Call them Britrock or, rather controversially, clitrock, Skunk Anansie are still young enough and energetic enough to be one of the great live bands of recent times, as they amply demonstrated tonight despite a well below capacity turnout. As frontwoman Skin recently… Read more →
It’s Friday night and Cancer Bats are playing The Haunt. That can only mean one thing: Complete and utter carnage. For those that don’t know about this Canadian whirlwind of a band, it’s pretty much a case of ‘go hard or go… Read more →
Dee, dwarfed by the Dome stage, looked tired from the start. Suited and booted as always, the curmudgeonly persona now seems realer than ever, he has grown into the part for sure. Oddly though the older Dee has taken on a cosy… Read more →
Dreadzone have been pioneering their particular brand of dub/trance for 20 years now. The anthemic nature of the music was popularised when John Peel named their ‘Second Light’ album (Virgin Records 1995) one of his favourite of all time. Tracks like ‘Little Britain’… Read more →
We’ve been to a marvellous party. The Perfect 10 Podcasts have been going for years, and to mark the 50th (and 51st) recording, the great and the bawdy gathered to witness it live as Phil Jupitus and Phill Wilding pulled ten questions… Read more →
Austere liturgical tunes in Rimsky-Kosakov’s impressive ‘Russian Easter Festival Overture’, Ravel’s enigmatic ‘La Valse’, a parody waltz that ends in frenzy, and Saint-Saëns’ elegant first ’Cello Concerto, beautifully delivered by Gemma Rosefield, warmed us up nicely on this frozen March afternoon. Stravinsky’s… Read more →
With Madness and The Specials milking the last penny from the nostalgia cash cow it was the third part of the late 70s ska triumvirate’s turn to prove their worth. This was never in any doubt with original singers, the ageless Pauline… Read more →
With her beehive now a bob, the Neasden songstress performed an expertly chosen set, informed by the great singers and songwriters of the 1960s. The cabaret setting suited the intimate arrangements for piano and guitar and Mari proved to be a fine… Read more →
With their recent third album aptly named #3, The Script energised The Brighton Centre three times over. This number encapsulates the Southern Irish trio as three equals combining talents to create honest music for real people. Old and new songs intertwined throughout… Read more →
‘Dance is your birthright’ concluded the pro in the brown flares as 15 audience volunteers John Travolta-d to a finish, watched by the rest of us through special-effect glasses that made everything look like TOTP II. Ben Wright is a wonderfully anti-elitist choreographer… Read more →
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