The Gigwatcher 09/08/2006

Another week and another rock icon sadly leaves us...

"Oh, the snot has caked against my pants, it has turned into crystal..."

So sang Arthur Lee, of seminal 60's outfit LOVE, who sadly died last week. In case you're not aware of his work I urge and implore you to hightail it to the nearest music emporium and purchase a copy of their Forever Changes album; it really is a beautiful piece of work and may well improve your quality of life just by hearing it...

And so to the Shippam's meat paste of the Gigwatcher sandwich; once again I've squandered my lunchtime to bring you good people the local highlights from the back pages of the NME:

Keith @ The Joiners, Southampton - 09/09/2006
Babyshambles (with The Holloways and The Noisettes) @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 03/10/2006
The Cooper Temple Clause @ Southampton Uni, Southampton - 15/10/2006
Club NME on Tour @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Southsea - 17/10/2006
Milburn @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Southsea - 23/10/2006
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Southsea - 24/10/2006
DJ Shadow @ BIC, Bournemouth - 07/12/2006

I'll update the Son of Music Club's Events Calendar with the above just as soon as I get the chance; there they'll join all the gigs I trip over on my forages through the interweb, such as...

One Weird Fish @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 12/08/2006
Gilkicker @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Southsea - 19/08/2006
Catfish Keith @ The Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham - 14/10/2006
Ezio @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 18/10/2006
Kate Rusby @ New Theatre Royal, Portsmouth - 19/10/2006
King Creosote @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Southsea - 25/10/2006 (Kenny, as he's known to his chums, is a thoroughly nice chap; Neil and I had a chat with him in the bar at the Wickham Festival)

Don't forget, if you'd like to peruse the repository of local gigness that is the Events Calendar, all you need do is point your browser to that place and log in (there's bound to be something in there that pops your cork, or the cork of someone you know, or the cork of someone you haven't yet met but is just a blind date away).

Nathan has posted up some information on the forum about a one-off gig of a favourite band of his. And that just about wraps it up for this week. Relax.