30/6/09 The Golden Lion pub in Southend-on-sea is currently seeking bands to perform on a Friday night, if you are interested please contact them via their myspace page or by e-mailing djdotmoonlightatmtjr.co.uk
3/5/09 A new competition for unsigned Essex bands is taking entries from May 1 - June 30 2009, for more information on eligability etc. visit the official website. Bands can also create profiles and upload tracks for visitors to vote on.
27/4/09 MySpace, the world’s premier social portal, today announced that Hylands School in Chelmsford will be hosting an ultimate school party with Elliot Minor on Friday 1st May as part of MySpace School Invasions On Tour. The nationwide School Invasions competition gives 13 to 18 year olds the chance to host a gig with a top music act in their school or college. This year, not one but five schools had the chance to win the once in a lifetime gig as well as £1,000 worth of music equipment. Details of all the winners can be found on the MySpace School Invasions profile page. Elliot Minor will be supported by a student band from Hylands School on the day and the school arrange a media room for interviews. Be sure to check out issue 9 of Noisy! for an exclusive report!
16/4/09 Community radio station for Brentwood and Billericay Phoenix FM are broadcasting exclusive sessions recorded by local bands and on Friday April 17 Southend's Ten Tigers will have their session tracks played every hour, on the hour! Make sure you tune in either online at the website or locally on 98FM.
26/2/09 East London's Trap 2 Gallery is hosting an evening promoting the almighty fanzine on Thursday, March 5th 2009 between 6pm - 10pm where "Small press, zines, comics, and all things DIY will be exhibited, swopped and sold". Unfortunately Noisy won't be holding a stall at the event, but to make up for not being able to attend we have made up a limited amount of goody bags containing back issues and bits n' bobs, available to attendees on the night.
11/02/09 At long last, issue 8 of Noisy fanzine is finally here! To see a full list of contents and details of how to order, visit the latest issue page!
19/01/09 Southend based arts/culture mag Level 4 celebrates it’s first birthday on Sun Feb 1st @ Tiffins Restaurant (next to the Kursaal), 11-12 Eastern Esplanade, Southend, 1pm - 6pm with live acoustic music, poets, comedy, short films, a children's drawing competition, pass-the-parcel and interactive workshops. FREE entry. Also an optional Indian buffet (all you can eat - £7.99 adults, £3.99 children, under 5s FREE) available from 1pm. See their myspace page for more details.
04/01/09 Free Chelmsford mag Panic are planning their second awards ceremony. They need your votes for Best Band, Best Venue, Best Club Night, Best Independent Promoter, and Best One-Off Event to be emailed to: panicawards at googlemail dot com by February 1st, after which time the top nominees will go to a final public vote and the winner will be announced at their ceremony on April 9th 2009.
26/12/08 Blow away those post-Christmas blues with a bargain download bundle from Hoodlums, who are currently offering 7 - yes, SEVEN of their excellent tracks for the princely sum of just 69p only via the musicglue website.
30/11/08 Christmas has crept up on us, and while we wait for issue 8 to emerge, here are some surprises for each day of December until Christmas - it could be an article culled from our archive, a video or pictures, who knows? Click on the picture below for today's surprise!
15/11/08 Noisy is currently seeking gig reviewers to contribute the odd review of events mainly in the Colchester and surrounding areas, if this sounds like something you would be interested in, send an email to info at noisyzine dot co dot uk asap!
1/11/08 Essex sleaze rockers Zen Motel wish you a happy Halloween with a free download single entitled Curse of the Girlfriend! The track can be downloaded at the band's official website and you can scare yourself silly with their gory homage to Hammer Horror over on you tube by watching the video for it here.
23/10/08 Tune in to More Than Just Radio online every Wednesday between 9pm - 10pm (GMT) to hear Mike Fisher's New Music, New Talent show, bringing you the best in new and unsigned talent plus those essential Essex gig listings!
20/10/08 Southend punks The Machines have uploaded a special photo gallery of Noisy's Brighton extravaganza in May here.
3/10/08 Southend-based live music venue, Club Riga, faces closure in 2009 unless audience numbers start increasing, for the full story read their myspace blog here.
25/8/08 Chelmsford punk band F451 have split up, sadly, but the band will return for one last gig on Friday, 26th September at the Two Brewers pub in Chelmsford - if you never got around to catching these guys live when they toured extensively, you need to catch this!
06/8/08 Exciting news! Thanks to the fantastic Marching Stars Distro, a limited supply of Noisys will be on sale at this year's Portland, USA, Zine Symposium in August!
23/7/08 Issue 7 out today! For more information and to order, click here!
25/6/08 Noisy will be guests on Local radio station Phoenix FM's The Mix Tape on Thursday, July 10th - programme starts at 8pm, we'll be on around 8.30pm - playing tunes and chatting! Listen online or via 98FM in the Brentwood and Billericay areas.
23/2/08 Check out Noisy's review of Sundown's recent How Many Roads? event here.
12/2/08 LEVEL 4 - a brand new, free mag all about arts & culture in Southend is seeking local bands for possible small profiles in upcoming issues, all you need to do is tell them about yourselves to be in with a chance of getting a mention! Go visit their myspace profile and tell them Noisy sent you! You can pick up a free copy of the magazine in various cafes etc. around Southend.
Pink Festival
Aug 30th, Cambridgeshire
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WEIRDGEAR
A 4 piece band from Southend-on-Sea that use 1970s analogue synthesizers to make music designed for the modern age.
Photo c/o Weirdgear.
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HEAVY LOAD at the Brentwood Theatre
Brighton punks Heavy Load, subjects of a recent documentary, are performing at the Brentwood theatre on Sunday, 15th November 2009 at a special event organised by radio station Phoenix FM. Just £10 will get you a live screening of the HEAVY LOAD film, which debuted at the ICA last year, followed by a Q & A session with the band, and then the gig itself! For more information and to buy tickets, click here.
ESSEX FANZINE COMPENDIUM
Noisy & Southend Punk are working on a forthcoming publication detailing the history of fanzines in the county of Essex. If you are/have been involved with an Essex-based fanzine, we would love to hear from you! For more information visit this page.
The Southend Record & CD Fair
Usually first Sunday of the month, 9.30am - 3.00pm, admission £1 (OAPs and under 16s free) @ St. Thomas More High School, Westcliff-on-Sea.
Run a record fair in Essex? If so, contact us with the details and we'll post them here!
