My Disco kick off their month long European tour at the wonderful Lovelite tonight supported by Pttrns. My Disco – ‘Young’ by theQuietus Founded in 2003, Melbourne, Australia’s My Disco have spent nearly a decade defining and refining their sound in a way that defies rock music’s most enduring tropes. Each new album finds them

When I finally got to see them live, I was transformed into a hysterical nine-year-old girl at a Beatles concert. Kurt Cobain …and that’s Shonen Knife for you. A pop-punk band without compare who’ve now been around for 30 years, wore more colourful dresses than the powerpuff girls, recorded 16 albums, been adored by their

Laura Stevenson and the Cans arrive in Europe to begin their twenty-four date tour here at the lovely Lovelite. And look, they’re already wearing their autumn coats in anticipation of a golden autumn tour. I’m going to quote myself here actually and yes, it does feel weird: Full band folk-rock romps with violins and trumpets

Moutique presents the latest in their arsenal of top quality shows with this truly mouth-watering prospect celebrating 10 years of The Hidden Cameras, presented by www.blitzgigs.de. Toronto’s Hidden Cameras have laid claim to perhaps one of the more bizarre sub-genres with their self-proclaimed gay church folk music, however, that was once upon a time and

Sic Alps: “Do You Want To Give $$? Punch-back Beatle no punch-back! When someone shouts that at you and then your upper arm goes numb, it’s the beginning of a war in which spotting a VW beatle then giving your friend a punch in the arm is the name of the game. Yes, I wasn’t

It’s Berlin Music Week which means a zillion shows to see and each as promising as the last one. Sinnbus Records, home to pop heroes Bodi Bill among others, is hosting a showcase night featuring their very own indie-rock 3-piece Ter Haar who return with new material from their forthcoming album, Rue Royale the endlessly-on-the-road

Fenster’s debut album Bones breezed into our lives earlier this summer, inspiring in me yet another crazed-fan-style barrage of gig previews. I’m glad to report that these kids only go from strength to strength with each live performance, my favourite being their Wedding Party (preview here) gig a month ago at Ira’s Warehouse, a truly

All roads lead to Bei Roy these days with the venue hosting a seemingly endless barrage of shows, more than usual even. Tonight it’s hallowed interior will be invaded by indie kids from all over town intent on shaking their fringes ever so gently until they’ve drunk enough to really let loose and whoop a

Zachary Cale drops by for an instore show in one of our favourite record shops ever, Bis Auf’s Messer. No relation of John Cale by the way, Zachary hails from smalltown Louisiana and currently resides in Brooklyn, NYC. The Wedding Party was the first Cale song I heard some time ago, a dark folk number

While we’d all love to see this puppy pick to up his master’s guitar and give us a stirring rendition of Jailhouse Rock, realistically this pooch will probably be curled up at home dreaming of big juicy bones and chasing cats smaller than itself. As fate would have it, this cute four-legged specimen has Jefre-Cantu