Sound City 2013: Big Deal – review
Arriving eagerly to the dingy cellar of Shipping Forecast is worth it to ensure front row viewing privileges at the Big Deal show on Saturday night. Those familiar with the venue will know it can be a bit of More...
Sound City 2013: Great Plain Sundance – interview
@GreatPlainSun For fans of: Mumford & Sons, Freelance Whales You know, before they took over the world, Foals were just a couple of Oxford-attending layabouts. In fact, most rockstars were probably normal people More...
Sound City 2013: Thomas J Speight – interview
@ThomasJSPeight For fans of: The Shins, Stephen Fretwell Ladies, pay attention. Thomas J. Speight is a bright, charming and talented young man originally from London, currently residing in Liverpool and making waves More...
Around the World in 80 hours: WOMAD 2011 Review
WOMAD, World of Music and Dance, is now entering its 29th year as the frontrunner in international music festivals, holding events from Sicily to Adelaide and most places in between. The original WOMAD was More...
Icon Live Reviews! Frank Turner, 11/12/10
The room is rammed at the O2 Academy, but then, why wouldn’t it be? Frank Turner’s latest UK headline tour completely sold out for every date showing just how desperate people are to see him perform More...
Icon Live Reviews! Ellie Goulding 10/11/10
On Wednesday 10th November, Icon sent our music team reporter, Gabriella Stell, down to the Mountford Hall to see Ellie Goulding with support from Bright Light, Bright Light and Sunday Girl. The last 12 months have More...
Two Door Cinema Club, Live @ o2 Academy
Recently described by one music newspaper as ‘the band that can no longer be ignored’, Two Door Cinema Club are finally getting the props they have long deserved. The band, who have slowly seeped More...
Sonisphere Festival Review
Better late than never here’s a review of Sonisphere Festival in Knebworth held earlier this summer. Only in its second year and being touted by many metal fans as bigger and better than Download. Should More...
Local bands provide a welcome break from that football thing.
There is something about the North-West that causes most of the lads – and yes, it is usually the boys with dreams of rock-stardom – to play with drums and guitars (and various other instruments) and More...
Jesca Hoop at the Kazimier – 13/05/2010
Tom Waits - the alleged mentor of the Californian Jesca Hoop - once described her music as “like going swimming in a lake at night”. I read this quote before having seen her at the Kazimier, More...