Undaunted, bloody, but unbowed after my first visit last year I made my way to lovely Tilburg once more to take on the beast known as ‘Roadburn’. The quest to reach Tilburg was somewhat longer and more arduous than last…
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No sleep till Roadburn. This wasn’t just a four day gig (which it kind of was), it was a road movie…that was never filmed. An epic drive courtesy of your ever grafting editor in one damn fine Transit camper van….
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The Unicorn, Camden, London 23/03/2012 A catch-up with tonight’s promoter confirms a belief that I’ve held about The Unicorn for some time – if you can keep the majority of people in the venue past 9.30pm without them wandering off…
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The Lexington, London 24/03/2012 Completely Sold Out doesn’t cover it, this place is rammed. In fact, it’s probably beyond rammed, it’s people-locked, it’s tessellated with bodies, it’s cemented in, it’s…you get the idea. White Hills are here to promote their…
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The Academy 1, Manchester 06/02/2012 Red Fang are a great great band. I ask thee, how can you go wrong with such ace song writing? This addictive blend of some of the fondest bits of Queens of the Stone Age,…
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The Blade Factory, Liverpool 03/12/2011 The freezing wind whipped across the desolate street, empty save for clustered hairies outside the venue braving the chill arctic wind in order to stunt their growth and pollute their lungs, as myself and Thee…
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The Purple Turtle, Camden, London, 01/12/2011 A stoner rock gig in Camden you say? Desertscene.co.uk providing us with another spiffing night of entertainment, indeed? Sir Wino himself headlining with his new band?! Oh, golly gosh, how wonderful! It’s a wet,…
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Posthalle, Würzburg 28th-29th October 2011 Manilla Road. Those two words are enough to send (depending on which era/album you like best) images streaming through your brain of swords, Thor’s Hammer, Edgar Allen Poe or Robert E Howard to name but…
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Leeds University – 5/11/2011 My feet had trodden the soil of Leeds twice within a week – firstly to see the ever-mighty Melvins at the godforsaken Irish Centre several days before this – but this second time they trod heavier…
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Custard Factory, Birmingham 21st-23rd October 2011 Friday: I arrived at the charmingly subterranean cure for happiness that is Birmingham New Street station at 6pm and after paying 30 pence for a piss I got in a taxi and checked in…
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