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  • Hew Miller; Does Something!

    Hew Miller; Does Something!

    When I started Devizine it was an exploration, knowing next to nought about local performers and artists. Nowadays I consider venturing further afield, figuring Iโ€™ve successfully mapped our region of musical talent. But whenever I do, I find an area of unchartered territory, a Devizes resident lurking undetected in a dusty shed. Literally this month, Read more

  • Blank Pages of an Atari Pilot

    Blank Pages of an Atari Pilot

    This extensive belter of eighties-fashioned high-fidelity pop waits for no man, a sonic blast opens it, and the riff wouldnโ€™t sound alien appearing in a John Hughes coming-of-age eighties movie. Visualise Jud, Molly, Emilio et all, dancing around a school library to this latest track from Swindonโ€™s Atari Pilot. After our glorious appraisal of their Read more

  • The Bighead!

    The Bighead!

    “The Truth is Hard to Find celebrates their unique but retrospective style with a passion for pop-reggae, an uplifting beat, chugging ska riff and beguiling two-tone vocal harmonies….” Far from what the name suggests, and common generalisation of the genre, I found Northamptonโ€™s six-piece reggae/ska band, The Bighead, not in the slightest egotistical and very Read more

  • The Return of the Wharf Theatre

    The Return of the Wharf Theatre

    Word on the towpath is our wonderful theatre, the only theatre in Devizes, The Wharf Theatre is preparing for curtains up in October, starting with an amateur production of My Mother Said I Never Should. Since being forced to close in March the team have been working tirelessly to keep East Wiltshireโ€™s best loved and Read more

  • The Scribes: Totem Trilogy

    The Scribes: Totem Trilogy

    Getting snowed under here at Devizine Towers, but speedily need to push this to top priority, ahead of tonightโ€™s (Saturday 12th) gig at Salisburyโ€™s Winchester Gate from Bristol hip hop outfit, The Scribes. I whopped up a quick preview of the event, but as I pressed publish an email popped up with their latest EP Read more

  • Can you Help Lucie with her Haircut Fundraiser for the Little Princess Trust?

    Can you Help Lucie with her Haircut Fundraiser for the Little Princess Trust?

    Most girls want wireless Mpow headphones, an iPhone 11, a Himalayan salt lamp, or something like that for their fifteenth birthday. Maybe Lucie Green of Devizes does too, but in an awesome act of kindness, her focus is on having twenty inches of her hair cut off to donate to the Little Princess Trust. The Read more