Nessi Tausendschoen is an up-and-coming German artist. Her new EP was created with Canadian guitar player William MacKenzie, which was the first collaboration between the two artists in their respective careers. To add even more to the mix, they […]
Category: Reviews
Gig Review: OK Go @ KOKO, London – 13/02/2015
As a long time OK Go fan, numerous were the hours that I sat with baited breath on the bands’ website waiting for UK tour dates to be announced. Finally, in late August of last year, my perseverance paid […]
Live Review: DUMB at The Old Blue Last, 11/03/14
Another week, another gig in London Town. This time I was at the Old Blue Last in Shoreditch for my hotly-tipped-for-2014 band DUMB. Opening the bill was Birmingham’s Curb who showed their stuff in their melodic grunge which got a […]
Live Review: Catfish and the Bottlemen, The Borderline, 24/02/14
When you go to a lot of gigs you know when it’s going to be good pretty much as soon as you walk in the room. For me, London is the home of all the best venues for live music […]
Live Review: Tinariwen
This band has perhaps one of the most rock ‘n’ roll histories of all. Beginning in 1979, the group has faced territorial conflict, government rebellions, military rivalry and they won a Grammy in 2011. Tinariwen are a collective of musicians […]
Album Review – "Lost Forever // Lost Together" – Architects
For the last few years the UK has been a hotbed for heavy music, with numerous bands like Bring Me the Horizon, Asking Alexandria and Enter Shikari flying the flag on an international scale for a prosperous homegrown scene. Deserving […]
Skeptical – Fourfit EP01
This is a new Soul:r release with four distinct flavours of D&B to taste. Firstly, and perhaps my personal favourite from the EP (not saving the best until last), ‘Desire’, featuring the vocal presence of Collette Warren. The track has […]
Live Review: Shy Nature @ Boston Music Room, Islington, 13/02/14
One of the things I love the most about travelling around London to different gigs is the discovery of new gig venues. The Boston Music Room in Islington is now one of my favourites – and that’s before I even […]
Live Review: Superfood (Oslo, Hackney, 19/02/14)
It’s very rare that you find a band which entices you so much that you want to see them again and again. There’s just something about Superfood’s nonsensical and seemingly odd lyrics about TVs and bubbles which makes me want […]
Live Review: The Aristocrats (The Garage, London | February 17th, 2014)
The rock/fusion power trio The Aristocrats – featuring Guthrie Govan on guitar, Bryan Beller on bass, and Marco Minnemann on drums – are back on tour in support of their second studio album, Culture Clash, released last summer to serious […]
A Look Back On 2013 Part II
Continuing onward with our retrospect of the best our Music Team thought 2013 had to offer! Peace- “In Love” – Ceri-Ann Hughes When asked to write about my album of the year there was only one which popped into my […]
A Look Back On 2013 Part I
The nights are long, dark and cold, the airwaves are being filled by The Pogues and Slade in an endless swirling of christmas nostalgia and, as the year draws to it’s end, we here at Insanity HQ begin to look […]