Wearing a short orange robe, warmly illuminated by “Hollywood backstage” styled lamps, Jorja Smith is like the sweet, dreamy 80s nostalgia you’ve always wanted. When her record-perfect voice hits the first note of “Lost & Found”, the venue becomes her pajama party — laidback and chill, yet everybody is excited; as for herself, she’s your […]
O2 Academy Bristol
Live Review: Wolf Alice @ O2 Academy Bristol
It’s been a minute since I’ve been to a really sweaty, moshy gig. I hadn’t realised how much I missed it until Wednesday night. Support act Superfood kicked off what was to be a truly memorable night at Bristol’s O2 academy with a set that, without wanting to sound too cringingly British, I can only […]
Live Review: NME Awards Tour
It’s been a big last few months for the NME, a former torchbearer in the realm of independent music, representing all that is alternative and against the grain. However, following a big rebranding exercise back in September that saw the magazine be given away for free across the country, alongside some slightly controversial cover stars […]
Johnny Marr at the O2 Academy, 22/10/15
It’s hard, going on impossible, to outrun a legacy so celebrated and loaded as the output that emanated from Salford Lads Club in the 1980s – but even if others fail to let it go, Johnny Marr avoids letting his live show decline into a ‘remember the Smiths’ convention. In fact, after two years of […]