NOW working on new material following his critically acclaimed second album, Don't Forget Who You Are, indie rocker Miles Kane is quickly making a name for himself as a solo artist.

After leaving The Rascals in early 2009, he has gone on to play alongside the likes of The Courteeners, Beady Eye and Arctic Monkeys, as well as forming The Last Shadow Puppets with Arctic Monkeys’ Alex Turner.

The opening act, four-man punk-rock group Telegram, played hard and loud but were ultimately let down by inaudible vocals and a generally pervasive sense of boredom that no amount of generic guitar solos ever really managed to dispel, leaving the audience patiently waiting for them to finish so that they could get to the main act.

Kane's entrance was met with considerably more enthusiasm from the assembled crowd, the entire place erupting with shouting and cheering as he and his band took to the stage. Kane himself wasn't above a little showboating for the crowd, grinning and dancing about the stage, much to their delight. His performance as a whole was equally energetic, transitioning smoothly and cleanly from song to song, maintaining his quick pace and momentum, with enough variation between songs to keep the audience on their toes.

Miles Kane delivered everything you would expect of a solid indie-rock performance, drawing on his experience and natural energy to stir up the crowd and make some very loud, but very entertaining, noise.

Review by Robert McKelvey