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- Josef Lada – A Fight In A Tavern (1943)
22 Jan 2025 (19) - ChatGPT not quite as indie as me
17 Jan 2025 (42) - Tjernobyl Dödar – Titta Bort
07 Jan 2025 (76) - The bands I’ve seen the most
19 Dec 2024 (153) - Got any grapes?
30 Sep 2024 (3564) - Love Is All – The Beatles song that never was
05 Sep 2024 (6306) - Dagelijkse Misère – new self-titled album
01 Aug 2024 (8860) - As far as melon scratchers go, this is a honey doodle
26 Jul 2024 (9354) - Like Father, Like Son
18 Jul 2024 (10011) - Awst – Afallon
05 Sep 2023 (39083) - Swearing in Welsh
09 Jun 2023 (12917) - It’s the little details that count
05 Jun 2023 (8804) - The Popes Of Chillitown – Crashmat
10 May 2023 (11701) - Blur – Modern Life Is Rubbish
10 May 2023 (11087) - Ceefax – bringing rugger news to Orcney in 1972
09 May 2023 (10404) - Frogpond – Talk To Me
20 Apr 2023 (10405) - Catch – Bingo
09 Feb 2023 (16310) - Is this a piece of your brain?
12 Nov 2022 (22833) - Worker & Parasite – The Silent Majority
12 Nov 2022 (21981) - Wunderhorse – Girl Behind The Glass
11 Nov 2022 (17775) - dEUS – Must Have Been New
08 Nov 2022 (17613) - Rogue Jones – Triongl Dyfed
08 Nov 2022 (15040) - Parrot steals reporter’s earphone live on air
05 Nov 2022 (15029) - Whatever happened to …?
04 Oct 2022 (4489) - Vero – Heather
03 Oct 2022 (4091) - Best of Twitter – September
30 Sep 2022 (2821) - Thousand Yard Stare – Espirit du Corps
23 Sep 2022 (12489) - Adwaith – Eto (live at Maes B)
22 Sep 2022 (4312) - Jesus Jones: master criminals
19 Sep 2022 (3285) - Snow Coats – Anyway
18 Sep 2022 (3133) - Salad – Plank
15 Sep 2022 (3239) - Sink – Drainpipe Jane
06 Sep 2022 (3262) - Looks legit
06 Sep 2022 (3245) - Iskaa and the Red Cars – Desire
31 Aug 2022 (6493) - The cost of electric living
27 Aug 2022 (6766) - Okay, this made me laugh
27 Aug 2022 (2168) - Beabadoobee – Here’s Where The Story Ends
21 Aug 2022 (2517) - The Tudors, Football Manager and 25% for moving a chair
27 Mar 2022 (696) - Three wishes
26 Feb 2022 (5543) - Is this burning an eternal flame?
02 Nov 2020 (1090) - New Gorillaz, New Beck
31 Oct 2020 (1150) - On the scoresheet at last
24 Oct 2020 (1050) - The Otford Solar System
07 Oct 2020 (2185) - Steve Davis’s Spitting Image Puppet
05 Aug 2020 (1240) - The Machiguenga Experiment
14 Jul 2017 (1109) - 2015 – my year in music
31 Dec 2015 (18) - 2014 – my year in music
31 Dec 2014 (23) - 2013 – my year in music
31 Dec 2013 (24) - The amazing paper drop …
29 Apr 2013 (1032) - 2012 – my year in music
31 Dec 2012 (24) - Barcelona v Getafe
10 Apr 2012 (1061) - Greensted church
21 Jan 2012 (1145) - 2011 – my year in music
31 Dec 2011 (36) - My day out at Nene Park
11 Jun 2011 (1795) - 2010 – my year in music
31 Dec 2010 (40) - XFM’s “greatest” 100 songs ever
04 Jan 2010 (1156) - 2009 – my year in music
31 Dec 2009 (31) - The most played songs of the noughties …
31 Dec 2009 (1259) - 2008 – my year in music
31 Dec 2008 (34) - RIP Nick Sanderson
12 Jun 2008 (1094) - 2007 – my year in music
31 Dec 2007 (155) - 2006 – my year in music
