Oscar, Soup Kitchen, Manchester
Beautiful sad songs.
23rd November 2015
Live Reviews
Daughter, St. John at Hackney, London
St. John’s grand arches feel purpose-built for Daughter.
23rd November 2015
Wavves, Electric Ballroom, London
Drawling, nonchalant, yet desperately urgent.
20th November 2015
Mystery Jets, ICA, London
The atmosphere is electric.
18th November 2015
Foals, Dreamland, Margate
The intensity goes through the roof.
18th November 2015
Yak, Moth Club, London
Another decade might spit out Yak after a first bite, but they belong in 2015.
18th November 2015
FIDLAR, The Forum, London
The spirit is as frantic as the music, which burns through like wildfire.
17th November 2015
Iceland Airwaves 2015
An amalgamation of everything the city and country has to offer musically.
16th November 2015
Festival No. 6 2015
One surreal weekender.
9th November 2015
Alt-J steal the show on the second night of Bilbao BBK Live
Azealia Banks and The Jesus and Mary Chain also play.
7th November 2015
Brand New make indulgent, masterful return to London
The band are fearless in their execution.
6th November 2015
Battles get the wheels turning at London comeback
Tufnell Park Dome hosts a ferocious but hitch-heavy return.
6th November 2015
Twin Atlantic, Brixton Academy, London
The band’s jubilance tears through the room.
5th November 2015
The Cribs, Roundhouse, London
Break through the bullshit, tear down the barriers.
30th October 2015
All Years Leaving 2015
A combination of spectacle and sensation.
27th October 2015
Black Honey, Sebright Arms, London
It’s undeniable that Black Honey have a sense of the theatrical.
23rd October 2015
Jamie xx, Brixton Academy, London
He throbs along to the sounds up on-stage, playing the role of pied-piper chameleon.
19th October 2015
Speedy Ortiz, Sound Control, Manchester
Wiry coiled tunes, skilfully executed in gnarly outbursts of sonic fury.
19th October 2015
Vant, The Big Moon and Inheaven give Neu Tour almighty send-off at London Dingwalls
Three of the freshest, most exciting new acts around tear up the rulebook on an emotional closing night.
16th October 2015
End Of the Road 2015
Cerebral in the extreme, a sea of chin-stroking ale drinkers replacing the chaos that defines festival season for many.
9th October 2015
Visions 2015
The Hackney all-dayer returns with Shamir, Oscar and Hinds, among others.
8th October 2015
Mumford & Sons step effortlessly into bigger, bolder shoes on the first night of Bilbao BBK Live
Marmozets, Future Islands and Disclosure also appear.
7th October 2015
Roskilde 2015
Jamie xx, Kendrick Lamar and Florence + the Machine impress.
7th October 2015
Parklife 2015
Closing with a faultless rendition of ‘Two Weeks’ and then ‘How’s That’, it’s evident that Parklife belongs to FKA twigs.
6th October 2015
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.