INXS gave us some of the sexiest rock and roll songs of the 20th century and as the black muslin dropped away to the opening chords of 'Suicide Blonde', I was eager to see how the new front man JD Fortune was going to deliver them and the new stuff. There was no doubt that he had an enormous job on ... » read more

If anything summed up The Feeling, it was one of the segues that Dan Gillespie voiced before one of their harmonic, feel-good songs. He told the packed house about how while recording their album they drank a lot - and the song that followed was inspired by alcohol. For most rock bands you would ... » read more

The Inspiral Carpets would always have a place in history – think Madchester scene; soaring, psychedelic Hammond riffs; cool as fuck graphics and of course their influence on roadie Mr Noel Gallagher. This last tour stop at Shepherds Bush Empire in 2007 saw a house packed with droves of mooing ... » read more

The spirit of Rock n Roll was alive, well and being curated with contemporary disrespect by Melbourne based Jet. Brixton Academy was the perfect venue to see them - plenty of moshing space and good sight lines to watch the guys deliver the dirt, especially Nic Cester, who had the attitude of Keith ... » read more

If you're an accomplished musician, hearing something out of tune or discordant sort of grates on you like the sound of the most annoying kid in class scraping his finger nails down the blackboard – although the new interactive whiteboards now installed in classrooms have dulled that particular ... » read more

There has to be a better way to see a band than in an archaic exhibition hall which has all the acoustic properties of an aircraft hangar. Earl's Court has on occasions failed to create a mix of sound and atmosphere that made sense of the place as a music venue – except of course to pack in the ... » read more

The cover of this release from the allegedly cleaned up Shaun Ryder and friends is as mildly disturbing as the title. The lyrics from the man that Tony Wilson described as our greatest living urban poet confirm that whatever drugs might do to mask dysfunction – the thoughts remain within. The ... » read more

The secret love child of Debbie Harry and Paul Rogers, Leila Moss grabs your attention the moment she belts out a note from within the swirling mop of blonde hair. She has a voice that is as rooted in the blues as a cotton bush in the delta but the songs and the wall of sound created by guitarists ... » read more

If you are setting out to see the Eagles on any other day of the week, the chances are you would be taking a trip to a massive arena or even a Stadium. In fact one of their more recent appearances in the UK was at the old Wembley Stadium when they toured When Hell Freezes over. That went down in ... » read more