Live Reviews
From pubs to festivals to arenas, out and about with tQ
Live Reviews
Home Away From Home: Green Man 2023
One night of torrential rain can't dampen Julian Marszalek's spirits as he has a hoot at Green Man 2023, taking in sets by the likes of Devo, Jockstrap, Spiritualized, Bob Vylan, Billy Nomates, Nuha Ruby Ra, Lankum and his festival highlight Mandy, Indiana
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Big Music: The Cure Live At Wembley Arena
Rather than the miserabilists they’re often unfairly painted as, watching The Cure at Wembley Tariq Goddard finds a band of sincerity and empathy, with superb new songs of colossal scale and a bond between artist and audience that continues to grow tighter and more heartfelt as time keeps passing
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Truth Music: Le Guess Who? 2022 Reviewed
Lentils as projectiles, a medieval answer to Kraftwerk’s Autobahn, twin xylophone attack from Mexico City, a post-punk opera about the paranoid mind – Richard Foster and Patrick Clarke report back from another headspinning edition of Utrecht’s Le Guess Who?
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Opened Conversations: Heroines Of Sound Festival 2022
Esme Bennett presents her picks from the performances at this year's Heroines Of Sound festival in Berlin, dedicated to experimental and multifaceted works of the world's most forward-thinking female and non-binary composers. Photos by Ulla C. Binder
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Long Revelations: Rewire Festival Reviewed
From a broad-ranging celebration of Meredith Monk’s genius to a mind-melting show from Mabe Fratti, and stellar performances from Circuit Des Yeux, aya, Caterina Barbieri and more, this year’s Rewire showed Richard Foster and Jasper Willems glimpses of a better possible world
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Ever Get The Feeling You’ve Cheated Yourself? Billy Bragg Live In Southend
Tim Burrows leaves his cynicism about the Bard of Barking at the door when attending a gig that's a kind of homecoming and finds a new sense of regret at ignoring one of the greatest songwriters of the past 40 years
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A Special Moment In Norwegian Music: Vriompeis 2021 Reviewed
Joost Heijhuijsen travels to Oslo for the 2021 edition of Vriompeis and reflects on how a unique musical scene can quickly recover from the effects of the pandemic... thanks to a radical DIY approach and some smart state spending