31 Dec 2006 (32) - Sultans of Ping FC – 2006 interview
27 Jul 2006 (1163) - 2005 – my year in music
31 Dec 2005 (46) - The Others – 2005 interview
04 Dec 2005 (793) - 2004 – my year in music
31 Dec 2004 (126) - 2003 – my year in music
31 Dec 2003 (47) - 2002 – my year in music
31 Dec 2002 (129) - 2001 – my year in music
31 Dec 2001 (57) - 2000 – my year in music
31 Dec 2000 (53) - 1999 – my year in music
31 Dec 1999 (63) - Abdoujaparov – 1999 interview
30 Jan 1999 (795) - 1998 – my year in music
31 Dec 1998 (127) - 1997 – my year in music
31 Dec 1997 (62) - 1996 – my year in music
31 Dec 1996 (69) - Frank and Walters – 1996 interview
28 Jun 1996 (1329) - 1995 – my year in music
31 Dec 1995 (122) - 1994 – my year in music
31 Dec 1994 (68) - 1993 – my year in music
31 Dec 1993 (57) - 1992 – my year in music
31 Dec 1992 (166) - 1991 – my year in music
31 Dec 1991 (166) - 1990 – my year in music
31 Dec 1990 (192)
- Scraping the UK charts – a 2025 guide
23 Jan 2025 (8) - How to post text and images to Bluesky using PHP
14 Nov 2024 (669) - General PHP code snippets
17 Mar 2022 (866) - Date and time utilities in PHP
09 Mar 2022 (688) - How to get rid of “episodes and shows” from Spotify:
06 Mar 2022 (758) - Example of character counter using Bootstrap and jQuery
19 Feb 2022 (718) - How to create a simple Twitter bot
19 Feb 2022 (758) - Finding the first and last day of a month in PHP
01 Feb 2022 (782) - Javascript countdown timer
07 Dec 2021 (709) - Creating a WordPress theme from scratch
25 Oct 2021 (780)
- 1. Setting up Django
13 Oct 2021 (784) - 2. Creating a new virtual environment
13 Oct 2021 (797) - 3. Creating a new hello app
13 Oct 2021 (713) - 4. Django views
20 Oct 2021 (764) - 5. Django models
20 Oct 2021 (760) - 6. Django templates
20 Oct 2021 (741) - 7. Django URLs
20 Oct 2021 (726) - 8. Building a lightweight project
20 Oct 2021 (708) - 9. How to start writing a new application in Django
20 Oct 2021 (746) - 10. Introduction to PostgreSQL
27 Oct 2021 (747) - 11. Building a database using SQL
27 Oct 2021 (735) - 12. Limitations to database modelling
27 Oct 2021 (835) - 13. Good practice in relational database design
27 Oct 2021 (785) - 14. Inserts and queries in SQL
27 Oct 2021 (772) - 15. Queries and table joins in SQL
27 Oct 2021 (740) - 16. SQL Query performance
27 Oct 2021 (769) - 17. SQL functions and summaries
27 Oct 2021 (925) - 18. Altering the database
27 Oct 2021 (807) - 19. An introduction to the Object-Relational Mapper
03 Nov 2021 (695) - 20. ORM – work through example
03 Nov 2021 (741) - 21. Migrations
03 Nov 2021 (779) - 22. Adding to the database with Django Admin
03 Nov 2021 (771) - 23. Adding to the database by writing a script
03 Nov 2021 (755) - 24. Using the ORM in views.py
03 Nov 2021 (783) - 25. Joins, filters and chaining commands
03 Nov 2021 (752) - 26. Deleting and updating records
03 Nov 2021 (647) - 27. Django templating
10 Nov 2021 (676) - 28. Adding CSS to the template
10 Nov 2021 (888) - 29. JavaScript basics
10 Nov 2021 (639) - 30. Django forms (1)
