Category: Reviews
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Biffy Clyro, De Staat – Various Scandinavian Cities
Back when I was in my first year of university, armed with a young person’s railcard and and a love of music, I used to pick a run of dates on any band I enjoyed’s tour and just hop from city to city, checking out the local record shops and then watching the gig in…
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Rad Pitt – Pitt Happens EP
Pitt Happens sees a change in vocalist, with Nick Smith tagging out and giving Reece Boulton a shot in the ring. Given the runtimes of Rad Pitt‘s previous three albums, Pit Happens being a four track EP seems a bit odd. The whole EP weighs in at eight minutes, fifty four seconds, more than a…
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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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Gallery: Thumper, Bridget, Pure Trash – Three Wise Monkeys, 25/08/2022
Some excellent music from Thumper as they warm up for Reading and Leeds festivals. I hadn’t given them much of a listen before the gig but they sound incredible live. Despite the energetic performance they somehow manage to maintain stunning four part vocal harmonies at times.
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Roy Ayres Ubiquity – Colchester Arts Centre, 16/08/2022
A sold out night at Colchester Arts Centre – incredible musicianship and an excellent crowd for it!
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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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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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