Gorillaz, Song Machine: Live from Kong

All in, it’s classic Gorillaz: a mixed bag mostly stuffed with delights, that fares extremely favourably on the banger to clanger ratio.

15th December 2020

Back to the Future: Dua Lipa’s Studio 2054 sets the bar for live streams

When it comes to going on tour IRL again, her show will be one you won’t want to miss.

30th November 2020

Fontaines DC go virtual at Brixton Academy live stream

The performance doesn’t quite manage to overcome the virtual distance.

25th November 2020

The Streets deliver livestream goals at Hackney EartH

Heads may have been a little bit sore the next day, but the memories of this livestream are destined to live on forever.

8th November 2020

Nostalgia wins out at a sold-out Alexandra Palace for Bombay Bicycle Club

Where BBC succeed without a doubt tonight is in airing out the best of their back catalogue with the help of some incredible supporting players

2nd October 2020

Gengahr and Another Sky shine at socially-distant Wild Fields festival

Indoor Pets and Lauran Hibberd also played the Norfolk event.

15th September 2020

Not even seats and social distancing can stop Working Men’s Club from bringing the hedonism to London’s Oslo

In these most novel of conditions, the band’s recent debut still hits hard.

10th September 2020

Orlando Weeks Tugs On Northern Heartstrings At Leeds’ City Varieties

You cannot help but wish him the world.

3rd September 2020

Christine and the Queens showcases ‘La vita nuova’ at MOTH Club

A truly unforgettable evening – one that will live as long as the artefacts on MOTH Club’s walls.

3rd September 2020

Charli XCX gives ‘how I’m feeling now’ its live debut solo, at home

The livestream was in support of charity LA Alliance.

14th August 2020

Declan McKenna gives ‘Zeros’ its live introduction at London’s Lafayette

In a parallel non-COVID universe, it would have been an electrifying live show.

9th August 2020

Liam Gallagher, Down By The River Thames

The setting, lit up by the dazzling lights of the city as the night settles in, makes for something ethereal.

12th July 2020

Dry Cleaning play a triumphant sold-out show at London’s Village Underground

They’ll only be playing bigger and bigger venues each time they return to the capital for the foreseeable future.

3rd June 2020

Demob Happy round off the DIY Presents Independent Venue Week tour, in association with Jack Daniel’s, with new tunes and mosh pits

Kicking off 2020 in intimate style, the Brighton trio will surely spend the rest of the year in far spacier surrounds.

2nd June 2020

Black Country, New Road hit full pomp at London’s Village Underground

Playing to a packed Village Underground in Shoreditch feels like a true moment of arrival.

2nd May 2020

LIFE lead the cavalry at DIY’s New Colossus stage in New York

Brion Starr, Marble Arch and Honey Cutt also triumphed over adversity at the inner-city festival.

18th March 2020

John Eatherly and The Orielles strip it back at DIY x Fred Perry’s New York in-store shows

We’ve been pitching up around the city this week, and here’s how it went down.

14th March 2020

Sorry bring debut LP ‘925’ to a killer first New York show

Making their NYC debut, the Londoners are on confident, assured form.

14th March 2020

Salem confirm themselves as far more than a side project at London’s New Cross Inn

This is masterful punk’n’roll with a gloriously dark heart.

11th March 2020

Big Thief make a sold-out Hammersmith Apollo feel intimate

It takes some time for the band to truly hit their stride.

29th February 2020

The 1975 continue breaking the mould at all-embracing O2 show

There’s a remarkable confidence in this effortless ability to pull it all together, in crafting a world inside The O2 that is unmistakably theirs.

26th February 2020

It’s a “historic night in my life” for Mura Masa at Alexandra Palace

It’s not just an exhibition of Mura Masa’s songwriting prowess, but also a procession of the finest young voices in pop.

26th February 2020

PVRIS bring catharsis to London’s Electric Brixton

They remain at the very top of their game.

26th February 2020

Glass Animals make their long-awaited London return at Village Underground

2020 finds the four-piece in regenerated spirits.

21st February 2020