inSYNC | Reviews

Common People 2015

2008 saw Rob da Bank’s Bestival turn to a muddy hellhole, and reduced the festival to an event planners nightmare. Ever since, though, a series of British Indian summers have seen Bestival propel itself to the top of the festival tree; one of the best in the UK. The Bestival

Slam Dunk 2015 Hatfield Review

June 14, 2015 No Comments Joe Papworth

Returning home both Bruised and exhausted, and yet, utterly impressed. Once again Slam Dunk, delivers, showing once again that Pop-Punk is not yet dead. Knuckle puck showed why they continue to gain hype, kicking off the day at 2:00pm, it was not just me surprised by the number of people

Southampton Soundclash: The Beginning

June 5, 2015 No Comments Tobi Stidolph

With the main stage hosted by Black Butter Records, Southampton Soundclash’s first year was set to be big. The festival, situated next to Southampton Airport, boasted the biggest and best dance lineup that Southampton has to offer so far this year. Soundclash made sure they had a bus to deliver

Bipolar Sunshine at The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth – Interview & Review

May 18, 2015 No Comments Tobi Stidolph

Bipolar Sunshine is a product of a solo career from Manchester group Kid British, who, in 2009, looked like they’d make it big. Moving to present day though, Adio Marchant has been gaining support now with three EPs behind him and a debut album on the way. Although Bipolar Sunshine’s

Friend Within at XOYO, London

May 10, 2015 No Comments Tobi Stidolph

inSYNC’s getting further afield, and we got ourselves up to London’s XOYO to see mysterious Liverpudlian house producer Friend Within play alongside Portsmouth house DJ Shadow Child and one half of Cause & Affect Chris Lorenzo. Friend Within always finds his way within a set, and bobbing around behind the

Fono at Treatment, Y Plas, Cardiff

May 10, 2015 No Comments Tobi Stidolph

On the Friday 1st may, I was lucky enough to get the chance to go and see Fono preform at Treatmeant at the Cardiff University students union. Fono was joined by other acts such as Waze & Odessey, Dusky, Paleman and Preditah. With a near sell out crowd and a

Friendly Fires at Eden Bar, Bournemouth

May 4, 2015 No Comments Tobi Stidolph

Although Friendly Fires usually grace us with a barrage of instruments, in Bournemouth they’d switched their indie rock sounds for a set of DJ decks. Friendly Fires have crafted something so casual but also joyful for people to hear. Friendly Fires can only be described as the purest picnic pop.

Wolf Alice & The Magic Gang at The Old Fire Station, Bournemouth

April 20, 2015 No Comments Tobi Stidolph

After seeing Wolf Alice at The Wedgewood Rooms in Portsmouth last year we thought they might have something that would send them soaring in popularity. The indie band supported Alt-J on their headline tour in February, and now, with the debut album on its way, the band have set about

Jaguar Skills at Halo, Bournemouth, March 20th

April 13, 2015 No Comments George Hall

Jaguar Skills; renowned for his expansive knowledge of music from all genre’s, incredible light shows and unforgettable DJ sets. Yet another brilliant performance at Halo, Bournemouth on the 20th March 2015, although perhaps not his best. His unusual ‘cut & paste’ style of mixing along side his ambiguous ninja style

Discovering Neverland at Bournemouth’s Old Firestation, March 21st

April 2, 2015 No Comments George Hall

Neverland is the newest night to be introduced to the already huge variety of events held at Bournemouth’s Students Union, The Old Firestation. With ‘We Are Your Friends’ and ‘Enter Drumfunk’ already satisfying the musical tastes of House and Drum and Bass fans, it was interesting to see an event