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The Southsea Fest mINterviews: Jazica

Jazica @ Southsea Fest
2020 – 2050 @ Southsea Social Club

Nick, Frankie, Chris, Kev
mINtSOUTH: Tell me a bit about yourselves.
Chris: “We’re Jazica, we’ve been together about three years. We started off sounding all seasidey but now we’ve started going a bit darker and poppier.”
Frankie: “And dancier, and more fun onstage. Our aim is to finish [...]

A Day in The Forest: Festibelly Review

 “Can’t afford another festival”. “It’s not really worth it for one day, is it?” “Not heard of any of the bands”. These were just some of the excuses given by friends when asked by me if they wanted to go to Festibelly 2009, a small, one day festival just outside Lymington in the The New [...]

Festibelly Presents ‘Folk Off’

This year Festibelly presents ‘Folk Off’, a late night showdown of 5 of the best acoustic artists they can get their mitts on; all battling it out for the top spot of master of unplugged wizardry. Festibelly will pick 5 of the best artists to perform at the event on 29th August and the best [...]

The Big Lunch @ The Bandstand

Ok, Here is the Big Idea…
This Sunday there is a Nationwide campaign called The Big Lunch, which is all about getting everyone from all walks of like in Britian to come out and meet each other in Parks and Streets to have a picnic & a drink, watch live music, meet new friends and basically [...]

Showcase Sett, Highlighting The South’s Talent

ShowcaseUK, run by local music champion Xan Phillips, is releasing a compilation CD featuring some of the South’s best Artists.

This is the first (but hopefully not the last) Showcase Sett compilation CD.  Volume One:Propeller is the first compilation from the Angry Badger/ShowcaseUK venture and features 16 fantastic South Coast bands.  This CD has been fully [...]

Vote Jazica to Play V Festival

Southampton band Jazica are after your votes!!! They are in the last 6 of the Road to V competition, and the two bands with the most votes get to open the V Festival this year. Be quick as voting closes THIS Sunday (19th July).

Review: Jazica – Illusions

Jazica  – Illusions

The year: 1982. Across a smoky, sweaty bar, an electric guitar and a synthesizer lock eyes…
Fast forward to the present day. The product of that unholy union is Jazica, a confusingly named pop quartet based in Southampton. Jazica display good timing. Not only has their profile been raised with their entry into the [...]

The Intimate Festibelly Returns

After the sell out success of 2008, Festibelly have developed their boutique festival for another wonderful weekend this summer. Set in the peaceful surroundings of the New Forest on 29th – 30th August, Festibelly provides a chilled day, party night time, camping and – what so many festivals lack – intimacy, with a capacity of [...]

Review: The Rebs, Jazica, Andy Hunt + Samuel Tingman and Rachel Guyer

The Rebs, Jazica, Andy Hunt + Samuel Tingman and Rachel Guyer @ Talking Heads, Southampton 09/06/09
I didn’t break my chair. Honest, I didn’t. At the Talking Heads, the one seat I chose to rest myself on was particularly creaky and if I shifted, it juddered like it was made of Twiglets which had been stapled [...]

mINterview: Jazica

mINtSOUTH recently caught up with Jazica – aka Frankie (vocals, synth, guitar), Chris (guitar, synth), Nick (bass) and Kev (drums) –in the beer garden of the Talking Heads.
Can you tell me a fact about the person to your left?
Jazica look fleetingly panicked. “No, not that one!” says Chris. “Not that, it’s quite rude!”
Kev: “Why is [...]