17 Nov 2021 (754) - 31. Django forms (2) – using the ModelForm class
17 Nov 2021 (754) - 32. Django validators
17 Nov 2021 (742) - 33. Refactoring with generic views in Django
17 Nov 2021 (710) - 34. Introduction to CRUD, REST and APIs
24 Nov 2021 (774) - 35. Building a RESTful web service in Django
24 Nov 2021 (956) - 36. Class-based views in the Django REST framework
24 Nov 2021 (689) - 37. Testing in Django
01 Dec 2021 (780) - 38. Writing API tests
01 Dec 2021 (677)
Gigs (314) - every gig ever
- Franz Ferdinand, Permanent (Joy) – Grand Central Hall, Liverpool
11 Jan 2025 (29) - Half Happy, em koko – Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff
14 Dec 2024 (167) - My Life Story – The Quarry, Liverpool
06 Dec 2024 (117) - Melys, Osgled – Y Cwps, Aberystwyth
30 Nov 2024 (237) - They Might Be Giants – The Roundhouse, Chalk Farm
19 Nov 2024 (112) - Darling Buds, Simon Love and the Loves – 229, Great Portland Street, London
16 Nov 2024 (190) - Fightmilk, Tugboat Captain – Paper Dress Vintage, Hackney
15 Nov 2024 (108) - Bugeye, Lucky Number You – The Victoria, Birmingham
08 Nov 2024 (121) - Art Brut – The Castle & Falcon, Birmingham
25 Oct 2024 (115) - Sultans of Ping FC, Meryl Streek – The Ritz, Manchester
21 Sep 2024 (185) - Chroma, Baby Brave, Lila Zing – Tŷ Pawb, Wrexham
13 Sep 2024 (109) - Melin Melyn, Ynys, Pys Melyn – Town Hall, Llangollen
12 Jul 2024 (71) - Antarctic Monkeys – The Buttermarket, Shrewsbury
05 Jul 2024 (60) - Bloc Party – The Institute, Digbeth, Birmingham
28 Jun 2024 (284) - Urdd Gobaith Cymru: Achlysurol, HMS Morris, Llareggub Brass Band – Mathrafal Field, Meifod
31 May 2024 (142) - Echobelly, Camens – Live 45, Kidderminster
15 May 2024 (131) - Futureheads, Adult Play – Shrewsbury Castle, Shrewsbury
03 May 2024 (129) - Adwaith – Hare & Hounds, Birmingham
03 Apr 2024 (63) - Melys, Pys Melyn, Sophie Kilburn – Neuadd Ogwen, Bethesda
02 Mar 2024 (59) - Sea Power, Callum Easter – Town Hall, Birmingham
10 Feb 2024 (59) - Dydd Miwsig Cymru: Morgan Elwy, Tew Tew Tennau, Mynadd – Y Institwt, Llanfair Caereinion
09 Feb 2024 (59) - Bikini Beach Band – The White Hart, Stoke Newington
31 Dec 2023 (28645) - Pacifica, House of Women – Academy 2, Islington
10 Dec 2023 (28275) - Fonda 500, Bugeye, Hurtling, Colossus – Amersham Arms, New Cross
26 Oct 2023 (34382) - Snow Coats, Toodles and the Hectic Pity – Signature Brew, Haggerston
27 Sep 2023 (34236) - Snow Coats – Tunbridge Wells Forum
25 Sep 2023 (33879) - Darling Buds, Keeley – The Thunderbolt, Bristol
16 Sep 2023 (35367) - Fightmilk, Feeble Strength – Signature Brew, Haggerston
14 Sep 2023 (32755) - Thousand Yard Stare – The Lexington, Islington
09 Sep 2023 (29890) - Thousand Yard Stare – Prince Albert, Brighton
08 Sep 2023 (29566) - Be Your Own Pet – Rough Trade East, Whitechapel
29 Aug 2023 (12474) - Brian Butterfield – Bush Hall, Shepherd’s Bush
06 Aug 2023 (14081) - Pulp – Apollo, Hammersmith
28 Jul 2023 (7953) - Blur, Self Esteem – Wembley Stadium, Wembley
08 Jul 2023 (7730) - Blur, Wu Lu – City Hall, Newcastle
28 May 2023 (3845) - Salad, Repetitive John – Arts Club, West Hampstead, London
