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On Saturday 10th February Tantale launched their third album, Tightrope (read my review here), with a special show at The Fermain Tavern. With the venue redecorated as a kind of post apocalyptic garden by Tyler Ayres of Ghosthaus, Tantale were joined by Lord Vapour, The Recks and Flexagon for the celebration. You can get Tightrope... Continue Reading →
Two years ago when Tantale released their second album, Just Add Vice, I said they were a band who felt somewhat overtaken by the scene around them, now though, as they release they third full length record, Tightrope, it seems they've found their place. Rather than this making them comfortably at ease in their music,... Continue Reading →
Bands come and go all the time, particularly in a tight-knit and fast-moving scene like that of Guernsey, so when one makes a mark and rounds off their first full year together by releasing an EP it's always something of an event. When that band are just teenagers and have made a mark on the... Continue Reading →
For the past two decades Foo Fighters have been gradually transforming from pop-grunge pioneers to stadium rock titans. While their last album, the geographically conceptual Sonic Highways (that came with an accompanying series of documentary films about the cities where each track was recorded) had some interesting moments, its hard to argue that the band... Continue Reading →
Following Brunt at The Golden Lion a couple of weeks ago and WaterColour Matchbox at The Vault last weekend the loud, heavy end of Guernsey’s music scene continued to be represented in St Peter Port on Friday 13th October 2017 as hardcore riff machine Granite Wolf and hard power pop quartet SugarSlam rocked the venue... Continue Reading →
Last December I caught Stroud based four-piece Milk Teeth supporting Against Me! as part of their UK tour and was suitably impressed by the young band’s punk rock sound and attitude and their debut album, Vile Child, released earlier in 2016, certainly impresses as well. Kicking off as it means to continue with the blunt... Continue Reading →
After making their reputation with countless live shows over the last few years Static Alice have also found the time to record and release both a full length album and EP, and now, they've marked the releases of their third record, another EP titled Warrior, with what looked set to be a special show at... Continue Reading →
You can see a gallery of my photos from the show on the BBC Introducing Guernsey Facebook page As Sound Guernsey have now announced their involvement with both the Chaos and Vale Earth Fair festivals this summer, it might just be me, but their April show at The Fermain Tavern seemed to have a further... Continue Reading →
Its been quite some time since there’s a been an event advertised as a ‘metal night’ in Guernsey. With the general drifting of popular musical styles, metal bands have generally had to find their way into more varied line ups so, when this cropped up in the local gig guide, it had my interest piqued... Continue Reading →
