"How good are they LIVE?" in the last 12 months on 100 (as of 9/23/24)
76
%
Based on
6
critic concert reviews
Real Live Certified
Artists are Real Live Certified if their live shows have broad critical acclaim
Critic Consensus
Based on 63 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Aldous Harding is rated as an impressive live performer, with many notable strengths. Aldous Harding concert reviews describe live shows and performances as minimalist, atmospheric, spooky, haunting, stirring, cheerful, and raucous.
There was a moment in the closing encore ‘Swell Does the Skull', when Aldous Harding sings “I don't want to be a sinner,” that the brain, ever alert for double meanings and enigmatic obliquities, decides that she is really stating “I don't want to be a singer.”
There’s an almost David Byrneish awkwardness to the singer’s self-presentation, but the tunes are straightforwardly winning; Sign up to; Get music news, bold reviews and unexpected extras. Every genre, every era, every week; after newsletter promotion; Aldous Harding plays Manchester Albert Hall, 20 April
Aldous Harding took over the Auckland Town Hall last night putting on a show that was equal parts brilliant and awkward. The 13th Floor’s Michael Grunfeld files this report.