Category LIVE
SATURDAY 8 August: Another day beckoned and another 11am start was on the cards. This time the day began on the Sophie Lancaster stage with PIST, a filthy sludgey four piece from Bury. From the off, you could see the… Continue Reading →
Bloodstock has become a regular fixture in my gig calendar since I first went there in 2011 given it was cheaper than most of the other English Festivals, It wasn’t in France and unlike Wacken, which turned ridiculous with the… Continue Reading →
In anticipation of the release of their upcoming LP ‘No Light Only Fire’, Surrey doom trio Witchsorrow host a an evening of heavy gloom at the Black Heart, bringing Sea Bastard and Brule along for the ride. Named after the… Continue Reading →
It was beginning to look like Celeste were never going to play the capital; despite having visited pretty much every other major city, the French post-hardcore four-piece seemed to shy away from London. After playing Brighton’s ‘This is Your Last… Continue Reading →
It’s actually very easy to find yourself gazing at stars in Camden. You just stand around a while looking lost and sure enough some street urchin will be along quickly enough to cosh you round the head and lift your… Continue Reading →
Tim “Ripper” Owens: former Judas Priest front-man, and an awesome one at that – especially live. It’s hard to comprehend then how on this Saturday night his gig at Norwich’s Waterfront managed to attract just seventy people. As the frontman… Continue Reading →
Although you might have thought everything today was about AC/DC especially on my train ride through Wembley, a couple of hundred people with much more eclectic music tastes descended upon Tufnell Park for a night of much more solemn music…. Continue Reading →
Possibly one of the most anticipated live dates of this year – a muggy Sunday evening sees The Underworld packed to the rafters with people that have travelled from as far as Norway to witness the devastatingly heavy presence of… Continue Reading →
Wembley is a place I have always wanted to go, and not just purely for music reasons either. I’m an Everton fan, so naturally I can count on one hand the number of times we have managed to make it… Continue Reading →
After arriving early at The Underworld in order to interview Jack Gibson of Exodus (interview to be posted once transcribed) I had half an hour to kill before the first band took to the stage, so I went to grab… Continue Reading →
After the experience of last week’s Judas Priest gig, I’d be lying if I said I had any confidence that tonight’s crowd would be any better. But from the get-go, there was a tangible air of excitement among the masses… Continue Reading →
It’s very colourful walking into The Black Heart this evening with a display of trippy feathered jewellery, masks and old photos on display at the side of the room. It’s still fairly thin on the ground but things have a… Continue Reading →