This improvised dark fear-fest of a record is inspired by Charles Bukowski’s text A Copulating Mermaid In Venice. Ah, that explains those track titles then! The names David Kollar and Paolo Raineri may be familiar to you, as the duo…
View More The Blessed Beat – M I V
Union Chapel, Islington, London Saturday, 17th October 2015 I have never attended one of the ‘Daylight Music’ concerts held at the Union Chapel before, so I wasn’t quite sure what to expect from these rather unique Saturday performances, held between…
View More A Triple Bill of Bills – Bill Botting, Bill Pritchard & William D. Drake
The outlook for today is heavy with patches of melodic subtlety sweeping across your Auditory Cortex. Heavy guitars across the frontal gyrus of the cerebellum will sometimes clear to leave feelings of layered heaviness. It will be heavier further into…
View More Arcade Messiah – II
Necromonkey, the project of ex-Änglagård drummer Mattias Olsson and Gösta Berlings Saga keyboard wizard David Lundberg, are a band I have followed since their crazy debut Necroplex was unleashed on an uncaring world in 2013. This was followed last year…
View More Necromonkey – Show Me Where It Hertz
Half Moon, Putney, London Friday, 18th September 2015 I have been looking forward to this concert for what seemed like the whole of summer. The likeable and slightly eccentric Stackridge are touring the UK, sadly for the last time, playing…
View More Stackridge
Brothers Casey and Jesse Cooper, otherwise known as synth pop duo The Receiver, hide deep in their bedrooms in Colombus, Ohio where for two years they have beavered away in the making of this introspective album of dream pop. I…
View More The Receiver – All Burn
The Bedford, Balham, London 12th November 2015 The Bedford is conveniently located on Bedford Hill within walking distance of both the underground and British Rail. I knew this concert was going to be a treat and I duly arrived just…
View More The Watch
Photos by Gabriele Peloso (for rebelrebelmusic.com) and Leo Trimming O2 Academy, Islington, London 1st November 2015 A packed Islington O2 was treated to a fine KScope double bill as iamthemorning and Gazpacho entertained and fascinated a very receptive crowd. iamthemorning bewitched…
View More Gazpacho / iamthemorning
Before Gazpacho‘s triumphant gig at the O2 in Islington on 1st November promoting the new album, Molok, TPA’s Leo Trimming was delighted to get the opportunity to speak to keyboardist Thomas Andersen. Leo introduced himself as representing TPA, a site…
View More Thomas Andersen – Gazpacho
When you are offered turkey, it is often asked would you like light or dark meat. I like a little dark meat. Gazpacho are a Norwegian band who I had previously heard of but never listened to. More fool me;…
View More Gazpacho – Molok