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  • The Light at the End of The Bottle of Dog

    The Light at the End of The Bottle of Dog

    The Light at the End of The World is a fourteen tracks strong album which scores a goal directly from the kick-off with the aptly titled opener Letโ€™s Go. Released at the beginning of the month (August 2024) the timeless goodness of hard rock is firing off on all cylinders, and it doesnโ€™t wait for… Read more

  • Get ‘Lifted’ by Chandra

    Get ‘Lifted’ by Chandra

    Chandra, Hindu God of the Moon, with his own NASA X-ray observatory named after him, and also frontman of a self-named friendly Bristol-based four-piece pop-punk band Iโ€™ve recently been introduced to; busy guy, I have to tell you about themโ€ฆ.. This band has been together since April and knocked out five singles already. The latest,… Read more

  • Assassination in Pewseyโ€ฆDโ€™Ska Assassination!

    Assassination in Pewseyโ€ฆDโ€™Ska Assassination!

    There was an assassination in Pewsey last night โ€ฆ a ska assassination; pick it up, pick it up, Pewsey! Like buses, ska bands are around these backwaters, which put me in a dilemma. Safe in the knowledge those Killertones will skank up the Southgate in Devizes, I sought to head east to the vale of… Read more

  • Local Book Review: Dadโ€™s New Dress

    Local Book Review: Dadโ€™s New Dress

    Spent most of Pride month, and the following month too (what? Iโ€™m a slow reader and a busy chap!) reading an apt book, given to me be by a local amateur author, Molly Andersonโ€ฆ… Okay, itโ€™s blatantly obvious from the off Molly is a pseudonym and while written third person narrative the motivation to write… Read more

  • Some Days with Paul Lappin

    Some Days with Paul Lappin

    Paul’s self-made cover to his latest single, Some Days depicts a fellow sitting under a tree pondering life, while an autumn zephyr blows leaves around him, and perfectly sums up the mood of the singleโ€ฆ. It’s breezy, everyday contemplation, and as smooth as Fonzie in a health spa, as is Paul’s distinctive, euphoric style! A… Read more

  • Mojo Workin’ fo’ Autumn: Long Street Blues Club’s Next Season….

    Mojo Workin’ fo’ Autumn: Long Street Blues Club’s Next Season….

    Itโ€™s when you hear those American addresses, like house number 21,456 Park Avenue, you realise Long Street in Devizes is a long street only comparable with neighbouring streets! Even then itโ€™s only averagely longer, and seems quite short to walk along when you know three-quarters of the way down thereโ€™s world class blues acts giving… Read more