Amber Arcades, The Dome

The Dome, Tufnell Park,  Wed 10th October The Dome is empty on this Wednesday night, but there’s a couple of hours to go before Amber Arcades grace the stage.  Thankfully opener The Underwater Boys are on stage and ready, their singer having been struggling to get him and his bike through the queue until me and my friends

Cloud Control @ Scala, 12th October 2011

It was clear from the outset that this wasn’t going to be the folk-speckled love-fest I thought it would be. In fact, Cloud Control’s gig at Scala showed them in a whole new light. It revealed their dark side: seductive, compelling, arcane – and utterly unexpected. Before the start of the gig, the stage was