Category: Features

Opening for The War On Drugs at London’s O2, during their sole UK tour date of 2018 is Slowdive. With a more indie-tinged, shoegaze sound than the headliners, Slowdive nonetheless shares a similarity in their focus upon music that builds up and is drawn out.

The Buzz Roundup: your guide to the hottest London gigs this week, featuring Honey Lung, Luna Bay, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Liela Moss, Liam Gallagher, The War on Drugs, Madonnatron, Mabel, Tess Parks, Laura Marling, Mystery Jets and more.

Molly Burch and band play The Lexington in London with support from Rocheman. Molly Burch lets loose with open-throated vocals that showcase the emotion that inspired certain tracks, emotion that has been slightly hidden behind the gorgeous restraint of the recorded tracks.

Live Review: The Orielles @ Heaven, London Frantic energy intertwines with melodramatic solace as The Orielles are joined by Squid in Heaven.

Live Review: The Soft Moon @ White Hotel, Manchester Luis Vasquez and band tear it up above a violent red strobe, shaking the walls of the White Hotel down to its foundation – this show feels distinctly like a homecoming.

Live Review: Florence and the Machine @ The Brighton Centre | Equal parts mysterious to accessible, there are few pop stars on the planet like Florence Welch as she’s bathed in a spiritual amber glow, the Brighton Centre becomes almost church-like. ♡

Swimming Tapes play London’s Moth Club, with support from Moon Balloon and Castorp | Velvet-upholstered booths frame the place and to the left is the stage, the kind of thing you’d see in a homage-paying movie with lounge acts and seductive redheads singing to a crowd of drunken, smoking, suited men.