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Joe Goggins

Joe Goggins

Music Editor.

Live: The Smashing Pumpkins

Two 4 star reviews of Corgan and co. Just because.

Live: Dum Dum Girls

The Dum Dum Girls manage to achieve the rare feat of recalling Joy Division in a manner that isn’t jarringly obvious.

Live: The Antlers

A modest but devoted crowd greet Brooklyn band The Antlers.

Live: Lykke Li

A short but sweet set from the Swedish songstress.

Live: Bon Iver @ Apollo

Lingering, delicate and hauntingly beautiful. It can only be Bon Iver.

Live: Laura Marling

Manchester Cathedral and Laura Marling – a match made in heaven.

Live: Other Lives

Arriving 20 minutes late on the eve of Halloween, it’s difficult to discern what the band have more of – instruments or facial hair.

Live: Emmy the Great

Tragedy, heartbreak and Dinosaur Sex – Emmy the Great brings Virtue to the Deaf Institute

Live: Death From Above 1979

The Canadian duo cast aside past differences to deliver a scintillating set at the Academy