BIGKids are a pop duo from Camden. Ben Hudson McIldowie (aka, Mr Hudson) and Rosie Bones (daughter of Bill Oddie) play such infectious duets it’s hard not to sing-a-long, no doubt these songs will be stuck in your head for days. They have just released their debut album Never Grow Up and are touring the UK. They…
It’s a cold, autumnal evening and Southampton city centre is hardly buzzing as I approach the Joiners Arms in half-hearted drizzle. There’s not a soul in sight: outside the venue or down the dark alley to the right of it, and I almost wonder whether I’ve turned up on the right night. That is, until…
Electropop, synthpop, dance-punk, even ‘Indietronica’; call them what you want, but Hot Chip are undoubtedly one of the most critically acclaimed and popular electronic bands in British Music, and they’re coming to our very own Guildhall. With five albums under their belts (one of which, The Warning, was mercury-nominated, they’ll have you know), you would…
Gig number four out of a string of twenty-five for Dan Le Sac (and friends) took place in the good old St. Mary’s end of Southampton on Sunday night at The Joiners. I have to say I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed the sounds that bounced into the half-filled venue; with three…
Out of all the festivals this summer, Reading Festival is definitely the one for music lovers. It is all about the music and with the insanely amazing line-up it definitely pleased the masses. Reading is renowned as the festival the school kids go to post GCSE results, and whether they’re drowning their sorrows or celebrating…
A memorable and well executed night for a fitting end to Freshers’ Week.
A band like Mayday Parade give me goosebumps. Some people will love them, some people will absolutely despise their emotional pop-rock. I am in the former set of people; I absolutely love Mayday Parade and having missed each live opportunity so far, finding out that they were playing the Old Firestation in Bournemouth made me…
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs will be playing in Portsmouth on Saturday 13th October and it is definitely a show not to miss. Orlando Higginbottom and his excellent use of technology is set to make the evening extremely enjoyable. Since the release of his debut full length album Trouble, TEED have gone from strength to strength…
Many told me travelling all the way to Camden for a band that they hadn’t heard of was pretty much not even worth considering. I can safely say, despite the caffeine fuelled drive there and back, it was SO worth it! This was the second time I had seen the The Maine; the first was as…
It’s just under a week until this hotly anticipated ‘I Kicked A Tour In The Face’ tour arrives at Southampton’s Guildhall, lead by The Midnight Beast. It is their first headline UK tour since the release of their debut album so prepare for a hurricane to explode through Southampton on the night of 11th October.…
Dan Le Sac, or Daniel Stephens as his parents prefer to call him, is usually found as the other half of hip-hop double act ‘Dan Le Sac VS Scroobius Pip’, signed to the record label Sunday Best. Dan Le Sac, a producer, remixer, DJ and photographer (it that all!?) portrays himself equally well musically without Scroobius…
When Bloc Party announced their hiatus in 2009, Britain lost one of its defining bands, but now we can finally say that, fresh off the back of their reunion and brand-new album Four, the indie legends are coming to Southampton Guildhall. As a band that defined a genre with their début album Silent Alarm, and continued to…
It was four years ago that Noel Gallagher last walked the halls of the Bournemouth International Centre, but back then he had his younger brother swaggering along in tow with the other three members of Oasis as they started touring their seventh and what was to become their last studio album. Yet little under one…
Bestival 2012 was a momentous occasion to end the festival season. With so many great names on the bill, Rob da Bank and co. definitely delivered a amazing weekend. Everything kicked off on Thursday evening at The Big Top with The 2 Bears and Alabama Shakes getting the crowd in the mood for the headliners.…