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Click here to listen to the show now Another month and another packed edition of BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands with brand new tracks, live sessions and more. My main featured act this month was Coastal Fire Dept who I spoke to about their new EP Radio as well as their upcoming second... Continue Reading →
Click here to listen on Spotify This month I’ve had the chance to catch up on a few recent new releases both from at home and further afield as well as revisit some old favourites. Firstly with the newer stuff is my highlight from IDLES’ latest Ultra Mono, Bruce Springsteen’s Letter To You and The... Continue Reading →
Not many bands make it to 40 years but that’s just what 2020 marks for The Fuzztones (albeit with a few line ups changes in that time) and to celebrate the event the band, led for that whole time by singer, guitarist and harmonica player, Rudi Protrudi, have released an album paying tribute to their... Continue Reading →
Earlier in the summer Coastal Fire Dept leader Ollie Goddard mentioned a plan to me, based on feedback he’d received while promoting their debut album, Control, to make a set of their new songs ‘radio friendly’ with production, editing and in some cases the performances tweaked to make the songs more palatable to the airwaves...... Continue Reading →
When this gig was first announced it instantly raised a few questions. Not only did it see one of the angstier, heavier, bands on the island playing alongside one of the more upbeat but also the De La Rue, while a pub known for live music, generally hasn’t been known as a home for the... Continue Reading →
When RentOClean first burst onto the Guernsey music scene eight years ago, then as a four piece, they quickly made a name for themselves as a top party band with their mix of reggae, ska and punk that got crowds dancing and won them the Guernsey Gigs Battle Of The Bands in August 2012. Since... Continue Reading →
Anyone who’s been following my blog for any time will probably have noticed I have a long relationship with the music of Bruce Springsteen, but it’s really only been the last couple of years that I’ve come to appreciate ‘The Boss’ on my own terms, and as such Letter To You is the first new... Continue Reading →
WhIle we all know it’s really not about any kind of contest but there is something tantalising about a pair of metal bands squaring off with a pair of ‘alt-rock’ acts in front of crowd at what, on its best nights, can be one of Guernsey’s best music venues. That’s exactly what we got tonight... Continue Reading →
The last few years have seen Bristol post punks IDLES’ reputation grow and grow from critically acclaimed albums to stand out sets at Glastonbury to feuds with other bands being escalated by the media in a manner reminiscent of the Britpop battles of the mid-90s (albeit with a musically harder edge). This has meant that... Continue Reading →
When ‘ambient grunge’ four-piece Tantale announced their intention to release a Christmas single a few months ago I’ll admit to being sceptical. While I’ve always enjoyed their heady mix of swirling psychedelia and fuzzy noise over the last decade, they weren’t the first band I’d have thought of to embark on that most pop of... Continue Reading →
