End of the Road festival: A village fete version of the Crystal Maze, where anything can happen and usually doesshort3 Sep 2024
“No other festival does anything even approaching this” – a weekend at Helsinki’s Flow 2024short12 Aug 2024
Jenny Hval presents I Want to be a Machine: dreams of being a burger in the artist’s postmodern theatre showshort11 Apr 2024
Rewire 2024: The Hague’s experimental music festival that makes music and community more real short8 Apr 2024
Still brutal, and surprisingly funky – last night IDLES announced new album TANGK via a secret show in Londonshort18 Oct 2023
Madonna live at the O2, London: Unbeatable pop nostalgia with a glug of genuine innovation and a side-helping of the ludicrousshort17 Oct 2023
“Hi, we’re Oasis” – Wet Leg were a joyous surprise at their secret End Of The Road set last nightshort3 Sep 2023
Future Islands at End Of The Road: a massive emotional puke (in the best possible way)short3 Sep 2023
Wilco at End Of The Road: these days, the alt-country vets make more sense live than on recordshort1 Sep 2023
Claire Rousay at Flow: a magical performance featuring a new direction for the sound collagistshort14 Aug 2023
Devo at Flow: “Greeting, Nordic Spuds!" – a glimpse into a parallel world of ultimate, intimate, joyous fandomshort13 Aug 2023
Brìghde Chaimbeul at Flow festival: why sitting in a dark room with the bagpipe soloist was the right decisionshort12 Aug 2023
Pulp at Finsbury Park: still the biggest band who can pull off a set list featuring so many obscuritiesshort2 Jul 2023
Everything is bigger and better at Glastonbury, including my unexpected fits of cryingshort28 Jun 2023