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Four Year Strong – Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms – Tuesday 31st January 2012 Almost exactly a year since they last graced the Wedgewood Rooms, Four Year Strong are coming back to Portsmouth, bringing their unique style of pop punk with them….
Friendly Fires set Southampton alight
Festival favourites Friendly Fires played to an expectant Guildhall crowd having cancelled the gig due to illness back in November, but they didn’t fail to deliver. They kicked off the night with ‘Lovesick’ accompanied by frontman Ed Macfarlane’s crazy dancing style…
Felt the power for the first half, got bored of it in the second
Feel the Power is Blessed by a Broken Heart’s third full-length album, being released well over three years since their last studio album. The band join the likes of Steel Panther and Mötley Crüe in modernising the ‘80s classic metal’…
Gig Review: Everytime I Die at Wedgewood Rooms
There are certain things a fan hopes for from an ETID gig: mosh pits, crowd surfing and stage invasions. Tonight all 3 boxes are ticked resulting in an incredible evening of hardcore music and bruised ribs. When ETID take to the stage…
Gig Review: The Puppini Sisters
I managed to grab an interview slot with The Puppini Sisters between the BBC and The Times, and it is clear that over the last six years, jazz trio they have strived to become part of main stream music and…
Enter Shikari – A Flash Flood of Colour
You might not have known much about Enter Shikari back in 2009 when Common Dreads was released. Now, thanks to relentless touring, and being heavily publicised by the BBC, the band is in the frontline of the British music scene….
Preview: Princess Chloe’s Variety Gala
Princess Chloe’s Variety Gala – Kings Theatre, Southsea Monday 2nd January 7.30pm A fund raising gala is being held by Kings Theatre in order to raise money for Chloe Challoner, aged ten, who a year ago was diagnosed with a…
Solid performance but could have been ‘Stronger’
Talking to Jimmie and Marcus before the show, they admitted to favouring their heavier songs in a live set. Although they “play the heavier songs for the guys and the softer songs for the ladies”, so are including a mixture,…
Gig Review: Mariachi El Bronx
What happens when one of the world’s greatest hardcore punk bands decides to go down the Mexican traditional route? Well, what you are left with is one of the most beautiful, passionate, interesting and wholly entertaining bands you may ever…
Another wombling merry Christmas
The Wombles, remember them? Of course you do! Appearing in novels and on televisions all over Great Britain, these furry animals put fun into environmental education by teaching us to “make good use of bad rubbish”. Having also experienced success…