Reviews
We're Animals (2005)
Fantastic punk funk, released on cooler than thou label Kill Rock Stars, from San Francisco three piece Numbers
Related
Interviews
Magic Numbers
Interview
The Magic Numbers have risen in just over a year from being a little known indie act to one of the best known bands in Britain. Anthony Strutt chats to bassist Michele Stodart and percussionist Angela Gannon about sudden fame and their recent debut album
Live
Scala, London, 5/2/2023
Mark Rowland at The Scala in London watches rising singer-songwriter Hamish Hawk play an exuberant post-punk set to promote his new album ‘Angel Numbers’.
Lawson
O2 Academy, Oxford, 16/3/2013
Nick Dent-Robinson watches boy band Lawson play a formulaic and strictly-by-numbers set at the O2 Academy in Oxford
Carl Barat
Deaf Institute, Manchester, 23/10/2010
At the initimate Deaf Institute in Manchester Aaron Brown sees Carl Bart play a magical set of both Libertines numbers and tracks from his just released debut solo album
Quarrymen
Music Box Theatre, Chicago, 3/10/2010
To coincide with a screening of John Lennon biopic 'Nowhere Boy', Lisa Torem at the Music Box Theatre in Chicago sees Lennon's first band, the Quarrymen, play an enjoyable set of early rock and roll and skiffle numbers
Roky Erickson
HMV Forum, London, 20/8/2009
At a comeback gig at London's HMV Forum, Anthony Strutt watches former Thirteenth Floor Elevators and psychedelic pioneer Roky Erickson reduce his often classic songs to bar garage blues numbers
John Parkes
Bull and Bottle, Bradford, 28/2/2008
In the atmospheric backdrop of England's longest running folk club at the Bull and Bottle in Bradford, Russell Ferguson watches acoustic singer-songwriter John Parkes play an passionate, charged show of mainly political numbers
Julie Doiron, Shotgun and Jaybird and the Woolly Leaves
Rainbow, Ottawa, 12/11/2006
Singer-songwriter Julie Doiron has been penning fragile tales of loss, domesticity, disillusionment and hope since the early 90's. Andrew Carver watches her play a stunning set. both of solo numbers and with her current band Shotgun and Jaybird, at the Ottawa Rainbow
Frank Turner
Lock 17, London, 17/4/2006
Never afraid to show his influences, former Million Dead frontman Frank Turner incorporates both country/folk numbers and also acoustic anthemic rockers. Dan Cressey enjoys an energetic, but short set at London's Lock 17
Magic Numbers
Water Rat's London, 16/3/2004
The "shyly raucous" Magic Numbers' tally of live performances has yet to enter into double figures, but already have a stage presence. After a London Water Rat's show, Emma Haigh leaves with her "mind swirling and speaking in colours"