Sunday, Nov 1, 2026
Documenting the madness
Live Reviews, Reviews
I’ve had a strange dislike for Miles Kane for no real reason at all. An old quote of his from 2016 or something, “I really wanted to be a frontman at that time. I hadn't been a frontman. I had a hard-on for that” stuck with me and I dismissed him as self-centered. After last nigh
Live Reviews, Reviews
Well… hah. It was a sure sign that we were in for a treat at Spacey Jane last night when some of the adoring fans had to persuade the bouncers that they were sober enough to be allowed in. After being punched in the face by the wall of humid body heat, we squeezed ourselves in at
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“You’re like My Little Pony, but alternative”. Springing out from Camden Town tube station is always an experience. You could have your eyes closed and still know exactly where you are when you overhear things like this. In fact, there were handfuls of alternative My Little Poni
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Curtis Harding kicked off his UK segment at Electric Brixton last night. The last time I was there, I was seconds away from swinging across the room on a disco ball at ABBA Disco wonderland . Last night, it felt like an entirely new venue, more intimate, almost calming. So calmin
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“We’ll begin with the first one,” laughed Sean Cannon as the Dublin Legends entered stage. I usually write notes at shows so I can have a beer and not forget everything, but as soon as the lads marched on stage last night I was compelled to put my phone away and savour every minu
Reviews
Here’s a bizarre story to kick things off. I was passed the Human and Kind EP last Thursday and I commented on how brilliant I thought it was. On Friday I unexpectedly bump into them at a house party - at their house. Life. In fact, I think it beautifully sums up a comment that w
Album Reviews, Reviews
Your head immediately spins from the whirring noise, but if you stick around for long enough, the sting of perhaps the most beautiful yet terrifying bass note knocks you straight. If it weren’t for the vocals, you’d have thought you’d just walked into your local drug lord's front
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The last time I saw Palace perform was in The Harley in Sheffield, where the back of the room doubles as a restaurant and there are hotel rooms upstairs, so to see them at the O2 Academy Brixton where Prince Charming once nearly slew Shrek is a huge testament to their talents. As
Reviews, Nightlife
Gimme Gimme Gimme has become somewhat of a battle cry to the twenty-somethings of London. And so it is at Electric Brixton where several hundred of them form a disorderly queue halfway to the tube station. You have to be physically prepared for any event that starts at 10pm. The
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The Vaccines share the same fate as us. Forever doomed to the pits of Google search rankings for the floods of Covid articles on vaccines and no taste. Even the man on the door laughed, “No Taste, like the Covid symptom?” to which we triumphantly replied, “Yes. And we’re here t
Album Reviews, Reviews
Comparing young Dylan John Thomas to The View sounds like a cheap cop out, but there are similarities beyond the accent. His new single Feel the Fire is overflowing with that bouncy energy that battles its way into the songs of emerging Scottish artists. Although I’ve not had th
Reviews, Live Reviews
You’ve experienced it before. The minute you leave a show you text your pals “mate, they were incredible”. Where you’re absolutely certain that every other person in that venue with you had a blast. Jungle at the O2 Academy in Brixton was exactly this. Now look. Before I begin, I
