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[CONCERT REVIEW] Girl Band Prove They Are The Real Deal At UK’s Shacklewell Arms

Let’s get one things clear: Girl Band have, potentially, the most incongruous band name in the world. And at the Shacklewell Arms last night (11/06/2014), instead of finding the obvious suggestions of their remarkably incongruous name, I found a (male) four-piece hell-bent on making visceral and destructive post-punk/no-wave. After two rather contrasting recent singles, the no-wave […]

[CONCERT REVIEW] The Horrors Rock, Show Mature Side At UK’s McClusky’s

Maturing in the spotlight must be an odd experience, and for the past five or so years that is exactly what The Horrors have done. The shift from garage-rock to their current incarnation, which merges new wave, psychedelia and shoe-gaze, has been nothing short of remarkable. A band, once derided by much of the music […]

[CONCERT/PHOTO RECAP] The Neighbourhood Live, And In Color, At Aragon Ballroom

With a love for the West coast and anything black and white, The Neighbourhood has become a veritable monochrome tour de force. The California quintet rolled through Chicago’s Aragon Ballroom last week, and from the moment I arrived at the venue, I knew this was going to be special. I’ve been to quite a few […]

[CONCERT RECAP] The Kickback Rocks, Filling Up Chicago’s Empty Bottle

Walking through the frost-bitten doors of Chicago’s Empty Bottle, one would immediately think you’ve been teleported back to the hazy days of college house parties and PBR. A divey-for-all-the-right-reasons bar in the Windy City’s Ukrainian Village, the venue has played host to countless indie rock acts who have went on to do great things (Nirvana, […]