Author Archives: Liam

The other morning I woke up with an idea for a podcast. The title would be ‘I’ve Never Seen..’ or something along those lines. For each episode someone would talk about a major pop culture property that they’ve just totally managed to skip. My list is endless, Game Of Thrones, Lost, Breaking Bad.. you nameContinueContinue reading “Monday 9th March 2009 – Polar Bear Club at The Joiners, Southampton”

Despite what the ticket may say, this gig took place on the 7th, not 2nd of February. I was reminded of this five days ago when I went to post it and my bit of light research I do before I write each of these (to check my facts etc..) confirmed it. It was unusualContinueContinue reading “Saturday 7th February 2009 – The Gaslight Anthem w/ Frank Turner at Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth”

This was a special show. The Ataris’ So Long, Astoria is one of my favourite albums of all time and easily a Top 5 from the 2000’s decade. Tom Clarke and Mark Davis definitely knew this and when they got the opportunity to put on a Kris Roe solo acoustic show playing SLA in it’s entirety, they very kindlyContinueContinue reading “Monday 19th January 2009 – Kris Roe (The Ataris) w/ Canada Water at iBar, Bournemouth”

This show was my first time going to The Brook venue in Southampton, but far from my first time seeing Zebrahead, a perennial support on ska and punk tours throughout the 2000’s and beyond. In fact, I don’t think this was even the first time I saw the play a headline show. We’ll get toContinueContinue reading “Monday 9th June 2008 – Zebrahead w/ Sherwood at The Brook, Southampton”

When I was working on the vinyl release of Kids In Glass Houses debut album, Smart Casual in 2012 I wrote a letter to people who bought a copy via the Saint November Records store, printed on a page of A4 paper and included in the vinyl mailer. The letter chartered my early journey with KIGH. Here’sContinueContinue reading “Wednesday 4th June 2008 – Kids In Glass Houses w/ Valencia and Not Advised at Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth”

The Good To Go Tour was an annual package tour of punk and ska bands. 2008 would have been the third, possibly fourth year that it ran. It must have been considered a success to have made it to this point and the previous years’ local dates that I went to were well attended. WhichContinueContinue reading “Wednesday 13th February 2008 – The Good To Go Tour w/ MxPx, Punchline and The Get Go at Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth”

After their UK mega tour with Paramore in early 2008, New Found Glory played a handful of their own headline shows. One of which was this packed Saturday night at the Wedgewood Rooms.  It’s worth a little context for where New Found Glory were ‘at’ in 2008. In late 2006 they released a mid tempoContinueContinue reading “Saturday 9th February 2008 – New Found Glory w/ You Me At Six and Conditions at Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth”

Head Automatica are one of a handful of bands that went on to become personal favourites of mine after first hearing them on a mixtape swap with my friend Vicky in 2005 (other notable names from this CD included Motion City Soundtrack and Death Cab For Cutie). I liked the song she included, Beating Heart Baby,ContinueContinue reading “Wednesday 23rd May 2007 – Head Automatica at University of Southampton Student Union”

In the space of three years Fall Out Boy went from an obscure band my girlfriend of the time was into, to packing out venues for an arena tour. Time moved much slower for me at this age and a year felt like a more significant amount of time to these days where three yearsContinueContinue reading “Saturday 31st March 2007 – Fall Out Boy w/ Shiny Toy Guns and Cobra Starship at Bournemouth International Centre”

There’s been quite a few gigs from this week in February throughout the years, and I’ll be honest, the wheels are starting to fall off a bit. I was missing the +44 ticket yesterday (full story to follow) and now I’m without all the correct facts for today’s post. I’ll do my best for thisContinueContinue reading “Saturday 10th February 2007 – Gym Class Heroes w/ I can’t remember their name at I’m not actually sure, Yeovil”