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Rammstein: Paris

All being well on Sunday 14th June 2020 I should have been in Cardiff experiencing the spectacle of Rammstein live from the so-called ‘Feuerzone’ but, ‘what with one thing and another,’ that show has been postponed by a year so I took the opportunity to find the next best thing and watch the Neue Deutsche Härte band’s 2017 concert film,...
June 21, 2020 by Tom Girard
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Last Of The Light Brigade – The Brink

When they released Last Laugh in 2014, despite the title, I’m not sure anyone thought it would be the swan song for indie rockers Last Of The Light Brigade. As their gigs (away from the wedding band circuit) became fewer and further between though, and the individual members pursued other interests (with quite some success) it seemed like that might...
June 19, 2020 by Tom Girard
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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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The Crowband – Blackwell

Three years after introducing us to them on Ladies And Gentlemen…The Crowband, The Crowman has returned on record with Blackwell, another selection of his self-styled ‘garage-folk’, now fully under the banner of The Crowband. After an exclamation over the price of the CD, we are introduced to the band and ushered into their world with the surreal and eccentric Uncle...
June 13, 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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Kiya Ashton – Anchor

Back in December 2018 Kiya Ashton released her debut EP, Sweet Decadence, to quite some positive response. Since then she has become even more of a fixture of Guernsey’s live music scene and, during the current break from live public events, has been a big part of the Upload Festival CI series of online streaming gigs which she’s now followed...
June 1, 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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Ten Important And Influential Albums Facebook ‘Game’ – Take Two

I’ve put together a playlist on Spotify of all of this so if you just want to have a listen, click here With lockdown in full effect the top ten lists trend has returned to Facebook and, despite having done it before, when I got nominated for the albums one I thought I’d get involved and come up with another...
May 28, 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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Coastal Fire Dept – You Are Stuck

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Relatively hot on the heels of their debut ‘mini-album’ Control, Coastal Fire Dept. are back with a new single (a lead in to their upcoming new album), You Are Stuck. Since we last heard from the band on record they seem to have further solidified their line up with...
May 2, 2020 by Tom Girard
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April 2020 playlist

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Click here to go straight to the playlist on Spotify Another strange month in April as life under so-called ‘lockdown’ continues to one degree or another around a fair amount of the world. Thankfully there has been a lot of new music entering my world, along with a chance...
April 28, 2020 by Tom Girard
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Tantale – One Moment (Live At St James Concert Hall)

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard The last decade has seen Tantale develop their ‘ambient grunge’ sound across three full albums (and an early EP) to become a band with a formidable reputation both on record and on stage – their debut album launch show at The Fermain Tavern in 2012 has long remained a...
April 26, 2020 by Tom Girard
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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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Hot Juice – I Don’t Mind

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Continuing a run of new singles from Channel Islands artists dropping at the moment is Jersey rockers Hot Juice with I Don’t Mind, following up on their EP from December, This Is What You Want. As the track kicks off with the sound of a live crowd it sets...
April 20, 2020 by Tom Girard
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Teaspoonriverneck – Sunset’s Trip and IV

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard While out for my so-called ‘government mandated’ two hours of outside time and exercise a few days ago (and let’s be honest two hours of dedicated exercise is something unfamiliar to most of us, even now) it struck me that while I have always enjoyed Teaspoonriverneck’s two EPs Sunset’s...
April 18, 2020 by Tom Girard
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Monty Taft – Sacrifice

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard After spending 2019 firmly establishing himself with a string of singles and live shows around the UK and the Channel Islands, including a very well received performance at BBC Music Introducing Live in November, Monty Taft is back with his first new single of 2020, Sacrifice. From the off...
April 14, 2020 by Tom Girard
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The Damned – Machine Gun Etiquette

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Continuing my looks at records I’ve been meaning to listen to (or re-listen to) for sometime with the third full length album from The Damned, Machine Gun Etiquette. While I’ve always appreciated The Damned, until seeing them live, early in the day at a big Green Day show in...
April 12, 2020 by Tom Girard
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The Recks – The Milk’s Gone Bad (single)

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard While The Recks have released a string of singles and videos since their debut album, The Beast From The Sea, was released in summer 2018 it has become somewhat obvious to those following the band closely that, up until now, everything has been drawn from that album, so it...
April 8, 2020 by Tom Girard
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Oliver Marson – Time For Love

