Category: Live

A seemingly innocuous location, the back room of a small public house, atop a hardwood stage not more than inches high- intimacy defined. Los Angeles post-punk garage-rock outfit Sextile, showcasing their new album Albeit Living, thrive in this environment. Their sound attuned to densely-packed smoky backrooms rather than the golden Californian skies of their hometown,…

Seemingly the Met Office warned that Christmas wouldn’t hit Liverpool until Slade arrived this past Friday and without hesitation Del Pike, doing his final review before he takes his well-earned break, dove to Hanger34 for some cheer.  It’s Christmaaaaaaassss!!!! Christmas wouldn’t be the same without Noddy Holder’s rally cry to the last-minute shoppers, and Slade…

A Michael Head gig in Liverpool is always going to be special but tonight’s mass gathering at Invisible Wind Factory surpassed all expectations. With Psycho Comedy rocking around the IWF Christmas tree, it couldn’t have started better. On proper form, a million miles away from the beautifully shambolic performance we saw at Strange Collective’s all-dayer…

The lights are up and the feeling is in the air and it’s not really because of Christmas itself, more-so the fact that Deaf School were back in town. The bright Liverpool legends aren’t just shy of the city, they rarely play anywhere but now that their first album in 39 years is tightly in…

Christmas time is here again, a time of traditions, of annual get-togethers to take comfort in the familiar, unflinching and unchanging within a rapidly changing world. One such activity that has become an annual tradition is the Saint Etienne holiday tour, the first acceptable weekend for a Christmas party, and luckily for the trio, the…

Madchester legends Happy Mondays take to the stage at the Liverpool Olympia to step-on with a smashing show. The bitter nights of December kick-off with the Madchester heroes Happy Mondays make their welcomed return to Liverpool. With a shining catalogue of rave classics, the Mondays a true, classic British ’90s band. While the Mondays are…

The B-Town indie pop band, Jaws, took on The Magnet last night, and appeared to be all conquering. Halfway through their headline UK tour, Jaws turned up to The Magnet, which, from the rate at which the gig sold out, seems like a remarkably small venue for a band of this size and hype. Having…

A cold, wet night in Manchester on arguably the most heartless, cynical day of the calendar year, Black Friday- a year rather has been rather negative to boot. Sometimes it is best to simply embrace the gloom for what it is, and within the Manchester Albert Hall, two bands have bridged the north-south divide and…

The bee-loving Blondie hits the hard-working bee symbolising Manchester for a sell-out, hit-filled show at the O2 Apollo. Blondie is a polarising, legendary new wave band that through their forty year history, has created some of the punk-world’s most brilliant works. That’s the best thing about Blondie, they’re a punk band who creates pop sounds,…

After five years away, The Killers return to Liverpool to set it alight with a wonderful wonderful show at the Echo Arena, with Alex Cameron.  The Killers are one of the greatest bands of the 21st century, but what makes them still relevant, if they are?  Tonight, the Las Vegas big-shots The Killers make their…