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  • Whilst a number of venues in Chelmsford offer various forms of regular live music, the alternative scene has been somewhat lacking in terms of a variety of club nights. This is something that the organisers of Distorted, a new night at Barhouse, are looking to put right. One of the...

    Distorted Barhouse

    Posted on March 16, 2011 | No Comments
    Whilst a number of venues in Chelmsford offer various forms of regular live music, the alternative scene has been somewhat lacking in terms of a variety of club nights. This is something that the organisers of Distorted, a new night at Barhouse, are looking to put right. One of the...

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  • As I wake up on a Monday morning in a sleepy Welsh village, that is not the first thing I expect to hear. But it is nice to know that pants are required for rocking. I am in the town of Brynamman, in the Brecon Beacons just north of Swansea, where The Library...

    Get Your Pants On Jon… It’s Time To Rock

    Posted on February 14, 2011 | No Comments
    As I wake up on a Monday morning in a sleepy Welsh village, that is not the first thing I expect to hear. But it is nice to know that pants are required for rocking. I am in the town of Brynamman, in the Brecon Beacons just north of Swansea, where The Library...

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  • Girl in a Bear Suit have had an exciting couple of months, with Panic night gigs and a festival performance under their belt. However they’ve faced some trying times for such a new band, with their line up halving. We find out what the future holds for them now… You’ve...

    Girl in a Bear Suit

    Posted on February 14, 2011 | No Comments
    Girl in a Bear Suit have had an exciting couple of months, with Panic night gigs and a festival performance under their belt. However they’ve faced some trying times for such a new band, with their line up halving. We find out what the future holds for them now… You’ve...

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  • If you go to gigs in Chelmsford, it is highly unlikely that you won’t be familiar with Shakey.  It is even less likely that you won’t have been to one of his gigs. Shakey has promoted in, amongst others, Seabrights, The Two Brewers, The Golden Fleece and Barhouse, and this...

    200 Not Out

    Posted on February 14, 2011 | No Comments
    If you go to gigs in Chelmsford, it is highly unlikely that you won’t be familiar with Shakey.  It is even less likely that you won’t have been to one of his gigs. Shakey has promoted in, amongst others, Seabrights, The Two Brewers, The Golden Fleece and Barhouse, and this...

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  • Revna Halludba talks to Dave and Pat from St Anne’s about this year’s Charity Garden Party The Garden Party has been running a few years now, tell us about it Yes, this was our sixth and it just gets bigger every year. We hold in the garden just outside of...

    St Anne’s Castle Charity Garden Party

    Posted on October 20, 2010 | No Comments
    Revna Halludba talks to Dave and Pat from St Anne’s about this year’s Charity Garden Party The Garden Party has been running a few years now, tell us about it Yes, this was our sixth and it just gets bigger every year. We hold in the garden just outside of...

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  • Never a band to duck a challenge, Kings Cross are set for their maddest adventure yet, climbing up Ben Nevis to play the highest gig ever in the UK. Sir Wiliam Pennybanks goes on a mental hike with singer Dan Raynham Barhouse. The Fleece. The Box. The Twist. The Arts...

    Kings Cross

    Posted on October 20, 2010 | No Comments
    Never a band to duck a challenge, Kings Cross are set for their maddest adventure yet, climbing up Ben Nevis to play the highest gig ever in the UK. Sir Wiliam Pennybanks goes on a mental hike with singer Dan Raynham Barhouse. The Fleece. The Box. The Twist. The Arts...

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  • Ah, the ukulele: small, sweet and twangy, and if you’re not grown up enough to play a real guitar like me, a good place to start learning to play an instrument. I’m not sure who is responsible for bringing it from George Formby’s window cleaning days to now – perhaps...

    D’Ukes

    Posted on October 20, 2010 | No Comments
    Ah, the ukulele: small, sweet and twangy, and if you’re not grown up enough to play a real guitar like me, a good place to start learning to play an instrument. I’m not sure who is responsible for bringing it from George Formby’s window cleaning days to now – perhaps...

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  • Revna Hallubda talks to Jocelyn Ridley – landlord of The Compasses in Littley Green, hosts of a monthly music night with a long history Joss – tell us about the pub. Until July 2005 The Compasses was owned by Ridley’s brewery – and being the nearest pub to the brewery,...

    The Compasses

    Posted on September 16, 2010 | No Comments
    Revna Hallubda talks to Jocelyn Ridley – landlord of The Compasses in Littley Green, hosts of a monthly music night with a long history Joss – tell us about the pub. Until July 2005 The Compasses was owned by Ridley’s brewery – and being the nearest pub to the brewery,...

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  • 2010 started like most other years for local four piece Never Means Maybe. Eight months later they’ll tell you that things couldn’t have gone much better for them… Huddled round a table in the Ivory Peg, singer Renz begins to tell me all about the bands dramatic eight months. “We...

    Never Means Maybe

    Posted on September 16, 2010 | No Comments
    2010 started like most other years for local four piece Never Means Maybe. Eight months later they’ll tell you that things couldn’t have gone much better for them… Huddled round a table in the Ivory Peg, singer Renz begins to tell me all about the bands dramatic eight months. “We...

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  • Dell Minty meets the interestingly named new guys, WD?BD! Introduce yourselves to the Panic readers and tell us who plays what? Hi, we are Who’s Driving? Bear’s Driving! and the line up is Scott (Vocals), Grant (Synth/Vocals), Aj (Guitar), Billy (Guitar/Vocals), Joe (Drums) and Tommy (Bass). Your new EP, Stop...

    Who’s Driving? Bear’s Driving!

    Posted on August 19, 2010 | No Comments
    Dell Minty meets the interestingly named new guys, WD?BD! Introduce yourselves to the Panic readers and tell us who plays what? Hi, we are Who’s Driving? Bear’s Driving! and the line up is Scott (Vocals), Grant (Synth/Vocals), Aj (Guitar), Billy (Guitar/Vocals), Joe (Drums) and Tommy (Bass). Your new EP, Stop...

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