Live Review: Slam Dunk By The Sea, Guildhall, Southampton - 31/5/11

Due to a combination of the interesting band order and crazily early doors I arrived just in time to see Goldfinger take the stage, having missed Set Your Goals. (Who has a 6pm doors on a school night?!) The Californian punk legends played an almost identical set to that at the other previous Slam Dunk shows - even down to the between-song banter. However, unlike at Slam Dunk South there were no generator issues and the band went on to blast out the usual crowdpleasers like 'Superman', 'Here In Your Bedroom' and 'Open Your Eyes'.

It’s really hard to be positive about Anti Flag when they’re so negative as a band. Sure Goldfinger have their activist ways and a message to spread but thankfully it’s not so in-your-face as Anti Flag. They did, however, played a strong set of songs including 'Turncoat' and 'Die For Your Government' and a cover of The Clash’s 'Should I Stay Or Should I Go' that the fans seemed to love, but did little to win over the passing spectator with their preaching. Let’s be honest, “You’re gonna die for your country, that’s shit” aren’t exactly profoundly eloquent lyrics are they?

Teenage Bottlerocket Announce Intimate Southampton Show

Teenage Bottlerocket will play at show at Unit Club in Southampton on August 26th.

Tickets for the intimate show (150 capacity) can be purchased here.

Title Fight Add Southampton Date To UK Tour

Title Fight have added a Southampton date to the UK leg of their European summer tour.

The band will play the Unit Club on July 9th with tickets going on sale tomorrow (Monday, May 9th).

July
1st - Germany, Nr Leipzig, Full Force Festival
3rd - Czech Republic, Prague, Rock For People Festival
6th - UK, London, Old Blue Last
7th - UK, Kingston, Fighting Cocks
8th - UK, Somerset, Nass Festival
9th - UK, Southampton Unit Club (just added)
10th - UK, Sonisphere Festival
11th - UK, Manchester, Star and Garter
12th - UK, Leeds, Cockpit
13th - UK, Glasgow, King Tuts
14th - UK, Tunbridge Wells Forum
16th - Belgium, Herk De Stad, Rock Herk Festival

Such Gold/Starters/Koji Canterbury Show Moved To Southampton

Such Gold, Starters and Koji's February 27th show at Charity Social Club, Canterbury has been moved to Unit Club in Southampton.

Our Time Down Here will be supporting.

Tickets are £5 and doors are at 7:00pm (14+).

Full dates:

February
17th - Old Maltings, Bury St Edmonds*
18th - Le Pub, Newport*
19th - Banquet Records, Kingston (Such Gold and Koji only - Details here)
19th - Fighting Cocks, Kingston*
20th - The Old Angel, Nottingham*
21st - Royal Park Cellars, Leeds*
22nd - Retro Bar, Manchester*
23rd - 13th Note, Glasgow
24th - The Marquee, Norwich*
25th - The Parish, Huddersfield*
26th - The Macbeth, London*
27th - Unit Club, Southampton* Note: Change of venue/location.
28th - Harris Hall, Andover*

March
1st - TBC, Paris
2nd - Roots Club, Moenchengladbach
3rd - The Chillout, Hochst, Austria
4th - TBC, Regensberg
5th - TBC, Hannover
6th - TBC, High Wycombe (w/ Hostage Calm, Basement + Daylight)
7th - The White Rabbit Plymouth
8th - Soundhouse, Northampton
9th - Wagon and Horses, Birmingham
10th - TBC, Galway
11th - Pop Punk Still Lives #2 - The Pint, Dublin
*Denotes Koji as support

Further WTFest Part Deux Announcements

Several new shows have been added to Southampton's WTFest: Part Deux festival.

On Saturday September 4th, Blacklisted will headline a half-dayer show at Talking Heads venue with Defier and Tear Yourself Apart, also announced for the show.

In addition an acoustic show will take place between 3pm and 6pm at Southampton's Oxfam Music Shop on the same day, and will see performances from Kids Can't Fly, Burn The Fleet, Drawings, and Lion and The Wolf.

Sunday September 5th sees a two-staged show at the UNIT Club and sees the following bands play:

THE SKINTS
SPECIAL GUESTS
APOLOGIES, I HAVE NONE
SPECIAL GUESTS
MASH ATTACK
CAVES
SOLUTIONS

STAGE DEUX
MIDDLE BAR - ACOUSTIC ROOM
CHAS WILLIAMS OF LIGHTYEAR!
SPECIAL GUEST
SPECIAL GUESTS
MEGA GAMES TWO
CYNICS.

Tickets for this show are £6.

Furter details on WTFest Part Deux can be found here.

WTFest Update

WrongWayRound Promotions has added a slew of new names to its WTFest taking place in Southampton from September 2nd through the 6th.

Amongst the names added are Dead Swans, Ok Pilot, Above Them, Apologies,I Have None and More Than Life.

Also taking place a Free Acoustic show at Reskue skate shop featuring Not Advised, Kids Can't Fly & Matthew Reynolds.

More details can be found on WTFest by clicking read more.

Follow the Facebook event directly here.

There are a few DUEL tickets available still for the A WILHLEM SCREAM & POLAR BEAR CLUB shows here for only £10! here.

The line-up is almost complete with it now looking like this..

