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Just over a year since his last visit to Portsmouth, Ben Ottewell from Gomez returned last weekend with an equally impressive performance. One which had been re-located to one of Portsmouth’s newest venues at Staggeringly Good Brewery. While the dinosaur-influenced … Continue reading →

This was never going to be the most conventional night at the theatre. However Black Midi aren’t your everyday kind of band. At times somewhere between the jazz-fusion of Herbie Hancock and the more extremities of Ledbib or Go Go … Continue reading →

In a week where the likes of Adele and Coldplay were releasing new albums, Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes took the top ten by storm with their 4th album “Sticky”. While remaining forever humble, it’s clear the ex-Gallows frontman has … Continue reading →

BC Camplight – Wedgewood Rooms Armed with a bottle of gin and his trusty piano stool, BC Camplight was in good spirits at the Wedgewood Rooms. Highly entertaining both in song and when addressing the crowd through anecdotes of personal … Continue reading →

NICK CAVE & WARREN ELLIS – LIVE REVIEW When Nick Cave and Warren Ellis at the Kings Theatre was first announced, the extravagantly priced tickets sold out almost instantly. It soon became one of those highly anticipated shows, that was … Continue reading →

After a couple of relatively quiet nights at the Wedgewood Rooms, Black Honey attracted a more then reasonable sized audience last week. If anything, this was the closest I’d seen to a sold-out night at a small venue in quite … Continue reading →

LIVE REVIEW: TIM BURGESS – WEDGEWOOD ROOMS Charlatans’ frontman Tim Burgess live at the Wedgewood Rooms, like many a gig, was much delayed due to Covid. Yet it was a night we’ll worth waiting for, even if one that was … Continue reading →

  As I boarded the Isle of Wight ferry with the Beats and Swing crew, it felt like a holiday in the sun rather than heading to a festival. After all, such is an iconic way to travel to the … Continue reading →

The last time I saw Idles in Portsmouth was upstairs in a local pub (the Wave Maiden) on a Tuesday afternoon. As a small function room, there was barely enough space to hold much more than maybe 50 people. Within … Continue reading →