Kitty Empire

3 days ago | observer.co.uk | Kitty Empire

Isle of Wight indie rock darlings Wet Leg still strike a power pose, but as they tour their forthcoming album, Moisturizer, a more romantic strain has crept into their songs… Rhian Teasdale is striking a pose. Wreathed in dry ice, long pale hair whipped around by a fan, she flexes her muscles at the crowd, the backlighting accentuating her statuesque form. This show of strength from Wet Leg’s singing guitarist has a new song to go with it – Catch These Fists, the band’s comeback track.

1 week ago | uncut.co.uk | Kitty Empire

The ability to draw out the extraordinary from the everyday is one evergreen hallmark of engaging songwriting. Robert Forster has been sketching self-contained emotional vignettes and spinning semi-autobiographical yarns since his days in The Go-Betweens, the Antipodean high-water mark of guitar jangle. On his ninth solo album, Strawberries, Forster once again knits together the ordinary and the remarkable, furring the edges with a craftsman’s dexterity.

1 week ago | observer.co.uk | Kitty Empire

Once banned from performing in the UK for his extreme lyrics, the rapper grapples with identity and fame in an enthralling set that takes self-scrutiny to the next level Tyler, the CreatorO2 Arena, London SE10Tyler, the Creator is alone on a vast freight container of a stage, kept warm by frequent blasts of pyro and lurid green lighting. There’s no band, no DJ or hype man, but the Los Angeles rapper isn’t lonely.

2 weeks ago | observer.co.uk | Kitty Empire

The Boss punctuates an impassioned set full of protest anthems and elegies for a dying homeland with some of his most overt anti-authoritarian statements to date Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Co-op Live, Manchester Since his 2016 memoir and its subsequent run on Broadway memorialising a period of deep introspection, fans have become acquainted with a kind of meta-Bruce Springsteen: a singer-songwriter who could reflect upon – deconstruct, even – a long career built on his youthful...

3 weeks ago | observer.co.uk | Kitty Empire

Joy, rage, love and succour abound on a wild 40th anniversary tour of the Pogues’ Rum, Sodomy & the Lash as a huge cast of musicians join original band members to roll back the years The PoguesO2 Apollo, ManchesterSomeone in the moshpit is waving a set of full-size crutches over their head while the Pogues tear through yet another chorus of Sally MacLennane, accompanied by about 3,500 gutsy backing vocalists.