Live Reviews

Well, what a fun show that was! the whole evening was filled with some great banter with the audience, recording for a music video, and some great indie pop, the perfect tonic for a dull Wednesday night! We didn’t just…

The indie-pop quartet from Northampton certainly knows how to get a crowd moving! Their upbeat hooks and dance-like rhythms fused with some lovely chunky bass from Meg that had some heavier undercurrents that really got the crowd energized. Even some…

The Racket kicked off the night of music with some fast-paced, punchy indie rock. Full of high-spirited riffs, commanding vocals, exuberant percussion, and some driving bass lines reminiscent of early Arctic Monkeys with air was vibrating with the energy only…

Next up we have Threshold. The band put on a fantastic show of progressive metal with some high octane fretwork from Karl on guitars and some truly inspired drumming from Johanne with plenty of drumstick spinning! There was some fun…

Atomic Rooster came out on stage with a swagger and confidence that gave me the feeling we’d be in for a great show, and they did not disappoint. Straddling a point between prog, heavy rock and psychedelia they performed a…

“I am the God of Hell Fire, and I bring you Fire” are the immortal lyrics from Arthur Browns 1968 hit Fire – a song about shedding society’s conditioning and being reborn. And more than 50 years later the artist…

Bram Stoker are a heavy gothic rock band and drawing upon classic horror for inspiration the band gave us some grand, monumental and slightly haunting music in no small part from the classically inspired keyboard playing that draws on the…

Deviant Amps came on stage after Axiom’s fantastic performance and proceeded to fill Shepherds Bush Empire with a sonic assault on our ears that told me we was going to be in for a treat! Sort of Stone Roses meets…

I had been looking forward to Axiom all weekend – I had given them a little listen before the event and I liked what I heard. And they did not disappoint. With influences including Jazz, math rock & metal they…

After the aural trip that was Ozric Tentacles, Mostly Autumn took to the stage to take it back a notch and provided us with some more laid-back prog vibes with some slight folky undercurrents for the remainder of the evening.…