Tag archives for The Piper
Big Sexy Catharsis
OLIVER SPEER “I’ve killed so many men, but I saved one,” Lydia Lunch says as she puts an arm around me to pose for a photograph at The Piper. She’s…
Foxtrot Echo: ComfortablyOut of Stepwith the World
NICK TUCKER Less than three minutes into my interview with the roguish, counter-culture iconoclast, Foxtrot Echo, I realise that the word ‘interview’ isn’t going to contain what is clearly going…
Snapped Ankles, but Furious Dancing Anyway
DAN MCCARTHY What do you get when you cross Jack in the Green with synthesisers, a drum kit and a group of mates keen to upset the apple cart? Snapped…
Coming Home with Purpose: Kid Kapichi
KATE SHAW AND VERA BELL Kid Kapichi played their last big concert at De La Warr Pavilion earlier this year, having announced that Ben Beetham and George Macdonald were leaving…
Hastings Comedy Festival Number 10
The Hastings Comedy Festival is back from 9 to 15 June, celebrating its 10th anniversary with an exciting lineup of performances across Hastings and St Leonards. This year’s festival promises…
Kazoos in the Cornet
BEN THOMPSON Named in honour of the trumpet-like instrument they both play (rather than the wafer-based ice cream receptacle young children are traumatised by dropping), French experimental duo C(or)N(e)T make…
Virtuoso Bluesman Plays The Piper
Luckily for Hastings and St Leonards, the very accomplished blues rock guitarist Laurence Jones will play at The Piper on 21 February. Thirty two years old and born just outside…
Piper Hosts pip
BEN THOMPSON Every now and again, you see something that’s different and special. At pip’s first gig - appropriately enough, at the Piper (supporting El Khat back in October) -…
Top Khat
BEN THOMPSON describes a unique, apt ensemble Although I have never chewed the leaves of the flowering plant khat, I can testify to the addictive qualities of the band of…
Meffs promote local gigs atthe Piper
Known for their raw energy and unyielding punk ethos, electrifying post punk duo The Meffs have taken a significant step in supporting the live music community by becoming Music Venue…
Laundry Day
KATE SHAW on washing, queerness, inclusivity and having a great night out. Laundry day – traditionally the day when you would wear your old clothes because the rest are in…
Playing Alice and Pink Suits at The Piper
ANDY T On a Thursday evening, in a corner of St Leonards, music was challenged, the patriarchy smashed and gender stereotypes twisted into new ; Unfortunately I missed Joanna and…
REVIEW: Slum of Legs and Codex Serafini rock The Brass
By Ben Thompson The third and last of this spring’s run of Hastings Sonics events brought two of Brighton’s leading bands to The Brass: Slum of Legs and Codex Serafini.…
Live Before Lockdown
By Lucy Brown It was a rare night out for me; my first time at The Piper, and my first experience seeing live music in St ; There was nothing…
Paying The Piper
Arts Council England (ACE) has announced funding awards totalling £257 million for 1,385 venues, theatres, museums and cultural organisations across the ; The awards are administered by ACE on behalf…
The Piper Calls
Norman Road bar rises to a new dawn A St Leonards pub which has been closed since 2013 is soon to reopen its doors as an exciting underground music venue…
Norman Road Rocks?
Stretching from Warrior Square to within a few feet of the oldest pub in St Leonards, Norman Road used to be a vibrant shopping street complete with an active church,…