This year, The Forty Pound Theatre Company’s Christmas charity pantomime will be a production of Moliere’s classic comedy Tartuffe. For this performance, Forty Pound have adapted the greatly controversial 17th Century play in a manner that emphasises the original’s combination of comedic and satirical power to a modern audience, and all in their recognisable pantomime style. Also, free music will follow the…
Mumford and Son’s Portsmouth leg of their ‘Gentlemen of the Road’ tour can be summarised by the atmosphere in the venue just before they came on. The Guildhall was buzzing with excited fans from literally every age group; and they were all there to see some farmers pluck a banjo and yell about ‘holding on’.…
When I was 18, I divided my time fairly evenly between being an awkward bastard, revising for my A-levels, and thinking that being able to legally drink alcohol was absolutely mental. This is why, when Jake Bugg stood before me performing a perfect rendition of his hit ‘Two Fingers’ just two songs into his set,…
Despite Bon Iver’s creatively titled second album Bon Iver being released in June last year, its closer ‘Beth/Rest’ has only just been released as a single. It’s a brilliant, unique song that could only be pulled off by Justin Vernon and the lads. Unbelievably cheesy synths and inspirational guitar slides accompany Vernon’s haunting, indistinguishable vocals…
The sentence ‘Hot Chip are one of the best bands making music in 2012’ is a fact. Let me explain; they have a mercury-nomination under their belt, a truly unique sound, a funny little lead singer, a fantastic but overlooked latest album, and a self-depreciative, cynical edge which means that they are relatable in their…
On October 21st, outspoken indie-rockers The Enemy will be coming to Southampton Guildhall touring with their new album Streets in the Sky, and we’re giving away two free tickets! To enter, all you have to do is email your answer to the following question to [email protected] What is the name of The Enemy’s lead singer?…
Here at The Edge we love to treat our readers, so we’ve decided to give away two tickets to Bloc Party’s gig at Southampton Guildhall this Wednesday (17/10/2012) Fresh off the back of their reunion, the seminal indie band are stopping off in Southampton to promote their new album Four. It’s going to be the…
Electropop, synthpop, dance-punk, even ‘Indietronica’; call them what you want, but Hot Chip are undoubtedly one of the most critically acclaimed and popular electronic bands in British Music, and they’re coming to our very own Guildhall. With five albums under their belts (one of which, The Warning, was mercury-nominated, they’ll have you know), you would…
Having featured on E4 and released their own album in recent months, comedy trio The Midnight Beast are now embarking on the ‘I Kicked A Tour In The Face’ tour and will grace the presence of Southampton Guildhall on the 11th October. The Edge has secured two tickets to give away to this unique event! To be in…
Everybody’s favourite pop-punk rock superstars are back! And what’s that? They have three albums coming out in sucession? Complete with those Spanish expressions of exclamation! Yes Green Day have returned, but the real question is, what are they bloody angry about this time? Billie-Joe isn’t ‘fucking Bieber’ but he is addicted to an anonymous ‘substance’,…
Natasha Khan is amazing. In Bat for Lashes she has created perfection, thus far releasing two albums that are both creatively and stylistically perfect, and with songs like ‘All Your Gold’, this seems set to continue. The track begins slowly; effectively combining haunting vocals with muted instrumentals, quietly paving the way into a euphoric Flo…
When Bloc Party announced their hiatus in 2009, Britain lost one of its defining bands, but now we can finally say that, fresh off the back of their reunion and brand-new album Four, the indie legends are coming to Southampton Guildhall. As a band that defined a genre with their début album Silent Alarm, and continued to…
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Following the announcement of their newest album Astraea, The Edge got a chance to chat to James Spence, the synth man and vocalist for ‘mathcore’ rockers Rolo Tomassi, about the band’s changing line-up, how they are defined and their future, You recently announced the release of your new album, what can you tell us about…