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So, the time is almost upon us once again… Our favourite one day festival returns on 18th September and once again grizzled Cap’n Josie Curtis and her scurvy ridden crew of expert promoters have booked their favourite acts to entertain at venues up and down Albert Road in Southsea. Who can you expect to see?  [ Read More ]

It’s fair to say, going into tonight’s gig, that I wasn’t the biggest fan of Editors, but thankfully I had my better half with me who loves them. If nothing else, with the dreary grey skies and drizzling rain as we waited in Guildhall Square, surrounded by the regal Guildhall itself and the dreary concrete and glass of the civic offices, we were setting a perfect scene for the Birmingham bands tunes…

THE STRANGE DEATH OF LIBERAL ENGLAND – Flagships tsdole.com Magisterial, strangely timeless, this track from TSDOLE comes on like the national anthem of a small but very cool country that you’ve not come across before. As always Adam Woolway’s unique vocal is right up front, but there’s instrumentation aplenty, before the track breaks down into  [ Read More ]

The Strange Death Of Liberal England return after an 18 month hiatus punctuated by a sole theatre show in their native Portsmouth. Their debut mini album, ‘Forward March’ and live shows saw the band heralded by NME ‘for the chiming elegance of their kaleidoscopic post-rock’, whilst The Guardian praised ‘music that roars and sighs, swoops  [ Read More ]

I have to hit the ground running this evening as the moment the barmaid hands me my Jack Daniels & Coke than local post-rockers Aeroplane Attack take to the stage built on the rock solid foundation of Rusty Sheriff’s drums and K.O. Desai’s throbbing bass, their three guitarists overlap, supporting each other one moment and  [ Read More ]

I Like Trains are a band reborn, well known for their unique brand of forlorn and world weary music, this Leeds based collective have discovered a ray of light as evidenced by their new single ‘Sea Of Regrets’. It’s not exactly a happy track, but gone is the despair of the past, replaced with a  [ Read More ]

      Here is the first of our reports from Southsea Fest, but keep checking back for other people’s views of the day and some brilliant photos of the goings on       Many people mark down Bestival as the end of the summer festival calendar, but for those of us who dwell  [ Read More ]

Hong Kong Gardeners Club has gained a reputation for putting on new, exciting and unique bills featuring acts that exist a little outside the road most of us walk in life, but close enough that if we make the effort we can really relate to what they play for us. WHAT CAN WE EXPECT? A  [ Read More ]

Once again, our mail bag is bulging with new singles for you to check out… lets delve into the sack and see what’s on offer this week! THE STRANGE DEATH OF LIBERAL ENGLAND – Like A Curtain Falling www.myspace.com/tsdole One of TSDOLE’s best newer tracks, this manages to take a simple melody, couple it to  [ Read More ]

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  [ Read More ]