Category: Local Music
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Summer Camp – a name that conjures up images of sun, ice cream and swimming pools; and a name perfect for this summery indie pop band. Made up of real-life couple Elizabeth Sankey and Jeremy Warmsley, Summer Camp started off almost by accident, purely by posting a song on Myspace and receiving unexpected acclaim. After…
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Joiners in Southampton is a small, unassuming venue that feels more like a local pub than an exciting venue for up-and-coming bands, yet its walls suggest otherwise, plastered with decade-old posters for acts such as Franz Ferdinand and Coldplay. By nine the place is by no means packed out, but is enjoying a positive hum…
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Pennsylvania-born rapper Wiz Khalifa played one of his last gigs on the UK stint of his global tour at the Guildhall recently, promoting his latest album Rolling Papers. The crowd were given a massive build-up to his entrance, possibly leaving it a little too long between himself and the support act Yelawolf, but I was excited…
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Ben UFO brings the future of dance music to Southampton.
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Frequency returns with a new look, a new location, and a new ethos. The result? Mixed.
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Bold, brash and totally electrifying, with a stage presence that rivals some of the top signed acts of today. The Hit Ups are a Southampton unsigned student band that are already dominating the local music scene and look set to enjoy many future successes… They describe their genre as ‘Spooked-Out-Electronic-Party-Core-Rock & Roll’ but even that can’t…
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Cardinals, The Fruit Cellar and The Hit-Ups mould a perfect handover Frequency: one to remember!
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Local band SomaHigh are back with their take on melodic pop punk
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The Alternative and Indie music society (AIM) continue to pull out the stops when it comes to live music. With Frequency, the society demonstrates an ear to the ground when it comes to local sounds from across the south, in a variety of genres and levels, and May’s Frequency was no different there. First up…
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Frequency returns with three exciting new acts!
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Frequency 14th February, featuring Daniel & The Lion, The McManus Bros., and The David Gilani Experience Frequency, AIM’s monthly night of indie and alternative live music, is a great arena for the up and coming talents from around the south coast. They mesh together opposing styles with varying performing standards that make Frequency an interesting…
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The EDGE’s Hayley Taulbut caught up with Jamie and Nigel from Oxford born Dive Dive for an interview before their show at the Southampton Guildhall supporting Frank Turner. So, you’re about halfway through the tour – how has it been? Any particular highlights or lowlights? J: Not getting to Aberdeen was a massive lowlight. It …