Live music reviews – Hackney Citizen

Mild High Club @ MOTH Club, live music review: chilled-out LA psych ‘like pink fluffy candyfloss’

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 20 March 2018 at 17:35

'Indistinguishable murmurs': Mild High Club singer Alexander Bretin has a laid-back vocal style. Photograph: Casey Cooper-Fiske

Having collaborated many a time, on tour and on record, with scene giants King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Mild High Club’s three-set Hackney residency left our reviewer relaxed – too relaxed?

Nabihah Iqbal @ Archspace, live music review: ‘dreamy existentialist electronica with a guitar kick’

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 28 February 2018 at 16:57

The electronic music polymath (and occasional NTS Radio DJ) muses on poetry and the daily grind in her mesmerising debut live show

The Myrrors @ Shacklewell Arms, live music review: epic desert psych improves with volume

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 19 February 2018 at 16:27

Mystics: The Myrrors live at the Shacklewell Arms last Friday 16 February. Photographs: Casey Cooper-Fiske

Our reviewer stuck with the Arizona band, through 15 minute songs and a chatty Dalston crowd, to reach a climactic finale

Yak @ Village Underground, live music review: the whole world in their hands

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 19 October 2017 at 13:03

'Freak out jams': Yak in full flow on stage at Village Underground. Photographs: Casey Cooper-Fiske

Yak’s wild take on modern psychedelia is only enhanced by the energetic antics of whirlwind frontman Oli Burslem

Fluffer Pit Party, Dalston Epic, review: Deap Vally attack from all angles

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 30 August 2017 at 14:17

"Ferocious energy": Deap Vally's Lindsey Troy rockets around the 360 degree stage. Photograph: Casey Cooper-Fiske

The vaunted 360-degree stage may dilute their energy slightly, but LA’s Deap Vally were still able to blow the crowd away when they hit Dalston last week

Marc Ribot, Cafe Oto, live review: ‘the gentle sentiments of a man who worships music’

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 16 May 2017 at 17:14

'More of an altar than a stage': Marc Ribot tunes up at Cafe Oto. Photograph: Ania Walisiewicz'More of an altar than a stage': Marc Ribot tunes up at Cafe Oto. Photograph: Ania Walisiewicz

This Elvis Costello collaborator and Americana expert, said to be ‘one of the greatest living guitar players’, hunkered down in Dalston for a two day residency