“We’re going down the pub” – Guernsey Press – 08/08/15

With many bands performing their own music in Guernsey finding venues to play can sometimes be a struggle. While The Fermain Tavern remains the island's only dedicated venue for original live music from time to time some of the islands pubs step away from the cover bands and allow originals to blast from their make...

Vale Earth Fair Reggae Night – Rentoclean and Citizen-X – The Jamaica Inn – 11/10/14

Less than two months since this year’s Vale Earth Fair the Collective were back with a reggae(ish) party to continue their ongoing fundraising. While it was billed as reggae the night actually started out with some electronic sounds thanks to Citizen-X. Armed only with an iPad, X creates sounds live using various electronic music apps...

Chaos At The Jam – Static Alice, The Doomsday Project, Jawbone and Paz Caminar – The Jamaica Inn – 26/07/14

In what has become something of an annual tradition the Greenman MCC took over The Jamaica Inn for a day of Chaos at the Jam. All afternoon live music was on offer in ‘The Jam’s’ garden with the likes of The Crowman and Chloe Le Page playing while people relaxed in the sun on one...

The Cryptics, Ray & The Guns and Thee Jenerators – Jamaica Inn – 15/03/14

As I arrived at The Jamaica last Saturday, DJ Oneofakind was already setting the tone for the night, spinning an array of funky sounds with a garage-y vibe that, as the night went on and the bar filled up, would have people dancing with delight to these not so often heard records – all, appropriately,...

Insurrection, SugarSlam, Lifejacket and Static Alice – Jamaica Inn – 05/10/13

On Saturday 5th October 2013 Guernsey's own old-school hardcore punk band Insurrection returned to the stage after a long absence with a show at The Jamaica Inn in St Peter Port. Also on the bill were grunge-rockers SugarSlam, hard-indie act Lifejacket and new, young cover band Static Alice. You can see my photos from the...

FutureShock at The Jam – 29/06/13

The Jamaica Inn is doing a good job of adding itself to Guernsey’s list of regular pub venues, with the added bonus that, generally speaking, the crowd it attracts are their for the gig, rather than just passing through, giving it a feel somewhere between the likes of the De La Rue in Town and...