Albums of the Year 2020
The way a lot of listen to music changed this year. Sometimes it was the distraction of everyday events that kept us from focusing, and sometimes it’s because the discovery of gigs or festivals felt...
View ArticleLIVE REVIEW: Moor Mother, Alice, 21.02.2020
Photos by Amanda Farah It’s been close to a whole three years since the last time we caught up with Moor Mother, Camae Ayewa’s solo noise and spoken word project. In the meantime Ayewa has been...
View ArticleLIVE REVIEW: Isobel Campbell, Hotel Cecil, 14.02.2020
“Thank you for remembering me,” says Isobel Campbell. “We didn’t do any press, so we worried only five people would show up.” Looking around a reasonably full room at Hotel Cecil, this seems like...
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LIVE REVIEW: Beak>, Loppen, 02.02.2020
Photos by Amanda Farah Bristol-based, kraut-rock-revivalists Beak> have finally shipped to Copenhagen, which means Loppen is heaving on a Sunday night. Lead by Geoff Barrow (him off Portishead),...
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LIVE REVIEW: Richard Dawson / Burd Ellen, Alice, 31.01.2020
Photos by Amanda Farah Brexit day must be a strange time to be touring abroad as a British musician. From most you’d expect a bit of sheepishness (even a Leaver would feel a bit out of place, surely)...
View ArticleLIVE REVIEW: Tusks, Ideal Bar, 18.02.2020
It’s an evening of firsts for Tusks. It’s the band’s first gig of the tour. It’s frontwoman Emily Underhill’s first time in Denmark. It’s their guitarist’s first ever show with the band. And for most...
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Albums of the Year 2019
Cate Le BonReward Having strayed from her signature guitar style into more textural, synth-based compositions, Cate Le Bon has found new ways to highlight her cool voice. Mostly down-tempo,...
View ArticleLIVE REVIEW: Boris, Vega, 01.12.2019
Photos by Amanda Farah Boris have gained cult status with their idiosyncratic take on slow, ominous waves of distorted guitars. Having collaborated with everyone from doom lords Sunn O))) and noise...
View ArticleLIVE REVIEW: Lankum, Alice, 29.11.2019
There is an inherent darkness to Lankum’s music. The Irish folk quartet place a strong focus on the texture of their arrangements and the word “apocalyptic” comes up frequently during their set at...
View ArticleLIVE REVIEW: Holly Golightly, Loppen, 24.11.2019
“Cuddle in,” Holly Golightly says as she and her band take the stage at Loppen. People drift away from their tables and towards the stage and suddenly the room feels different. With dozens of albums...
View ArticleLIVE REVIEW: Sarah Louise, 18.11.2019
Photos by Amanda Farah If your introduction to Sarah Louise was through her lush folk album Deeper Woods, or her trad Appalacian duo House and Land, you might be surprised by her current live set up:...
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LIVE REVIEW: The Twilight Sad, Lille Vega, 13.11.2019
We should probably know when we look over five songs into the Twilight Sad’s set at Lille Vega and see a middle-aged man with tears streaming from his eyes that the evening will not leave us...
View ArticleLIVE REVIEW: Metronomy, Store Vega, 29.10.2019
Metronomy’s concert at Store Vega is their first headline set in Copenhagen in five years. It seems that the city has missed them. The venue is not sold out, but it’s reasonably full for a Tuesday...
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LIVE REVIEW: Church of Misery, Loppen, 22.10.2019
Photos by Amanda Farah Japan’s seminal doom band, Church of Misery, have survived a quarter of a century and countless lineup changes (their bassist Tatsu Mikami being the only stable member) with a...
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LIVE REVIEW: Goat, Alice, 09.10.2019
Mention of the band Goat brings to mind a certain group of Swedes in elaborate costumes. The Japanese band Goat, however, are far more minimalistic. Their stuttering, rhythm-driven music is often...
View ArticleLIVE REVIEW: Marissa Nadler, Ideal Bar, 30.09.2019
Marissa Nadler is an artist whose work contains multitudes in its subtleties. Her soft, ghostly voice and finger-picked guitars transcend folk music into something more spirited, more haunting, and...
View ArticleLIVE REVIEW: Daniel O’Sullivan, Alice, 19.09.2019
Few performers are quite as prolific as Daniel O’Sullivan. A cursory look at his career shows, quite apart from his own three solo albums, a breadth of work that spans from the left-field prog of...
View ArticleLIVE REVIEW: Tacocat, Loppen, 13.09.2019
Photo by Amanda Farah Tacocat are a brightly-coloured pop-punk outfit set against the grey rainy backdrop of Seattle – a juxtaposition emphasised in the first single, “Bridge to Hawaii” (2013)....
View ArticleLIVE REVIEW: The Wedding Present, Lille Vega, 11.09.2019
It’s 30 years since the Wedding Present released Bizarro, and this low-key anniversary is what brings the indie rock quartet to Lille Vega. It’s not an especially reverential anniversary show. The set...
View ArticleLIVE REVIEW: She Wants Revenge, Loppen, 22.08.2019
She Wants Revenge have never played in Copenhagen before. The newly-ish reformed duo have managed to pull a small but dedicated crowd to Loppen, despite having only released two singles in the last...
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