From The Jam, Gig Review. o2 Academy, Liverpool. December 1st 2009
Don’t let the name fool you, it may sound like your typical tribute band cashing in on former glories of a group that no longer tours but From The Jam are hardly a tribute act. With Bruce Foxton powering More...
Magnum, Gig Review. o2 Academy, Liverpool. October 29th 2009
There are good bands, there are great bands and there are bands that just blow you away with their staying power, their studio recordings and their live shows. Magnum most certainly fit into the last category. More...
Bat For Lashes @ O2 Academy 10/10/09
The o2 academy main stage is littered with paintings of African sunsets with silhouetted trees and other natural objects in the foreground, setting the bohemian and ethnic tone that Bat for Lashes emulates so well. More...
Stephen Langstaff, gig review. o2 Academy, Liverpool. September 29th 2009
Arriving on stage, on the second night of the tour and back in his home town, Stephen Langstaff thrilled an extra large crowd with a headliners performance. Stephen was at the Academy as part of the Academy live More...
Reverend And The Makers- Live at Birmingham’s 02 Academy 14/7/09
Arriving at the O2 Academy 2 and looking around to get my bearings I am struck by two rather surprising sights. Firstly, the average age of this motley crew of an audience being at least 35; and secondly the fact More...
Idlewild, Gig Review. O2 Academy, Liverpool. July 5th 2009.
Another band to make this years Summer Pops is Idlewild, with six studio albums already behind them and a recording history of over 10 years, Idlewild took the brave decision to play a city that they don’t More...
Ash Grunwald and Kovacs. O2 Academy 2. 29/3/09.
I am actually getting sick of walking into venues and being greeted by the same type of four piece indie bands with regional accents and obvious rhyming schemes playing move the power-chord for twenty minutes. They More...
Liverpool Sound City Launch Party 26/3/09
Having spent the previous week over in Austin, Texas, in search of the best new talent at South by Southwest, Liverpool Sound City Festival Director Dave Pichilingi announced his vision for 2009′s incarnation More...
What’s On This Week (30/03 – 05/04)
Monday 30th March Starsailor at the O2 Academy7pm, tickets £16 ‘Sticky Floor Comedy’ James Brown Room Tuesday 31st March ‘Where There’s A Will’ opening night (runs until 4th April)7.30pm, More...
Enjoy Destroy- O2 Academy 2 9/3/09
Arriving at the 02 Academy 2 at 7.30 that night, something worried me, had I got this wrong? Was I at the right academy? Walking down that road I couldn’t hear a sound, no queue of excited fans, and no More...