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  • The Sound Affects of Escapism, Everyday

    The Sound Affects of Escapism, Everyday

    No online Dropbox with Sound Affects, aptly titled Everyday Escapism was manually dropped through my letterbox last week and Iโ€™ve listened to it daily since.   The musky aroma of a wood burner. Itโ€™s aimlessly staring through the window of a gypsy caravan on a drizzling spring morning music, clasping a warm cup of tea… Read more

  • Penny Lane, Wootton Bassett

    Did you know Wiltshire boasts the UKโ€™s only female Beatles tribute? Couldnโ€™t let this be, so had a chat with manager Roger, so far failed to hold the ladiesโ€™ hands though!   Royal Wootton Bassett musician, Roger Mepstead promotes tribute acts. In the past weโ€™ve mentioned Olya & The Bond Girls, and we love Sophia… Read more

  • Soul Sucker

    Soul Sucker

    I am a bit, yeah, but Iโ€™m talking more about the debut EP from Georgeโ€™s band, Wildingโ€ฆ   Images by Nick Padmore   It was all going swimmingly in the wee hours of this morning, until I backed the milk float into a ditch. Wedged firmly in the bracken which now resembled a milk bottle… Read more

  • Itโ€™s 1AM, and what are Larkin going to do?

    Itโ€™s 1AM, and what are Larkin going to do?

    Release a new EP called Live by Night, thatโ€™s what; and Iโ€™ve had an exclusive listen, so there!   Images by Nick Padmore and Matthew Hennessy   Upgraded from Dad’s cast-off mono record player, in the early eighties our Amstrad Hi-Fi was the stuff of Star Trek, with a record deck drawer openable by the… Read more

  • Sheer History

    With Sheer Music returning to Devizes on 8th December at the Cellar Bar with Sam Russo and support by Jamie R Hawkins, I hassle creator Kieran J Moore for a quick chat about Sheer Musicโ€™s history.   A lone drunken straggler wandered into our ring of barely free-standing friends amidst the temporary city of tents… Read more

  • Itโ€™s Complicated and Kirsty Clinch bid to improve Village Hall with Christmas Party

    Easter in Christmastertonโ€ฆ. No, hold on, I meant Christmas in Easterton; itโ€™s not complicated, yet, in a way, it is. Have I lost you with the first sentence? Itโ€™s okay, Iโ€™ll be brief and let you get on with your tea.   The sleepy village of Easterton, squashed between Lavington and Urchfont are to get… Read more