Hercules and Love Affair live in concert.
ON TOUR

Hercules and Love Affair

21
critic concert reviews
electronic

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

72
%
Based on 
21
critic concert
reviews
Last 12 Months Rating  
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Based on 
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reviews

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Critic Consensus

Based on 21 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Hercules and Love Affair is rated as a watchable live performer, with shows that lack distinction. Hercules and Love Affair concert reviews describe live shows and performances as high-energy.

ON TOUR

Vale do Anhanguabaú, São Paulo, Brazil (May 3); Blondie, Santiago, Chile (May 16); Brockwell Park, London, United Kingdom (June 1);

Latest Release

In Amber (June 16, 2022)

Artist Info

Genre
electronic
Origin
New York, United States (2004 - present) (2004 – present)
Bio
Hercules and Love Affair is a musical project from New York formed in 2007 by DJ Andy Butler. From 2007 through 2010, members included Nomi Ruiz, Kim Ann Foxman and guest singer Antony Hegarty from the band Antony and the Johnsons.
Has Performed With

Critic Concert Reviews

Louder Than War (UK)

December 24, 2017
%
O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire, London, UK

The Guardian (UK)

November 14, 2014
80
%
The band have gone on to feature 10 singers and release three albums but for Butler the rewards are personal.

Live in Limbo (Canada)

October 7, 2014
%
Lots of sweaty, happy faces in fine threads shook it like their lives depended on it for the late night disco-house tunes.

NOW Magazine (Canada)

October 5, 2014
80
%
The stuff that shirtlessness is made of

Dallas Observer (USA)

September 25, 2014
%
Now touring on The Feast of The Broken Heart, a third album released this year, the sound is dirtier, mixing rough house and techno.

The Guardian (UK)

August 8, 2012
60
%
It's the kind of venue you might stumble into at Glastonbury late one night and a suitably unorthodox one for Andy Butler's New York dance collective Hercules & Love Affair.

musicOMH (UK)

January 19, 2011
70
%
The big gay disco to come is a world away from Toronto’s Austra even if they have a song called Young And Gay.

Past critic reviews published in

Spectrum Culture (USA), KillahBeez (Canada), Panic Manual (Canada), Exclaim (Canada), Soundvenue (Denmark) and more

Image Credit

Markus Felix [CC BY-SA 3.0] via Wikimedia Commons