After four anxious months, The Talking Heads finally re-opened its doors to the general public last weekend, and I’m glad to say that Friday 13th did not have any surprises in store for the 250-capacity venue. In fact, everything went encouragingly well! This article is the first of three describing the whole opening weekend. The venue itself is hardily…
Electroswing is probably fashion’s greatest come-around; a modernisation of a genre that never truly died. Jazz and Big Band music has seen a revival in the last ten years with acts such as Amy Winehouse (RIP) and Michael Bublé but it would be a fair analogy that, though the production of new music fell into decline,…
It has only been a couple of months since the news emerged that one of Southampton’s most beloved venues, The Talking Heads, was closing its doors for an undetermined length of time. However, the venue is under new management and looks to have an exciting future ahead of it. It’s not the likes of Rob…
The Edge chats to Jodie Copeland, the founder of the campaign to save local gig venue The Talking Heads.
When listening to lo-fi for the first time, a lot of people disregard it as overdone distortion, inaudible vocals and just general noise. Sadly, with Odonis Odonis’s Hollandaze, they may be right. Hailing from Canada, Odonis Odonis were originally formed as a solo project for songwriter and frontman Dean Tzenos, and only recently became a live…
Southampton is a wonderful city for live music, but it’s all about knowing where to begin.