The intense humidity and the sweltering St Mary’s evening heat was intense. It was not, however, enough to put off […]
On a muggy Monday night when the beer’s served in cardboard cups and the venue’s packed before nightfall, you know […]
Decomposing Joey kicked off a busy Saturday night at The Joiners. The Southampton based punk-funk four-piece belted out a high-tempo […]
Finding the Nexus with minutes to spare, I pass the entrance and see several people queuing outside to get in. […]
First onto the stage to face the family-thronged Talking Heads crowd was Secluded. Disconcertingly familiar, this three-piece sound like the […]
Tonight The Joiners was all about writhing, swearing, and reluctant audience participation. With the stage in darkness, Southampton four-piece Sarah […]
A few wrong turns in St Mary’s meant that, as well as confirming my total lack of direction, I was […]
Playing at ‘Dolly Mixture’, a night that gives away free sweets and heralds the success of females in music, St. […]
It struck me today how important introductions are. Whether it’s those first couple of seconds in which we make our […]
Warming up the busy Wednesday night Joiners’ crowd were Zero Consent, the first of three ska-punk bands, complete with small […]
Local four-piece, Magnolia, started the night off and were accompanied by an impressively large collective of family and friends. Looking […]
With an extension till midnight for The Lillettes’ farewell gig, its fair to say the Green Room was brimming. Beginning […]
Turncoat are a band who know how to make an entrance. Unassuming and refreshingly unpretentious – there isn’t a scarf […]
There has always been something inherently romantic about the underdog. Ever since Goliath was shown up by that little guy, […]
Blacksmith Live (Without Clive)
A near capacity Wednesday night at The Green Room, saw the band Without Clive take the stage. Unfortunately, not being […]
A near capacity Thursday night at Salisbury’s Old Ale House saw the sort of quality three band line up which […]
After four days of late nights and early starts at SXSW, we dragged ourselves up to a small pub backroom […]
Returning from their year-long break with an album as good as Crooked Timber has ensured that Therapy have sold all […]
Forget Ferrero Rocher, because when My Mantra decide to throw a party, the last thing on their shopping list is […]
A relatively small, but nevertheless enthusiastic crowd had gathered to welcome Losthenfound onto an unusually tidy Joiners stage. There were […]
You don’t get more ‘rock’ than My Mantra. Clad all in black, peppered with tattoos, and with mean looks to […]
This line up of four bands at The Joiners, Southampton, had a distinctly metal flavour which was interpreted in different […]
Braving a rather nippy night, punters clambering up the stairs into Brighton’s Pressure Point were in for something of a […]
Not surprisingly, The Joiners was completely packed out for the home-coming of the Delays, which took the form of a […]