Author: Paper Champion
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Review/Gallery: Musicircus Colchester
I’d love to be able to write reviews about the artists performing at Musicircus but I have two problems stopping me. One: there wasn’t really anything that said who each artist was and Two: it was really difficult to hear a lot of it. To it’s merit, Musicircus showed just how much music there is…
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Hear This: Sugar Horse – Pictures of Dogs Having Sex
Sugar Horse don’t shy away from ridiculous titles, whether it’s the excellent Shouting Judas at Bob Dylan or, my personal favourite, Slam Dancing in a Burning Building, they’ve always given tracks amusing names. Pictures of Dogs Having Sex borders somewhere between amusement and the feeling that by listening to this I’ve been put on some…
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Hear This: Suds – My Own Mind
The intro has tricked me! The whiring, slow, reverb drenched intro had me expecting a slow tempo and a quiet build up. Suddenly the bass and the drums come in and, in contrast, they come in fast! That’s not a bad thing; the song sounds stunning and, to be honest, one of the best things…
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Hear This: Waco – Hardships Will Happen
Always pleased to see Waco pop up in my inbox – they played one of the best local gigs I’ve been to last year, an incredibly fun live band with some great songs behind them. This new track, Hardships Will Happen is another excellent track from the group, with some relatable lyricism atop a great…
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Hear This: Frazer Merrick – Hidden Sounds of Play
An interesting piece of music, alongside a commentary, Hidden Sounds of Play is an exploration of the rythmns created by the electromagnetic noise released by the various devices, machines and lights of Southend-on-Sea. The sounds created are varied and interesting but what makes this such a compelling piece is knowing that all of these “sounds”,…
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Gallery: Rad Pitt – Face Down, Coda, 27/05/2022
Some photos of Rad Pitt playing Face Down at Coda in Colchester.
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Review: Geoff Lawrence – Similar Life
Knowing Geoff’s music from bands like Slugworth and Vince Petchy, with their jittery guitar lines and jumpy nature, Similar Life certainly starts at the opposite end of the musical spectrum. Lush piano sits upon a gentle wall of reverb, the harsh reality of lockdown for younger people told by his daughter Effie (of Anorak Patch)…
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Gallery: Mclusky, Nothingheads – The Lexington, 20/05/2022
A few photos from a great Mclusky gig over at The Lexington. Support from Nothingheads.
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Review: Eat Your Own Head – Neck-Deep In The Blyth
It’s been great to see Eat Your Own Head grow and grow. They’ve become a regular appearance at math-rock/post-rock (and other such genre nights) across the country over the last year or so, putting out new music on the regular, eventually culminating in this, Neck Deep In The Blyth, put out on their own label,…
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Review: Daniel Stephen Turner – Always
The contrast between this release and Daniel Stephen Turner‘s previous releases, Next Year and Lust and Intrigue, in how they’ve come together is pretty big – the previous releases were produced as full band, big sounding, songs whereas this record takes a more DIY, lofi, approach. It generally works well; the songs, more sparse, allow…
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