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★★★★☆ Thurston Moore is one of those musicians who treat a guitar like an appliance of primitive and unconventional noise.

Dressed in black and white as a symbol that defines the archetype of Saint Agnes; a badge that floats between the saintly and evil as well as the obscure and the pure. Guitar riffs a la Jack White while Jon´s and Kitty´s vocals define the plot of a dark sonic experience […]

“Jools Holland embarks on a personal journey through the streets, historical landmarks, pubs, music halls and rock ‘n’ roll venues of London to uncover a history of the city through its songs, the people who wrote them and the Londoners who joined in the chorus.”

Review originally published for Gigslutz – Just less than three months ago, Interpol triumphantly left the iconic art-deco walls of Brixton Academy splattered with their sound. Last Wednesday, the New York rockers successfully turned on the bright lights again with a victorious comeback to London´s Electric Ballroom […]

The good news is that the music of Graham Parker & The Rumour – born of the mid-1970s marriage of a notably gifted songwriter and a bunch of all star pub rock alumni – holds up better than most output of the […]

“We’re just a bunch of fucking weirdos you wouldn’t let anywhere near your kids”, says Chris O-C (organ/synth keys/backing vocals) from Phobophobes – an outrageous and perverse gang of reverberating misery and decadent but endangered coolness.

Preceded by two magnificent shows from the underrated Birmingham-based Nick Drake-like Dan Whitehouse, and David Ford´s Tom Waits-obsessed dark atmospheres, it seemed like New York raconteur Simone Felice would have a tough night surpassing his opening acts.

Since more than five decades, Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen´s writing has been the subject of a deep study of bohemian inteligencia. Their work require and exhaustive analysis that leads to endless conclusions and infinite reinterpretations of western wisdom and human behavior.

The last time that Klaxons played in London was a mammoth gig at Hard Rock Calling 2013, with nothing to promote other than an omnipresence existence in British music, and few indications of what would be their yet to be released third album.

‘But each night, I bury my love around you…’, Paul Banks´s baritone explodes in “Say hello to the angels”, an impeccable classic from their full-length debut and opening track at the legendary Brixton Academy…