Neil Dowden

Dec 17, 2024 | musicomh.com | Neil Dowden

Rick Witter and co celebrate a successful year with both classic anthems and new material in front of an adoring crowd2024 has been quite a year for Shed Seven. The York band had a fair amount of success in the nineties – with 15 top 40 singles and three top 20 albums – but they were not seen as being in the same league as the likes of Oasis, Blur, Suede and Pulp.

May 11, 2024 | musicomh.com | Neil Dowden

American rock duo mix songs from new album Ohio Players alongside selections from their past with help from Noel GallagherThe Black Keys’ 12th studio album Ohio Players (released last month) shows the Akron, Ohio duo still have plenty to offer. It’s been quite a journey for singer/guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney.

Mar 19, 2024 | musicomh.com | Neil Dowden

The Liverpool guitar outfit return, mixing tracks from new album Love Is The Call with Britpop classicsCast’s short headline tour to promote their seventh studio album Love Is The Call proves they are not just a ’90s nostalgia act. Of course – as audiences expect – at the Kentish Town Forum they play plenty of songs from their Britpop heyday, but they also perform most of the tracks from the new album.

Feb 12, 2024 | musicomh.com | Neil Dowden

English singer-songwriter promotes last year’s One Man Band album in a boisterous, frenetic show that shows how he’s entering his primeLad rock is back in town – as if it ever really went away. Miles Kane ends the UK part of his headline European tour promoting recent album One Man Band with two sold-out gigs at London’s Electric Ballroom.

Aug 14, 2023 | musicomh.com | Neil Dowden

Tim Booth and co dip into almost every part of their long career in a joyous and enterprising performance, with support from fellow Mancunians Happy MondaysMadchester has resurfaced in south London 45 years on from its first incarnation. Opening the last weekend in this year’s South Facing festival in Crystal Palace Bowl were two bands who hark back to that period in Manchester when indie rock merged with indie dance in a haze of MDMA: James supported by Happy Mondays.