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Blog (47)
- Awst – Afallon
05 Sep 2023 (2586) - Swearing in Welsh
09 Jun 2023 (9030) - It’s the little details that count
05 Jun 2023 (7619) - The Popes Of Chillitown – Crashmat
10 May 2023 (10188) - Blur – Modern Life Is Rubbish
10 May 2023 (9725) - Ceefax – bringing rugger news to Orcney in 1972
09 May 2023 (9147) - Frogpond – Talk To Me
20 Apr 2023 (9463) - Catch – Bingo
09 Feb 2023 (14685) - Is this a piece of your brain?
12 Nov 2022 (21942) - Worker & Parasite – The Silent Majority
12 Nov 2022 (20967) - Wunderhorse – Girl Behind The Glass
11 Nov 2022 (17238) - dEUS – Must Have Been New
08 Nov 2022 (17105) - Rogue Jones – Triongl Dyfed
08 Nov 2022 (14340) - Parrot steals reporter’s earphone live on air
05 Nov 2022 (14528) - Whatever happened to …?
04 Oct 2022 (3849) - Vero – Heather
03 Oct 2022 (3479) - Best of Twitter – September
30 Sep 2022 (2278) - Thousand Yard Stare – Espirit du Corps
23 Sep 2022 (11774) - Adwaith – Eto (live at Maes B)
22 Sep 2022 (3792) - Jesus Jones: master criminals
19 Sep 2022 (2785) - Snow Coats – Anyway
18 Sep 2022 (2461) - Salad – Plank
15 Sep 2022 (2680) - Sink – Drainpipe Jane
06 Sep 2022 (2627) - Looks legit
06 Sep 2022 (2643) - Iskaa and the Red Cars – Desire
31 Aug 2022 (2463) - The cost of electric living
27 Aug 2022 (6207) - Okay, this made me laugh
27 Aug 2022 (1678) - Beabadoobee – Here’s Where The Story Ends
21 Aug 2022 (1956) - The Tudors, Football Manager and 25% for moving a chair
27 Mar 2022 (167) - Three wishes
26 Feb 2022 (3219) - Is this burning an eternal flame?
02 Nov 2020 (602) - New Gorillaz, New Beck
31 Oct 2020 (669) - On the scoresheet at last
24 Oct 2020 (585) - The Otford Solar System
07 Oct 2020 (1097) - Steve Davis’s Spitting Image Puppet
05 Aug 2020 (611) - The Machiguenga Experiment
14 Jul 2017 (584) - The amazing paper drop …
29 Apr 2013 (540) - Barcelona v Getafe
10 Apr 2012 (535) - Greensted church
21 Jan 2012 (529) - My day out at Nene Park
11 Jun 2011 (614) - XFM’s “greatest” 100 songs ever
04 Jan 2010 (502) - The most played songs of the noughties …
31 Dec 2009 (499) - RIP Nick Sanderson
12 Jun 2008 (512) - Sultans of Ping FC – 2006 interview
27 Jul 2006 (582) - The Others – 2005 interview
04 Dec 2005 (283) - Frank and Walters – 1996 interview
28 Jun 2005 (603) - Abdoujaparov – 1999 interview
30 Jan 1999 (288)
- General PHP code snippets
17 Mar 2022 (318) - Date and time utilities in PHP
09 Mar 2022 (276) - How to get rid of “episodes and shows” from Spotify:
06 Mar 2022 (302) - Example of character counter using Bootstrap and jQuery
19 Feb 2022 (250) - How to create a simple Twitter bot
19 Feb 2022 (258) - Finding the first and last day of a month in PHP
01 Feb 2022 (276) - Javascript countdown timer
07 Dec 2021 (289) - Creating a WordPress theme from scratch
25 Oct 2021 (321)
- 1. Setting up Django
13 Oct 2021 (396) - 2. Creating a new virtual environment
13 Oct 2021 (358) - 3. Creating a new hello app
13 Oct 2021 (343) - 4. Django views
20 Oct 2021 (359) - 5. Django models
20 Oct 2021 (357) - 6. Django templates
20 Oct 2021 (359) - 7. Django URLs
