Ever since moving to Southampton I had heard a lot of good things about The Talking Heads. When I realised it is literally just off the road where I live, I finally decided to check it out and go see female Ramones tribute band The Ramonas. Always a fan of girls playing rock ‘n roll,…
On the twentieth night of her tour, Lucy Rose’s gig at The Joiners was “the one with the most character”. Despite a few technical issues that were not-so-subtly glossed over and a glitch resulting in Lucy Rose cleverly transposing the guitar part as she went, the night was a success. Support act Pete Roe really…
When I was 18, I divided my time fairly evenly between being an awkward bastard, revising for my A-levels, and thinking that being able to legally drink alcohol was absolutely mental. This is why, when Jake Bugg stood before me performing a perfect rendition of his hit ‘Two Fingers’ just two songs into his set,…
This Friday will see Billy Talent’s Dead Silence tour hit Portsmouth’s Pyramid Centre. The veteran Canadian punk rock band will be supported by alt-rock 4-piece Don Broco, who are sure to excite the audience with music from their debut album Priorities which was released earlier this year. AWOLNATION will also be supporting the band, and you…
One of drum and bass’s biggest artists, DJ Fresh, is set to perform his newly released, third studio album at Portsmouth Pyramid Centre this Thursday. Nextlevelism features a host of huge names, such as Rita Ora, Rizzle Kicks, Dizzie Rascal and Ms. Dynamite, and is set to be an energetic performance with a full live…
A sold out Joiners show is pretty impressive, but it seemed all too easy for 19-year old Southampton lad Seán McGowan, who pushed the venue’s capacity to the limits, and had disappointed fans who hadn’t managed to secure a ticket. They were warned it would sell out! Of course a lot of hard work went…
Southampton have always had a special place for Frank Turner in their hearts and now even more so! The Joiners have announced a very special show on Friday 28th December 2012. Frank Turner will be returning to The Joiners for a benefit show. This show precedes his show at The Guildhall later this month. After…
19 year old singer turned heart throb Conor Maynard played the O2 Academy in Bournemouth on Friday 2nd November 2012. A date in which all the Bournemouth based Mayniacs would have had circled in their diaries ever since their parents paid for the tickets. Upon arrival to the venue there were already at least 100…
My first experience of the Trinity Centre couldn’t have been met with better music. Mercury Prize winners Alt-J were on tonight’s schedule, and the support band were a three piece female band from Liverpool called Stealing Sheep. I’m not one to usually enjoy female vocal harmonies [insert chart pop rubbish girl band here] but these…
Dog is Dead have come a long way since their school days together in Nottingham. This five piece have recently released their debut album All Our Favourite Stories and it is filled with soaring guitar rifts that echo the likes of Two Door Cinema Club and Bombay Bicycle Club. They are full of energy on…
I reluctantly dragged myself down to Southampton’s Guildhall to see Jordan Stephens and Harley Alexander-Sule that make up Rizzle Kicks. Having bought my ticket months and months ago I had nearly forgotten about the gig as the date got closer and closer. Unfortunately I missed both the support acts, Little Nikki and Mikill Pain but…
Heading into the Pyramids Centre in Portsmouth, I was excited. Not only was I excited about the prospect of a leisure centre gig (Don’t you just love the smell of chlorine?), I was excited about seeing the musician who, in 2009, created one of my favourite albums ever, Two Suns. Bat For Lashes doesn’t tour…
Joshua James, a folk artist out of Lincoln, Nebraska, has released the two albums The Sun Is Always Brighter, and Build Me This to critical acclaim, with publications like Paste Magazine saying “thankfully the authenticity that appeared in patches throughout his last record steers his latest.” Despite this, he hasn’t seemed quite able to find a wider…
Fresh off the back of being named ‘Best Band in the World Today’ at the Q awards on Monday; Muse turned up on Saturday with everything still left to prove. The 2nd Law was hailed by some as their best album; others (myself included) said it was their worst—but yet everyone expected this tour to…