Charlie Simpson : Academy 2, Newcastle, 30/6/2011 - Live Reviews |
Kelly Smith watches former Fightstar front man Charlie Simpson play an intimate, but brilliant show in one of his first solo performances at the Academy in Newcastle
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We Are The Ocean : Academy 2, Newcastle, 14/10/2010 - Live Reviews |
Kelly Smith finds much acclaimed post hardcore band We Are The Ocean monotonous and soon becoming dull at a show at the Acadeemy 2 in Newcastle
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DVD-Nirvana : Live at Reading - Profiles |
Kelly Smith is impressed by the energy and force of Nirvana's new DVD, 'Live at Reading', which was filmed in 1992 at their headlining performance at the Reading Festival
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Ghost of a Thousand : Interview - Interviews |
Up-and-coming Brighton-based group the Ghost of a Thousand speak to Kelly Smith about their frantic live schedule and just released debut album, 'New Hopes, New Demonstrations'
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In Case of Fire : Interview - Interviews |
Kelly Smith chats to hardworking Irish punk pop trio at a gig in Newcastle supporting Fightstar about their heavy schedule of touring and just released debut album, 'Align the Planets'
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Slam Dunk Festival : Leeds University Refectory, Leeds, 25/5/2009 - Live Reviews |
While finding much to admire in the performances of bands such as Me Vs Hero, We Are Kings and the show-stealing Kids in Glass Houses, Kelly Smith finds one day Leeds punk pop festival overcrowded and badly organised
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You Me At Six : Academy, Newcastle, 10/3/2009 - Live Reviews |
At the Newcastle Academy, Kelly Smith watches much hyped pop punk five piece You Me At Six play a capable, yet almost entirely formulaic set which inds them rarely breaking out of their comfort zone
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Fightstar : Interview - Interviews |
Kelly Smith chats to increasingly acclaimed post-hardcore emo band Fightstar about touring with Feeder and their third full length album which is due out early next year
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Fightstar : Academy, Newcastle, 23/10/2008 - Live Reviews |
At the Newcastle Academy, Kelly Smith watches the still grossly under rated Fightstar in support to a dull Feeder play an energetic and atmospheric set
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We The Kings : Interview - Interviews |
Kelly Smith speaks to Travis Clark, lead singer of excitable Florida-based pop punksters We The Kings, about touring and his band's just-released and self-titled debut album
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We The Kings : Cockpit, Leeds, 16/9/2009 - Live Reviews |
At the Cockpit in Leeds, Kelly Smith finds We The Kings' enthusiastic blend of punk pop infectious and compelling
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