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  • Talk in Code get Illogical

    Talk in Code get Illogical

    The only person who isnโ€™t going to love this is Mr Spock! Swindonโ€™s Talk in Code released a new single today, Illogical, their first release on Regent Street Records, since signing at the beginning of the yearโ€ฆ… Only seconds of a Tangerine Dream fashioned intro elapses before the boysโ€™ flare that uniformed indie-pop at you;… Read more

  • Just the Beginning, Start The Sirens

    Just the Beginning, Start The Sirens

    If itโ€™s the beginning, itโ€™s a loud one; kicking punk album release from Start the Sirens out last week has got me potentially stage-diving off the top of wardrobe.….. A collaboration of members from Trowbridge, Devizes, Westbury and Wotton Bassett, Start The Sirens formed in 2019, hit the pandemic with an acoustic EP, which bassist… Read more

  • Majesty; Kids Art Exhibit at St Maryโ€™s

    Ha! Stand aside established local artists, weโ€™re talking about the artists of the future here! If youโ€™re knocking around Devizes this extended weekend, do pop into St Maryโ€™s, the former church soon-to-be arts centre, where children from Wansdyke, Southbroom and Trinity schools have worked with professional local artist Joanna May to produce a mosaic of… Read more

  • Devizes LGBTQ+ Group’s First Big Event

    Formed a year ago, the Devizes LGBTQ+ group have organised several meet ups, but the time is nigh for their first big event, Drag Bingo at The Exchange on Thursday 30th June.…. I know this is something the group, and Oberon, better known as Gabriella Christmas, has been trying to organise for a while now.… Read more

  • Saddleback Back!

    In July 2019, straight after the Devizes Rugby Clubโ€™s Saddleback Festival, they announced July 11th 2020 for their next festival, but we all know the rest of that sad story. Since 2017 the club organised an annual Saddleback, named after Devizes Rugby teamโ€™s nickname, and the event quickly gained an outstanding reputation for bringing some… Read more

  • Strong Ladyโ€™s Power; DOCA at St Andrews

    Strong Ladyโ€™s Power; DOCA at St Andrews

    For personal reasons Strong Lady Charmaine Childs was unable to perform her show, Power at the DOCA Street Festival this year, but came to visit Devizes as a one-off separate show in St Andrewโ€™s Church yesterday, and it was as advertised, inspiringโ€ฆ… I can stagger home from a music gig already with an oven-baked opinion,… Read more