Following the release of their debut Big In The Suburbs LP in March this year, which itself followed the epic precursor singles Shopping, Soak Up The Culture, Deere John, Cul-De-Sac, Big In The Suburbs, The Roundabout Racehorse and It’s Not Like This In France, Welly continue their journey across...
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Southampton’s Regent to play homecoming show this weekend
Following the release of their sophomore album and a string of singles last year, Southampton-born band Regent return this month with a new track titled “I Feel For You”, a tale of lost love and liberation. Opening with euphoric drums and Britpop-indebted guitar twangs, “I Feel For You” is...
Interview: Rob Clamp
By Charlie Hislop “Ok……. jump” and everyone did if they weren’t already jumping. It’s the close-out of Southampton’s Rob Clamp’s recent hometown gig. The place is rammed, the audience is bouncing. The energy coming off the stage is visible. The set is a mix of album tracks and new...
Review: Frank Turner, O2 Southampton Guildhall
By Graham Hiley. Back in 1996 a young Frank Turner came to the Southampton Guildhall to watch a Battle of the Bands contest. There and then he vowed he would one day be standing on that stage taking part in the competition. Although he never actually got to...
The Young’uns come to Turner Sims, Southampton
Image by Michael Hughes. Acclaimed North East folk act The Young’uns are celebrating two decades of singing together with a spring 2025 UK tour, bringing them to Southampton’s Turner Sims this month. The much-loved trio – comprising Sean Cooney, Michael Hughes & David Eagle – will also each be...
Self Esteem announces new album and record store tour
In support of her new album, A Complicated Woman, Self Esteem, AKA Rebecca Lucy Taylor, has announced an intimate record store tour, including a date in Southampton on 24 April. The album, due for release on 25 April, is the follow up to the hugely acclaimed BRIT and Mercury...
Southampton band, Regent, announce new single, I Feel For You
Following the release of their sophomore album and a string of singles last year, Southampton-born band Regent return this April with a new track titled I Feel For You (out 25 April) – a tale of lost love and liberation. Opening with euphoric drums and Britpop-indebted guitar twangs, I...
Album review: Rats! Rats! Rats! – Bloody Hello & launch party
By Sam Wise. For us the highlight of Victorious Festival last summer was not, as predicted, The Pixies, on the promise of whom we had bought the tickets. No, the real stars of the event, for us, were Gosport punk/grunge duo Rats! Rats! Rats!, who we caught on one...
Southampton artist Lucy Kitchen named Turner Sims’ Turn It Up local associate for 2025
Turn It Up is development opportunity for musicians from Southampton and SO postcodes. Launched in 2024 by University of Southampton music venue, Turner Sims, the inaugural winners of the scheme were folk duo Pegasuses. Supported by funding from Arts Council England, the programme aims to help local musicians turn...
Teenage Waitress – a Rock n Roll Powerpoint on Songs, comes to the Railway, Winchester
Southampton’s Daniel J Ash, who writes and records solo music under the project name Teenage Waitressis putting on a special gig with a twist on in Winchester on April 26. He explains: “As a songwriter of quite a few years, and a lecturer in songwriting at the University of...