FFS wrote precisely one memo-to-self during this show: “Jeremy Warmsley is wearing the best shirt ever”. The review should actually end there: Mr. Summer Camp’s clothing selection alone should be enough to convince you to go see them play live.…
Category: Reviews
Live | The Antlers @ Koko, 10th November 2011
“We want to thank you guys for being here,” says Peter Silberman as he surveys the enraptured Koko crowd. “We have no idea how we got here, and we don’t know how to get back.” A chilly Thursday night in…
Live | Ane Brun @ Manchester Deaf Institute, 8th November 2011
It’s a rainy Tuesday night in Manchester, and Oxford Road is quieter than usual. Perhaps this is because everyone is in the Deaf Institute, falling a little bit in love with Ane Brun. Weaving through the captivated crowd en route…
Live | Bon Iver @ Hammersmith Apollo, 24th October 2011
Okay so let’s just get this straight: there is more than just one man in Bon Iver. Everyone seems fixated on Justin Vernon, frontman and “face” of the band, but seeing them live was a real eye-opener. There were nine…
Album | Twenty-One Crows – Sons of Liberty
The oral tradition of storytelling has been with us for thousands of years. It helped strengthen communities, served as the only means of communicating important news of the day and, in its crucial role as the foundation stone of mildly…
Live | Wilco @ The Roundhouse, 28th October 2011
The Roundhouse is a wonderful venue to see any band. The acoustics generated from the Victorian railway shed that once contained a train turntable generates a rich, well-rounded sound that rivals any of its London competitors. Support act Jonathan Wilson…
Live | Bob Dylan @ Manchester MEN Arena, 10/10/2011
Bob Dylan’s been playing some of his songs for forty eight years. Forty eight. He’s a 70 year old man, and he’s been on tour since the ‘80s. Can you honestly blame him for wanting to mix things up a…
Live | Emmy the Great @ Wrexham Central Station, 06/10/11
I’ve recently had reason to move back to my childhood home, an event I regarded with no little trepidation. Aside from the obvious benefit of rent-free accommodation with meals thrown in, my teenage memories are of a musical wasteland punctuated…
Album | Loch Lomond – Little Me Will Start A Storm
The first thing that should be mentioned about Loch Lomond is that they are not the second coming of The Decemberists, no matter what some music bloggers are saying. There are three reasons why they’re saying that though. Both bands…
Live | The Leisure Society (Laura Marling support) @ Winchester Cathedral
‘This place seems nice…’ quips Leisure Society co-frontman Christian Hardy, surveying the audience settling into Winchester Cathedral’s 160m Gothic nave. Before Nick Hemming’s guitar ripples reassuringly into ‘We Were Wasted’, from the band’s debut album The Sleeper. It’s a skeleton…