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Oliver Corrigan
Jul 18, 2024
Alvvays Review: Dream-Pop Placates Summer's Engrossing Humidity
Canada's beloved dream-pop act return to London, catching us on a scoldingly hot evening yet delivering a dreamy aura to cooling effect.
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Oliver Corrigan
Jul 17, 2024
Mannequin Pussy Review: Philadelphia's Evolving, Fiery Punk Group
The Philly group return to familiar ground for a showcase of their evolving sounds: surging into the gripping realms of hardcore and punk.
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Oliver Corrigan
Jul 12, 2024
Bikini Kill Review: An Inter-Generational Punk Movement
The Riot Grrrl innovators coalesce once more to inspire generations both old and new in the punksphere.
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Oliver Corrigan
Jun 25, 2024
Beth Gibbons Review: A Transfixing Curiosity for the Unknown
The stoic singer-songwriter continues her elusive career, forever yearning for the unknown.
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Oliver Corrigan
Jun 13, 2024
Primavera Sound Barcelona Festival Review: An Inspiring Imprint of Infectious Optimism
The Catalan festival yet again leads the way on the global stage, initiating a diverse line-up and imprinting an infectious optimism.
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Oliver Corrigan
Jun 7, 2024
Wide Awake Festival Review: A Hedonistic Day of Alternative Acts
Brockwell Park opens its door once more to the quirky, eclectic, alternative music scene for summer's inception.
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Oliver Corrigan
May 24, 2024
Remi Wolf Review: Transforming From Bedroom-Pop to an Infectious Disco-Funk Fever
The glorified bedroom-pop singer of the past initiates a new era in her tenure, revelled by the funk-thirsty crowd tonight.
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Oliver Corrigan
May 23, 2024
Lip Critic Review: NYC's Re-offering of Abrasive Dance-Punk
NYC graced Brixton's Windmill with an abrasive, dance-punk act looking to make their definitive, debut-driven mark across the pond.
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Oliver Corrigan
May 16, 2024
Shabaka Review: A Daring Adventure into the Imaginative Unknown
One of the U.K's most destined artists takes flight from his past and ventures into the imaginative unknown of the humble flute.
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Oliver Corrigan
May 14, 2024
Lonnie Holley & Matana Roberts Review: Improvisational Maestros Conclude Festival
Two legendary artists from the extricable realms of improvised jazz offer their inspired inflections in concluding this Roundhouse Festival.
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Oliver Corrigan
May 9, 2024
Adrianne Lenker Review: Modern Folk's Most Entrancing Singer-Songwriter Devastates Barbican
The folk singer-songwriter devastates and entrances this Sunday afternoon's audience packed into the stoic Barbican.
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Oliver Corrigan
May 8, 2024
Colin Stetson Review: Hereditary's Horrifying and Spellbinding Composer Comes to Life
The master saxophonist shows his hand at orchestrating tonight's performance of Hereditary's soundtrack, caught within an entrancing space.
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Oliver Corrigan
May 2, 2024
Festival Spotlight: Primavera Sound Barcelona 2024
Ahead of this year's edition, let's take a closer look at who not to miss at Primavera Sound Barcelona.
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Oliver Corrigan
Apr 29, 2024
A.G. Cook Review: A Roadshow with an Unanticipated Throwback
The revered hyperpop producer throws a major curveball amidst his Camden residency which catches us off-guard.
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Oliver Corrigan
Apr 25, 2024
Maruja Review: An Incensed Pronouncement to the Noise-Rock Scene
Maruja incite a rapturous night of harsh noise-rock which even Camden's Underworld struggles to contain.
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Oliver Corrigan
Apr 18, 2024
June McDoom Review: Blooming Folkisms with the Arrival of Spring
The folk singer-songwriter from New York takes her first tentative steps across the pond for an ethereally-guided performance.
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Oliver Corrigan
Mar 27, 2024
Bleachers Review: An Exuberant 80's Pastiche from New Jersey's Latest
Surging back through time, Jack Antonoff's band initiate a joyous reminiscence of 80's pop-rock, revelled by tonight's sold-out audience.
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Oliver Corrigan
Mar 25, 2024
Jeff Rosenstock Review: Power-Punk's Great Leader & Redeemer
The great redeemer, leader of modern punk returns to Camden's Electric Ballroom for a set filled with beer, sweat and chanting.
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Oliver Corrigan
Mar 15, 2024
Amaarae Review: Embracing, Conflating, and Liberating Worlds
Amaarae engrosses her latest pop-R&B world on a run of sold-out shows at the heart of the nation's capital.
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Oliver Corrigan
Mar 12, 2024
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Review: A Softened Rewiring for a Solo Era
Alec Ounsworth re-wires his acclaimed catalogue for a solo rendition, grounded amidst the intimate climate of Dalston's underground.
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