Hand By Calloused Hand goes International

Hi All,

That's right! You heard it here second, I've gone International. As well as writing about local unsigned bands I have been offered, by the awesome guys at Smokin' Charlie Brown, to partner up and write reviews of new music for them.

Everything I write will be available on both sites, but my main concentration will still be local bands. So look out for me in the crowd tapping my feet, struggling to type notes into my phone while holding a drink, and taking lots of pictures....So these days I don't stand out from anyone else really.

Thanks for reading

Trev - Hand By Calloused Hand

Vicki Musselwhite - New EP

Hi all,

Quick bit of news, my soundcloud timeline tells me that local songstress Vicki Musselwhite is releasing an EP.

How can I describe her music? Well first it's acoustic which makes a change to what I normally listen to, and it takes me back to when I used to just lie in my room in the pitch black and just listen to music while my mind would draw colours and shapes inside my eyelids.

I'm typing this in the dark right now while listening to it.

Tell you what. I'll shut up and you can listen to it yourself.




Thanks for reading,

Local All Girl Band Vendetta, June Gig List

Hi All,

Vendetta are an all girl rock/pop group based in Hampshire.  I've been following them for quite some time and been to quite a few of their gigs.

They play popular rock and punk covers, as well as putting a new twist on other popular tracks. They have been known to melt faces.

They have recently put up a huuuge number of dates on their website: http://www.vendettaband.co.uk
but I'll list this months here for you:

1st June - The Swan (Woolston)
4th June - The Golden Eagle, Southsea
9th June - The Halfway Inn (Chandlers Ford)
23rd June - Leukaemia Busters event (Purbeck Odyssey, Dorset)

The one for leukaemia is for a great charity who raise money for studying and trying to find a cure for childhood cancer. Why not sign up for the walk (even the 2 mile one) then go back to the bar and listen to some great music?

Here is one of their tracks:





thanks for reading,