20 Oct 2021 (322) - 8. Building a lightweight project
20 Oct 2021 (323) - 9. How to start writing a new application in Django
20 Oct 2021 (343) - 10. Introduction to PostgreSQL
27 Oct 2021 (362) - 11. Building a database using SQL
27 Oct 2021 (350) - 12. Limitations to database modelling
27 Oct 2021 (358) - 13. Good practice in relational database design
27 Oct 2021 (356) - 14. Inserts and queries in SQL
27 Oct 2021 (321) - 15. Queries and table joins in SQL
27 Oct 2021 (345) - 16. SQL Query performance
27 Oct 2021 (312) - 17. SQL functions and summaries
27 Oct 2021 (329) - 18. Altering the database
27 Oct 2021 (365) - 19. An introduction to the Object-Relational Mapper
03 Nov 2021 (324) - 20. ORM – work through example
03 Nov 2021 (352) - 21. Migrations
03 Nov 2021 (379) - 22. Adding to the database with Django Admin
03 Nov 2021 (315) - 23. Adding to the database by writing a script
03 Nov 2021 (317) - 24. Using the ORM in views.py
03 Nov 2021 (334) - 25. Joins, filters and chaining commands
03 Nov 2021 (353) - 26. Deleting and updating records
03 Nov 2021 (305) - 27. Django templating
10 Nov 2021 (302) - 28. Adding CSS to the template
10 Nov 2021 (323) - 29. JavaScript basics
10 Nov 2021 (292) - 30. Django forms (1)
17 Nov 2021 (323) - 31. Django forms (2) – using the ModelForm class
17 Nov 2021 (326) - 32. Django validators
17 Nov 2021 (298) - 33. Refactoring with generic views in Django
17 Nov 2021 (310) - 34. Introduction to CRUD, REST and APIs
24 Nov 2021 (305) - 35. Building a RESTful web service in Django
24 Nov 2021 (339) - 36. Class-based views in the Django REST framework
24 Nov 2021 (312) - 37. Testing in Django
01 Dec 2021 (305) - 38. Writing API tests
01 Dec 2021 (300)
Gigs (279) - every gig ever
- Darling Buds, Keeley – The Thunderbolt, Bristol
16 Sep 2023 (1665) - Fightmilk, Feeble Strength – Signature Brew, Haggerston
14 Sep 2023 (1686) - Thousand Yard Stare – The Lexington, Islington
09 Sep 2023 (1961) - Thousand Yard Stare – Prince Albert, Brighton
08 Sep 2023 (2119) - Be Your Own Pet – Rough Trade East, Whitechapel
29 Aug 2023 (2858) - Brian Butterfield – Bush Hall, Shepherd’s Bush
06 Aug 2023 (5071) - Pulp – Apollo, Hammersmith
28 Jul 2023 (4654) - Blur, Self Esteem – Wembley Stadium, Wembley
08 Jul 2023 (4551) - Blur, Wu Lu – City Hall, Newcastle
28 May 2023 (2883) - Salad, Repetitive John – Arts Club, West Hampstead, London
27 May 2023 (2419) - Salad – The Hope and Ruin, Brighton
16 Apr 2023 (9385) - The Others – The Garage, Highbury
25 Mar 2023 (207) - Fightmilk – Signature Brew, Haggerston
26 Jan 2023 (84) - Ynys, Gillie – The Victoria, Dalston
14 Jan 2023 (87) - Republica, Freya Beer – Powerhaus, Camden
09 Dec 2022 (84) - Pop Will Eat Itself, Sigue Sigue Sputnik – 229, Great Portland Street, London
03 Dec 2022 (58) - Salad, Dan Cross – The Water Rats, Kings Cross
26 Nov 2022 (54) - Adwaith, Paige Kennedy – The Grace, Highbury
14 Nov 2022 (59) - Thousand Yard Stare, Elucidate – 229, Great Portland Street, London
04 Nov 2022 (45) - Wannadies, Duschpalatset – Assembly Hall, Islington
03 Nov 2022 (57) - Apollo – The Mercury Mall, Romford
29 Oct 2022 (47) - Art Brut, Home Counties – Heaven, Charing Cross
