Onslaught & Gama Bomb – Garage, London – Friday 23rd September 2011

Let’s start at the end. Some way out of place for the sobrieties of a Friday night, the laddish inquisitor approaches the bouncer. One stands six-feet and more; the other wobbles beneath his own torso. “What’s this going on in here? A concert?” A burp struggles up his throat, clawing upwards through gruel and vodka … Continue reading

Firewind – Relentless Garage, London – Friday 7th January 2011

Familiar sounds surged upon the senses when we entered the Relentless Garage. Any of the comfort usually afforded by the familiar appeared to be denied from the off. Here our wish to preserve the present, to seek a hardy musical bliss from the eminent Greek headliners, burst almost immediately. We trudged off the gum-specked boulevard-run … Continue reading