BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands: Sick Militia and Festival Look Back – 24/09/22

For my BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands radio show in September 2022, which marked 14 years of my presenting and producing the show, I had a packed show with new music a look back at recent festivals which you can listen to by clicking here. I spoke to Sick Militia, who merge extreme...

Sick Militia – The Next War

Before you even get to the music from Sick Militia it’s pretty clear what you might be in for on their debut album, The Next War, with song titles like Pray For Death, Horrors Of War, Death Marches and Constant State Of Fear, some particularly brutal artwork and the band being made up of members...

Eloise Fabbri – RAW (live) EP

Last Autumn I was part of a recording session for BBC Introducing with Eloise Fabbri and, around the same time, she said she and her band had been in the studio recording an EP (her first with this ensemble) and that has now been released as RAW (live). From the start of opener Beauty (previously...

August 2022 Playlist

August has seen me finding music from brand new releases, live shows and, in a couple of cases, a particularly interesting documentary film for my playlist update (which you can listen to by clicking here). For the new stuff I’ve got tracks from WAXX!, Hallan, Jack White, Phoebe Over, Ginger Wildheart & The Sinners, Llewellyn...

BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands: Track Not Found and Claudia Valentina – 27/08/22

With two festivals taking place in the Channel Islands this weekend the August bank holiday weekend was a big one for live music and it was no different on my BBC Music Introducing in the Channel Islands radio show which you can listen to by clicking here. My guests in the studio were Guernsey punk...

St James Presents… The Pips, Kiya Ashton And The Folkadelics and Joe Corbin – St James Concert Hall – 12/08/22

Over the last 12 months The Pips (formerly Albert & The Pips) have grown into one of the highlights of Guernsey’s live music scene and are now setting their sights on a move to Manchester so, before they go, they put on a show at St James with Kiya Ashton & The Folkadelics and Joe...

Russell And The French Boys and Eloise Fabbri – The Vault – 06/08/22

After a few weeks out of action and a few different events from Castle Nights to Chaos and the Rocquaine Regatta it was back to The Vault on Saturday 6th August 2022 for a regular ‘pub gig’ of a sort with Eloise Fabbri and Russell And The French Boys. Eloise Fabbri started the night flanked...

Track Not Found – One Stop Shop: An Antholgy / Chinese Restaurant EP

Between the summer of 2016 and the end of 2019 Track Not Found gained a strong reputation as one of the highlights of the Guernsey music scene with their unique brand of riot grrl, grunge and punk rock that was made all the more impressive by all the members of the band being under 18...

Llewellyn The Great – Taller Than A Grave Is Deep

Having been impressed by Llewellyn The Great’s set in The Peace Tent at Chaos back in June I was quite excited to check out his/their debut EP, Taller Than A Grave Is Deep. Fronted by Llewlleyn Van Eeden (who I’m assuming is the man referred to in the title and, it appears, wrote and performed...

Maiden Guernsey and Back In Vraic at Castle Nights – Castle Cornet – 22/07/22

Guernsey’s Castle Cornet has seen a few invasions in its long history but none quite like the raid it’s South Battery withstood from two of the islands hardest rocking tribute bands on Friday 22nd July 2022, as Maiden Guernsey and Back In Vraic made a somewhat out of character appearance at KPMG Castle Nights. It...