27 Oct 2022 (184) - Franz Ferdinand, Los Bitchos – Alexandra Palace, London
20 Oct 2022 (15815) - Sultans of Ping FC, Big Boy Foolish – The Institute, Digbeth
15 Oct 2022 (14832) - Darling Buds, Theatre Royal – Academy 2, Islington
08 Oct 2022 (14889) - Maximo Park, Pip Blom – Roundhouse, Chalk Farm
07 Oct 2022 (9751) - Steve Hackett – Regent Theatre, Ipswich
04 Oct 2022 (3462) - The Divine Comedy – Barbican Hall, Barbican
02 Sep 2022 (2615) - Fightmilk, Bitch Hunt, Sassyhiya – The Shacklewell Arms, Dalston
25 Mar 2022 (1989) - Altered Images, The Metatrons – Chinnery’s, Southend
19 Mar 2022 (1733) - Franz Ferdinand – Concorde 2, Brighton
11 Mar 2022 (1402) - Tapeworms – Hot Box, Chelmsford
11 Feb 2022 (1046) - Fightmilk, The Travis Waltons – Signature Brew, Haggerston
29 Jan 2022 (648) - Hybrid Kid – Shortts Bar, Brighton
14 Jan 2022 (823) - Speakeasy Vol 1 – Buckinghamshire New University, High Wycombe
12 Dec 2021 (784) - S*M*A*S*H, The Astronauts – Club 85, Hitchin
03 Dec 2021 (624) - Thousand Yard Stare, The Shop Window – Academy 2, Islington
26 Nov 2021 (498) - Bugeye – The Horn at the Half Moon, Bishop’s Stortford
25 Nov 2021 (499) - Ned’s Atomic Dustbin – Powerhaus, Camden
19 Nov 2021 (517) - Sea Power – Esquires, Bedford
29 Oct 2021 (578) - Salad, Piney Gir – The Lexington, Islington
24 Oct 2021 (489) - Fightmilk, The Spaces – Oast Community Centre, Rainham
15 Oct 2021 (421) - Fightmilk, Gold Baby, Gutts – The Victoria, Dalston
13 Oct 2021 (412) - Genesis – Liverpool Arena
04 Oct 2021 (459) - Pop Will Eat Itself, Utah Saints, Collapsed Lung – Assembly Hall, Islington
02 Oct 2021 (388) - Salad, Maschina, Burnout, Stick In The Wheel – High Tide Festival, Twickenham
26 Sep 2021 (383) - Hybrid Kid, White Dog, Lemur Lemur – Prince Albert, Brighton
25 Sep 2021 (436) - Futureheads, Mt Misery – Esquires, Bedford
18 Sep 2021 (438) - Sea Power – Craufurd Arms, Milton Keynes
09 Sep 2021 (395) - The Primitives, Jetstream Pony – The Lexington, Islington
04 Sep 2021 (367) - Becontree 100: Nova Twins – Parsloes Park, Dagenham
14 Aug 2021 (391) - Abdoujaparov, Big Boy Tomato – The Holroyd Arms, Guildford
04 Jun 2021 (358) - Pop Will Eat Itself, Mr B The Gentleman Rhymer – Assembly Hall, Islington
12 Dec 2020 (370) - Smokin’ Donuts – The Chequers, Billericay
02 Mar 2020 (422) - Republica, All Tomorrow’s Stories, Saint Nevis – The Boston Arms, Tufnell Park
08 Feb 2020 (386) - Dream Wife – Audio, Peckham
23 Jan 2020 (430) - Xmas Freak Show – The Railway Hotel, Southend-on-Sea
13 Dec 2019 (400) - Pop Will Eat Itself, Jeana – Craufurd Arms, Milton Keynes
11 Dec 2019 (381) - Steve Hackett – The Cliffs Pavilion, Westcliff-on-Sea
27 Nov 2019 (356) - Darling Buds, Helen Love – The Lexington, Islington
23 Nov 2019 (395) - Salad, Cozy Slippers, Gold Baby, Macadamia Sluts – The Finsbury, Finsbury Park
08 Nov 2019 (379) - Hurtling, Pink Haze, Petrol Boys – The Horn at the Half Moon, Bishop’s Stortford
24 Oct 2019 (386) - Divine Comedy – Empire, Shepherd’s Bush
17 Oct 2019 (377) - Frank and Walters, Tom Hingley and the Kar-Pets – The 100 Club, Soho
04 Oct 2019 (255) - Mimik Floyd – Chinnery’s, Southend
