Ida Maria/VV Brown/Bird Pen @ Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh 8.11.08
November 13, 2008 by Helen Newbery · Leave a Comment
With a punishingly early slot, Bird Pen have to work hard to grab the attention of those wandering into the Cabaret Voltaire and lingering at the bar. And work they do, managing to fill the space around them with their huge, atmospheric slabs of sound, which draw in the curious. Read more
Howling Bells @ Newcastle Carling Academy
November 12, 2008 by Mark Reynolds · Leave a Comment
After an impressive 2006 with the release of their self-titled debut album and boasting support slots with the likes of The Killers, Snow Patrol and Placebo Read more
Blackfish/Shapes/Chrik/The! Spoon? @ Bar 122, Huddersfield 12.10.08
November 9, 2008 by Lexi Lee · Leave a Comment
“We are The! Spoon? (and the), which is less of a band name and more of an attempt at post modernism”. The disappointing turnout at tonight’s gig hasn’t dampened the mood. With spoken word vocals and self proclaimed “post-something-or-other” rock sensibilities The! Spoon? (and the) display an intelligence that is refreshing and exciting to watch.
Justice @ Matter, London 25.10.08
November 9, 2008 by Charlie Wolfgang-Boyd · Leave a Comment
Whilst making my way to London, via various “Rail Replacement” buses, some thoughts occurred. Firstly, two hours sleep was probably a bad idea. Secondly, if I had wanted to catch a bus, I would have booked one. The reason for the sleep deprivation wasn’t my fault, Erol Alkan tearing up a set in a one hundred and fifty person club in your rather small hometown, is not a spectacle to miss. Read more
London Freeze Festival at Battersea Power Station
October 25, 2008 by David Macnamara · Leave a Comment
Set in the shadow of the unmistakable Battersea Power Station, on the south bank of the Thames, Freeze Festival offers a somewhat odd marriage between winter ski sports and music. The first night of the festival is an indie-pop affair with The Enemy headlining the main tent, in what can only be described as post-industrial wasteland. Read more
Camera Obscura @ The Talking Heads, Southampton 18.10.08
October 21, 2008 by Daniel Clark · Leave a Comment
Just before I start this review, I would like to state that I’m a huge fan of Camera Obscura and whilst I will try my best to be impartial and review them as fairly as I can, I doubt I will be able to. So here goes: Read more
Glissando/The French Quarter (Trampoline night) @ Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh 21.09.08
September 26, 2008 by Helen Newbery · Leave a Comment
Hailing from the perhaps unlikely location of Tilicoultry, the six members of The French Quarter generate an assured wall of sound which reverberates around the red walls of Edinburgh’s Wee Red Bar. Read more
Echo and the Bunnymen @ Royal Albert Hall 16.09.08
September 19, 2008 by Ali Valley · Leave a Comment
DJ Jona/DJ Kim/No Signal Input/In A Furious Deathbed @ East Durham College
September 16, 2008 by Chris Walton · Leave a Comment
Freaky Weasel Promotions Presents
No Signal Input, In a Furious Death Bed
Friday 12th September
East Durham College
When you go to a local gig, you think its going to be some half-arsed show with cheap drinks. You know the kind where you turn up and no one really knows what’s going on, and the band are still sound-checking after your 8th pint?
Deerhunter/Seabear/Screaming Weirdos @ Boston Arms
September 14, 2008 by Mark Rowden · 2 Comments
Tuffnel Park’s Boston Arms is throbbing with what sounds like a dissonant Pelican-like post-rock when I walk inside. That’d be excellent, if only it wasn’t channelled through the woodwind instruments of a bastardised shopping centre native-American band. That’s what my impression of Starving Weirdoes is. Is it avante-garde? Experimental? Whatever it is, it sounds improvised and directionless. If only they’d consolidated that nice little tambourine beat into something.
