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  • For Dave Young; Swindon’s Old Town Bowl Rocks for Charity This August with New Festival

    For Dave Young; Swindon’s Old Town Bowl Rocks for Charity This August with New Festival

    Planned for Saturday 28th August, from midday until 10pm, an all-day festival in Swindon’s Town Gardens will be getting Swindon rockin’, and it’s all in aid of The Prospect Hospice. Prospect Hospice has offered end-of-life care services in Swindon and north east Wiltshire since 1980. The unconventional yet catchy named, ‘The My Dad’s Bigger Than… Read more

  • Daisy’s Good Luck Songs

    Daisy’s Good Luck Songs

    If I learned to take heed of Sheer Music chief promoter Kieran J Moore, when he Facebook posts about a new local discovery on a previous occasion, when I had the unexpected realisation outstanding Americana artist, Joe Edwards was virtually a neighbour, it’s paid off again. The sounds of Daisy Chapman the subject this time,… Read more

  • Girls Go Ska; Frente al Mar!

    Girls Go Ska; Frente al Mar!

    Rude girls grito! Far from home perhaps, but so, so worth mentioning for tropical vibes of rock steady and ska in a fashion proportionately you’ll find hard to come by around these parts, it’s my beloved all-girl-bar-one Mexican ska band, Girls Go Ska with a bran-new album Frente al Mar. Girls and ska, what’s not… Read more

  • Longcoats Get Dancing

    Longcoats Get Dancing

    Opps, near-on delayed a month due to the amount of work involved with promoting our Julia’s House album, other stuff going on, and generally slacking off in my garden with my belly hanging over my khaki shorts, I’ve a backlist of music to tell you about, hopefully, before you visualise me slacking off in the… Read more

  • Tracks 4Julia’s House Album; The Final Countdown

    Tracks 4Julia’s House Album; The Final Countdown

    Long overdue is the last third of our detailed track-listing for the compilation album, Various Artists 4Julia’s House, like most things on Devizine at the moment. What? I’ve been busy sorting out my wardrobe, throwing out the unfashionable items. Now I’m left with a completely empty wardrobe, it’s time to give you the lowdown on… Read more

  • Was a TwoManTing at the Southgate

    Was a TwoManTing at the Southgate

    Managed to make it somewhere between out and Micky Flanagan’s out-out last night. In other words, I didn’t change out of my manky khaki shorts I’d been gardening in, but still got a pint or so down “the Gate.” I’ve been aching to witness the duo, TwoManTing for myself, Captain Obvious; yes, TwoManTing is a… Read more