Category Archives: Gigs

I’m a big fan of Sleater-Kinney and drummer Janet Weiss plays in Quasi with Sam Coomes. Explains the roundabout route to how I found myself at Sam’s tour supporting his first solo album ‘Bugger Me’. And solo the show was. … Continue reading →

What a tremendous gig. Never seen such a raucous audience response at Electric Circus for the brilliant July Talk from Toronto. The packed house brought the roof down with cheers for every song and the number of people singing along … Continue reading →

Another winner for Sneaky Pete’s, I don’t know how Nick Stewart manages to book such consistently fine bands, but I’m glad he does! Menace Beach from Leeds are led by Ryan Needham and Liza Violet and they both contribute lots … Continue reading →

I’d been looking forward to Strange Bones from Blackpool having seen a few videos and been impressed, so was confused to find Blackwaters headlining. Turns out they are doing a joint headline tour, Blackwaters turn tonight. And Blackwaters were pretty … Continue reading →

I’m such a big fan of Emiliana, even drove to Brighton to see her last tour, so I was intrigued by this collaboration with The Colorist Orchestra so just had to travel to London to see for myself. The set … Continue reading →

I was seduced into coming along mainly by Charlie’s beautiful classical style guitar playing and his intelligent songs. That was exactly what we got but maybe I wasn’t in the right mood since I wasn’t wowed. Seemed to be nice … Continue reading →

Big Thief from Brooklyn are not normally my style, but not too far away and I’m glad I give them a listen. Sensitive Americana with soft indie rock backing is the vehicle for the songs of Adrienne Lencker who is … Continue reading →

One of the last chances to see a good band at Electric Circus before it closes down, and Boxed In, led by Oli Bayston from London had recorded an intriguing set for KEXP while ago. Their more recent music is … Continue reading →

Wow! I don’t usually enjoy ‘moshing’, but with such a glorious noise and a fantastically enthusiastic, but unusually considerate moshpit, it would have been rude not to! Barely managed to stay on my feet for the whole duration of a … Continue reading →

Surprising to find out that it’s only 2 years since Sneaky Pete’s hosted Chris Duncan playing only his 3rd ever gig. He has come a long way and two critically acclaimed albums since, so he said he was delighted to … Continue reading →