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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 →
After releasing one of, if not the, standout album of 2019 with Dogrel, Dublin five piece Fontaines D.C. are back with A Hero's Death, the lead single from their upcoming sophomore full length of the same name. A surprisingly swinging drum part starts things off, sitting somewhat at odds with the garage and post punk... Continue Reading →
Another one that came up recently on some social media memories and that I realised the original version has partially vanished from the BBC Guernsey website where it was originally posted - so here's my look at the first fully commercial style festival of the current era in Guernsey, a sister to the Jersey equivalent,... 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 →
If you've been following my blog for a while you'll know that, over the last few years, I've become a big fan of Bristol band IDLES as they've gone from being a cult act to, last year, being one of the highlights of the Glastonbury Festival and releasing a pair of critically acclaimed and celebrated... 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 →
