Author: Howell Davies


  • Icona Pop feat. Charli XCX – ‘I Love It’

    Icona Pop’s ‘I Love It’ has proved hugely popular around the world and now it’s the UK’s turn to enjoy this perfectly crafted pop song.

  • The Great Escape 2013: Saturday

    The Great Escape 2013 closed with performances from Dan Croll, Lab Coast, Swim Deep, Lulu James and The 1975.

  • Chapel Club – ‘Shy’

    Chapel Club’s new album is a change in genre from their debut. What do you think of new single ‘Shy’?

  • The Great Escape 2013: Friday

    Friday at The Great Escape was filled with plenty more new music including Night Engine, The Family Rain, Little Green Cars, Iggy Azalea and Clean Bandit

  • The Great Escape 2013: Thursday

    Last week The Edge went to The Great Escape in Brighton, and some of Thursday’s highlights include The Balconies, We Were Evergreen, Tom Odell, Jeremy Loops and Brooke Candy.

  • Eurovision 2013: The best & worst

    Want to know who’s who, and what’s awful in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest? Look no further!

  • Lucy Porter’s People Person tour, Nuffield Theatre (12/05/2013)

    Lucy Porter brings her hilarious Edinburgh show “People Person” to Southampton’s Nuffield Theatre.

  • Ghostpoet – Some Say I So I Say Light

    Some Say I So I Say Light strengthens Ghostpoet’s appeal, returning to confront the demons which Peanut Butter Blues created and exacerbated.

  • Preview: Live Music Monday hosted by the Barnardo’s Society, The Bridge (29/04/2013)

    The Barnardo’s Society will take over Live Music Monday in The Bridge next week to showcase a selection of Southampton’s musical talent.

  • Full line up for The Great Escape 2013 announced

    A whopping 100 acts have been announced, to complete The Great Escape’s 2013 line up.

  • Video: Woman dancing at bus stop in Eastleigh goes viral

    A woman from Eastleigh has found herself at the centre of a viral video, as she was recorded dancing at a bus stop.

  • Charli XCX – True Romance

    At only 20 years of age, it’s pretty impressive if your album starts being described as “long-awaited” but in Charli XCX’s case, this rings true. Recording since 2008 with money from her parents, she has been making music since her school days but has finally perfected her sound. Not only this but the album has […]

  • Psy unveils video for new single ‘Gentleman’

    Korean pop-sensation Psy has released the video for his latest single ‘Gentleman’. The track is the follow up to 2012’s viral hit ‘Gangnam Style‘ which is now the most watched video of all time on Youtube with over 1.5 billion views. The video revisits much of the content and characters of that which shot Psy […]

  • James Blake – Overgrown

    Overgrown sees James Blake take the criticisms and commendations of his debut on board to demonstrate profound honesty, floundering melancholy and irrefutable musical ability.