Cecil Sharp House. Wednesday, 9pm. Danna Immanuel and the Stolen band are about to go on stage. Before they even start playing, you’ve got the feeling that it’s going to be fun. An eclectic bunch of musicians hovering all over the place to get ready. One of them seems to come straight from a Western movie…
For survival, it seems that more and more up-and-coming artists have to prove to labels that they will sell lots of records. And one way of doing this is through YouTube views, Soundcloud plays and social media likes. But if, as normal people do, you don’t feel like spending half of your day on social…
When the media over-talks and gets obsessed about something, it usually makes me feel sick and makes me want to run faraway to the Amazon.
But not today.
You know, this feeling. Humans screaming for life, dancing, twisting to the music as if they’ve been locked in a cage for days and they’re finally free. That was the crowd of the Alabama Shakes concert in London on the 18th November at the Brixton Academy. That was Alabama Shakes on stage, tigers unleashed after…
The other day, a friend told me she couldn’t afford watching Madonna live as there were only £175 tickets left for sale. Well, never mind Madonna. Her shocking concerts are legendary indeed. But who needs to watch a 57 years old women strip tease when you can watch five eccentric banjo led alternative country ladies…
“I believe everything is possible- it’s up to us where we go.”
If you miss the shouting of Kurt Cobain, the lovely dirty soul and punch lines of Amy Winehouse, the vomiting guitars of Sex Pistols and the explosivity of Little Richard, you’ve got your medicine HERE with Brittany Howards’ new band Thunderbitch.
One could spend hours trying to describe Nadine Khouri’s music. I could try to give 50 musical references so it sounds sophisticated and pretend I know a lot about music history. For example, Nadine Khouri is Lou Reed feat Patti Smith Feat Radiohead but with a touch of oriental je ne sais quoi and Dylan’s…
Music is in a good state, music is in a poor state. That debate. You’ve heard it all before. Still, there is something lame starting to be seen in rock bands, the same bands who saved rock a decade ago. Lots of them seem bored while playing their songs, unconvinced, lacking the energy so vital…
The concert gave Oxford Circus shoppers something that will last much longer than the clothes: The memory of a Lois & the Love rock’n’roll concert.
The LondonY 