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Mallory Knox - The Booking Hall, Dover 12.10.2019 Live Review
For the first, and almost certainly last, time Cambridge indie rockers Mallory Knox performed at The Booking Hall in Dover. Playing the penultimate gig of their 'Final Tour', the four piece band, that have only...
Review posted on 14th October 2019
Starcrawler - Devour You Album Review
One of the best live bands on the planet, Starcrawler follow up their eponymous debut with another magnificently manic onslaught on the senses with their second album 'Devour You'. Starcrawler's sophomore record comes just 22...
Review posted on 14th October 2019
Salvation Jayne - The Quarterhouse, Folkestone 4.10.2019 Live Review
Salvation Jayne brought the party to Folkestone on Friday night when they celebrated their third birthday at The Quarterhouse. As with most third birthdays there was a lot of dressing up, a rowdy, noisy atmosphere,...
Review posted on 9th October 2019
Pixies - De La Warr Pavillion, Bexhill-On-Sea 12/09/2019 Live Review
Pixies kicked off the European leg of their latest tour in the sleepy retirement town of Bexhill-On-Sea. On the East Sussex coast, in the Art-Deco magnificence of The De La Warr Pavilion, Pixies took to...
Review posted on 16th September 2019
Slaves - Dreamland, Margate 7.9.2019 Live Review
Kent punk duo Slaves held up their pledge to headline a gig on the Kent coast this weekend when they once again took to the Hall By The Sea stage at Dreamland in Margate. Isaac...
Review posted on 12th September 2019
Slaves at Dreamland 2019 - Preview
After a summer packed full of festival performances Slaves bring their incendiary set to the seaside as they kick off their latest headline tour. Laurie and Isaac are bringing their energy and immediacy to Dreamland,...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 3rd September 2019
Emma Frank - Come Back Album Review
Buoyed by the success of last year's 'Ocean Av' album and newly signed to Justin Time and the Nettwerk Music Group, Boston-born Brooklynite Emma Frank releases her fourth album 'Come Back'. Unsurprisingly, given the results,...
Review posted on 21st August 2019
Yacht - Chain Tripping Album Review
In terms of approach, 'Chain Tripping' takes some beating. To call Yacht's latest release conceptual would be underplaying its inspiration wildly. Before considering edits, production, instrumentation or any of the usual, or more traditional, elements...
Review posted on 13th August 2019
Neverworld 2019 Review
Whilst some parts of the country had to deal with flash flooding, roads collapsing and even dams near to bursting, Neverworld Festival bathed in its own micro climate of largely warm, sun-filled weather and combined...
Review posted on 8th August 2019
Gomez - Liquid Skin (20th Anniversary Edition) Album Review
To celebrate twenty years since it was released, Southport's finest Indie band Gomez are re-releasing their second album, 'Liquid Skin'. The 2019 version contains a remastered original album, a live set (recorded at The Fillmore...
Review posted on 17th July 2019
Happy Mondays - Dreamland, Margate 13.07.2019 Live Review
Shaun Ryder and Bez took time out from their hilarious stint on Celebrity Gogglebox to join the rest of Happy Mondays as they brought their 'Pills 'N' Thrills And Bellyaches' tour to Dreamland in Margate....
Review posted on 17th July 2019
Joan As Police Woman - The Quarterhouse, Folkestone 26.06.2019 Live Review
It's always nice to just reflect sometimes, take stock of your life and look back on what you've achieved and where you are. As Joan Wasser approaches her 49th birthday she has decided that now...
Review posted on 3rd July 2019
Tears For Fears and ABC - The Spitfire Ground, Canterbury 23.06.2019 Live Review
At the KCCC, ABC and TFF came to delight a 5K audience. Two days south of the summer solstice, on a warm but cloudy evening, at the home of Kent's county cricket team, Tears For...
Review posted on 25th June 2019
Forest Live 2019 Live Review
In a week that had seen unprecedented rainfall, numerous flood warnings, evacuations, road closures, sink holes and even advice not to travel, "unless absolutely necessary", the prospect of spending three consecutive nights in a forest...
Review posted on 20th June 2019
Neverworld 2019 Preview
Festival season is upon us again so it's time to apply the glitter, ready the face paint and prepare your costumes for some of this year's biggest parties. Returning for more fun and fantasy will...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 14th June 2019
Mattiel - Satis Factory Album Review
Mattiel follow their stunning eponymous debut album with a bold and brassy second, 'Satis Factory'. The new twelve-track record is a confident and expressive affair littered with keenly observed lyrical detail and great hooks. The...
