Author: Jon

Angelic Upstarts/Crashed Out/The Reaktors/Lo Fi Poet Band

The Joiners, Southampton On a mild winters evening a packed Joiners Arms awaits the arrival of one of Punks “elder statesmen”, none other than the Angelic Upstarts. At just £12 adv, we seem spoilt...

Violetic/The Plastic Dots

Blue Line Studios, Bournemouth What’s this? An e-mail inviting me to a secret gig, very intriguing as I have not been to any of these in a very long time – with social media...

EP: “Raising my Own Hell” by Toby Jepson

Many years ago the local Arthouse/Venue used to put on rock and metal gigs every summer, and I got to see some great acts. One of those I saw a few times was the...

Broken Branches/Shona Lowe

Kasbah Club, Boscombe, Bournemouth For tonight’s show we have a new venue to sample, it is situated just above the Sainsbury’s store in Christchurch Road in Boscombe East, just down from Pokesdown train station.

Voodoo Vegas

Christmas Stage, Bournemouth Square This year in Bournemouth Square a Christmas Market, a German bar and a large music stage has been put up to provide some welcome entertainment. The stage has given local...