The mainstream scene is yet to encounter the man himself, but self-acclaimed nomad Stu Larsen is a definite hidden gem. March 8th brought the musician’s fourth visit to The Brook, this time unaccompanied by the familiar face of Mike Rosenberg, aka the Passenger. Stu Larsen is a very humble and genuine individual with an equally…
Following the February release of their self-titled debut album, Theme Park’s gig at the Joiners Arms last Tuesday was the second in their eleven day tour.
It was with a degree of nostalgia that I stepped into the depths of Southampton University’s Old Refectory, trapped on all sides by an eclectic mixture of excitable younger teens and much older, die-hard fans. Having watched the Fish play in London at least three or four times when I was around the age of…
It’s chaos in The Brook. The room is packed out past capacity. Every inch of space is crammed with people, smoke machines, flashing lights. And there in the centre, beating the hell out of a piano and literally jumping up and down in his seat in a frenzy of creative passion, is recent BRIT award…
The sixth night of Bastille’s ‘Bad Blood Tour’ came to Southampton’s Mo’Club this week. The Edge had to opportunity to catch up with the band before the show and talk about their recent chart success and the upcoming festival season. The night kicked off with electro minded indie outfit The Ramona Flowers. Overall they were pretty…
Bastille are set to play at the Mo’ Club on 7th March 2013 and it is the 6th show on their sell out headline tour. For those of you who were lucky enough to get tickets you are in for a treat. Bastille’s live sets are known for their insane amount of energy and perfect…
A couple of years ago, I found myself half-accidentally in Southampton at The Joiners, watching a bunch of hardcore bands, some of which turned out to be relatively big names later on. Truth be told, I was only there to see a band called Dead Swans; I was still a bit of a newcomer to…
In addition to the already fantastic line-up of The Blackout, Don Broco, Mallory Knox, Arcane Roots, While She Sleeps and Max Raptor, Takedown Festival have announced that We Are The Ocean and Glamour Of The Kill will also be playing at this daylong event at the university. Tickets went on sale today as the highly recommended rock festival…
On arrival at UNIT, which seemed to me like an odd venue for this sort of club-night anyway, it was immediately apparent that the place was spectacularly empty. Despite this, the SEMSU DJs were already managing to create a decent atmosphere to somewhat fill up the empty spaces. By the time Cholombian (2nd on the…
Many of you festival goers may remember Two Door Cinema Club and their anthemic party tones from Reading 2010. Having thought they’d suffered the same fate as actual cinema it was a nice surprise to hear that they’re back with their latest album Beacon. Turns out they’d been busy touring America all this time, who…
Since moving to Southampton, The Joiners has quickly and without a doubt become my favourite venue. This night wasn’t simply another night here; the night had arrived of The Vaccines’ Benefit Show. Following the success of Frank Turner’s show last month to increase revenue for the venue, I had very high expectations. We had the opportunity…
12 shows in 12 days, 12 places in the UK, 12 live venues. Not something you usually associate with poetry. As Scroobius Pip explained himself, he wanted to bring spoken word to live music venues across the country, to put it into a different setting, aside from theatres and the like. The majority of the…
When I arrived at AIM’s Battle Of The Bands live music event last Monday, level 2 of SUSU mainly consisted of musicians twinging guitar strings, but as the lights dimmed and things got going there seemed to be a good turnout; it was clear the performers had a decent support base. The first band to take to…
Peace, featured on the BBC’s and NME’s sounds of 2013 lists, played to a packed out Joiners, and proved exactly why they are a band we should all be getting excited about. Eclectic and energetic, their music certainly lifted the spirits of those attending the gig on a cold December evening. Support came from Gabriel…