Review posted on 5th June 2019
Forest Live 2019 Preview
Forestry England's now well established series of Forest Live concerts look set to be some of the best yet this summer. With weekend dates across June and July in seven of the country's most outstanding...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 21st May 2019
Phildel - Wave Your Flags Album Review
Phildel Hoi Yee Ng (Phildel) has gone back a step, in terms of her musical compositions, and returned to a style more reminiscent of her debut album from 2014, 'The Disappearance Of The Girl', with...
Review posted on 20th May 2019
Aldous Harding - Concorde 2, Brighton 15.05.2019 Live Review
To promote the release of her latest album 'Designer', Aldous Harding has undertaken an extensive European tour. On Wednesday night Harding played to a sold-out Concorde 2 in Brighton with fellow female antipodean Laura Jean...
Review posted on 20th May 2019
The Luka State - The Forum Basement, The Sussex Arms, Tunbridge Wells 11.05.2019 Live Review
From the salt mining town of Winsford in Cheshire, The Luka State came to play in the underground confines of The Forum Basement, located in The Sussex Arms pub just off the famous Pantiles in...
Review posted on 15th May 2019
Finley Quaye - The Ballroom, Dreamland, Margate 10.05.2019 Live Review
Brit Award winners and Margate do not feature too often in the same sentence but on Friday night The Ballroom at Dreamland in Margate played host to Finley Quaye, the Brit Award winner of Best...
Review posted on 13th May 2019
The Unthanks - The Quarterhouse, Folkestone 28.04.2019 Live Review
Rachel, Becky and Niopha; The Unthanks, 'Unaccompanied, As We Are'; returned to Kent in their latest incarnation to sing songs old and new in their purest form. Setting aside the need for orchestration or even...
Review posted on 30th April 2019
Stealing Sheep - Big Wows Album Review
"It's just a big shiny wow with a hint of irony" is how Stealing Sheep have described their third full length studio album 'Big Wows'. The band's first album in four year follows 2015's 'Not...
Review posted on 23rd April 2019
Nouvelle Vague - The Ballroom, Dreamland, Margate 20.04.2019 Live Review
So, I'm not sure if it's a snobbery thing going on, a misguided preconception, an inherent built-in reluctance or just a discriminatory flaw in my psyche, but I have never fancied seeing a tribute band...
Review posted on 23rd April 2019
Marissa Nadler - Prince Albert, Brighton 16.04.2019 Live Review
From Boston (Massachusetts) to an old school Brighton boozer in the shadows of the town's main railway station, Marissa Nadler came to perform on the second of her UK dates. Before taking her tour to...
Review posted on 23rd April 2019
Amy Odell - The Tom Thumb Theatre, Margate 13.04.2019 Live Review
In one of the tiniest theatres, on one of the smallest stages, and playing to a diminutive audience, the petite Amy Odell played a tremendous gig with an intense passion. On the sea front in...
Review posted on 16th April 2019
Joep Beving - Henosis Album Review
Riding the rising wave of neo-classical artists currently infiltrating an ever-growing public consciousness is Dutch pianist Joep Beving. Ever since the somewhat unexpected success of his debut release 'Solipsism' in 2015, Joep has become rather...
Review posted on 8th April 2019
O'Hooley and Tidow - Astor Theatre, Deal Live Review
From the West of Yorkshire to the South-East of Kent, O'Hooley and Tidow once again journeyed to bring their particular blend of characterful folk to the people of Deal. In the century old Astor Theatre,...
Review posted on 8th April 2019
Kristin Hersh - The Quarterhouse, Folkestone 31.03.2019 Live Review
One of the founding members, half a lifetime ago now, of beloved alt-rock band Throwing Muses, Kristin Hersh brought her Electric Trio to the Quarterhouse on Mothering Sunday. Returning to the Kent coast exactly nine...
Review posted on 2nd April 2019
Lucy Rose - No Words Left Album Review
As Lucy Rose approaches her fourth decade she is releasing her fourth, and arguably best, full-length album: 'No Words Left'. Following up 2017's 'Something's Changing', Lucy Rose Parton has indeed altered tack with her latest...
Review posted on 25th March 2019
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