Reviews | MTTM - More Than The Music

Mar 25, 2012

20/03/2012 | Gretchen Peters – Bush Hall, Lo...

The Flash Player and a browser with Javascript support are needed. One of the best parts about going to a gig, for me, is the anticipation. Will I get to hear my favourite song? Will they play some new material? What are they going to do to make the show unique and exciting? To that end, when I hear an artist is simply playing their latest album in its entirety I quickly...

Mar 23, 2012

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The Stranglers

To date, The Stranglers, have been one of the most influential yet controversial progressive-punk bands in the British music scene. Having created music over the past five decades, most notably a stir in the punk / new wave era, the group fails to receive quite the recognition you’d expect for such an impressive feat. Pushed into a box stylistically, having their amps...

Mar 23, 2012

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16/03/2012 | Joan Baez – Royal Festival Hall...

London’s Royal Festival Hall harboured a bustling, full house. An excited audience sat facing the stage; a cosy, warmly lit lounge room, littered with instruments. Guitars, mandolin, banjo, accordion, fiddle, keyboard and drums surrounded a homely red couch, waiting in anticipation for an evening with Joan Baez. It’s been more than 50 years since Baez came to light...

Mar 23, 2012

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17/03/2012 | Young Guns – The Corn Exchange,...

The queue winding around the Corn Exchange on a Saturday night wasn’t short, with people waiting excitedly and impatiently to be let into the venue, eager to get the show started. The upbeat drum of the first live act, Tek One, was already blaring through the walls of the building, and it wouldn’t be long before Young Guns would be hitting the stage. This was the first...

Mar 19, 2012

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The Band Perry – The Band Perry

The Band Perry is a family country folk trio consisting of siblings Kimberly, Neil and Reid. Hailing from Mississippi, they have already made a lot of noise on the American country and pop scene and look set to do the same in the UK. If you hold any credence to critical acclaim then the fact that they were nominated in the Best New Artist category at this year’s Grammy’s should...

Mar 18, 2012

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15/02/2012 | Dog Is Dead – Borderline, Londo...

Nearing the end of a mammoth UK tour, Nottingham band Dog Is Dead brought the party to London on Thursday night to a very animated crowd. Danish band The Rumour Said Fire were the first support and although the venue was only half full, the band’s melodic indie folk music went down well and proved they might be in for a promising reception in the UK, especially since their debut...

Mar 18, 2012

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Marion LoGuidice – Tales From The Topside Wo...

Marion Loguidice seems to effortlessly capture emotion in every ounce of Tales From The Topside World. Vocals and style morph and meander throughout creating a vibrant offering, but it’s her ability to create music with feeling which drives it forward. Whilst opener Daybreak is a more pop sounding number, many of the other tracks have a darker vein, reminiscent of Cyndi...

Mar 18, 2012

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17/03/2012 | Jay James Picton – Liverpool Ec...

Jay James Picton, took to the stage in Liverpool’s Echo Arena as the supporting role for X Factor runner up Rebecca Ferguson for the final show of her debut headline tour. In a set that lasted little over half an hour Picton and his four piece band delighted the audience with eight tracks including Play it By Heart and Head Verses Hearts Part II and his set also included songs...

Mar 11, 2012

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05/03/2012 | Melanie C – Olympia Theatre, Du...

The Flash Player and a browser with Javascript support are needed. It was only a matter of time before someone yelled ‘Spice Girls’ in Melanie C’s set and as she laughs and explains that normally her response would be to ‘get out’ you can sense the frustration in her face. For an artist who’s been around longer than her former incarnation as Sporty Spice,...

Mar 5, 2012

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02/03/2012 | Laura Marling – Birmingham Symp...

The Flash Player and a browser with Javascript support are needed. Laura Marling’s songs deserve unwavering attention in order to truly appreciate their power. Word heavy, poetic folk is not something you can passively receive and this makes Laura’s task of keeping the audience engaged all the harder. For the most part this is something she achieves, the solo slot in...