The Art Of Noise

Toy Shacklewell Arms, 10feb12 With the failed prototype Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong consigned to the under-stairs cupboard, three of t...

An appraisal of the highlights of a year's gigging by this correspondent can now be found at the Vanity Project site .

Those forking out huge amounts of money to see The Stone Roses’ reunion shows this Summer might be surprised to learn how unfashionable indi...

What constitutes a scene? If Madchester and Merseybeat were defined by a restricted time period, the argument put forward by the makers of A...

The Magic Band . London Scala. 30nov11. Dublin Button Factory. 02dec11. Nottingham Rescue Rooms. 07dec11. Leeds Irish Centre. 08dec11. What ...

Wanda Jackson . Kings Cross Scala. 07nov11. “I’m ready to rock. I know you are” purrs rockabilly grande dame Wanda Jackson as she glides on ...

Blurt . Deptford Bird’s Nest. 28oct11. Given that guitarist Steve Eagles and Ted Milton (vocalist, saxophonist and the sun around which the ...

Charles Hayward Shoreditch Catch. 25aug11 In the mid-70’s, This Heat provided a bridge between the German progressive rock scene and UK...

Bearsuit . Old Blue Last. 14aug11. Time was there were six of these bears, with flutes, horns and all kinds of caper that clattered abou...

Donaufestival Krems, 05-07may11 The donaufestival plays out over two consecutive weekends in Krems, a town sixty minutes away from Vien...

Meaghan Burke, Dead Western . Vienna Rhiz. 04may11. Despite being a native of New York, Meaghan Burke is, as a result of living in Vien...

Notes from the Departure Lounge : John Maus died over the weekend at the age of 67 after losing his battle against cancer. The name migh...

No Babies, Meddicine Dalston Lane house show. 23apr11. With galactic projections ebbing and flowing on the back wall of what was once s...

Matt & Kim. Highbury Garage. 23mar11. Matt Johnson & Kim Schifino first sprung out of the Brooklyn scene in 2004 and it’s hard to im...

Veronica Falls Islington Flashback Records. 25feb11. The time not to make an in-store appearance at a record shop that deals only in second ...

Zea Dalston Café OTO. 30jan11. Sweat surges from Arnold De Boer’s forehead and scalp, dripping from his chin with such regularity that...

Shellac . Highbury Garage. 01jan11. Shellac are not indefatigable tourers by any means, indeed playing live often just means a little ti...

My top 21 gigs of 2010 run-down can be found over at Vanity Project .

All Tomorrow’s Parties: Bowlie II Minehead Butlins, 10-12dec10 Continuing this site’s tradition of half-assed commentary on musical eve...

My fourth summer in Oxfordshire: high time this festival fun-seeker paid a visit to the one right underneath his nose. Truck is held in one ...