One two three O'Leary.
So here we are again, another Wednesday and, as per usual recently, the Gigwatcher is a wee bit late in hitting your inboxes. Usually I have a good excuse, something to do with servers or important boxes of lights that occasionally go phut. This week's reason? I finally realised that Christmas is just around the corner.
Yes, I know, you'd have think I'd have twigged from the houses on my street that are festooned with gaudy lights. Or maybe the Santa-less grotto substitute in Fareham Shopping Centre would've given it away. Or that it was December even.
No. It's lamer than that.
The festive edition of the Radio Times arrived in the shop at work and, as expected, I spent too long perusing it to get the Gigwatcher out on time. This could be termed as slacking I know, but it's got that lovely 'new magazine smell'. And how else would I know when to set the video for Herbie Rides Again or The Last Starfighter.
Just count yourselves lucky I didn't break out the highlighter pen to plan my viewing.
*koff*
Umm. It's not just me who does that is it?
Right. Well. Moving swiftly on, this week's NME was the festive double-sized issue (featuring Girls Aloud), so here is a bigger than usual selection of new gigs as found in the back pages:
Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3 @ Komedia, Brighton - 05/01/2007
Isobel Campbell with Mark Lanegan @ Komedia, Brighton - 24/01/2007
Hundred Reasons @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 30/01/2007
Assembly Now @ Unit 22, Southampton - 03/02/2007
Wolfmother @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 04/02/2007
Air Traffic @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 05/02/2007
Aerogramme @ The Joiners, Southampton - 07/02/2007
Regina Spektor @ The Corn Exchange, Brighton - 11/02/2007
Larrikin Love @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 11/02/2007
Little Man Tate @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 13/02/2007
Switches @ The Joiners, Southampton - 13/02/2007
Frank Turner @ The Joiners, Southampton - 14/02/2007
Patrick Wolf @ The Wedgewood Rooms - 14/02/2007
Mr Hudson @ The Joiners, Southampton - 16/02/2007
Alterkicks @ Lennons, Southampton - 17/02/2007
The Holloways @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 21/02/2007
Little Barrie @ Pressure Point, Brighton - 23/02/2007
Howling Bells @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 24/02/2007
The Black Keys @ The Old Fire Station, Bournemouth - 25/02/2007
Reuben @ The Joiners, Southampton - 27/02/2007
Howling Bells @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 27/02/2007
Enter Shikari @ Southampton University - 04/03/2007
Richard Swift @ Audio, Brighton - 09/03/2007
Shiny Toy Guns @ The Joiners, Southampton - 13/03/2007
Electric Six @ Engine Room, Brighton - 13/03/2007
Archie Bronson Outfit @ Audio, Brighton - 20/03/2007
The Rakes @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 30/03/2007
Fall Out Boy @ BIC, Bournemouth - 31/03/2007
The Young Knives @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 06/04/2007
Midlake @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 12/04/2007
INXS @ The Dome, Brighton - 17/06/2007
I add all the gigs I list into the SoMC Events Calendar (well, just as soon as I put my mind to it I do), which is chock-a-block with local gigs (some more local than others admittedly) for the delectation of you good people. In order to peruse its delights you have to be registered on the SoMC forum, but once signed up you also have the run of the forum boards to post, well, whatever takes your fancy I suppose. If not, then I've plucked the following from the Events Calendar to whet your appetite:
Dead!Dead!Dead! @ The Joiners, Southampton - 16/12/2006
Perfect Alibi @ The Brook, Southampton - 16/12/2006
The Velvet Doonicans @ Talking Heads, Southampton - 31/12/2006
Tom Lillywhite @ The Joiners, Southampton - 15/01/2007
La Chicana @ The Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham - 24/02/2007
Courtney Pine @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 24/02/2007
Kate Rusby @ Ferneham Hall, Fareham - 07/04/2007 (part of the Gosport & Fareham Easter Festival)
After seven years, during which time they've shared their love of ska with thousands of sweaty punters (no, not like that), 2-Tonic have decided to call it a day. They'll be performing their last EVER gig at The Brook on Friday 29th December. It's likely to be a sell out, so you'd best mosey on over to The Brook website PDQ if you want to bid them farewell.
For us muso types the best thing about Christmas was always John Peel's Festive Fifty. Sadly Peely is no longer with us, but his legacy lives on; online station Dandelion Radio has taken on the task of producing the show. More information and a link to the voting page can be found here.
There's still plenty of time to take part in the 2nd Annual Son of Music Club poll-type-thing. Why not cast a slightly pink eye over the past year and dump your musical high (and low) lights onto the forum:
And that about does it for this week's Gigwatcher; this afternoon I shall mostly be listening to A Triumph For Man by the most excellent Mew. Lovely.
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