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Wanderlust Festival 2026
More than 50 bands took over Southampton city centre music fans packed into The 1865, Heartbreakers and The Joiners for the ever-growing Wanderlust Festival, as it returned for 2026.
An early highlight during the two-day event was The Stanford Family Band, whose revival of the 1960s Beach Boys harmonies drew crowds to The Joiners. As one of the many Brighton bands on the bill, The Stanford Family Band’s performance came ahead of fellow Brightonian Lynnie Snow, who took to the stage at Heartbreakers with her band.
DEADLETTER – Chalk, Brighton
The crowd were ready this one and so was I. Without evoking poetic license I conservatively claim that after listening to DEADLETTER’s debut LP ‘Hysterical strength’ for about two minutes, the thought ‘Man, this band would be incredible live’ was clear in my mind. So when they decided to play in my home town it would have taken a good many physical restraints, locked doors and liberally consumed sedatives to stop me.
Review: Chalk – Conditions II
Having only recently come across the Belfast trio, I had not even had a chance to stumble into their 2023 EP, Conditions to build any opinions off. This follow up EP opens with a quasi industrial-electro-punk number. The Gate is, for me, an odd opener if you’re trying to listen to Chalk for the first time. It’s full of high adrenaline, static and deep and pained vocals from vocalist Ross Cullen all of which has you on the fence trying to dance off a panic attack.