Gig review – Visceral Vessels at Duffy’s Bar, Thursday 7th August 2025
with Celestar Coco, High Maintenance, Tinderbox and St. Brigids I’m fashionably late. The martial drumbeat of Celestar Coco’s first song pours through the wall as […]
Gig reviews
Gig review – Publicity at The Big Difference, Friday 11th July 2025
Metal won’t be reclaimed from the Fred Dursts of the world without bringing something new to the table. Time is of the essence. If they can cement themselves as songwriters beyond simply covers and lean into the newfound interest, they’ll go far.
Gig review – Andrea Kenny at Duffy’s Bar, Thursday 31st July 2025
It was a sparkling performance. Andrea is a superb singer and songwriter. Her sumptuous vocals could give strength as well as delicacy.
Gig review – Public Image Limited at O2 Academy, Thursday 3rd July 2025
You can hear and feel the exhaustive threat of nuclear holocaust, the decay of industrial communities, The Troubles, the growth of the National Front, bodies piling high and unburied and the precipice of Thatcherism.
Gig review – Eryx London at Duffy’s Bar, Saturday 17th May 2025
with Wolves in Alcatraz and New Age Grace Reviewed by Thomas Needham Photographed by Kevin Gaughan As Stoke-on-Trent’s Wolves in Alcatraz belatedly took to the […]