Author: Jon

Preview: Less Than Jake

The Old Fire Station, Bournemouth Less Than Jake, the American Ska-Punk band from Florida are set to play The Old Firestation in Bournemouth, helping to celebrate 20 years.

Wheatus/MC Lars/Corn Mo

Talking Heads, Southampton After a vexed past, The Talking Heads put aside previous memories of the venue’s misfortune and financial struggles to make way for arguably the juiciest lineup the venue has seen in...

Interview: MC Lars Talks to George of Rock Regeneration

Talking heads, Southampton This month, George travelled to the depths of Southampton to interview post punk laptop rap artist, MC Lars at the Talking Heads. The interview includes discussion about his upcoming releases, what...

News: New Model Army

Cult rock legends, New Model Army celebrated the first weekend with their new bassist, Ceri Monger with a festival warm-up gig at Robin 2 in Bilston, Wolverhampton last Saturday 2nd June. Unfortunately their van...

NOFX/UK Subs/Margate

O2 Academy, Bournemouth It’s the Queens Jubilee so what better way to spend the evening listening to 3 Punk bands. First up are recent recruits to the NOFX stable Margate. Margate are an American...

Mischa & His Merrymen/Eight Days Late/Mg & The Juggernaut

The Anvil, Bournemouth Having put my ears through their paces 2 nights running at Mr. Kyps I decide to venture along to The Anvil to capture a work colleague’s first gig proper. First observation...

Buzzcocks/C-30’s/One Man Destruction Show

Mr Kyps, Poole After the raw abandon of last evenings Indie affair tonight its the turn of the Punks. We are here at Mr. Kyps in the company of Punk Aristocracy. Opening the show...

Death Of An Artist/Heart In Hand/Burn The Fleet

The Old Fire Station, Bournemouth This gig is a very big deal for Bournemouth band “Death Of An Artist” for one today they release their debut album “X”, and secondly this is a challenge...

CD: “Legends” by Dirt Box Disco

Brummie Punks Dirt Box Disco have a new LP entitled Legends, which looking at their blurb & influences,is what they aspire to be. This band wear their influences firmly on their sleeves and aren’t...

EP: “Enslaving Public” by Silverlith

Silverlith. How about it then? Well, four guys from Bournemouth, playing their own special brand of hard rock, have recently released a new five track EP entitled Enslaving Public. They’ve played venues such as...