Category: Live Reviews

Just Mustard at Rough Trade

Another evening, another album launch at Rough Trade. Today it was the turn of Irish band, Just Mustard. For some

An evening that was both disappointing and brilliant. Originally billed as Yorkston / Thorne / Khan, tonight’s gig was meant

The Illuminati Hotties is Sarah Tudzin and friends. They were one of my favourite bands at SXSW 2019. So good,

It is many years since I first caught Chester’s finest, Peaness at the Shacklewell Arms in 2016. Other than a

After train problems, leading to a much extended trip down to Brighton from Hertfordshire. It was a quick check-in before

Okay. This review is going to be hard to write. Every time I write ‘Enola Gay’ it kicks off OMD’s

I have been hearing so many good things about New York band, Gustaf. Over for the Great Escape. This was

A really delightful and powerful Daylight Music. This week’s session had a theme of postcards from the artist to the

I have seen Rose Elinor Dougall many times after she supported (British) Sea Power. She always manages to create dreamy

First evening since lockdown where I was double booked with a Warpaint’s Rough Trade in-store starting the evening. I haven’t

The May Bank Holiday weekend at the Barbican was centred around Anna Meredith, the Scottish composer who brings dance music

Evening at the Horn with three bands I didn’t know. Leeds-based Eades headlined. Maybe because they were all wearing baseball

What an amazing whirlwind 10 months it has been since Wet Leg released their debut single, ‘Chaise Lounge’. Tonight, two

Returning to the scene of my first gig 31 years earlier, was a slightly surreal experience. But somehow appropriate experience