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mINterview: Miles Hunt

Miles Hunt & Erica Nockalls are heading to Southampton on Saturday 17th October, supporting The Proclaimers at The Guildhall.  Brett Summers spoke to Miles recently about  his project with Erica and The Wonder Stuff.

You and Erica have been working together for a number of years now both as a duo and as part of The [...]

mINterview: Steve Conte from The New York Dolls

Following the release of their critically acclaimed Todd Rundgren produced studio album ‘Cause I Sez So, their TV appearance on Later with Jools Holland, and a rapturously reviewed London 100 Club show which sold out in 4 minutes, the New York Dolls have announced three more concerts to their forthcoming UK visit in December 2009.
They [...]

The Southsea Fest mINterviews: Tricorn

Tricorn at Southsea Fest
1835 – 1905 @ The Deco

Nero, Constantine, Billy, Dave, Simon
(Constantine and Simon pictured)
mINtSOUTH: Tell me a bit about yourselves.
Constantine: “I came to the UK to study 11 years ago. I’ve always been into bands but as a student I was busy with uni so I kept it as a hobby. I decided to [...]

Hong Kong Gardeners Club present… Small Seeds – the best in new music.

MintSouth have asked us to present you all with a once a month insight into the best new music we can get our grubby Gardenery hands on. For those who don’t know, The Hong Kong Gardeners Club is a music promotion/club promotion affair based in Southsea. We are in the wonderful position of being able [...]

Womack & Womack come to The Brook

Any discussion about soul music is incomplete without reference to the late great Sam Cooke. Not only was he an active part in the American Civil Rights Movement, he in fact had twenty-nine Top 40 hits in the U.S. between 1957 and 1964. These hits included “You Send Me”, “A Change Is Gonna Come”, “Chain [...]

HMV and The Boxer Rebellion unite in ground-breaking partnership

In an unprecedented move, UK & Ireland retailer HMV and international Rock band The Boxer Rebellion today announce a ground-breaking collaboration that will see the music and entertainment specialist act as a lead outlet and strategic partner for the physical release of the band’s second album Union.
What makes the deal significant is that The Boxer [...]