DAEDELUS, RHYTHM FACTORY, LONDON, 9TH JULY.
There was a time when you could guarantee that catching an electronic act would mostly involve staring at an apple logo for half the night (well, that and dancing). However, within the last decade there has been a real shift away from this type of experience, driven by a number…
RJD2, THE SCALA, LONDON, 16TH MAY.
I have to admit, I’m not the biggest fan of Sunday night gigs. The fact that an entire working week is looming a few hours away can really put a dampener on things. This, coupled with the fact that - despite ‘Deadringer’ being one of my favourite albums of the last…
DOOM, A TASTE OF SONAR AT THE ROUNDHOUSE, LONDON, 5TH MARCH.
9:30PM. DOOM wanders aimlessly around The Roundhouse in Camden. Another DOOM crosses his path. One more is standing in the corner. There’s a busy, anticipatory buzz in the air, and inside the legendary venue, DOOM is everywhere. Unfortunately, the mysterious rapper hasn’t discovered a way to clone himself. No, the…
JAGA JAZZIST, ISLINGTON ACADEMY LONDON, 3RD MARCH.
It’s a Tuesday night in Islington and, despite 100 tickets still being available on the door, Norwegian nu-jazz fusionists, Jaga Jazzist, arrived on stage to a sold-out O2 Academy. Since starting out the band have built up a huge following both in their home country and internationally – something clearly…
ELI “PAPERBOY” REED, 100 CLUB LONDON, 13TH JANUARY.
Eli “Paperboy” Reed is all about soul. Not the faux, glossy soul that abounds in today’s charts though. No, the Bostonian embodies the gritty, tear-your-heart-out soul of the ‘60s. The kind of soul that instinctively makes you want to clench your fists tight. Shake your head in appreciation. Move.
IKONIKA, GOLDIELOCKS, COOLY G, FATIMA & LUCY PINK, CARGO LONDON, 22ND DECEMBER.
It’s three days before Christmas, and London is covered in a blanket of snow with icy weather conditions threatening public transport. A bold time to be putting on a fundraiser event then, which is probably why last week Tuesday there was a little more dance floor space than you’d usually…
EDAN, GRAMAPHONE LONDON, 10TH DECEMBER.
“I am VERY displeased with this,” says a deadpan Edan Portnoy, standing behind a jungle of turntables, mixers, cables and leads. The Boston producer-slash-rapper is at London’s Gramaphone to screen the accompanying video to his new album ‘Echo Party’, and some serious technical difficulties are plaguing proceedings. Eventually, the right-hand…
