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Pocket Satellite at Tramlines

Joe Innes — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 11:00:05 +0000

Pocket Satellite, who we’ve reviewed a couple of times in the past, played at the Nottingham House on the Saturday at Tramlines. Fortunately for me, the venue were about an hour behind time, which gave me the opportunity to have a chat with Tom (according to the band’s MySpace “percussive diversions/bowed noise”) about what Pocket [...]

Tramlines Festival 2010

Joe Innes — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 15:30:32 +0000

There’s been a lot of talk in and around Sheffield about Tramlines this year. The free festival began last year, attracting over 35,000 people, and returned this year bigger and better than before, with an estimated footfall of 60,000 on the Saturday alone. The festival is spread out over fifty or so different venues across [...]

News 23/02/2010

News — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:00:38 +0000

Straylight Run have announced that they are now on an “indefinite hiatus”. However, Shaun has quit the band for good. Zoli Teglas (Ignite) is Pennywise’s new vocalist. Allegedly, it happened as a result of a misdialled telephone number. As part of the Olympic celebrations in Vancouver, a project called “LiveCity” was conceived, to bring live [...]

Pocket Satellite — Toy Train

Joe Innes — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:00:30 +0000

If you don’t know who Pocket Satellite are, you’ve missed out. We reviewed their first EP here, and as you can see, we loved it. We Chased Soldiers was one of my favourite tracks on the Photographs and Shells EP. It makes an appearance on this EP as well, and sounds substantially the same. Maya’s [...]

Live At The Raynor Lounge, Sheffield

Joe Innes — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 12:17:56 +0000

You could be forgiven for underestimating the importance of tonight. Just another student run night, in a student venue, that’ll barely turn a profit. It’s true, of course, but that’s not a good enough reason to dismiss it, especially not when you’re looking at the line-up. Anna Leddra-Chapman, The Brights, and The Sound Ex, all [...]

Pocket Satellite — Photographs and Shells

Joe Innes — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 23:33:36 +0000

At some point in our lives, each and every one of us realises that music can be beautiful. Whether you realised recently, with the likes of The Fray’s “How To Save A Life”, or earlier than that, with tracks such as Joy Division’s “Love Will Tear Us Apart”, that realisation can completely change your perceptions [...]