn’t terminate without some random violence...

Nicole Atkins Live in Ladbroke Grove

24/08/2014

A live video and interview of Nicole Atkins performing Red Ropes and It's Only chemistry. 2014 ...

Steve Rothery : Live in Rome

24/08/2014

Rothery's playing has always been about melody and textures rather than technical showing off....

Evy Jane : Closer [EP]

23/08/2014

Evy Jane are the cake that must be eaten, but with the crème placed in one of those naughty places that only a tongue can remove. ...

Neal Morse : Songs from November

21/08/2014

This is quite explicitly a singer-songwriter record, with straightforward songs rather than multi-part prog epics...

Loitered Lens : Dead Kennedys

20/08/2014

The fathers of American punk showed the kids at Koko (and their parents) that there is still plenty to be angry about....

Bloodstock 2014

19/08/2014

Whereas most crowds will sing the words to a song, Megadeth’s break from tradition a little bit by singing the riffs. ...

Loitered Lens : Umphreys McGee

17/08/2014

Photos of Umphreys McGee live at the Brooklyn Bowl...

Yung Lean : The Garage [Live]

16/08/2014

Security looked like they were bricking it a bit, But Yung Chan delivered a sweat-soaked performance at the Garage to be proud of....

Umphreys McGee : Interview

14/08/2014

I think this is when we let it all out. Don’t leave an ounce of anything that we haven’t already used. ...

Tricky : Adrian Thaws

12/08/2014

Adrian Thaws, Tricky’s new album, is accessible, and at points even memorable....

Return to the Source 21st Anniversary

11/08/2014

Everyone swore that this was, if not the greatest rave ever, probably the best event they been to since 2001...

Developer [Interview]

11/08/2014

I'm more a DJ for sure but I have truly fallen in love with producing. You can call it a double marriage if you want....

Cambridge Folk Festival

10/08/2014

Cambridge Folk Festival has a fete-like atmosphere that swells and sweats music from every pore...

Thunder on the Left : The Garage

08/08/2014

Set to release their debut single, this gig was Thunder On The Left's moment to shine and firmly hammer their tousled blonde stamp on the rock scene....

Kagoule : The Garage [Live]

06/08/2014

Art meets rock, shakes hands with pop, fondles a plethora of sub-genres and fucks post-punk...

Trioscapes : Digital Dream Sequence

05/08/2014

Throbs with a primal, sweaty and utterly invigorating energy that transcends jazz, funk, metal or rock...

Loitered Lens : St. Agnes

03/08/2014

St. Agnes. Their percussive brand of psychedelia tastes of mescaline and tequila sunrise....

United Over Ukraine [Interview]

31/07/2014

A completely civic initiative, without any backing from government and/or organizations affiliated with political parties...

Staff Benda Bilili : Union Chapel

29/07/2014

The music they play is infectious – danceable, catchy, beautiful to listen to. Put them in a stunning building in North London and what could go wrong?...

Sebastian Bach : O2 Islington [Live]

27/07/2014

If the music was polished, it was in the between-songs repartee where Bach won the crowd over....

Loitered Lens : The Merrylees

27/07/2014

Photos of Merrylees at The Garage, Islington....

Entrails Vs King of Asgard Vs Secret Cutter

25/07/2014

Metal is a means of escape, perhaps even transcendence; its extremity allowing an explosion of raw passion and primal emotions...

Wolves in the Throne Room : Celestite

23/07/2014

One gets the sense that Wolves in the Throne Room are soundtracking the Joseph Campbell monomyth of their own lives, but rather than a Disneyesque prog version, they’re going deeper. ...