Category: Live Reviews
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Review: Henge/Elf Traps – Colchester Arts Centre – 18/02/2023
What a great honour tonight is; Colchester hosting a band visiting from space isn’t something that happens every day. The audience pull out all the stops to greet this intergalactic group with people in full costume to make sure Henge feel welcome. But before we get to absorb their hopeful music we’re dumbfounded by a…
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Ladies to the Front – Three Wise Monkeys, 01/02/2023
Part of Independent Venue Week, Three Wise Monkeys put together this lineup of five of the best musicians around, some who’ve been faces of the local scene for a while and some of them up and coming artists, performing stripped back tracks in the newly refurbished venue. The lineup was decided by picking names out…
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Gallery: The Meffs, Anna’s Bones, Lost Movies – Colchester Arts Centre, 31st December 2022
A lively way to see in the year with sets from The Meffs, Anna’s Bones and Lost Movies.
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Best of 2022: Live Sets
In no particular order, the ten best sets from 2022. The Armed – ArcTanGent Festival, August 20th 2022 I’ve wanted to see The Armed for a while – sadly I discovered them after reading a friend’s incredible description of their previous London show and, with the Moth Club show cancelled due to the pandemic (that…
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Best of 2022: Local(ish) Live Shows
With 2022 finally being a proper return to live music here’s a look back at the ten best gigs in the local area (and areas around). In no real order, that’d have been much too difficult. Keg/Anna’s Bones/The Famous People – Three Wise Monkeys, 19th January 2022 Starting the year off well was this Music…
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Gallery: Monster Florence, Osquello – The Lexington, 8/12/2022
I’ve seen Monster Florence quite a few times locally but the crowd at this show at The Lexington really showed just how far they’ve progressed from being a local band; people travelling from all over the country to be there, people knowing every word. Saying “it went off” is a bit of an understatement –…
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Gallery: Zeal & Ardor, Heriot – Colchester Arts Centre, 6/11/2022
Two incredibly busy nights at Colchester Arts Centre in a week! Zeal & Ardor performed with a cut down band due to illness but they more than made up for it with a huge live sound and an incredibly lively set for a Sunday evening.
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Review/Gallery: Pussy Riot, Genn – Colchester Arts Centre, 01/11/2022
There are sold out gigs and then there are properly sold out gigs. This one sold out and then sold out twice more on the day itself and it’s heaving in there. So much so that opening band Genn say they often have to ask people to come forward – not tonight, the venue is…
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Knower – Heaven, 02/09/2022
In the lead-up to this gig I had a mild fear that it may be a bit quiet; Knower had posted a video on social media to advertise the gig saying ticket sales had been poor. Which maybe shouldn’t be that unexpected at the minute with rail strikes and other such things making travel to…
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