SSING SSING (London Purcell Room, 02/10/18)

Checked out these cross-dressing Korean glam-rockers purely because their write-up in the K-Music Festival program intrigued me, and they ended up putting on one of the most delightfully effervescent sets I've seen this year. Not sure the Purcell Room has ever been witness to so much pogoing...

LET'S EAT GRANDMA (London Heaven, 27/09/18)

There's no denying the remarkable talent of the teenage duo ("Donnie Darko" is one of the musical highlights of 2018), and they seem more confident on stage than ever, but muffled sound and an audience of chatterers and pervs meant this performance never quite clicked.

YNDI HALDA (London Omeara, 22/09/18)

90 minutes, 5 songs - why yes, this was an Yndi Halda gig. Due to various technical and logistical mishaps, their "acoustic" set ended up being almost entirely electric, but when you've got post-rock this majestic, who really cares?