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Wolf Alice played to the indie youth of Nottingham and brought the half-way house down. My expectations going to see NME’s wet dream of 2014 were, to be honest, not that high to begin with. They’re the kind of band that as a music writer and avid fan of...
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Brighton four-piece Black Honey kick their UK tour off in Nottingham with unsurpassable confidence and songs that speak to every dissatisfied 20 something living in Britain today. Aside from having the most fabulous hair in rock since Robert Smith, lead singer Izzy Bee is one of the most exciting...
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Annie Eve brought her ethereal folk rock set to Bodega and utterly mesmerized the crowd with her songs of heartbreak and sour relationships. With an immensely popular and much talked about appearance at Glastonbury this summer, it was a sin how few people turned up to see Annie Eve...
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Nick Mulvey stakes his claim as a rival to the acoustic juggernauts of Ben Howard and Ed Sheeran in this ethereal evening of soothing songs and sweet melodies. While there wasn’t an abundance of difference between his live set and the album, this didn’t detract much from Nick’s overall...
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Darlia make their voice heard – and then some – at one of the most electrifying but criminally short gigs of the autumn. With a frontman who looks uncannily like the late and great Kurt Cobain, Darlia have caused critics to draw inevitable parallels between this trio and the...
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Benjamin Booker’s gig dispels all fear that Circa Waves are the future of rock music with this reminder that rock should not forget to roll. This young man from New Orleans seems to have come from nowhere to take up the mantle of flawless solo rock artists few since...