Strong Island Recordings

15/12/2024

We've got to do some fun shows this year across Portsmouth, Southampton, Brighton & London, but tonight, we say goodbye to 2024 with a Christmas cracker at Sebright Arms.

Set times:
Lost Lyra 21:30
ugly ozo 20:45
Freddie J Watts 20:00

Fr££ £ntry

13/12/2024

London! This Sunday we have Lost Lyra, ugly ozo and Freddie J Watts joining us at The Sebright Arms for our Christmas party! See you there!

12/12/2024

Portsmouth! 16/02, we team with Crocodile Nightmares to bring Dreamwave & fudu to Edge of the .

With support from the likes NME, BBC, KEXP and Radio X, Bristol psychedelic meets garage-rock outfit Dreamwave have been making a name for themselves in a very short time.

A mind-warping heady psychedelia and garage-rock-riot that’s akin to the likes of Oh Sees, King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard and Wand, Dreamwave are one of the most exciting new bands in the country, right now.

An utter live-force, as experienced earlier this year on their Portsmouth debut, Dreamwave return to the south-coast, and it will be nothing short of glorious yet again.

Support comes from the also very exciting and brand-new Hampshire outfit fudu, featuring members of forever favourites Mystic Peach.

Delving into the interplanetary sounds akin to Stereolab, or The Moonlandingz, with the sinister-stylings of The Wytches, fudu are akin to a spooky joyride in a fun fair haunted house on a distant planet.

Tickets £8 in advance.

https://www.wedgewood-rooms.co.uk/events/2025-02-16-dreamwave-the-wedgewood-rooms

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29/11/2024

We have our last show of the year December 15th with the Strong Island Recordings Christmas Ball.

Joining us for the festive feast is the real great dreampop meets shoegaze outfit Lost Lyra, plus our own 'doom-gaze' shredders ugly ozo and Brighton psych-folk maestro Freddie J Watts at Sebright Arms. Come down for an absolute Christmas cracker!

Free entry! Tickets via Dice.
https://link.dice.fm/uADVuMTRUOb

18/11/2024

London! This Friday, ugly ozo support Tramhaus at The Lexington for Bad Vibes (last 20 tix left) & also on the same night, and for the same good folk, label alumni Rosie Alena take their otherworldly sounds to The Ivy House.

So your Friday is sorted, and any choice you make will be a great one.

15/11/2024

London! A month today we have free festive fun times at Sebright Arms!

Joining us is the delightful dreampoppers Lost Lyra, Brighton psych-folk maestro Freddie J Watts (and band) + special guests.

Free tickets via Duce.
https://link.dice.fm/iedvuA4OxOb

11/11/2024

Portsmouth! Tomorrow ugly ozo return to our seaside city and headline Edge of The Wedgewood Rooms for ABH Promotions and ourselves.

It's rare we get to have label family from the PO postcode play the PO postcode, so it will be a special one.

Advance tickets:
https://www.wedgewood-rooms.co.uk/events/2024-11-12-the-wedgewood-rooms

04/11/2024

Portsmouth! 12 November, we bring label family ugly ozo to Edge of The Wedgewood Rooms, in collaboration with ABH Promotions. See you there!

Tickets:
https://linktr.ee/strongislandrec

01/11/2024

Some great shots from Los Bitchos x Faux Real at The 1865, in collaboration with Honeymooner and So Young Magazine courtesy of Mix It Up.

Our next show is with label family being doomgaze shredders ugly ozo at Edge of The Wedgewood Rooms 12 November with ABH Promotions. See you there, Portsmouth!

mixitallup.com/2024/10/31/photos-los-bitchos-and-faux-real-live-at-the-1865-southampton-29-10-2024/

31/10/2024

Lovely review of Tuesday's show.

Review of Los Bitchos at 1865 in Southampton on 29 October 2024.

28/10/2024

We have a big one tomorrow, as we have label alumni Los Bitchos & their City Slang label mates, Faux Real at The 1865!

It's going to be very special. See ya there.

Tickets:
losbitchos.com/tour

22/10/2024

Strong Island Recordings return to the capital 15 December for a free festive feast of favourites at The Sebright Arms, and in the spirit of Christmas, bring label family and new friends with them.

