Category: MUSIC
REVIEW: PETE MURRAY AT FALMOUTH PRINCESS PAVILION (13/04/12)
After a short stint in The Netherlands, and just one other UK date, Australian musician Pete Murray came to the Princess Pavilion. Friday 13th in all honesty is possibly not the greatest of nights to contend with, and after Facebook posts highlighting the ‘super good surf spot’ that is Falmouth, it does make you question [...]
REVIEW: EXAMPLE AT CARDIFF MOTORPOINT ARENA (20/04/12)
Three years after supporting Lily Allen in the same venue, Example returned to the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff to headline an arena show for the very first time. If he was nervous about the occasion you couldn’t tell as he put in a confident and highly impressive performance in front of a packed crowd. An [...]
REVIEW: MAPS AND ATLASES AT BRISTOL COOLER (14/04/12)
Maps and Atlases’ set at The Cooler in Bristol was special for a number of reasons. The show was the first time they played in Bristol and was the first night of their UK and European Tour. The gig also marked the release of their second full length album, Beware and Be Grateful. Maps and [...]
INTERVIEW WITH DELILAH
So people compare you to Alanis Morrissette, do you reckon it’s just the long hair? Could be? People have compared me to do many different artists. Luckily none of them have been rubbish ones do I’ll take it as a compliment. You’re a fan of cover songs, what’s the most obscure one you’ve done? And [...]
REVIEW: EMELI SANDE AT CARDIFF SOLUS (13/04/12)
Emeli Sandé performed to a sold out Solus at Cardiff University’s Student Union. There was no need for her to worry about bad luck, however, as her soulful voice and recent hit records exhilarated the crowd. The show was opened by the supporting Seye (pronounced Cher or share). In all denim and with bigger hair [...]
INTERVIEW WITH BELLERUCHE
Where did the name come from? And what weird spellings of it have you encountered in the past? We’re named after a dead champion New Zealand dog. Honestly. Ricky used to work somewhere where skiving on the internet was possible, and came across the tribute website to the fine animal. We thought it was a [...]
REVIEW: …AND UPSTAIRS + NURSES AT THE CROFT, BRISTOL (27/03/12)
Playing one of their first shows outside of the Midlands, …and Upstairs, Nurse played songs from their 5 track EP and tried out two new songs to a crowd that became entranced by their unique rock styling. The three piece from Birmingham plays a blend of math-rock, folk and progressive with some jazz influences which, [...]
REVIEW: THE FELICE BROTHERS AT LONDON KOKO (20/03/12)
Apparently, Felice means ‘happy’ – so it comes as no surprise that The Felice Brothers’ gigs are one big merry, hoe-down (with brief, tender, melancholic interludes). This sold out Koko show was postponed from last year, when one of the New York troupe got shingles while on tour in Berlin (yeah, I didn’t realise people still got [...]
INTRODUCING…LOUISE GOLBEY
What was the first song you ever wrote and what was it about? The first song I ever wrote was called ‘If The Shoe Fits’. It’s about a guy I liked at the time. I have never done anything with it though as that was very early on and feel like I’ve developed my songwriting [...]
REVIEW: JLS AT CARDIFF MOTORPOINT ARENA (20/03/12)
On arriving at Cardiff CIA one can only imagine what awaits inside. JLS of X Factor stardom shot straight into the limelight after smashing out two No.1 hits, picking up a couple of Brit’s and the same in Mobo Awards, they are now continuing there success by selling out stadium tours, tonight is part of [...]
REVIEW: YOU ME AT SIX AT THE GREAT HALL, CARDIFF (23/03/12)
You Me at Six are no strangers to performing in Cardiff, having supported a variety of touring artists and headlined a variety of venues in the city on numerous of occasions. This was an occasion like no other for You Me At Six’s clan to claim the streets of Cardiff. Many fans could be found [...]
REVIEW: SPIRITUALIZED AT BRISTOL O2 ACADEMY (21/03/12)
Spiritualized were one of the many influential undercurrent of shoegaze bands from the 90s. They came offered a more blissed out, melodic alternative to the mass sonic drenching walls of noise from the likes of My Bloody Valentine or the cock’n’ballsyness of Primal Scream. They are one of those bands that may well go under [...]
INTERVIEW WITH JOSH IDEHEN FROM BENIN CITY
Ahead of their Cheltenham Underground show at The Frog and Fiddle, Cheltenham on Friday 13 April, John Madden caught up with Josh Idehen, frontman of hip-hop/spoken word act Benin City. You’ve been an influential figure in the spoken word scene in London for a number of years, both as a performer and as founder of [...]
REVIEW: MAD DOG MCREA AT FALMOUTH PRINCESS PAVILION (16/03/12)
A good cheese or fine wine are all said to improve with longevity. The same could be said about Celtic, folk rock, gypsy jazz rogues Mad Dog Mcrea. Not quite as smelly as a Stilton or as ripe as a Bordeaux, Mad Dog are most certainly as pungent and never seem to fail in turning [...]
REVIEW: THE MACCABEES AT CARDIFF GREAT HALL (17/03/12)
The Maccabees are currently at top of their game, having already been announced as headliners of the NME/Radio 1 stage at Leeds/Reading Festival and the latest release, Given to the Wild, reached number four in the UK charts. 2012 is proving to be one of the most successful years for this bands career. Devoted fans [...]
INTERVIEW WITH GRAHAM COXON
As he prepares to rejoin his former bandmates in Blur for an epic gig in front of tens of thousands of people at the official Olympics Closing Celebration Ceremony in Hyde Park, Graham Coxon keeps it real with a solo UK tour – which ends with gigs at Exeter Phoenix and Falmouth’s Princess Pavilions. Laura [...]
REVIEW: REIGNS + DEEJ DHARIWAL AT BRISTOL CROFT (08/03/12)
Deej Dhariwal is one-third of the expansive post rock noise mongers ‘Thought Forms’, armed with one hell of a pedal board. As his set tonight begins, it appears to bare the self conscious brunt of solo performance; wavering in and out of beautifully bleak moments, beneath the looming pressure and unpredictability that inevitably comes with [...]
REVIEW: 3 DOORS DOWN AT BRISTOL O2 ACADEMY (14/03/12)
3 Doors Down are that kind of band that are still capable of packing venues like the Academy in Bristol without most people really knowing who they are. It’s been a good few years now since 3DD topped the American billboard charts with the hits that made them popular with a generation of Kerrang! album [...]
REVIEW: WILD BEASTS AT FALMOUTH PRINCESS PAVILION (15/03/12)
Following critically acclaimed ‘Two Dancers’, which was nominated for the 2010 Mercury Prize, May 2011 saw the release of third album ‘Smother’ from Wild Beasts. For their fifth gig, in as many days, Wild Beasts came to a very excited Falmouth as part of their seven-date March tour. Alt-J, who are actually called ∆, because [...]
CORNISH LIVE WIRES TAKE BATTLE OF THE BANDS CROWN
Young Cornish band ‘Hotel Infusion’ are feeling pretty chuffed after their storming win at the Cornish Livewire Battle of the Bands contest in Saltash a few months ago. Following a set of eight hotly-contested heats with 32 competing bands, the group sealed the deal with a tight 17 minute set and energetic stage presence and [...]
