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Dribbler – Beachside

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Every now and then a band crops up that becomes the talk of the metaphorical town and everyone you speak to says you have to hear them – the latest to fall I to this category are Dribbler, a no doubt interestingly named trio from Jersey (Boots on vocals...
April 22, 2020 by Tom Girard
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The Hillbilly Moon Explosion featuring Mark ‘Sparky’ Phillips – The Sparky Sessions

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard While it’s only in the last few years that I discovered Swiss rockabilly swing band The Hillbilly Moon Explosion for reasons I’m not quite sure of Welsh psychobillies Demented Are Go and their unmistakable frontman Sparky (aka Mark Phillips) have been on the edge of my knowledge for far...
February 24, 2020 by Tom Girard
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Amyl And The Sniffers – Self-Titled

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard My ongoing, if somewhat unintentional, quest to find new things that fall loosely into the area of punk in 2019 has led me to a new and nicely scuzzy low, thanks to Aussie quartet Amyl And The Sniffers. Originally based out of Melbourne their first album proper, a self-titled...
December 22, 2019 by Tom Girard
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Fontaines D.C. – Dogrel

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard After IDLES and Sleaford Mods, in the ongoing ‘rebirth’ of British(ish) music with a conscience (I know it’s always been there it just feels like it’s again being noticed by the mainstream), comes an Irish viewpoint and take on the idea with Fontaines D.C. and their debut album Dogrel...
October 20, 2019 by Tom Girard
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Tiger Army – Retrofuture

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard When Tiger Army released their fifth album, V…-, a couple of years ago it felt like Nick 13 and his crew had closed the book on past debates as to their status as a psychobilly band with a set of songs immersed in a kind of 50s film noir...
September 21, 2019 by Tom Girard
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Hot Plastic – Time Bomb

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Over the last year or so Hot Plastic have, in their current form, been steadily building their reputation both in their home base of Jersey and across the south of the UK with a few visits across the Channel and in August 2019 they released their latest and fourth...
September 10, 2019 by Tom Girard
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The Electric Shakes – Rye And Dry/Trash

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Bournemouth based rockers The Electric Shakes have been back in Ed Deegan’s Gizzard Studios recently crafting the followup to their second album Electrohypnosis and it’s emerged in the form of double A-side single Rye And Dry/Trash. If you’re familiar with The Shakes past output you’ll know, generally, what to...
August 1, 2019 by Tom Girard
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Thee Jenerators and The John Wesley Stone – De La Rue – 02/02/08

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Thee JeneratorsAnother from the archive that is otherwise somewhat lost to time so I’m reviving here for better or worse… a rocking looking night at the De La Rue by the looks of things (as ever largely unedited unless I’m making no sense whatsoever or have spelling or grammar...
February 27, 2019 by Tom Girard
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Of Empires – Waist Up In Gold/Gunslingers Double A-Side

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Brighton based and Guernsey born retro-rockers Of Empires have just completed their latest mini-tour of the UK, including their much delayed first foray north to Manchester, and to cap it off have released their new ‘double A-side’ single Waist Up In Gold/Gunslingers (oh for it to be a real...
March 9, 2018 by Tom Girard
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Live music highlights – Guernsey Press – 18/01/18

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Against Me, Thee Jenerators, Rancid and TeaspoonriverneckAs part of an ongoing series of articles I was asked by The Guernsey Press about my favourite live music experiences both on the island and off. Choosing my favourite shows away from the island was relatively easy as a couple have long...
January 20, 2018 by Tom Girard