When a band’s legacy and reputation endures for as long as CKY’s has, it’s obvious they’re on to something special. Last night, CKY’s latest tour came to an end with the second of two shows at legendary London rock venue The Underworld – and some 500 residents of the capital’s underground scene watched them close proceedings with a sonically pummelling set Read more…
The first time I saw Periphery play live, they were headlining the Face Bar in Reading as part of the League Of Extraordinary Djentlemen tour way back in 2011. The capacity of the room also graced that evening by fellow prog-metal heavyweights TesseracT and Monuments?
300.
Fast-forward just over half a decade, teleport to the O2 Forum in Kentish Town, and you have a prime example of just what can be accomplished if you stick to your guns and keep on innovating. This was not just a show – it was a victory party, with some 2,300 fans in attendance Read more…
A good gig should be a break from reality. The world beyond the walls of the music venue in question should temporarily cease to exist. You should be made to forget any problem that’s rumbling away outside of those walls, without even realising that said forgetting has happened Read more…
A lot of people think prog is cold and soulless – but Plini’s show on Sunday night was one of the most heartwarming shows I’ve seen in a long time. Some parts of the world are dark and hateful places – but The Borderline was not one of them.
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With a sold-out queue stretching around the corner and down the street, it goes without saying that Sunday night’s lineup was pretty special. Although I had heard of David Maxim Micic and Disperse before, I deliberately didn’t do any research on them before the show, because I wanted to be surprised by what they had to offer. Instead of being surprised Read more…
Weeknight gigs are normally low-energy affairs. The crowd is usually set on saving its energy for Friday, that one long last push needed to get work done and dusted before the weekend. Then, come Friday and Saturday night, it’s time to go the fuck off and spend the rest of the weekend in recovery.
Normally.
When The Dillinger Escape Plan are in town, it’s a different story – and when they have the likes of Primitive Weapons (92%) in tow…Jesus. Hailing from New York and clearly fired up by Read more…
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How would you celebrate the dawn of the coming apocalypse?
Well, you probably wouldn’t celebrate it. First, you’d shit yourself – if not physically, then mentally at least. In a culture prone to panicking at the brief loss of a free 4G connection, the end of the world is not something we’d be likely to take lightly.
Donald Trump officially came into power yesterday – and last night also happened to be the night that Beardyman and the Dream Team took the stage at Camden’s Electric Ballroom Read more…
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Playing the Borderline is a rite of passage for every musician who steps onto its legendary stage. Located moments away from Denmark Street, London’s own Tin Pan Alley, the Borderline is the perfect location for the world’s songwriters to showcase their latest efforts. Located below ground, it’s a place where songs can rise into the heavens, or sink without trace even deeper into the earth.
Hailing from Nashville, another of the world’s most important musical locations, Josh Farro naturally knows a thing or two about Read more…
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Dorje are unmissable.
Their name may be hard to pronounce – “Door-Jay” rather than popular alternatives such as “Doorway,” “Door-Hey,” and “Doorjuh” – but Dorje have nonetheless made their name synonymous with increasingly brutal prog-tinted tunes that stand right on the borderline between rock and metal. Last night’s central London location, legendary rock venue The Borderline, was therefore an appropriate place for Dorje to strut their stuff. Name a groove-heavy band worth knowing, and they’re likely to have graced The Borderline’s subterranean stage at some point in their careers Read more…
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Wembley Arena is drowning in not-quite-November rain. Within its cavernous confines, the metal-enamoured masses gather to chat and watch impatiently as an onstage drum tech runs through a standard-issue soundcheck. Slowly, showtime approaches.
Arenas are often accused of sucking the soul out of live shows – but what they actually do is present performers with the ultimate challenge, that of Read more…
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On the way to this show, I was stopped for speeding. I was let off with a warning: Slow down in the future.
This is not advice offered to rock bands – and even if it were, The Pretty Reckless still wouldn’t listen. Who You Selling For – The Pretty Reckless’s third album, due out on October 21 and reviewed in full here – is already in the process of pushing one of the biggest female-fronted rock bands of all time into the stratosphere, their near-matchless power outpowering the doubt and hate that serves as the music world’s equivalent of gravity Read more…