Showing posts with label Music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Music. Show all posts

Passenger Gig Review

Friday, 2 December 2016
"And I hate those ignorant folk who pay money to see gigs, then talk through every fucking song" - I Hate, Passenger


It's not often that I look at my ticket on the way to a gig and think oh god, I don't know any of the songs! but for this particular one, it was the case. I don't think I've ever bought a ticket so spontaneously as I did with my Passenger ticket. Having listened to his album All The Little Lights a few times, I'd decided I liked the guy - yeah sure he wrote about pretty depressing stuff and all that but there was something charmingly hilarious about his songs and here I found myself, on a train off to see him gig at The Eventim Hammersmith Apollo in London.
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Little Mix's 'Glory Days' Album Review

Wednesday, 23 November 2016

"You make rain,But I'll make it, I'll make it, I'll make it shower" - Power


Little Mix are taking the world by storm at the moment, and rightly so! having released Shout Out To My Ex earlier this autumn, their album landed last Friday and boy is it a good'n! Having outsold One Direction with their last album Get Weird and having achieved more number ones than the famous boy band ever did, Little Mix really are proving that they were worthy winners of The X Factor back in 2011.

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Bastille's Dystopia

Thursday, 3 November 2016
"And I don't think that's a selfish want, I really don't. I'm not saying I have this capacity because it's hard to develop that capacity on your own, when you're being stopped at every turn" Fake It, Bastille


Normally I title these gig review posts with the name of the tour or the artist or something 'normal' like that. But, for this one, I felt that it needed to have a little bit extra. Not least because they're an incredible band but just because never have I, in the thirty-something concerts I've been to, seen such great ideas and artistry projected on stage.

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Little Mix's 'Shout Out To My Ex' Single Review

Monday, 17 October 2016
"Shout out to my ex,
You're really quite the man,
You made my heart break, And that made me who I am" - Shout Out To My Ex 


The Little Mix girls are well and truly back everyone! Fresh off the X Factor Results stage they released their brand new single Shout Out To My Ex, from their next album entitled Glory Days, and it's everything a Little Mix song should be: catchy, sassy and excellent!
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James Arthur 'Say You Won't Let Go' Single Review

Tuesday, 11 October 2016
"Then you smiled over your shoulder, for a minute I was stone cold sober"

Following a turbulent couple of years for the 2012 X Factor winner, James Arthur is back with a brand new single Say You Won't Let Go. 

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My Feelings Towards Busted's Return

Monday, 10 October 2016
"You gotta put your past behind ya" - Timon, The Lion King

Yes, I know that they've been back together for a while now and I'm perhaps a little delayed in writing this post. I won't deny that this was seven-year-old-me's dream but I'm not entirely sure how I feel about this. Not only have they lost their young charm and vibe, they just seem a bit awkward and, dare I say it, a bit past it.

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Niall Horan's 'This Town' Single Review

Friday, 30 September 2016
"It's funny how things never change in this old town, so far from the stars" - This Town, Niall Horan
I'm writing this post very spur of the moment, in fact as I type these words I have only known that the song I am reviewing has existed since 16:41 (it is currently 16:45), so just bear with me!

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Another Man ft. Harry Styles

Thursday, 29 September 2016
"There comes a day when you realise turning the page is the best feeling in the world" - Zayn Malik
(perhaps a controversial person to quote regarding the subject of this post but just work with me here please)

It is the thing that, this week, has had social media going mad. Harry Styles' AnOther Man feature which has him splashed across the front of three separate covers for the autumn issue of the magazine. Now celebrities cover the front page of thousands of magazines every week but this one is a little different, not just because it's Harry Styles, because its page after page of artistically perfect, excellent quality prints of the ex boyband member.
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Bastille's 'WILD WORLD' Album Review

Thursday, 22 September 2016
"It's easier to bury, my head in the sand sometimes" - Snakes, Wild World, Bastille
The Bastille lads are back at it; after performing at V Festival and Glastonbury over the summer and with their upcoming UK tour and Apple Musical festival gig, their new album will get plenty of live recognition. It seems hard to believe that five years ago Dan Smith (the band's front man) was embarking on a solo project from his bedroom. With the singles from their first album, Bad Blood, such as Pompeii, Flaws and Laura Palmer making such a bold mark on the music industry, the pressure was certainly on for their second album. Wild World is all intense drums, somewhat unclear lyrical meanings and the odd oohh and plenty of ahhs. 

