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Lord Vapour and Coastal Fire Dept. – The Vault – 14/07/18
This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Lord VapourThere’s something about the combination of a hot and sweaty summer night, a small bar and loud music that makes for a great combination and that was certainly in evidence on Saturday 14th July 2018 as Lord Vapour and Coastal Fire Dept took to the stage at The Vault. Starting with a loud blast of noise as they meant to go on tonight,...
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Mudstock 2008 – Pleinmont, Guernsey – 12/07/08
This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard The pit kicking off at MudstockAnother flashback from my archive originally written for BBC Guernsey Unsigned (the forerunner to BBC Music Introducing in Guernsey) going back a decade to one of Guernsey’s more minor ‘festival’ style events, Mudstock. This was a biker party of a sort with a lot of live bands and I am aware of it happening twice in 2006 and 2008....
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Savage Sons – Howlin’ EP
This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Savage Sons emerged onto the scene about a year ago as a full band and quickly set about bringing their own take on the blues to Guernsey’s pub circuit. Now they have released their debut EP, Howlin’, and continue that trend on record. The band combine a classic blues rock sound with a laconic Americana approach to create, across four tracks, their own version...
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Chaos 14 – Pleinmont, Guernsey – 29/06-01/07/18
This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Now in its 14th year I think it’s safe to say that, after the Vale Earth Fair, Chaos (aka Chaos Weekend or Chaos Festival) is one of the most established events in the Channel Islands music calendar regularly attracting visitors from Jersey, the U.K. and mainland Europe. Over that time it’s developed hugely from a simple biker party, arguably reaching its biggest for its...
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BBC Music Introducing In Guernsey: June 2018 – Arts Sunday Lookback
This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Click here to listen to the show For the June 2018 edition BBC Music Introducing In Guernsey its a bit of a special looking back at our stage on Arts Sunday earlier in the month. With that in mind there are live sets from Kiya Ashton, Ukuladeez, Track Not Found, The Honest Crooks and SugarSlam as well as interviews with them all after they...