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It may be the most iconic landmark along Albert Rd, but The Kings theatre has never hosted astage at Southsea Fest before!

The Dawn Chorus are an act we’ve had our eye on for some time, ever since we got our grubby little paws on their debut album (reviewed here) we’ve been excited by their ability to weave the mundane and everyday into something rather lovely. With this, their second album the band – aided and abetted [...]

Apoloies for the delys folks, this edition of singles corner should have gone up on Monday, but with the tracks we’ve got for you we think you’ll agree that it was worth the wait. So, without any further stalling, let’s check out this weeks singles. WHITE RABBITS – Percussion Gun TBD Records Starting with, as [...]

As I wander to The Wine Vaults to get myself and a few friends our tickets, I’m already aware that it’s going to be a long day, I thought I’d made a reasonably early effort by arriving at midday, the already intoxicated seemed to disagree. I’m queuing to receive my band and hear a familiar [...]

We at Call Upon The Author love The B Of The Bang… there’s no two ways about it, we are unashamedly huge fans of Wit and his merry minstrels, so when we discovered they were curating a Southsea Fest stage we were very excited indeed!   WHAT CAN WE EXPECT? Anarchy! Well, perhaps not, but expect [...]

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 [...]

Fresh off the road from their debut UK tour, Jelly Maid record’s The Dawn Chorus return home to Portsmouth to wrap their heartfelt tunes around the intimate interior of The Cellars at Eastney. Having stockpiled praise from a number of sources in 2008, from the likes of Clash Magazine, who wrote about their “Beautifully Melancholic [...]

Opening an album with the title track isn’t something most bands like to do, but with the Big Adventure, it’s the perfect way to introduce Portsmouth’s The Dawn Chorus. With its Bright Eyes-esque folksy vibe and sunny disposition the track (or at least the first part of it) ease the listener into this young five [...]

Here at Call Upon The Author we’ve been keeping tabs on the good folks at Jelly Maid Music for some time. Last year we were dazzled by the debut release by Dawn Chorus and our thoughts on B of The Bang are well documented here. So, when we realised label boss Rich Tamblyn was putting [...]