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Andrew Nicholls writes: Stumbling onto Kalestix on a midnight tour of Facebook you'd be forgiven if you mistook them for another run-of-the-mill group of MCs. At first glance they look just like that; three young men with the kind of…
- category: Review
- author: Stuart Huggett
- posted: Fri 08/10/2010 at 14:47
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Foot tapping Summer Holiday
A cast of 64 young people, 20 different scenes and more costume changes to count would, at first glance, leave the audience dizzy and bewildered. And if it wasn’t for the skills of the directors and choreographers this production could…
- category: Review
- author: Daniel Neilson
- posted: Wed 15/09/2010 at 11:31
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Footloose
The Eastbourne Stagers production of Footloose is an upbeat, family friendly musical, busy with energetic choreography and catchy numbers. Wednesday night’s performance renewed our love of the Eighties musical. The opening medley of…
- category: Review
- author: Cat Neilson
- posted: Thu 13/05/2010 at 17:01
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Rumiko Jr & Regular John. 26th June.
Hastings favourites Rumiko Jr have a long association with the seafront’s Smugglers pub. The group played some of their earliest regular gigs there, back when they were a quiet country-rock band called Donkey Kong Jr, often appearing with…
- category: Review
- author: Stuart Huggett
- posted: Thu 06/08/2009 at 15:02
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West Bound Union and South of Saturn -16 June
Kicking off the night with slow, pounding drums and throaty vocals West Bound Union seduce the audience with soulful rock melodies, reminiscent of early Foo Fighters and current chart toppers Kings of Leon. The vocals are stronger than…
Medics - 10th June
Taking influence from local artists such as Your Friends are Architects the four piece pull off the NME indie look perfectly. Armed with skinny jeans, checked shirts and one and a half drum kits the energetic lads take to the stage in a…
Hayley Savage - 30th May
An indoor skate park is unlikely venue for pretty much any band, the high ceilings and multiple reflections from the curved surfaces of the ramps and bowls being the soundman's enemy. It is then a surreal sight to see Hastings' hipsters…
Meow Meows and The Slackers - 15th May
It was a horrendous night in Brighton as I made my way along the seafront to the Engine Rooms, and being my first visit to the venue I was a little lost when I asked people outside a bar where it is. The lad stepped aside to reveal a hand…
Mirrors - 12th May
The news that Mumm-Ra’s Noo and Tate were forming a band called Mirrors first leaked out (via Arrow FM’s Oli Townsend) at last year’s Great Escape festival, so it was fitting that the band’s first major live gig was scheduled for…
- category: Review
- author: Stuart Huggett
- posted: Thu 21/05/2009 at 17:52
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Eastbourne Festival Live - Part 2 - 24th April
We Shoot Foxes The Artic Monkeys have a lot to answer for; their style has been echoed up and down the country by many a-student band. We Shoot Foxes are no different. There were hints of The Hives in the front man’s performance, but…