20 Sep 2019 (275) - Supergrass – Oslo, Hackney
09 Sep 2019 (252) - Ed Borrie, Scare Taxi, Metatrons – The Doctor’s Tonic, Welwyn Garden City
06 Sep 2019 (265) - Stillmarillion – Quay Theatre, Sudbury
31 Aug 2019 (253) - British Sea Power, Enjoyable Listens – Craufurd Arms, Milton Keynes
23 Aug 2019 (257) - Standon Calling 2019 – Standon Lordship, Hertfordshire
26 Jul 2019 (293) - Latitude Festival 2019 – Henham Park, Southwold
19 Jul 2019 (282) - The Good, The Bad and The Queen – Somerset House, Charing Cross
17 Jul 2019 (239) - The B-52’s, Trapdoor Social – Apollo, Hammersmith
30 Jun 2019 (255) - Piroshka, International Teachers of Pop – Central Library, Lancaster
23 Jun 2019 (245) - King Crimson – Royal Albert Hall, Kensington
20 Jun 2019 (269) - Top Of The Alcopops! – Boston Arms, Tufnell Park
17 May 2019 (247) - Ned’s Atomic Dustbin, Pop Will Eat Itself, Miles Hunt – The Institute, Digbeth
20 Apr 2019 (247) - Piroshka, Lemondaze – The Portland Arms, Cambridge
05 Apr 2019 (232) - The Stranglers – The Cliffs Pavilion, Westcliff-on-Sea
21 Mar 2019 (228) - Smokin’ Donuts – The Chequers, Billericay
25 Feb 2019 (246) - Art Brut – The Haunt, Brighton
23 Feb 2019 (262) - Sleeper – Forum, Tunbridge Wells
02 Feb 2019 (345) - British Sea Power – The Con Club, Lewes
14 Dec 2018 (276) - Sleeper – BBC Studios, Maida Vale
14 Dec 2018 (330) - Cardigans, Moto Boy – Apollo, Hammersmith
07 Dec 2018 (241) - Salad, Colour Me Wednesday – Academy 2, Islington
14 Nov 2018 (218) - Abdoujaparov, Doozer McDooze – The 100 Club, Soho
09 Nov 2018 (242) - Steve Hackett – The Regent Theatre, Ipswich
10 Oct 2018 (248) - Soft Cell – The O2, Greenwich
30 Sep 2018 (238) - Shiiine On – Academy, Birmingham
08 Sep 2018 (280) - RiZE Festival – Hylands Park, Chelmsford
17 Aug 2018 (225) - Standon Calling 2018 – Standon Lordship, Hertfordshire
26 Jul 2018 (225) - Latitude Festival 2018 – Henham Park, Southwold
13 Jul 2018 (266) - Thousand Yard Stare, Salad Undressed – The Lexington, Islington
09 Jun 2018 (243) - Thousand Yard Stare, Pacers – The Lexington, Islington
08 Jun 2018 (269) - Camden Rocks 2018 – Camden, London
02 Jun 2018 (255) - Salad, S*M*A*S*H, Jesuscarfish – The Soundhouse, Leicester
20 Apr 2018 (225) - Darling Buds, Nightingales – The Lexington, Islington
14 Apr 2018 (232) - Marillion – Corn Exchange, Cambridge
13 Apr 2018 (275) - Idles – Chinnery’s, Southend-on-Sea
11 Apr 2018 (280) - Smokin’ Donuts – The Chequers, Billericay
05 Mar 2018 (261) - Franz Ferdinand, Albert Hammond Jr – Corn Exchange, Cambridge
23 Feb 2018 (269) - British Sea Power – Koko, Camden
13 Feb 2018 (257) - Bilk – Hideaways, Chelmsford
29 Jan 2018 (263) - Divine Comedy – The LCR, Norwich
02 Dec 2017 (266) - Shed Seven – Scala, King’s Cross
26 Oct 2017 (268) - Marc Almond – The Cliffs Pavilion, Westcliff-on-Sea
23 Oct 2017 (237) - Indie Daze 4 – Forum, Kentish Town
07 Oct 2017 (254) - Salad, Know Escape – The Lexington, Islington
27 Sep 2017 (230) - Star Shaped Festival – Ritz, Manchester
19 Aug 2017 (213) - Standon Calling 2017 – Standon Lordship, Hertfordshire
28 Jul 2017 (229) - Sleeper, My Life Story – The Haunt, Brighton
