Reviews

It’s been a while since my last post and this is a rather lazy effort just to say I have been beavering away at a bunch of reviews.
Revolutionary Road (Winslet & DiCaprio play house)
Rachel Getting Married (not a bit like Bride Wars, phew)
The Armstrong and Miller Show (like, those chav pilots and shit)
J.Tillman – Vacilando Territory Blues (Fleet Fox [...]

Guillemots

 

I went to see the Guillemots at Plug last night, my review will be in the Sheffield Star, probably tomorrow Tues 17th Nov. The band provided their own support act by showing a selection of short films and playing a live improvised score to each one. They referred to it as a “little experiment”, which [...]

Seth Lakeman

Last night I reviewed Seth Lakeman at the Leadmill. I’ve always found him a bit too earnest and wasn’t expecting to get into the gig. But I did, he was quite astounding. His older, more traditional folk material was stomping and gutsy. The new stuff is more folk-rock, bordering on bland at times, but it has brought [...]

Music reviews

I’ve had a flurry of activity on the music reviews front of late. Firstly there was One Night Only’s gig at the Student’s Union. They churned out plenty of energetic daft indie pop and I had to take my cynical hat off in the end. It was full of giddy teenage girls and a few giddy teenage [...]