27 May 2023 (2922) - Salad – The Hope and Ruin, Brighton
16 Apr 2023 (9918) - The Others – The Garage, Highbury
25 Mar 2023 (791) - Fightmilk – Signature Brew, Haggerston
26 Jan 2023 (585) - Ynys, Gillie – The Victoria, Dalston
14 Jan 2023 (564) - Republica, Freya Beer – Powerhaus, Camden
09 Dec 2022 (663) - Pop Will Eat Itself, Sigue Sigue Sputnik – 229, Great Portland Street, London
03 Dec 2022 (560) - Salad, Dan Cross – The Water Rats, Kings Cross
26 Nov 2022 (537) - Adwaith, Paige Kennedy – The Grace, Highbury
14 Nov 2022 (520) - Thousand Yard Stare, Elucidate – 229, Great Portland Street, London
04 Nov 2022 (485) - Wannadies, Duschpalatset – Assembly Hall, Islington
03 Nov 2022 (501) - Apollo – The Mercury Mall, Romford
29 Oct 2022 (468) - Art Brut, Home Counties – Heaven, Charing Cross
27 Oct 2022 (710) - Franz Ferdinand, Los Bitchos – Alexandra Palace, London
20 Oct 2022 (16382) - Sultans of Ping FC, Big Boy Foolish – The Institute, Digbeth
15 Oct 2022 (15368) - Darling Buds, Theatre Royal – Academy 2, Islington
08 Oct 2022 (15382) - Maximo Park, Pip Blom – Roundhouse, Chalk Farm
07 Oct 2022 (10511) - Steve Hackett – Regent Theatre, Ipswich
04 Oct 2022 (4008) - The Divine Comedy – Barbican Hall, Barbican
02 Sep 2022 (3090) - Fightmilk, Bitch Hunt, Sassyhiya – The Shacklewell Arms, Dalston
25 Mar 2022 (2583) - Altered Images, The Metatrons – Chinnery’s, Southend
19 Mar 2022 (2224) - Franz Ferdinand – Concorde 2, Brighton
11 Mar 2022 (1872) - Tapeworms – Hot Box, Chelmsford
11 Feb 2022 (1600) - Fightmilk, The Travis Waltons – Signature Brew, Haggerston
29 Jan 2022 (1171) - Hybrid Kid – Shortts Bar, Brighton
14 Jan 2022 (1311) - Speakeasy Vol 1 – Buckinghamshire New University, High Wycombe
12 Dec 2021 (1287) - S*M*A*S*H, The Astronauts – Club 85, Hitchin
03 Dec 2021 (1165) - Thousand Yard Stare, The Shop Window – Academy 2, Islington
26 Nov 2021 (906) - Bugeye – The Horn at the Half Moon, Bishop’s Stortford
25 Nov 2021 (918) - Ned’s Atomic Dustbin – Powerhaus, Camden
19 Nov 2021 (954) - Sea Power – Esquires, Bedford
29 Oct 2021 (1076) - Salad, Piney Gir – The Lexington, Islington
24 Oct 2021 (937) - Fightmilk, The Spaces – Oast Community Centre, Rainham
15 Oct 2021 (841) - Fightmilk, Gold Baby, Gutts – The Victoria, Dalston
13 Oct 2021 (826) - Genesis – Liverpool Arena
04 Oct 2021 (989) - Pop Will Eat Itself, Utah Saints, Collapsed Lung – Assembly Hall, Islington
02 Oct 2021 (826) - Salad, Maschina, Burnout, Stick In The Wheel – High Tide Festival, Twickenham
26 Sep 2021 (766) - Hybrid Kid, White Dog, Lemur Lemur – Prince Albert, Brighton
25 Sep 2021 (1352) - Futureheads, Mt Misery – Esquires, Bedford
18 Sep 2021 (860) - Sea Power – Craufurd Arms, Milton Keynes
09 Sep 2021 (826) - The Primitives, Jetstream Pony – The Lexington, Islington
04 Sep 2021 (767) - Becontree 100: Nova Twins – Parsloes Park, Dagenham
14 Aug 2021 (833) - Abdoujaparov, Big Boy Tomato – The Holroyd Arms, Guildford
04 Jun 2021 (777) - Pop Will Eat Itself, Mr B The Gentleman Rhymer – Assembly Hall, Islington
