Call Upon The Author

On Tuesday 16th June, Moby performs live at the Royal Festival Hall as part of free jazz pioneer Ornette Coleman’s Meltdown festival.   This upcoming live show marks the first time Moby will play songs from his new album Wait For Me in the UK. Wait For Me will be the debut release on Moby’s [...]

Made Upwards is the third album from Canadian four piece Grand Theft Bus and, I have to admit, the moment I realised their nationality I had high hopes. Canada is responsible for some of my favourite music, from The Tragically Hip through Wintersleep to The Barenaked Ladies. Great bands and all ones who share a [...]

Titus Andronicus, infamous as the most bloody of Shakespeare’s plays, often referred to as an Elizabethan Tarantino movie… makes you wonder why it took so long for a band to assume the moniker really. Strange though that a band who, on paper sound like another Hold Steady or Gaslight Anthem would pick the name too… [...]

It’s a mixed bag in singles review corner, but that’s the way we like it. Hopping from one genre to another, stopping just long enough to sample something new then going on about our ways. So lets see what we’ve got for you this week MR BONES AND THE DREAMERS – Are These Actual Miles? [...]

Tracks: Fireweed /Tracy’s Waters /Beijing /Wooden Arms /Hommage /Traveling Salesman /Big Bird in a Small Cage /Down at the Beach /Man Like You /Where the Wild Things Are / Machinery of the Heavens “Quietly stunning” – Q “Extraordinary” – The Sun “A remarkable one of a kind” – The Times ”Like nothing you’ve ever heard [...]

Stiff Promotions have a strong reputation and steady following in Portsmouth, but when they decided to venture into Southampton we at Call Upon The Author decided we had to be there! The Talking Heads is a real spit & sawdust venue, a stage in the large back area of what is essentially a pub. It [...]

We at Call Upon The Author have a great deal of time for Stiff Promotions, not only do they consistently put on top gigs, but they have a great reputation for looking after their performers too, so it was with utmost anticipation that we trekked to The Cellars At Eastney. Tonight’s bill sees The Dawn [...]

The New Theatre Royal in Portsmouth is not known as a live music venue, not unless you count occasional opera performances and musical theatre anyway, but after tonight’s gig, part of the theatre’s ‘Sprout’ season, that may be about to change. With a headline slot from The Strange Death of Liberal England (ably assisted by [...]

SCOTT MATTHEWS NEW SINGLE, NEW ALBUM & UK TOUR Acclaimed Wolverhampton troubadour Scott Matthews will release his second album “Elsewhere” on May 18th ’09 on the San Remo label through Island Records.  Featuring 11 new Scott Matthews compositions it is produced by Scott and Gavin Monaghan (Mercury Rev, The Smiths, Joe Strummer, Elvis Costello).  Scott [...]

Paddy Steer is a man in his own world, writing music that veers from laptop-folk to pure crazed instrumentals by way of mini tunes a few seconds in length but packing the punch of concertos. A staple of the Manchester underground scene through his work in Toolshed and Homelife, this is Steer’s first solo venture, [...]