The 1975 revel in their own extravagance at sold out O2 Arena

Matty Healy is a rock star for the pop generation.

19th December 2016

Parquet Courts bring many guises - and a mammoth 22-song setlist to London’s Forum

A career-spanning celebration of a band who refuse to play the game.

10th December 2016

“Fuck Donald Trump, fuck Boris Johnson” - SWMRS rile up London’s Garage

If you’re after gritty, adrenaline-inducing punk, SWMRS are right up there.

9th December 2016

End Of The Road 2016 lays festival season to rest

It’s summer’s last pit stop for almost all its attendees; a calming comedown from the months before.

9th December 2016

Refused, Twin Atlantic and VANT rock out in the forest at 2000trees

Kagoule and Creeper also entertain the masses at the event’s 10th outing.

7th December 2016

Radiohead, Arcade Fire and Wolf Alice bring poignant highs to NOS Alive 2016

So many festivals can book the biggest bands in the world, but with Portugal in a football-related euphoria, NOS Alive picked these acts at the right place and the right time.

7th December 2016

Savages cap off a triumphant 2016 at Brixton Academy

The band hit just as hard, but some of their edges have softened, too.

29th November 2016

Gengahr roadtest razor-toothed new material at London show

Cuts from an upcoming second album sound more sinister than anything on last year’s ​‘A Dream Outside’ debut.

29th November 2016

Swet Shop Boys turn up the heat at breathtaking London outing

There’s so much awe in the air it borders on dizzying.

28th November 2016

Circa Waves make explosive London live return with tiny Omeara show

The quartet playfully tease the London audience with a darker Circa Waves than ever before.

28th November 2016

JAWS shine bright at packed-out Tufnell Park Dome

The packed-out crowd pogo the room into oblivion.

28th November 2016

Julia Holter takes oddities to new extremes at London show

Los Angeles songwriter’s most recent album, ​‘Have You In My Wilderness’, hinted at a pop sensibility. But tonight’s gig explores strange, intoxicating depths.

15th November 2016

Danny Brown lives like a rockstar at his riotous London return

Half lyricist, half Looney Tune, Danny Brown’s Brixton show is pure pandemonium from the off.

14th November 2016

Bring Me The Horizon get cinematic as arena onslaught hits Glasgow’s Hydro

It’s a showcase of how far the last ten years has taken them, and it’s a staggering leap.

14th November 2016

The Wytches cast a noisy spell with brutal Electric Ballroom set

The band oscillate through the night with deranged guitars in a haze of rabid noise.

14th November 2016

Jamie T gets nostalgic at Brixton Academy return

“This is my favourite venue in the world”

10th November 2016

Black Honey illuminate The Lexington for dazzling spectacle

The greatness-bound Brighton force aren’t going to be playing venues this intimate for much longer.

10th November 2016

Mitski, The Dome, London

Each song becomes monstrous in the hands of Mitski’s full-band set-up.

10th November 2016

LCD Soundsystem, FIDLAR and Rat Boy shine at a wet T in the Park 2016

Those who made the trip to Strathallan Castle are willing to embrace the chaos.

7th November 2016

Mumford & Sons close book on world tour with joyous BST Hyde Park set

It’s a feat unlikely to go unrepeated.

7th November 2016

Boy Better Know throw the party of the summer at Wireless Festival

You’d be hard pressed to find anyone having a better time tonight than those both on- and off-stage in Finsbury Park.

7th November 2016

Tame Impala and Foals bring Bilbao BBK Live to a glorious close

Wolf Alice, Courtney Barnett and Father John Misty also performed during the final day.

7th November 2016

Years & Years prove themselves the pop band the UK needs at joyous Wembley Arena headline

An occasion the trio take triumphantly in their stride.

4th November 2016

Grimes shakes Brixton Academy to its foundations

After four years away from the capital, Grimes returns at the wheel of full-blown gaudy pop pandemonium.

3rd November 2016