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Mike’s Magic Trip – With My Headphones In

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard For the better part of the last year guitarist and songwriter Mike Meinke (most well-known as frontman of the Buffalo Huddleston band) has been travelling Europe working on the music he has now released under the rather suitable name of Mike’s Magic Trip and an album called With My Headphones In. As the album begins you could be forgiven for thinking this is a...
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Lord Vapour – Semuta

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Two and half years ago, already with a formidable live reputation, psychedelic hard rock trio Lord Vapour put out a debut album, Mill Street Blues, that hinted at great things to come. Since then it’s seemed they’ve been on stage somewhere every weekend (including a tour in Europe) and now a second album, Semuta, has emerged – appropriately primarily on vinyl, with some impressive...
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The Honest Crooks – Crook, Line And Sinker EP

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Over the last few years The Honest Crooks have made their now formidable reputation almost exclusive off the back of their live shows (with the exception of a couple of fairly lo-fi demo tracks which have since been removed from circulation). Throughout all that time there has often been call for the band to capture their brand of third wave ska, mixed with bits...
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BLAKALASKA – Joyride EP

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Three years ago, having gained an impressive reputation through their live shows, electro-rockers BLAKALASKA unleashed their debut EP, Machine, with much fanfare and praise. Since then the band have been comparatively quiet, though they’ve still found opportunity to complete a couple of mini-tours of the south of England and also playing some great sets at Guernsey festivals, and now they’ve released their second EP,...
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The Honest Crooks EP Launch and ‘Office Christmas Party’ – The Vault – 08/12/18

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard The Honest CrooksThree days on from the launch of Kiya Ashton’s debut EP, and in the midst of a month packed with new music release from Guernsey based artists including Lord Vapour, Insurrection, BLAKALASKA and more, The Honest Crooks released their first EP proper, Crook, Line And Sinker, with a show at The Vault in St Peter Port that they were also describing as...
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