On the 19th July 2008, we took over legendary Southampton music venue, The Talking Heads, for the second time and delivered an award show that recognised the amazing unsigned and independent talent we had discovered over the previous twelve months. Billed under our name at the time, The Mag, and sponsored by Original 106 FM […]
An awesome night of music took place Saturday night at The Talking Heads in Southampton and we announced the winners of The Mag Awards 2008. As we’ve covered over two-thousand bands and artists, all of the winners had a lot of work to do to get noticed by our readers. So, here is a transcript […]
As The Mag Awards gets ever closer, we thought we ought to catch up with some of the bands playing at the show. We got hold of Matt Simpson, drummer and singer from The Dawn Chorus in order to get answers to a few questions. You’ve have a couple of busy months with the release […]
Update: The polls have now closed and the winners have been selected by your good selves. You’ll have to wait for the awards show on 19th July 2008 at The Talking Heads in Southampton to find out who they are! Saturday July 19th 2008 at The Talking Heads, SouthamptonOriginal 106fm presents The Mag Awards Show […]
As if the heatwave hadn’t reduced everybody to a dried husk already, the packed out Unit 22 in Southampton supplied new heights to the hot season. Spare a thought then, for the bands that had to endure the kebab-cooking stage lights. Chris Bath was first up, playing a set of acoustic songs with jagged guitar […]
With no shortlist, nominations, or judges’ decisions, The Mag Awards’ winners were a truly public selection. The Talking Heads in Southampton was the host for live performances from three of the winners as well as some on-the-knuckle comedy from Toupe front-man Grant Sharkey. Both Kat Vipers (London) and Mary (Denmark) made the trip to Southampton […]
Promise comes in many forms. Sometimes it’s a killer vocal, other times it’s a particularly outstanding song. For The Dawn Chorus, it’s their sound. Drawing on indie, folk, jazz and country (mostly the first and none of the bad bits of any) they’ve caught a neat individuality and they aren’t about to disappear into the […]
Ah, the dawn chorus. Birds chirping. The sun drifting gently above the horizon. A new day breathes life into the world. And then, the drums come in… Hold on – they weren’t there yesterday morning! I’m kidding of course. The Dawn Chorus are actually a rather appealing indie band… and anyway, it’s 11pm so there’s […]