Category Archives: Live Reviews

For the penultimate show of this leg of Frank Turner’s Never Ending Tour of Everywhere, Frank brought his entourage to Bristol’s O2 Academy for a sold out night of legendary music. Before the show, I had the pleasure of chatting to Frank and Johnny from Pet Needs about both their new albums, the tour andContinue reading “Live review: Frank Turner and The Sleeping Souls – O2 Academy Bristol 13/10/2022”

After over 2 years away, US rock band The Menzingers came back to the UK, stopping off at London’s Roundhouse to play their biggest ever headline show to date. Seeing the amount of associated band top around Camden that day, I knew we were in for a big one. The show was opened by SincereContinue reading “Live review: The Menzingers with Joyce Manor and Sincere Engineer. Roundhouse London 08/10/2022”

As part of their much anticipated UK tour, American punks Geese hit up Bristol’s record store and live music venue Rough Trade for a night of loud and angry music. Opening the show was L’Objectif, from Leeds. These guys are certainly jumping on the indie-rock hype train that is currently sweeping the UK – andContinue reading “Live review: Geese with L’Objectif – Rough Trade Bristol – 29th June 2022”

Celebrating the 11th Anniversary of their self-titled album, Mayday Parade brought their show to Bristol’s Marble Factory for a night of emo madness with some familiar faces. Opening the show was As It Is, who opened the show straight away with lots of energy and excitement. There were certainly a few passionate fans at theContinue reading “Live review – Mayday Parade with Real Friends and As It Is – Marble Factory Bristol – 01/06/22”

It has been said that Kate Rusby has often been hailed as the First Lady of folk and this year see’s her celebrate 30 years of being a professional musician and to celebrate she has released a special album entitled “30”. It is an album of newly recorded versions of some of her favourite songsContinue reading “Live review – Kate Rusby – Westlands Centre Yeovil – 27/5/22”

After the release of their new EP Disposable Life earlier this year, US Emo band Kucklepuck brought their show to the O2 Institute Birmingham for their first show in the UK in a long while. The show was opened by Hot Mulligan, who were playing their first ever UK show. Now, with most support bands,Continue reading “Live review: Knuckle Puck With Hot Mulligan – O2 Institute 2 – 29/5/22 “

Celebrating the slightly belated 10th anniversary of his debut self-titled album, Darwin Deez and his band brought their show to Bristol’s Thekla to play to a sold out boat. The show was opened by Youth Sector, a 5-piece from Brighton. These young lads came onto the stage well dressed and well coordinated, all with stylishContinue reading “Live review: Darwin Deez with Youth Sector – Thekla Bristol – 19/05/22 “

Playing their second Bristol headline show of 2022, Yard Act graced Trinity Centre with their anarcho-post-punk, tunes. This show sold out quite a while ago, and we were lucky enough to be invited down to the show. The show was opened by Nuha Ruby Ra. Normally I do some research on the support band beforeContinue reading “Live review – Yard Act with Nuha Ruby Ra – Trinity Centre – 11/05/22”

Liverpool based indie-pop band Spinn brought their UK tour on board the Thekla, for a night of good music and good vibes. The show was opened by local boys Enter Red, a familiar face on the boat. I’ve heard good things about these guys, and I’m so happy that I finally got to see themContinue reading “Live review – Spinn with Enter Red, Pentire and Stay Lunar – Thekla – 12/5/22”