The Evan Whitton Blog: After Hours

Billy Nomates 'CACTI UK Tour' Review at Leeds Stylus - Alt-Pop Songstress is One of the Most Compelling Performers in Modern Music Tor Maries AKA  Billy Nomates is easily one of my favourite artists of the past three years. Originally emerging out of the post-punk revival scene of the late 2010’s, and releasing her brilliant self titled album in August 2020, she soon made the full fledged transition into hard edged alternative pop with the great ‘Emergency Telephone’ EP the following year. Most recently, she released the album CACTI in January, without doubt her most accessible release, and all the more brilliant because of it. Although saying that, the sense of abrasive punk spikiness was still present in full force, and it’s that contrast that makes her music so interesting, on top of being a brilliant performer, vocalist, and songwriter to boot. So, given how I enjoyed the album so much, as well as how great her previous tours have been, I just had to get tickets to her new

Tim Vine - 'Breeeep!' Review at  King's Hall, Ilkley - New Show Sees the Dad Joke King as Daft as Ever, and Happy to Revisit the Hits Tim Vine could very much be framed as a comedian calling back to a bygone era. His repertoire of rapid-fire puns, stupid songs and daft homemade props feels like somewhat of a callback to the old-school variety performers. That's not to say that Tim is simply a novelty act though, as the pure unadulterated sense of silliness he purveys is something I think only he (and perhaps his good friend Milton Jones) could carry off. So because he was one of the first comedians I ever got into, I've been a big fan of Tim for a long time, owning nearly all of his DVDs, but despite that, I'd never seen him live. So when I learned some tickets were going spare for his new show 'Breeeep!' at the King's Hall that evening, I couldn't have said yes faster. When we got there, while not an important point, I did think it was funny tha