Category: Reviews

The Stranglers/The Popes/Mike Marlin

Portsmouth Pyramid Centre It’s a near sell-out crowd in the Pyramids tonight as we await the arrival of Guilford’s finest. But first up are friends of the headliners Mike Marlin. This is a band...

Fearne/The Haiku/Fish Out Of Water

Centre Stage, Bournemouth Folk Club After quite a while away from the live music circuit Dorset Music Award winners “Fearne” are finally back with a gig at the Centre Stage in Bournemouth, which is...

News: DMA Quarter Final Results

The Results are out from the 4 Quarter Finals of the Dorset Music Awards, 10 bands have made it through to the Semi Finals at Mr Kyps Live Music Venue on 17th & 24th...

EP: “Reflection” by Empires Fade

The North is known for its constant production of metal master class, so naturally it was expected of Manchester based melodic hardcore band, Empire Fade to follow suit. With influences including Parkway Drive and...

International Women’s Day

Pretsch-Bournemouth Folk Club, Centre Stage,Bournemouth Krista Green/The Douglas Firs/Kimari Raven/Katie McLeod & Yasmin Stephens/ Franziska Pretsch In largely a male dominated music scene tonight at the Bournemouth Folk Club there is an all female...

EP: “Voyeuristic Tendencies” by Escape From ’98

Three piece Bournemouth punk band “Escape From98” formed in the summer of 2011 in the middle of a bustling music scene believing there was a place for another Punk Rock band in the town....

Ten Second Epic

It was October 2010 when I first set my eyes on Canadian pop punk/rock outfit, Ten Second Epic as they performed a free show at iBar in Bournemouth, just after being kicked off of...

Dorset Music Awards: Quarter Final 4

The Winchester, Bournemouth Featuring The Devils Rejects, Peace Love and Gloves, Escape From98, Yellowgroove, and Darren Hodson and The Southern Companion The last quarter final of the Dorset Music Awards is finally upon us...

CD: “Mission Exodus” by Hundred Days

Emerging from the group X-Teller, Hundred Days from Yeovil have emerged with the album “Mission Exodus” pushing their brand of hard rock, as they describe themselves mixing “classic rock, high drama, and fun”. The...

Dorset Music Awards: Quarter Final 3

The Winchester, Bournemouth Featuring: Dirty Jerkers, Voice of Reason, Veetacore, The General Public, Pachango, Pump Action Radio The Winchester Pub hosts this year’s third quarter final of the Dorset Music Awards (DMA). There are...