Kate Boy live in concert.
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Kate Boy

12
critic concert reviews
pop

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

72
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Critic Consensus

Based on 12 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Kate Boy is rated as a watchable live performer, with shows that lack distinction. Kate Boy concert reviews describe live shows and performances as thunderous, eclectic, and rhythmic.

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Latest Release

Giants - Single (20 June 2018)

Artist Info

Genre
pop
Origin
Stockholm, Sweden (2011 - present)
Bio
Kate Boy is a synthpop band formed in 2011 and based in Stockholm, Sweden. The band consists of Australian singer-songwriter Kate Akhurst and Swedish writing/production team Rocket Boy (Hampus Nordgren Hemlin, Oskar Sikow Engstrom, and Markus Dextegen).
Has Performed With

Critic Concert Reviews

Live in Limbo (Canada)

November 14, 2015
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Kate Boy’s thunderous Northern Lights, cropped up in 2012 alongside acts like Chrvches and Purity Ring, all twisting Knife-heavy synth a into electro-pop curiosities.

The Upcoming (UK)

November 13, 2014
100
%
For one band in particular in tonight’s line up the statement was indeed a personal experience rightfully rewarded.

Glide Magazine (USA)

September 19, 2013
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The eclectic venue near the East River in Williamsburg served as a perfect starting point for the Swedish band, whose rhythmic music sounds similar to, but poppier and more robust, than that of countrymen The Knife.

Exclaim (Canada)

June 10, 2013
70
%
Wrong Bar, Toronto, Canada

We All Want Someone To Shout For (USA)

February 27, 2016
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Only a lot has changed since I saw them for the first time in 2014 as a part of CMJ.

Gaffa (Norway)

December 12, 2015
83
%
John Dee, Oslo, Norway

PressPLAY OK (UK)

December 3, 2015
60
%
Some acts have fans, others have devotees; it immediately became clear James fall very much into the latter category

Past critic reviews published in

Dagens Nyheter (Sweden), We All Want Someone To Shout For (USA), Gaffa (Norway), Gaffa (Norway), Panic Manual (Canada)

Image Credit

Anna Hanks [CC BY 2.0] via Wikimedia Commons