Category: Reviews
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Review: Christoph De Babalon – Short Eternities
Released last month on Love Love records, Short Eternities is the latest from Christoph in two decade’s worth of material. I’m not even sure where to start with an album like Short Eternities – even as it whirs to life, terrifying synth sounds whirring away, I’m still not sure what’s coming. The fast paced drums…
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Jeffrey Lewis, Horse Party, Superglu, PollyPreacher The Lakeside Theatre, 04/12/2015
I appear to be a Jeffrey Lewis convert. I’ve never really given his music the attention it apparently deserves, despite him being popular amongst many friends I share tastes with and clearly that was an oversight. Along with his band, Los Bolts, Jeffrey took the audience on a ride through his mind over the space…
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Live Review: Slugworth + Superglu The Olde Albion, Rowhedge, 12/12/2015
If I were going to pick a band to prepare me for Christmas, it’d have to be Slugworth. Sure, they’re not all that Christmassy, but it’s impossible to watch Geoff, Stu and Carl and not grin like a fool throughout. Their complicated yet fun tunes never fail to impress. This was also an opportunity to…
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Review: Antigen Christmas Party The Swan, Ipswich
Unfortunately running a little late, I arrived at the venue to the sound of flutes, a surreal scene in a pub which looks like it came right out of the punk scene. A fairly festive, vocal heavy, set from Nathaniel Mann and Nick Castell was stunning to watch – it did at times seem like…
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Kung and the Gang – The Soundhouse, 04/11/2015
Not one for the children, Kunt & The Gang’s potty mouthed minor internet hits certainly drew out the masses. The Soundhouse is more alive than I’ve ever seen it before, the floor full of people, drinks in hand. Opening the night is Mike Gibbons playing some smutty tracks on an acoustic guitar. There was some…
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Review: Superglu The Kings Head 11/11/2015
A venture into London can be a bit of a pain for bands – traffic is always horrifying and stupid parking regulations see Superglu’s mode of transport towed before the set can start, which has to be a bit of a downer but, if there’s any venue in London to cheer you up a bit,…
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Review: The Magic Band Colchester Arts Centre 15/11/2015
Here’s a confession; I’ve never really gotten into the music of Captain Beefheart. I think perhaps I gave him and his Magic Band a go too early in life, introduced by my friend Tony to his music in secondary school; it was likely just a bit too weird for me. Oddly, despite my music taste…
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Warm Winters, James Burrage, Vera Lones Three Wise Monkeys 13/11/2015
It’s a bit of a mixed bill tonight for Keep Colchester Cool’s showcase night at Three Wise Monkeys. I arrive shortly after a Widdershins solo set, as Vera Lones take to the stage. Vera Lones, clearly a young group, have seemingly brought out everyone they knew for the occasion, a crowd whooping and occasionally screaming…
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Surge, Chasin Vegas, Tapeface The Soundhouse 21/10/2015
The excitement surrounding this show is unreal for a band who’ve been around such a short time as Surge. The release of their first 7” single is clearly quite a big event for the boys and the hype seems to have spread among their friends. It’s only fitting that such an occasion be marked with…
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F.O.X – Hypoxia Pt 2
With the follow up to, you guessed it, Hypoxia Pt.1, F.O.X have certainly ticked all the right boxes in creating a big pop album. The largely synth §based album has simple but effective drums, a smorgasborg of sounds and some clever songwriting throughout. ‘Halfway to Nowhere’ kicks the record off, the synths creating a good…
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