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Last year Oliver Marson reappeared on the musical scene with Cocaine Romance, a single echoing the sounds of the 1980s with a modern twist, and now he’s back with a follow up, Time For Love. After an abrupt start it’s no surprise that this continues in the same sonic...
April 4, 2020 by Tom Girard
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March 2020 Playlist

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Click here to go straight to the Spotify playlist To say March has been an odd month for all of us would be an understatement but with that, and particularly before everything kicked off in earnest, there was a lot of great music going on that I’ve distilled into...
March 31, 2020 by Tom Girard
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Kings – American Rust EP

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard When Guernsey based pop band Kings released their first set of songs they did so as a series of singles they described as being Season 1, rather like a TV show. For their second release though that have been a bit more conventional as they’ve dropped four new tracks...
March 27, 2020 by Tom Girard
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Tadhg Daly – Come Alive

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard While I’ve been following the career of Tadhg Daly for a good while, in fact since his then band The Five Mike Road (still a brilliant name) visited Guernsey in 2013, but this is the first time in a while I’ve written about one of his releases, new single,...
March 21, 2020 by Tom Girard
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Rosalie Cunningham – Self-titled

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Rosalie Cunningham first came to my attention when I caught her former band, Purson, supporting Swedish metallers Ghost at The Warfield in San Francisco. Since then she has embarked on a solo career and, in June 2019, dropped her self-titled debut album. It’s no surprise, based on her past...
March 19, 2020 by Tom Girard
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Stone Cold Fiction – Strange Times

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Strange Times, the debut album from Bristol originated, now Brighton based, trio Stone Cold Fiction, originally landed on streaming services and CD in October 2019, but now in conjunction with Guernsey based label Magic Moustache Records it has received a release as a full-scale coloured vinyl record. The band’s...
March 11, 2020 by Tom Girard
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Flexagon – 7 Nocturnes East – Album and Exhibition

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Guernsey’s north east coast, from St. Peter Port to Bordeaux Harbour, is an area much discussed in some regards but in others it feels somewhat over looked. Being the more commercial and industrial part of the island it’s natural beauty as well as the life of it is not...
March 5, 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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February 2020 Playlist

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Click here to go straight to the Spotify playlist This has felt like another musically very busy month with Guernsey’s music scene getting back into its own swing after the usual quieter January and lots of other stuff going besides. From the Guernsey scene I’ve got a couple of...
February 28, 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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Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Amongst the subjects of discussion beloved of heavy metal fans; from the relative merits and nuances of the sub genres of black metal to which band has the best cash in branded beer and how much of it can you drink in one sitting, one subject always gets things...
February 20, 2020 by Tom Girard
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Parish 13 – A Rum Do

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard I first encountered the Jersey based five-piece Parish 13 at the Sark Roots Festival back in 2017 when I made note of their unconventional appearance and approach as looking like something from Royston Vasey in The League Of Gentlemen. While maybe a little extreme, that description still seems to...
February 16, 2020 by Tom Girard
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The Tarantulips – Gush

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Having spent the last couple of years finding their feet and sound under another name (more about that here) Jersey based trio The Tarantulips have emerged onto the scene with a new single that very much restates their aims. While they’re known for their grunge influenced indie sound when...
February 10, 2020 by Tom Girard
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January 2020 Playlist and Tim And Sydney Mixtape

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Click here to go straight to the Spotify playlist A new year and so a new playlist begins but as ever I’ll add around ten tracks to it a month and post an update here – if you just want to listen to the tracks then head over to...
January 31, 2020 by Tom Girard
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I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love – My Chemical Romance

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard My Chemical Romance are back… having disappeared in a puff of somewhat over conceptualised and processed within an inch of its life pop rock nearly eight years ago the New Jersey quartet returned to the stage just before Christmas 2019 and have announced a string of shows so far...
January 30, 2020 by Tom Girard
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Fool In Love EP – Joe Corbin

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Fool In Love sees Guernsey/London based singer-songwriter Joe Corbin pick up where his debut EP, Brixton Sky, left off — marrying blues with more relaxed styles to make something of his own. Still Get High starts things off and, while it can be an invigorating stomp of a track...
January 29, 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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The Gaa Gaas – Self-titled

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Formed out of the rather fertile indie music of the Channel Islands in the mid 2000s Jersey originated, now London and Brighton based, The Gaa Gaas may have taken a while to release their self-titled debut album but now they have it’s a great one for fans of noisy,...
January 24, 2020 by Tom Girard
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Mura Masa – R.Y.C.

