Author: Jon

Preview: The Stranglers

In March 2013, the band will undertake a UK tour, dubbed “Feel It Live”, which consists of 22 dates across the month. Kicking off North of the border, there is a four date Scottish...

Punk Fest, Macmillian Charity Cancer Fundraiser

On The Rocks, Bournemouth Day Two Featuring: The Sporadics 2 Sick Monkeys Crash Course Lineside It’s Saturday night and I find myself back at On The Rocks for my 2nd instalment of Punk for...

CD: “Fahran” by Fahran

Fahran are a five-piece, hard-rock band hailing from Derbyshire. The meaning of the name comes from the German “to drive/go”, which encapsulates their album perfectly, and the way these guys keep control of their...

Toledo Steel/Griever

Chaplin’s Cellar Bar, Boscombe Tonight in Chaplin’s Cellar Bar in Boscombe there is a radical change of direction from the usual indie and folk artists that you might usually expect to see here on...

Y & T/The Jokers

The Brook, Souhampton Y&T bought their unique brand of classic rock back once again to the Brook on a rainy October evening. Opening the show were hard rock Merseyside outfit The Jokers.

Preview: Therapy?

A Brief Crack of Live Tour Including a date at the Wedgewood Rooms in Portsmouth on 6th December. After more than two decades and 13 studio albums later, Therapy? continue their assault on the...

EP: “The Start” by Amy Can Flyy

Following the success of infectious single “Letting Go of the Monster”, synth overdosers turned space cadet pop outfit, Amy Can Flyy have swiftly become every teenage girl’s dream, as their hearty following dictates. As...

Preview: Chris Helme – new album and UK tour

Chris Helme – who first rose to prominence as the front man of John Squire’s post-Stone Roses band ‘The Seahorses’ – released his new solo album, The Rookery, on August 27 to excellent reviews...