Tag: Issue5
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Review: The Physics House Band, Black Peaks @ Colchester Arts Centre
I’d be the first to admit I’m a bit suprised that a year after their last appearance, supporting the excellent Arcane Roots, Black Peaks are back to headline the Arts Centre. I’ve caught them once since that show (ArcTanGent Festival) and I hadn’t really heard much buzz outside of small circles but the turnout is…
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Live Review: Off The Wall, Chasin Vegas, James Burrage @ The Waiting Room
Some shows you’re kind of taken aback by the crowd reaction at a gig. It’s great to see the Waiting Room busy for what I think would be fair to call the younger end of Colchester’s talented music scene. Mostly, as I walk through the door to the sound of James Burrage and band, everyone…
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Review: Eliza & The Bear – Colchester Arts Centre
You can generally get a good feel for how busy a show will be by looking at the Facebook event for it. Often there’s hundreds attending and people chatting about the show and other times there’s a handful of people and silence. I think it’s fair to say Eliza & The Bear fell into the…
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Review: Egyptian Blue – High The Hyena
Slightly psychedelic indie is pretty trendy right now, so it takes alot to stick out. Egyptian Blue certainly seem to be taking a good stab at it with this track, which comes complete with a distorted and coloured video to go with it. Distorted rythmn is layered with overly reverb soaked lead guitar, the vocals…
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Review: Fortunato – Black Laces
With a quiet start, this new track from Bury-St-Edmunds based Fortunato is a bit unsuspecting for the first few seconds, the vocals taking everything up a notch pretty quickly. The excellent harmonised vocals lead into a sudden increase in volume as distorted guitars and drums kick in. In places it reminds me of bands like…
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Review: Superglu – Horse EP
Just over a year as a band and Superglu are already hitting poppy-rocky indie tracks right out of the park. Previous singles showed promise but Horse, their debut EP, shows off some of the glory of their live set with slightly smoothed edges and a bit of polish. First single Rounder set the tone quite…
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A Recap of 2015
Okay, so it’s February and admittedly a bit odd to be recapping last year now but late last year we went and spoke to some of the prominent people in the local scene to ask them about their year and try and put together a picture of what went on. We didn’t hear back from…
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Live Review: Love Love Records Anti-Valentines Day Ball
‘Eclectic’ doesn’t really do this insane lineup justice; the bill featuring djs, bands of assorted genre, a grime preacher, interpetive dance. Ridiculous. By the time I get there a dj set is in full flow, slightly glitchy music filling the room. It’s a short wait before we’re greeted by μ2, who’ve somehow grown in size…
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