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...

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...

Independent Venue Week with Beach Riot, Stone Cold Fiction, The Tarantulips and Case On The Base – St James Concert Hall – 01/02/20

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard The TarantulipsFor the past six years Independent Venue Week has been championing bars, clubs, pubs and, for want of a better word, music halls up and down the UK that are run independently of major sponsors and support grass roots music both from their own neck of the woods...

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...