Live Review: Enter Shikari Residency Reflections
Eight shows on the same tour, watching the same band seems excessive to some, but I knew from that first night in London that I had to see Enter Shikari again.
Category: Live Reviews
Live Review: Don Broco w/ Papa Roach at Cardiff International Arena
The Welsh capital has a palpable buzz around it this evening and it’s due to one thing. Don Broco are back touring arenas again, with it all beginning in Cardiff. Coming off of the back of their chart topping fourth...
Live Review: Shame at Cardiff Tramshed
It’s a cold and wet in the Welsh capital on a Sunday night. It’s also been just over a year since London based “Shame” performed in the very same venue in Cardiff. I’m going into the gig tonight thinking that...
Live Review: Enter Shikari at Bristol’s SWX
Enter Shikari played Bristol’s SWX this past Sunday in front of a sold out buzzing crowd. NOAHFINNCE and Blackout Problems both opened up the evening for what felt was an momentous occasion for the band. Lead singer Rou Reynolds, Rob...
Live Review: Mogwai at Cardiff Great Hall
What is louder, a harrier jet or the sound that comes out of a Mogwai gig? I know it’s almost a given now that when you show up to one of their concerts, the volume is going to be turned...
Live Review: The Subways at Clwb Ifor Bach
If you talk to any 00’s kid who grew up around the indie scene, they will all probably say that The Subways meant something special to them growing up. Their youthful energy really struck a chord with that core audience...
Anger Is An Energy
So, this fine November evening my gig buddy and I find ourselves in the belly of a raging mosh pit to celebrate a most decadent five band bill of deliciously dark Deathcore.Openers Viscera, approach the audience, unabashed and ready to...
Live Review: Biffy Clyro at Cardiff Motorpoint Arena
There’s always been a space in my heart for Biffy Clyro (and yes that wording is definitely intentional). It’s hard to argue that they haven’t been one of the hardest working bands over the last couple of decades; from their...
Live Review: Robert Plant Presents Saving Grace Featuring Suzi Dian, at the Tivoli Theatre, Aberdeen (November 8, 2022)
On this night, Robert Plant was a constant name-dropper – which is probably the closest I will come to criticising a superlative musical experience, co-ordinated and masterminded by the former Led Zeppelin frontman turned far-travelled, wise and eclectic mus...
Live Review: Paolo Nutini at Cardiff International Arena
It’s been a long eight years since the soulful Paolo Nutini released the wonderful “Caustic Love” and a lot has changed in that time. Back in 2014 it felt like a real statement piece; something that showcased a new maturity...