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Gig review – Siobhan Mazzei & band at The Shed, Saturday 28th January 2023

11/02/2023 Kevin Gaughan 0
Siobhan’s superb voice filled the room; her range and ability to evoke mood, feeling and colour is astonishing.

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Gig review – Oceans Apart at The Shed, Saturday 2nd April 2022

08/04/2022 Kevin Gaughan 0
As I sipped my pint, I reflected that I have been coming to The Shed for twenty years. I could write a whole book about the nights I have had in this venue. The Shed – surviving everything since 1994…

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Single review – Switchdown, Without It

23/11/2020 Kevin Gaughan 0
The energy of the track makes it seem almost like a sugar rush, however, Switchdown have left this to the listener’s own interpretation, possibly so that the listener may be able to relate themselves to it more either as the subject of the song, the people around the subject in which this song is clearly addressed to, or the essence itself…

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Single review – Spacetoast, Little Red Car

08/09/2020 Kevin Gaughan 0
The story follows the confused and frustrated feelings of someone that may not be travelling in the same direction as their friends through life…

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Interview – We interview Twin Atlantic ahead of their show in March at The O2 Academy.

25/02/2020 Kevin Gaughan 0
Ross McNae takes us behind the scenes of recording their latest album Power and tells an 80s synth pop-infused story of falling back in love […]

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