Tag: Issue4
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Review: Roy (Supporting Superglu) House Show, 21/12/2015
There’s not whole lot of things that’ll get me over to a house party on a Monday night the week before Christmas but, having seen a single video on Facebook of part of a Roy track, and having heard the hype recently, I had to go and see their first show. For those of you…
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Islam Chipsy, Dead Rat Orchestra, μ2 Colchester Arts Centre, 11/12/2015
It seems like Colchester has been doing a good job of bringing the weird and wonderful world of music home recently, but I was still fairly surprised to read about Islam Chipsy and E.E.K, an eclectic keyboard player performing with two drummers, playing improvised pieces. Watching a few videos online, I was sold; it looked…
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Sam Duckworth, Recreations Three Wise Monkeys, 09/12/2015
Quietly, in the last month, Sam Duckworth has reinvented his Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly. moniker. Lacking an outlet for his more electronic oriented music, Recreations is the new name for Sam and his laptop, performing a mixture of songs from his back-catalogue, as well as newer tracks with a beat. Opening with a Recreations…
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Review: Kitech & Sleeper Cell – Arachnid
With Kitech confirmed for Love Love Records’ alternative Valentine’s party on February 13th, and this new split with Sleeper Cell released earlier this month, it’d be rude not to give it a listen! Creepy synth lines are met by hard bass as Brink of Evolution builds up, the drum ‘n’ bass beat driving the track…
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Off The Wall – Marvel Superhero/Hard To Sack
Big riffs. The opening of Marvel Superhero kicks like a Rage Against The Machine track, a simple yet effective heavy hitting beast of a track springing to life. Sort of ironically, despite the chorus being “I’m not a Marvel Superhero” I could imagine this kind of thing being used to soundtrack one of the films.…
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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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Interview: Frog
Rather excitedly, when I decided to have a proper go at putting on gigs, Jamie from Audio Antihero Records was very quick to reply to a tweet; “Frog are touring in January” he said, “I’m sure they can play Colchester.” I’d become aware of Frog only a few months earlier with the release of their…
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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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