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The Veils Lift The Lid On A Sombre Interior

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The Veils Release New Album 'Fragile World'  Out on V2 Records, Friday 19th June, 2026 Guys! The weather has taken a dark turn here in the UK, which isn't helping the summer vibe and then you decide to launch a wintry-feeling album called Fragile World  on us, available from 19th June, 2026.  With the piano keyboard delivering some frosty vibes and a mournful tone, I guess there must be some tough winters in New Zealand. The album is rated as a change for The Veils, whose previous album Asphodels  was issued about a year ago. It has been remarked that Fragile World 'marks a striking shift in tone and energy'  for the band. I admit that I don't like to dig too far into a band's history, I just want to listen to any new album in its own right, unless it is part of a trilogy, or some epic concept series. I want to consider if an album stands up in its own right. Do I get it? Does it get me in some striking manner? For this release I have made an exception to s...
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Forest Live! 2026 Thetford Forest, 17th - 21st June 2026

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Forest Live 2026 High Lodge, Thetford: 21st June 2026  Nile Rodgers & Chic have been confirmed as  headliners for 18th June, 2026 at  Forest   Live ’s  25 th  Anniversary at Thetford  Forest this summer . Forest ry England High Lodge, Thetford -  Forest   Live  2026 dates Wednesday 17 June:  MCFLY  (with Twin Atlantic  and Remember Monday) Thursday 18 June:  Nile Rodgers & CHIC  (with The Brand New Heavies and James Emmanuel)   Niles Rogers Friday 19 June:  Fatboy Slim  (with Eliza Rose and Lizzie Curious) Saturday 20 June:  Snow Patrol  (with The Amazon s) Sunday June 21 June:  UB40 ft Ali Campbell  (with Bitty McLean  and Reggae Roast ft MC Horseman)   UB40 featuring Ali Campbell Tickets are still available. You can sign up for further information, announcements, and  Forest ry England information at  forest live .com Besides this ridiculously excit...
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Micko Westmoreland Interview: Part 2 - Sooty, Essence of Innocence

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Part 2 of Interview with Micko Westmoreland of Micko & The Mellotronics (June 2026) Sooty,  a glove puppet, star of  children's television show that ran from 1955 on the UK's national TV channel BBC TV until 1967 and then on the commercial-funded channel ITV until 1992, is an unlikely cover star for Micko & The Mellotronics third album, The Trinity .  The glove puppet, with its (her?) permanent expression of a naïf surprised by life, features on front and back of the new CD cover.  Micko explains that the pictures, painted by his first teacher, Jacob Cramer at Leeds College of Art, feature Sooty because the puppet's character is " in   some ways, the essence of innocence. Art Work Garry Barker "On the front cover Sooty is accompanied by two other more ethereal glove puppets, two mashed deities.  A weird threesome, reflecting the album title, The Trinity. The reverse cover shows Sooty being raised in two hands above the head of a  sor...
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Part 1 of Interview with Micko Westmoreland (Micko & The Mellotronics)

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Meeting Micko Westmoreland: Part 1 Doing A Proper Job It’s been a fascinating couple of weeks at SpideWriter.com Towers, what with a Hollywood actor hitting town with his band, Norwich’s first Zero BPM drone festival featuring various bits of electronica tech and the Embers choir, then having to get out to La Securité’s gig at Voodoo Daddy’s Showroom on Wednesday.      Then to top it all, I had the absolute pleasure of meeting up with Micko Westmoreland, of Micko & The Mellotronics to talk about the launch of his third album, The   Trinity , which is available as a CD and in all streaming formats from 12 th   June 2026. Micko & The Mellotronics first came to my attention with the single ‘Proper Job’ earlier this year.  It struck a chord with me, following my recent visit to the Play Produce Promote youth project in Great Yarmouth, and given the crisis in youth employment, the defenestration of entry level work by A.I., and the obligation of older ...
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Quick, Get La Securité!

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La Securité / The Aide / Decent Wrestlers Voodoo Daddy's Showroom, Norwich  27th June 2026 Music lovers of Norwich always appreciate it when a band makes the effort to travel to the Viking market place that was Norvic.   La Securité came all the way from Montreal, Canada, which is a good effort and they were duly rewarded by a solid turnout at Voodoo Daddy’s Showroom on a Wednesday night.  Those who turned up to catch the band were rewarded too, as the band produced an excellent performance, amply led by the theatrically coquettish Éliane Viens-Synnott.  La Securité is a product of pandemic lockdowns and play what they describe as ‘dance-punk’ (or is it 'punk-dance?).   The Punk genre was always an attitude, not a sound.  The angry Sex Pistols , the social commentary of  The Clash , Pete Shelley’s love songs in Buzzcocks , the comedic Jilted John , the rather silly rapid-fire Ramones , the theatrical Talking Heads , even the quirky keybo...
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