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From Sunday 04 January 2015

LIVE: Twin Wild / Tides @ The Stillery, London

Camden Town is always buzzing. Shoppers, traffic, music. A lot of music. Tonight sees a free show for Twin Wild, a band on the up, taking place at the Stillery. First up are Tides to warm up the crowd. Sounding very much like Don Broco with a synth background

Friday 02 January 2015

LIVE: Me First And The Gimme Gimmes / The Skints / Capdown @ O2 Academy, Brixton

Picture obviously not taken at Brixton Academy. Describing somebody as a “dad” comes with a bunch of connotations, perhaps implying a clumsy but well meaning figure who is past the point of fitting in. Capdown are a band fronted by somebody who could well have been a complete and

Wednesday 17 December 2014

Live: Taking Back Sunday / Marmozets @ O2 Academy, Oxford

There’s a moment towards the end of Taking Back Sunday’s set tonight which sums up the entire evening.  As the crowd sings back the ‘Why can’t I feel anything from anyone other than you’ refrain from ‘Cute Without The ‘E’ (Cut From The Team), John Nolan – arguably one of the pioneers of the earnest,

Friday 12 December 2014

LIVE: The World Is A Beautiful Place, The Hotelier, Rozwell Kid, Posture & The Grizzly @ World Cafe, Philadelphia

This tour package had been something I was looking forward to for some time. TWIABP has been a band only rising in popularity, along with The Hotelier on the heels of their incredible new record, “Home Like Noplace is There.” These two bands have always

Saturday 06 December 2014

LIVE: Mallory Knox / FrnkIero and the Cellabration / Moose Blood / Fort Hope @ Electric Ballroom, London

Four bands, three weeks and a whole bunch of new records to try and squeeze into half-hour sets. Mallory Knox have hit the road with two of the UK’s hottest new acts and an old emo heartthrob to

Thursday 04 December 2014

LIVE: The Wilde / Cardinal @ Surya, London

It’s November, it’s cold and it’s wet. But a small band from Yorkshire have travelled eight-hours from Glasgow to play in London this evening, so it’d be a little cruel not to attend. Having just released their debut EP, The Wilde have hit the road for just over

Friday 28 November 2014

LIVE: A Day To Remember @ The Barfly, Camden

Their UK tour didn’t get off to a fine start, with the first show being called off midway through due to a fan falling from the venue balcony, but that hasn’t wavered A Day To Remember’s performances thus far. Having dominated huge venues across the country over the

Wednesday 26 November 2014

LIVE: David Bazan @ Lincoln Hall, Chicago

On November 7th, 2014 at 12:03am two things happened to me: 1. I just finished witnessing David Bazan and the Passenger String Quartet play once of the most eloquent live performances I’ve ever seen. 2. I turned 28 years old. The latter isn’t important as much as it is

LIVE: Rise Against / Pennywise @ Brixton Academy, London

Having managed to persuade the Millwall-loving Security guard at the Academy to allow me to come in with a Crystal Palace scarf in my bag (“I…er…I can’t let you in with that in there”), I made my way into the cavernous hall in time for openers Swimmers. Noone

Monday 24 November 2014

Fest 13 Day 3: Tacos Are Forever

Fest 13 Day 3: Tacos Are Forever When I woke up for the final day of Fest, it felt a little surreal. In some ways it felt like I had been Festing for an entire month (thanks to all the aches and pains and brutal hangover) and in other ways,