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V Festival

Tuesday, 23 August 2016
"I'm a little hungover, I'm not gonna lie. But I'm having a good time" - Justin Bieber, 20/08/16 

For the past three years a weekend in mid/late August has always been my favourite time of the year. Okay, the weather may not always be ideal and wearing wellies four days in a row really does kill your feet but everything else about V Festival is absolutely incredible. Somehow sitting around on the damp grass surrounded by friends and tents, drinking cheap cider and laughing away is the perfect way to spend a weekend.


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Festival Essentials

Sunday, 7 August 2016
Now we're in the midst of summer, festival season is well and truly underway. From Glastonbury to Reading, thousands of us Brits are headed to festivals across the country even though sunny and dry weather is hardly likely, oh the joys of a British summer!

Now what our festivals lack in the sunshine and 'tumblr-esque' vibes of Coachella we well and truly make up for with our wellies, mud that goes up to our knees and a campsite so packed you'll be lucky to find your tent at the end of the day.

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Where My Love Goes (Music Review)

Friday, 20 May 2016


I've always been a sucker for music release days; new music = happy Kate. What I love even more are great new music releases with great videos to accompany them.

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Sounds Live Feels Live (Gig Review)

Sunday, 8 May 2016

Photo Credit: Rachel Reid twitter: @rxchelreid
An early start, a lot of waiting around, and three trains later I hopped off the train in Nottingham. A bit of a trek compared to my usual trips into London to go to gigs but when 5 Seconds of Summer arranged their tour dates they didn't take into consideration that I was in America when they did their London dates - so Nottingham was simply the only option!But I'd made it (all in one piece may I add!) which left only one problem: I'd never been to Nottingham, I didn't know my way around Nottingham, and I was thoroughly alone on my hunt for the Motorpoint Arena. Luckily the combination of google maps and discreetly following two girls in band shirts got me to the right place! 

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Lawson (Gig Review)

Thursday, 17 December 2015

Okay so I may have a bit of a band theme going on here, and I do admit to liking the odd band, or two, or three, but just stick with me on this one, it will be the last band post I swear! (I'm too poor for any more tickets or music)

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Sounds Good Feels Good (Album Review)

Wednesday, 28 October 2015

5 Seconds of Summer's new album, Sounds Good Feels Good, has made waves through the music industry since its release last Friday, why? Because, they seem to have managed to escape the hold of the 'boyband' stereotype, well done lads! This new album is much darker than their debut, self-titled album which was released last June, they've kept a lot of the upbeat, feel good tunes but the lyrics address a range of much darker topics; heartache, mental health and poverty. There are obvious influences from Good Charlotte's Joel and Benji Madden as well as Deryck Whibley from Sum 41 as the album takes a more pop-punk direction rather than the poppy, feel good nature of their previous tracks.
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On The Road Again (Gig Review)

Sunday, 27 September 2015

Yes, for the second time in the space of a week (three days to be exact) I saw One Direction., but what can you do? I mean it was totally necessary and absolutely not obsessive or over the top, right? 


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Apple Music Festival (Gig Review)

Wednesday, 23 September 2015



 For someone who has never won anything (other than a drawing competition about a decade ago), winning Apple Music Festival tickets was a pretty big, very large, massive, whopping deal. Taking place at the Roundhouse in Camden, London, it was the smallest venue that One Direction had played at since their first tour, starting way back in 2011. Since then, it's fair to say that their fame has rocketed through the roof and the opportunity to see them play to much an intimate audience was one not to be missed!

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