14th October 2015 Returning to the home of its premiere UK performance in 1954, and performed during the centenary week of playwright Arthur Miller’s birth, Bristol Old Vic’s production of ‘The Crucible’ adroitly delivered the powerful intensity and foreboding… Continue Reading
15th October 2015 The Libertines – ‘Heart of the Matter’ Surprisingly hard hitting for a promotional vid, The Libertines are back with the most macabre music video since a luminously pale Michael Jackson canoodled with charlatan wife Lisa Marie Presley… Continue Reading
8th October 2015 Blossoms – ‘Charlemagne’ Continuing a pattern whereby retro, psychedelic rock bands have become somewhat de-rigueur over the last couple of years, the Stockport five piece are yet another band with their heads, turtlenecks and haircuts firmly… Continue Reading
3rd October 2015 The day after thanksgiving, and while a number of Americans were preoccupied with the consumerist frenzy of Black Friday, it was the requirement of two rather venial purchases that brought two vehicles together at a gas… Continue Reading
1st October 2015 Julian Velard – ‘The Night Ed Sheeran Slept On My Couch’ As with the recent news headline “British Prime Minister Once Used His Johnson as a Makeshift Swine Thermometer”, the title of Julian Velard’s new single… Continue Reading
10th September 2015 Foals – ‘Mountain At My Gates’ With new album What Went Down only a couple of weeks old and reports of an intimate launch party at Village Underground being so sought after that distraught fans were… Continue Reading
8th September 2015 It looked like it would never happen. Last week’s announcement that The Libertines would be playing their first club dates in over a decade came at the end of a tumultuous eleven year path of acrimony,… Continue Reading
5th September 2015 The problem with meeting up for pre-drinks at 6pm for an event that begins at 5pm is the inevitability of your own lateness. And so, like any good journalist with a sturdy disregard for professionalism, an early… Continue Reading