by Joy McKay. It’s half past six on a Saturday evening and I’m in a supermarket, Nothing unusual in that, except I’m not. I’m at The Greedy Flea, the bar/ coffee lounge at The Mercantile Flea, a relative newcomer to the Southampton music scene. The Flea opened in 2021...
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Photos: Let’s Rock Southampton at Southampton Common
Thousands of revellers descended on Southampton yesterday (8 July 2023) as retro festival, Let’s Rock, bought its annual music event to The Common. Photos: Ian Cumming Photography See our review of Let’s Rock: Review: Let’s Rock, Southampton Common, 8 July 2023 In Common is not for profit. We rely...
Review: Let’s Rock, Southampton Common, 8 July 2023
Review By: Ian Howie-Lee & Catherine Collins – Photo Credit: Kate Hunter Photography Thousands of revellers once again descended on Southampton Common yesterday for the return of retro ‘80s festival, Let’s Rock, with headline performances from Soft Cell and Boomtown Rats. There were ‘80s costumes and neon galore, and...
Photos: Do1Cancer fundraiser at Southampton’s Bargate
Photos by Ian Cumming. A charity hip hop and graffiti jam was held at Southampton’s Bargate and the Common on Saturday (1st July) in collaboration with Do1Cancer, to raise money for Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospice. It was organised by Southampton graffiti artist, Paul Donnelly, aka Flukez. It included graffiti...
Interview: Something In Common with The Molotovs
By Lewis MacLean. The Molotovs are a trio of young musicians who are a new and fast rising band. The name was familiar to me before the Isle of Wight Festival but after seeing a recommendation from The Libertines’ Pete Doherty describing them as ‘F-ing Ace’, I was keen...
Ash to tour following release of first new album in more than 5 years
image by Steve Gullick. Ash have announced their first new album together in more than five years, alongside news of an upcoming UK / EU tour. Race The Night, the band’s eighth studio album, will be released on 15th September 2023 via one of their earliest label homes Fierce...
Skinny Lister come to Southampton as part of UK tour this winter
Folk-punk rabble Skinny Lister are back with a new track “Down On The Barrier” plus details of two extensive tours in North America and UK and Ireland throughout Autumn/Winter 2023, bringing them to Southampton’s Engine Rooms in December. Blending pogo-primed percussion, punk hooks, and a chorus that demands to...
Review: The Isle of Wight Festival, 2023
Words by Nick Mabey (Friday) & Lewis MacLean (Saturday & Sunday). Additional reporting by Paula Wilson. Main image by Chloe Hashemi. Friday by Nick Mabey. Friday at the festival and Newport was rocking. The sun shone, the crowds swarmed, everything was as it should be. For me it...
The Chills come to Portsmouth on UK tour
Back in the UK and Ireland for the first time in more than six years, NZ indie-rockers The Chills are set to play a series of live dates this June. Joined by Fire Records label-mates Rats on Rafts, The Chills are heading to Glasgow, Newcastle, Norwich, Birmingham, Portsmouth and Dublin. The Dunedin, NZ songsmiths helmed by the...
Review: Leftfield, Bournemouth O2 Academy, May 27th 2023
Leftfield in Bournemouth: Hauntology, not nostalgia Words by Tom Williams. Image by Steve Gullick. Leftfield are one of a handful of acts who I got into largely because their ‘Leftism’ album- with its distinctive shark’s jaws cover- appeared in the CD collections of slightly older, much cooler friends when...