Author: Alex Kirk
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Neighbourhood Void – Talk To Me
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Royal Chant – Spar
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Caroline & Claude – Dreams
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Live Like Animals @ The Chippo, 10th Sep
“Live Like Animals seem to start with a pop base, but then stalk it through the forest, ultimately hunting it down and killing it dead. The threat of broken bones and spilt blood lurks in the background throughout, like watching something very familiar suddenly realise it’s well and truly out of its depth.” Gallery Learn […]
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Lucid Hoops @ The Chippo, 10th Sep
“Lucid Hoops are just so honed, a sharp and glinting edged weapon of a band, tucked down the back of a boot but ready to slash any throat that tries yelling at them out of a car. It damces and roars and pirouettes and it jumps clean out of its skin. Inventive, ferocious, and not […]
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Teddy Rizzo @ The Chippo, 10th Sep
“Teddy Rizzo have grown a singer and a bass player since I last saw them but their drum-and-guitar two-piece roots have served them well, an immoveable foundation for these wild and wailing songs. Every element of this set is built like a granite boulder, and it feels like it’s all landing on your head at […]
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Thee Cha Cha Cha’s @ Frankie’s, 4th Sep
“Thee Cha Cha Cha’s take garage punk, reduce a three-piece band down into a two-piece (seriously, one of them plays both guitar and drums at the same time…) and then fold and spindle it into the most fun set you’ve heard in an age. So much musicianship is packed in here, and every song is […]