Pennyblackmusic Presents: Johny Brown (Band of Holy Joy) - With Hector Gannet and Andy Thompson @The Water Rats, London, Saturday 25, May, 2024
Live
Royal Albert Hall, London, 5/4/2003
In an incredible show featuring a guest performance from the Who's Roger Daltrey, Jonjo McNeill watches Manchester's Doves transfrom London's prestigious Royal Albert Hall "from a dull, upper class opera house into a sweaty Northern indie club"
Exeter University Great Hall, 29/11/2002
Out on tour to promote their successful second album 'The Last Broadcast', Ben Howarth finds Doves in what was a highly visual show, "demonstrate that a band with ideas will always be better than a few blokes rocking out"
Reviews
Some Cities (2005)
Slow burning, classic third album from much acclaimed Mancurian act Doves which finds them moving away from the melancholy of their previous offerings and looking more hopefully towards the future
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Interviews
Papernut Cambridge
Interview
Ben Howarth visits the home of Ian Button and chats about his Papernut Cambridge project.
Papernut Cambridge
Interview
Ben Howarth chats to Death In Vegas and Rotifer member Ian Button about his band Papernut Cambridge's second solo album, 'There's No Underground'
Live
Malakai
Rock City, Nottingham, 5/5/2009
Bristol-based trip-hop/soul duo Malakai have won much acclaim for their debut album, but, at a gig in support of Doves at the Nottingham Rock City, Sarah Mwangi finds their live performance ragged and lacking focus
Leeds Festival
24/8/2003
Denzil Watson meanwhile makes his annual day trip to Reading's counterpart in Leeds and watches mixed performances by the Libertines, the Kills. Doves, Beck, Black Motorcycle Rebel Club and Blur