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Those Fucking Snowflakes – Straight Wealthy White Male Suffrage

Following December’s U Ok Hun? EP Blackpool trio Those Fucking Snowflakes are back with Straight Wealthy White Male Suffrage, another salvo of noisy guitars, bass and drums railing against everything from Donald Trump to those who continue to pointlessly questions veganism. Only Weak Men Fear Strong Women starts the record off as it means to go on continuing where their...
June 17, 2020 by Tom Girard
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Alfie Butel – Mexico

I first encountered singer-songwriter Alfie Butel at Chaos 2018 when he and his band Mezra travelled over from Jersey to take part in the Sound Guernsey Battle Of The Bands, which they went on to win in convincing fashion. Having returned and impressed again the following the year, now, another year later Alfie has released his debut solo single proper,...
June 9, 2020 by Tom Girard
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May 2020 Playlist

Click here to listen to my full 2020 playlist on Spotify Another strange month comes to an end but, at least where I’m living, on a more positive note as things start to reopen (though we await any kind of announcement about full scale gigs happening again). With that in mind I have another motley selection of tracks that I’ve...
May 30, 2020 by Tom Girard
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Brave Yesterday – Everything, All At Once EP

Jersey based five-piece Brave Yesterday have been busy building a reputation for their poppier end of indie rock for the past decade and, while they’ve been quieter on record the last couple of years, have been busy playing live but now they are back with four track EP Everything, All At Once. Lead single My Vice starts things off with...
May 24, 2020 by Tom Girard
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BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands: February 2020 – Magic Moustache and Bubblebrain Records

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Greg and Joe of Magic Moustache RecordsClick here to listen to the show For my February 2020 edition of BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands we had something a little different as I spoke to a pair of record labels from the islands about events and releases they...
March 1, 2020 by Tom Girard
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BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands: January 2020 – Joe Corbin and Flexagon

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Joe Corbin in the studioClick here to listen to the show For my edition of BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands I took a look at two new releases from artists from the islands along with tracks from a range of acts. Joe Corbin joined me in session...
January 26, 2020 by Tom Girard
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December 2019 and Best of 2019 Playlists

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard As with last year’s December playlist blog I’ve got two in one this month with my usual monthly update and a more focussed ‘best of the year’ including some of my favourite new tracks from 2019 (you can also find one focussing on music from the Channel Islands on...
December 30, 2019 by Tom Girard
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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...
December 1, 2019 by Tom Girard
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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...
November 30, 2019 by Tom Girard
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Catfish And The Bottlemen, Zuzu and John – BBC Music Introducing Live, Tobacco Dock – 31/10/19

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Catfish And The BottlemenAlong with all the panels, seminars and masterclasses live music from upcoming artists was a big part of BBC Music Introducing Live and this was highlighted by two ‘headline’ events. One was a night of dance music broadcast on BBC Radio 1 on Friday 1st November...
November 8, 2019 by Tom Girard
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BBC Music Introducing Live – Tobacco Dock, London – 31/10-2/11/19

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Over the past 13 years being part of BBC Music Introducing has afforded me some unique opportunities, from visiting Abbey Road Studios to recently going Maida Vale Studios as The Recks recorded a live session there – BBC Music Introducing Live though was a rather different, but nonetheless impressive...
November 6, 2019 by Tom Girard
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Playlist – October 2019

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Lots of new music this month from various places and a couple of old ‘classics’ too. Starting off with stuff closer to home there’s new music from Byzanthian Neckbeard’s Extinction EP and the new single from Track Not Found. Further afield I’ve got tracks from King Nun’s debut album...
October 31, 2019 by Tom Girard
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Playlist – September 2019

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard A real mix of stuff added to the playlist this month from several, possibly unlikely sources. From the Channel Islands there are tracks from Guernsey’s WaterColour Matchbox who put out their new album Pathways and from Jersey there are new singles from Hot Plastic (Time Bomb) and Hot Juice...
September 30, 2019 by Tom Girard
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BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands – July 2019 – Vale Earth Fair and King Nun

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Vale Earth Fair Collective and King NunClick here to listen to the show For my BBC Introducing In The Channel Islands radio show there was a lot going on being deep in the midst of summer festival season. With that in mind, as well as a little look back...
July 28, 2019 by Tom Girard
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BBC Music Introducing in the Channel Islands – May 2019 – The Cor Damme Lars

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard The Cor Damme Lars in the studioClick here to listen to the show This month I was back across all Channel Islands once again for BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands with new music from Guernsey, Jersey, Sark and Alderney all represented (I’ve still not got anything from...
May 26, 2019 by Tom Girard
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Playlist – April 2019

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Another busy and varied playlist this month spanning skiffle and American folk to Neue Deutsche Härte and steampunk. A few things to point to more specifically include something from the original line up of blackened death metal band Darker Shores who soon make their return to the stage under...
April 30, 2019 by Tom Girard