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TULLIS RENNIE
Tullis Rennie is a sound-explorer of many parts: part improvising trombonist, part electronic musician and part composer. Often to be found performing live around town, sometimes accompanied by digital animations and alongside many local collaborators. I chatted with Tullis about his work, background and musical style.
Mel Elliott
3 days ago5 min read


Fat Tuesday
Mardi-Gras, Carnevale, Pancake-Day… wherever you are or whatever you call it… in the Christian tradition it’s a day to consume all your treats and celebrate before midnight, because from tomorrow (Ash Wednesday) you’ve got to be on your best behaviour until Easter Sunday
Louise Coulthard
Feb 35 min read


A Garden in Hastings: a documentary about Glenn Veness’ incredible garden
Glenn Veness and his wife, Kathy, are a couple on a mission. A mission to create peace, love and happiness amidst a suburban council estate in Hollington.
I was buzzing earlier this year when I popped my Glennstonbury Festival cherry.
Mel Elliott
Oct 19, 20246 min read


Brook Tate
If you’re local to the Hastings area and you haven’t heard of Brook Tate yet, do you even have ears?
Whether he is painting, writing, teaching maths, singing or dancing, Brook Tate is a force to be reckoned with: an insanely talented creative and proud human being with the courage to be vulnerable in front of audiences, as well as being unapologetically himself
Mel Elliott
Oct 18, 20245 min read


Kid Kapichi: Hastings' Royalty
It’s the Wednesday morning following Jack in the Green and everyone is exhausted due to five days without water – and what does any sensible Hastinger drink when there’s no water? Beer!
Mel Elliott
Jul 9, 20247 min read


Marina Fountain, Last Orders
No doubt it seemed like a great idea at the time. But the best-laid acid house plans and all that… On May 6, Marky Souter left his home in Cornwall at 5am to catch an early morning flight out of Newquay to Gatwick. From there, he took the train to Hastings
Jim Butler
Jun 24, 20246 min read


Turning the Tide:
Meet the new wave of Young Music Promotors on the South Coast.
After some turbulent and stormy years for hospitality everywhere, Hastings is fortunate that a new wave of young promoter blood is washing onto the south coast shores
Kate Jaggers
Mar 27, 20245 min read


Aircooled
What do you get if you cross ‘90s Britpoppers, an indie rock/post-punk heritage, and an electronica queen with a St Leonards sensibility? You get Aircooled. If that sounds like a joke, it most definitely isn’t.
Kim Taylor-Foster
Mar 7, 20247 min read


Blue Plaque: Poly Styrene
Poly Styrene is a Punk Icon.Poly Styrene’s image, words and music willLive Forever.Poly Styrene will continue to inspire, educate and excite generations to come.
Poly’s daughter, Celeste Bell summed her mother up beautifully in her introduction to the book ‘Dayglo – The Poly Styrene Story’ (Omnibus Press, 2019).
James Endeacott
Feb 1, 20244 min read


Polo Piatti
Is he a mint with a hole? (No, but he does carry them around in his pocket). Is he a German hatchback or a game for posh people on horseback? No! He’s actually a genius Argentinian composer and pianist living in Hastings and he’s one of the loveliest people I’ve had the pleasure of interviewing.
Mel Elliott
Oct 4, 20236 min read


Fishing for Creativity with Bev Lee Harling
When I first began looking into my family ancestry I had no idea of the impact it would have on my life. In January 2022 I was feeling creatively stuck. The post-covid landscape for musicians such as myself was looking pretty bleak and my Dad had just been diagnosed with mixed Dementia and Alzheimer’s.
Bev Lee Harling
Jul 26, 20238 min read


Waxing Lyrical with HotWax
When I got into the car the other morning to take my kid to school, the radio defaulted to BBC 6 Music and I immediately heard something I recognised. It was ‘Treasure’ by HotWax and once the song finished, Lauren Laverne was gushing about them being the ones to watch out for in 2023. At this point, I had already interviewed the band for Get Hastings but even in that short period, their potential had grown so much.
Mel Elliott
Jul 11, 20238 min read


Record Shops Guide
Vinyl records are cumbersome. They’re delicate and are susceptible to warping in the heat. They can be annoying to flip over. But they’re also perhaps the only piece of media technology that has remained unchanged in 75 years, when the first mass-produced 33rpm disc was manufactured for Columbia Records in 1948.
Beth King
Jul 3, 20236 min read


On Air with James Endeacott
“Why!? What’s he done?” Louisa, the landlady of the Tower pub asks when I mention that we’d like to take some photos to go with my interview of James Endeacott, the subject I had left sitting on a sofa in front of a pictorial shrine to the Arsenal football team.
Mel Elliott
May 20, 20238 min read
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