Gig Guide: 17th – 23rd Feb

Phantom Isle performing live at The Black Prince

Phantom Isle – Live at The Lamplighter, Sat 22nd Feb

A run through of the weeks gig listings…

Tues 18th Feb
A weekly night, sharing words and music, originals especially, acoustic but amplified in a small cosy brewery bar.
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Freshly Squeezed: February

Empyre Northampton five-piece

Phil Moore runs you threw the month’s new releases

Empyre ‘My Bad’
The hard rockers ratchet up their proggy tendencies on this ballad, the final single from their well-received ‘Self-Aware’ album. The feel is akin to Queensryche meets Alter Bridge, with some slick Chris Cornell-style vocals from Henrik Steenholdt giving it serious gravitas. If you like your rock sound to be American-flavoured, and with plenty of light and shade, then you’ve come to the right party here.
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Here’s Johnny…

HERE’S JOHNNY… NEO-PSYCHEDELIC INDIE OUTLET, PHANTOM ISLE, WERE BACK IN TOWN LAST MONTH FOR THEIR EP LAUNCH PARTY, HELD AT THE BLACK PRINCE. ORIGINALLY FROM NORTHAMPTON AND IT’S SURROUNDING AREAS, THE BAND HAVE SINCE RELOCATED TO LONDON TO GAIN MORE TRACTION DOWN THERE Pete (Vocals/Guitar), Sam (Drums), Josh (Synth) and Matt Marchant (Bass) formed the […]

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