Just came across your mention of The Higher State. I saw them on 9th December at the Dirty Water Club and they were really very good. It's seldom that I see a first band on get such a reception from an audience that mostly doesn't know already, even asking them for an encore. They're back at the Dirty Water Club on 14 April (with an Australian all girl group called The Dollsquad and a spanish garage band called The Hollywood Sinners).
The Higher State
This is my website The 'Gerald that I built in a fury of enthusiasm when I first came to Folkestone in approximately '04. I'd been a frequent visitor for a while before that but I am technically one of those DFLs you get now. This site used to be updated more frequently with a calendar of events + voting for best venues and things, and I know it was a useful resource for others who were moving here. Now I've moved out of Folkestone again (though only a couple of miles) it doesn't get as much love as it used to. Ironic really as Folkestone itself is now becoming the exciting place we knew it was just about to. My name is not Gerald by the way, the name comes from the name of a pretend paper in an episode of The Day Today or something, the Portsmouth Gerald, + how there is a local paper here called the Folkestone Herald. Puns like this are great aren't they? Do get in touch if you have something to offer, email anythign @ this domain, or try @folkestone or @pauly on Twitter.