Idles at the Live4ever Media Lounge sponsored by Pirate Studios
“We could make chocolate dildos, made from our own penises. Erect of course.” Read what you like into that, misinterpret it or spell it out. It’s what Idles would want people to do.Want to know how Idles came together? …
Like Marvin Gaye’s Here My Dear or Bill Withers‘ +Justments or Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours, it’s a rare breed of an album, when artists often let down their guards and produce music a more visceral and honest body …
Big Thief live in Bristol (Jessica Bartolini for Live4ever)
They say ignorance is bliss. Turns out ‘they’ might be right, just for all the wrong reasons.As Big Thief take to the stage it dawns on this writer: he knows absolutely nothing about them – except one solitary thing. The …
Duke Garwood returns with his much anticipated follow up to 2015’s Heavy Love, but this is no follow up, it’s a deeper immersion into Garwood’s heartbreak. Like returning to a dream you half remember, it has that uneasy sense …
Well, after listening to their new album, Gameshow, you still might be, but not for the reasons you’d expect.
Two Door Cinema Club always had a synth sheen to their indie rock sound, but …
Augustines’ farewell UK tour. Leeds Stylus, October 2016 (Gary Mather for Live4ever)
Try not to cry, because you’re about to miss possibly the greatest live band of their generation.We tried to tell you and only now, when it’s too late, do you look up. As confirmed Augustines acolytes we’re …
This isn’t just some indie band playing the hits, this is music built from the roots up. Tonight it’s all on show, the interplay between the band and …
‘Take Control’ is, if it’s possible, angrier than ‘Are You Satisfied?’. You have to admire their balls – it’s not the usual …
Well, it turns out doing this doesn’t mean that you’re ‘out of touch’ musically, and you’re not alone.
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Tom Andrew
There’s something different about Wild Beasts these days, something you can’t ignore.Gone are the indie-oddities loved by those looking for the next new noise to get excited over, say hello to the ‘new’ sound, and that’s right we just used the ’n’ word to describe an indie …
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds live at the Liverpool Echo Arena (Photo: Gary Mather for Live4ever Media)
Like Rocky vs Ivan Drago or Harry Potter vs the weird bald dude, sometimes the winner isn’t as obvious as it looks on paper.Kendal Calling seemingly prides itself on size, selling an …
The Last Shadow Puppets at Manchester’s Castlefield Bowl, July 2016. (Photo: Gary Mather for Live4ever Media)
It’s only a side project. It’s only a side project. It’s only a side project. Repeated enough times with closed eyes it might have been possible to have left tonight’s show not convinced The…These boys really know their way round a shouty chorus, yet they balance them so well with just …
Here’s the set-up. Extraordinarily talented band release two lauded albums, play live until they physically collapse and build expectation beyond any acceptable level for …