Sansara/Western Sand/Mobius Strip
The Anvil, Bournemouth Ok, first a confession. I went out to The Anvil Rockbar to see my mate Bear, catch up with some friends and sink a few cold ones. I didn’t have any...
Category: Reviews
The Hoosiers/Empire Affair/Ben Montague
Mr. Kyps, Poole Once again the relentless work that goes on at Mr. Kyps helped to secure a booking of certain importance, as the once album chart topping, “The Hoosiers” made their way to...
Bad Magic
Mr Kyps, Poole On December 22nd, Bournemouth based hard-rock quartet Bad Magic supported Dirty DC at Poole’s Mr Kyps. Now, roughly seven months on, they’re back in the same venue supporting the same band,...
EP: “The Sound Of Your Demise” by Beyond Betrayal
“You can’t kill The Metal, The Metal will live on” – Jack Black – Tenacious D …and it’s true, heavy metal, for all of its ridiculous sub-genres (Post grunge hardcore deathpunkcore, I mean really?)...
Wonky Donk Festival 2012
Lytchett Matravers, Hall Road Farm Last year a group of friends and musicians got together for a rural party in the grounds of an animal sanctuary in Lytchett Matravers near Poole, Dorset, the event...
EP: “The Sound Of Your Demise” by Dead By Dawn
Where do you start with a band whose name is also a quote in a Sam Raimi film, and then use a little bit of George A Romero inspired imagery? At the beginning that’s...
Mutant Vinyl/Vlad
The Winchester Pub, Bournemouth A brand new local team of promoters by the name of H.A.M made up of students from Bournemouth University have recently got together in bringing a new refreshing live music...
CD:”Sounds Like…” by Adam Scholey
Adam Scholey – Former Sonority of a Home Studio 2005-2012 album Review When this 20 track “compendium” came my way I decided to give it a good few listens, knowing Adam as I do...
EP: “I’m Sure Someone Mentioned A Cheque” by Midday Committee
The first thing you need to know about Midday Committee is that they are “hard working”, as the four piece pop punk band from Portsmouth have gained a hearty following after a mere year...
Video: “Going Down” By Western Sand
Of all of the bands gigging around Bournemouth at the moment, one of the best and one that has bags of potential is the Hard/Southern Rock outfit called Western Sand. Not only are they...
