Live Reviews

New York Beacon Theatre

It's only a temporary glitch, but the shields are down for just long enough. Long enough for us to witness a different, altogether more...

Wembley Arena

IT'S NO COINCIDENCE THAT CHRIS ISAAK MADE HIS name soundtracking David Lynch's seminal cracked road movie Wild At Heart. His music seems tailor-made to...

London King’s Cross Water Rats

STING. THE LIGHTHOUSE FAMILY. Erm, Jimmy Nail... Counting the names of pop stars - let alone credible bands - who have trickled out of...

Republica : London Camden Dingwalls

We all know about Les Dawson, how he could actually play the piano really well and was just pretending to be crap to raise...

Kettering Arena

"Alright, yooo fuckers," hollers Saffron with all the brazen attitude she can muster. "Let's have it." Then, as 'Drop Dead Gorgeous' begins, she's scissor-kicking...

London Wembley Stadium

It's one of the great mysteries of pop why people with the best record collections often make the worst music. Dreaming of Scritti Politti...

London Highbury Upstairs At The Garage

He's singing it like he's always sung it: acoustic guitar in hand, head slightly bowed at the might of his own creation. He's done...

London Brixton Mass

There is some confusion. London's Broken Dog, literally, look like another band. A duo they should be, comprised of angel-voiced bassist Martine Roberts and...

London Camden Falcon

Times are certainly changing at Heavenly Records. That, or the stable of all things snotty-nosed and attitude-laden has an imposter in its ranks. Nervously...

London Highbury Garage

AND NOW, FROM THE ARENA OF The Walking Dead, the live album. Pulp have always enjoyed a loving relationship with Glastonbury. Their 1995 appearance...