Buzzin Music

The Forum was packed for the return of Young Knives to the tiny idiosyncratic venue in this insular, twee Kent Spa town

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Following the rather wonderful Scala-based indie-pop celebrations earlier in the month, it was time to revert to the usual uphill stroll to the Lexington for a more sparsely populated evening’s entertainment. Maybe everyone was at home or in the pub watching England beat Sweden for the first time in almost fifty years?
First on tonight were [...]

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Having reluctantly decided to forsake the promise on offer from reacquainting myself with Shrag and Evans the Death, in favour of maintaining at least a veneer of domestic harmony (and remaining in contact with parts of my body that I’ve sort of grown accustomed to having hang around), it was a heart-wrenching 48 hours before [...]

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Fortuna Pop records. As reliable a mark of good quality pop music as you’re likely to find since the demise of Sarah records, some might say. They’ve been bringing us top toe-tapping tunes since 1996 and, to celebrate this noteworthy anniversary, took over the Scala for three days to bring us a selection of old [...]

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French Folk Pop duo Herman Dune played to a packed house at the Union Chapel in Islington, London on Wednesday 12th October 2011. This idiosyncratic venue has a somewhat sombre feel, the audience lined up in the straight-backed pews amid the striking gothic architecture. A regular gig venue these days which by no means suits [...]

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