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The Kooks at Brixton Academy, London
The Kooks at Brixton Academy, London
Live from Brixton Academy, London, 1 May 2008. Maybe there's some inverted snobbery about their public school/music college background. Maybe because they make it look too easy to write slick, breezy songs with catchy hooks and singalong choruses they must be 'lightweight'. Or maybe they...
 
Kanye West at Nokia Theater, LA
Kanye West at Nokia Theater, LA
Post-Intelligencer: "Kanye was feeling the love -- for himself." But there was no denying West's talent, stamina and obsession for giving the audience his all as he strutted, knelt and j...
 
New York Dolls in Argentina
New York Dolls in Argentina
"Thirty years isn’t too much or too little," yelled the leader of the group that got the glam and punk rock party started in the ’70s with lipstick, long hair, extravagant clothe...
 
Blonde Redhead at Shepherd's Bush Empire
Blonde Redhead at Shepherd's Bush Empire
Live from Shepherd's Bush Empire, London, 21 April 2008. The amps are to 11 for the support act Devastations' sombre, atmospheric tidal wave of sound. But lyrics get in the way of the monument...
 
James at Shepherd's Bush Empire
James at Shepherd's Bush Empire
Live from Shepherd's Bush Empire, London, 17 April 2008. After a few gigs last year, in which they performed new material, the band is now doing a fully fledged tour to promote Hey Ma, their first...
 
Björk at Hammersmith Apollo, London
Björk at Hammersmith Apollo, London
Live from Hammersmith Apollo, London, 14 April 2008. Straddling these two universes, a besuited, bespectacled gentleman sits stage left, ready to render a celeste and a harpsichord useful. Björk,...
 
Eddie Vedder at Wiltern Theatre, LA
Eddie Vedder at Wiltern Theatre, LA
Live from Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, 13 April 2008. With the opportunity to embark on his first ever solo tour now upon him, largely thanks to the positive commercial and critical response from his...
 
The Breeders at Leadmill, Sheffield
The Breeders at Leadmill, Sheffield
Live from Leadmill, Sheffield, 12 April 2008. Not only was she the coolest female bass player in the most influential alt-rock band of them all, Pixies, but she also wrote one of their greatest songs,...
 
Portishead at Hammersmith Apollo
Portishead at Hammersmith Apollo
Live from Hammersmith Apollo, London, 10 April 2008. For many in their audience, this would also be a first chance to hear classic tracks from the Bristol band's first two records, the Mercury-nom...
 
Holy Fuck at 100 Club, London
Holy Fuck at 100 Club, London
Live from 100 Club, London, 8 April 2008. Sometimes gig promoters throw together the most curious combinations of band and venue, and Holy Fuck in the intimate surrounds of the 100 Club promised to be...
 
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