Wednesday, Oct 14, 2026
Documenting the madness
Album Reviews, Reviews
I was sat writing about the EP ‘These People’ from a bench in a deserted park on a sunny day in the midst of social isolation. The sorta thing that lends itself more to Leonard Cohen, rather than the young, energetic 4-piece from South London, Talk Show. I wrote about three words
Album Reviews
Sadly, but unsurprisingly, five nights on the taps caught up with me and I’ve been off with tonsilitis for the last week. I also had to lock myself in my box room because my housemates were certain I had Coronavirus. This meant I missed SHEAFS play their debut EP, Vox Pop, at The
Live Reviews
" Attention! Are you in the London area next week? Specifically Monday the 2nd March? Would you like to come to an exclusive concert, from JARV IS...? With DJs from 8 till late and a turbo sound system? If you’re interested I’ll send you a text in a minute. But you gotta move fas
Live Reviews, Reviews
When I was asked by someone on the tube to describe what I thought of the show I answered ‘pleasantly underwhelming’. Waking up this morning with a blistering hangover I kind of know what I meant, but I feel like it needs more explanation. ***** First, here’s a hungover thought
Reviews, Blog
Two side-by-side accounts of a particularly ridiculous weekend that should have been filled with band reviews - but wasn't. It deserves no more of an introduction than that and probably shouldn't have been posted at all, but we needed to voice it to someone. Click the tabs to rea
Live Reviews
When it came to 8pm this was the last thing I wanted to do. I’d been to see Maribou State at Printworks on Saturday (probably shouldn’t/couldn’t review that one) and purposefully booked Monday off to recover. So why I thought a gig in the evening, on my own, would be a good idea
Live Reviews
When you think of Bombay Bicycle Club, do you imagine mosh pits? Exactly, me neither. So when I went to see Bombay Bicycle Club last night, I was horribly surprised that a mosh pit formed at exactly the same time the keyboard started playing Eat, Sleep, Wake. Sidenote: This time
Album Reviews
Mood: that strange optimism you get a few days after being lost in mind space after a heavy weekend. Setting: early morning bus to work. After being jolted awake (along with half of the other dazed passengers from the high pitched bleed out of my headphones) with an explosive ope
Live Reviews
After accidentally walking into a wedding (never go by the photos on Google Maps), I had my suspicions that it was going to be a strange night. I wasn’t disappointed. Embarking on my travels to 229 The Venue to see Yasmin Kiddle, an up and coming soul singer that had been soothi
Blog
Where does the band name Arctic Monkeys come from? I asked Dan this question years ago and he answered as if it was common knowledge. It’s only until today that I’ve realised it’s not. Let’s crack on. “It was Jamie’s fault, he came up with it and he’s never even told us why. If h
