Live

Who cares whether or not they sound like Dr and The Medics? Certainly not James Berry. He’s not having any of it. Like a ‘glam’ to the slaughter, Crud attends the Rebel’s recent gig in ye olde Kentish Town in London.13/05/2002 Two static white lights shine eloquently across the Forum’s theatrical cavern, catching a glitter-ball, crossing, throwing a soft protective sheath across the stage and casting tiny glowing sprites across the vast ceiling. Behind the luminous curtain, in the relative Continue Reading

New album doing currently well in the charts, what could these pimply nu-metalers offer a positively heaving audience of little upright pinkees in London? Priya Elangasinghe has some answers … and then some … Something wasn’t right. In a sea of pinkies and index fingers giving the of sign of the beast, lighters were aloft and there was clapping. Fair enough, you might think. However, clapping in anticipation of the upcoming chorus? Surely not, this wasn’t a Bon Jovi concert Continue Reading

After experiencing Homelands this year, it became apparent that the number of dance bands that did not wither under the challenge of performing in front of thousands of revellers could be counted on one hand. Adding unfortunate credence to the rock clichés about live dance music there was something very wrong with the limp live performances on display at the festival. It was hard to pinpoint exactly why, but there was never a bigger gap between the emotional catharsis bought Continue Reading