Take five fashion savvy celeb’s, rough them up a bit, take away their fame, and give them instruments and artistic […]
Philtre opened the ‘Rubber Soul’ night at The Gander on the Green, Bournemouth, with a retrospective rock sound. The songs […]
With the upsurge in retro bands like The Darkness and The Datsuns, we may actually be forgiven for thinking that […]
Bonemachine are an electronic fousome from Portsmouth who are due to release their debut album, ‘Vent’, later this month. ‘Another […]
My Mantra opened the night, playing to an already busy Joiners Arms. First impressions suggest that these chaps play 90’s […]
The Mag’s very own editor hands me a distinctly non-CD-sized envelope and with a smug grin says “I think this […]
Loki started the three-band line up at The Joiners, Southampton, with a set that on many bills would have been […]
Cameron are a four piece Worcester-based rock band with dry-throated vocals, excellent drumming, and harsh guitars. They describe themselves as […]
Sitting in between influences such as The Smiths and The Beatles, The Red Kites comfortably avoid a complete slating by […]
Containing four of the tracks that you will have heard if you’ve seen them live, Hygiene Advice for Cheerleaders is […]
Kalinsky are a pop-rock combo with a slick sound and oodles of catchy songwriting skills. ‘If You Will’ contains the […]
The Early November are an EMO band that stands out by virtue of some excellent rhythms and by the way […]
Following on from the cheerfully titled ‘Losing Hope’, this two track sampler is taken from the positively upbeat sounding ‘Losing […]
Turncoat kicked things off with an instantly appealing indie sound. The vocals had moments of the Divine Comedy’s Neil Hannon […]
Back in the early eighties, Mick Karn was the bass player with the successful art-pop group Japan from which the […]
Kicking off the Sunday night proceedings at The Joiners, Judas Kisses had a sound that was definately one for the […]
Lodon based, The Motorpool, hark back to those dreamy days of Britpop with relaxed guitar and piano, reserved bass, and […]
Grasping the quirky indie-rock baton from their previous demo, Little Green’s ‘The Pequod Sessions’ has some more unusual, yet hooky, […]
Due to a complete no-show from D2D, which will almost certainly mean a very hard time getting more bookings here, […]
A rare two-band line up at the Bull and Gate saw something of a Bristol derby. First up were Bushbaby, […]
Kicking off the punk line up at the Joiners in Southampton, Ill Supply had a set with something of an […]
Well trust me to open my mouth. No sooner had I pointed out Bushbaby’s ‘Tinsel Town’ single was old hat, […]
The Joiners was the venue for another impressive mix, with Inhalate opening the evening with their heavy grinding riffs. Although […]
Shindig are a three piece funk/rock band from Hythe, Southampton, playing up-tempo tracks with hints of the Chilli’s, Spin Doctors, […]