Live Review: Dads at the Kingston Fighting Cocks, 21/11/13
Shwin Bandari took this gig in, and came up with these words: Ah sweaty basement shows, the deafening loud PA system, the longing for water and fresh air, the inability…
Pennines / Teenage Cool Kids / Algernon Cadwallader – Cambridge Portland Arms, October 8 2009
it’s been a while since i visited the Portland Arms. my tattered memory suggests that the previous occasion was possibly 10 years ago, when bluetip played. and cortina. cortina was…
the Strange Boys / the Get Up Kids / Dinosaur Jr.
Now that’d be a crazy lineup and a half wouldn’t it? Instead it was a 3 day booze fueled jaunt by myself and long time Collective-Zine forum denizen, Victor Lazaro,…
Army Of Flying Robots / Battle Of Wolf 359 / Hello Bastards / Dopefight – London 12/07/09
This was probably going to be my last chance to see the mighty Robots, so I had to go really. London traffic and the elevated temperature got me in the…
Thou / Moloch / Ghast / Spider Kitten – Newport, 21/06/09
Although Newport is a bit of an armpit, Le Pub is an absolutely wicked venue and a haven from the outside world, and it’s not even that far from Bristol.…
Coalesce – Plymouth, 18/06/09
The White Rabbit, Plymouth – 18th June 2009 A quick glance at the tour poster tells me Coalesce are really getting about on their first ever jaunt across the pond.…
Aethenor / Bugbrand – Bristol 15/06/09
Bugbrand is a man called Tom, an enigmatic Bristol resident who spends a lot of time mucking about with circuit boards and soldering irons to make boxes and machines that…
An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump, Men, Fever Fever – Norwich, 20/06/09
finally, a gig in norwich. i wasn’t exceptionally optimistic about this one, but i had little else to do on a mediocre saturday night and managed to trick a friend…
the pains of being pure at heart – cambridge 12/6/09
i had the temerity to show up for a gig last night, at the soultree in cambridge. this venue is a new one for me, and first impressions swayed wildly…
Annihilation Time / Gurkha / Valdez – Bristol, 9/6/09
Annihilation Time / Gurkha / Valdez Bristol, The Croft – 9th June, 2009 Locals Valdez are playing as I enter. I’ve somehow never seen them, maybe because I don’t go…