Author Profile: Kris Lavin

Articles by Kris Lavin
Standon Calling 2012 @ Standon Lordship, Hertfordshire 2-4/8/2012
Even in silly amounts of rain, choice acts shone on this year’s varied and slightly unpredictable line-up.
Artists: Beardyman, Death In Vegas, Standon Calling, Willy Mason
Pond @ Cargo, London 22/5/12
The three boys from Perth (and Tame Impala) brought their shambolic brand of psychedelic rock to Shoreditch, and won us over in no time.
Artists: Pond, Tame Impala
Pinkunoizu @ The Lexington, London 28/11/11
Seeing Pinkunoizu was like being in a bizarre dream – the same, strange musical phrases kept repeating, while the crowd looked on, transfixed like statues.
Artists: Pinkunoizu
Other Lives @ St. Giles-In-The-Fields Church, London 21/11/11
Ambient drones gently oozed out of the speakers, reverberating around the cavernous stone structure. If heaven exists, I hope its waiting room is like this.
Artists: Other Lives
Jukebox The Ghost @ Camden Barfly, London 3/11/11
Disciples of the Church of Jukebox the Ghost will be itching to go to the next service, and there may well be a few new recruits next time too
Artists: jukebox the ghost, The Mountain Goats
Dananananaykroyd @ KCLSU, London 04/11/11
It’s quite the spectacle watching an entire room of strangers simultaneously hugging to the music of Dananananaykroyd
Artists: Dananananaykroyd
Male Bonding @ The Garage, London 17/10/11
It took a while to get going, but Male Bonding’s performance was solid overall, and remarkable towards the end
Artists: Male Bonding
Nat Baldwin ? People Changes (Western Vinyl)
There are some great moments on People Changes, especially ‘Lifted’ and ‘A Little Lost’, but it could really do without the lengthy voyages into noise
Artists: Nat Baldwin
Oh Minnows ? For Shadows (Young & Lost Club)
Oh Minnows is the solo project of Chris Steele-Nicholson, formerly of the fairly short-lived London-based indie rock outfit, Semifinalists.
Artists: Oh Minnows
Noah and The Whale @ The Roundhouse, London 24/07/2011
Clad in suits, the five notably suave looking members of Noah and the Whale strode onto the huge stage at The Roundhouse, oozing with confidence
Artists: Noah And The Whale