So Damon Albarn of Blur said in an article in the NME that he is against Bob Dylan’s decision to ban phones at gigs: “Where does it end?” “People won’t want to be on their phone if you’re engaging with them correctly” The NME article in question The BBC article on the same subject I…
A treat in store it certainly was! The Fink In-store finally came around, I say it that way as when you’re a kid, and possibly an adult and looking forward to something it seems a lot further away and an eternity to arrive. The Fink in-store at Vinilo is Southampton was exactly like that. Got…
He thanked the crowd for bringing the sun, but i’d say he had something to do with it! Hozier is a performer, no strings (apart from the cello and violin player) attached, he just want to get up on stage, play guitar and sing, surrounded by great musicians. And that is what he did. To…
If you want to find music that keeps on giving, then any album by Fink is for you. My introduction was the album ‘Hard Believer’ back in 2014 and I still think that every time I go back to it I find something a little more, a sound, a nuance, a something. The new album…
If you saw the news this weekend, Kerrang, Kiss, 4Music, Magic and The Box have ceased programming. Back on the 29 January 2024, Channel 4 announced that Kerrang! TV and its sister channels would be closing as part of the future plans of the company leading up to 2030. So that’s it, gone! I missed…
This week saw the birthday of the iconic Sony Walkman. Yes, on the 1st of July 1979 the Sony Walkman celebrated 45 years and yes i am two days late in posting this but better late than never. So what did the Walkman mean and why was it so important? It meant freedom, yes thats…
So it’s over for another year, NO, I was not lucky enough to go but I will admit that even though I cannot attend I do look at the full lineups and create a fake plan just in case by some odd magic I woke up and was there. It was a tough one this…
In 2003 we had tickets to see Placebo at Southampton Guildhall, cancelled due to injury which if I remember rightly was tendinitis. 21 years later I finally got to see them, not quite at the Guildhall, literally just outside, close enough. Outdoor Southampton Summer Sessions are running for a number of days / weeks sponsored…
What can I say or write here? Dave Grohl stated at the beginning that he had us for three full hours and he was going to beat us with music. That sums up the night better than I could. He DID, They DID! The best way to explain the night to any Foo Fighters fan,…
You need to live under a musical rock, or would that be a non-musical rock? To not know who Wet Leg are? Hailing not far from me on the Isle of Wight, which may be the reason for more coverage here, but I doubt it, they deserve the attention. Wet Leg’s debut single was “Chaise…
