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Author Archives: Dave Tommo
Peerless Pirates @ The Wheatsheaf, Oxford review
Peerless Pirates @ The Wheatsheaf, Oxford review.
I was passing by The Wheatsheaf in Oxford last Wednesday evening and thought I'd pop in and say hello to my old mate Joel the sound engineer, who has been engineering sound to some of the finest gigs in Oxford since the 1990's. After obtaining some ale and ascending the stairs to the stage area, there I was greeted by a sound I hadn't heard in this place before. Continue reading
The Glee Club, Oxford review: Fredrik Andersson, Joel Dommett, Ava Vidal, Gary Delaney
The Glee Club, Oxford review.
Saturday, May 28, 2011: Compere Rob Collins + comedians Fredrik Andersson, Joel Dommett, Ava Vidal and Gary Delaney. Continue reading
Posted in Reviews and Commentary
Tagged Ava Vidal, Comedy, Fredrik Andersson, Gary Delaney, Joel Dommett, Rob Collins, The Glee Club
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The Second Coming by John Niven - book review
The Second Coming by John Niven - book review.
The Second coming is a very humorous, can't put down read of a book. As the title suggests this is a story about the good Lord revisiting the earth in 2011, this time though, instead of being a carpenter, he is a humble musician. Continue reading
Guillemots review - Under The Bridge, Chelsea Football Club
An Evening Under The Bridge at Chelsea Football Club, Stamford Bridge, London.
Under The Bridge is one of my favorite Red Hot Chili Peppers songs, but now I can add it as one of my favorite places to be, too. Russian billionaire and owner of Chelsea Football Club, Roman Abramovich, recently opened the 500-capacity £20million nightclub quite literally under Chelsea's Stamford Bridge football stadium. Continue reading
Posted in Albums, Bands, Music News, Reviews and Commentary, Videos
Tagged Events, Fyfe Dangerfield, Guillemots, ILMC, Julian Velard, Under The Bridge, youtube
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Pippa Marias, Them Changes, Prima Donna - bands @ Nambucca, London review
Photo: Them Changes. So when they ask, "what were you doing for New Year's Eve 2010?" I can say with a cheeky smile that I was drinking and soaking up the atmosphere at Nambucca on The Holloway Road, Islington in London. Continue reading
Posted in Bands, Music News, Reviews and Commentary
Tagged Greig Stewart, Nambucca, Pippa Marias, Prima Donna, Them Changes
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Hated - GG Allin and The Murder Junkies, a Todd Phillips Movie review
Right, listen here you all. Ok? I've been going to punk gigs ever since the 70's, and I pretty much thought that I had seen some of the most outrageous gigs ever known to mankind.
I had seen the Sex Pistols explode, I used to go 'round with The Clash. I was there when JJ Burnel beat some poor sod up on stage. I played a lot of mad gigs myself in my band 4 Minute Warning. Continue reading
Posted in Bands, Music News, Reviews and Commentary
Tagged DVDs, GG Allin, Todd Phillips
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The Crushing review
The Crushing are a band from Oxford who claim that their songs have teeth and possess their own personas.
"Beasts" are what their drummer Penos calls them. I know this sounds slightly far fetched and you might laugh at such a suggestion in some circles, but after a listen to the first song they offer up off of their debut CD, 'Quickshooter' you start to understand where they are coming from and look nervously around for a way out of the building. Continue reading
Posted in Albums, Bands, Featured, Music News, New Releases, Reviews and Commentary
Tagged Oxford Bands, The Crushing
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The Shutka Champions in a league of their own
The Shutka Champions sounds like they might be the winners in a weird European sport. They sound as if they're involved in the very type of pursuit you've been seeking all your life. Well, close but no candy bar this time, mate.
Shutka is a town in the Balkans that boasts the largest Roma gypsy population in the world. Continue reading
Posted in Albums, Bands, Featured, Music News, New Releases, Reviews and Commentary
Tagged The Shutka Champions
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The Clash interview with Tony Parsons - watch video
Attention all retro punk fans, here is something I found while looking through old Clash interviews online. As a self confessed Clash freak I always get over excited when coming across something I missed about the said band. Continue reading
Posted in Bands, Music News, Reviews and Commentary, Videos
Tagged Joe Strummer, The Clash, Tony Parsons, youtube
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Chris "Dudley" Thompson review - Oxford singer/songwriter
Chris "Dudley" Thompson is an acoustic singer/songwriter from Oxford, well he's from Dudley originally, hence the name.
He first started playing the guitar at 15. Apparently he used to nick his mum's acoustic and belt out Nirvana tunes on it. Continue reading
