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The Twang, Jewellery Quarter

The Twang - Jewellery Quarter

Review by Natalie Shaw

It's Jewellery Quarter, by The Twang. They’re well lairy, right? Like Oasis, yar? Like Ocean Colour Scene, mmm-hmm? Didn't they try to date-rape the NME once?»

SunKilMoon-MK

Slowcore Week: Sun Kil Moon's 'Duk Koo Kim'

In Depth by Natalie Shaw

Fourteen minutes and thirty-two seconds of complete immersion in sound – yet the shortest fourteen minutes and thirty-two seconds that have ever passed this writer by. »

camera obscura

Camera Obscura at London Kings College London (KCLSU), Thu 17 Jul

Review by Natalie Shaw

Following something of a Camera Obscura 'best of' set, this writer walks away with a romantic fuzz all around her, lasting for the next few days»

hercules and love affair

Hercules & Love Affair at London Soho Revue, Tue 03 Jun

Review by Natalie Shaw

Hercules & Love Affair without Antony Hegarty is, for sure, a strange(r) beast - as brilliant as it could be, but for some reason it’s a tad too try hard»

futureheads live

The Futureheads at London Camden Electric Ballroom, Thu 29 May

Review by Natalie Shaw

An on top of their game The Futureheads are currently playing like it’s their last hour on the planet. It’s a truly mind-blowing set»

yeasayer 2008

Yeasayer at London ULU, Mon 12 May

Review by Natalie Shaw

At the risk of not accepting things for what they are, it’s got to be acknowledged that in a few years' time, Yeasayer are going to be boundlessly prolific»

kelley polar

Junior Boys, Prinzhorn Dance School, Metronomy, Kelley Polar at IndigO2, Greenwich, London, Fri 25 Apr

Review by Natalie Shaw

Kelley Polar morphs trippy loops into ‘70s funk, before a falsetto punctuates driving beats, isolated timbres and sporadic strings into a blend of verdant self-assertion, truly the sound of an alternate universe»

art brut veronika moore

Art Brut at London ULU, Wed 06 Feb

Review by Natalie Shaw

Eddie Argos is as foppish as he is mindful. Tonight, an entirely befitting brass section is accompanying Art Brut in a mid-size room filled with haircuts, androgyny and the balding in almost equal parts»