Your Reviews
Your Reviews: Peace at Portsmouth Wedgwood Rooms, 23/4/13
Having recently opened up for this year’s NME Awards Tour, and released their début album In Love, which reached number 16 in the UK album chart, Birmingham based quartet Peace have earned a huge amount of hype surrounding them, and last night they were welcomed to the Portsmouth Wedgewood rooms by an audience of 500, most of [...]
Your Reviews: Road to Blissfields Portsmouth
Last night, (Saturday 25 March 2013) The Wedgewood Rooms in Southsea played host to the Portsmouth leg of 2013’s “Road to Blissfields” competition. The winner of the battle of the bands style show would go on to play the Winchester festival, along with Bastille, Mystery Jets and many more. First on the bill was 17 [...]
Review: Black Anchor- ‘ Black Anchor’ EP
Set sail, and prepare to go under the sign of the Black Anchor! Clearly possessed by the spirits of both Mercyful Fate and the Misfits, these Pompey punks clearly aren’t afraid to have a little fun with the template laid down by the terrifying trio of King Diamond & Glenn Danzig…… And it shows, from [...]
Your Reviews: The Ambersons – ‘The Magnificent Ambersons EP’
With this (almost) self-titled EP, The Ambersons announce their arrival on the scene with a subtle blend of indie music foundations surrounded by and overlaid mixture of roots and electronica. The unusual emalgamation of genres means that the word ‘Magnificent’ added to the title isn’t too far from the truth. Opener ‘A Little Love’ is [...]
Your Reviews: Den Haag – ‘Trials & Tributes’ EP
South East UK four piece Den Haag originally released their début EP as a free MP3 download with Zorch Factory Records last year. The feedback from the release however was so strong that January 3rd 2013 saw a full digital release for ‘Trials & Tributes’. Turning in at 6 tracks, the EP is a good introduction to [...]
Your Reviews: SMILEFest 2013 Big Gig ft Reverend & The Makers, Little Comets and Seán McGowan
YOUR Reviews is a mintsouth section where anybody can submit a review for publication on the site. We try to publish as many as we can (as quick as we can). There will be no editing though – so check your spelling before you submit! If you want to submit a review – click here: [...]
Your Reviews: Jake Bugg, Southampton Guildhall
On Tuesday (26/2/13 ) night Southampton’s Guildhall was packed with an audience of almost 2000, ranging from hysterical teenage girls at the barrier, to subdued over 50s at the back. They were all there for the penultimate night of singer-songwriter Jake Bugg’s sold out UK tour. Having pretty much come out of nowhere since this time [...]
Your Reviews: SMILELater at Southampton Solent Uni
The second day of Southampton Solent’s SMILEfest 2013 sees the return of SMILELater, which last year welcomed the likes of music’s godlike genius’s The Producers. This year the almost Later with Jools Holland- esque homage features a trio of the South’s punk-rock future, with sets from Some Sort Of Threat featuring Olive Anne, The Apostataes [...]
Your Reviews: Flicker- How Much Are You Willing To Forget
Let’s be honest, the British music scene needs a much needed kick in the gonads. So imagine my surprise at being handed, or rather kicked in my nether-regions by some sonic-shaped steel-toe-capped boot, an exceptional album with all the hallmarks of a British classic. Flicker are a treasure to be discovered by the discerning lover [...]
Reviews: The Lost Souls Club: ‘High Noon’ EP
The malevolent spirit of the Jesus & Mary Chain appears to have entered the hearts & minds of the Lost Souls Club, too much Psychocandy having its evil way with them as Fathers Jim & William Reid battle that good old Southern preacher Jack White and Sister Meg for their hearts & minds. Take a [...]
Your Reviews: NME Awards Tour 2013 at The Brighton Dome
Last night, Thursday 21st February 2013, The Brighton Dome hosted the penultimate night of the NME awards tour. This legendary gig has in previous years presented the nation with huge names such as Two Door Cinema Club, The Killers, The Vaccines, and the Arctic Monkeys, and this year’s line up was no exception. First up [...]
Review: Johnny Marr – The Messenger
Recently crowned this year’s NME ‘ Godlike Genius’, Johnny Marr would appear to be riding high- the message getting through, And about time too, given that his career has spanned Te Smiths, Electronic, The The, the Pretenders, the Cribs, Modest Mouse…the list probably goes on. He’s even worked with Hans Zimmer on parts of the [...]
Your Reviews: Pure Love at The Joiners
Frank Carter should open a school for struggling frontmen. Flanked by fellow Pure Lover Jim Carroll and their travelling bandmates, Carter’s time this evening can be neatly divided into thirds. In the crowd, engaging in onstage banter and (not least) singing. This combination makes for a riveting return for even the least uninitiated into his [...]
Review: Darwin Deez- Songs For Imaginative People
Rejoice, for the lovechild of Prince and Julian Barratt of the Mighty Boosh returns. Darwin Deez, every bit as evolved as his near namesake Charles’s theory suggests following 2010′s self-titled maiden outing- with most of the family Deez still in tow. And he’s got something on his mind, clearly; (800) Human billed as an ‘ anthem [...]
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