12 Dec 2020 (831) - Smokin’ Donuts – The Chequers, Billericay
02 Mar 2020 (838) - Republica, All Tomorrow’s Stories, Saint Nevis – The Boston Arms, Tufnell Park
08 Feb 2020 (803) - Dream Wife – Audio, Peckham
23 Jan 2020 (855) - Xmas Freak Show – The Railway Hotel, Southend-on-Sea
13 Dec 2019 (816) - Pop Will Eat Itself, Jeana – Craufurd Arms, Milton Keynes
11 Dec 2019 (807) - Steve Hackett – The Cliffs Pavilion, Westcliff-on-Sea
27 Nov 2019 (792) - Darling Buds, Helen Love – The Lexington, Islington
23 Nov 2019 (803) - Salad, Cozy Slippers, Gold Baby, Macadamia Sluts – The Finsbury, Finsbury Park
08 Nov 2019 (783) - Hurtling, Pink Haze, Petrol Boys – The Horn at the Half Moon, Bishop’s Stortford
24 Oct 2019 (813) - Divine Comedy – Empire, Shepherd’s Bush
17 Oct 2019 (799) - Frank and Walters, Tom Hingley and the Kar-Pets – The 100 Club, Soho
04 Oct 2019 (673) - Mimik Floyd – Chinnery’s, Southend
20 Sep 2019 (685) - Supergrass – Oslo, Hackney
09 Sep 2019 (711) - Ed Borrie, Scare Taxi, Metatrons – The Doctor’s Tonic, Welwyn Garden City
06 Sep 2019 (694) - Stillmarillion – Quay Theatre, Sudbury
31 Aug 2019 (663) - British Sea Power, Enjoyable Listens – Craufurd Arms, Milton Keynes
23 Aug 2019 (696) - Standon Calling 2019 – Standon Lordship, Hertfordshire
26 Jul 2019 (680) - Latitude Festival 2019 – Henham Park, Southwold
19 Jul 2019 (679) - The Good, The Bad and The Queen – Somerset House, Charing Cross
17 Jul 2019 (677) - The B-52’s, Trapdoor Social – Apollo, Hammersmith
30 Jun 2019 (656) - Piroshka, International Teachers of Pop – Central Library, Lancaster
23 Jun 2019 (647) - King Crimson – Royal Albert Hall, Kensington
20 Jun 2019 (689) - Top Of The Alcopops! – Boston Arms, Tufnell Park
17 May 2019 (699) - Ned’s Atomic Dustbin, Pop Will Eat Itself, Miles Hunt – The Institute, Digbeth
20 Apr 2019 (691) - Piroshka, Lemondaze – The Portland Arms, Cambridge
05 Apr 2019 (665) - The Stranglers – The Cliffs Pavilion, Westcliff-on-Sea
21 Mar 2019 (731) - Smokin’ Donuts – The Chequers, Billericay
25 Feb 2019 (646) - Art Brut – The Haunt, Brighton
23 Feb 2019 (701) - Sleeper – Forum, Tunbridge Wells
02 Feb 2019 (808) - British Sea Power – The Con Club, Lewes
14 Dec 2018 (744) - Sleeper – BBC Studios, Maida Vale
14 Dec 2018 (806) - Cardigans, Moto Boy – Apollo, Hammersmith
07 Dec 2018 (712) - Salad, Colour Me Wednesday – Academy 2, Islington
14 Nov 2018 (644) - Abdoujaparov, Doozer McDooze – The 100 Club, Soho
09 Nov 2018 (666) - Steve Hackett – The Regent Theatre, Ipswich
10 Oct 2018 (694) - Soft Cell – The O2, Greenwich
30 Sep 2018 (670) - Shiiine On – Academy, Birmingham
08 Sep 2018 (681) - RiZE Festival – Hylands Park, Chelmsford
17 Aug 2018 (623) - Standon Calling 2018 – Standon Lordship, Hertfordshire
26 Jul 2018 (622) - Latitude Festival 2018 – Henham Park, Southwold
13 Jul 2018 (660) - Thousand Yard Stare, Salad Undressed – The Lexington, Islington
09 Jun 2018 (737) - Thousand Yard Stare, Pacers – The Lexington, Islington
08 Jun 2018 (704) - Camden Rocks 2018 – Camden, London
02 Jun 2018 (648) - Salad, S*M*A*S*H, Jesuscarfish – The Soundhouse, Leicester
