Author: Paper Champion
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Gallery: The Meffs, Fashoda Crisis, Ecto Peach and Dead Caress – Colchester Arts Centre, 22/07/2022
A lively first time headlining Colchester Arts Centre for The Meffs, a huge crowd, a couple of giant footballs and a heat to rival last Tuesday.
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Hear This: Monster Florence – Relax (ft. John Cooper Clarke)
Monster Florence are one of those groups who don’t really ever seem to stop writing. Sure, the last full album came out back in 2018 but they’ve put out a ridiculously good EP since then (and an extended version with live versions from Abbey Road of all places), as well as a load of singles,…
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Review/Gallery: Tigran Hamasyan – The Barbican, 14/07/2022
Tigran Hamasyan is, in my personal view, a genius. He’s a master in both melody and rythmn, creating pieces of music that are both interesting in terms of the direction and the scales used while quite often using patterns and timing that would be more akin to a technical metal band than a pianist. There’s…
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Glastonbury 2022: Sunday
After an incredibly long day on the Saturday, Sunday definitely feels as though it’s more of a relaxed pace. There are a lot of bands I’d love to watch today but they’re also a long way away from each other which is a real shame but sometimes you just have to pick a few artists…
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Glastonbury 2022: Saturday
Saturday certainly has the potential to be the longest day of the festival – there isn’t much time to sleep given that, for me, Friday’s late finish meant getting to bed around 3:30am and the first band of the day starts at 11:30 (that doesn’t sound too bad but that means getting out of bed…
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Glastonbury 2022: Friday
There’s always a band who’s trajectory seems to shoot directly upwards, who festival organisers think will be at a particular level when booking the lineup but end up far surpassing that, with crowds on a scale that no one expected six months ago. That band this year may well be Wet Leg. Getting to The…
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Glastonbury 2022: Wednesday/Thursday
While there were obviously much more pressing issues in the world, Glastonbury haven’t really had the best of luck in celebrating their 50th anniversary. In 2020 they were one of the first festivals to cancel (donating their barn full of hand sanitiser and other medical supplies already purchased to the NHS in the process –…
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Hear This: Bessie Turner – It Was Nothing
It’s always great to see a new release from Bessie Turner pop up. Easily one of the best songwriters from the local area, the tracks have consistently stepped it up in terms of production as time has gone on giving Bessie the sort of polished quality that she deserves. It Was Nothing sounds brilliant. The…
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Review: William Basinski – Colchester Arts Centre – 15th June 2022
I’ll be honest, until the day before this gig I wasn’t aware of the music of William Basinski. I was recommended to this gig by local musician bÖsch, which I can be certain means it’s going to be an interesting night of music. For an ambient musician I was sort of surprised by the way…
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