Posted on June 18, 2013 |
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Touring Australia following the local release of their long-awaited debut album, Los Angeles/Brisbane band The Red Paintings took to the stage at The Espy in the Melbourne suburb of St Kilda, where they performed with support from Rouge Foncé and Solkyri. There were big differences...
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Posted on June 7, 2013 |
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With the shows early start time, I just managed to make it into the Arena in time for the opening chords of ‘Dirty Love’. Like a lot of the crowd, the early start time had slightly caught me out having to get their straight from...
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Posted on May 30, 2013 |
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A last minute call to cover this show left me slightly unaware of what to expect from this evening. Sure, I remembered the Finnish bands success at Eurovision back in 2006, and I remember sitting outside the tent they played in at Donington that year...
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Posted on May 6, 2013 |
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Although the billing on tonight’s poster reads Magnacult as first band on, news travels fast that this is the second time they have failed to show up to a gig at NQ Live and the crowd exchange a few apprehensive whispers as a Latin-American groove...
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Posted on April 24, 2013 |
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Celebrating 20 years of the release of The Wildhearts’ debut album, the classic “Earth vs The Wildhearts”, the band announced a series of dates, and as with almost everything Ginger is involved with these days, the news spread and dates began being moved to bigger...
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Posted on April 19, 2013 |
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Judging by the t-shirts and casting your eye over the motley throng at Nottingham Rescue Rooms tonight, the majority don’t seem to be here for the headline act. We have to admit, we can include ourselves in that category. For us TINAS operatives, the main...
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Posted on April 12, 2013 |
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Ah Friday, the end of the week, the beginning of the weekend, and what better than to welcome the weekend in with than an evening of high octane music from the Swiss noise merchants Coilguns. Comprising of 3/5 of The Ocean, Coilguns are polar opposites...
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Posted on April 8, 2013 |
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It’s been 14 years, five studio albums and one hiatus since Art Alexakis last brought Everclear to these shores. Hell, fans of the band have been born and grown old enough to get into tonight’s show in that time. However, for those who remember the...
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Posted on April 3, 2013 |
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Due to engineering works I almost missed the end of the world. Ghost had promised that Europe was doomed, so thousands were gathering to see the end of days, the Jägermeister Tour 2013. Having taken an unwelcome detour through Tilbury it was possible to believe...
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Posted on March 31, 2013 |
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ThisIsNotAScene‘s ever intrepid photographer, Sabrina Ramdoyal, fought her way through the flying elbows and lenses of the photo pit to capture these images of Cannibal Corpse, DevilDriver and The Black Dahlia Murder during their show at the Ritz in Manchester on March 9, 2013. Cannibal...
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Posted on March 20, 2013 |
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Last Saturday the Ev in Melbourne played host to the launch of the split EP by Xenograft, Kettlespider and Bear the Mammoth, three progressive experimental instrumental bands carving a niche in the local scene. They were joined by another instrumental quartet, The Black Galaxy Experience, who...
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Posted on March 13, 2013 |
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Despite a cold and rainy night descending upon Birmingham, a decent sized crowd have turned out to see Dan Reed on this date of his UK Signal Fire tour and they are treated to a sublime set. Launching straight into ‘All I Need Is You’,...
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Posted on March 9, 2013 |
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Breathtaking. There is probably no more apposite remark for the feeling I felt at the end of the Steven Wilson show at London’s Royal Festival Hall. I suppose “brilliant”, “magnificent”, “stunning” would all do as well but I left the Southbank RFH a little bit...
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Posted on February 22, 2013 |
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There are very few venues that I like more than Rock City in Nottingham and there are very few bands that I like more than Deftones, so on hearing news that the two were coming together I was more than a little excited. Tickets were...
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Posted on February 14, 2013 |
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First of all, I would like to apologize for the lack of photos with this review – as my camera decided to have a hissy fit after being knocked out of my hands by some idiot crowd surfer! Although this didn’t ruin my night, it...
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Posted on February 8, 2013 |
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There’s nothing better as a “pick me up” than some quality live music. Add to that the notion of it being free quality live music, and you really have a winning combination. Tonight, that is exactly what is being delivered by Rocksector Records at Nottingham’s...
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Posted on January 31, 2013 |
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Tonight, on an Arctic night in Southampton, marks the UK live début of Black Light Burns, the band formed and fronted by Limp Bizkit riff king Wes Borland. However, if anyone tonight is expecting to break stuff or do any kind of rollin’ they are...
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Posted on January 27, 2013 |
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Live music is one of the most amazing things you can experience. I remember when I was first getting into music and the shows that changed my life, that gave me that excitement, and that energy was in the air. Seeing bands like Iron Maiden,...
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Posted on December 31, 2012 |
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On paper, the pairing of Fear Factory and Devin Townsend seems like an odd combination, but then when you consider their musical paths over the years, as well as their penchant for partner swapping, it comes as less of a surprise. Joined by UK tech...
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Posted on December 24, 2012 |
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The inspired pairing of two titans of depresso-metal, Katatonia and Alcest, made this gig a hot ticket and Islington’s O2 Academy was packed to capacity early on. A good thing too as first band, Boston’s Junius, whetted the appetite with their quiet-loud metalgaze. When they...
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