Sam Lambeth

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Dinosaur Jr.London TroxyThursday 22nd May 2025The three wise men of alternative rock roll back into London to dust off songs from their underappreciated 1994 album Without a Sound. Sam Lambeth feels the pain, then he feels nothing. The album tour medium has become a curious thing, hasn’t it. It arguably began when Brian Wilson played Pet Sounds in toto just before the new millennium and was accelerated with the Don’t Look Back festival series in the noughties.

3 weeks ago | louderthanwar.com | Sam Lambeth

The WaterboysSymphony Hall, BirminghamFriday 16th May 2025Mercurial Scottish legends are still bringing the Big Music…as well as a digestible journey through the life and times of Dennis Hopper. Sam Lambeth doesn’t know how he made it, but he made it. Stars of bygone and current days weave their way through The Waterboys’ music as seamlessly as they pivot between a myriad of genres and often both can be gloriously unexpected.

1 month ago | louderthanwar.com | Sam Lambeth

Blossoms | Nieve EllaWolverhampton Civic HallFriday 18th April 2025Louche, funk-pop singalongs aplenty – as well as a special simian guest – as Stockport’s finest beat their chests at a sold-out Wolverhampton. Sam Lambeth knows he probably should be sleeping. Anyone thinking that support act Nieve Ella is wearing a Wolverhampton Wanderers football jersey to curry favour with the Midlands faithful is in for a quick surprise.

1 month ago | louderthanwar.com | Sam Lambeth

Coventry shoegaze survivors Senses are back with a timely collection of stunning songs. Sam Lambeth spoke to the band to find out more. Senses are proof that you can have a happy ending. Or, rather, a happy existence. The four-piece are now a diaspora of Coventry-born musicians, scattered in different parts of the world. But after regrouping digitally – and, eventually, physically – during the interminable ennui of lockdown, the band are back with a new album, a rejigged sound and new tour dates.

2 months ago | louderthanwar.com | Sam Lambeth

Ocean Colour Scene | Kula Shaker Birmingham Utilita ArenaSaturday 29th March 2025Birmingham’s trad rock survivors celebrate a stunning homecoming at one of the Second City’s biggest arenas, with fellow Britpop revellers Kula Shaker in tow. Sam Lambeth sipped another rum and coke and told a dirty joke. Swirling, psychedelic shapes engulf a large screen behind the Utilita Arena stage, the kind that Super Hans and Jez would put on as a visual backdrop while getting toasted in Mark’s living room.