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End of the Road festival 2017

Posted on September 4, 2017 by John S

And so, as summer ends, it’s time for End of the Road. Jon and I went for the first time last year, and enjoyed it so much we had to do it again this year. Last year, some of my … Continue reading →

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King Nun, Venture Lows and Kid Wave at the Finsbury, North London, 24 August 2017

Posted on August 26, 2017 by John S

I went up to the Finsbury pub in North London on Thursday to see a band called King Nun, with my friend Jon G and his son Louis. They’d seen King Nun at Latitude and really liked them. I was … Continue reading →

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Laura Gibson at Oslo, Hackney, 16 August 2017

Posted on August 17, 2017 by John S

  On Wednesday I went to see Laura Gibson at the Oslo, Hackney. A great place for a show. A good space upstairs and an excellent bar downstairs, which serves one of my favourite IPAs, Beavertown Gamma Ray. I first … Continue reading →

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Latitude 2017

Posted on July 18, 2017 by John S

My Latitude No 6. No 12 for the festival. An annual fixture now, for me and my friend Jon G and various members of our families and their friends. Not our wives though! The thought of four nights and days … Continue reading →

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U2 at Twickenham Stadium, 9 July 2017

Posted on July 11, 2017 by John S

On Sunday we went down to Twickenham to see one of the world’s greatest bands play a show that featured one of the world’s greatest albums. U2 playing the “Joshua Tree”.  An album which is 30 years old this year. … Continue reading →

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The Hanwell Hootie, 7 May 2017

Posted on May 7, 2017 by John S

Hanwell is a West London suburb, in between Ealing centre and Southall. Like quite a lot of west and south west London, it is part of the history of the 60s blues and rock’n’roll artists who took their cue from … Continue reading →

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The Big Moon at Village Underground, Shoreditch, 2 May 2017

Posted on May 3, 2017 by John S

About six months on from seeing The Big Moon’s excellent gig at the Scala, I was at the Village Underground in Shoreditch – fast becoming one of my favourite venues – to see them again. This time they had their … Continue reading →

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Three concerts in a week

Posted on April 8, 2017 by John S

I managed to pack in three concerts this week, while work was pretty intense too. I was pretty pooped by Friday evening – it took all my energy to watch the Masters on the TV. I’m writing this on a … Continue reading →

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Car Seat Headrest at Gorilla, Manchester, 24 March 2017

Posted on March 25, 2017 by John S

Car Seat Headrest are a band based in Seattle, inspired by the 90s Seattle sound, though they look more like Vampire Weekend than, say, Nirvana. The main man is Will Toledo, who has been making music for a while, but … Continue reading →

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Julia Jacklin at the Scala, 2 March 2017

Posted on March 3, 2017 by John S

I first came across Julia Jacklin at the End of the Road festival in September last year. The programme gave her a good write up, describing her music as a cross between alt. country and grungy lo-fi. I read about … Continue reading →

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