On paper at least, the last Quarter-Final of the Dorset Music Awards at The Winchester looked almost unmissable, with an eclectic five band line-up of top quality, original local music. I managed to miss the second Q/F, which by all accounts packed out the venue completely, whereas tonight’s event (at its peak) fell short of ...

We recently received this press release from the Academy Music Group which we thought we’d pass on to everyone, as hopefully it may present not only more opportunities for local bands to play bigger and better home town gigs, but also we may now start to see better use of The Old Fire Station. For ...

My first memories of the old Academy in Boscombe were from about 1983, and trying (failing, miserably) to ‘dance’ to Herbie Hancock’s ‘Rockit’. That was about one year after its doors were re-opened to the public, and for a whole clubbing generation the Academy was the night out in Bournemouth. My own personal tastes took ...

I can’t remember how I stumbled across Kinnie The Explorer, but my very limited knowledge of them is this: they are new, they are young, they sound refreshingly different, and are supporting Noah & The Whale at the O2 Academy on 30 June. I could have chosen any of the four tracks (from the Blood, ...