The Flying Alexanders
Why Don’t You?
Sofa City Bands Collective is hosting a charity gig at Talking Heads this Friday (18th November 2011) with a raft of local bands performing in aid of Jail Guitar Doors and the Society of St James. Sofa City Bands Collective is a group of Southampton bands that come together sharing their skills and talents in [...]
Review: The Lurkers, The Flying Alexanders, The Good Time Charlies at The Talking Heads
Don’t need no book on positive thinkin’. Don’t need no lecture ‘bout my drinkin’. I never realised quite how much, in essence, Southampton’s top punk’n’roll boozehounds The Flying Alexanders were like The Lurkers (aside from the fact that Arturo and Jon could be father and son.) They don’t actually sound like them, but their songs [...]
Review: The Good Time Charlies – The New Long Player From…..
With cool 60’s pastiche artwork and bizarre surrealist praise heaped upon the band in the sleeve notes by one Perry Flatt from the Flying Alexanders, this is an essential; purchase on CD rather than download. It should be on Norton, Crypt or Bomp records though, a label of quality and distinction, and not a tiny [...]
Last chance to buy Endorse It tickets on-line
On-line ticket sales for this years Endorse It In Dorset Festival will close next Tuesday (9th August 2011). Endorse It takes place from Friday 12th – Sunday 14th August and will be headlined by New Model Army, The Rezillos, Alabama 3, The Dub Pistols with Subgiant, The Wurzels, The Cropdusters and Pronghorn (the festivals curators) [...]
Alabama 3 added to Endorse It In Dorset line up – get your tickets quick
ENDORSE IT IN DORSET have added an acoustic performance by Country Acid House Music legends ALABAMA 3 (hailed by The Guardian as ‘the best live band in the countrty) to the bill. They join the previously announced line-up that features headline performances from The Rezillos, New Model Army and The Dub Pistols alongside over 50 [...]
Competition: Win Heathward’s new album
Heathward have just released their début album, Decipher, to rave reviews – and we have a couple of copies to give away. Heathward are an electro duo made up of Mark Ward and Jon Heath and despite not even playing a handful of gigs, they are rapidly building up a strong reputation as one the [...]
First ever Crunk Rock band to support Dub Pistols in Southampton this Saturday?
Barry Ashworth and his Dub Pistols are set to return to the south coast this weekend (Saturday 9th July) when they play The Cellar (formerly The Soul Cellar) on the Southampton leg of the Endorse It In Dorset Festival showcase gigs. Only last week they played one of the sets of the weekend at Blissfields [...]
(m)INtroducing: The mINtSOUTH “Next Big Thing” Chart
One of the new features on mintsouth is the introduction of the mintsouth Top 20 Download Chart. The chart is run via Soundcloud and features tracks from local (mostly Hampshire) artists who have donated a track to us. The best thing is, you can download any of the Top 20 for FREE. As we go [...]
Southampton set for weekend of Oxjam gigs
This weekend in Southampton promises to be a musical delight as Oxjam take over some of the best venues in the city. The gigs begin today (Saturday 23rd October) with an all day event at The Joiners. Kicking off at 4pm, bands including Doyle and the Fourfathers, Burn The Fleet, The Long Haul, Manhatten, Drawings [...]
mINtSOUTH does Endorset Festival 2010 – Part 2 (Saturday)
Saturday started with a quick head count in the camp site and after everyone reminding each other what happened the night before (including Jodie and Pappa Jon only getting in at 6am) it was time to head off to breakfast. Now as we cued for breakfast we noticed some of The Damned crew behind us [...]