"How good are they LIVE?" in the last 12 months on 100 (as of 3/8/25)
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Critics Consensus
Based on 17 concert reviews, the critics consensus is that Desperate Journalist is rated as an entertaining live performer, with worthwhile shows overall. Desperate Journalist concert reviews describe live shows and performances as exhilarating and fierce.
Desperate Journalist are a post-punk band formed in North London in 2012, by Jo Bevan (vocals), Rob Hardy (guitar), Simon Drowner (bass) and Caroline Helbert (drums). Hardy and Drowner had previously played together in Birmingham-based band The Drowners; Drowner had then later played bass in Bevan's previous band If.
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Backseat Mafia
February 26, 2022
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Happily I reach civilisation to see Jo, Simon, Rob, Caz and Charley capture the hearts of the King’s Cross crowd.
Tonight we are in the relatively small cellar of The Rocking Chair to bear witness to one of the most adept indie bands to have emerged on to the scene for some time. When we got hold of their debut, self-titled album back in January, we gave them a 9.9, claiming they were ‘almost perfect‘. Would their live r
Desperate Journalist attempts to come up with way of mentioning the band name without becoming seemingly trapped in an existential self-referential loop of an introduction that is almost impossible to find a way out of.
