Category: Reviews
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Christie Issac – Body Rush EP
I’m not sure why I was expecting an acoustic record in the first few seconds; maybe I should start reading press releases before pressing play. Opener ‘Every Year’ sounds like a crossbreed of Passion Pit and Beirut, the electronic drumbeat a great base for acoustic picking and the saxophone sounding excellent. ‘Long Summer’ has some…
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Surge – Loveblood
It’s been a ridiculous paced year for Surge, playing their first gig less than half a year ago they’ve already gone on to play shows all over the South East and London, play a huge set at Colchester Free Festival and now they’ve gone and released this, their first 7” vinyl single. Which is pretty…
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Loose Joints – Demos de Boudoir
While building up the funds to record a whole album (soon, I hope!), Loose Joints have released an EP of home recorded tracks for all to enjoy. Straight away I can’t help but question the bedroom demo name; the quality of the recording doesn’t sound like something that came out of a bedroom! It’s not…
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Review: Justice Yeldham, Phantom Chips, Jottnar, Tropic of Xhao Firstsite
With an advert that warns that there may be blood, this show was looking to be a particularly interesting one well in advance – Justice Yeldham (apparently now going by the name Granpa but seemingly nowhere making a note of the change) creates music by taking a piece of glass, fitting a pickup to it…
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Dingus Khan Three Wise Monkeys – 29th August 2015
It takes quite a lot for me to walk away from a live set bewildered by what I’ve just seen; by now I thought I had seen everything and, that aside, I’m pretty sure I’ve seen Dingus Khan more times than I can count on my fingers and toes. That they’re still pushing that bar…
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Colchester Free Festival 2015 – Sunday
Walking down to the park on Sunday morning, there’s a lovely sound ringing off in the distance, a more traditional folk sound coming from the main stage. As I arrive in the lower park one song in I’m engrossed in the sound coming from Fishclaw. They describe their sound as progressive-folk, which I was a…
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Colchester Free Festival 2015 – Saturday
You couldn’t have hoped for a better day to kick off the festival. While early fears of weather going between overcast and heavy rain may have worried everyone, the skies are clear, the ground dry, everyone’s in good spirits and there’s a good crowd of people relaxing on the grass even before the first act,…
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