Southampton four-piece please with slowburning slowcore jams and a big ol’ dollop of earnestness.
Interview: Everett True
Editor Ben meets ‘The Legend’, Everett True, and Jerry Thackray all in one sitting. Deciphering who is who proves to be the difficult task.
Review: run,WALK! – Peekay
Winchester post-hardcore duo release free E.P. We review it. Good times are had by all.
Review: Ultraphallus – Sowberry Hagan
Belgian noiseniks go under the crust to find new sounds. Result: brutality.
Preview: Sylvester Anfang II @ Bumbles
Krayon’s Alan Read creates an abhorrently good selection of psyche-folk/drone/kosmiche brain-meltery at Bumbles, Bournemouth to see in the ady of the dead.
Review: Women – Public Strain
Women follow up their eponymous debut with more delicious retro-futurism and sound clashes.
Preview: Billy Bragg in Bournemouth
Bard of Barking and all round cultural/political icon Billy Bragg brings his tales of love, loss and defeating fascism to Bournemouth.
Review: Losers – Beautiful Losers
Eddy Temple Morris and ex-Cooper Temple Clause man Tom Bellamy bring one of the more schizoid dance records you’re likely to hear.
Review: The Minutes – Fleetwood
Irish retro-rock’n'roll that could be a winner, but relies too heavily on influences.
Review: DeLooze – Too Heavy To Stand Up
Fresh, gritty electro to counter-act the thick lashings of sickly bubblegum slush currently clogging up the airwaves.
