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Casual Sex + Long Balls // Epic, 20.02.2014

Monday, February 24th 2014

Great show, poor turnout.

Long Balls & Casual Sex // EPIC Studios 20.02.2014

Monday, February 24th 2014

Where were you?

Royal Blood & Tigercub // Waterfront, 18.02.2014

Sunday, February 23rd 2014

Reasonable show from a promising band that needs a longer set.

Heart of a Dog, Wooden Arms & Cove Hithe // NAC - 13.02.2014

Saturday, February 15th 2014

BFR and Elevator Music presents an evening of alt.classical and alt.folk.

Young Fathers & Law // NAC - 08.02.2014

Tuesday, February 11th 2014

Second Pony Up hits the target.

Stray Birds // NAC 06.02.2014

Monday, February 10th 2014

Americana that almost made me through my on-existent ten gallon hat in the air and shout yee-haw.

Pony Up Launch Party // NAC - 01.02.2014

Sunday, February 2nd 2014

From Twee Off, here's Pony Up. Five acts for three quid. Bargain.

Spectro presents Independent Venue Week // NAC - 28.1.14

Friday, January 31st 2014

Norwich Arts Centre reigns supreme as one of the best independent venues in the UK.

Gravy Showcase // Norwich Arts Centre - 25.01.14

Monday, January 27th 2014

Local label Gravy Records presents a showcase with five bands, three in the auditorium and two playing all electric-acoustic sets in the bar.

Drugstore, She Makes War & Buoys // NAC - 13.12.13

Tuesday, January 14th 2014

What would numerologists make of wombat wombat's combined 13th birthday and Christmas celebration falling on the final Friday 13th of 2013? Luck, fate or just one of those things? Who knows, this was a great night.

Quasi & Girl In A Thunderbolt // NAC - 12.12.13

Monday, January 13th 2014

Death to the beige. tweeOFF is dead. Long live Pony Up.

Large Professor // NAC - 12.12.13

Monday, December 16th 2013

Havin' it large with Large Professor

Gogol Bordello // UEA - 08.12.13

Wednesday, December 11th 2013

My, oh my, do they deliver that by the bucket-load. Of sweat, that is.

John Smith // NAC - 09.12.13

Tuesday, December 10th 2013

John Smith - Guitar Genius

Palma Violets // The Waterfront - 25.11.13

Tuesday, December 3rd 2013

Much to my dismay singer and bassist Chilli flounced on in a pair of shades.

Imelda May at Bo Nanafana // OPEN 16.11.13

Monday, November 25th 2013

Imelda May was the main attraction at November's Bo Nanafana, and the Fine City's biggest swing night did not let her down - the Queen of rockabilly had top billing at Open for the hottest (vintage) ticket in town.

Mount Kimbie // Norwich Arts Centre - 15.11.13

Sunday, November 24th 2013

Mount Kimbie sell out Norwich Arts Centre

YUCK, Polterghost & Mega Emotion // NAC - 20.11.2013

Sunday, November 24th 2013

A mixed evening thanks perhaps to prescription drugs (but no beer)

UK Subs // Waterfront 16.11.2013

Monday, November 18th 2013

Old (& not so old) punks rock out

Editors // UEA 13.11.13

Thursday, November 14th 2013

Their storming hits such as 'Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors' and 'Sparks' seemed as relevant as ever, and the band didn’t seem tiresome of playing them in the slightest.

Antlered Man // OPEN 08.11.2013

Monday, November 11th 2013

Another storming performance from AM.

Ghostpoet // NS&V - NAC, 11.10.13

Tuesday, November 5th 2013

The crowd’s ensemble chant of “I heard it in a TV programme” on ‘Run, Run, Run’ was unexpected, but raw,

God Damn // NS&V - Artrocker Stage @ Hog in Armour - 11/10/13

Thursday, October 24th 2013

What to say of the gig? Well, first of all, it was loud, very, very, loud.

Blue // Nick Rayns LCR - 14.10.13

Tuesday, October 22nd 2013

The lads certainly brought a big show to the city, pumping all the energy middle aged men possibly can! - Nawaza reviews Blue's comeback.

Norwich Sound + Vision // Day Three - 12.10.2013

Sunday, October 13th 2013

Feeling the fatigue but feeling the noise.

Bastille // UEA 10.10.13

Sunday, October 13th 2013

The heat in the room seems to increase as Bastille prove to the crowd they have come back to Norwich even bigger and better than when they played the Waterfront in March this year

Norwich Sound + Vision // Day Two - 11.10.2013

Saturday, October 12th 2013

Day two and starting to feel a little frazzled

Kate Nash // The Waterfront - 10.10.13

Saturday, October 12th 2013

It was the year anniversary of her single 'Free my Pussy', which created quite the contrast to her older, jumper-wearing tea-drinking self.

Norwich Sound + Vision, Day One // 10.10.2013

Friday, October 11th 2013

Should've been to the gym and got fit. NS+V is here again...

Temples // Norwich Arts Centre - 04.10.13

Thursday, October 10th 2013

Hindsight is a wonderful thing, as are rose tinted glasses, and the combination of the two amounts to the common perception that the sixties was a halcyon age for the whole cultural gamut.

The 1975 // The Waterfront - 25.09.13

Wednesday, October 9th 2013

"Sweat poured from the crowd as they sang every word back to a band that really knows how to connect with their audience" - Jack reviews The 1975

Fuck Buttons // The Waterfront -15th September 2013

Monday, September 23rd 2013

"Sonically, Fuck Buttons are an absolute tour de force..." - Alex reviews Fuck Buttons at The Waterfront

The Ramona Flowers // Norwich Arts Centre - 16.09.13

Tuesday, September 17th 2013

"Their request to “get dirty on a Monday night” was both unexpected and welcomed..." - Bea reviews The Ramona Flowers.

Misty In Roots // NAC - 21.6.13

Wednesday, August 21st 2013

"Tonight’s set would’ve been felt in Babylon, even if it was Norwich that was burning." - Steve reviews Misty in Roots at NAC.

Friends // Norwich Arts Centre - 14.07.13

Tuesday, July 16th 2013

We are not Friends.

Ultramagnetic MC's // Norwich Arts Centre - 08.07.2013

Thursday, July 11th 2013

Ultramagnetic MC's perform Critical Beatdown

Michael Schenker // The Waterfront - 21.04.2013

Wednesday, June 5th 2013

It was a true privilege to witness a living legend in the flesh, especially one who was clearly having such a blast onstage.

Rokia Traore, OPEN // 21.05.2013

Thursday, May 23rd 2013

Good songs, great band, funky, groovy, rocking but didn't quite hit the spot for Pavlis.

Everyone Was In... // Norwich Arts Centre - 11.02.10

Friday, May 10th 2013

Everyone Was In The French Resistance...Now! - live at Norwich Arts Centre.

Stornoway // Norwich Arts Centre - 13.02.10

Friday, May 10th 2013

Stornoway live at Norwich Arts Centre.