Sunday 14/06/09 Download Festival 2009, Day Three @ Donington Park, Derby

Saturday 13/06/09 Download Festival 2009, Day Two @ Donington Park, Derby

Friday 12/06/09 Download Festival 2009, Day One @ Donington Park, Derby

Placebo - 'Battle For The Sun' (Dream Brother) Released: 08/06/09

Like a paint by numbers doesn’t make an exact Picasso...

Tuesday 12/05/09 Placebo @ Shepherds Bush Empire, London

The Noisettes - 'Wild Young Hearts' (Mercury) Released 20/04/09

as much chart success as it is Radio 2 in the afternoon...

Howling Bells - 'Radio Wars' (Independiente) Released: 02/03/09

An album of mashed-up half ideas...

Omar Rodriguez Lopez - 'Old Money' (Pinnacle) Released 26/01/09

A way-out blast of an album...

The Boat People - 'Chandeliers' (Shock)

This winter warmer is strongly suggested...

Friday 14/11/08 Leonard Cohen @ The O2 Arena, London

Innerpartysystem - 'Innerpartysystem' (Island) Released 29/09/08

this is a debut that doesnt quite go far enough...

The Walkmen - 'You & Me' (Fierce Panda) Released 29/09/08

creates a spectacular result with a sound both original and familiar...