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Concert catch up: Wolf Alice, Big Thief, Butch Kassidy/Legss, Echo and the Bunnymen
With the senseless, barbaric invasion of Ukraine by Russia dominating our thoughts, one sometimes wonders what the point of writing about pop music is. But I guess that while we are lucky and privileged enough to do so, it remains … Continue reading
Posted in Music - concerts, lists, reflections
Tagged Big Thief, Butch Kassidy, concerts, Echo and the Bunnymen, Legss, music, Wolf Alice
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Turnstile and Chubby and the Gang at the Roundhouse, 1 February 2022
Straight up: this was one of the greatest nights of live rock’n’roll I have ever had the pleasure to witness. And I very nearly didn’t go. No-one else I usually go to concerts with wanted to go. There was an … Continue reading
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Tagged Chubby and the Gang, concerts, London Roundhouse, music, Turnstile
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Goat Girl at the Roundhouse, 18 January 2022
Last week I went up to the Roundhouse with friends Shane and Tony to see Goat Girl play in the round, one of a short programme of concerts which are all-seated, forming the best part of a circle around the … Continue reading
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Tagged concerts, Goat Girl, London, London Roundhouse, music
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My Top Twenty Albums of 2021
It has been another great year for music. We didn’t get live music back until the second half of the year, but a lot of artists had clearly been using their time productively during the lockdowns in 2020 and the … Continue reading
Posted in Music - concerts, lists, reflections, Music - Top Tens
Tagged Floating Points, music, Top Twenty 2021
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Kelly Lee Owens at EartH, Hackney, 2 December 2021
I first came across Kelly Lee Owens at End of the Road in 2019. A late night show in the Big Top, which I got to about half way through. All was darkness, except for the glow of the stage. … Continue reading
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Tagged concerts, EartH Hackney, Kelly Lee Owens, music
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London Grammar at Alexandra Palace, 12 November 2021
London Grammar are a trio – singer and occasional guitarist Hannah Reid and multi-instrumentalists Dan Rothman and Dominic “Dot” Major. They’re Londoners, but formed at Nottingham University. Their debut album, If You Wait, was released in 2013. That was followed … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexandra Palace, concerts, London Grammar, music
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Three concerts: Arlo Parks, Nubya Garcia, Holly Humberstone
November marks an upsurge of concert-going for me – a combination of rearranged gigs, new shows and the forthcoming London Jazz Festival. The month got off to a flying start with the three shows reviewed here. Three artists whose reputations … Continue reading
The Staves at Shepherd’s Bush Empire, 11 October 2021
On Tuesday I went along to Shepherd’s Bush Empire with my friends Jon and Shane to see the Staves. It was my first non-festival concert since March 2020. And it was the Staves’ first tour promoting their new album Good … Continue reading
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