Author Archives: Liam

I’ve seen Sam Duckworth live a number of times over the years, I really should compile a complete list. Many of those shows have stood apart from the early Get Cape set up of Sam, Mikey (cornet) and Andy (drums). Other than playing solo acoustic, or with the laptop, this tour and album campaign wasContinueContinue reading “Tuesday 15th May 2012 – Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly w/ at The Old Fire Station, Bournemouth”

At beginning of the album campaign for their fifth record Go, Motion City Soundtrack played each of their previous four albums across two nights at XOYO in London. The lead single True Romance had been released shortly before these dates and they played it live for the first time at this gig. It was an instant classic forContinueContinue reading “Wednesday 18th April 2012 – Motion City Soundtrack at XOYO, London”

This is a timely post about transport. At the time of writing we’re in the midst of rail strikes and rocketing petrol prices. Back in June 2011 I was still driving my first car, a 1997 white Ford Fiesta that was ten years old when I bought it, with a pink/purple gradient go faster stripeContinueContinue reading “Wednesday 22nd June 2011 – Jimmy Eat World at HMV Forum, Kentish Town”

In the the early 2010’s, Bournemouth promoters Dom Patience and Tom Clarke had a club night called ‘Lost In Stereo’ at iBar on Holdenhurst Road. Often this would be a standalone event, sometimes it would follow a gig that they, or someone else was putting on in the same venue. This show was one ofContinueContinue reading “Friday 17th June 2011 – Tellison w/ The Attika State and Daniel & The Lion at iBar, Bournemouth”

As the Slam Dunk brand continued to grow from the late 2000’s to the early 2010’s, the organisers behind the festival trialed having regional fringe shows around the weekend of the main event. In 2011, one of these dates took place in Southampton. Meanwhile, Stateside, my friend (and the drummer of our former band) George,ContinueContinue reading “Tuesday 31st May 2011 – Slam Dunk By The Sea (Less Than Jake, Goldfinger, Anti-Flag, Set Your Goals) at Southampton Guildhall”

Where to start?  Oooh, I know.  I should’ve known this show might not go to plan when the ticket turned up with the band name printed as ‘The Descendants’.. In April 2011, my friends went to Groezrock in Belgium. I obviously wasn’t big enough to go a punk rock festival on the continent yet (IContinueContinue reading “Monday 25th April 2011 – Descendents w/ Dead To Me and Teenage Bottlerocket at O2 Empire, Shepherd’s Bush”

My memories of this gig are as much about the day as the show itself. Ed and I had long lost touch with our friend from school Darren, known to most as Smiler. We’d seen him a year earlier when we played with Canada Water in Cardiff, where Darren was at University and I guessContinueContinue reading “Saturday 5th March 2011 – Reel Big Fish w/ The Skints at University of Southampton, Student Union”

At the time of writing Frank Turner is number one in the UK album charts with his ninth studio album, FTHC. Not only is this a fantastic achievement for any artist, but also a very unique one for someone this far into their career. Well deserved either way and a great album regardless of theContinueContinue reading “Monday 21st February 2011 – Frank Turner w/ Jim Lockey and The Solemn Sun at The Old Fire Station, Bournemouth”

In 20 years I’ve seen plenty of corporate sponsors come and go. Around the turn of the last decade energy drinks had cosied up to live music. At Poole Percussion where our band practiced there was a fridge full of Rockstar. I tried one once and had a horrific comedown (I don’t drink tea orContinueContinue reading “Sunday 6th February 2011 – The Kerrang! Relentless Tour (Good Charlotte, Four Year Strong, Framing Hanley, The Wonder Years)”

In mid 2010 I developed some health issues, possibly stress induced. This, in turn, caused me to suffer from anxiety and depression that lasted throughout the rest of the year. As anyone who has been through anything like this will know, it’s a vicious cycle. I include this here for context because I think thisContinueContinue reading “Friday 4th February 2011 – The Hold Steady w / Wintersleep at University of Southampton Student Union”