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The Armoury Show, Virginia Astley: Armoury Show/Eyeless In Gaza/Virginia Astley: The Venue, London

Live Review by Mat Snow, NME, 20 August 1983

RICHARD JOBSON had expected a handful to turn up tonight and thus was pleasantly surprised by a near – capacity crowd who were so indulgent, ...

Black Flag: Wheel Me Out Flagging!: Black Flag: Marquee, London

Live Review by Mat Snow, NME, 26 May 1984

"SEARCH AND DESTROY" is the tattoo emblazoned across the sweat-rivuleted, hawser-taut shoulders of Henry Rollins. ...

Hüsker Dü: Marquee, London

Live Review by Mat Snow, NME, 14 September 1985

I WAS going to sign this piece off, "Once more Hüsker Dü prove themselves to be the most primally exciting group on the surface of ...

Shamen, The, Spacemen 3: The Shamen, Spacemen 3: Dingwalls, London

Live Review by Robin Gibson, Sounds, 11 July 1987

"ECSTASY IS good for you" asserts the slogan on The Shamen's bass guitar. But in the murk of Dingwalls, ecstasy is harder to catch than ...

Dinosaur Jr.: Dinosaur Jr: Clarendon, Hammersmith, London

Live Review by Mat Snow, Sounds, 12 December 1987

THE BAND THAT TIME FORGOT ...

Primal Scream: Elysée Montmartre, Paris

Live Review by Stuart Maconie, NME, 1 February 1992

"QU'AVEZ VOUS donc envie de falre? On veut ete libre, libre de falre ce qui nous plait, s'en mettre plein la lampe et falre la ...

Primal Scream: Brixton Academy, London

Live Review by Simon Price, Melody Maker, 4 April 1992

BOBBY DAZZLER ...

Giant Sand: Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ

Live Review by Rob Tannenbaum, Rolling Stone, 5 August 1993

CHAOS IS A constant menace in giant Sand's music. For a few years, it overwhelmed Howe Gelb's writing — he'd launch a song with a ...

The Verve: Manchester Roadhouse

Live Review by Paul Moody, NME, 17 June 1995

SO THAT’S what it sounds like. A long, curdled up intro, all ghostly pyrotechnics and a death rattle of drums, then suddenly, whoosh! And the ...

Presidents of the United States of America: The Presidents of the USA: Astoria, London

Live Review by David Sinclair, The Times, 17 April 1996

Monster raving loony party ...

Beck: Apollo, Manchester

Live Review by Dave Simpson, Melody Maker, 17 May 1997

BECK TO THE FUTURE ...

Alabama 3: The Garage, London

Live Review by Carl Loben, Melody Maker, 10 January 1998

SOUTHERN MUTHAS DO HAVE EM! ...

Primal Scream, BT (Brian Transeau), Les Rythmes Digitales, Money Mark, Slacker, Slam, Kitachi, Green Velvet, Laurent Garnier: Primal Scream, Laurent Garnier, Les Rythmes Digitales: Creamfields, Winchester, Hampshire

Live Review by Carl Loben, Melody Maker, 9 May 1998

TEN YEARS on, and the Acid House Gods are smiley-ing on Winchester like the trippy Teletubbies sun-baby. Dance music's cream — and plenty of cheese, ...

Hamell On Trial: Upstairs At The Garage, London

Live Review by Nick Hasted, Uncut, July 2001

"EVERYONE HERE'S very nice to me. Shutthefuckup when I'm talkin'!" The self-described "bald, sweaty fucker on stage", Ed Hamell, of Syracuse, New York, is dressed ...

Primal Scream: Astoria, London

Live Review by John Aizlewood, The Guardian, 14 August 2001

HAVING LONG AGO meandered woozily across the line between inexorably naff and insufferably hip, Primal Scream find themselves approaching another musical crossroads. ...

Dictators, The: The Dictators: live at El Sol, Madrid 24th November

Live Review by Lindsay Hutton, Rock's Backpages, 15 December 2001

HEY ANDY SHERNOFF! You tell us that your generation ain't the salvation of this R'n'R beastie but I beg to differ. ...

Dirtbombs, The: The Dirtbombs: Highbury Garage, London

Live Review by Ian Fortnam, Kerrang!, 15 December 2001

Motor City demons show a whole lotta soul. ...

The Hives: The Junction, Cambridge

Live Review by Tom Cox, The Observer, 10 February 2002

The Hives put on a fine imitation of garage rock. And the garage is where it would be best appreciated ...

Hives, The: The Hives: Junction, Cambridge

Live Review by Tom Cox, The Guardian, 10 February 2002

The Hives put on a fine imitation of garage rock. And the garage is where it would be best appreciated ...

BellRays, The: The BellRays: Rocket, Leeds

Live Review by Dave Simpson, The Guardian, 4 April 2002

TWO YEARS AGO in this newspaper, Alan McGee decried the "bedwetters" of modern pop. Where, he asked, were "the characters" and "the great rock'n'roll music ...