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Competition: Win tickets to see The Cuban Brothers at Roxx
Festival favourites, The Cuban Brothers, are coming to Southampton this Saturday (22nd June), bringing a brand new and unique 4 man show to Roxx. (Full details and ticket links can be found on the official Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/events/329302847172417/) Born of the loins of seventies Havana, nurtured on a diet of soulful, sexy tunes [...]
Preview: Isle of Wight Festival
The Happy Mondays, The Blockheads and The Farm are amongst the bands opening the Isle of Wight Festival this evening (Thursday 13th June 2013). Jaguar Skillz, Grandmaster Flash and Ms Dynamite will also be getting everybody in the party mood as the festival returns to the island for the 12th time since John Giddings relaunched the iconic [...]
The Family Rain to tour
Having recently played a sold-out show at London’s Borderline, and supported Deap Vally and Willy Moon on dates across the UK and Europe, The Family Rain have announced their biggest tour to date this October. The run includes a date at Heaven in London, alongside a number of festival shows over the summer. They finish [...]
Preview: Ejectorseat Festival, Saturday 8th June
Free community based festival returns to Southampton’s Palmerston Park on Saturday 8th June with music, spoken word and art.
Review: The Great Escape Festival 2013, Brighton
So, I’ll admit it, I failed. Failed in taking my own advice from the ’10 must see acts at this weekends Great Escape’ article I posted right before I set off last week. I saw four. 4/10 would probably be an exam fail, but it wasn’t through lack of trying. If you’ve never been to [...]
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 [...]
Fatboy Slim to headline Friday night at Bestival
Featuring 10 fields of wonderment and 20 stages filled with amazing music, insane sideshows and magical happenings, Bestival’s spectacular 10th birthday bash this September 5th-8th is set to be nothing short of EPIC. Celebrating those 10 years for all they’re worth, we’ve already got a musical line-up that’s second to none, with headline appearances from [...]
10 must see acts at this weekends Great Escape in Brighton
Andy Farley looks ahead to this weekends Great Escape Festival in Brighton: I’m pretty stoked to be attending this year’s Great Escape Festival. It’s the first time I’ve been living in Brighton since the festival started – and I have to say the city is jumping. But then a lot has changed since I last lived here [...]
Dead!Dead!Dead! are back at The Joiners this Saturday
Five years ago Dead!Dead!Dead! were probably the biggest and best unsigned act in Southampton. Well, not probably….definitely. They supported the likes of Arctic Monkeys and toured with Mumm-ra. Band of Skulls (then Fleeing New York) would regularly support D!x3. Unfortunately, as happens so many times when bands are on the verge of something big, they [...]
Pulse Festival is back!
The festival hopping ska-rap-punk band, Imperial Leisure, top the bill on first night of Pulse Festival which kicks off this evening on the outskirts of Southampton. Rob Ball Gates open at 4pm this afternoon (10th May) for the 2 day festival which for the first time is allowing campers to pitch their tents. Also playing [...]
Arrows of Love announce new single details/ play Lennons this weekend
Arrows of Love have set June 3rd as the release date for their new single ‘The Knife’ via Urban Fox Records. The Hackney 4-piece have also announced a full UK tour starting on April 25th that will see their incendiary live show explode in 12 cities before they visit Europe for shows and festivals. Produced [...]
Crystal Fighters unveil album sampler
With their new album ‘Cave Rave‘ set for release in just a few weeks time (May 27th 2013), Crystal Fighters have unveiled an album sampler showcasing clips of all 10 tracks on the record, including the impossibly summery current single ‘You & I’. Check out the ‘Cave Rave’ album sampler on the band’s youtube channel here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC6gNoaLF3Q Speaking of [...]
One week to go until The Great Escape
The Great Escape, taking place May 16th-18th, recently announced a further 100 artists to complete the 2013 line-up. The programme is fit to burst with over 350 of the best upcoming bands currently making noise across the world, and TGE13 is getting ready to load in to 30+ Brighton venues and kick start the eighth [...]
Review: Road To Blissfields at The Railway, Winchester
In the run up to Blissfields 2013, The Road to Blissfields landed in Winchester on Sunday night (5th May, 2013). As four local bands battled it out for a place at the festival, there was tough competition as they fought for the spot. Jonny Dare First up were KIN. Delivering enough noise to blow the [...]
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