Author: Jon

Uriah Heep/Voodoo Vegas

O2 Academy, Bournemouth I came away from tonight’s show wishing that I had grown up in the 70’s, owned a leather jacket and had a perm. Unfortunately, whilst the bands were amazing enough to...

CD: “The Hermit and the Hedonist” by Jim Kroft

Every now and then, Rock Regeneration is sent an album from an unexpected location, and this time its Germany’s Jim Kroft, a singer songwriter from Berlin who recently released an album called “The Hermit...

Empire Affair

Athelstan Arms, Christchurch After their storming performance at the “Bandalism” gig at the O2 Academy in Bournemouth earlier this year, Empire Affair are building a solid following around the local music venues in Bournemouth...

CD: “Go Fun Yourself” by The Super Happy Fun Club

The Super Happy Fun Club is a six piece rock band from Chicago with a crazy band name, but don’t let this deceive you, as they are potentially the most exciting band to come...

Interview: The Frequency

The Frequency – The Honeycombe Sessions Part 1 Since forming a little over a year ago, Bournemouth based band The Frequency have achieved a good deal in their short time much, more than most...

Aesthetic Perfection/Uberbyte/Hybrid 6/Surgyn

The Talking Heads, Southampton Tonight saw me back at Talking Heads for another evening of electronic based aggression, this time in the form of Los Angeles group Aesthetic Perfection. However, kicking the evening off...

CD: “Glory Days” by The Hype Theory

On 10th October 2011, The Hype Theory finally surfaced after releasing their debut album “Glory Days”. The flamboyant four piece, led by feisty front girl Katy Jackson have been showing some killer potential recently...

EP: “The Orange Moon Beach Party” by Willowen

If you have frequented some of Bournemouth most popular music venues over the last 12 months you cannot have failed to have seen up and coming Surf Folk band “Willowen”, they have been working...

EP: “In Fez” by El BosCO

The man with the infectious smile from Discos Out(Murders In) Steve Perry has a new project with his fellow bands members Ed and Giles. They have been hard at work in their garage with...

Sparkle Appeal Festival, 11th December 2011

Champions, Bournemouth This is a special event to raise money for the fantastic Sparkle appeal, http://www.sparkleappealdorset.org/ (Please take a look, its a great cause), with an amazing line up (Featured Below) and two stages...