Owen Ashworth brings his beautifully fragile recordings to The Luminaire, mesmerizing the sell-out crowd and spinning his wonderful tales of woe. Ama Chana reviews.
ReviewsAuthor Ama Chana
St. Vincent – Hoxton Bar & Grill, London, 21/04/2009
Ama Chana gets seduced by the perfect live skills of Anna Clarke aka St. Vincent as she showcases material from her excellent new album Actor.
Dirty Projectors – Scala, London, 02/04/09
Ama Chana’s a bit excited about seeing the Dirty Projectors live… it doesn’t matter than his friends all think they’re rubbish. Tonight, the vocal harmonies soar and inspire, even sounding a bit like Mariah Carey…
The Thermals – The Lexington, London 09/02/09
The Thermals motor through their back catalogue of sonic three chord punk-pop wonders, all crammed into a 50 minute set in a rather lovely whiskey bar located in the heart of Angel.
M. Ward – Hold Time
Ama Chana reviews the latest album from TLOBF fave M. Ward. The question is, does it live up to the classic albums he’s released previously?
Jeniferever & Underground Railroad – Luminaire, London 12/12/08
Ama Chana might have missed his deadline on this one, but when the bands playing are THIS good, everyone needs to know about it.
Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion (Playback Review)
Ama Chana is lucky enough to get a sneak preview listen of the highly anticipated new Animal Collective album… he MAY have soiled himself in anticipation, but don’t hold it against him…
Mount Eerie – The Dome, London 17/11/08
Olympia-based lo-fi singer-songwriter kingpin-musician person-type thing Phil Elvrum makes the odd surroundings of The Dome his for the night. Accompanied only by an electric guitar. Ama Chana reviews.
Low – KOKO, London 19/11/08
Christmas comes early for TLOBF’s Ama Chana, as Low play a special christmas concert at London’s KOKO. Grab a mince pie and step inside…
ATP Release The Bats – The Forum, London 30/10/08
TLOBF slips on a pig mask and heads down to The Forum for some spooky ATP shenanigans. Words by Ama Chana with photographs from Lucy Johnston.
TV On The Radio – Dear Science (Early Review)
Ama Chana was lucky enough to listen to the new TV On The Radio album and lets us know what an important record it’s going to be.
Subtle – Cargo, London 21/07/08
Subtle front man Adam Drucker knows how to handle hecklers. “Young man, please be quiet or I will face-fuck you”. Brilliant. Subtle are in London to push the brand new ‘ExitingARM’ record, and Ama Chana was down the front with a dribbling drugged up baffoon.
