Liverpool’s The Heavy North are a little crowded on the Academy 2 stage tonight. Squeezed in front of Dirty Honey’s drum riser, they are shoulder-to-shoulder and it’s a good job they’ve not brought any cats as there’s no space to swing them. Drums, 3 guitars, bass and keyboards make for a full sound but also a very full stage.
Read MoreFor all its excursions into stadiums, fields, and aircraft hangar-size mega domes, the small capacity sub-basement club is rock 'n' roll's natural habitat. It’s where it excels, it's where it shows its true colours and it's where it feels most at home. Watching four skinny lads ply their trade on a stage no bigger than a kitchen table feels utterly timeless. These moments don't belong in any linear understanding of the passage of years, and they exist outside of the perceived construct of our time stream.
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