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I was extremely fortunate on Thursday the 15th August to be present when local Kent band Big River presented their new Album to a busy and appreciative crowd at Leo’s Red Lion, Gravesend. This is probably one of the best debut albums I can remember, if I’m perfectly honest. But then they are extremely talented and seasoned musicians as well as having one of the best in Jim Riley from Ranscombe Studios to … Read more
Hagar the Womb first used Ranscombe when we recorded our 2016 single Hated By The Daily Mail (split with Anthrax) for Grow Your Own Records, and a track Showing Off for the GYO compilation Birds Of A Feather, Flock Together. We returned last year to record the tracks for our just released 10” EP Hagitate, also on GYO. We are painfully unrehearsed because we are all scattered around the country and can’t … Read more
Rockers Big River return to Red Lion in Gravesend to launch album where they started out Blues-rockers Big River are set to return to the venue where their journey first started, to launch their debut album. The band come to The Red Lion in Crete Hall Road, Gravesend, on Thursday August 15 to mark the release of their new album Redemption and celebrate a whirlwind three years on the road. Since forming … Read more
Image: Lara Homaidan Hagitation for the Nation Rejuvenated anarcho darlings HAGAR THE WOMB have their new record out just in time for their Rebellionappearance. The six-track Hagitate EP was recorded by Medway legend Jim Riley at Ranscombe Studios in Rochester and is released via Kent DIY label Grow Your Own on 10″ black/red marbled vinyl and CD and is available through Bandcamp and at Rebellion. The six-piece band are arguably even more … Read more
Modern Heavy Blues Rock, no frills, no nonsense, great riffs, memorable hooks, melody and groove. https://www.loudpress.net/bigriver https://www.facebook.com/bigriverblues/ https://itunes.apple.com/gb/artist/big-river/1258545064
According to this review from Shindig Magazine you are all ‘discerning radio broadcasters’. Thanks for helping us get our music heard by people other than our mum’s over the years. @JohnKennedy @steve_lamacq @MickeyUndertone @CrowleyOnAir @gidcoe pic.twitter.com/8eAlQpGaVK — Theatre Royal (@Theatre_Royal_) 16 July 2019
THE CLAIM – The New Industrial Ballads – **** “Long-awaited” may be a knackered old cliche but no one can deny The Claim’s first new album in over 30 years is exactly that. Hot on the heels of their recently re-released “lost” masterpiece Boomy Tella, this belated follow up is confirmation – if any were needed – that The Claim were always rather special. Fans of old will love it. Now freed … Read more
and what better way to celebrate than bring in some duelling banjos … play nice y’all
Generally, I’m not a fan of comebacks. Sure, there are exceptions – Johnny Cash, the Go-Betweens, the Wild Swans, off the top of my head – but for every unexpectedly great later work, there are many which make you wish an artist or a group had let their oeuvre be. It tends to be the case that if you stop exercising that song-creating muscle, it’s hard to get it back into the … Read more
