Miles Hunt, front man of The Wonder Stuff played a special seated acoustic set at Papillon in Southampton. Billed as performing songs from his solo album ‘Things Can Change’ along with many classics from his 36 year career. It was so much more than that. One of the biggest problems I’m sure for any artist…
The Stereo MC’s brought there distinctive brand of Hip Hop and Electronic dance to Southampton, much to the delight of a packed crowd at The Brook. I’ve seen them a number of times in the past at festivals and earlier this year supporting the Happy Mondays but to see them in such an intimate setting…
In 2023, 125 grassroots music venues in the UK closed for good. The places where so many great bands are play and sometimes start their ascent just simply having a hard time keeping their door open. This news is not new and the reason why events such as Independent Venue Week exist. That event which is the UK’s…
An intimate venue for a outstore for a band this good in support of their latest album, ‘The Last Flight’, just released on the 4th of October. Following on from past albums by focusing on moments in history such as the space race or climbing Everest. The Last Flight focuses on and musically charts the…
As soon as this listing appeared at The Brook I bought a ticket, it’s Gary Stringer from Reef, acoustic in a small venue, attendance is a no-brainer! “I’m going to ramble some history first here”. Reef was an instant hit with me and my friends helped by a Sony Minidisk advert using ‘Naked’ as the…
A glorious day in the sunshine, we didn’t get there too early so missed the early bands with the intention of making it there for The Snuts. Anyone who went will know they were substituted last minute for The Sherlocks but a great swap as they gave a superb hour of guitar based indie rock…
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…
Yes it’s an easy title to this post seeing as I was in the ‘Electric Ballroom’ in Camden but, he was! I didn’t search out set lists from previous gigs I just turned up an hour early to queue as I wanted a close up view and waited. It was my first time at the Electric…
Attitude! Attitude! ATTITUDE! They smiled, they scowled, they sang, they screamed one second as if performing a nursery rhyme then punching the air and contorting like an Alice in Wonderland villain! Maybe it was the white outfits with thick frills and corsets along with the doll like movement choreography that at times made me think…
Headline act Hot Wax went through the ringer a bit last night but it only made the crowd love them more. Eatboys, Wonderlux and Citi Dog all ploughed through their sets, then the gremlins hit. They take to the stage and singer Tallulah Sim-Savage had no mike, after a minute of so of screaming in…
