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Review: We Are Your Friends Returns With Tough Love at The Old Fire Station, Bournemouth

January 23, 2016 No Comments Tobi Stidolph

Bournemouth’s Old Fire Station, known for booking big DJs, welcomed back the We Are Your Friends (WAYF) student event for its first event in 2016. Past events have included massive DJs like MK heading up WAYF, and last week’s event was no different. House duo Tough Love, best known for

Jonas Rathsman at Motion, Bristol

January 21, 2016 No Comments Tobi Stidolph

My expectations were high for the first night in Bristol. And this took us to Bristol’s super-club on the first day of 2016. This is like no other club you’ll go to. A rabbit warren of rooms, warehouses, bars, seating and stages. Motion’s vibe was festival-like rather than club-like. It’s

Mampi Swift at The O2 Academy, Bournemouth

January 11, 2016 No Comments Tobi Stidolph

The 02 Academy was buzzing upon One Nation’s turnover into 2016, with the likes of SUBZERO, MAJISTRATE, HAZARD and MAMPI SWIFT to name but a few. Hundreds cued down the street, desperately awaiting the blissful filth they knew awaited them inside. From being filled to the brim with drum and

Review: Foreverland Christmas Adventure

December 20, 2015 No Comments Tobi Stidolph

With four events now under their belt, Bournemouth’s Foreverland has shown no signs of slowing. The first event of 2016 has already been announced, and they left 2015 with a bang. Another sold out show saw garage extraordinaires Oxide & Neutrino, grime man Bonkaz, bassline DJ Cause & Affect and

Ghostpoet Supports Alt-J at The BIC, Bournemouth

December 18, 2015 No Comments Tobi Stidolph

Obaro Ejimiwe, better known as Ghostpoet, previously said that his new album ‘Shedding Skin’ is a “guitar record”. It’s certainly more indie-rock-inclined than its two glitchy predecessors. Ghostpoet was showing off his talent subbing Alt-J on their latest tour. With a growing number of fans Ghostpoet’s musical territory is expanding

Cause & Affect at Stealth, Nottingham

December 15, 2015 No Comments Tobi Stidolph

Nottingham is no doubt afar from our usual southerly based reviews, so I jumped at the chance to see Cause and Affect in action at the award-winning club Stealth. As always, a different place means different vibes. And boy can I tell you, the Notts crew certainly love to party!

Wookie Supports Kurupt FM at The O2 Academy, Bournemouth

December 14, 2015 No Comments Tobi Stidolph

Another big night in Bournemouth saw a mixture of dnb, garage and bassline come together with BBC 3 favourites, the cast of People Just Do Nothing, Kurupt FM heading the night. The so-called ‘Champagne Steamrooms’ had a host of acts including Wookie, P Money and Star.One cook up another night

OHM Drum&Bass Presents Break and Randall at The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth

December 9, 2015 No Comments Tobi Stidolph

With Concrete Music heading up Portsmouth’s growing house and bass scene, it’s good to know someone is taking control of house’s musically mutilated brother. OHM have recently put on two drum&bass nights calling upon some of the industry’s best names to play. The Wedgewood Rooms may sound like an odd

The Maccabees at The O2 Guildhall, Southampton

December 7, 2015 No Comments Tobi Stidolph

Hung at the back of the stage was the image of number one album ‘Marks To Prove It’, overshadowing The Maccabees as they filed onto the stage at Southampton’s O2 Guildhall. The band is now on tour with their fourth studio album, after taking over two years to record and

Annie Mac Presents Tour at The O2 Academy, Bournemouth

December 4, 2015 No Comments Tobi Stidolph

This November saw BBC Radio 1’s Annie Mac bring her ‘Annie Mac Presents’ (AMP) sold out tour back. Similarly to last year the event was hosted at Bournemouth’s O2 Academy, but with her, four different current artists. Redlight, Stormzy, Monki and Mele were drafted in to give Annie Mac something