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Articles by Thomas Needham

Review – Creepy Crawlers Festival at The Big Difference, Saturday 31st May 2025

15/06/2025 Thomas Needham 0
Reviewed and photographed by Thomas Needham It’s 5pm somewhere I thought, Red Stripe in hand, basking in the sun billowing down upon The Big Difference. […]

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Interview – DreamCage

13/06/2025 Thomas Needham 0
We drove 3 hours to arrive at a full set up festival, food stalls, Toploader, Dizzie Rascal, toilet facilities – but nobody there. Turned out to be a money laundering front and all the acts got scammed.

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Gig review – Eryx London at Duffy’s Bar, Saturday 17th May 2025

29/05/2025 Thomas Needham 0
with Wolves in Alcatraz and New Age Grace Reviewed by Thomas Needham Photographed by Kevin Gaughan As Stoke-on-Trent’s Wolves in Alcatraz belatedly took to the […]

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Single review – The People Assembly, The Soup of Yesterday

13/05/2025 Thomas Needham 0
The track’s message to me is a scathing condemnation of the backwards priorities of white saviorism and the fine line between altruism and self-imposed martyrdom.

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EP review – Plastic Circus, Circus Freaks

16/03/2025 Thomas Needham 0
Reviewed by Thomas Needham Released on 01/03/25 Plastic Circus have released their long-anticipated debut EP, Circus Freaks. My thoughts are varied, yet I’m not underwhelmed. […]

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