Rock Regeneration Blog

Fearne/Beth Johnstone/Ninebarrow

Centre Stage, Bournemouth Fearne “Songs On Postcards” Album Launch Centre Stage in Bournemouth is one of Fearne’s favourite venues, and they could think of no better place for their album launch party than here....

Fearless Vampire Killers/Lost Alone/Dead!/Skeleton Kid

The Sound Circus, Bournemouth Following largely successful years so far, both LostAlone and Fearless Vampire Killers ventured across the coastline of the UK to showcase their critically acclaimed live shows to the seaside towns...

Drew Allen at Hope FM

Hope FM Studio, Bournemouth Bournemouth singer songwriter Drew Allen picked up a guitar at the age of 8 years old and started learning tabs from a Bob Dylan chord book. However, by the age...

CD: “Plot and Debauchery” by This Devestated Fan

This Devastated Fan is an alternative rock band from the North of England, founded way back in the dark ages of 2005. The four piece boy band describe themselves as “musically fearless,” and having...

CD: “Embrace The Fall” by Resin

“Embrace The Fall” is the debut album of Leicester-based grunge five-piece “Resin”, and given that the band were formed in 2006, it has certainly been a long time coming. Resin started out as a...

EP: “This Medicine” by I’m No Chessman

Just when you thought you knew every band in the local area, another crops up, reminding us that new music is being created every day all over the place. “I’m No Chessman” from Bournemouth...

Rebellion Festival (Part 1: Thursday and Friday)

It’s August in Blackpool and that can only mean one thing: Rebellion! The annual pilgrimage to the Winter Gardens for four days of Punk Music! As a shamed Rebellion “virgin,” I waste no time...

Rebellion Festival (Part 2: Saturday and Sunday)

After catching my breath from two days of Punk Rock there is no time for resting on one’s laurels – there are bands to be reviewed! If the first two days are anything to...

CD: “Full Of Lies” by When Reasons Collapse

Formed in 2008, When Reasons Collapse are a French 5 piece who draw inspiration from acts including Heaven Shall Burn and The Black Dahlia Murder to create a deathcore sound which combines the heaviness,...

Single: “The Great Unseen” by Pteroglyph

After parting ways with his old band Mishkin, guitarist Jimmy MacGregor went in to the studio and recorded an EP, playing all the instruments and doing the vocal work himself. The result was “Found”.