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Two years ago Guernsey born and raised artist Mura Masa launched out of the comparative underground right into the upper echelons of the current pop world with a self-titled debut album combining elements of hip hop, electronica and dance that led to him performing stand out sets at festivals...
January 18, 2020 by Tom Girard
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The Head Of Helier – Self-titled EP

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard The Channel Islands has long fostered a music scene featuring some of the heaviest sounds going from Guernsey’s Earthcorpse to Jersey’s Masticated and Demise Of Sanity you’re likely never far away from someone with an interest in the darker side of music. With that though the notion of one...
January 12, 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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Music in Guernsey in 2019

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard After a couple of years where music in Guernsey had upped its game, across the board, to a level that continues to surprise many visitors to the island, or those who hear Guernsey based bands when they venture away, 2019 has had to me a slightly different feel. While...
December 28, 2019 by Tom Girard
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Monty Taft – Singles 2019 – Bloom, Long River and Friend Not My Fear (Glass)

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard 2019 has been a landmark year for Jersey guitarist, singer, songwriter Monty Taft. From touring the UK earlier in the year to playing festivals across the summer and being invited to play BBC Music Introducing stages in both Jersey and Guernsey along with playing a standout set at BBC...
December 27, 2019 by Tom Girard
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Hot Juice – This Is What You Want

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Back in September Jersey rockers Hot Juice released the single Small Town Blues, followed not long after by the full record This Is What You Want. Clocking in at only 23 minutes the trio (vocalist/guitarist Shay Barker, drummer Harvey Dellar and bass player Tay Broksi) don’t mess about and...
December 26, 2019 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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Coastal Fire Dept – Control

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Over the last five years, since their rather inauspicious debut supporting Last Of The Light Brigade, the world’s finest (and possibly only) purveyors of self-styled ‘Grunge From The Vale’, Coastal Fire Dept, have been through something of a rotating cast of line ups centred on frontman and chief songwriter...
December 20, 2019 by Tom Girard
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Subhumans – Crisis Point

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard From the moment Trotsky’s frantic, classic punk, drumming, of Terrorist In Waiting open Subhumans latest album, Crisis Point, it’s clear that, despite being the best part of four decades into their career the band have as much drive, power and passion as any punk band out there today. I’ll...
December 19, 2019 by Tom Girard
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JOHN (aka JOHN TIMESTWO) – Out Here On The Fringes

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard The last couple of years have seen a strong return for noisy, abstract, ‘post punk’ style rock from the UK continuing an on and off trend that began in the late 1970s and has rumbled along in the underground ever since with occasional brushes with the mainstream. Added to...
December 15, 2019 by Tom Girard
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Those Fucking Snowflakes – U Ok Hun? (EP)

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Hot on the heels of their debut single Stop Being Dickheads To Each Other, Blackpool post rock trio Those Fucking Snowflakes are back with their debut EP, U Ok Hun? Things begin with the aforementioned single that I’ve already discussed elsewhere (read that by clicking here) and then continue...
December 13, 2019 by Tom Girard
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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,...
December 9, 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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Brunt – Ataraxy

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard By their own admission, and fitting of much of their music, instrumental psychedelic doom three-piece Brunt aren’t a band to rush things, being (in a positive way) something of the musical version of JRR Tolkien’s Ents. Now, three years on from the release of three track EP Blackbeard comes...
November 26, 2019 by Tom Girard
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Those Fucking Snowflakes – Stop Being Dickheads To Each Other (single)

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Having first heard of Those Fucking Snowflakes (aka Those Snowflakes for the more sensitive and Twitter) thanks to Tom Robinson at BBC Music Introducing Live earlier in the month I instantly vowed to look up their debut single, Stop Being Dickheads To Each Other, and I was not disappointed....
November 22, 2019 by Tom Girard
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The Other World – The Silver Tree EP

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard A little under a year ago guitarist and singer-songwriter Mike Meinke released With My Headphone’s In under the banner of Mike’s Magic Trip that saw him taking the sonic template he established leading Buffalo Huddleston in a slightly different direction, including teaming up with harpist Alicia Du Coustel on...
November 16, 2019 by Tom Girard
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Byzanthian Neckbeard – Minaton

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard After a five year break from recordings Byzanthian Neckbeard have released two in as many months first the Extinction EP and now the full length album, Minaton. Continuing some of the themes of their From The Clutches Of Oblivion debut they start the album with a great wrong footing...
November 12, 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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Track Not Found – Everyone Hates Track Not Found (single)

