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REVIEW: Sound of Scarborough x Beckview Sessions CD

by Katherine Dunn-Mines | 23 Oct, 2024

Our Editor-in-Chief took a listen to the recent Sound of Scarborough x Beckview Sessions CD. ...

EP Review: Futur1st – The Danse Society

by Luke Webster | 16 Apr, 2018

Legendary post-punk band The Danse Society have returned to release a new three-track EP just in...

ALBUM REVIEW: VI – The Danse Society

by David Ruston | 25 Sep, 2015

In Short: Mysterious, powerful and densely layered. In Depth: The press release that accompanies...

ALBUM REVIEW: Blue the Fuse – Ben Lane

by Katherine Dunn-Mines | 14 Sep, 2015

Ben Lane’s ‘Blue the Fuse’ When I last reviewed Ben Lane’s live performance, I...

ALBUM REVIEW: We Are North of the Wall

by Katherine Dunn-Mines | 13 Aug, 2015

Having recently been lucky enough to witness North of the Wall playing live, the chance to review...

Review: ‘Influence’ by Callum Gibson

by Adrian Riley | 23 Jul, 2015

‘Influence’ is an EP of four original songs by Scarborough singer-songwriter, Callum Gibson. It’s great to hear new music being put out there by local musicians, but did I mention that Callum is still only...

Review: ‘Blunt Bleach’ and ‘Volcano’ by Nocturnal Dictionary

by Paul Spencer | 10 Jun, 2015

The Whitby-based, sumptuously-named Nocturnal Dictionary are a kind of dawning realisation. They describe themselves as neo-psychedelic jazz, and listening to their unhurried, freeform style, underpinned by Hawaiian-shirt guitar...

EP Review: ‘So You’re Mine’, Crumplehorns

by Paul Spencer | 30 Mar, 2015

Fresh from winning YCG’s Best Original Group (as well as Local Live Act of the Year) 2014, Crumplehorns’ new single release is titled ‘So You’re Mine’. As well as the usual download options, this...

Single Review: The Danse Society – If I Were Jesus / The Sound of Silence

by Paul Spencer | 19 Jan, 2015

The Danse Society have a lineage that reaches back into the shadows of the early Eighties,...

Single Review: Crumplehorns On-Off/Beyond Stained Glass

by Fletcher Stewart | 2 Dec, 2014

Traversing the wires of a cradle landscape From the first flanging sequenced percolations of...

EP REVIEW: ‘People Like Us’ by Ten Foot Tom & the Leprosy Crooks

by Katherine Dunn-Mines | 25 Nov, 2014

Having never seen Ten Foot Tom and the Leprosy Crooks live, I had no idea what to expect when their album, ‘People Like Us’, landed on my doormat. Little was I to know that I would end up feeling rather smug to have...

REVIEW: ‘Wild’ EP, Alan Lewis

by Katherine Dunn-Mines | 23 Oct, 2014

Alan Lewis released his EP, ‘Wild’, with a launch party at Flower of May Holiday Park...

REVIEW: ‘Redemption Hymns’ EP, The Demimondaines

by Tessa Hughes | 29 Sep, 2014

The Demimondaines – Redemption Hymns EP If you’re looking for a band that revel in...

REVIEW: ‘Intricate’ EP, Terri-Ann Prendergast

by Sam McKie | 26 Aug, 2014

Terri-Ann is a talented Scarborough-based performer; she’s been playing professionally and...

EP Review: The Antiquity – A Colossal Infliction of Hate

by Luke Webster | 7 Jul, 2014

Of metal’s many, many, many sub-genres, deathcore is one that I’ve never quite explored that fully. In the labyrinthine world of metal genre-labelling, it can get a little difficult to keep up. Therefore, as a self-described...