Category Archives: Gigs

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”

Third Eye Blind are another for the category of bands I’d long given up hope of ever getting to see live by the late 2000’s. My introduction to them, as I expect is true for many on this side of the Atlantic, was the American Pie soundtrack. I’m not ashamed to say that for aContinueContinue reading “Thursday 13th May 2010 – Third Eye Blind w/ The Upwelling at O2 Empire, Shepherd’s Bush”

It’s crazy to me that within two years of this show I would be working with Kids In Glass Houses on bringing their debut album Smart Casual to vinyl via Saint November Records. As life rolls on and two years passes in the blink of an eye, the time period between those two events definitely felt aContinueContinue reading “Wednesday 12th May 2010 – Kids In Glass Houses w/ General Fiasco at The Old Fire Station, Bournemouth”

When Motion City Soundtrack’s fourth album My Dinosaur Life was released on Monday 18th January 2010, Sam and I had been together for a little over a fortnight. It was probably the first new album of any significance to me that was released during our relationship. By luck, Sam was also a fan of theContinueContinue reading “Friday 26th March 2010 – Motion City Soundtrack w/ Jenny Owen Youngs at Electric Ballroom, Camden”

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”