Rock Regeneration Blog

Boscombe Community Fair 2012

Kings Park, Bournemouth The non profit festival has been running successfully for 17 years giving everybody in the local area that chance to kick back and enjoy some late autumn sunshine along with a...

EP: “Near Light” by Near Light

Near Light have a new self-titled EP recently released. This 4 piece from Bournemouth describe themselves as “post rock” – now I am never to sure what “post” means when tagged on a genre....

CD: “First” by Minor Characters

Bournemouth’s “Minor Characters” are a band that has been bought together through the great community that surrounds the local Bournemouth music scene. The band had their first ever live outing back in August at...

CD: “Wake Up” by Upbeat Allstars

Upbeat Allstars are a girl Fronted Skate-Ska/Punk band from the Southwest of the UK. With songs focused on pure energy, hooks and a no-b/s attitude, the Upbeat Allstars are set to tear venues a...

CD: “Times of Conflict” by Codejak

Where to start? These Northern chaps won “Best Band” Award & “Best Song” Award in the Cumbria Music Awards in December 2009, and now they have released “Times Of Conflict”. This album is a...

Preview: Chris Moyles Live

O2 Academy, Bournemouth Chris Moyles will be celebrating the end of an era by embarking on a UK tour this November including a date at Bournemouth O2 Academy Friday 16th November.

Earthtone9/In The Hills/Muddy Miles

The Anvil, Bournemouth I seem to be in the habit of missing the first band on at the moment, so no comment on Greenhorn. Second band on were brand new record label Compulsion Records...

CD: “Radiogram” by Gwyn Ashton

I am lucky. I get to listen to a lot of music, (well not if you ask the missus, as I am sure she thinks some of it is just noise), and you get...

EP: “All Or Nothing” by Velvet Star

Bursting out of Yorkshire comes Velvet Star with their latest EP “All Or Nothing”. Formed back in 2007 this quintet are not about to take prisoners in their wake with this EP. Describing themselves...