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Jersey based five-piece Brave Yesterday have been busy building a reputation for their poppier end of indie rock for the past decade and, while they've been quieter on record the last couple of years, have been busy playing live but now they are back with four track EP Everything, All At Once. Lead single My... Continue Reading →
As long as I have been writing about new music, and specifically new music from the Channel Islands, there has been a group of musicians based in the London indie scene strongly linked to Guernsey, primarily amongst them Jim Rhesus but with a few others too. Over the years, from the Subliminal Girls at the... Continue Reading →
After it came up and caused some conversation in a flashback post on Instagram recently, and I noticed the original version of this review had dropped off the BBC website where it was originally posted, I thought I’d revisit this show from April 2007 when Guernsey heavy metal heroes Nemesis made a grand return to... Continue Reading →
Relatively hot on the heels of their debut 'mini-album' Control, Coastal Fire Dept. are back with a new single (a lead in to their upcoming new album), You Are Stuck. Since we last heard from the band on record they seem to have further solidified their line up with Ollie Goddard (guitar and vocals), Saad... Continue Reading →
Click here to go straight to the playlist on Spotify Another strange month in April as life under so-called ‘lockdown’ continues to one degree or another around a fair amount of the world. Thankfully there has been a lot of new music entering my world, along with a chance to listen to some older stuff... Continue Reading →
The last decade has seen Tantale develop their 'ambient grunge' sound across three full albums (and an early EP) to become a band with a formidable reputation both on record and on stage - their debut album launch show at The Fermain Tavern in 2012 has long remained a much talked about stand out event... Continue Reading →
Every now and then a band crops up that becomes the talk of the metaphorical town and everyone you speak to says you have to hear them - the latest to fall I to this category are Dribbler, a no doubt interestingly named trio from Jersey (Boots on vocals and guitar, Burns on bass and... Continue Reading →
Continuing a run of new singles from Channel Islands artists dropping at the moment is Jersey rockers Hot Juice with I Don't Mind, following up on their EP from December, This Is What You Want. As the track kicks off with the sound of a live crowd it sets the scene for what the band... Continue Reading →
While out for my so-called 'government mandated' two hours of outside time and exercise a few days ago (and let's be honest two hours of dedicated exercise is something unfamiliar to most of us, even now) it struck me that while I have always enjoyed Teaspoonriverneck's two EPs Sunset's Trip and IV I hadn't actually... Continue Reading →
