There was an earlier start on Day 2 of Takedown Festival but at least I knew where everything was now and my leg muscle memory kicked in as I started to dart between all the musical goodness on offer across the three stages. From a punter’s point of view, this festival was extremely well organised. … Continue reading Festival Review: Takedown Festival 2025 (Day 2) – Portsmouth Guildhall (5th April 2025)
Category: Gig Reviews
Gig Review: Bokassa / Mother Vulture – Audio, Glasgow (15th April 2025)
Audio is becoming a familiar haunt at the moment, and is a great venue for bands who want a more intimate show in Glasgow. Small (150 cap), conveniently located and with decent sound it's a cracking little place with friendly staff and no barrier at the front. Opening tonight's punky show were Mother Vulture, an … Continue reading Gig Review: Bokassa / Mother Vulture – Audio, Glasgow (15th April 2025)
Live Review: DeWolff – Stereo, Glasgow (12th April 2025)
Before April 12th, I’d never heard of DeWolff. But what a way to be introduced with a full on sonic revival at Glasgow’s Stereo that left me walking out buzzing with the kind of energy only a truly great live show can give. Hailing from the Dutch province of Limburg, DeWolff are a psychedelic blues-rock … Continue reading Live Review: DeWolff – Stereo, Glasgow (12th April 2025)
Festival Review: Takedown Festival 2025 (Day 1) – Portsmouth Guildhall (4th April 2025)
Takedown Festival had to be cancelled last year and so I was very pleased to get the green light to attend this year’s festivities instead. Having been brought up in Fareham (a kind of no-mans-land between Pompey and Southampton), I went to some of my earliest gigs at Portsmouth Guildhall, Hawkwind being the very first. … Continue reading Festival Review: Takedown Festival 2025 (Day 1) – Portsmouth Guildhall (4th April 2025)
Gig Review: Skunk Anansie / So Good – O2 Academy, Glasgow (10th April 2025)
Glasgow’s O2 Academy was packed out for the return of Skunk Anansie, as they continue their UK tour promoting the new album The Painful Truth. Before the main event, the crowd were introduced to So Good, a genre-bending support act making their Glasgow debut. So Good call their sound “ignorant brat pop,” but the set … Continue reading Gig Review: Skunk Anansie / So Good – O2 Academy, Glasgow (10th April 2025)
Gig Review: Vukovi / Lake Malice / Fog Bandits – SWG3, Glasgow (11th April 2025)
Hit rewind. Address refunds (virtually none). Reschedule tour date. Get everyone back for a second shot. This is what Vukovi had to do after a localised power outage in March caused their headline show at Glasgow's SWG3 to be cancelled partway through main support Unpeople's set. The audience had enjoyed Artio also, but weren't to … Continue reading Gig Review: Vukovi / Lake Malice / Fog Bandits – SWG3, Glasgow (11th April 2025)