22 Jul 2017 (224) - Latitude Festival 2017 – Henham Park, Southwold
14 Jul 2017 (260) - Radiohead, Junun – Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester
04 Jul 2017 (227) - Thousand Yard Stare, Bivouac – The 100 Club, Soho
02 Jun 2017 (225) - Steve Hackett – The Cliffs Pavilion, Westcliff-on-Sea
07 May 2017 (229) - Salad Undressed, Vince Petchey – Three Wise Monkeys, Colchester
17 Apr 2017 (251) - Senseless Things, Midway Stil – New Adelphi Club, Hull
19 Mar 2017 (246) - Young Band Night – Chinnery’s, Southend
15 Mar 2017 (254) - Salad Undressed, Vicky Sometani – The Water Rats, King’s Cross
25 Jan 2017 (243) - Darling Buds – The Soundhouse, Leicester
17 Dec 2016 (250) - Mike Flowers Pops, Lorraine Bowen – The 100 Club, Soho
06 Dec 2016 (382) - Asylums, Petty Phase, Horse Heads, Scarletts – The Railway Hotel, Southend-on-Sea
02 Dec 2016 (256) - Honeyblood, Ultimate Painting – Oslo, Hackney
20 Nov 2016 (220) - Undertones, Sultans of Ping – Forum, Kentish Town
19 Nov 2016 (307) - Divine Comedy, Lisa O’Neill – Open, Norwich
22 Oct 2016 (256) - Indie Daze 3 – Forum, Kentish Town
01 Oct 2016 (273) - Imogen Heap – Saint Francis Hospice, Havering-atte-Bower
15 Sep 2016 (234) - Howling Black Soul, Skuff, Smoke City Revolution – Cricketers, Westcliff-on-Sea
10 Sep 2016 (212) - CJ2, For The Love Of Bob – Society of Old Brentwoods, Brentwood
02 Sep 2016 (327) - Luna Highway, Kasual Karma, John Chapman and Alex Pezeshkian, Ad Edwards – Brentwood Rugby Club, Brentwood
05 Aug 2016 (218) - Indietracks 2016 – Midland Railway, Butterley
29 Jul 2016 (233) - Tom Hingley and the Kar-Pets, Kingsley Beat – The 100 Club, Soho
28 Jul 2016 (256) - Two Faced Serenade, Lightscopes, Jack Fordham and Muscle Bomber, Zublue – Essex Arms, Brentwood
23 Jul 2016 (181) - Belly – Forum, Kentish Town
21 Jul 2016 (278) - Salad Undressed – Antenna Studios, Crystal Palace
16 Jul 2016 (257) - Brentwood Festival 2016 – The Brentwood Centre, Brentwood
15 Jul 2016 (243) - Latitude Festival 2016 – Henham Park, Southwold
15 Jul 2016 (232) - Fitness In Mind All Dayer – Brentwood Centre, Brentwood
25 Jun 2016 (234) - British Sea Power – The Forum, Tunbridge Wells
22 Jun 2016 (252) - Garbage – The Troxy, Hackney
13 Jun 2016 (405) - Thousand Yard Stare – The 100 Club, Soho
10 Jun 2016 (225) - Mo Fingers – Brentwood Rugby Club, Brentwood
03 Jun 2016 (249) - Gigantic Indie All Dayer – Academy, Manchester
28 May 2016 (264) - Helen Scott, Baby Blues – White Horse, Brentwood
07 May 2016 (341) - Lush – Roundhouse, Chalk Farm
06 May 2016 (240) - Estrons, Our Girl – The Waiting Room, Stoke Newington
05 May 2016 (289) - Luke Haines – The Lexington, Islington
04 May 2016 (268) - Bracknall, High/Low – Essex Arms, Brentwood
30 Apr 2016 (239) - Lovely Eggs, Phill Jupitus, Muertos – Bassment, Chelmsford
27 Apr 2016 (248) - States Of Emotion, Electric Child House, Davey James, Brown Brothers – O’Neills, Brentwood
21 Apr 2016 (225) - Lush – Oslo, Hackney
11 Apr 2016 (262) - Darling Buds, Popguns – The 100 Club, Soho
02 Apr 2016 (247) - Phoenix Fridays: Indigo, Everglows – Brentwood Rugby Club, Brentwood
