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  • Splashpad, Iโ€™m all over it, Pal!

    Word of the week in the Vizes; Splashpad (apparently Word sees it as one word) So, who wants to splash and who wants to whinge? I ask Town Clerk, Simon Fisher the questions which need to be asked…โ€ฆ..ย  Once upon a time there was a slash-pad on the Green in Devizes, dubbed a drug-hatch, it Read more

  • Talk in Code; Like That

    Talk in Code; Like That

    Swindonโ€™s indie-pop four-piece Talk in Code have a new single pending, which will blow your diddy-boppers offโ€ฆ.. Okay, six seconds into Swindon-based anthemic indie pop darlings, Talk in Codeโ€™s new single โ€œTalk Like That,โ€ and these old ears are blessed with an intro which drifts me back to electronic synth-pop of the eighties. If I Read more

  • Devizine Presents Daydream Runaways, Mike Barham, the Celtic Roots Collective and a special guest in Aid of the Waiblingen Way Fire Fund

    I know, January is a quiet one, let’s shake it up a whole lot! Finally got around to sorting out a new Devizine Presents night at the Cellar Bar, itโ€™s coming up real soon, 18th January, so stick in your diary. We have the fantastic Daydream Runaways, Mike Barham, The Celtic Roots Collective and another Read more

  • Nerve Endings Love Muddy Puddles!

    Nerve Endings Love Muddy Puddles!

    Local indie-rock outfit, Nerve Endings have a debut single, out last weekโ€ฆ.. At the distal end of every axon lies the conclusion to a nerve. They message sensory neurons, bleating โ€œyouโ€™re hot,โ€ โ€œor cold,โ€ or โ€œoi, that hurts!โ€ Around these waters a personification are the nociceptors of noise, chiefly guitarist and lead vocalist Mike Barham, Read more

  • Devizineโ€™s Review of 2019

    Memories are made of Facebook reminders! Ah, the trusty book of face pings a notification of yore, leading me to contemplate, โ€œdid I write that crap?!โ€ For us 2019 has been a magical year; reviews, previews, silliness and seriousness on equal pegging. From Mark Thomasโ€™ Comedy Project to Eric Raviliousโ€™ The Downland Man, from MACS Read more

  • REVIEW โ€“ Pink Torpedoes @ Long Street Blues Club, Devizes โ€“ Saturday 28th December 2019

    REVIEW โ€“ Pink Torpedoes @ Long Street Blues Club, Devizes โ€“ Saturday 28th December 2019

    For One Night Only Andy Fawthrop Only a week after John Coughlanโ€™s Quoโ€™s rousing set, it was back up to Long Street Blues Club for another great gig. If you needed the Christmas blues blowing away, this was the gig to do it. Support act for the night was Jamie R Hawkins, aided and abetted Read more