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THE PIGEON DETECTIVES Live @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth

May 20th, 2013 by Conor | No Comments

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I hadn’t heard anything from The Pigeon Detectives inĀ ages, I was never a huge fan of these guys when they were releasing chart toppers, so I really wasn’t sure what was going through my head when I took up the chance to go see them. I managed to find a copy of their first album [...]


BEMIS – Personal Demons

May 8th, 2013 by Matt | No Comments

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Portsmouth favourites Bemis recently released a new album… it’d be rude not to have a listen, wouldn’t it?


MINUS THE BEAR @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth

May 7th, 2013 by Graham | No Comments

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We’ve never been great at maths, so when we were asked to Minus The Bear, we decided Graham Rice was the man for the job.


THE TITLE SEQUENCE – Stills

May 6th, 2013 by Ally | No Comments

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The Title Sequence are two English lads who have been friends since they were kids, and who now make idiosyncratic music together… We tasked Ally Morris to find out just how pleasant that music is!


THE B OF THE BANG – Tremors and Nosebleeds, The Melodies of A Malady

April 22nd, 2013 by Matt | No Comments

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Matt Merritt’s love of The B OF The Bang predates this site, so who else could we pick to review their latest release?


AXEL LOUGHREY – Poets Road

April 19th, 2013 by Matt | No Comments

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Axel is back with a new release for Record Store Day. We loved the album, so this was a must listen!


KODALINE Live @ The Wedgewood Rooms

April 6th, 2013 by Matt | No Comments

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We sent our own Matt Merritt to check out highly touted Irish youngsters Kodaline


JOE BLACK – Satan In A Sunday Hat

March 20th, 2013 by Jack | No Comments

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When we were sent a copy of Joe Black’s album we realised only one man could do it justice… our own bowler hat-toting polka-punk, Jack Wiseman! Beware, there are naughty words used here, but they’re used so very well!


JAKE BUGG/VALERIE JUNE Live @ Southampton Guildhall

March 18th, 2013 by Justin | No Comments

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We’ve heard lots about Valerie June and, frankly, we think she’s a bit good! We sent Justin Parry to check her out and along the way he came across a lad called Jake…


ICONS OF ELEGANCE – Carousel

March 11th, 2013 by Matt | No Comments

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Matt Merritt checks out the recent release from Icons of Elegance, two Finnish brothers who fuse pop, folk and a whole lot more into a catchy whole!