19th May 2018 Verity Standen has a gift for producing the most unsettlingly beautiful, intimate shows for Mayfest. Two years ago, HUG left many an audience member in tears, whilst a year before that Symphony offered the most affecting private performances on the… Continue Reading
12th May 2018 Musical success came later in life to Doug Hream Blunt than most. But then this is a performer who only started playing in bands when he was 35. His is a story that has become ever more… Continue Reading
27th April 2018 Rather than making reference to their touring an album of new material, Sheffield rock outfit Drenge’s ‘Grand Reopening Tour’ alludes to a three year hiatus – both in terms of a headline UK tour and the release… Continue Reading
3rd March 2018 Hailing from the notoriously rough and tough Mozart Estate in North West London, profligate drug peddler come successful grime artist Fredo – after a forced cancellation in Birmingham an evening earlier – braved the snowpocalypse… Continue Reading
2nd February 2018 Considering that their 1998 single ‘Dance The Night Away’ peaked at number 4 in the UK while experiencing an enduring chart presence of 18 weeks, The Mavericks hold the misfortune that British audiences, by and large, would… Continue Reading
14th December 2017 To be alive in the UK in the 90’s was fun. The second “love generation” knew how to party and weren’t afraid to embrace hedonism. This after all was an era that produced the countries last… Continue Reading
26th November 2017 When a deep, robotic voiceover jokingly introduces Mac Demarco as “45% a giant and riddled with disease” as he enters the stage carrying a three can stack of Stella Artois, it’s very much in keeping with… Continue Reading
8th November 2017 In addition to selling out tonight’s show, the pre-gig sighting of several of the band’s T-shirts among the crowd– including those consecutively adorned by five teenage friends in the front row – is further testament to… Continue Reading