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...
Category: Reviews
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...
Ataraxis Vibration EP review
The debut EP by interestingly named Bath Rockers Ataraxis Vibration has fallen into the hands of Rock Regeneration-so what do we think? Opening with “Nothing Lasts Forever” is a good start (to this reviewer),...
