Benjamin Francis Leftwich’s music is not precisely what one thinks about when they hear the words “nightclub on a Saturday night”. The whole concept sounds contradictory. And yet the combination of the two that I got to see at Cavern on the 6th of April was surprising and charming, in the best possible way. The […]
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The night is young
It’s easy to sympathise with the freshers’ plight. Your first hours in Exeter might proceed with a certain lingering itch – having bid goodbye to your family, with all the requisite hugs and assurances of moral character, your neck-hairs bristle as one of your slack-jawed, doe-eyed new friends suggests a night out. You leap, but […]
‘The band is the strongest it’s ever been’: An Interview with Sam Douglas of Mallory Knox
It could be any time – it could even surprise me! We’re in a position where we can do what we want now. Mallory Knox has been at the forefront of British rock music for years, and now bassist and former backing vocalist Sam Douglas is stepping into the limelight after the departure of […]
An Emotional Journey – Interview with Robert Garbett
Playing the Exeposé Showcase at Cavern for sure, I’ve always really wanted to play there since I was a teenager Music Editor Alex Wingrave to local musician and Exeposé Showcase alumnus Robert Garbett about his influences, writing in the studio and the songs which make him get up and dance. You’ve got quite a few […]
Live Review: Thank You Scientist @ Exeter Cavern
Thank You Scientist is a band that is impossible to pin down. On the one hand they kind of sound like an orchestra on meth, yet on the other they incorporate some beautiful guitar driven melodies into their music. In speaking to songwriter-in-chief and the driving force of the band, guitarist Tom Monda, he summed […]
Live Review: Tigercub @ Exeter Cavern
The Cavern is the ideal location for a Tigercub gig in Exeter. The dark and gloomy atmosphere goes hand in hand with their sound, which fits somewhere in between the loud-quiet dynamics of Nirvana and the swagger of Queens of the Stone Age. Tigercub are a three-piece from Brighton, and earlier this year toured with […]
From the rubble: Exeter rebuilds
In the wake of the destructive fire at the Royal Clarence Hotel, and several other recent fires in the city, Exeposé have spoken to the business owners whose lives have been disrupted. The community has pulled together to ensure businesses reopen for the overall benefit of the city centre. There has been an abundance of […]
Fire closes the Cavern for several weeks
A fire at Exeter’s Cavern on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning will close the popular venue on Queen Street for “several weeks”. The fire started at around 10.20pm and firefighters from Crediton, Exeter and Topsham continued to tackle the blaze until around 2 am on Wednesday morning. Emergency services were first alerted when smoke was […]
Campus Bands presents Battle of the Bands, The Grand Final
14 bands started out in January as young, hopeful musicians battling it out for only one thing: eternal bragging rights as Exeter’s finest student band (oh, and a £500 cash prize). As the numbers slowly whittled down week by week through audience vote and the judge’s pick, the competition got fiercer until just four finalists […]
Battle of the Bands 2016: Meet the Finalists
The student music event of the year returns to the underground chambers of Cavern tomorrow, where four of the best student bands play it out to be crowned champion of Campus Bands presents Battle of the Bands, 2016. The history books have smiled upon the Exeter scene, here. We’re only talking about Thom Yorke and […]