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Live Review | SPRINTS @ O2 Forum, Kentish Town
George (he/they) is a Brighton-hailing freelance writer with a keen eye on the London and Bristol scene, with experience in live music events for PR and operations. He is always on the lookout for innovative emerging artists, particularly within (post)-punk, shoegaze and art rock.
Live Review | Mutations Festival 2024
George Dean (he/they) is a freelance journalist focused on music and arts writing. You can find them perusing The Lanes in Brighton for a place to curl up with a book, or at a gig keeping a keen eye out for up-and-coming bands. The artist roster of Mutations Festival in recent years has set a precedent for the festival as one showcasing some of the most innovative artists in contemporary music.
12 Acts You Shouldn't Miss At Mutations Festival
George Dean (he/they) is a freelance journalist focused on music and arts writing. You can find them perusing The Lanes in Brighton for a place to curl up with a book, or at a gig keeping a keen eye out for up-and-coming bands. Since its conception in 2015, Mutations Festival has cultivated an array of courageous line-ups befitting of the vibrancy of its host city Brighton.
Fuzz Lightyear On The Importance Of Independent Venues And Their Love For Leeds' Music Scene
George Dean (he/they) is a freelance journalist focused on music and arts writing. You can find them perusing The Lanes in Brighton for a place to curl up with a book, or at a gig keeping a keen eye out for up-and-coming bands. Since mid-September, the cauldron has bubbling up for industrial-garage rock act Fuzz Lightyear.
Chubby and the Gang - And Then There Was... - Clunk Magazine
Label: Flatspot Records ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 3.5 out of 5. By George Dean If I was in charge of tunes at King Bowser’s Castle, I may consider putting on Chubby and the Gang’s ‘And Then There Was…,’ a perilously aerodynamic and brilliantly horrifying joyride which straddles on the edge of crashing at every turn. Chubby and the Gang are fresh off signing with Flatspot Records – the home of modern hardcore.
Bursting Back Into Orbit: reflecting on the return of Burst Radio
By Benji Chapman, Co-Deputy Music Editor Burst Radio is back. Bristol University's very own radio station, now in its 25th year of operation, opened the 2023/2024 academic year with a host of socials following fundraising efforts from the year prior. Revitalised with a broad new selection of hosts, committee members and accolades, Epigram takes a look at the station's success and its future endeavours.
'This is the part of the revival where shoegaze starts influencing the charts and genres like never before' - In conversation with Whitelands
By George Dean, Proofreader Coming off the back of warming up for Slowdive during their February 2024 tour, Whitelands are carrying the torch for shoegaze’s next generation. Their elegantly-titled debut album Night-bound Eyes Are Blind To The Day (released 23rd February 2024) is a darkly oceanic record. Sending the listener inside a wave under the luminous dark of the night, time is reverbed – crashing gently through drenching guitars, we sink and float into the soundscape.
NewDad: shoegaze and gothic revival, the obsolesce of indie(-pop)?
By George Dean, Proofreader In their 20th January interview with Genuine Irish, sixdays prior to the release of their debut album, NewDad’s lead singer Julie Dawson proclaimed Madra (2024) “A very big step up from what we’ve done”; she assuredfans “but it’s still us”, whilst gleefully affirming that “it’s a rock album”. Lead guitarist Sean O’Dowd weighed in, commenting that “We’ve had enough of indie […] we’ve had enough of it as a society […] now we wanna rock”.
Fool Me Once: a thrilling source of escapism for busy students
By Sofia Webster, Film & TV Co-Deputy Editor Fool Me Once is a brand-new limited series adapted from the popular Harlan Coben page turner. It stars Michelle Keegan, who proves her acting repertoire extends much further than Coronation Street. The eight-part series has twists and turns and left me consistently in the dark, making for the perfect series to escape from the busyness of life for a bit.
Poor Things: a bold example of artistic freedom
Its hyper-stylisation and over-performance can easily deter: this is not a film for everyone. But for those who it hits right, the glamorous world of Poor Things can offer a shining beacon of what it means to learn, to be taught, to explore the world and to explore yourself.
A celebration of Palestinian Cinema
By George Dean, Proofreader Throughout the ongoing genocide in Gaza there has been prevalent anti-Palestinian bias in the Western media, recently emphasised in December 2023 by OpenDemocracy’s media research study on BBC reporting, which has proven that 'Palestinian perspectives were given far less time and legitimacy' than Israeli perspectives.
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