Archive for ‘2012’

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Feb04

Preview: Crowns Announce Self-Titled EP

on February 4th, 2012 at 09:01
Posted In: Preview

Crowns Announce Release of Self-Titled EP on 5th March, on Ship Wrekords. Plus a string of UK dates in February, March and April. Having scrubbed the decks of Radio 1’s Zane Lowe, Mike Davies and Xfm’s John Kennedy with their debut single “Kissing Gates”, the good ship Crowns gets ready to set sail again with […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Feb04

Competition: Iron Butterfly

on February 4th, 2012 at 08:40
Posted In: Competition

Competition: Iron Butterfly Iron Butterfly to play The Brook in Southampton on 28th February 2012, for a chance to win 2 tickets keep reading…

Feb03

Sansara/Silverlith/Bad Magic/Armourgeddon

on February 3rd, 2012 at 20:23
Posted In: Reviews, Chinners, Gigs

Champions, Bournemouth With the temperature outside dipping below -5 degrees, most sensible people are at home in the warm, however tonight rock fans have a great incentive to leave their central heated homes to venture down to Champions, Sansara a great new rock band from Bournemouth with a host of promising supports.

Feb02

All Time Low/We Are The In Crowd/The Maine

on February 2nd, 2012 at 19:55
Posted In: Gigs, Reviews, Guest

Southampton Guildhall Before even entering the Southampton Guildhall, there were clear signs of the love and popularity that the Band All Time Low generate amongst their fan base. Some of their more rabid admirers’ had been waiting outside from the crack of dawn, in freezing temperatures for hours on end. Most were wrapped in newly […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Jan31

Four Year Strong/A Loss For Words/Don Broco

on January 31st, 2012 at 19:56
Posted In: Reviews, George, Gigs, Reviews

Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth It’s a freezing evening in Portsmouth and last year’s headliners for Hevy Festival, Four Year Strong are here for the penultimate date of the UK section of their European Tour. Along with American pop punkers, A Loss For Words and Bedford Brawlers, Don Broco, there was no surprise when a packed venue […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Jan29

Holika Bio/Review/Plug

on January 29th, 2012 at 13:28
Posted In: CD, Reviews, Jon, Preview

Coming soon to the Bournemouth Folk Festival are Holika. They met in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, when Dorian and Ben were in their final year at sixth form, and Tori, just about to start. They came together through a mutual love of making ‘selfish’ music. By this, what they were interested in, was making music that […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Jan27

The Alarm/Mike Peters Gathering

on January 27th, 2012 at 17:58
Posted In: Reviews, Chinners, Gigs

Pontins, Prestatyn, North Wales 27th & 28th January 2012 (with Guests Steve Norman(Spandau Ballet), Simon Fowler (Ocean Colour Scene), The Men They Couldn’t Hang, The Last Republic, The Absolute Worst and Joe Silva.) The Gathering is an annual celebration of the music of Mike Peters and The Alarm, fans from all around the world travel […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Jan26

Reel Big Fish/Orange/JB Conspiracy

on January 26th, 2012 at 20:25
Posted In: Gigs, Reviews, Guest, Reviews

Pyramid Centre, Portsmouth The journey to the Pyramid Centre in Portsmouth was like a pilgrimage to visit the pharaohs of ska rock, Standing almost alone in the middle of the room waiting for the gig to start, up step the “JB Conspiracy” from Guildford, with their two tone roots showing, and tear out a fresh […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Jan25

Escape From98 & The Snipers (Supporting Sex Pistols Tribute act ‘The Pistols’)

on January 25th, 2012 at 18:21
Posted In: Reviews, Reviews, Ross

Sound Circus, Bournemouth, 21st January 2012 Its Friday night at Sound Circus and its Punk night. Opening are two piece The Snipers. If the White Stripes became a Punk band they’d be something like this. Neil (badger) is confident on bass,a skill he honed during many years with local blues-rockers Damnation Alley while “Thunder Drums” […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Jan24

Preview: Blink-182 to play The BIC

on January 24th, 2012 at 21:38
Posted In: Preview

Blink-182 have revealed a new additional date to their previously announced UK tour. The band have added an extra date to the tour on July 7, at Bournemouth’s BIC. Support will come from All American Rejects and The Blackout.