Wednesday, August 08, 2007

The Gigwatcher 08/08/2007

They peel them with their little knives.

It was bound to happen sooner or later. Some sad sack techno geek has created a virus which, once activated, targets your MP3s and deletes them from your PC. Honestly, haven't these techie nerds got anything better to do than try to ruin my day?

*koff*

Guess not.

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

Kubichek! & Battle @ The Joiners, Southampton - 29/08/2007
Tiny Dancers @ The Joiners, Southampton - 03/09/2007
Tiny Dancers @ The Barfly, Brighton - 04/09/2007
Plain White T's @ The Wedgewood Rooms - 05/09/2007
Idlewild @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 23/10/2007
Two Gallants @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 12/11/2007
Two Gallants @ Duke Of Yorks, Brighton - 13/11/2007
Newton Faulkner @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 30/11/2007

If I'm not ensuring that my PC's anti-virus software is bang up to date I'll update the SoMC Events Calendar when I get a spare five minutes. As I may have mentioned before, the Events Calendar is choc-a-bloc with bountiful gigness...

Lightnin' Willie & The Poorboys @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 08/08/2007
The Fazers @ The Joiners, Southampton - 08/08/2007
Helsinki @ The Edge Of The Wedge, Portsmouth - 09/08/2007
Richard Thompson @ The Brook, Southampton - 09/08/2007 SOLD OUT!
East 17 @ Chicago Rock Café, Southsea - 09/08/2007
Super Fly @ The Red Lion, Stubbington - 10/08/2007
The Darren Verne Band @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 10/08/2007
Timshel @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 10/08/2007
The Sinnicks & This Waiting Game @ The Railway Inn, Winchester - 10/08/2007
The Bog Rolling Stones @ The Brook, Southampton - 11/08/2007
Bastila @ Unit22, Southampton - 11/08/2007
Viramundo @ The Bandstand, Southsea - 12/08/2007 (free afternoon entertainment)
Attila The Stockbroker @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 12/08/2007
Sign @ The Joiners, Southampton - 12/08/2007
Tegan & Sara @ Komedia, Brighton - 13/08/2007
Hijera @ The Joiners, Southampton - 25/08/2007
Rival Joustas @ The Joiners, Southampton - 01/09/2007
Ben's Brother & Dlugokecki @ Unit22, Southampton - 06/09/2007
Dead!Dead!Dead! @ The Joiners, Southampton - 07/09/2007
Scouting For Girls @ The Brook, Southampton - 13/09/2007
Brian Wilson @ The Opera House, Bournemouth - 20/09/2007
Amy MacDonald @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 03/10/2007
Walter Trout @ The Brook, Southampton - 04/10/2007
Black Umfolosi @ The Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham - 06/10/2007
China Crisis @ The Brook, Southampton - 12/10/2007
Los Pacaminos @ The Brook, Southampton - 13/10/2007
Rachel Unthank & The Winterset @ The Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham - 03/11/2007

A limited number of tickets have been made available for the rescheduled Cherry Ghost gig at The Wedgewood Rooms on Monday 20th August, contact the venue's box office to snap them up. Last month's Hayseed Dixie gig at The Brook, which was unfortunately postponed, has been rescheduled for Friday 21st September. Tickets are available from WeGotTickets.

The Wedgewood Rooms is currently closed for a bit of a wash and brush-up. The venerable venue will re-open on Tuesday 14th August with Heat Five of the Showcase '07 competition (featuring The Cool Banana, Swampglow, Joe Black and Ecoli). The Box Office and The Edge of The Wedge remain open as usual.

Details of the NME Freshers Tour 2007 have been announced; the line-up for the eleven date tour, which pitches up at The Old Fire Station in Bournemouth on Sunday 7th October, includes The Satin Peaches, Operator Please and The Go! Team. Tickets are available from Seetickets.

Following their addition to the bill for Editors' October jaunt across Blighty, Danish indie rockers The Kissaway Trail have had to postpone their imminent headlining UK tour. Both bands will now be at The Guildhall in Portsmouth on Tuesday 2nd October. And it's sold out.

Southampton's Talking Heads kicks off its Battle Of The Bands competition this week. The first heat is tonight, with The Casual Nelsons, Rupture Farms, Breaker! Breaker! and The Six Barrels all gunning for the chance to win the big prize. Heat Two is tomorrow night and features The KingSkins, Disaster By Design, Entirety and The Radics. Entrance is £5 on the door (£4 in advance).

And that's me done for another week; this afternoon I have mostly been chooglin' along to Kings of Leon and tapping my feet to The Kissaway Trail. Join me next week when I'll be pickling onions the hard way.

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