Friday, 23 June 2023

1,285 SIOUXSIE, Wolverhampton Civic Hall, Wednesday 21st June 2023

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  I get an unexpected chance tonight to right a 30-year gig wrong… I’d initially discovered Siouxsie And The Banshees in my early teens, of ...

1,284 THE MENZINGERS, Hot Mass, Bristol Thekla, Tuesday 20th June 2023

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  Yup, that’s The Menzingers on “The Dirty Boat” in the middle of a heatwave; this one could get seriously sweaty…   Scranton, PA’s fines...
Wednesday, 14 June 2023

1,283 BOO RADLEYS (2 sets), Jules Reid, The Martial Arts, Reading South Street Arts Centre, Tuesday 13th June 2023

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  Hoping for a bounce back tonight, in more ways than one… following an indifferent Interpol gig last time out, mine hosts tonight are recen...
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Friday, 2 June 2023

1,282 INTERPOL, Water From Our Eyes, Bristol O2 Academy, Thursday 1st June 2023

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  An odd one, this, from NYC post-punk guitar gloom merchants Interpol, back in my “live” crosshairs after a 5-year absence, which itself fo...
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Monday, 29 May 2023

1,281 THE STAYAWAKES, Rila’s Edge, The Gears Distribution, Guildford The Star Inn, Saturday 27th May 2023

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  How 3 gigs in 3 nights can easily become 4 in 5…! Those splendid Southsea harmony-led guitar ruffians The Stayawakes announced a slew of d...
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Friday, 26 May 2023

1,280 ALVVAYS, Ex Void, London Kentish Town Forum, Thursday 25th May 2023

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  The third of 3 gigs in 3 nights, and, neatly bookending in with last night’s spritely female-fronted indiepop pipistrels flying in from fa...
Thursday, 25 May 2023

1,279 THE BETHS, Lande Heckt, Bristol SWX, Wednesday 24th May 2023

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  Barely a year after their Covid-affected, multiple-times-postponed UK tour for their sophomore album, 2020’s “Jump Rope Gazers” (April 202...