Reviews

The Excitements

The Excitements

- 24 March 2014

They may hail from Barcelona but their sound was pure 1960s American soul and grits...

Arthur Smith: At Your Service

Arthur Smith: At Your Service

- 24 March 2014

Like a BBC Radio 4 one-man roadshow, Arthur Smith rolled into Shoreham to take court...

Conan, Sea Bastard & Bast

Conan, Sea Bastard & Bast

- 22 March 2014

Opening band Bast’s varied, progressive blackened sludge employed different shades of metal, and the tones,...

Gary Delaney – Purist

Gary Delaney – Purist

- 20 March 2014

Gary Delaney has been proclaimed the natural successor to Tim Vine as the King of...

Rebecca Ferguson

Rebecca Ferguson

- 20 March 2014

From shy unassuming pop constant to a classy self-assured diva, Ms Rebecca Ferguson and her...

Sam Carter Trio with Sam Sweeney

Sam Carter Trio with Sam Sweeney

- 20 March 2014

Strumming and picking aplenty, but with a less-then-merry folk set, The Sam Sweeney Trio jammed...

The Events

The Events

- 20 March 2014

This powerfully eccentric play about the aftermath of a mass shooting, by Charlie and the Chocolate...

Review: Lissie

Review: Lissie

- 18 March 2014

If anyone can make sweating look seductive, Lissie can! Bringing the sultry, Californian canyon heat to...

Pygmalion

Pygmalion

- 18 March 2014

Undoubtedly one of the best, and funniest, and most damningly exposing of early 20th century...

Franz Ferdinand

Franz Ferdinand

- 18 March 2014

Although they might have lost their freshness in the British guitar scene, the Scottish indie...

O’Hooley & Tidow – The Hum (No Masters)

O’Hooley & Tidow – The Hum (No Masters)

- 17 March 2014

Huddersfield duo Belinda O’Hooley and Heidi Tidow were named best act of the Cambridge Folk...

Russell Brand: Messiah Complex

Russell Brand: Messiah Complex

- 17 March 2014

Russell Brand is an engaging, thought-provoking, articulate and highly entertaining ‘bit of a pillock’. Still...