The Gigwatcher 06/06/2007

I love the smell of vinyl in the morning.

Barely has the sun started hanging in the sky that little bit later in the day and already my hayfever has kicked into high gear. Of course, I suppose it would help matters if I wasn't trying to recreate Bill Oddie's Springwatch farm in my back garden, but there you go.

H'mm.

Anyone got an industrial strimmer or some napalm I can borrow?

*koff*

Moving swiftly on, here's what I found listed in the back pages of this week's NME:

The Wombats @ Concorde2, Brighton - 12/06/2007
Asobi Seksu @ Sussex Arts Club, Brighton - 18/06/2007
Ben Ottewell & Tom Gray @ The Old Market, Brighton - 27/06/2007
The Orange Lights @ Barfly, Brighton - 06/07/2007
Feist @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 17/07/2007
Tegan & Sara @ Komedia, Brighton - 13/08/2007
The Happy Mondays @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 09/10/2007
KT Tunstall @ The Guildhall, Portsmouth - 23/10/2007
The Pigeon Detectives @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 16/11/2007
The Pigeon Detectives @ The Old Fire Station, Bournemouth - 17/11/2007
Maroon 5 @ Brighton Centre - 05/12/2007
Manic Street Preachers @ BIC, Bournemouth - 09/12/2007
Manic Street Preachers @ Brighton Centre - 14/12/2007

If I'm not faffing about in Facebook I'll add the above gigs into the SoMC Events Calendar just as soon as I can. The Events Calendar, as I may have mentioned once or twice, is free to view and just full of local gigs for local people, like these:

The Cribs @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 06/06/2007
Jessica Spencer @ The Tap, Portsmouth - 06/06/2007
New Young Pony Club @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 07/06/2007
Zub Zub @ The Fawcett Inn, Portsmouth - 08/06/2007
The Rips & Suburbian @ Black Bar, Portsmouth
Marillion @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 09/06/2007
Contra & Fade Out @ Havana Bar, Southsea - 09/06/2007
Mimas @ Unit22, Southampton - 10/06/2007
Claire Teal @ The Landmarc, Bournemouth - 10/06/2007
The Bog Rolling Stones & The Silver Beatles @ The Bandstand, Southsea - 10/06/2007 (free afternoon entertainment)
Polly Paulusma @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 10/06/2007
The Aliens @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 11/06/2007
Boo Hewerdine @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 13/06/2007
The Smyths & Re:Order @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 15/06/2007
One Weird Fish @ The Tap, Portsmouth - 15/06/2007
Los Pacaminos @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 04/07/2007
Tom Hingley @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 26/08/2007
John Otway @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 26/09/2007

Whilst The Brook has managed to keep its head above water, so that all its self-promoted gigs for June at least will be going ahead as planned, events from outside promoters at the venue have not fared so well. The Joiners has already moved its two planned events at The Brook this month to The Nexus; it now appears that they've had to cancel next month's Easy Star All-Stars gig, the fate of August's visit by The Damned has yet to be decided.

This month's Club 12th Hour features performances from The Model Village, The Rebel Ching and Moses. The action takes place in the Raglan Rooms at The Alma Arms this Saturday, 9th June. Entrance costs a mere £5, doors open at 2000 and the fun goes on till late.

The Fawcett Inn continues its post-refit renaissance; joining the line-up of live events is a weekly Open Mike Night every Wednesday. Further details are available on the pub's MySpace.

The Wedgewood Rooms will be running its Showcase competition again this Summer, entries are now being accepted and local bands and artists are invited to apply. Further information on the competition structure and required details for those thinking of entering is available on the Showcase MySpace.

The SoMC's resident DJ, Disco Stu, will be putting down his vinyl and reaching for his bicycle this weekend. He's taking part in the British Heart Foundation's Bike Ride Round The Harbours on Sunday 10th June. If you'd like to sponsor his good works then you can do so here.

And that wraps it up for this time; I made it all they through without kvetching about not having a ticket for this weekend's IOW Festival. Doh. This afternoon I have mostly been listening to Tom McRae's new album (and rather fine it is too) and the nostalgia offered me by the 12"/80s POP boxset. Join me next week when I'll be living in a pineapple under the sea.

:o)