Author: Jon

EP: EK Decay

To this reviewer’s knowledge only two great bands have come out of East Kilbride – JAMC and now EK Decay (not to be confused with UK Decay)!

Brother & Bones/Electric Panda/Dan Gordon

The Winchester Pub, Bournemouth This Brother and Bones gig at The Winchester, Bournemouth is almost impossible to explain with words. It was absolutely incredible and an experience I will never forget.

Black Water County at Hope FM

Hope Fm Studio, Bournemouth Black Water County bought along their lively style of Celtic folk rock to the Hope FM Studio on Wednesday with the band playing four brilliant toe trapping tracks that got...

EP: “Ugly” by Vienna Ditto

Vienna Ditto describe themselves as a “female-fronted electronic blues duo” and while this is certainly true, it doesn’t really come close to describing the beauty and oddity of their sound, a trippy and evocative...

CD: “Willowen” by Willowen

The 11-track debut album from the Indie-Quirk Folk trio from Bournemouth will transport you into a place far more pleasant than the one you began in. With their unique folk sound and use of...

CD: “Skies Are Falling” by Hornet

What we have here is some good ole metal and hard rock coming out of the big smoke. Something from a past time, but something modern, and ass kicking!

Suede/Teleman

Southampton Guildhall Three years after the reformation of one of Britpop’s shining stars, Suede finally release the new album that their fans have been longing for after a string of rehashed greatest hits packages...

The Cult/Bo Ningen

Southampton O2 Guildhall Released in 1987 The Cult’s “Electric” album was a complete change in direction for the band after the Goth/Rock style of “Love” and “Dreamtime”. The band had discovered America and along...

Draw Me Ugly/The Syghtseers

Chaplin’s Cellar Bar, Bournemouth On a very wet Autumn evening I find myself down at the Cellar Bar in Boscombe for an evening of two different bands, both at very different stages of their...