Eugene Coyne
South London-based singer-songwriter Eugene Coyne
offers up a witchy mix of hard rock glyphs and acid folk
hallucination, pastoral but with an underlying threat of pug rock ultra-violence
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counterstrike.
Aggressive and esoteric.
Perfect for driving at speed Or petting your pug.
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" With its eleven tracks segued together, grinding guitars and not-a-note-wasted lo-fi minimalism, it is a powerful, abrasive record that grows on its listener with each new hearing. Eugene Coyne’s stream-of-consciousness lyrics and frequently darkly sardonic vocals reflect on the world in crisis and on the edge of impending meltdown as well as the greediness and madness of our political leaders."
John Clarkson / PennyBlackMusic
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Inside The Magic Circle
Photo: David Arnoff
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Live 2020
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Saturday, January 11th, DeXter Bentley's Hello Goodbye Show, Resonance FM
Live radio session, with Dan Meier on drums
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Sunday, January 26th, The Windmill, Brixton, 22 Blenheim Gardens, London SW2 5BZ
Electric Guitar, with Dan Meier on drums
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Friday, February 7th, Club Integral's Resonance FM Benefit Gala
Electric guitar
Tuesday, February 18th, Head Kick at the Finsbury Pub, N4 1BY
Live electric set with Y-Bot and The Discount Orchestra
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Saturday, August 22nd, The Windmill, Brixton, 22 Blenheim Gardens, London SW2 5BZ
Electric Guitar, with Dan Meier on drums
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Live 2019
Thursday, February 7th, Club Integral & Is Black Music's Resonance FM Fundraiser
Electric guitar, with Dan Meier on drums
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Friday, May 31st, Scaledown, The King and Queen, 1 Foley Street, Fitzrovia, London W1W 6DL
Solo electric set
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Sunday, June 2nd, The Harrison, 28 Harrison Street, Kings Cross, London WC1H 8JZ
Acoustic set at Acoustic Highway
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Sunday, June 16th, The Windmill, Brixton, 22 Blenheim Gardens, London SW2 5BZ
Electric guitar, with Dan Meier on drums
Thursday, June 27th, The Windmill, Brixton, 22 Blenheim Gardens, London SW2 5BZ
Electric guitar, with Dan Meier on drums
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Saturday, July 20th, DeXter Bentley's Hello Goodbye Show, Resonance FM
Live acoustic
Sunday, July 28th, The Windmill, Brixton, 22 Blenheim Gardens, London SW2 5BZ
Electric guitar, with Dan Meier on drums
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Thursday, September 5th, The Windmill, Brixton, 22 Blenheim Gardens, London SW2 5BZ
Electric guitar, with Dan Meier on drums
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Tuesday, October 8th, The Windmill, Brixton, 22 Blenheim Gardens, London SW2 5BZ
Electric guitar, with Dan Meier on drums
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Sunday, October 13th, Linear Obsessional, The ArtsCafe, Hither Green, Lewisham SE15 at 4pm
Solo acoustic set
Eugene Coyne plays electric acoustic guitar through a fair-size dollop of chorus and sings
in a broadly folk style with elements of rock and psychedelia. The set is a medley of moods
and themes. The opener postulates ‘violent revolution’ as the only viable remaining option
for societal change. Musicwise he has a particular preference for chords that retain a
static root while moving triadically up and down the scale (i.e. A minor 7, B/A, B flat/A
for the musos reading this!), creating a mixture of inverted and semi-dissonant harmony
that suits his style of playing.
His vocal approach is semi-conversational and a sardonic humour is apparent.
At times his singing is upper register and gentle, almost in early Peter Gabriel or
Richard Thompson territory; perhaps even a slightly vexed Paddy McAloon! There is an aura of
early seventies Canterbury scene but it as if he is returning much later to darker
remnants of that scene; to a time when the optimism has drained out of its former idealism.
By contrast the harder, spoken word element is like venomous poetry aimed squarely
at the rich and complacent. He certainly achieves an interesting balance between
the inventive singer-songwriter and the angry anti-hero poet.
Neil March / demarararecords.com
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Friday, November 15th, Deptford Cinema, 39 Deptford Broadway, Lewisham, from 7pm
Solo acoustic set supporting the Russian horror film Viy, Spirit of Evil (1967)
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Friday, December 20th, Scaledown, The King and Queen, 1 Foley Street, Fitzrovia, London W1W 6DL
Solo acoustic set
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Sunday, December 29th, The Windmill, Brixton, 22 Blenheim Gardens, London SW2 5BZ
Electric guitar, with Dan Meier on drums
LIVE 2018
Saturday, February 10th, DeXter Bentley's Hello Goodbye Show, Resonance FM
Live radio session
Saturday, March 17th, The News Agents, Resonance FM
Live radio session
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Friday, March 23rd, The Harrison, 28 Harrison Street, Kings Cross, London WC1H 8JZ
Acoustic set at Acoustic Highway
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Saturday, April 14th, Barbican, London
Performing as part of THURSTON MOORE: GALAXIES 12x12 Music for Twelve 12-String guitars
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Friday, June 8th, The Cavendish Arms, 128 Hartington Road, Stockwell, London SW8 2HJ
Electric guitar, with Dan Meier on drums
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Thursday, June 28th, Cafe Mimosa, 35 Station Road, South Norwood, SE25 5AQ
Acoustic set
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Saturday, July 14th, The Cavendish Arms, 128 Hartington Road, Stockwell, London SW8 2HJ
Electric guitar, with Dan Meier on drums
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Sunday, August 19th, The Harrison, 28 Harrison Street, Kings Cross, London WC1H 8JZ
Acoustic set at Acoustic Highway
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Saturday, November 10th, 7-10pm, the basement of The Golden Anchor, 16 Evelina Rd, Nunhead, London SE15 2DX
Mind Your Head! Art Cabaret Healing Fires Purging Pyres.
"It's the season of Guido Fawkes and Halloween and for Healing Fires Purging Pyres there will be performances, music, poetry, a quiz, a ritual and
an exhibition! Expect works on the consequence of fire, the tragedy, the positivity, the anger, the release. Come to Nunhead and see..."
Friday, December 7th, Scaledown, The King and Queen, 1 Foley Street, Fitzrovia, London W1W 6DL
Solo electric set
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