Canterbury, a four piece rock band hailing from Surrey, will be playing The Cellar in Southampton this Thursday, with support from Mallory Knox and Blitz Kids. Having toured alongside Enter Shakari, Twin Atlantic, We Are The Ocean, Deaf Havana and Billy Talent, the band have done very well in building up a strong following in the…
Seriously, what a fantastic line-up, for a free show, on Saturday night in Portswood, Southampton, with acts from all over the UK coming together for an acoustic show. Where do I start…? I shall begin with Gaz Brookfield , an acoustic singer songwriter whose Christmas single, ‘Diet of Banality’ is officially released on 16th December. Gaz…
The release of comeback single ‘Cough Cough’ in the summer gave Everything Everything their first ever UK top 40 charting song. After over two a years since their Mercury-nominated album Man Alive, this single was worth the wait. They’ve maintained their distinctive sound whilst becoming more radio-friendly and ‘Cough Cough’ set the bench mark high…
“Big thanks to The Joiners for having us, Southampton, representing on a Sunday night” – Gentlemen’s Dub Club. So nobody cared that it was a Sunday, the Joiners saw a packed venue for the performance of Gentlemen’s Dub Club, alongside some fantastic support acts. As it was lead singer Jonny Scratchley’s birthday, he certainly put all…
A sold out Joiners show is pretty impressive, but it seemed all too easy for 19-year old Southampton lad Seán McGowan, who pushed the venue’s capacity to the limits, and had disappointed fans who hadn’t managed to secure a ticket. They were warned it would sell out! Of course a lot of hard work went…
Little Comets recently tweeted “Tour done and dusted after last night at Koko. Massive thanks to everyone who came out and supported us, means so much.” I met up with Rob, Matt and Mickey at their Portsmouth date at the Wedgewood Rooms. How’s your tour going? Rob: Very well. Normally by this point in the tour we’ve…
“We’re immensely proud of this record, we feel it is the best thing we’ve done so far. And can’t wait to share it all with you”. Southampton musician Seán McGowan delivers his acoustic music in a folk/protest/punk style, described suitably as “The People’s Music”, also the title of his next E.P (debut E.P, ‘McGovernment’ was…
Little Comets, a three-piece band from Newcastle, have been described as ‘kitchen sink indie music’ and have done well not to lose their distinctive sound following the release of their second album Life Is Elsewhere. Debut album In Search of Elusive Little Comets contained some absolute musical gems such as ‘Isles’, ‘One Night in October’…
Gig number four out of a string of twenty-five for Dan Le Sac (and friends) took place in the good old St. Mary’s end of Southampton on Sunday night at The Joiners. I have to say I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed the sounds that bounced into the half-filled venue; with three…
Bedroom Live – a filmed music event for Channel 4’s Project 4 TV – is to come to Southampton University as part of its October Tour. The YouTube channel, created by Josh Bennett, invites acts to perform acoustically in intimate venues with the aim to create opportunities for independent artists and demonstrate local musical talent. Headline acts for the…
Dan Le Sac, or Daniel Stephens as his parents prefer to call him, is usually found as the other half of hip-hop double act ‘Dan Le Sac VS Scroobius Pip’, signed to the record label Sunday Best. Dan Le Sac, a producer, remixer, DJ and photographer (it that all!?) portrays himself equally well musically without Scroobius…
Lucy Rose is a popular girl, when I met up with her at Truck Festival, she gave me apologetic glances for being surrounded by keen guys from earlier bands, eager to talk to her. I wait patiently and we then head into her port-a-cabin ‘dressing room’. It seems you’ve been ridiculously busy lately! Yeah! We…
I met up with Frightened Rabbit’s drummer Grant Hutchinson, brother of lead singer Scott. We talk new albums, drunken festivals, steroids and dinosaurs. What have you been up to lately? We’ve finished recording the new album, we did it in Wales in a studio called Mono-Valley. That was in May, and it’s getting mixed right…
Phoebe Cross catches up with Little Comets and talks arty videos, vinyl and getting old.