Xfm Winter Wonderland – review

Brixton Academy, LondonRecord labels consider guitar rock to be neither big nor clever at the moment, but a sampling of the genre's past, present and (possible) future was on display at Xfm's seventh annual Winter Wonderland show. The once indie-minded radio station set out its now deeply pedestrian stall as per its established formula: there were a few new bands, a few stuck in mid-table limbo and a biggie or two. This all added up to four-and-a-half-hours of skinny men and large amps.The opene...

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