Review: The Cat Empire leave the O2 Academy a sweaty mess after a catalogue of mass singalongs

2nd July 2015 When a band and audience work in unison it’s one of the real wonders of the musical world to behold, and there can be few proponents of said art that are better skilled than The Cat Empire.… Continue Reading

REVIEW: DU BLONDE’S MELODIC GARAGE-PUNK & CLASSY BALLADRY RAISES THE TEMPERATURE AT THE LOUIE

6th June 2015   During the ‘David Bowie Is…’ exhibition at The Victoria and Albert Museum in 2013, Geordie singer-songwriter Beth Jeans Houghton had an epiphany; inspired by the Thin White Duke’s taste for reinvention, this was the inception of… Continue Reading

Review: American duo Sylvan Esso show that electro can have a soul

4th June 2015 Melding melancholic electro with a bluegrass soul North Carolinian natives Sylvan Esso are currently on the crest of a wave and come to Bristol’s Marble Factory with the kind of swagger that only an unstoppable momentum can imbue.… Continue Reading