The Wedgewood Rooms
review: King Charles at Club NME, Portsmouth
Lists, lists and more lists, this time of year is full of them. Lists telling you who you need to hear, what albums (most of which are still unrecorded) will change your life, un-booked gig’s you will have to be at and countless lists of bands with slightly quirky names who are guaranteed to be [...]
Interview Exclusive: The Ordinary Boys to record new album, says Preston
Samuel Preston is enjoying The Ordinary Boys’ reunion so much that a new album is in the pipeline. The five-piece recorded new tune ‘Run This Town’ ahead of their current UK tour and their creative juices have not stopped flowing. Speaking to Andy Lloyd-Williams ahead of their Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms show on Sunday, Preston said: [...]
Johnny Foreigner, Sound of Rum and Die!Die!Die all confirmed for Southsea Fest
Southsea Fest is 5! This year marks the 5th year that this multi-venue emerging music festival has taken over Southsea. On 17th September 2011 17 venues will be taking part including The Kings Theatre and The Wedgewood Rooms hosting a range of bands, artists, comedians and poets. Southsea Fest is an independent music festival, which [...]
Review: Club NME Portsmouth with Curxes & Friends Electric
NME’s franchised club night has returned to Portsmouth, announcing its arrival at its new home, The Wedgewood Rooms, with awesome performances from Curxes and Friends Electric. Recently formed local duo Curxes (ex-Holdfast members, Roberta Fidora & Macaulay Hopwood) started the night with a jaw-dropping set, full of haunting vocals, pounding beats and soaring synth. The [...]
review: Pigeon Detectives at The Wedgewood Rooms
Over the years most of my reviews in Portsmouth have started with something along the lines of “I hate the British rail network, they’re always making me miss the start of gigs,” so when I got a car I thought that was all over. Instead I now hate the parking options around the Wedgewood Rooms [...]
Review: Attack Attack!, Bury Tomorrow and Hopes Die Last at The Wedgewood Rooms
It always pains me that whenever I travel to Portsmouth my initial reaction is that the trains are going to somehow make an appearance in the resulting review. Today was no exception. After an hour wait at Eastleigh station (and a trip to a well known fast food restaurant instead of the local chippy as [...]
Review: Chickenhawk – Modern Bodies
Leeds based Chickenhawk have been a favourite of mine since they sent me an early demo some considerable time ago. I can’t normally justify writing about ‘out of town’ bands unless they have something very special to offer; then of course I’ll find any angle to justify writing about them for a South Coast based [...]
minterview: The Boy I Used To Be
Edward Perry hails from Portsmouth and plays acoustically under the name of “The Boy I Used To Be”. Â You may have been lucky enough to catch him at the recent Oxjam Takeover Festival in Southampton, where he played The Old Fat Cat stage. Â We caught up with Edward for a chat (or rather, asked him [...]