Thursday, 16 July 2020

Meet Jenny McLaren from synth-pop outfit Spray

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Spray are pop maestros. If you've not heard them yet, it's a sin. Spray make music for people too sceptical to surrender to dan...
Sunday, 24 June 2018

And Also The Trees @ Southbank Centre, London, Saturday 23rd June 2018

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Much like post-punk legends, The Chameleons, I never considered I'd get the chance to see And Also The Trees perform live. I had hea...

Belly, live @ Shepherds Bush Empire, Thursday 21st June, 2018

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I have been a fan of Belly since I first heard the band on The Evening Session on Radio One in 1995. King remains a classic indie-rock album...

Inspired by Labour Live

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Real Love by Clean Bandit is my summer anthem now. I may be a few years too late, but I just saw them performing live in a park in Tottenh...
Friday, 9 March 2018

Paul Draper @ Electric Brixton, London, 8th March, 2018

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I never thought I'd hear these songs performed, hear of Mansun again. More than 20 years on, pink light glowed with appropriate cele...
Monday, 20 November 2017

Brix and The Extricated @ Oslo, London, 3rd November, 2017

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My 5th Brix gig! She's a legend of The Fall. Backed with other revered former members such as Steve and Paul Hanley, the band just get...

Penny Pepper, author reading @ The Dublin Castle, Camden, 1st November, 2017

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Penny Pepper's memoir First in The World Somewhere is a must-read book, written in impassioned fashion about all the awakenings lent ...