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The Libertines - The Winter Gardens, Margate, Kent 22.12.2019 Live Review
For their last gig of the year, The Libertines came back to their adopted hometown of Margate to finish off their latest tour. For a band that have had many ups and downs, an extended...
Review posted on 9th January 2020
Sinead O'Connor - O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire, London 16.12.2019 Live Review
For her first gig in the capital in four years, and her last of the decade, Sinead O'Connor made a triumphant return to the stage when she played to a sold-out crowd at Shepherd's Bush...
Review posted on 23rd December 2019
Bastille - Margate Winter Gardens 10.12.2019 Live Review
For the last show of their current tour and their last show of the decade, Bastille rocked up at The Winter Gardens in Margate for their 'Doom Days Club Nights' tour. In support of their...
Review posted on 12th December 2019
Stealing Sheep - Elsewhere, Margate 6.12.2019 Live Review
If you like your performance art showcased to a brilliantly Avant-Garde pop soundtrack or you like your quirky, Electro-infused music to be enhanced by an inspirational theatrical performance, then Stealing Sheep are a must-see band....
Review posted on 12th December 2019
Tokyo Tea Room - The Quarterhouse, Folkestone 30.11.2019 Live Review
Melting Vinyl brought local talent to the fore as it showcased a set by Tokyo Tea Room on the day of their latest EP release, 'Dream Room'. In the Creative Quarter of Folkestone, The Quarterhouse...
Review posted on 3rd December 2019
Holy Moly and The Crackers - The Studio at The Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury 31.11.2019 Live Review
Holy Moly And The Crackers made the journey down from their home town of Newcastle Upon Tyne, via Devon, to play in Canterbury, where incidentally they thought they'd be playing to three people! Now if...
Review posted on 2nd December 2019
False Advertising - The Forum, Tunbridge Wells 20.11.2019 Live Review
With the joy and excitement of the recent release of their second album 'Brainfreeze' still minty fresh, False Advertising popped down to The Forum in Tunbridge Wells to showcase their incendiary live show. Jen, Chris...
Review posted on 25th November 2019
Squeeze - Leas Cliff Hall 19.11.2019 Live Review
In celebration of the superb back catalogue that Messrs Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford have amassed over their forty five years as the ever present backbone of Squeeze the pair came to the South-East coast...
Review posted on 21st November 2019
Feet - Ramsgate Music Hall 25.10.2019 Live Review
Although it may sound like you have a foot fetish when you let your family know that you're going to see Feet in Ramsgate ("What's so special about Ramsgate? Why do you have to go...
Review posted on 11th November 2019
Lucy Spraggan - The Booking Hall, Dover 18.10.2019 Live Review
On the whole, it is safe to say that Dover doesn't really have the x-factor. These days it's more readily associated with the Brexit factor, but on a squally Friday night, as the rain lashed...
Review posted on 23rd October 2019
Mark Lanegan - Somebody's Knocking Album Review
Mark Lanegan's creativity continues to manifest itself on his latest solo album 'Somebody's Knocking'. After countless collaborative releases, numerous band projects and ten previous solo albums, Lanegan shows that he still has new avenues to...
Review posted on 21st October 2019
Mallory Knox - The Booking Hall, Dover 12.10.2019 Live Review
For the first, and almost certainly last, time Cambridge indie rockers Mallory Knox performed at The Booking Hall in Dover. Playing the penultimate gig of their 'Final Tour', the four piece band, that have only...
Review posted on 14th October 2019
Starcrawler - Devour You Album Review
One of the best live bands on the planet, Starcrawler follow up their eponymous debut with another magnificently manic onslaught on the senses with their second album 'Devour You'. Starcrawler's sophomore record comes just 22...
Review posted on 14th October 2019
Salvation Jayne - The Quarterhouse, Folkestone 4.10.2019 Live Review
Salvation Jayne brought the party to Folkestone on Friday night when they celebrated their third birthday at The Quarterhouse. As with most third birthdays there was a lot of dressing up, a rowdy, noisy atmosphere,...
Review posted on 9th October 2019
Pixies - De La Warr Pavillion, Bexhill-On-Sea 12/09/2019 Live Review
Pixies kicked off the European leg of their latest tour in the sleepy retirement town of Bexhill-On-Sea. On the East Sussex coast, in the Art-Deco magnificence of The De La Warr Pavilion, Pixies took to...