WEDS 2ND SEPT - THE JOINERS – 7.30PM
Tickets available here.
THE FLATLINERS - http://www.myspace.com/theflatlinerstoronto
MIKE TV - http://www.myspace.com/miketv
OK PILOT - http://www.myspace.com/okpilot
MASH ATTACK - http://www.myspace.com/mashattack

THURS 3RD SEPT- HOMESTEAD HOUSE SHOW -8pm
Bands TBA – follow twitter/facebook for announcements

FRIDAY 4TH SEPT – THE JOINERS – 6PM
Tickets available here.
Duel ticket also available for both PBC & AWS shows for only £10!
http://www.joinerslive.co.uk/product.php?xProd=163

POLAR BEAR CLUB - http://www.myspace.com/polarbearclub
BROADWAY CALLS - http://www.myspace.com/broadwaycalls
THE DON RAMOS PLAYERS - http://www.myspace.com/thedonramosplayers
BURN THE FLEET -http://www.myspace.com/burnthefleetband
ABOVE THEM- http://www.myspace.com/abovethem
CALVINBALL- http://www.myspace.com/thisiscalvinball
MEDISON- http://www.myspace.com/medisonmusic

SATURDAY 5TH SEPT – THE KING ALFRED PUB
VENUE INFO HERE: http://www.kingalfredpub.com/
TICKETS FOR THIS SHOW WILL BE ON THE DOOR ! £1 OFF WITH POLAR BEAR CLUB TICKET/ STUB
1ST STAGE:
DEAD SWANS - http://www.myspace.com/thedeadswans
MORE THAN LIFE - http://www.myspace.com/morethanlifehardcore
DEFIER - http://www.myspace.com/defier09

2ND STAGE
OUR TIME DOWN HERE - http://www.myspace.com/ourtimedownhereuk
APOLOGIES I HAVE NONE - http://www.myspace.com/apologiesihavenone
PLUS MORE TBA.

ACOUSTIC MATINEE SHOW 5PM– RESKUE SKATE SHOP- FREE
http://www.reskue.co.uk/
NOT ADVISED - http://www.myspace.com/notadvised
KIDS CANT FLY- http://www.myspace.com/kidscantflyuk
MATTHEW REYNOLDS- http://www.myspace.com/lossinsound

SUNDAY 6TH SEPT - THE JOINERS - 7.30PM
TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE: http://www.joinerslive.co.uk/product.php?xProd=123
A WILHELM SCREAM - http://www.myspace.com/awilhelmscream
YOU ME AND THE ATOM BOMB - http://www.myspace.com/youmeandtheatombomb
PLUS MORE TBA

TICKETS FOR ALL JOINERS SHOWS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE AT http://www.seetickets.com & SOUTHAMPTON GUILDHALL BOX OFFICE...

FIND AND FOLLOW THE EVENTS AT http://www.last.fm

Polar Bear Club, Broadway Calls, A Wilhelm Scream and more to Take Part in WTFest

Southampton-based WrongWayRound Promotions will host WTFest between the 2nd and 6th of September, with shows being based in and around Southampton.

The event will take place at various locations throughout Southampton with the promise of exclusive in stores and house shows throughout the 5 days to run along aside paid shows at the Joiners Arms.

On the spot shows in Southampton you will be given 4 hours notice via WTFest's twitter page.

Line-Up

September 2nd – The Joiners

THE FLATLINERS
MIKE TV
PLUS SUPPORT TBA

September 3rd – House show

For details keep your eyes on the twitter page..

September 4th – The Joiners

POLAR BEAR CLUB
BROADWAY CALLS
BURN THE FLEET
CALVINBALL
PLUS MORE TBA


September 5th – House Show & Acoustic acts during the day at a location TBA

OUR TIME DOWN HERE
PLUS VERY SPECIAL AMAZING GUESTS TBA

September 6th – The Joiners

A WILHELM SREAM
YOU ME AND THE ATOM BOMB
PLUS MORE TBA

Ticket information can be found by clicking read more.



Tickets are available now at the links below;
There is an exclusive DUEL ticket available for the POLAR BEAR CLUB & A WILHELM SCREAM shows for only £10! These are very limited so pick one up now!

http://www.joinerslive.co.uk/product.php?xProd=163&xSec=1

Single tickets also available here for other shows..

THE FLATLINERS : http://www.joinerslive.co.uk/product.php?xProd=158&jssCart=a066b4dd2c68a33a110b7cf019aeafc2

POLAR BEAR CLUB : http://www.joinerslive.co.uk/product.php?xProd=141

A WILHELM SCREAM: http://www.joinerslive.co.uk/product.php?xProd=123

Brokencyde Southampton Show Cancelled

Brokencyde's opening UK tour date tonight in Southampton has been forced to be cancelled due to flight problems in the US.

The rest of the bands UK tour should be unaffected.

22 –Weymouth - The Queens
23 - Brighton - Freebutt
24 - Milton Keynes - The Craufurd Arms
25 - Bournemouth - I-bar
26 - Exeter - The Hub
27 - Swindon - The Furnace
28 - Port Talbot - Bank Club
29 - Cardiff - Barfly
30 - High Wycombe - The Loft
31 - Yeovil - Orange Box

June
2 - Peterborough - Met Lounge
4 - Glasgow - Ivary Blacks
5 - Aberdeen - Moshing Lulu
6 - Edinburgh - GRV
7 - Newcastle - Cooperage
9 - Sunderland - Inderpendent
10 - Nottingham - Seven
11 - Southend-On-Sea - Chinnerys
13 - Manchester - Road house