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From Thursday 21 December 2023

LIVE: The Front Bottoms’ Champagne Jam @ O2 Forum Kentish Town

While outside the streets fill with tinsel clad revellers, the Front Bottoms are throwing their own Christmas party. The final-ish night of their UK tour (they added an extra date after tonight’s show sold out) had been declared Champagne Jam: the British incarnation of one day festival curated by

LIVE: Teenage Wrist / Paerish / Mouth Culture @ Oslo

Photo Credit: Joe Calixto Time means nothing at a Teenage Wrist show. Not for the fans, who all seem to be bearded men in plaid, not for the chilly weather outside, and definitely not for Teenage Wrist. Their live shows occupy a space in our collective imagining of the

Wednesday 20 December 2023

LIVE: Sleep Token / Health @ OVO Arena Wembley

Photo Credit: Andy Ford This is no casual crowd at Sleep Token’s Wembley Arena show. Tickets sold out within ten minutes of going on sale some six months ago, and even though it’s nine days earlier than the mainstream day, this is our Christmas. Fishnets and face paint offer

Sunday 17 December 2023

LIVE: The Used / The Home Team / Honey Revenge @ O2 Forum Kentish Town

Outside the Forum, teenagers in face paint huddle together like baby penguins, hoods and occasionally plastic bags on their heads to protect their neon hair from the stinging winter rain. While The Used are ambivalent about being labelled an emo band (they’ve insisted on interviews that they’re just “a

Friday 08 December 2023

LIVE: Hot Milk @ Kentish Town Forum

Hot Milk have gathered their tribe around them and descended upon North London. In the hundred metres or so between the station and the venue, every pedestrian you spot sports a beanie, post-emo piercings and inventive eyeliner highlighting wide-eyed anticipation. Do Han Mee and Jim Shaw deserve this level

Tuesday 05 December 2023

LIVE: Babymetal @ The Roundhouse, London

“A long time ago, in a heavy metal galaxy far, far away,” a cinematic voice intones onscreen as a Japanese man in a magikarp hat raises his glowsticks in heady anticipation at the front of the stage, “the heavy metal fox god chose three spirits and summoned them to

Thursday 16 November 2023

LIVE: McFly @ Alexandra Palace

Sound is littering the vast, hollow workmanship of Alexandra Palace as McFly make their debut at the iconic London venue on their ‘Power To Play’ tour, celebrating the release of their latest album which shares the same name. The four piece were the reason that you wanted

Thursday 02 November 2023

LIVE: Kill, The Icon! @ Oslo, Hackney

Up-and-coming punks Benefits are being hailed by critics across the board as the new working class middle finger to the establishment, but what about their tour-mates Kill, the Icon!? Led by punk rock covid-accountability-activist Nishant Joshi, they’re writing songs which are completely unflinching in their accusations towards racism in

Wednesday 01 November 2023

LIVE: Those Damn Crows @ O2 Forum, Kentish Town

Those Damn Crows, welsh rockers who add a twist of Black Stone Cherry to their cocktail of vintage interpretation, faced two challenges before they even got a chance to go on stage. Firstly, the crowd was static and had no desire to dance at all. Maybe it was because

Friday 27 October 2023

LIVE: blink-182 @ The O2 Arena

Eclectic thud clunking band blink-182 are embarking on an international tour with newly reinstated member – singer and guitarist Tom DeLonge. Getting the original lineup back together is enough for many fans to come out, but the reason to stay is quite different – where ironic quips