Concert Reviews

Review + Photos: The Darkness @ The Phoenix – Toronto

- April 26, 2018

Photos and Review by Angelo Marchini | @AngelMarchini What a night! From the second The Darkness strutted on stage in Toronto on Sunday night, they had their audience in the palm of their hands. They opened the show with “Open Fire” and closed it with an encore of three classics including their smash hit “I

Review + Photos: SXSW 2018 (HAIM, Ludacris, Billie Eilish, Wavves, Rae Sremmurd, and more)

- April 15, 2018May 7, 2018

Photos by Joshua Guerra (@joshguerra13) | Review by Joshua Guerra and Catherine Marfin Every year SXSW attendees wonder who’s going to be the next big thing to come out of the festival, and who’s going to pop up at the various showcases it hosts. The most popular showcases have always been The

Review + Photos: Steve Aoki and Desiigner @ Stubb’s BBQ – Austin

- March 22, 2018

Photos by Joshua Guerra | @joshguerra13 Steve Aoki embarked on his Kolony Tour on February 10th and ended the month at Stubbs in Austin, Texas where Steve himself has had many great memories dating back to performing at the Austin Music Hall, and SXSW. He brought a long a few of his

Review + Photos: First Aid Kit and Van William @ Albert Hall – Manchester

- March 8, 2018March 8, 2018

Review and Photos by Iain Fox | @IainFoxPhoto January was relatively bereft of quality album releases that really got the blood pumping, but there were a couple that thankfully made that longest of months a bit more bearable. Released on the same day, Van William's Countries and First Aid Kit's Ruins

Review + Photos: Franz Ferdinand and Albert Hammond Jr. @ Albert Hall – Manchester

- February 27, 2018

Review and Photos by Iain Fox | @IainFoxPhoto It's a peculiar vagary of the musical landscape when a new record and tour from Glasgow rockers Franz Ferdinand appears to represent a return to an era that disappeared with the Motorola Razr. In fact, new record Always Ascending demonstrates something that the

Review + Photos: Ezra Furman @ Arts Club – Liverpool

- February 14, 2018

Review and Photos by Iain Fox | @IainFoxPhoto "These are classic songs you just don’t know yet", remarks Ezra Furman during his intimate appearance at Liverpool's wonderful club venue on Seel Street. During a twenty-five song set, the Chicago native throws in every song from his new record Transangelic Exodus, but

Review + Photos: The Barr Brothers @ Gorilla – Manchester

- January 31, 2018

Review and Photos by Iain Fox | @IainFoxPhoto It has only been two months since The Barr Brothers' last visit to Manchester. Supporting the War on Drugs at The Apollo on paper seemed like the ideal combination, but the overall experience ultimately proved to be an underwhelming one. Was it the

Review + Photos: Future Islands and Zack Mexico @ O2 Apollo – Manchester

- December 15, 2017

For fans already familiar with the Future Islands live experience, this evening's gig does not really provide any new or unique joys from the Baltimore trio that we haven't seen before. So what are the standards are we measuring the band by? In a nutshell, this evening is a relentless

Review + Photos: Ian Felice and Gill Landry @ Night & Day Cafe – Manchester

- December 6, 2017

Ian Felice has been incredibly busy of late. The latest Felice Brothers album Life in the Dark arrived in 2016 and this was followed by a seemingly endless headline tour which continued well into the summer when they adopted the guise of Conor Oberst's backing band. During this time, a

Review + Photos: Jake Bugg, Adam French, and Georgie @ Victoria Hall – Stoke-on-Trent

- November 30, 2017

Before playing a track from On My One this evening, Jake Bugg describes the album as a bit of an odd one. Compared to the accolades lavished upon his debut, his third album proved to be a bit of a musical misfire for many fans and the Nottingham-born singer-songwriter seems