Review posted on 16th September 2019
Slaves - Dreamland, Margate 7.9.2019 Live Review
Kent punk duo Slaves held up their pledge to headline a gig on the Kent coast this weekend when they once again took to the Hall By The Sea stage at Dreamland in Margate. Isaac...
Review posted on 12th September 2019
Slaves at Dreamland 2019 - Preview
After a summer packed full of festival performances Slaves bring their incendiary set to the seaside as they kick off their latest headline tour. Laurie and Isaac are bringing their energy and immediacy to Dreamland,...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 3rd September 2019
Emma Frank - Come Back Album Review
Buoyed by the success of last year's 'Ocean Av' album and newly signed to Justin Time and the Nettwerk Music Group, Boston-born Brooklynite Emma Frank releases her fourth album 'Come Back'. Unsurprisingly, given the results,...
Review posted on 21st August 2019
Yacht - Chain Tripping Album Review
In terms of approach, 'Chain Tripping' takes some beating. To call Yacht's latest release conceptual would be underplaying its inspiration wildly. Before considering edits, production, instrumentation or any of the usual, or more traditional, elements...
Review posted on 13th August 2019
Neverworld 2019 Review
Whilst some parts of the country had to deal with flash flooding, roads collapsing and even dams near to bursting, Neverworld Festival bathed in its own micro climate of largely warm, sun-filled weather and combined...
Review posted on 8th August 2019
Gomez - Liquid Skin (20th Anniversary Edition) Album Review
To celebrate twenty years since it was released, Southport's finest Indie band Gomez are re-releasing their second album, 'Liquid Skin'. The 2019 version contains a remastered original album, a live set (recorded at The Fillmore...
Review posted on 17th July 2019
Happy Mondays - Dreamland, Margate 13.07.2019 Live Review
Shaun Ryder and Bez took time out from their hilarious stint on Celebrity Gogglebox to join the rest of Happy Mondays as they brought their 'Pills 'N' Thrills And Bellyaches' tour to Dreamland in Margate....
Review posted on 17th July 2019
Joan As Police Woman - The Quarterhouse, Folkestone 26.06.2019 Live Review
It's always nice to just reflect sometimes, take stock of your life and look back on what you've achieved and where you are. As Joan Wasser approaches her 49th birthday she has decided that now...
Review posted on 3rd July 2019
Tears For Fears and ABC - The Spitfire Ground, Canterbury 23.06.2019 Live Review
At the KCCC, ABC and TFF came to delight a 5K audience. Two days south of the summer solstice, on a warm but cloudy evening, at the home of Kent's county cricket team, Tears For...
Review posted on 25th June 2019
Forest Live 2019 Live Review
In a week that had seen unprecedented rainfall, numerous flood warnings, evacuations, road closures, sink holes and even advice not to travel, "unless absolutely necessary", the prospect of spending three consecutive nights in a forest...
Review posted on 20th June 2019
Neverworld 2019 Preview
Festival season is upon us again so it's time to apply the glitter, ready the face paint and prepare your costumes for some of this year's biggest parties. Returning for more fun and fantasy will...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 14th June 2019
Mattiel - Satis Factory Album Review
Mattiel follow their stunning eponymous debut album with a bold and brassy second, 'Satis Factory'. The new twelve-track record is a confident and expressive affair littered with keenly observed lyrical detail and great hooks. The...
Review posted on 5th June 2019
Forest Live 2019 Preview
Forestry England's now well established series of Forest Live concerts look set to be some of the best yet this summer. With weekend dates across June and July in seven of the country's most outstanding...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 21st May 2019
Phildel - Wave Your Flags Album Review
Phildel Hoi Yee Ng (Phildel) has gone back a step, in terms of her musical compositions, and returned to a style more reminiscent of her debut album from 2014, 'The Disappearance Of The Girl', with...
Review posted on 20th May 2019
Aldous Harding - Concorde 2, Brighton 15.05.2019 Live Review
To promote the release of her latest album 'Designer', Aldous Harding has undertaken an extensive European tour. On Wednesday night Harding played to a sold-out Concorde 2 in Brighton with fellow female antipodean Laura Jean...
Review posted on 20th May 2019
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