CD / Digital Reviews
review: Kill Kasper – Between The Devil & The Blues in Drop C
Kill Kasper- Between The Devil & The Blues In Drop C (EP) It’s often said that the Devil has all the best tunes. Certainly the fuzziest on this evidence- the début EP by Kill Kasper coming on like the good-time boy progenies of classic British punk ( The Clash, The Damned and their ilk) getting [...]
review: Midday Committee – I’m Sure Someone Mentioned…
Midday Committee are a pop/punk band from Portsmouth, who formed in 2011. ‘I’m Sure Someone Mentioned A Cheque’ is their second EP, following 2011’s ‘Nice Kids, Bad Judge of Character’. The EP opens with ‘This Job Has Its Ups and Downs’, which is the most obvious single from the record. It’s the kind of song [...]
Review: Bebe Black – The Black Lion Sessions EP
Bebe Black has had tongues wagging here at mintsouth for a few months now. Tipped for success in our tips for 2012 poll, booked for a special show in the acoustic hedge at Blissfields this weekend, and set for a chart smash when her collaboration with dupstep superstar Benga is released today, things are certainly [...]
review: Oresteia – Romancing the Damned EP
Ladies, gentlemen, ruffians, intergalactic observers, members of the jury, and…thiiiing: stand back for the marvellous, the magisterial, the sorprendente, the slightly disturbed, Oresteia! What in the name of Bod is happening in Southampton recently? I’ve never known so many good bands to be on the loose in the city at one time. It’s as if some mischievous [...]
review: heath:ward ft Lucy Kitchen – Orange
The latest musical offering from Hampshire electro act heath:ward is probably one of my faves to date. Always capable to bring the party up or wind it down heath:ward have crafted something particularly strong in this musical composition. heath:ward are more than meets the eye. You can and would lump them into the DJ/Dance genre but [...]
Single Review: Woven Bird – Saw You In Two
Woven Bird make a big impression with this irresistible banjo-backed booky bumpkin-ballad. The Southampton fivesome’s debut single pivots around adventure and composure in a well-crafted three minute slice of alt-pop. Lewis Ford’s unusual pulsing banjo technique is worth a few minutes of anyone’s time; Matt Canning’s half-whispered vocals entice and intrigue, he has the voice [...]
Review: Moulettes – The Bear’s Revenge
Moulettes are more than just a band, they are an exceptional collective, formed of various musical cogs that together make a truly unique group. They describe themselves as Neo-baroque-prog-pop-folk-rockers and I would agree this is probably as close to a genre definition you’re ever going to get. Moulettes at Eastleigh Festival of Music However you [...]
review: Polly and The Billets Doux – Hold Fast EP
After a short break from touring to write and record new material, Polly and the Billets Doux return with their ‘Hold Fast’ EP and a UK tour this May. ‘Hold Fast’ features four new tracks and showcases the development of the band’s unique and vibrant sound, encompassing folk rock, country, soul and Americana. Recorded in [...]
Double review: Night of Treason album and Live Review
Resident writer of all things punk, Ged Babey has reviewed Portsmouth act Night Of Treason, who have been billed as Pompey’s answer to The Flying Alexanders. Ged has done a double review, writing about their album followed by a review of their recent gig at The Queens Head in Gosport. Album Review: Night of Treason [...]
review: Melodramas – Kids EP
Melodrama. The word itself conjures up overwrought drama, wailing and thrashing against a situation you can’t possibly bear to be a part of any longer. No wonder all you have to do is add a single ‘m’ to convincingly use it if you wish to talk about opera. Imagine my surprise, then, to discover that [...]
review: Therapy? A Brief Crack of Light
With a new album- A Brief Crack Of Light due for release on February 6, and a programme of reissues starting with 1991′s Babyteeth and the following year’s Pleasure Death also due to bludgen the eardrums of all who come across them, it’s all too tempting to try and offer some kind of all-encompassing analysis? But is that even possible? [...]
review: The Maccabees, Given To The Wild
Brighton formed The Maccabees‘ third album, Given To The Wild, begins with a dream-like intro before flowing into Child and Feel to Follow, the latter in particular is an exceptional song. Ayla sounds like the X-Files theme tune and now I’ve associated this it will be impossible for me not to have images of spaceships in my [...]
review: Stir of Echoes demo
It looks like its still early days for Stir of Echoes on the demo front so we cannot really critique them thoroughly. Their vocals are hard to judge with rough recording but seem to have spirit. As ever with newly formed artists there is promise. It’s difficult to carve a niche in the overgrowing mass [...]
review: The Novatones – Begging At The Bunhouse EP
The first song from The Novatones Begging At The Bunhouse EP literally blasted out of my speakers; it has been a while since I heard a band so loud. It brought back memories. Novatones are in essence a youthful band. I could still taste their last gig at The Hobbit back in September 2011 for [...]
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