Live Music Review

10 April 2008: James - Assembly Rooms - Derby

2008-04-11T12:43:00.001Z

Arriving in the venue reception area was like...[more]

08 March 2008: Bloom Festival - Koko - London

2008-03-12T13:49:00.000Z

The Bloom Festival, taking it's cue from the likes...[more]

06 March 2008: Levellers - Beautiful Nights - Night 1 - Civic Hall - Wolverhampton

2008-03-07T17:36:00.001Z

Billed variously as Beautiful Nights, by the Levellers...[more]

29 February 2008: Ginger + Eureka Machines - Junktion 7 - Nottingham

2008-03-06T13:13:00.001Z

The Breakdowns were first on stage but most of...[more]

24 February 2008: Nick Harper -Komedia - Brighton

2008-03-06T13:06:00.001Z

The stage was waiting with a single microphone and...[more]

03 February 2008: Nick Harper - Academy - Manchester

2008-02-13T15:50:00.001Z

03 February 2008: Nick Harper - Academy - Manchester

What’s in a name? Well quite a lot if you’re the son...[more]

02 February 2008: Nick Harper - City Varieties Hall - Leeds

2008-02-05T16:17:00.000Z

Leeds City Varieties hall is a venue of great charm...more

28 January 2008: The Red Stripe Music Awards - Falmouth

2008-02-05T16:15:00.000Z

The West Briton announced the event...more

14 December 2007: Drunk In Public - The Palace - Tamworth

2007-12-17T15:43:00.000Z

Misty evening, Twycross Zoo...more

16 November 2007: Tokyo Dragons - Junktion 7 - Nottingham

2007-12-06T14:29:00.000Z

So loud…..partially deaf today as a result…more

06 October 2007: The Wildhearts - Rock City - Nottingham

2007-12-06T14:27:00.000Z

An unfeasibly early curfew time of 10pm meant that...more

20 May 2007: Levellers - The Engine Shed - LUSU - Lincoln

2007-12-06T14:26:00.000Z

Rolling around the Lincoln ring road following my...more

13 May 2007: The Wildhearts - Town Mill - Mansfield

2007-12-06T14:25:00.000Z

This is billed as the most intimate gig of the tour...more

11 May 2007: NFD + Rhombus + Nightmoves - J7 - Nottingham

2007-12-06T14:23:00.000Z

I missed the start of Nightmoves set as I had to...more

29 April 2007: Levellers - Winding Wheel - Chesterfield

2007-12-06T14:21:00.000Z

Contrary to popular opinion, it's a late spring this...more

27 April 2007: Levellers - Warwick Arts Centre

2007-12-06T14:13:00.000Z

It’s not the first time that I have ventured to the...more

17 March 2007: Faithless - Arena - Nottingham

2007-03-21T11:22:00.000Z

How did it ever come to this? Only a matter of hours before the gig I found an old bootleg cassette in my attic of the...more

10 March 2007: The Cribs - Escobar - Wakefield

2007-03-21T11:20:00.000Z

Its three years since The Cribs played their home town of Wakefield, three years, two months, two weeks and five...more

19 January 2007: Ginger + Robochrist + The God Damn Whores - J7 - Nott'm

2007-03-21T11:18:00.000Z

This was intended to be a review of The God Damn Whores, Robochrist and Ginger but due to other more...more

21 December 2006: The Wildhearts - 'Christmas Vs The Wildhearts' - Wulfrun Hall - Wolverhampton

2007-03-21T11:16:00.000Z

This might be brief because I'm writing it two weeks after the show and...more

09 December 2006: Levellers - Victoria Hall - Hanley - Stoke on Trent

2006-12-15T11:23:00.000Z

I missed the 3 Daft Monkeys. Again. I have got to start making an effort to get to the venue in time for the warm up act, as by all reports the 3 Daft...more

08 December 2006: Northside + The Reason - Academy 2 - Liverpool

2006-12-11T15:09:00.000Z

Live music is a funny thing. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. And yet a good gig can become a legendary gig with the help of the right...more

29 November 2006: Levellers - Rock City - Nottingham

2006-11-30T14:32:00.000Z

It’s been a long five months waiting for the next Levellers gig but, as always....more

10 November 2006: Pro-Jekt + Neon Zoo + The Way Of All Flesh- J7 - Nott'm

2006-11-23T15:35:00.000Z

Goth night; two words to fill many hearts with fear and dread but not this one. Being a huge fan of goth fifteen-odd years ago I thought this would be like a journey down a very dark and dry-ice swathed memory lane. Not...more

27 October 2006: Ginger - Junktion 7 - Nottingham

2006-11-02T13:49:00.000Z

The first support-slot was filled by New Generation Superstars. Old-school in terms of appearance – long hair, bandana, sweat bands, white...more