After a number of high-profile incidents involving musicians and the student body, we explore why students are perceived so negatively.
The iconic venue is now in the running to win the prestigious national title
David Martin reviews Phoenix’s fifth album, Bankrupt!: a fine piece of classic, bright indie pop, and essentially a natural progression of their work.
Vote for Surge’s Spotify playlist for the opportunity to get a performance from The Macabees and Alexis Taylor in Southampton, courtesy of Jose Cuervo Tequila.
Will.i.am has ripped off music from trance act Arty and Mat Zo in his latest track to be released online, ‘Let’s Go’
After the bombastic energy of previous singles ‘Inhaler’ and ‘My Number’,’ Late Night’ – the third single to come from Holy Fire – is a significantly more subdued and melancholic affair.
Latitude release details of the 2013 line up featuring Bloc Party, Foals, Alt-J and Kraftwerk.
As part of what has become an annual tradition, Surge Radio will be broadcasting continuously throughout Thursday 14th and Friday 15th in aid of Comic Relief.
After going through a series of name changes, the band finally settled on the year in which Monty Python and the Holy Grail and Bohemian Rhapsody were released. Hailing from Manchester, this brash group of lads may be the final piece in the puzzle for the much lauded ‘revival’ of guitar music. Instead of the psychedelic, math-rock vibe produced by…
Delphic’s sophomore album, is a bizarre, incoherent mix of tracks which lose the vibrancy that made the dance-pop three-piece stand out in the first place.
On another cold Friday evening, the opportunity to see four excellent local acts at The Talking Heads certainly lifted spirits somewhat. Upon our arrival we were greeted with a suitably festive stage decorated with an assortment of tinsel and a neat little token (a slip of paper) which entitled the holder to one free EP…
It’s been an interesting year for the student four-piece, mainly because a year pretty much sums up the entirety of their existence having formed in November 2011. Having won the Battle of the Bands heat earlier this April and then going on to win the full competition, an increasing number of people have taken an interest in the young…
Sharing your name with a toy manufacturer may be a subliminal link to a childlike, energetic, enthusiastic brand of music and the title of Young Hunger, the début album from Chad Valley the alias of Hugo Manuel, certainly evokes a playful mood. Inexplicably linked with his band Jonquil and the splinter of that Trophy Wife, Manuel has…