Green Man 2018 Sunday review (19th August 2018)
Almost alone among UK festivals, Green Man benefits from the absence of branded sponsorship. This helps give the festival an uncluttered and peaceful environmen... Read More...
Ian Bourne
Green Man 2018 Saturday evening review (18th August 2018)
Green Man’s eclecticism and its aspirations to host a gender-balanced lineup are summed up by its sequencing of the Americana and sweetly sombre melodies of sin... Read More...
Green Man 2018 Saturday afternoon review (18th August 2018)
Green Man is eclectic and strives for diversity — more than half of the people on stage reviewed here from Saturday’s lineup are non-male. There is an almost co... Read More...
Green Man 2018 – Friday review (17th August 2018)
It is a truth universally acknowledged that more draught lager is consumed when the sun shines. That wouldn’t normally be relevant to the Green Man festival in ... Read More...
Amber Arcades – Omeara, London, UK (7th June 2018)
In these troubled Brexit times, amid increasing uncertainty and worries over the UK’s future relationship with the rest of Europe, Dutch singer/guitarist Annelo... Read More...
Goat Girl – The Garage, London, UK (2nd May 2018)
It may be daunting to headline in front of 600 people at a sold-out Garage, but Goat Girl are good at hiding their emotions. Appearing detached and unassuming, ... Read More...
Hinds – Electric Brixton, London, UK (19th April 2018)
This is a home-from-homecoming party for Madrileñas Hinds, who rock through 16 tracks in just over an hour. The set showcases how serious they are about their m... Read More...
The Orielles – The Garage, London, UK (12th April 2018)
This gig feels like a break-through event — the moment The Orielles connect with a wider audience in the capital. The Orielles make music to get people dancing,... Read More...
Sunflower Bean – KOKO, London, UK (6th April 2018)
It’s not often you see a whole crowd turn a full 180 degrees and rush back towards the stage, but that’s what happens tonight. After an eventful main set from S... Read More...
Cure’s Robert Smith to play at his Meltdown
Robert Smith will perform with “four curious friends” (geddit?) at the final night of his Meltdown Festival in a one-off band he’s calling Curætion-25 (geddit a... Read More...
Ian Bourne
Contributing Editor
A contributing editor to GIGsoupmusic.com and a former editor-in-chief in the B2B publishing world. Likes post-punk, twisted pop, synths, guitars, bass, drums.