Joining the Christmas cracker at Sebright Arms is London by-the-way of Oxford being the gothic-tinged psychedelic-soaked dreampop post-rock outfit, Lost Lyra.

Also joining the bill is Strong Island Recordings’ own psychedelic folk Brighton juggernaut Freddie J Watts, plus very special guests to be announced soon, because who doesn't love a surprise around holiday season?!

Tickets:
https://link.dice.fm/LVQfuhcTTNb

21/10/2024

Interstellar Food Drive news!

Fresh from their sold-out headline show this Friday, LIPWORMS return to the Interstellar Food Drive!

Also! We have an absolutely MEGA raffle once again. Huge thanks to everyone who has kindly donated. Prizes include a signed Portsmouth FC shirt (and we can all agree Pompey is the greatest club the world has ever seen), 2 x Victorious Festival tickets, 2 x Wanderlust Festival tickets, So Young Magazine tees, 2 x Los Bitchos tickets, 2 x ugly ozo tickets, Southsea Sound Tote bags, Pop Up Art Spray sessions and lots and lots more!

Massive thanks to all the artists, The Dockyard Club, all those who donated raffle prizes and of course, our sponsors Casemates.

See you there! Doors at 2pm. Entry for the event is a donation of non-perishable goods.

Suggested Items to donate:
UHT milk
Tinned meat (hotdogs, meatballs etc.)
Tinned fish
Tinned fruit
Sponge/rice puddings
Coffee
Long-life juice
Jarred sauces
Tinned veg (potatoes, carrots, green beans, tomatoes)
Tinned meals (spaghetti, chicken or veg curries, chilli)
Sweet goods (biscuits, chocolate, etc)
Snack goods (noodles, crisps, etc)
Tinned soup
Jam and spreads
Pet food
Shower gel
Shampoo/conditioner
Deodorant
Toilet rolls
Washing up liquid
Toothpaste
Laundry detergent pods

18/10/2024

Label alumni, Los Bitchos AKA the most fun band in the universe head off on tour from tomorrow, in support of their great new album 'Talkie Talkie', out via City Slang.

During their mega tour, they'll be stopping by the south-coast on the 29th October, playing at The 1865 in Southampton for Honeymooner, So Young Magazine and ourselves. Support also comes from the very fun, Faux Real.

It's going to be a very special one, so we'll hopefully see you there, south-coast people!

From playing the 50 capacity Bar 56 in Southsea to The 1865, it's been quite the journey for the ever-great surf-psych-cumbia quartet!

Tickets are below. Go to every show that you can, though.

https://losbitchos.com/tour/

09/10/2024

Out now! Freddie J Watts’ EP ‘ At Every Turn' is available via all your favourite streaming platforms!

Emerging amidst the British folk renaissance; spearheaded by the likes of Goblin Band, Daisy Rickman and Freddie J Watts collaborators, The New Eves, ‘At Every Turn’ sees the talented Brighton-based multi-instrumentalist maestro bring about a beautiful celebration of the Brighton community.

Featuring the likes of Ella Oona Russell and Nina Winderlind, respectively of the aforementioned New Eves, along with the likes Lau Ro of Wax Machine, Jamie Broughton and Strong Island Recordings label mate Woody Green, Freddie J Watts ‘At Every Turn’ is akin to a supergroup of the blossoming artistic scene from East Sussex.

Intertwining between baroque-pop, cinematic celestial folk, Americana, country, glam-rock and 60’s and 70’s psychedelia, the five-track feast from the Brighton folk-phenom is a fantastical odyssey.

Trippy-psychedelic guitar solos, sun-drenched crooning for the summer days, along with ethereal vocals, wondrous enchanting flutes and heavenly cellos ‘At Every Turn’ is stunning tapestry of sounds that are akin to the likes of a more psychedelic Cut Worms or Kevin Morby, along with paying homage to The Velvet Underground and Leonard Cohen.

https://linktr.ee/strongislandrec

07/10/2024

05/10/2024

Southampton! Los Bitchos and Faux Real at The 1865 with our So Young Magazine and Honeymooner pals is going to be stupidly fun, and best of all, it's really close! See you there!

Tickets:
https://link.dice.fm/DtpMxjwjqNb

https://honeymooner.seetickets.com/event/los-bitchos/the-1865/3001110