Gig Reviews

The Pedals

The Water Rats, London

With The Last Pioneers & Blush

Blush bring the grassroots buzz, The Last Pioneers make a fearless London debut, and The Pedals finish a night that makes the Water Rats feel ten times its size.

Angine de Poitrine

Troxy, London

Math-rock madness in a match made in heaven: Angine de Poitrine bring immaculate sound, meticulous musicianship and their beautifully bizarre world to Troxy. Reality can wait outside.

— James

Gaffa Tape Sandy

The Camden Barfly, London

With Really Big Really Clever & The Muttering

Three bands, one increasingly chaotic Barfly: The Muttering lay the foundations, Really Big Really Clever bring the airhorns, and Gaffa Tape Sandy take 'Water Bottle' from calm to chaos in seconds.

Adult DVD

Rescue Rooms, Nottingham

Adult DVD bring techno-rock chaos to a sold-out Rescue Rooms: a bouncing crowd, crowd-surfing legs and Harry at the helm. Consider our energy levels thoroughly topped up.

Revivalry

The Victoria, Birmingham

Revivalry take over The Victoria with a set that spills onto the floor, an unplugged Blue Underground nobody saw coming and a drumstick that didn't make it out alive.

— Carla

Pink Pool

Muthers Studio, Birmingham

With Indecision, Inkline & Vienna

Pink Pool make their UK debut in Birmingham: no management, no shortcuts, just a DIY band who clearly have each other's backs and want the whole room moving with them.

Delta Signal

The Pipeline, Brighton

James and Carla head to Brighton for the Idle Hands EP launch — a packed-out Pipeline, two cracking support acts in Le Mesmer and JELLY, and a headline set that leaves us with no Self-Doubt about what comes next.

— James & Carla

Daft Funk

O2 Academy, Leicester

James walks into the O2 Academy expecting a tribute act and walks out wishing Daft Punk were still touring — a Homework-to-Random Access Memories voyage built on real performance, proper musicianship and a genuine love for the local scene.

— James

My Chemical Romance

Wembley Stadium, London

Carla's first-person account from the floor of Wembley's final Black Parade night: an utterly ear-shattering, impeccably theatrical show where MCR played the album in full before a lucky-dip B-stage set that included the first live 'Party Poison' since 2011.

— Carla