There’s a lot of hype surrounding Palma Violets which is no doubt why a crowd started to gather outside The Joiners well before doors were due to open, despite the freezing temperatures. Most of the people there had already seen Palma Violets—a vast majority saying they’d seen them at Reading—so people sort of know what to…
Two years ago, I remember watching an SBTV video that had just reached a hundred thousand views and today Suffolk singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran has reached global success with a quadruple platinum debut album, several awards under his belt and performances at the Queens Jubilee and at the Olympics. Say what you want about him but…
Born in Lima, Peru, raised on the streets of Harlem during the rise of hip-hop and now…playing in Southampton? Last week, Felipe Andres Cornel aka Immortal Technique, one of the most successful independent hip-hop artists in the world, played to a packed out crowd at The Cellar. Refusing to ever sign to a label, Technique…
My second trip to the Joiners couldn’t have been filled with a better night of music. I had the opportunity to chat with Ralph Pelleymounter and Josh Platman from To Kill A King before the show (interview coming soon on The Edge) and they seemed very excited to be returning to The Joiners after their…
I arrived at the joiners and interviewed Ben and Rosie from BIGkids just before their show. Getting to chat to them before really got me excited for the show as they were so much fun to chat to. They came out on stage, Mr Hudson donning the now famous BIGkids crown (not unlike those you…
Everything from Strategy Wanks to Pimpin’ of the mediocre kind. The Midnight Beast have it all, and gave it all, to the crowd at Southampton’s Guildhall.
Every Time I Die are not a band, up until this point, that I had had the pleasure of seeing live. Our festival paths have never crossed and whenever they were playing London whilst I was living there, I always either had a ticket and then subsequently couldn’t go (curse you 9 a.m. A-level maths exam!) or…
NME tours have the reputation of being slightly haphazard in whom they put together; they just put bands they like in the mix and hope that it works. It’s had some unusual outcomes (most recently having Azealia Banks on the same line-up as Two Door Cinema Club) but this time, NME may have just stumbled…
We arrived in Oxford at approximately 5pm and got out wristbands for this mini festival around various venues in Oxford. The music started at about 16:30 and various bands were playing throughout the evening and into the night at venues such as Cowley Road Methodist Church, The Bullingdon and the O2 Academy. Seeing as we…
She opened with the title of the tour ‘Lonely Hearts Club’. The stage was set up in the theme of Electra Heart‘s bedroom/dressing room fit with a clothes stand, TV and pink furry rug, very much like a set for a musical. Marina strutted onstage in extraordinarily high platforms. I was impressed she could even…
The sentence ‘Hot Chip are one of the best bands making music in 2012’ is a fact. Let me explain; they have a mercury-nomination under their belt, a truly unique sound, a funny little lead singer, a fantastic but overlooked latest album, and a self-depreciative, cynical edge which means that they are relatable in their…
It’s been an exciting year for Bastille. This year has seen them perform at numerous festivals as well as their triangles tour, both of which have always attracted huge crowds, much to Bastille’s surprise. Thursday 18 October saw Bastille take to the stage in Brighton’s Komedia as part of their headline Flaws tour. This was…
Monday saw the first Frequency of the year, and there seemed no better way to start off than to have a mixture of acoustic and rock, which is exactly what was supplied. With Jack Winter and Daniel Tovey playing their own solo acoustic sets, it set the stage to bring on the headliner of the event,…
Sunday night saw grungy Manchester quartet Nine Black Alps take to the stage at Joiners, promoting their new album Sirens. This was my first time to Joiners although I’d heard about it’s great reputation as a key venue in the South. We were slightly dismayed to find that we’d be wandering around St Marys after…