Gig Review | strand

Dec 15, 2019
2 min

Adia Victoria at the Lexington - 18.11.19

The Lexington’s music venue is hidden behind a set of stairs, and in the dim lights, you can just about see the faces of people chatting....

Steve Lacy at O2 Forum Kentish Town - 22.11.19

Sarah Saeed

Dec 13, 2019
2 min

Steve Lacy at O2 Forum Kentish Town - 22.11.19

As Steve Lacy walked out on stage at O2 Kentish Town for the last leg of his Apollo XXI tour, the rapture of the crowd took him by surpri...

Grace Howells

Nov 29, 2019
2 min

Palace at the Roundhouse - 09.11.19

Photo credit: chuff media After a short stint around the UK, Palace are ending their tour with a headline show at the Roundhouse in Camde...

Vampire Weekend at Alexandra Palace - 14.11.19

Alexander Walker

Nov 25, 2019
3 min

Vampire Weekend at Alexandra Palace - 14.11.19

Before the release of Vampire Weekend’s album Father of the Bride earlier this year, the idiosyncratic indie kings had been conspicuously...

Half Moon Run at Electric Brixton 07.11.19

Grace Howells

Nov 19, 2019
3 min

Half Moon Run at Electric Brixton 07.11.19

As the crowds pour through the doors of Electric Brixton on a cold November evening, a lively buzz radiates from the venue. The aptly sol...

Lauv and Chelsea Cutler at O2 Kentish Town - 05.11.19

amikamoser

Nov 14, 2019
2 min

Lauv and Chelsea Cutler at O2 Kentish Town - 05.11.19

When you walk into Lauv’s sold-out show at O2 Kentish Town, there are blue boxes, aptly titled ‘My Blue Thoughts,’ in which people can sh...

Elissa Vinh

Nov 13, 2019
2 min

Anna of the North at Heaven - 06.11.19

Heaven and celestial dream pop are two concepts resonating with each other well. Usually known as the home of the London gay club scene, ...

Kaya Heaton

Nov 10, 2019
2 min

Biig Piig at EartH - 24.10.19

Photo credit: gigantic A buzz was in the air in the vast Hackney EartH Centre (Evolutionary Arts Hackney) which had sold out the day befo...

Self Esteem at Electric Brixton - 24.10.19

Noor Zehra

Nov 4, 2019
2 min

Self Esteem at Electric Brixton - 24.10.19

If you’re not familiar with Rebecca Taylor’s music project Self Esteem, please do yourself a favour and listen to the album Compliments P...

Plested at Omeara - 22.10.19 (Interview & Review)

Alice Boon

Oct 28, 2019
8 min

Plested at Omeara - 22.10.19 (Interview & Review)

Omeara is the perfect venue for a Plested gig. With a maximum capacity of 320 people, even tonight’s sold out show felt small and intimat...

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