20 Apr 2018 (612) - Darling Buds, Nightingales – The Lexington, Islington
14 Apr 2018 (658) - Marillion – Corn Exchange, Cambridge
13 Apr 2018 (675) - Idles – Chinnery’s, Southend-on-Sea
11 Apr 2018 (673) - Smokin’ Donuts – The Chequers, Billericay
05 Mar 2018 (697) - Franz Ferdinand, Albert Hammond Jr – Corn Exchange, Cambridge
23 Feb 2018 (688) - British Sea Power – Koko, Camden
13 Feb 2018 (678) - Bilk – Hideaways, Chelmsford
29 Jan 2018 (714) - Divine Comedy – The LCR, Norwich
02 Dec 2017 (679) - Shed Seven – Scala, King’s Cross
26 Oct 2017 (689) - Marc Almond – The Cliffs Pavilion, Westcliff-on-Sea
23 Oct 2017 (727) - Indie Daze 4 – Forum, Kentish Town
07 Oct 2017 (703) - Salad, Know Escape – The Lexington, Islington
27 Sep 2017 (635) - Star Shaped Festival – Ritz, Manchester
19 Aug 2017 (610) - Standon Calling 2017 – Standon Lordship, Hertfordshire
28 Jul 2017 (631) - Sleeper, My Life Story – The Haunt, Brighton
22 Jul 2017 (614) - Latitude Festival 2017 – Henham Park, Southwold
14 Jul 2017 (730) - Radiohead, Junun – Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester
04 Jul 2017 (680) - Thousand Yard Stare, Bivouac – The 100 Club, Soho
02 Jun 2017 (740) - Steve Hackett – The Cliffs Pavilion, Westcliff-on-Sea
07 May 2017 (634) - Salad Undressed, Vince Petchey – Three Wise Monkeys, Colchester
17 Apr 2017 (688) - Senseless Things, Midway Stil – New Adelphi Club, Hull
19 Mar 2017 (784) - Young Band Night – Chinnery’s, Southend
15 Mar 2017 (707) - Salad Undressed, Vicky Sometani – The Water Rats, King’s Cross
25 Jan 2017 (775) - Darling Buds – The Soundhouse, Leicester
17 Dec 2016 (708) - Mike Flowers Pops, Lorraine Bowen – The 100 Club, Soho
06 Dec 2016 (1031) - Asylums, Petty Phase, Horse Heads, Scarletts – The Railway Hotel, Southend-on-Sea
02 Dec 2016 (657) - Honeyblood, Ultimate Painting – Oslo, Hackney
20 Nov 2016 (633) - Undertones, Sultans of Ping – Forum, Kentish Town
19 Nov 2016 (778) - Divine Comedy, Lisa O’Neill – Open, Norwich
22 Oct 2016 (655) - Indie Daze 3 – Forum, Kentish Town
01 Oct 2016 (736) - Imogen Heap – Saint Francis Hospice, Havering-atte-Bower
15 Sep 2016 (682) - Howling Black Soul, Skuff, Smoke City Revolution – Cricketers, Westcliff-on-Sea
10 Sep 2016 (632) - CJ2, For The Love Of Bob – Society of Old Brentwoods, Brentwood
02 Sep 2016 (722) - Luna Highway, Kasual Karma, John Chapman and Alex Pezeshkian, Ad Edwards – Brentwood Rugby Club, Brentwood
05 Aug 2016 (644) - Indietracks 2016 – Midland Railway, Butterley
29 Jul 2016 (693) - Tom Hingley and the Kar-Pets, Kingsley Beat – The 100 Club, Soho
28 Jul 2016 (688) - Two Faced Serenade, Lightscopes, Jack Fordham and Muscle Bomber, Zublue – Essex Arms, Brentwood
23 Jul 2016 (582) - Belly – Forum, Kentish Town
21 Jul 2016 (696) - Salad Undressed – Antenna Studios, Crystal Palace
16 Jul 2016 (679) - Brentwood Festival 2016 – The Brentwood Centre, Brentwood
15 Jul 2016 (657) - Latitude Festival 2016 – Henham Park, Southwold
15 Jul 2016 (636) - Fitness In Mind All Dayer – Brentwood Centre, Brentwood
