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Review: Lostprophets at Southampton Guildhall(0)

March 4, 2010

Lostprophets – Southampton Guildhall – Friday 26 Feb 10
Southampton Guildhall was bursting at the seams, hot, sweaty, bare-chested and totally engaged and in awe of Lostprophets tonight.  In fairness, we all knew it was going to be good – but nobody knew just how good!
Kids in Glass Houses put on a set worthy of being [...]

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Review: Europe at Bournemouth O2 Academy

‘Rock now, rock the night!’ Swedish boys, Europe, may have made their name with ‘The Final Countdown’ and ‘Rock the Night’ in the 80’s, but they’ve kept that hefty following throughout the years through a string of successful albums, ‘Last Look At Eden’ being the latest and one that features heavily on their current tour.

An [...]

Review: Hot Chip and Casiokids

Hot Chip and Casiokids – Bournemouth O2 Academy – 22/02/10
At a surprisingly empty Bournemouth O2 Academy, one of the leading names in Norwegian electronica took to the stage to a faint smattering of applause that I did I could to bolster.  The reason I say ‘one of the leading names’ is twofold – before seeing [...]

Review: Haunted Stereo – Cross The Sea

Although cited as an element of their overall sound, nevertheless Haunted Stereo are still very much part of a popular and growing musical scene; Alt. Folk. Arguably today’s equivalent of the grunge movement of the 90’s albeit without the big muffs(!), flannel shirts and err, yeah okay, so musically there is little to no [...]


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