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard It’s been nearly a year and half since Track Not Found released any new recordings, the Science (Gone Wrong) single that marked Record Store Day 2018 following their debut EP The Only Way Is Lost, but now they are back with a new single, the maybe ironically titled Everyone...
October 23, 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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The Darkness – Easter In Cancelled

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard A couple of years ago Lowestoft’s finest rock band, The Darkness, released a record that felt something like a return to form with Pinewood Smile followed by a live album that seemed to capture the band in fully rejuvenated spirit live as well — so, when I heard about...
October 18, 2019 by Tom Girard
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King Nun – Mass

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Earlier in the year I had the chance to catch upcoming pop rockers King Nun when they visited Guernsey and played a show at St James Concert Hall only weeks before they opened for Foo Fighters in Dublin and now they’ve released their debut album, Mass. As I expected...
October 14, 2019 by Tom Girard
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The Wildhearts – Diagnosis (mini-album)

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Less than five months since they release Renaissance Men, their first album in a decade, The Wildhearts are back again with a mini-album, Diagnosis, taking one previously released track and adding five new ones recorded in a more recent session (oh, and in between Ginger Wildheart found time to...
October 6, 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 – September 2019 – Nick Coleman and Coastal Fire Dept

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Nick Coleman on BBC IntroducingClick here to listen to the show For my edition of BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands for September 2019 I featured two up and coming acts from Guernsey with rather different styles. In session was Nick Coleman who’s made a name for himself...
September 29, 2019 by Tom Girard
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WaterColour Matchbox – Pathways

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Back in 2017, when they released their debut album Fragments, Artefacts & Ruins, WaterColour Matchbox was little more than a two piece studio project for Peter Mitchell and Mikey Ferbrache just beginning to look into expanding to live performances. Now, as they release their second full length record, Pathways,...
September 27, 2019 by Tom Girard
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Mötley Crüe – Dr. Feelgood

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Thirty years ago the band who defined the 80’s Los Angeles glam metal sound, often derisively dubbed hair metal, Mötley Crüe, released arguably their magnum opus, Dr Feelgood. Released following arguably the most tumultuous period of their career where they hit commercial highs and personal lows aplenty, highlighted by...
September 25, 2019 by Tom Girard
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Byzanthian Neckbeard – Extinction EP

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Five years ago Byzanthian Neckbeard dropped their debut album, From The Clutches Of Oblivion, the waves of which carried them as far as the Blookdstock metal festival in Derbyshire and The Underworld in Camden. Since then, despite the loss of one guitarist, the trio have continued to cement their...
September 23, 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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Ghost – Seven Inches Of Satanic Panic

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard As seems to have become their modus operandi after releasing new album Prequelle last year Swedish goth-black-pop-rockers Ghost are back with a new EP, Seven Inches Of Satanic Panic. It is, according to their own increasingly convoluted, self-created back story, a throw back to the ‘original incarnation’ of the...
September 19, 2019 by Tom Girard
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Hot Juice – Small Town Blues

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard A couple of weeks ago Jersey based three piece Hot Juice played their biggest show to date headlining the Made In Jersey Stage at the island’s Weekender festival after winning a battle of the bands contest and releasing their third single, Small Town Blues. The track starts out as...
September 14, 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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3Teeth – Metawar

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard I first discovered 3Teeth when I saw them supporting Ministry in London on 6th July 2019, the day after the release of their third album, Metawar. After Hyperstition, an intro that drops us very much into the present, Affluenza kicks off a maelstrom of industrial metal that paints a...
September 4, 2019 by Tom Girard
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Playlist – August 2019

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Another busy month for music with a load of new music topped off with the longest running festival in the Channel Islands, the Vale Earth Fair, means another packed playlist. From and inspired by the Earth Fair is music from The King Blues, The Wakes and Lifejacket. Byzanthian Neckbeard...
August 31, 2019 by Tom Girard
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Frank Turner – No Man’s Land

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Even before it was anywhere near release Frank Turner was already courting controversy thanks to the concept of his new album, No Man’s Land, which is based around the idea of telling the stories of women from history, many in the musical or artistic world, in a way that...
August 21, 2019 by Tom Girard
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Ginger Wildheart – Headzapoppin

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard To say Ginger Wildheart is prolific would be something of an understatement — in the last twelve months he’s released the GASS Mark II compilation record, The Pessimist’s Companion solo album, new Wildhearts album Renaissance Men and the band have just announced a new mini album to be released...
August 19, 2019 by Tom Girard
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IDLES – Mercedes Marxist/I Dream Guillotine

