Category: Sound

Without music, life would be a mistake. – Friedrich Nietzsche

The Mystery of Roll: The Great Momentum (Edenbridge)

Lots of momentum, sure. But will the wheels fall off Edenbridge?...

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Valentine’s Deez (Comeback Kid/Deez Nuts)

Bonejarring, limbflinging downtuned hardcore, metal and slam provide an alternative to overpriced dinner and moodswings ...

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Lost in the Ghost Light (Tim Bowness)

A grand statement about a grand era; Tim Bowness revisits rock's most ambitious escapades...

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Loitered Lens: Cambridge Rock Fest Memories

Photos and Memories from Cambridge Rock Festival ...

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Loitered Lens: Hermitage Green

Gettin' jiggy with it. Photos of Hermitage Green at Islington Academy...

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Walls Come Tumblin’: Jenny & The Mexicats

Anglo-Madri-Mexi, Sinuous and Sexy - Jenny & the Mexicats hit the Con Club in Lewes...

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Take a Pew. Piano Day, Union Chapel

Piano, Grime, Jazz and Dance at the Union Chapel, London. ...

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Loitered Lens: Candlebox

A sweet return from proto-grunge torchbearers Candlebox at the Underworld. Photos...

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Triple Threat. Actually, Double Threat. But Still Threatening! (Annihilator)

Blistering solos and overwhelming speed/thrash grooves, even on acoustic dreadnoughts...

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Loitered Lens: Honey Ryder

Honey Ryder brought bright Americana to a soggy Islington night. Photos...

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Inexorable Implosions, Ominous Promise: Grebenstein

Simultaneously sobering and intoxicating decelerationist post-techno...

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Loitered Lens: Aaron Watson

Bright as dawn over Laredo, photos of Aaron Watson onstage at the Garage, London...

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Viral Vaquero: Aaron Watson at The Garage

Bringing country to town, Aaron Watson tips a stetson to The Garage...

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Loitered Lens: Oathbreaker

Oathbreaker redifine the stereotype of hairy rock groups at Camden's Underworld. Photos...

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Among the Ruins (Altar of Betelgeuze)

Stoner and Death metal combine (and combine well) on the Altar of Betelgeuze...

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Loitered Lens: Greenleaf

Photos from the Tommi and Arvid show as Greenleaf photosynthesise the Borderline...

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Loitered Lens: Meshuggah

Tech metal with a heart of groove, Meshuggah enliven the Kentish Town Forum. Photos...

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Dedicated to the Bird We Love (Oriental Sunshine, Vinyl)

Round Two records unearth a rare (and unlikely) Norwegian psychedelic folk sitar rock album. Yes they do....

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Loitered Lens: Mirrors for Psychic Warfare

Scott Kelly's new project Mirrors For Psychic Warfare touches down in Camden's Unicorn. ...

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By The Hammers of Hephaestus!: Immortals (Firewind)

Firewind sing about ancient Greece in the same way Scandinavian power metal acts sing about Vikings. Review...

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Winter’s Purity: New Model Army, Kentish Town Forum

Protest, Politics, Purity. New Model Army at the Kentish Town Forum...

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Loitered Lens: Skillet

Leather, riffs, rock, tattoos, sweat, noise and notepaper - photos of Skillet at Koko...

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Loitered Lens: New Model Army

A welcome return to protest politics and riot rock at Kentish Town Forum. Photos...

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Loitered Lens: Sam Lavery

Warming up the crowd for Matt Goss, Sam Lavery proves that she too can spellbind a crowd...

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Lights from the Sky: Touchstone at the Borderline

Touchstone's new frontwoman spreads her wings at London's Borderline...

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Babymetal Live at Wembley – The Unlikely but Apt Encapsulation of 2016

Turbulent, divisive and very hotly debated - Babymetal very aptly encapsulate 2016 in their Live at Wembley release...

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Loitered Lens: Matt Goss

Extravaganza! Matt Goss lights up the Shepherd's Bush Empire. Photos...

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The End of Electricity (Domkraft)

Simultaneously doomy and a little dotty, Domkraft freshen the formula with The End of Electricity...

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Loitered Lens: Sleaford Mods @ The Roundhouse

Gathering momentum, Sleaford Mods roll into Camden's Roundhouse. Photos ...

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Loitered Lens: Nova Neon

Heavy alt-pop stylings at the launch of Nova Neon's debut album...

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