Hello, my name is Ellie!

I write reviews for Norwich based music and events magazine Outline and I've decided I'd share them with you guys!

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Cancer Bats // Dead Set On Living (Hassle Records) 

The sheer infectiousness of their music easily finds its way through the quartet’s deep bass and amp-rattling guitars, making you want to get up and party…

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InMe – The Pride (Pledge Music) 

I was very pleased when I was asked to review their new album, The Pride. Opening track ‘ Reverie Shores’ kicks off the album perfectly with sweeping guitars and heavy backing, giving an insight into the songs to follow…

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Interview with Gustav from Young Guns.. 

For what seems like a small British rock band, Young Guns have achieved big things since the release of their EP Mirrors in 2009.  Since then, they have released 2 full lengths, including the new and brilliant Bones, played the main stage of Reading & Leeds and supported greats such as Bon Jovi and Lostprophets.  Unlike many, their growing success has not gone to their heads and we catch up with ever-humble vocalist, Gustav Woods to find out what they’ve been up to…

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Kerrang! Relentless Energy Drink Tour // UEA LCR  

With an ample dosage of tonight’s sponsor Relentless rushing through the veins of the crowd, it is obvious from the moment I walk in to hear While She Sleeps’ heavy guitars that the night is going to be 1) full of energy and 2) one to remember…

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Young Guns - Bones (PIAS) 

This mixture of hard-hitting rock and passion filled ballads draws inspiration from Young Guns’ debut but really proves how much this band have progressed and grown musically…

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Enter Shikari - A Flash Flood Of Colour (Ambush Reality) 

Release Date: 9th January 2012

Having not released a ‘proper’ full length album since the distant days of 2009, Enter Shikari and their genre-bending originality are exploding back onto the scene with their new album ‘A Flash Flood Of Colour’.

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Deaf Havana @ Norwich Arts Center, November 7th 2011 

It’s obvious everyone is here tonight simply to have a great time, including the band, who bound around the stage playing each chord with passion only holding back a little to take in the amazing crowd response to their brand new songs…

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Enter Shikari @ Norwich UEA October 5th 

As soon as the lights go down for the final time tonight, I can feel the sheer anticipation and excitement of what is going to happen next…

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Kids In Glass Houses @ Norwich UEA Sunday 2nd October 

What exactly is it that makes a good gig? The atmosphere, the energy or simply the music? While standing in the full UEA, watching the events of the night roll out I have decided that if you want all three guaranteed, go to a Kids In Glass Houses gig…

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