Phoebe Bridgers at Islington Assembly Hall

Phoebe Bridgers
Harrison Whitford
Islington Assembly Hall, 23 May 2018

On the cover of Phoebe Bridgers' debut album, Stranger In The Alps, a young Bridgers in her grandfather's yard is blanked out with white paint and made to look like a ghost - the white-sheeted kind - while her grandparents' dog looks on in the background. Funnily enough that slightly faded photo is a beautiful representation of her music. It sounds almost sepia-tinted and filled with old haunting remembrances: memories made ghostly as if they were painted white with sadness and regret.

Florence + The Machine at the Royal Festival Hall

Florence + The Machine
Shock Machine
Royal Festival Hall, 8 May 2018

Ten years ago I went to see MGMT - at the time flavour of the day - at the much-missed Astoria for a sold out gig. MGMT, who live were like a younger, brattier Flaming Lips, really divided opinions (I overheard one guy calling it the worse show he'd ever been to!) but the uniting factor for pretty much everyone there, regardless of what they thought of the headliners, was the support act, a tall, skinny redhead in a white ra-ra skirt and a big grin on her face: Florence Welch.