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Preview: Alabama 3 bring their acid blues to O2 Academy

Posted on December 9, 2025 by Conor Lang

In the penultimate show on their UK tour, legendary supergroup Alabama 3 bring their unique fusion of country, blues, and trip-hop to O2 Academy this Friday. After forming in Brixton in 1995, the ten-piece have released twelve studio albums, garnering… Continue Reading →

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Review: The unlikely second life of The Libertines endures at O2 Academy

Posted on October 10, 2024 by Scott Hammond
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Review: Fontaines DC convincingly stake a claim for rock star eminence at O2 Academy

Posted on October 14, 2021 by Scott Hammond

13th October 2021   A five-star Guardian review of DC Fontaines’ show at the University of Liverpool earlier this month saw them brandished with the oft touted, and seldom anything but hyperbolic, moniker of a “once in a generation” guitar… Continue Reading →

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Review: Skunk Anansie’s storming, crowd surfing sell out at O2 Academy

Posted on August 20, 2019 by Scott Hammond

19th August 2019   Having experienced their commercial pomp somewhere within the slightly bloated jubilance of Britpop and Cool Britannia, it’s perhaps easy for memories of Skunk Anansie’s politically-tinged hard rock to be somewhat lost within a retrospective haze of… Continue Reading →

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Review: White Denim – a rare breed of airtight live performance at O2 Academy

Posted on February 14, 2019 by Scott Hammond

12th February 2019     It’s a surprising start to the evening as the sound of 1997’s ‘Encore Une Fois’ by Sash! rings out over the speaker system as the introductory interlude for Texas rock four-piece White Denim to stroll… Continue Reading →

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Review: Shed Seven at O2 Academey

Posted on December 15, 2017 by Kevin McGough

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 →

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Review: Mac Demarco and a night of introspective hedonism at O2 Academy

Posted on November 27, 2017 by Scott Hammond

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 →

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Interview: Jason Isbell (Audio & Transcript)

Posted on January 10, 2016 by Scott Hammond

10th January 2016 After his latest album Something More Than Free built on the promise of 2013’s excellent Southeastern by scoring a number six spot in the Billboard 200 chart last summer, Alabama’s Jason Isbell has emerged as what Rolling… Continue Reading →

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