Indie
The obvious musical comparisons are The Smiths and Morrissey’s early solo stuff, an influence which also makes itself known in their video imagery of canal walks, tower blocks and seaside towns on the decline. (read more)
Clad in black, with a grave yard bottle of Cherry B. Eyeliner tears streaked our faces as we listened to ‘What Difference Does It Make’. Do you remember? Desperate Journalist takes us back there. (read more)
As Tommy hits 30, The Wedding Present keep in touch with their friends (read more)
With pronounced Pixies overtones Fun by Drool (Trebuchet video exclusive) is a bit of dark pop that marches on it’s lock step groove. Simple, sleazy, and catchy verses leading into a neo-grunge chorus with a strong melodic arrangement. What’s not to like. (read more)
With headliners First Aid Kit and Patti Smith, Cambridge Folk Festival has become far more than a meeting of beardy real ale connoisseurs with pewter tankards and mandolins. (read more)
Bristol Indie-Rockers Coasts made for a stellar night with their headline appearance at Kentish Town’s O2 Forum… But how did openers Only The Poets fare in navigating the crowd? (read more)
Burgeoning Emo influenced Alt-Rockers Selfish Things pump a little Canadian sheen into a dreck-spattered scene. (read more)
Destined to be discarded, Olsson pushes the right buttons with Millions. Just not hard enough. (read more)
Turning sad faces into happy clappers – Fatherson pep up the Forum (read more)
Photos from Augustines last ever London gig at the Kentish Town Forum, October 2016 (read more)
t was some time during 2011 when I first experienced Augustines. A brief affair; I was alone, miles from home and looking for a friendly face. In the buzzing electric night we connected, it was (read more)
NOS Primavera Sound leaves a lasting impression on Trebuchet’s man in Portugal (read more)
Photos of PJ Harvey live at NOS Primavera Sound, Porto (read more)
Photos of Eagulls at Islington Assembly Hall, May 2016 (read more)
Live photos of Phobophobes at The Garage 2016. Supporting the Fall (read more)
Photos of the Jesus and Mary Chain live at Kentish Town Forum, March 11 2016 (read more)
A little bit Buckley, a whole lot himself, George Cosby lights up the Kentish Town Forum (read more)
Photos of Skunk Anansie’s commanding return to form at the Forum (read more)
Eyebleed and perspex. Photos of The Crookes at The Forum, Kentish Town. (read more)
Neither November rain nor news events stopped The Fratellis rocking the Electric Ballroom. Photos (read more)
Suspiciously sticky floors and fingers at The Horn, St Albans (read more)
Pinned between the pre pubescent girls, horny dads and the PA system, Carl Byron Batson frames Misterwives at Islington O2 (read more)
Beasts soften the discordant minor melodies and double bass drum pedals of doom with catchy guitar riffs and shoegazer style vocals. (read more)
From swirling layered atmospherics to stripped-down minimalism and back again, it all hangs together well as a coherent whole (read more)
here are six people who probably tune in to my witterings, four of whom have probably already abandoned ship half way through this sentence, which leaves just my editors. Yet, hang on a minute, there (read more)
ranz Ferdinand and Sparks. Together, Not just sharing a bill, but as a bona-fide Los Angeles/Lanarkshire supergroup! The mind boggles. Will they need interpreters? Who will have the longest shoes? A union of unique musical (read more)
I think there’s enough songs about the stars now, Coldplay have about 40. (read more)
The Greasy Slicks are a headline act, even if security doesn’t recognize their drummer. (read more)
Photos of Luke Haines at Islington Assembly Halls, January 2015 (read more)
I couldn’t quite say : ‘Oh yeah I had a master plan and it all turned out exactly how I wanted!’. (read more)
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