Mix It All Up’s Top 9 Gigs and Live Performances of 2020!
This morning I noticed that the second most viewed blog post over the last two days was, oddly enough, a
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Local Music Scene
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Mix It All Up’s Top 15 Portsmouth Tracks of 2020!
2020 started off looking incredibly bright for the Portsmouth music scene off the back of a very promising 2019. Gigs
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South Specific – A Celebration of the Portsmouth Music Scene from 1980 to 2020
40 years after its original release, Brain Booster Music recently resurrected South Specific 1980, a long-lost local compilation CD featuring
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Discover: Samuel Lee Diaper – Something Turns Into Nothing
Portsmouth based musician Samuel Lee Diaper (of both Hagiasofia and ACCOST) recently released his debut solo EP ‘Young Kingfisher‘ and
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Track of the day #767: Samuel H James – Summer
Portsmouth based multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer Samuel H James recently released this hypnotic track ‘Summer‘! The track contrasts its name
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Track of the day #766: Mammalia Blue – Satori Street
A couple of weeks back Portsmouth’s best kept secret and lo-fi favourites Mammalia Blue returned with their long-awaited, brand new
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Discover: Barbudo – Magnolia Mansion
Finally breaking the two year silence since they last released any new music, last Friday Barbudo returned with their latest
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Track of the day #721: Stanley Powell and the Vibrations – Celestial Child
This dreamy track comes from Portsmouth based artist Stanley Powell and the Vibrations! ‘Celestial Child‘ is a lo-fi, somewhat monotonous
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Local Band of the Day: Dad Hair
In brief I’d been wanting to post Dad Hair as our “Local Band of the Day” for absolutely ages but
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Local Band of the Day: Crstian TR
In brief Crstian TR was one of the last local artists we had the pleasure of seeing live for the
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Track of the day #715: Ban Summers – Quite Right
Portsmouth based Ban Summers recently released a brand new track ‘Quite Right‘ that was originally released as part of Brutalist
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Local Band of the Day: Fugitive Orchestra
In brief After a short break from this feature over the six weeks, we return to bring you the beat-boxing,
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Portsmouth Gig Promoters of the Week! – Part 3
Following on from the last couple of weeks posts, here’s the third (and final, for now!) instalment of our “Portsmouth
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Discover: Stanley Powell and the Vibrations – Cowboy
‘Cowboy‘ is the second track from local artist Stanley Powell and the Vibrations and it’s a gloriously lo-fi track with
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Track of the day #704: Tom Bryan – Chaos at the Border
Portsmouth’s Tom Bryan recently released a new track, ‘Chaos at the Border‘ exclusively as part of Brutalist Records ‘Save Our
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