Keyside begin their UK tour, including a stop at The Joiners in Southampton on Tuesday 2 December 2025. A sense of inevitability pervades the steady ascent of Liverpool four-piece, Keyside, as their chiming, kitchen sink indie lands on more, and bigger, stages, catalysed by an expanding songbook – including...
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Ibibio Sound Machine have announced a run of new UK dates for this autumn
Following their only festival slot of the summer at the Gent Jazz Festival, Ibibio Sound Machine will be back on the road in the UK this autumn. The genre-blending group have announced a series of new dates in beloved grassroots venues across the country, including Engine Rooms in Southampton...
Interview: Bartees Strange ahead of upcoming Southampton gig
Words by Darren Grayer, image by Elizabeth De La Piedra. Genre spanning American artist, Bartees Strange, visits The Joiners in Southampton on Tuesday 26 August to showcase his latest album, Horror, which has received critical acclaim from The New York Times, Rolling Stone and NPR Music. In Common caught up...
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...
Preview: Alabama 3, Engine Rooms, Southampton
Navigating the post-pandemic touring world, where nostalgia is king of the jungle, Alabama 3, have agreed to give fans a hypo full of love and hook in a mainline to 1997 and 2000 when they visit Engine Rooms on Friday 28 March. In December, Alabama 3 marked the 25th...
Review: Welly: Dork Hype List Tour, Heartbreakers, 13 February 2025
Words by Spring Wise. Photos by Dan Reddick. The Pill – Polly Money – Welly Early on Thursday morning, and this is no word of a lie, I accidentally exposed myself to a man putting up scaffolding at my house. With some kind of cosmic synchronicity, the first track...
Preview: Beans on Toast, The Joiners, Southampton
Beans on Toast will be back out on the road this March, including a stop at The Joiners on Tuesday 25 March 2025. Touring in support of his critically acclaimed latest work, Wild Goose Chasers, Beans and his long time musical partner Matt Millership are sizing up 16 headline...
Preview: The Young’uns, Turner Sims, Southampton
Acclaimed North East folk act, The Young’uns, will celebrate two decades of singing together with a newly announced spring 2025 UK tour, including a stop at Turner Sims in Southampton on Thursday 24 April 2025. The much-loved trio – comprising of Sean Cooney, Michael Hughes, and David Eagle –...
Preview: Harriet, Hanger Farm Arts Centre, Totton
Often compared to the legendary Karen Carpenter, Harriet’s brings her latest album, Trying to Get the Feeling Again, to Hanger Farm Arts Centre on Thursday 6 February. Celebrating ‘70s nostalgia, the album emerges as Harriet has successfully taken some of the timeless classics of the decade to a new...
