“I promise we won’t leave it ANOTHER 31 years before we play here again,” says Andy McCluskey, referring to OMD‘s...
About half a mile across town, British Sea Power and their rag-tag assortment of cuddly animals are tearing it up;...
This is Matthew E. White though not perhaps as we have ever seen him before. He is here in York...
Expectation (noun) – the act or state of looking forward or anticipating. Last month, I showered Sløtface with semi-passionate plaudits for...
Chrissie Hynde is a force of nature.She has been fronting the The Pretenders since 1978, and tonight shows no signs...
To spend time like this in the musical company of Bill Frisell is seriously good fun. For a man who...
It was during my teenage years that I first became aware of the music of Gavin Bryars. In 1975 Brian...
Marc Almond has the music business sussed. Not afraid to play the odd lucrative ‘nostaligia’ festival, (and rightly so), he is...
It’s no exaggeration to say that there’s a real sense of expectation in the air at the ABC tonight. The...
It’s fascinating when you get to a show much earlier than everyone else. As the punters slowly arrive, to the...
The ice maiden cometh. It is a cold wind that blows in from Wisconsin as Zola Jesus arrives in Leeds...
The Slade Rooms, named after Noddy Holder’s crew, is one of those venues that is wider than it is deep,...
Annie Clark is the woman who fell to earth. In the guise of her alter-ego St. Vincent she crash-lands in...
In a week of Harvey Weinstein filth and #metoo fortification, there remains something apt and overwhelming about watching the diminutive...
Nadine Shah is back. Three dates into her UK tour and having last seen her at Gateshead Town Hall some...