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It happens very rarely, but when it does it honestly shocks you. The phrase… Why haven’t I heard of this band before???? Such it is with … Read the full article here https://www.modsofyourgeneration.com/post/lucky-bag-show-reviews-groovy-uncle Mods Of Your Generation Target Radio
Review re-blog courtesy of the wonderful folks at reviewage.net Intangibility. Yearning. Melancholy. If Theatre Royal had a penny for every instance of reaching for the unreachable, desiring the unobtainable, losing the unwinnable, they would be as rich as kings. Almost inevitably, that won’t happen. And so we come to their latest EP, Incidental Friend. Wistful, regretful, achingly dissatisfied, the four new songs cover familiar Theatre Royal ground. But, as ever, there’s a … Read more
It’s not very often that a band appears on the music scene, one hundred per cent ‘ready.’ Rochester band Theatre Royal are one. I have been banging about them from virtually day one, and now, ahead of their fifth album release, due early next year, they have confirmed my faith with their excellent new ‘Incidental Friend‘ EP. Read the full Loud Horizon review here…
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
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
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
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
Purists can mourn the death of punk’s “golden age” all they want and sneer at whatever the kids are listening to these days, but they can’t claim great punk records aren’t being released in 2019. Below you’ll find 10 exceptional punk releases, each with their own spin on whatever punk means in this current era. Fans of noise-punk, garage-punk, pop-punk, hardcore-punk and more will rejoice at the wide variety of strains represented … Read more
Another great review of the latest Theatre Royal’s release, Singles 2010-18, by Cee Tee Jackson at Loud Horizon… I can’t believe it’s been nine years since Loud Horizon first featured Medway band, Theatre Royal. At that point, I think they had only produced a couple of rough demos. But even at very embryonic stage, it was very obvious that here was a quality band in the making. A few months later, October 2010, and … Read more
British indie rock stalwarts The Claim present the band’s first new recordings since 1992, it is The New Industrial Ballads LP and it releases on May 24 via A Turntable Friend Records. The Claim is a diamond band, an indie rock music collective which inspired like a few, bands like Blur, Manic Street Preachers, etc. First album from The Claim in decades a stunner
Friday marks two special occasions in the life of one band. Not just any band, but British C86-styled indie darlings The Claim. You could say that one of these events ties their past to the present and one ties their present to the future. Let’s approach this chronologically. First of all, they’ll be re-releasing their seminal 1988 album Boomy Tella via A Turntable Friend Records on vinyl and also CD for the first … Read more