In a neck and neck tie with The Jam, The Specials were my favourite band in 1979/80, and their debut album remains in my top five of all time. As a 13/14 year old you’re looking for idols, for cult figures, for inspiration, and The Specials ticked all those boxes brilliantly. I never saw them ...

That was the best ever Endorse it in Dorset Festival. Easy. The comedown now is beginning to ease and real life seems okay again. My main focus for the weekend was with Oxjam at the Wig-On Casino Stage on Sunday, so I make no excuses for a slight bias in that direction, but from the ...

Tomorrow night the U.K. Subs return to Champions, nearly seven months after their last visit. Now, last time they came it was early December and bloody freezing. In fact the gig was on the verge of being called off due to the heavy snow and icy roads, meaning not only were punters struggling to get ...

Clocking in at just under twenty minutes, The C-30′s 8-song record is all killer and no filler. Opening song, ‘Rot ‘n’ Rollercoaster’ is a snarly Pistols-esque track with catchy lead wrapped up in a tight rhythmic package which follows on to ‘Snakes & Liars’, giving definite hints of scuzzy lo-fi indie at a dirgy tempo ...

Dorset Speed? Gosh, is this going to be like Pronghorn crossed with Slayer or something? No, it’s not. It’s nothing like it. I’m not sure that would have been a musical marriage I wanted to hear, so that was a relief, but reading through the song titles I still felt baffled. Baffled, but intrigued. The ...