by John Bownas | Nov 8, 2021 | News
A new festival called ‘Entombed’ will hit Hastings hard next February – bringing an unhealthy but tempting mix of heavy punk, sludge and doom to the town’s legendary Crypt venue. Curated by the Toxic Wotsit crew and partnered by Infected Umbrella Promotions, Entombed...
by John Bownas | Jul 6, 2021 | News, Preview
Give us a minute or two to get back to Blabbermouth and why you should come and see them play at The Crypt in Hastings on 23rd July. *TICKETS* First – let’s break this one down a bit… what do we mean by ‘indie’ – and what does it mean to you? Roll back the clock to...
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...
