Live Reviews | MTTM - More Than The Music

Nov 8, 2011

06/11/2011 | Washington – Deaf Institute, Ma...

It was hard not to detect the irony as Megan Washington opened her set with Fighting The Good Fight. “So many friends. So many friends…” she sang, before interjecting “What, there must be like twenty five of you?” Alas, she was telling the truth and, whilst her remark may have cut the tension in the room, it also highlighted how sparse the music hall in The Deaf Institute...

Nov 6, 2011

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04/11/2011 | Evanescence – Hammersmith Apoll...

The Flash Player and a browser with Javascript support are needed. With their long awaited 3rd album already rising up the charts, it’s unsurprising that tonight’s crowd seems to range across the generations. It’s been a long break for Evanescence, and whilst their earlier work seems to blend in with the sounds of the early 2000’s following on from where Skunk...

Nov 6, 2011

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4/11/2011 | Big Deal – Mojo, Liverpool

As part of Liverpool’s annual Music Week, music venue Mojo hosts a handful of free gigs. Big Deal graced their stage on Friday and delivered their own brand of alternative college rock. With one albums worth of songs, fans of the band got to hear the majority of their debut album Lights Out which was released in September. It is the bands low level intensity that has become their...

Nov 6, 2011

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31/10/2011 | Patrick Wolf – O2 Academy, Oxford

Patrick Wolf is somewhat of an enigma. Recognised as a highly creative, theatrical and intriguing character, Wolf’s music flirts with both the dramatic and the accessible. Indeed, throughout his latest album, Lupercalia, he has demonstrated some significantly longwinded moments of mellow, commercial pop, even gaining a playlist slot on very middle of the road BBC R2 with some of...

Oct 30, 2011

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27/10/2011 | Brandi Carlile – Bush Hall, Lon...

The Flash Player and a browser with Javascript support are needed. Attempt number 1, thwarted by a power cut and an inability to make the rearranged date, attempt 2 and 3, laid to rest due to ash clouds and the cost of touring. Making tonight number attempt number 4 and judging by the marathon queue a good hour before doors, it seems no one is leaving anything to chance....

Oct 27, 2011

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25/10/2011 | Sam Duckworth – The Jericho Tav...

The Flash Player and a browser with Javascript support are needed. Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly.’s front man Sam Duckworth is back with a newer sound and a different take on songs. Though his political edge still remains, 8888 inspired by the conflict in Burma and Angels In The Snow broaching the Chernobyl disaster and nuclear warfare, other new songs have more...

Oct 25, 2011

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23/10/2011 | Josh Pyke & Passenger – De...

Josh Pyke live doesn’t sound like Josh Pyke on his CDs. In fact, he sounds about a hundred times better. From the first blast of his vocals in Memories and Dust it was clear that the ARIA-nominated singer songwriter had a lot more to offer than his records suggested. On this co-headline tour with Brighton’s very own Passenger, the two acts had been taking it in turns to lead...

Oct 23, 2011

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19/10/2011 | The Pierces – O2 Academy, Oxfor...

The Flash Player and a browser with Javascript support are needed. Tonight draws in an unexpected older crowd than the academy usually boasts. Thankfully not all of them as cantankerous as the guy I inadvertently land myself next to. Yet despite this, as the lights drop and The Pierces atmospheric intro kicks in there’s a cheer that’s as youthful as any other...

Oct 20, 2011

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18/10/2011 | The Joy Formidable – The Limeli...

I have a shameful confession to make, The Joy Formidable are the first female fronted band I’ve seen and this performance is more than enough to make me regret my lapse. If, like my accompanying friends, you’ve yet to acquaint yourself with this Welsh trio’s musical wares I strongly recommend you do so, immediately. Creatures Of Love warm up the stage with their Gothic...

Oct 17, 2011

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16/10/11 | Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo &...

The Flash Player and a browser with Javascript support are needed. There are some people who seem to relish breaking the rules. Like the man who stands front centre stage refusing to sit, despite the fact that the rest of the Jericho Tavern have taken to the floor. Or Emily Barker, who informs us the singers scale is ‘do-re-me-me-me-me’ and is nevertheless...