25 Jun 2016 (722) - British Sea Power – The Forum, Tunbridge Wells
22 Jun 2016 (684) - Garbage – The Troxy, Hackney
13 Jun 2016 (988) - Thousand Yard Stare – The 100 Club, Soho
10 Jun 2016 (757) - Mo Fingers – Brentwood Rugby Club, Brentwood
03 Jun 2016 (659) - Gigantic Indie All Dayer – Academy, Manchester
28 May 2016 (679) - Helen Scott, Baby Blues – White Horse, Brentwood
07 May 2016 (752) - Lush – Roundhouse, Chalk Farm
06 May 2016 (638) - Estrons, Our Girl – The Waiting Room, Stoke Newington
05 May 2016 (796) - Luke Haines – The Lexington, Islington
04 May 2016 (666) - Bracknall, High/Low – Essex Arms, Brentwood
30 Apr 2016 (687) - Lovely Eggs, Phill Jupitus, Muertos – Bassment, Chelmsford
27 Apr 2016 (668) - States Of Emotion, Electric Child House, Davey James, Brown Brothers – O’Neills, Brentwood
21 Apr 2016 (633) - Lush – Oslo, Hackney
11 Apr 2016 (663) - Darling Buds, Popguns – The 100 Club, Soho
02 Apr 2016 (643) - Phoenix Fridays: Indigo, Everglows – Brentwood Rugby Club, Brentwood
01 Apr 2016 (601) - Dingus Khan, Horse Party, Superglu, Brackish Edge, Claws – The Steamboat Tavern, Ipswich
11 Mar 2016 (716) - Sisteray, Beatniks – Bardswell Social Club, Brentwood
04 Mar 2016 (671) - Little Green Cars, Other Creatures – Bar and Grill, Hoxton
09 Feb 2016 (657) - Stop The War All Dayer – The Railway Hotel, Southend-on-Sea
07 Feb 2016 (656) - They Might Be Giants – Junction, Cambridge
03 Feb 2016 (650) - High/Low, Deniers, Different People – The Edge, Basildon
28 Jan 2016 (700) - Poder de Tres, Keeley Smith, Joe Fryd – Shenfield Cricket Club, Brentwood
22 Jan 2016 (651) - Mystery Jets – South Records, Southend-on-Sea
20 Jan 2016 (677) - Shed Seven, Inspiral Carpets – The Forum, Hatfield
08 Dec 2015 (664) - Vile Electrodes, Under The Stars, Killatrix, Lixiviath – Society of Old Brentwoods, Brentwood
27 Nov 2015 (671) - Asylums, Petty Phase – The Railway Hotel, Southend-on-Sea
07 Nov 2015 (666) - Baby Blues, Warm Winters, Velvet Tree, Re:Verb – Society of Old Brentwoods, Brentwood
30 Oct 2015 (630) - Fireworks, Electric Pop Group, Garlands, Keep Left Signs – New River Studios, Harringay
02 Oct 2015 (626) - Lydia Lucy, Jessica Ali, Adam Wedd – Shenfield Cricket Club, Brentwood
25 Sep 2015 (672) - Dani Clay, Libby Holden, Jive Agents, Charlie Law – Society of Old Brentwoods, Brentwood
28 Aug 2015 (640) - Indietracks 2015 – Midland Railway, Butterley
24 Jul 2015 (670) - Latitude Festival 2015 – Henham Park, Southwold
17 Jul 2015 (710) - Brownstock Festival – Browns Farm, Stow Maries
11 Jul 2015 (661) - Southend Village Green 2015 – Chalkwell Park, Southend-on-Sea
11 Jul 2015 (654) - Who, Paul Weller, Sleaford Mods, Kaiser Chiefs – Hyde Park, London
26 Jun 2015 (741) - Blur, Metronomy – Hyde Park, London
20 Jun 2015 (730) - British Sea Power – Roundhouse, Chalk Farm
13 Jun 2015 (698) - Thousand Yard Stare, Subrosa5 – Borderline, Charing Cross
06 Jun 2015 (639) - Madness – Chelmsford City Racecourse, Great Leighs
03 Jun 2015 (646) - Los Endos – Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch
31 May 2015 (634) - Juke, Takes, Ascetics, CJ2 – Society of Old Brentwoods, Brentwood
