Category: Reviews
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Frequency returns with a new look, a new location, and a new ethos. The result? Mixed.
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Death from Above 1979 return after a long absence, but disappoint until it’s too late to reclaim the audience.
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Tonight’s headliners, Young Guns from Wycombe, take to the stage; a wave of cheers welcomes them. With this being their biggest headline show, they waste no time in starting their set. They begin with the explosive ‘Elements’ and follow up with fast-paced ‘Sons of Apathy’ from their album All Our Kings Our Dead, but due…
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Pulp’s return is grand and exciting, with Jarvis Cocker and co. taking the Hyde Park crowd to a new level.
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Athlete get back to basics on their Stripped Back tour, proving that less is always more.
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The band rapper Ice-T described as “not funk, not rock, not reggae, but some whole other shit”
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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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The Summer Sundae festival feels free of cynicism despite its obvious use as a massive advertisement for ice cream…
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The Welsh rockers put in an energetic performance at The Old Fire Station
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The expression ‘How the mighty do fall’ may be applicable in some ways to Liam Gallagher, two years ago I was standing in a sell out crowd of the second night performance at Wembley stadium waiting for Oasis to come on stage and then little over a month later the band had split with the…
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The Blackout have gained a somewhat misplaced reputation as the hardcore/metal act for teeny boppers far and wide – aside from being fronted by a charming and attractive Welshman, I can see no evidence as to why this should be the case. Despite supporting nearly every British band there is on the rock and metal…
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The EDGE’s Hayley Taulbut takes a trip to see the Yorkshire quintet at The Old Firestation, Bournemouth
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Even though I’ve been a massive fan of Funeral For a Friend since I was old enough to work a CD player, I have to admit, I wasn’t sure how well they would come across in an intimate venue like the Old Fire Station. My fears were unfounded though, thanks to a tiny crowd whose…
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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…