01 Apr 2016 (206) - Dingus Khan, Horse Party, Superglu, Brackish Edge, Claws – The Steamboat Tavern, Ipswich
11 Mar 2016 (230) - Sisteray, Beatniks – Bardswell Social Club, Brentwood
04 Mar 2016 (226) - Little Green Cars, Other Creatures – Bar and Grill, Hoxton
09 Feb 2016 (228) - Stop The War All Dayer – The Railway Hotel, Southend-on-Sea
07 Feb 2016 (229) - They Might Be Giants – Junction, Cambridge
03 Feb 2016 (227) - High/Low, Deniers, Different People – The Edge, Basildon
28 Jan 2016 (257) - Poder de Tres, Keeley Smith, Joe Fryd – Shenfield Cricket Club, Brentwood
22 Jan 2016 (232) - Mystery Jets – South Records, Southend-on-Sea
20 Jan 2016 (218) - Shed Seven, Inspiral Carpets – The Forum, Hatfield
08 Dec 2015 (255) - Vile Electrodes, Under The Stars, Killatrix, Lixiviath – Society of Old Brentwoods, Brentwood
27 Nov 2015 (208) - Asylums, Petty Phase – The Railway Hotel, Southend-on-Sea
07 Nov 2015 (223) - Baby Blues, Warm Winters, Velvet Tree, Re:Verb – Society of Old Brentwoods, Brentwood
30 Oct 2015 (209) - Fireworks, Electric Pop Group, Garlands, Keep Left Signs – New River Studios, Harringay
02 Oct 2015 (229) - Lydia Lucy, Jessica Ali, Adam Wedd – Shenfield Cricket Club, Brentwood
25 Sep 2015 (248) - Dani Clay, Libby Holden, Jive Agents, Charlie Law – Society of Old Brentwoods, Brentwood
28 Aug 2015 (217) - Indietracks 2015 – Midland Railway, Butterley
24 Jul 2015 (256) - Latitude Festival 2015 – Henham Park, Southwold
17 Jul 2015 (246) - Brownstock Festival – Browns Farm, Stow Maries
11 Jul 2015 (240) - Southend Village Green 2015 – Chalkwell Park, Southend-on-Sea
11 Jul 2015 (227) - Who, Paul Weller, Sleaford Mods, Kaiser Chiefs – Hyde Park, London
26 Jun 2015 (279) - Blur, Metronomy – Hyde Park, London
20 Jun 2015 (224) - British Sea Power – Roundhouse, Chalk Farm
13 Jun 2015 (259) - Thousand Yard Stare, Subrosa5 – Borderline, Charing Cross
06 Jun 2015 (222) - Madness – Chelmsford City Racecourse, Great Leighs
03 Jun 2015 (236) - Los Endos – Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch
31 May 2015 (224) - Juke, Takes, Ascetics, CJ2 – Society of Old Brentwoods, Brentwood
29 May 2015 (237) - Pop Will Eat Itself – Cargo, Shoreditch
28 May 2015 (230) - Ride – Roundhouse, Chalk Farm
24 May 2015 (233) - Kaleidophone, Luke Sanders, Enemy Of The Lion, Connor Wells – Society of Old Brentwoods, Brentwood
24 Apr 2015 (183) - Finding Miranda, Ends, Helen Connolly, Eva Tobin – Society of Old Brentwoods, Brentwood
27 Mar 2015 (217) - Francesca Priest, Keeley Scott, Cameron Southcott – Shenfield Cricket Club, Brentwood
13 Mar 2015 (220) - Kaiser Chiefs, Public Service Broadcasting – O2 Arena, Greenwich
13 Feb 2015 (268) - Ryan Green, Luciee Closier, Leanne Louise – Eclipse, Brentwood
06 Feb 2015 (207) - Sulk, Tail Feather – Oslo, Hackney
31 Jan 2015 (903) - Velvet Tree, High/Low, Sonic Wah, Charlie Wallis – Society of Old Brentwoods, Brentwood
23 Jan 2015 (218) - Bis, Ghosts Of Dead Airplanes – The Lexington, Islington
11 Jan 2015 (231) - Stardog Champions, Fashoda Crisis, High/Low, Dirty Fairies, Deniers – Saks Underground, Southend-on-Sea
19 Dec 2014 (178) - Break For Cover – Society of Old Brentwoods, Brentwood
