New Band Showcase

Exeter Phoenix is hosting another New Band Showcase on Friday 20 November, a free night that brings together emerging artists and bands from across the South West. It's one of the venue's regular slots for new talent, and this one puts four different acts on a single bill, so you get a fair bit of ground covered in one evening.

the untitled are a Devon alternative rock band coming out of the studio with Grammy nominee Romesh Dodangoda, and their single Disappear has already seen play on Kerrang radio's Johnny Doom show. Kyra Warburton is an Exeter singer-songwriter and producer with a music degree from the Academy of Music & Sound and Plymouth University, and she describes her sound as leaning on introspective lyricism, trip-hop synths and soft vocals. The Canaries in the Coal Mines are a five-piece punk/rock/alt band from Exeter who cite Rage Against The Machine, Green Day and Blink-182 as influences, and The Bachelorettes are a local four-piece alternative rock band who've played around the city recently at venues like the Cavern, Bomba and the Old Firehouse.

Between the alternative rock of the untitled and The Bachelorettes, the punk-leaning energy of The Canaries in the Coal Mines, and Warburton's trip-hop leanings, it's a bill that pulls from a few different corners of the local scene rather than sticking to one sound. If you're not sure where you stand on any one of them, it's a low-stakes way to hear a few different things in one go.

The night is in the Auditorium at Exeter Phoenix, doors open at 7.30pm, and entry is free with booking not required.