London, 4th May
Global Citizen frontman is dressed like a Hollywood era Marilyn Manson who has went out to a sex shop. They run through songs about being some ones Slave and f**king in the dark. Think they are quite a sexual band and would go down well in a kinky sex club, but do they really have anything new they sound like they are stuck in the 90’s which is not always a bad thing but I just think they [...]
London, 2nd May
Mothlite Daniel O’Sulivan comes on stage dressed as a moth and there is some what of a morbid beauty about the whole thing. He is looking like a cross between a moth and a tortured Pete Burns but it sends shivers down your spine has they burst into an atmospherical beautiful sound. They perform slightly different versions of songs off their debut album ‘Dark Age’ which is a dark path into the weird life of an [...]
London, 12th May
Scooter normally only for thirty minutes at a Clubland show, tonight they have three times that amount of time so what do they have in store for the crowd tonight. The intro shows explosions and lasers welcoming the band to the stage and when that is over they show Gary Glitter is still alive with their version of the glam rock hit ‘Hello! (Good to be Back) which is more rare than glam. Singer H.P.Baxxter might be [...]
Brighton, April 20th
Neils Children are back and like the band they influenced the Horrors they have changed their look, they no longer look like they come out of the Batcave and now look more like a cross between Northern Soul and Punk. The crowd are really up for the show tonight and I think have drunk more than is humanly possible, especially the promoters of tonights gig who go mental for songs like ‘Stupid Band’ and ‘Come Down’. The band [...]
May 3rd
The fact that Americans have pretty much always seemed to do Punk Rock better than Brits has been something I’ve been trying to explain to people for a very long time and no-one seems to have quite caught on yet, which is annoying. They’ve always seemed to be in it for better reasons than most British punk bands, or if they aren’t, then write better songs or have a lasting influence on them. Contrary to popular belief, the first [...]
London, 11th April
L’arc en Ciel have been going for twenty years and have never played the UK so their is a great anticipation for tonights show. They have a massive video screen behind them producing amazing and fantastic images, before they come on they play instrumental songs over the Tannoy of the bands greatest hits just to get people in the mood for tonight Proceedings. They open with ‘Ibara no Namida’ which is greeted with a standing ovation before they [...]
London, 12th April
Tonight the Forum in Kentish Town is sold out for Andrew W.K. 10th anniversary show for the release of the album “I Get Wet”. In fact, Andrew and his band will play the famous album in its entirety.
When an artist is playing an entire album following the track order, the crowd is, in a certain sense, prepared to what is going to happen. As a matter of fact, it takes just the opening song to turn the Forum [...]
London, 4th April
Jonny Cola and the A-Grades have a short set tonight and run through their set like a flash of lightning from a glam disco ball. I love the bands music but their is a distinctive lack of banter from them tonight which kind of kills the glamtastic ness of there normally display, I think this is due to lack of time. The songs really stand up and you realize why this band are award winning and are getting [...]
London, 4th April
I personally had never heard of The Milk and as I got to the venue I saw posters and stickers containing people with cats heads so I didn’t know what to expect. They come onstage with a good stage presence and deliver a funk rock Maroon 5 Esq experimental type of rock. I seem to know the songs even thou I didn’t know the name of the band. They announce that tonights performance will not contain any breaks [...]
Special Guests LostAlone
London, 31st March
LostAlone are Gerard Way from My chemical Romance’s favourite band and I have always wondered why, but tonight I can see why he likes them. They have progressed a lot in the last few years with their sound progressing from a annoying obnoxious monotone to a joyful Muse Esq buzzing live experience with even the vocals being in key which they have suffered from in the past. This band have grown up and really have something [...]
Oxford, 22nd March
Neosis noise monotonous noise that leaves you wanting to go hide in the toilet they have some technical ability but it’s so repetative it is just doing your head in and one song merges into the next so you are so happy when they end.
Revoker are getting better and better they are more polished and getting there own sound. Which still has the Metallica and Megadeth buzz but is mixed with a little bit of blues and Black [...]
London, 23rd March
The Howling sound great acoustic blending a Dogs D’Amour croacking vocals with clean and accurate guitars and melodies and are a band you want to be listening to with a pint in your hand. They defiantly have taken their influences from the sleazy rock elements like the Wildhearts but it’s nice to see it done so well by a new band. There is a place for this kind of sound with loads of bands reforming and coming back [...]
London, 22nd March
Katzenjammer are touring around Europe promoting the new album “A Kiss Before You Go”.
The Scala tonight is almost sold-out and it’s very hard to find a spot. The four Norwegian girls have already played a couple of times in the UK enchanting hundreds and hundreds of people with their music and with their talent, and their “mission” has just begun. Their music, so hard to define, is something that can be especially appreciated live. Don’t get me wrong, [...]
‘Marley’s Chains’ Single Launch
London, 20th March
Ok we are in the penthouse in Leicester Square tonight to see EMI’s hotly tipped new product Honey Ryder. As I get out the lift I see it’s a nice affair with a VIP section for press and just next to the lift and on the stage the bands name in lights in a Vegas style way which looks amazing. So what I wanted to know is can they deliver the goods. For a start [...]
London, 15th MArch
Naturals start with a good kind of ‘My Vitriol’ vibe and I am enjoying some of the guitar work but you do get a little vibe you heard this before.They do mix it up a bit but I can’t make my mind up if it’s them being cleaver or not deciding on an identity. A couple of songs sound like a cross between ‘Foals‘ ‘Two door cinema Club’ and ‘Vampire Weekend’ so if you like these bands maybe [...]
