BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands: The Pips and Phoebe Over – 30/07/22

New music is, of course, the name of the game for BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands and that was no different for my July 2022 edition of the show, which you can listen to by clicking here. My featured artists this month were The Pips who have, over the last couple of months,...

Apothis Album Launch with Burning At Both Ends – The Fermain Tavern – 04/03/22

Last month Apothis dropped their debut album, ECLIPSE, and, on Friday 4th March 2022, they held a special show to celebrate the release along with Burning At Both Ends at The Fermain Tavern. First off I have to say it was great to be at a gig at The Tav again as, while it might...

BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands: The Nightmares and Charles Stenner – 26/02/22

Click here to listen to the show On my BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands radio show for February 2022 I spoke to a band playing their biggest gig and heard from an artist from Guernsey releasing a new single written and recorded in Canada. The band is The Nightmares who, after a successful...

February 2022 Playlist

Click here to listen on Spotify Another month and another bunch tracks I’ve been listening to and have heard. There’s a few new ones from Grace And Elliott, Tadgh Daly and Apothis and other ‘new music’ from Burning At Both Ends, Elliot Albert Orchard (aka Albert & The Pips) and Fontaines DC. Along with those...

Apothis – ECLIPSE.

With the release of debut single The Note Read last month Apothis more than whet my appetite for the album that was to follow and, after a further single SNA, they wasted no time in dropping ECLIPSE. and it’s just the brutal assault on the senses you would want. Split into four sections, divided by...

BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands: Apothis and Guernsey Together announcement – 29/02/22

Apothis Click here to listen to the show For my first proper BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands radio show of 2022 it was a busy one plenty of new music along with a few previously featured favourites. I spoke to Apothis about their first year and a bit as a band and their...

January 2022 Playlist

Click here to listen on Spotify A new year and a new big playlist of things I’ve been listening to that I aim to update monthly - in a change to past years though I’m not going to limit myself to 10 tracks and will just post however many feels right, but still aiming for...

Apothis – The Note Read

The last year and half has seen Apothis stake their claim as the new metal band to watch on the Guernsey music scene, helping reinvigorate the heavy side of music in the island with their live shows and now they’ve dropped their debut single, The Note Read. A dirty drums and bass intro quickly ushers...

Vale Earth Fair Weekend 2021 – 28-30/08/21

While 2020 had seen the Vale Earth Fair reach a new height in a lot of ways, with a sell out on the day and one of the best atmospheres I remember experiencing at the festival, there’s no denying that the COVID-19 pandemic had made life hard work for the organisers.

Apothis and Of Abscess And Amputation – The Vault – 30/07/21

Apothis Ever since Apothis appeared on the scene in Guernsey late in 2020 one band I had wanted to see them share the stage with was Of Abscess And Amputation and now, on Friday 30th July 2021 (the day after I marked 15 years of dedicatedly chronicling the Guernsey music scene) I got my wish...