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IDLES – A Beautiful Thing: IDLES Live At Le Bataclan

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard On the eve of their biggest headline show to date (at Alexandra Palace in London) Bristolian post punk quintet IDLES released their first live album, A Beautiful Thing, recorded in Paris at Le Bataclan in December 2018. Before we even get to the record Le Bataclan is, of course, famous for less positive reasons than its history of rock shows and I can’t help...
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PigsX7, Teaspoonriverneck, Brunt and Track Not Found – St James Concert Hall – 30/11/19

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs PigsEvery now and again a gig comes around that seems to catch everyone’s imagination more than the usual and, a few months ago, when St James Concert Hall announced they’d booked the awkwardly but brilliantly named Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs (aka PigsX7), this was certainly the case — then when it was then announced Guernsey’s...
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Tiger Army, Grave Pleasures and The Nightmares – O2 Islington Academy – 29/11/19

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Tiger ArmyDespite this being my fifth time seeing Tiger Army this was my first time seeing them in my usual gig going location of London – on their last UK tour I caught them in Manchester and otherwise attended Octoberflame in 2015 and 2017 at The Observatory in Santa Ana as well as seeing them at Reading Festival in the dim and distant past....
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BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands: November 2019 – Track Not Found and Brunt

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Track Not Found in the studioClick here to listen to the show On my BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands show for November 2019 we had a live session, a preview a new album and a listen to some of the acts I caught at BBC Music Introducing Live earlier in the month. Hot off their latest tour and with their new line...
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Playlist – November 2019

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Another mix of things from doom to jazz to ‘Madchester’ this month. In brand new things there’s music from The Other World’s debut EP The Silver Tree, the debut single from the brilliantly named Those Fucking Snowflakes, the title track from the new Byzanthian Neckbeard album, a preview of the new record from Mura Masa featuring slowthai and the latest single from Jersey’s Monty...
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