Anyone wanting to be catapulted back to the early ’00s simply had to pop down to The Talking Heads to see the legendary Wheatus and the originator of ‘post-punk laptop rap’ MC Lars. Everyone’s heard ‘Teenage Dirtbag’ and often mistaken Wheatus for Weezer; someone even shouted for them to play ‘Beverly Hills’ during the set, but many…
After Shade, it was time for Wessex Lane to host the festivities, albeit without the sun.
Shade, one of the biggest halls events on the calendar, returns for another year featuring top UK artist Rudimental.
On a cold June evening, three artists provided a fitting end to the last Frequency of the year.
What to expect from the UK’s biggest student festival this summer.
It’s a hot, dry summer evening and The Talking Heads is alive with primarily English students milling around, drinking rosé and playing board games. Exams are over for most of us so the atmosphere is one that you’d expect from a bunch of musically-inclined students, willing to support a friend at a local music venue. The…
Yara Silva reviews the rock four-piece’s recent performance at the Arsenal football stadium, with nothing but positive things to say about the show.
LiveSoc introduce an chilled out free evening for those not attending Oceana.
Following a UK tour of various pubs and music venues, the Sheffield duo Slow Club popped into the Joiners to grace Southampton with a mix of new and old songs. Being a little late I missed the first support act, Pivotal, but arrived in time for Michele Stodart from The Magic Numbers, whose Gibson Hummingbird…
After a successful first year locally run Norfolk based festival Playfest is back on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd of June to join the summer circuit once more. Located in a picturesque rural setting the site just outside Quidenham, Playfest plays host to five stages worth of live music, comedy and DJ sets over the weekend.…
In the period since the release of their last single, ‘Jealous Don’t You Know’, The Heartbreaks have been some very busy boys. Supporting both Morrissey and Hurts across Europe, The Heartbreaks have undoubtedly made a name for themselves and expanded their fan base significantly over the past few months. With the upcoming release of their debut album, this…
Back for its sixth year, Redfest is a small festival which packs a punch! The festival was originally launched by Matt Nichols as a one day event with The Ordinary Boys headlining and support coming from Newton Faulkner, Laura Marling and The Silversun Pickups. The festival soon grew to a three day event and in the…
I feel that I must start this review by stating that I am not a massive fan of heavy rock music; in general it is a genre that I tend to avoid. I am often told that with bands of such a nature, one must see their live performance to ‘get it’. For this reason,…
Having just returned from touring with Enter Shikari, playing 6 dates across the UK and previously playing across the UK on their ‘Bare Bones Club Tour’, Young Guns decided to add two more dates to both reconvene and conclude the tour. After collectively seeing them five times at venues varying from 250 to 2500 capacity, this…