King Adora

A guest list only Xfm gig at Sound, Leicester Square saw King Adora play to a small intimate crowd. Having seen and liked them before as a support act to Mansun I was hoping for a longer set. I was dissappointed as it seems they haven't got enough material yet, highlighted by the fact that we still await their debut album. However they have got some brilliant tracks like Bionic, Smoulder and Suffocate and the crowd's enjoyment was obvious with everyone jumping around and body surfing. Overall King Adora are very good live both in their musicianship and in their entertainment of the crowd thanks in particular to the androgenous frontman Matt Browne. King ...  Read the complete review

They try so hard you just want to hug them and give them a Blur Peter badge. But this isn't kids TV - its rock & roll and in rock & roll there is no room for niceties. When King Adora hit the mark they do it with true style but, within what is nothing more than a 25 minute set, sadly they don't hit the mark often enough. The singles "Bionic", "Smoulder", "Suffocate" and "Big Isn't Beautiful" show the work of true genius. Taking the nod from the Manics "Generation Terrorists" by way of early Suede, they play with reckless abandon. The rest of the set doesn't fair so well. A couple of slowies are ...  Read the complete review

King Adora was headlining a gig at the Leadmill, which made me happy for two reasons. Firstly, the Leadmill is a superb live venue (the best in Sheffield) and secondly, I would at last see King Adora actually playing a set worth listening to instead of being a support band (well at least that’s what I thought I would be getting). My first frustration came when we got to the venue early, and managed to get in only to find that the bands would not be on for another hour. This was frankly a ploy to make us spend more on drink and in the future I will remember to come an hour later, when the bands do start to play. Two support bands were on before the ...  Read the complete review