Always a happy place, our traditional record shop Vinyl Realm in Northgate Street Devizes is back in the game of hosting some live music afternoons. First up was the dynamic duo and purveyors of all things goth, Deadlight Dance….
Owners Pete and Jackie were glad to announce the return of some live music afternoons at Vinyl Realm, and between us we couldn’t recall how long it’s been since they last did this. A welcomed visit then, where you can leave your penny-farthing outside, browse some records while you’re there, and take in some locally sourced, unplugged acoustic sounds.
From 2:30pm Deadlight Dance played through stripped back versions of their originals and plenty of classic covers of the eighties new wave and gothic scene, claiming it was World Goth Day, though Google reckons it’s next Thursday, but who’s arguing? Deadlight Dance were covering these songs when Google was an itch in Ask Jeeves’ web crawler.
Always a pleasure to hear Nick and Tim play, though attired in their black jackets, white shirts and shades, it seems Tim drew the short straw and stood window-side with the sun beating in and a wasp groupie hovering overhead! Mandolin and guitar Echo Beach rinsing through the rafters though, while everyone outside is shopping for a birthday card for their pet cat, or Iceland hot dog stuffed crust pizza; plenty of time that malarky afterwards. I found a 7” of Chaka Khan, and another from Neil from the Young Ones, so there.
Next up is our wonderful Devizes singer-songwriter Sammi Evans, next Saturday 24th May from 2:30pm. I’ve asked Jackie for a list, but this was vague at the moment; watch this space. Of course JP Oldfield is on for a suitcase drum and kazoo sesh at some point, so if you’re an acoustic performer I suggest you pop into Vinyl Realm and put your name down!
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