Brixton Academy London - 3rd December 2019 Khruangbin, the bewigged instrumental trio from Texas, wowed a capacity crowd at Brixton Academy with their soothing, hypnotic and atmospheric shoegaze guitar-funk soundscapes. Laura Lee, Mark Speer and Donald ‘DJ’ Johnson, the Texan trio otherwise known as Khruangbin, have truly crossed over beyond their ardent, though cult, … [Read more...] about Khruangbin: Brixton Academy, London – Live Review
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Weyes Blood: Electric Brixton, London – Live Review
Electric Brixton, London Wednesday 30th October 2019 Natalie Mering aka Weyes Blood made a major breakthrough earlier this year with her fourth record, Titanic Rising, a swooning slab of melancholy FM radio pop peppered with unsettling themes and motifs, whose cultural metaphor of incipient terror beneath a façade of privilege seemed timely and urgent. Reviewers were quick to … [Read more...] about Weyes Blood: Electric Brixton, London – Live Review
DZ Deathrays: The Underworld – Live Review
The Underworld Camden, London Tuesday 8th October Most people would be forgiven for staying at home and catching an early night on a dreary October evening, yet everyone in and around the Underworld Camden was ready for a party tonight. From the time the doors opened at 7 pm, the alcohol was flowing – more of a continuation from the party upstairs in The Worlds End – and the … [Read more...] about DZ Deathrays: The Underworld – Live Review
Bedouine: Queen Elizabeth Hall, London – Live Review
Bedouine: Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank Centre, London, Saturday 7th September 2019. The British singer-songwriter Allman Brown was in an impish mood as he opened for the mercurial Bedouine last night at a two-thirds full Queen Elizabeth Hall: tentatively chewing the fat over last week’s shenanigans in Westminster as well as regaling the audience with anecdotes about a … [Read more...] about Bedouine: Queen Elizabeth Hall, London – Live Review
Stereolab: Shepherds Bush Empire – Live Review
O2 Shepherds Bush Empire, London Wednesday 12 June 2019 In the 1990s, the Anglo-French shape-shifters Stereolab were an intriguing and exotic musical proposition - with a healthily obsessive cult fan base - whose judicious meshing of disparate sounds failed to resonate on a deeper level beyond the appreciation of the academically minded and music journos. Almost two decades … [Read more...] about Stereolab: Shepherds Bush Empire – Live Review