Author: Jon

Steel Panther/Falling Red

Southampton Guildhall In December 2011 Steel Panther opened up on the huge UK arena tour featuring metal heavy weights Def Leppard and Motley Crue each night the venues were unusually full early on as...

Adam Ant The Good The Bad And The Lovely Posse

O2, Bournemouth It’s Sunday night in the O2 Bournemouth, and the Dandy Highwayman is back in town. I say back, it’s their 3rd visit in a year! They’ll be residents soon!!

Preview: Voodoo Vegas – Album Launch

 Voodoo Vegas Album Launch at Talking Heads in Southampton!! One of Bournemouth’s premier live rock band’s Voodoo Vegas have a very big night coming up on the 23rd November at the Talking Heads in...

EP: “Tender/Violet” by Race Car Hearts

“Tender/Violet” is the title of the wonderful 5-track EP by Portsmouth’s Race Car Hearts, which is the creative guise for English singer/songwriter Chris Perrin.

EP: “Griever” by Griever

Hard hitting metal bands seem to be spawning more frequently at late on the south coast, as Griever have recently emerged as one of the latest bands this year to skate on the thin...

CD: “Beyond the Realms of Euphoria” by Galahad

As the keyboards of Salvation II – Judgement Day kick in, I get flashbacks of 80’s synth pop and I don’t know if it’s just me but Stuart Nicholson vocals sound like the Pet...

CD: “Preachers” by My Jerusalem

All the way over in Austin Texas comes the second album by “My Jerusalem”, pushing what they describe as “Post-Modern Southern Gothic Soul” in the form of “Preachers”.

EP: “Another Rainy Day” by Bleak Falls

Bleak Falls have a 6 track EP due out on December 10th. Being described as the Deftones and Cancer Bats having a bar fight to Nirvana pumping out over the jukebox – you’ll get...