29 May 2015 (775) - Pop Will Eat Itself – Cargo, Shoreditch
28 May 2015 (716) - Ride – Roundhouse, Chalk Farm
24 May 2015 (649) - Kaleidophone, Luke Sanders, Enemy Of The Lion, Connor Wells – Society of Old Brentwoods, Brentwood
24 Apr 2015 (555) - Finding Miranda, Ends, Helen Connolly, Eva Tobin – Society of Old Brentwoods, Brentwood
27 Mar 2015 (643) - Francesca Priest, Keeley Scott, Cameron Southcott – Shenfield Cricket Club, Brentwood
13 Mar 2015 (724) - Kaiser Chiefs, Public Service Broadcasting – O2 Arena, Greenwich
13 Feb 2015 (751) - Ryan Green, Luciee Closier, Leanne Louise – Eclipse, Brentwood
06 Feb 2015 (615) - Sulk, Tail Feather – Oslo, Hackney
31 Jan 2015 (1303) - Velvet Tree, High/Low, Sonic Wah, Charlie Wallis – Society of Old Brentwoods, Brentwood
23 Jan 2015 (597) - Bis, Ghosts Of Dead Airplanes – The Lexington, Islington
11 Jan 2015 (693) - Stardog Champions, Fashoda Crisis, High/Low, Dirty Fairies, Deniers – Saks Underground, Southend-on-Sea
19 Dec 2014 (592) - Break For Cover – Society of Old Brentwoods, Brentwood
12 Dec 2014 (649) - For The Love Of Bob, Everglows, Made In Paradise – Society of Old Brentwoods, Brentwood
28 Nov 2014 (629) - Carter USM, Sultans of Ping FC, Frank and Walters – Academy, Brixton
23 Nov 2014 (755) - Band From County Hell, Sophie DeBattista, Thomas James, Leigh Luscious – Society of Old Brentwoods, Brentwood
31 Oct 2014 (579) - Steve Hackett – The Cliffs Pavilion, Westcliff-on-Sea
28 Oct 2014 (534) - Hafdis Huld – Phoenix Artists Club, Charing Cross
20 Oct 2014 (612) - Stillmarillion – The Tropic, Ruislip
11 Oct 2014 (564) - D’Ukes, Scarlet Echo, Aim, Wildfowl – Society of Old Brentwoods, Brentwood
26 Sep 2014 (594) - Electric Child House, Matthew Haslam Hammond, Charlie Wallis – The White Horse, Brentwood
13 Sep 2014 (552) - Kate Bush – Apollo, Hammersmith
03 Sep 2014 (669) - Brownstock Festival 2014 – Stow Maries, Essex
30 Aug 2014 (639) - Killing Jimmy, Flares, We Stand Tall, Matthew Haslam Hammond – Essex Arms, Brentwood
08 Aug 2014 (590) - Brentwood Festival 2014 – The Brentwood Centre, Brentwood
20 Jul 2014 (624) - Lydia Lucy, Juke, Matthew Shepherd, Kate Thomas – Society of Old Brentwoods, Brentwood
18 Jul 2014 (711) - Latitude Festival 2014 – Henham Park, Southwold
17 Jul 2014 (603) - Pete Brame, Jared Richter Band, Molly Rainford, Rocheii – Society of Old Brentwoods, Brentwood
20 Jun 2014 (513) - Luciee-Marie Closier, Bow Flats, Francesca Priest, Matthew Attwaters – Society of Old Brentwoods, Brentwood
30 May 2014 (529) - Pop Will Eat Itself – Academy 2, Islington
25 May 2014 (547) - Arctic Monkeys, Tame Impala, Miles Kane – Finsbury Park, London
23 May 2014 (607) - Wolf Alice, Superfood, Gengahr – The Portland Arms, Cambridge
14 May 2014 (537) - Yes – The Cliffs Pavilion, Westcliff-on-Sea
30 Apr 2014 (619) - Sunny Moon, Ordinary Noise, For The Love Of Bob, Annie May Adams – Society of Old Brentwoods, Brentwood
25 Apr 2014 (489) - Darling Buds, EN – Borderline, Charing Cross
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