Live Reviews

  1. The Hit-Ups

    The Hit-Ups @ Hope & Anchor, London 15.11.10

    Miles away from their Bristolian motherland The Hit-Ups take to the stage and stand in front of a pretty impressive crowd considering they don’t hail from ‘round here. You’d be mistaken for thinking it’s due to the headline act (witness the terrific drop in audience numbers after their set!), but it’s all them!

    Posted on Nov 19th, 2010

  2. Octoberman

    Octoberman @ Brixton Windmill 15.11.10

    This gig at Brixton’s charmingly down-at-heel Windmill saw a handful of very talented musicians barely outnumbered by the paying audience. But those few that braved the sudden onset of winter were treated to a fine, literate band with smarts and soul.

    Posted on Nov 19th, 2010

  3. Tokyo Police Club

    Tokyo Police Club @ Audio, Brighton 10.11.10

    Plugging the unique brand of mature foresight shrouded in youth and beauty, Tokyo Police Club descend upon us as meek teens with little or no grandeur in their stride. Picking up their instruments, we enter their comfort zone alongside them, though at times it seems as if there is no one in the room bar the quadruplet. This is where they belong. Heavily involved with every single track conceived, each one of them focuses one-hundred percent on getting the best out of it, delivering to our ears a vibrant cross-section of tracks old and new. Though it has to be said, none of these tracks ever feels dated, a key factor in the Club’s power.

    Posted on Nov 15th, 2010

  4. Casiotone For The Painfully Alone

    Casiotone for the Painfully Alone @ The Cube, Bristol 04.11.10

    Entering the velour-furnished, lovingly traditional Cube cinema on the west side of Bristol’s Kings Square, you couldn’t help but make assumptions about their post-rock, art house clientele. It seemed every fifth person had come in their Victorian street urchin garb as if it were some form of dress code. The aura of the place positively screamed sad, lonely yuppie – and yet it pulled you into its clutches unable to resist the intrigue. As we all sat on our raised amphitheatre seating in front of the theatre stage, it became clear this was either going to be highly embarrassing or bloody brilliant.

    Posted on Nov 12th, 2010

  5. Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster

    Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster @ Digital, Brighton 04.11.10

    At the end of a country-wide tour in support of new album Blood & Fire, Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster look like they are on their last legs. However, there is nothing new here. This is a band steeped in a history of tumultuous relationships and in-fighting, which Bearded thinks just adds to their dirty charm.

    Posted on Nov 12th, 2010

  6. Hafdis Huld

    Hafdis Huld @ Source Below, London 01.11.10

    Star quality – it’s impossible to fake, and Hafdis Huld has it in spades. Iceland’s self-styled “Pop Princess” lights up this Soho cellar bar with an unplugged performance that would charm the birds from the trees.

    Posted on Nov 3rd, 2010

  7. Black Mountain

    Black Mountain @ Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London 07.10.10

    Black Mountain, Dead Meadow… what is it with stoner rock bands and their fondness for gloomy nature-inspired names? I’ve got a fiver on Sad Forest and Depressed Waterfall turning up before Christmas…

    Posted on Nov 2nd, 2010

  8. Screaming Females

    Screaming Females @ The Luminaire, London 27.10.10

    Fronting the tried and tested set-up of a bass-drums-guitar trio, with some hefty vocals thrown in for good measure, Screaming Females recall the golden age of garage rock. In measures of Bikini Kill and shots of punk outfits like Television and The Slits, it is a simplistic sound made epic through leading lady Marissa Paternoster’s stellar solos and plucky riffs.

    Posted on Nov 2nd, 2010

  9. Mice Parade

    Mice Parade @ Corsica Studios, London 13.10.10

    Tonight’s musical arrangement, a meagre 6 by measure of Mice Parade’s usual number, take their place on quite possibly the world’s tallest stage (easily over 4 ft) and slip readily into one of their most achingly beautiful tracks ‘Recover’.

    Posted on Nov 2nd, 2010

  10. Supersonic 22-24.10.10

    Supersonic 22-24.10.10

    Birmingham's "foremost purveyors of what is interesting, exciting and invigorating about music in the twenty-first century" strike gold again at this year's Supersonic festival

    Posted on Oct 26th, 2010

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