by John Bownas | Jun 10, 2021 | News, Review
LAUNDROMAT Supporting SQUID tonight at the De La war Pavilion are Laundromat. And right from the get-go those crushed 50’s RKO vocals provide the perfect foil for the band’s discordant – but somehow pleasant – ‘plonks’. ‘Plonks.’ Not a word I’d ever have...
by John Bownas | Jun 8, 2021 | News, Review
Elegantly understated and deftly enthralling, Hastings’ singer-songwriter Hayley Savage’s performance here at the De La war Pavilion tonight is both peaceful and demure. Her charming songs are captivating and contemplative, and her performance in unselfconscious. The...
by John Bownas | May 23, 2021 | News, Review
21st and 22nd May 2021, De La Warr Pavilion A poignant cobweb hanging a metre-or-so down from a light above the De La Warr Pavilion balcony was a telling reminder of just how long venues have been mothballed. Tonight’s Kid Kapichi ‘album launch’ comes over three...
by John Bownas | May 19, 2021 | News, Photos, Review
Photos by www.sarabowreyphotos.com Fat White Family, 18th May 2021, Bexhill De La Warr Pavillion The headline perfectly describes the audience at Bexhill’s De La Warr Pavillion as three sevenths of Fat White Family played their fourth set since lockdown rules allowed...
by John Bownas | Dec 22, 2019 | Featured, Photos, Review
Two bands representing the healthy future of the UK music scene shook The Crypt to its foundations last night…and we were there to witness the intensity of the seismic event. Kid Kapichi are already on escape velocity from small local venues, and with their...
by John Bownas | Dec 4, 2019 | News, Review
For anyone who cut their musical teeth in the early 80’s Adam Ant has to be one of the true icons of a miss-spent youth. And wow – does he still have it or what? Somewhere in an attic there has to be a Dorian Grey portrait of Adam keeping him younger than...