Words by John Noblet / Pics by Jonathan Morgan I’m out of my comfort zone tonight. For once, I’m not in a darkened venue surrounded by skinny jeaned hipsters drinking lager from plastic cups. I’m in the Arcadian Centre too, an area I almost never go by choice, to watch Heidi Vogel – a singer […]
Words by Althea Patterson As the short lived summer becomes a distant memory, an extra layer of warmth is required; it’s time to flip on some music that matches the snug, mellow weather and yellowing leaves. Luke Sital-Singh is just the aural equivalent of mashed potato and melted gruyere I need. The mixed Glee Club […]
Words by John Noblet Tonight’s double hitter, Public Image Limited (PiL) and The Selecter, maybe one of the stranger tour packages in recent memory. Apart from both acts having their biggest success in the post Punk era of the early eighties, they have little in common. We roll through the O2 Academy doors about an […]
Words by John Noblet The name on the ticket says “Babyshambles” but really what that means is “Pete Doherty and some other guys”, and no one’s particularly bothered who those other guys are. It’s a long time since Doherty’s antics were regularly landing him in the tabloids – remember when he seemed more famous for the […]
Review by John Noblet Every so often, a ruck of bands will cross my path in my adventures across the city that will seem to constitute some new emerging scene or movement – usually this feeling dissipates within a few weeks but it’s always nice when it happens. Over the last month or so, the […]