12 Dec 2014 (230) - For The Love Of Bob, Everglows, Made In Paradise – Society of Old Brentwoods, Brentwood
28 Nov 2014 (228) - Carter USM, Sultans of Ping FC, Frank and Walters – Academy, Brixton
23 Nov 2014 (221) - Band From County Hell, Sophie DeBattista, Thomas James, Leigh Luscious – Society of Old Brentwoods, Brentwood
31 Oct 2014 (187) - Steve Hackett – The Cliffs Pavilion, Westcliff-on-Sea
28 Oct 2014 (198) - Hafdis Huld – Phoenix Artists Club, Charing Cross
20 Oct 2014 (213) - Stillmarillion – The Tropic, Ruislip
11 Oct 2014 (206) - D’Ukes, Scarlet Echo, Aim, Wildfowl – Society of Old Brentwoods, Brentwood
26 Sep 2014 (195) - Electric Child House, Matthew Haslam Hammond, Charlie Wallis – The White Horse, Brentwood
13 Sep 2014 (203) - Kate Bush – Apollo, Hammersmith
03 Sep 2014 (222) - Brownstock Festival 2014 – Stow Maries, Essex
30 Aug 2014 (208) - Killing Jimmy, Flares, We Stand Tall, Matthew Haslam Hammond – Essex Arms, Brentwood
08 Aug 2014 (211) - Brentwood Festival 2014 – The Brentwood Centre, Brentwood
20 Jul 2014 (232) - Lydia Lucy, Juke, Matthew Shepherd, Kate Thomas – Society of Old Brentwoods, Brentwood
18 Jul 2014 (380) - Latitude Festival 2014 – Henham Park, Southwold
17 Jul 2014 (195) - Pete Brame, Jared Richter Band, Molly Rainford, Rocheii – Society of Old Brentwoods, Brentwood
20 Jun 2014 (177) - Luciee-Marie Closier, Bow Flats, Francesca Priest, Matthew Attwaters – Society of Old Brentwoods, Brentwood
30 May 2014 (181) - Pop Will Eat Itself – Academy 2, Islington
25 May 2014 (190) - Arctic Monkeys, Tame Impala, Miles Kane – Finsbury Park, London
23 May 2014 (250) - Wolf Alice, Superfood, Gengahr – The Portland Arms, Cambridge
14 May 2014 (210) - Yes – The Cliffs Pavilion, Westcliff-on-Sea
30 Apr 2014 (233) - Sunny Moon, Ordinary Noise, For The Love Of Bob, Annie May Adams – Society of Old Brentwoods, Brentwood
25 Apr 2014 (164) - Darling Buds, EN – Borderline, Charing Cross
19 Apr 2014 (223) - Mannequins, Tones, Jessi Cooper, Velvet Tree – Society of Old Brentwoods, Brentwood
28 Mar 2014 (196) - Menswear, Patrick Duff – Bush House, London
26 Mar 2014 (214) - Republica, Space – Academy, Islington
23 Mar 2014 (203) - Franz Ferdinand – Roundhouse, Chalk Farm
14 Mar 2014 (209) - Ryan Green, D’Ukes, Lorretta, Philip Marino – Society of Old Brentwoods, Brentwood
28 Feb 2014 (180) - Republica, Sophie-Ellis Bextor, Glenn Gregory, Polly Scattergood, Stornoway – The Bedford, Balham
27 Feb 2014 (155) - Maximo Park – Sebright Arms, Bethnal Green
03 Feb 2014 (202) - Scarlet Echo, Leanne Louise, Looking For Liam, Edd Coates – Society of Old Brentwoods, Brentwood
31 Jan 2014 (139) - Ned’s Atomic Dustbin, Cud, Republica – Empire, Shepherd’s Bush
22 Nov 2013 (158) - Public Service Broadcasting, Joker and the Thief – Junction, Cambridge
18 Nov 2013 (147) - Art Brut, Keith Top of The Pops And His Minor UK Indie Celebrity All-Star Backing Band – Forum, Tunbridge Wells
04 Nov 2013 (119) - Steve Hackett – Corn Exchange, Cambridge
01 Nov 2013 (150) - Suede – The Cliffs Pavilion, Westcliff-on-Sea
23 Oct 2013 (140) - Primitives – Chinnery’s, Southend-on-Sea
27 Sep 2013 (146) - Duckworth Lewis Method – Empire, Shepherd’s Bush
