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 not only played host to Canterbury’s finest exponents of Psych-Pop but also refreshing new talent in the form of fellow …
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 that’s not a band committed to the cause then I don’t know who better fits the bill (After the gig …
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 and Josh were top of a bill that also saw local talent take to The Forum stage as both Sheena, …
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 to entertain a packed out Leas Cliff Hall. ‘The Difford And Tilbrook Songbook 2019’ tour sees them on great form, …
Kai Whiston moves pretty fast. It was only last year that he properly announced himself as one of the best producers in electronic music today with his debut LP ‘Kai Whiston B*tch’; a record that saw him mould otherworldly, mystical and rubbery beats, not unlike many upcoming producers over the last few years. However, Kai …
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 all that way just to see feet?”), it’s not actually the case; although when you add in the support act …
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 down and the wind whipped around the Western Docks, a little slice of (2012’s) The X-Factor came to town, Lucy …
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 explore, new material to showcase and a completely new sound to unveil. Lanegan’s latest material is, to a large degree, …
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 months after their breakthrough release and has just as much energy, immediacy and potency as the first. Starcrawler channel everything …
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 just recently released their new eponymous album, made the trip down to the ever topical sea port to say a …