Live Reviews

Live Review: Jimmy Eat World – Limelight 8th November 2016

Live Review: Jimmy Eat World – Limelight 8th November 2016

2016 saw the return of rock band Jimmy Eat World to the Belfast Limelight stage, having last played there in…

7 years ago

Live Review: Squeeze & The English Beat Sell Out The Paramount Theater in Huntington, NY

When I heard Squeeze and The English Beat were touring in the New York area, my face started to resemble…

8 years ago

CRX World Premiere: A Room on Fire in Los Angeles

Subscribers to the mailing lists of Los Angeles venues The Hi Hat and The Satellite–both known for booking excellent emerging…

8 years ago

Live Review: Free Press Festival 2016

So it’s been raining in Houston for something like 400 days it seems like. My first Free Press Fest begins…

8 years ago

Review: Gigantic Indie All Dayer Volume 3 – One Day Festival

Its Facebook page cites: “Great bands, great people, no rip off festival prices and a damn good vibe...a big, big…

8 years ago

LIVE REVIEW: KELLY OLIVER live at The Colchester Arts Centre 18th April

After her submission to the XSNoize Unsigned showcase, I have been following Kelly Oliver with interest and tonight, I finally…

8 years ago

LIVE REVIEW: MUSE – SSE ARENA, BELFAST

Devon boys Muse returned to rock Belfast on Tuesday night with their ambitious Drones tour. They had played the Ulster…

8 years ago

LIVE REVIEW: MATT CORBY at the Limelight, Belfast

After a three year wait for his debut album Telluric, which came out in March, Matt Corby and his band…

8 years ago

LIVE REVIEW: The Cult – Mandela Hall, Belfast

The Cult returned to Belfast to play the Mandela Hall on Sunday night. It's their first time in Belfast since…

8 years ago

LIVE REVIEW: JOHNNY BORRELL & ZAZOU at The 100 Club, London 1st March 2016

It’s the first time I’ve walked along Oxford Street since Tottenham Court Road Station has been reopened. It’s a stark…

8 years ago

LIVE REVIEW: CITY AND COLOUR – MANDELA HALL, BELFAST

Since making his name as a solo songwriter and releasing numerous albums, City & Colours latest album, If I Should…

8 years ago

LIVE REVIEW: SUEDE – OLYMPIA THEATRE, DUBLIN

For Suede's latest live outing, Irish fans are treated to a show of two halves, a cinematic experience and an…

8 years ago

LIVE REVIEW: FRANK TURNER – THE LIMELIGHT, BELFAST

Frank Turner made his return to a Northern Irish stage for the first time since 2013's Cut The Transmission Festival,…

8 years ago

LIVE REVIEW: KARIMA FRANCIS live at The Slaughtered Lamb, Clerkenwell

Clerkenwell, London isn't a district famed for its music scene, but The Slaughtered Lamb is beginning to change that with…

8 years ago

WHEN HE WAS ON FIRE: JAMES BAY at HOLLYWOOD PALLADIUM

In June of 2014 I witnessed James Bay hypnotize a Hotel Café audience of less than 200 people into a…

8 years ago

LIVE REVIEW: U2 TAKE OVER BELFAST

U2 – SSE ARENA, BELFAST 18 November 2015 U2 last played as a full band in Belfast during the Pop…

8 years ago

LIVE REVIEW: U2 – SSE Hydro, Glasgow 7 November 2015

It's a strange notion that a show in a sold out arena is a small affair for a band, but…

8 years ago

LIVE REVIEW: HOLY HOLY at The Lexington, London 2nd November 2015

The fog is so thick tonight that flights in and around London have been cancelled, Autumn is most definitely here.…

8 years ago

LIVE REVIEW: GHOST with PURSON at THE WARFIELD SAN FRANCISCO 10/23/15

Do the demonic clergymen from Sweden hold the key to the salvation of metal, or the entire world? When Ghost…

9 years ago

LIVE REVIEW: THE HALF EARTH – Confidence is Bliss EP launch

In London it’s a drizzly and dark Autumn evening, but that will do little to dampen my spirits as I…

9 years ago