Mouth of The South
Review: Takedown Festival 2013
Takedown Festival 2013 was a monumental event, perhaps overlooked by outsiders and hosts a musical subculture that is eternally misunderstood. I went this year for an education and to reach new musical comfort zones as much as to review. I am not a metal fan, my knowledge of the metal subculture is very limited , I [...]
Charley Macaulay signs to Acid Jazz Records
There was promise of an announcement recently on the Facebook page of 19 year old Charley Macaulay, aspiring female soul singer from Southampton. There was speculation what such a prestigious announcement could be? It turns out the determined diva has only gone and got herself signed to ‘Acid Jazz records’, the same legendary record label [...]
Review: Palms & Pelicans – Float EP
‘Cut the Sky’ is first up from Palms and Pelicans, a gem of upbeat feel good pop music, left me shocked because I can’t believe how a band can be so good and not already discovered. The agreeably loud smooth guitar really hits the tempo of the drums as Drummer Woodfine gels the beats nicely. [...]
review: The Monday Night Blues Fifth Birthday Party
The Monday Night Blues Birthday party every year at Orange Rooms is always a lively shindig. What started out as a collection of misfits drinking away their Blues at the start of the week became much more as the weeks turned to months to years went on. The ‘Blusers’ celebrated their 5th Birthday this week [...]
review: The 1975, Mega Thomas and Pilot House at The Joiners
So I arrive at The Joiners in time for Mega Thomas and her band and had to fight my way to the front through a dense crowd of familiar faces. The arrival of former Thomas Tantrum front person Mega Thomas was anticipated for a while with a void of musical activity (we haven’t seen her [...]
review: The Rockstones 1st Birthday
The Rockstone Tavern in Bevois Valley, Southampton is a quaint little boozer. Boasting restaurant quality cuisine in a local pub setting its pleasing nearly all the people all the time. Many come to eat the lavish food dishes whilst surrounding themselves in a heaving bar of ale, stouts and whisky drinkers. The drinks menu is as extensive [...]
Preview: The Beat at The Brook
THE BEAT play at the Brook on Saturday 10th November http://www.wegottickets.com/event/172637 From this distance it may look like the early 80s were like one long theme pub style party – a hedonistic cocktail of nightclubs, synth bands, wacky dressing up, drugs and pre-AIDS nookey – but for anyone who was actually there it was a [...]
Review: The Crooked Beat – Ghost / Politicians
The Crooked Beat are a get together of established and revered musicians trying something new, its paying off. I’m not an expert in ‘psych-rock-dub’ (assuming it’s not a new genre) but I can feel strong roots in Reggae/Dub beneath the sweet icing exterior of Megan Thomas’ unique vocal sound. The band are thoroughly authentic to [...]
Your Reviews: Tame Impala – Lonerism
Lonerism is the second studio album from Australian Psychedelic Indie Rock band Tame Impala. Following in the flavour of Innerspeak the band have continued with their mind moulding array of dream like harmonies, wah guitars and synth extravaganzas that transport you into a field in the height of summer. Within the inner workings of this [...]
Album Review: Jake Bugg – Jake Bugg
There’s rarely new music that comes out these days that different generations can all sit down and listen to together. So, when my mother-in-law said a few months back, “That Jake Bugg will go far” I wasn’t sure whether to cringe or to embrace it. A few weeks later, our 10 year old daughter was [...]
review: SoFest – Guildhall Square, Southampton
Southampton is getting good. Past open-air city centre cultural events have seen a drumming troupe suspended in mid air, an exhibition of ornamental fire, a huge animated ‘man’ built from ship containers…. and now simple live music in Guildhall Square. SoFest at the Guildhall Square was an immense operation. Breaking new ground for open air live [...]
Southampton third in illegal download chart
Manchester has been uncovered as Britain’s download piracy capital for music, according to a new report. Southampton is in third spot in the National table, with Ed Sheeran topping the local chart for most downloaded acts. N-Dubz are the second most shared act locally. (The BBC website has developed a tool to enable you to [...]
review: Anja McCloskey’s single launch
Anja Mcloskey’s single launch concert was a marvellous thing. The concept was excellent, playing with an 8 piece band (and Dave Miatt) lined up alongside one of Southampton’s oldest medieval vaults and was also perfectly suited to Anja’s music which is equally timeless and decadent. I fear any attempt to recreate the same event, from [...]
33rpm Review: Franklin & James demo
A blend of lively and sombre acoustic folk music of jaunty strumming and delicate finger picking crammed together.Ideal for killing time in a bar over a pint,fun, pleasant and uplifting. www.youtube.com/franklinandjames www.franklinandjames.co.uk www.facebook.com/franklinandjames www.soundcloud.com/franklinandjames
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