Category: Live
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Supported by powerful, Mumford and Sons-esque acoustic guitarist Tom Biggs, garage rockers and Southampton natives Band of Skulls thrilled an audience at one of their city’s best-loved venues, The Brook. The trio began their set with two new tracks, hinting at the probability of a second studio album in the works. Complementing their first album’s well-established tracks, these fresh…
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Good news punk, rock and ska fans of Southampton! If like me you’ve been feeling glum because you don’t have the funds, means or energy to make it all the way up to Leeds or Hertfordshire at the end of the month for this year’s Slam Dunk Festival, fear not, because Slam Dunk is coming…
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After getting drunk to the beat of support acts Tripwires and Hounds, DIOYY?‘s lead vocalist James Rushent managed to find his way to the stage. I’d read several reviewers criticize Rushent and his pre-gig drinking, and frequently relying on guitarist Matty Derham for support; it’s easy to see why. Tonight, thankfully, it didn’t affect his vocals. Does it…
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Example is undoubtedly a fantastic performer, and tonight he gave his all. He came, he saw, he killed the crowd.
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Flying the flag for emotional rock since 1999, Taking Back Sunday are set to release their fifth studio album and so are over here in May to preview their new material. Taking Back Sunday have come a long way since their cult hit debut Tell All You Friends, having hit mainstream by signing to a major label, having…
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Alice Allan takes a trip to London to indulge in the delights of Elbow at the O2
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Frequency returns with three exciting new acts!
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On the first night of their ‘No More Idols’ tour, DJ duo Chase and Status took Southampton by storm.
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Ocean Colour Scene found success on the back of the Britpop wave and they have surfed this wave to the Guildhall to take Southampton back to the nineties by playing their classic ‘Moseley Shoals’ album in its entirety.
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Thin Lizzy may just be the most unfortunate rock band in the world. When Metallica bassist Cliff Burton died, auditions for a replacement were held the day after his funeral. Even Lynyrd Skynyrd went on to regroup, joining with past members after losing three of their seven in a plane crash. Thin Lizzy however, lost…
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Hayley Taulbut takes a trip to SUSU Garden Court to sample the ska delights of Reel Big Fish on March 5th
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The EDGE’s Hayley Taulbut takes a trip down memory lane for Good Charlotte
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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…