Tuesday, 20 May 2025

1,385 THE PIXIES, Big Special, London O2 Brixton Academy, Saturday 17th May 2025

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  This seems to be becoming a habit, and happily a quite welcome one… for the third year in a row, I get to take my son Logan to see veteran...

1,384 RIALTO, DESPERATE JOURNALIST, London Scala, Wednesday 14th May 2025

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  Yup, it was next up… after their splendid acoustic Rough Trade set, last time out, I booked to see returning stylish post-Britpop glam-dr...
Monday, 28 April 2025

1,383 RIALTO, Bristol Rough Trade Records, Sunday 27th April 2025

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  Rialto were one of the most welcome surprises of recent “Shiiine On” festivals, their stellar Saturday night set in 2023 (gig 1,304), alle...
Wednesday, 23 April 2025

1,382 THE LOTTERY WINNERS, The Valla, Oxford Bullingdon Arms, Sunday 20th April 2025

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  A well deviated-from set-list, thanks to a fellow punter... Another one, like Inhaler last time out, where I wasn’t entirely sure what I w...
Saturday, 19 April 2025

1,381 INHALER, Permanent Joy, Bristol O2 Academy, Thursday 17th April 2025

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  This one seemed a bit of a puzzler beforehand… young Irish post-punk bucks Inhaler had announced a Spring 2025 tour in support of new, 3rd...
Monday, 7 April 2025

1,380 MIKI BERENYI TRIO, Bristol Rough Trade Records, Sunday 6th April 2025

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  Another Rough Trade early evening shindig, this one, and a chance to rectify a recent wrong by actually paying (more) attention this time…...
Friday, 4 April 2025

1,379 OCTOBER DRIFT, The Youthplay, Coast, Southampton Joiner's Arms, Tuesday 1st April 2025

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  After a very promising band of pretenders to the throne of current post-punk last night in Thus Love, tonight here’s the real deal in Taun...