Gig Reviews

GIG REVIEW – Krhanice Open Air Festival, Czech Republic

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I went to a festival in the summer of 2020. There, recorded for time immemorial, a monument to a
moment of “normal” chaos in the wider insanity of constrained, hushed times. Since 2008 I’ve
embraced festival going as my religious retreats, the epiphanies of self-destructive liver flagellation,
aural ecstasy, revelation, redemption and survival to a soundtrack of your choice. But the prayer rug
and the muddy earth pulled from beneath my feet this year with developing events, already had lost
Pit Fest in Holland in May, and the intended destination here of a return to the glorious Brutal
Assault was also postponed, the spiritual loss and the shaking of the musical pillars of my faith was
palpable.More

The Tivoli, Buckley

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[pic above paul radcliffe]
Situated in a strange part of North Wales, that’s not that easy to get to, The Tivoli is a venue in Buckley responsible for a lot of indie shows. Not quite on the main gig circuit but becoming more of a cult venue for bands to play warm ups at.
Originally a cinema and theatre in 1920s. During the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s the venue had a tremendous run of bands through its doors and it was often cited as one of the best places to play on any tour, with promoter Howard Croft being responsible for many of them.
Marc Jones was the promoter and DJ of the Wednesday indie gigs from 1991-94.
Indeed, stories from the people who worked there at the time have inspired new owner Rokib Miah to once again achieve this goal after a fifteen year spell as a more mainstream nightclub.
2010 was a great leap in the right direction with the club enjoying a buoyant resurgence on the live music scene.More

GIG REVIEW – Marine-core! #1 @ The Marine, Old Colwyn

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Dogsflesh / Rabo De Toro / Fatalist / Spam Javelin / Entity


I’ve had a few requests from random Americans to join the Marine-core! Facebook group, I don’t think they are intending to visit North Wales, and this was not set up to fetish-ise some elite murder squad.  Marine-core! is rather a celebration of the fact we can sustain alternative music in the area, as we have been for a few years before settling into our accommodating venue of choice.  Sheer sparsity of numbers and disturbance of the gentrified peace is always against us, but we’ve proven that friends are still willing to gather for live original music whether they are particularly into the styles or not. More

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