Reviews

When it’s time for Onra’s set to wrap up the crowd pleads with him to stay on stage a little longer. Ever the gentleman, he asks, “What do you want me to play?

Cohesive and considered, Digital Lies is the clarion call to enter a battle on a unicorn wielding a flaming sword.

Waves crash on the sand and squawking seagulls fly above our heads as Hopkins’ field recordings quietly fade. Immunity drips with a delicate beauty that is sure to resonate with many listeners.

For Jay Z to continue the upward career trajectory that has followed him since he burst onto the scene in the mid-’90s, this album would have had to re-write the concept of music as a whole.

The Sun II builds on this, leading up to powerful album highlight, Sleep, before Phoebe Cockburn delivers some gorgeous vocals on Union to help round off what may be the year’s best debut album.

As it was, it was a decent showcase, and we left at half nine looking forward to the next meeting. When the twin axes of product and presentation cross it will be something special.

It wasn’t a performance where people were intrigued to see what he could do; the audience already knew what he could do. They came to admire his phenomenal talent.

The band’s large and devoted following demonstrate that they are clearly one of those acts that fulfil a niche and give people exactly what they are looking for.

Wall’s Spillane-esque storytelling illuminated an atmospheric number packed with femme fatales and grimy machismo; one of the night’s most compelling moments.