The Underground Stage
If all you did was read the album reviews from recent years, you’d think Ride might be deliberately forgetting where they came from, obstinately moving away from the sound that propelled them to the front of the 1990s shoegaze explosion. Seeing them live tonight though, it’s clear they’ve not forgotten that past but haven’t stayed […]
Mercury Rev have always been a band about drama and narrative, and their dark, joyous theatricality is on full display tonight, a dense set of soaring art. The selection is drawn primarily from ‘Deserter’s Songs‘ and ‘All Is Dream‘, each song painted with thick strokes and physical exuberance, arm-waving and intensity. Deeper cuts like set-opener […]
Screamfeeder may be doing nothing new tonight, nothing that’ll break TikTok, but literally not one person here cares – this is an anti-fashion moment. The room is full of people who genuinely want to be here, who know words and beats and back stories, and who are incapable of cynicism. The sound and – most […]