21 Sep 2013 (142) - Flares, Charlie Wallis, Broken Chords, Victories, Youth Club – The Plough, Brentwood
14 Sep 2013 (141) - Jonny Cola and the A Grades, Los Pepes – The Square, Harlow
06 Sep 2013 (138) - Bis – The Lexington, King’s Cross
25 Jul 2013 (160) - Latitude Festival 2013 – Henham Park, Southwold
19 Jul 2013 (144) - Taffy, Gum – The Black Heart, Camden
17 Jul 2013 (139) - Brentwood Festival 2013 – The Brentwood Centre, Brentwood
05 Jul 2013 (148) - Bleech, Kate Lucas – Sebright Arms, Bethnal Green
26 Jun 2013 (146) - El Deyma, Belter, Rajiv, The Ends – Brentwood Centre, Brentwood
22 Jun 2013 (150) - The Tibetan Tea Company – Bedfords Park, Romford
09 Jun 2013 (147) - The Ends, Never A Hero, Scarlet Echo – Brentwood Centre, Brentwood
26 May 2013 (146) - Muse – Emirates Stadium, Islington
25 May 2013 (152) - Dirty Royals, Ivan Mudd – The Rattlesnake, Islington
21 May 2013 (147) - Mika Bomb – The Railway Hotel, Southend-on-Sea
18 May 2013 (146) - Rajiv, Albino Peaches – Brentwood Centre, Brentwood
18 May 2013 (146) - Belter, El Deyma, Victories, Ninja Baby – Brentwood Centre, Brentwood
27 Apr 2013 (149) - Dingus Khan, Universal Disappointment Sponge, Howling Black Soul, Emotion Signal – Saks Underground, Southend-on-Sea
06 Apr 2013 (112) - Republica, Tenek – Forum, Tunbridge Wells
16 Mar 2013 (151) - Dani Clay Band, Mannequins, Sam Callahan, Howling Black Soul – Brentwood Centre, Brentwood
09 Mar 2013 (145) - Kaiser Chiefs – Corn Exchange, Cambridge
27 Feb 2013 (147) - Bleech, Beverly Kills – The Portland Arms, Cambridge
26 Feb 2013 (208) - The History Of Apple Pie – The Old Blue Last, Shoreditch
19 Feb 2013 (163) - Sonic Boom Six, Killatrix – Chinnery’s, Southend
12 Feb 2013 (155) - The 1975 – Chinnery’s, Southend
06 Feb 2013 (151) - Archetype – The Hermit Club, Brentwood
25 Jan 2013 (32) - The Shermans – Hutton Road, Shenfield
02 Dec 2012 (35) - Michelle Ward, Leanne Louise, Edd Coates – High Street, Brentwood
01 Dec 2012 (34) - Lovely Eggs, Fashoda Crisis – Saks Underground, Southend-on-Sea
24 Nov 2012 (32) - Focus – The Beaverwood Club, Chislehurst
20 Nov 2012 (35) - Carter USM, Ned’s Atomic Dustbin, Cud – Academy, Brixton
10 Nov 2012 (60) - Taffy, Blindness, Haiku Salut – The Wilmington Arms, Clerkenwell
03 Nov 2012 (39) - Bleech, Kulaks, Local Girls – The Square, Harlow
02 Nov 2012 (31) - Phoenix In The Foyer 2 – The Brentwood Centre, Brentwood
27 Oct 2012 (29) - Phoenix In The Foyer 1 – The Brentwood Centre, Brentwood
15 Sep 2012 (28) - Blur, Bots – Winter Gardens, Margate
01 Aug 2012 (27) - Brentwood Beer and Music Festival 2012 – Dodgy
07 Jul 2012 (31) - Bis, Ace City Rockers – The Lexington, King’s Cross
29 Jun 2012 (32) - Knifeworld, Thumpermonkey, Barringtone, Something Beginning With L – The Lexington, King’s Cross
22 Jun 2012 (19) - Jim Bob, S*M*A*S*H, Midway Still – Esquires, Bedford
08 Jun 2012 (317) - Coldplay, Robyn – Emirates Stadium, Islington
02 Jun 2012 (30) - Evans The Death, For The Great And The Good – Bassment, Chelmsford
30 May 2012 (34) - The Others – Half Moon, Putney
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