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Oxjam Southampton All-Dayer line up announced
As part of The Weekender, Guava this Saturday plays host to an Oxjam All-dayer, featuring some of the cream of local talent – and a couple of special London acts thrown in for good measure too. At just £4 for 12 acts over the whole day, it’s a real bargain. Here are some to look [...]
Review: Endorse It In Dorset
2011 was just my third Endorse It In Dorset but 2011 has firmly cemented itself as my favourite ‘small’ festival. Much of the reasoning is all down to Scrumpy Sunday or Ladies Day. Ladies Day brings possibly the most amount of fun one could wish to have. It’s brilliant that so many grizzly and normally [...]
review: Glastonbury 2011
With over 50 stages to cover and little me as the sole reviewer in what was one of the hardest Glastonbury’s ever, it was inevitable that I’d miss a lot of what I planned to see…..however, the beauty of Glastonbury is that if you do miss something, you will definitely see something magical elsewhere on [...]
Glastonbury 2011 – The Best Bits & Photo Gallery
Purely my opinion of course, but here are the things I enjoyed most at this years Glastonbury. 1). John Hegley in the Cabaret Tent. It’s been at least 5 years since I’d seen Mr Hegley, and I was hoping for some of the old songs he is best known for (Eddie Don’t Like Furniture). Every [...]
Communion to release The Flowerpot Sessions LP
Communion are pleased to announce details of ‘The Flowerpot Sessions LP’, due for release in May. The album, which stretches across 3 CDs, features a series of collaborations recorded in the Summer of 2010 at London’s now defunct Flowerpot venue in Kentish Town. A documentary DVD is also included in the package which features exclusive [...]
mintroducing: Find X, Then Party
Last up in our Road To Blissfields band features are Find X, Then Party. Catch them TONIGHT (Friday 15th April) at The Railway. Extending the band’s palette of influences to now include Foals and Nobuo Uematsu; Find X, Then Party get by with a combination of invisible PAs, nose to drumstick collisions and dudes falling on [...]
mintroducing: Casablancas
Third from last in our Road To Blissfields featured bands is Casablancas who are all set to rock the Railway this Friday (15th April). Young four piece indie/post rock band with a great ear for a tune and growing live following. They recently supported Chapel Club at the Talking Heads in Southampton and impressed. Casablancas [...]
Sound Of Rum confirmed for Pop Factory gig
Having recently finished recording their debut album on Rob Da Bank’s Sunday Best label, Sound of Rum are ready to take on the festival circuit all up and down the country. Consisting of enigmatic MC Kate Tempest, whose lyrical prowess and live energy has been wowing crowds since the band formed in 2008. They visit [...]
mintroducing: Flight Brigade
The Road To Blissfields reaches it’s final stage this week, with a trip to The Railway in Winchester on Friday (15th April 2011). As in previous weeks, we’ll be introducing the bands taking part and first up are Flight Brigade. Described by Janice Long of BBC Radio 2 as ‘astonishing‘, Flight Brigade are a rock/folk [...]
Beans On Toast announces April Fools Tour
Festival favourite and Strummerville ambassador, Beans On Toast, has announced a full UK tour in April, including a date in Portsmouth and a visit to Winchester as Special Guest of the Road To Blissfields heat. “Beans on Toast doesn’t take himself to seriously, I guess you could call his music drunk folk. He makes up songs [...]
Could Kings of Leon be heading to Southampton? (And other Festival rumours)
The festival season finished just over 6 weeks ago, and already rumours are flying around as to who will be playing next years festivals. Here in Southampton, tongues are really starting to wag, especially with news of the city’s own huge music event in May. Rock The Park is a large scale music event planned [...]
Beans On Toast announces release of second album
Festival favourite and Strummerville Ambassador, Beans On Toast, has announced details of hi second album ‘Writing On The Wall’, to be released on Wednesday 1st December 2010 through Xtra Mile Recordings Never one to pay attention to rules or tradition, Beans On Toast will release the follow-up to his two disc 50 track debut ‘Standing [...]