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Hot on the heels of what many are describing as the stand out set of this year’s Glastonbury festival, and for my money one of the most zeitgeist grabbing performances in those fields in Somerset from an upcoming British band in the best part of two decades, IDLES are...
August 7, 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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Playlist – July 2019

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard With a festival and a lot going on, my July playlist has become a bumper one with double the number of tracks than normal. As ever some of these have more specific reason to be here while others are just songs that happened to pop up and strike a...
July 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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Oliver Marson – Cocaine Romance

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Oliver Marson first came to my attention as part of the heavily Smiths inspired Guernsey based trio China Aster (that also gave us former Of Empires drummer George Le Page) several years ago. Since then he has, as many youngsters in Guernsey are wont to do, headed to the...
July 26, 2019 by Tom Girard
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Bruce Springsteen – Western Stars

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard For as long as I can remember Bruce Springsteen has been a part of my musical vocabulary, as I’m sure he is for many people born in the 1980s, however Western Stars marks the first new album from the New Jersey native since I first properly started exploring his...
July 24, 2019 by Tom Girard
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JD And Folk – Inn Slide Out

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard JD & Folk have been plying their trade as, mostly, a duo for a few years now mixing their take on well known country songs with their own original material and have now released this, Inn Slide Out, their first collection of their own songs on CD. The band...
July 22, 2019 by Tom Girard
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NoFX – Punk In Drublic

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard 25 years ago punk rock was, at least in the eyes of the mainstream, undergoing something of a resurgence. Green Day had just released Dookie and The Offspring had dropped Smash and into this, like the fly in the ointment they always seem to strive to be, came NoFX...
July 20, 2019 by Tom Girard
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Playlist – June 2019

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Another packed and varied selection this month featuring, I think, more Channel Island acts than usual too. Monty Taft made an impression when he playing the BBC Music Introducing stage on Arts Sunday so his latest single Bloom is included and his fellow islanders from Jersey, Hot Plastic, feature...
June 28, 2019 by Tom Girard
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The Dresden Dolls – A Is For Accident (8ft Records Edition)

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard After seeing punk cabaret duo The Dresden Dolls at Troxy in London last October I have now finally completed my collection of their records (at least as far as I’m likely to given the rarity of their self titled debut EP) with A Is For Accident. For clarity this...
June 16, 2019 by Tom Girard
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The Cor Damme Lars – Tangled Lies

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard The last year and half has seen the The Cor Damme Lars build a solid reputation for themselves on Guernsey’s music scene, first as a trio and then really hitting their stride as a five piece with bass (Tom Bradshaw) and drums (Andy Nicholson) added to their mandolin (Gemma...
June 14, 2019 by Tom Girard
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Playlist – May 2019

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard May 2019 has been a varied one musically for me but has been highlighted by a trio of what could be called comeback albums. First came The Wildhearts’ Renaissance Men that saw the unlikeliest band of 90s Britrock survivors unleash possibly their best album in two decades. Then German...
May 31, 2019 by Tom Girard
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Stray Cats – 40

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard After great ‘comeback’ albums from both The Wildhearts and Rammstein dropped in May 2019 after a 10 year break, rockabilly revivalists Stray Cats outdid both and, almost out of the blue, marked their 40th anniversary with their first album of new material in 27 years, appropriately named 40. While...
May 29, 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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Rammstein – Untitled

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard It seems May 2019 is the month for big comebacks. So far The Wildhearts have broken a ten year silence for new material to give us the rather excellent Renaissance Men and still to come The Stray Cats are back to mark their 40th anniversary, now we can add...
May 24, 2019 by Tom Girard
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Cokie The Clown – You’re Welcome

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Over the years NoFX have, along with increasingly blistering social and political commentary and their fair share of juvenile humour, featured a darker, often more personal, streak than many other bands who grew out the 1980s California punk rock scene. This now seems to have reached its peak with...
May 18, 2019 by Tom Girard
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The Wildhearts – Renaissance Men

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Ten years on from their last album, Chutzpah, The Wildhearts have been back in the studio and created Renaissance Men, an album that at once harks back to old glories while defiantly looking forward and presenting something fresh and new – not bad around three decades since they first...
May 8, 2019 by Tom Girard
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Bright Orange Spectacle – She Could Get Better

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard When retro rock ‘n’ rollers Of Empires called it a day at Sound At St James back in October they were joined in stage by a number of guests and little did we know then, that in amongst them was the nucleus of a new band, Bright Orange Spectacle....
May 4, 2019 by Tom Girard