A Guide to Independent Venues Week

A GUIDE TO INDEPENDENT VENUES WEEK WE CELEBRATE NORTHAMPTON’S FINEST INDEPENDENT VENUES Independent Venues Week supports the grassroots of music, its local venues and its artists. It is a growing community that is an advocate for fair pay to musicians. Through a week dedicated to paid gigs aimed at showcasing the particular venue at its […]

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Gig Guide: 27th Jan – 2nd Feb

Bushpigs – Live at The Mailcoach, Fri 1st Feb

A run through of the week’s gig listings…

27th Jan
IVW: ROAM | Superlove | Crawlspaces | Slow Burn | The Black Prince | 19:00 | £10
Kicking off Independent Venues Week is ROAM, Eastbourne’s big deal pop-punkers, who are taking a trip around the country’s smaller venues for Independent Venue Week. […]

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Freshly Squeezed: October

King Purple psychedelic four piece from Corby-

Phil Moore runs you threw the month’s new releases

King Purple ‘Warning Signs’
Oh lord, how do they keep coming up with this stuff? The Corby band recently filled the Roadmender and you can understand why, what with such swashbuckling tunes. Sonically they sit somewhere between the grunge and the shoegaze of the late 80s and early 90s, and by mixing things up create freshness. This one’s as stoned as a wall, and if they don’t become huge soon I’m gonna get pretty mad at someone. […]

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The Kings Painting the Town Purple

King Purple psychedelic four piece from Corby-

THE KINGS PAINTING THE ROADMENDER PURPLE I caught up with King Purple’s Luke, Callum and Fraser at their recent gig at the Roadmender on 20th September. King Purple, hailing from Corby, have been an established name throughout the county for a while now, often seen supporting the likes of The Barratts, Sarpa Salpa and MONARCHS, […]

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