Brighton
Twin Atlantic’s Free-ze Tour is up and running.
The “Free-ze” Tour hits the UK this November 2011 has been a spectacular year for Twin Atlantic. With a UK Top 40 album debut, the quartet’s meteoric rise to the forefront of UK rock is an amazing story. In the last six months, Twin Atlantic have out-sold all of their contemporaries in the UK rock [...]
Band of Skulls announce UK Tour and new video for The Devil Takes Care of His Own
Southampton’s Band of Skulls have today announced details of a UK Tour which kicks off in Darlington in February 2012. The band recently played a sold out home town show at The Talking Heads where they aired some of the (incredible) songs from their second album, which is due out next year. They’re [...]
Thomas Tantrum’s new single is out now
Thomas Tantrum’s new single ‘Hot Hot Summer’ is OUT NOW on Stranger Records! In honour of its release, we’ve got a sublime, stripped back acoustic version for you, complete with a video made by the band themselves. Taken from their forthcoming album ‘Mad By Moonlight’ (which is out June 12th), ‘Hot Hot Summer’ is one [...]
Bands In Transit: Ed Sheeran at The Great Escape
At the recent Great Escape Festival, Ed Sheeran recorded a special acoustic set for Bands In Transit. Here is the result: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TA89zsy5fTI& For more sessions from other bands and artists visithttp://www.bandsintransit.com
Passenger/Boy & Bear song added to NBT Download chart
We have today added an exclusive song from Brighton based Passenger to the mintsouth Next Big Thing chart. The song, Shape of Love, is the result of a collaboration with Boy and Bear. Click here to listen/download: Passenger/Boy & Bear – Shape Of Love by bedbox The brainchild of 26-year-old Brighton born singer/songwriter Mike Rosenberg, [...]
review: Die! Die! Die! at The Great Escape
At The Great Escape, a queue is a good indication that you’re in the right place. On Saturday, that place was The Hope as New Zealand’s trio of post-punk aficionados Die! Die! Die! delivered one of the buzziest and exciting shows of the festival. Over a hundred people outside the packed venue knotted the doorway [...]
Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?
Review: Brother at The Wedgewood Rooms Picture the scene…It’s September 2010 on a very drizzly beaten easterly road towards the southern town of Brighton and the dulcet tones of Radio 1 presenter Zane Lowe is presenting something very ‘new’ and ‘fresh’. Then, from the fuzzy distance of the car stereo comes Brother. A four piece, [...]
review: IAM:YourHERO
Review IAM:YOURHERO at the Prince Albert, Brighton, 7th May 2011 IAM:YOURHERO (IA:YH) are a Brighton based three piece band who have endured more gigging experience by the age of 19 than a lot of bands twice their age. Formed in 2004 when youngest member Rudi was only 11. They have survived through lost members, name [...]
Skindred back on the South Coast this week
Skindred come to the South Coast this week and mintsouth’s Chris Morley took the chance to have a chat with frontman, Benji, ahead of the gig. Speaking to Benji, a ‘”take every day as it comes’ attitude prevails”. Benji Webbe is one of the most fierce frontmen in all of rock and not only does [...]
Brighton’s Munich to go out on tour
Munich have announced that they are to head out on a UK tour around the release of their debut single ‘All Sussed Out’ on the 20th June. Having not long completed their first UK tour they are certainly not a band to let the dust settle. The dates are being finalised as we speak but we [...]