Print Features Editor Jaysim Hanspal reviews the Poltimore launch party at Exeter Cavern
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Preview: VANT @ Exeter Cavern
Exeter’s best alternative and (literally) underground club, renowned for hosting killer club nights like Magic Hatstand and Saturday Indie Club, as well as being Exeter’s longest running live music venue, is adding another brilliant band to its history. Citing The Clash and Rage Against the Machine as their influences, London four-piece VANT bring together the […]
Oceans, Puppies and Touring: An Interview with Coasts
Since meeting at university in Bath, Chris, Liam, James, David and Ben have been on a rollercoaster of touring, festivals and releasing music as the band you will know as Coasts. They are one of the most exciting up and coming British bands around, and once they had finished celebrating the release of their second […]
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 […]
Celebrating 25 years of community: an interview with the Cavern
Community: that’s the word that Pippa Wragg-Smith and David Goodchild use to describe what they have built at the Cavern. They began putting gigs on at the venue back when it was a wine bar called ‘The Hop and Grapes’ back in 1991, before purchasing it and growing it into one of the best and […]
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 […]
Preview: Beats and Bass Presents The Busy Twist
Responsible for bringing a myriad of DJs and artists to Exeter, a Beats & Bass event is always a perfect night out for those more inclined towards grime, jungle, garage and everything in between. This year Beats & Bass seem to be expanding on their alternative beats with more and more of an international influence. Last […]
An interview with Heart of a Coward
You’ve just released your third album Deliverance, how have the crowds responded to it? Carl Ayers: Fucking unreal. We were a bit unsure about what to expect on this tour because we’ve been doing a lot of smaller shows in smaller towns we haven’t been to before, but honestly man, every show has been insane […]
“The loudest live band in Britain”: an interview with Youth Man
You recently had the first gig of your longest tour to date in Germany, how did it go? It was really good, it was cool. People weren’t necessarily expecting what they got, but they got into it. You played Cavern earlier this year. What did you think of it and what would make it better […]
An Interview with Creeper
If you don’t already know about Creeper, the chances are you probably will soon. Based in Southampton, Creeper are a five-piece punk band and have enjoyed a rapid rise to fame over the last year since their formation in 2014 after the demise of their previous bands Our Time Down Here and Hang The Bastard. Having recently […]