Eyes down for a full house; here's what I found listed in the back pages of this week's NME (which this week came with the annual Student Guide, notable for its mention of Scandal's as a cool and groovy place to to hear indie tunes.. well.. it is on Thursdays anyway):
Mr Scruff @ The Opera House, Bournemouth - 27/09/2007 Mr Scruff @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 05/10/2007 Misty's Big Adventure @ The Joiners, Southampton - 10/10/2007 The Hot Puppies @ Freebutt, Brighton - 11/10/2007 Jim Noir (supporting Super Furry Animals) @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 25/10/2007 Republic of Loose @ The Barfly, Brighton - 28/10/2007 boykillboy @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 01/11/2007 The Kissaway Trail @ Audio, Brighton - 06/11/2007 Sons & Daughters @ The Joiners, Southampton - 08/11/2007 Make Model @ The Joiners, Southampton - 17/11/2007 Dashboard Confessional (supporting Maroon 5) @ The Brighton Centre - 05/12/2007 Manchester Orchestra (supporting Kings of Leon) @ The Brighton Centre - 06/12/2007
As per usual the above gigs will be pasted onto the SoMC Events Calendarjust as soon as I have a spare five minutes. As I mention every week, the Events Calendar is just packed with a chocolatey assortment of musical events for the discerning gig monkey. Such as these for example...
John Otway @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 26/09/2007 InME @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 26/09/2007 Girls Alouder @ Chicago Rock Café, Fareham - 26/09/2007 Seth Lakeman @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 26/09/2007 Kill Hannah @ The Joiners, Southampton - 26/09/2007 Ozric Tentacles @ The Brook, Southampton - 27/09/2007 Lloyd Cole @ The Turner Sims, Southampton - 27/09/2007 Robots In Disguise & Scarlet Soho @ The Railway Inn, Winchester - 27/09/2007 The Cropdusters @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 27/09/2007 Asobi Seksu @ Unit22, Southampton - 27/09/2007 Sonic Boom Six @ The Joiners, Southampton - 27/09/2007 Superfly @ The Admiral Drake, Portsmouth - 28/09/2007 Frank Turner @ The Joiners, Southampton - 28/09/2007 Barbwire Bob @ The Bird In Hand, Fareham - 28/09/2007 Suzerain @ The Railway Inn, Winchester - 28/09/2007 Fish @ The Brook, Southampton - 29/09/2007 The Plymouths @ The Joiners, Southampton - 29/09/2007 The Superheroes @ The Heroes, Waterlooville - 29/09/2007 Steve Arnott @ The Frog & Frigate, Southampton - 29/09/2007 Rod Clements & The Ghosts of Electricity @ The Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham - 29/09/2007 The Elements & The Rebel Ching @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 29/09/2007 Kirsty McGee & Matt Martin @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 30/09/2007 The Hollies @ The City Hall, Salisbury - 30/09/2007 Kula Shaker @ Student Union, Southampton University - 30/09/2007 McFly @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 30/09/2007 Al Goodwin Band & The Bog Rolling Stones (acoustic) @ The Edge of The Wedge, Portsmouth - 30/09/2007 Reverend & The Makers @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 01/10/2007 Foals @ Komedia, Brighton - 01/10/2007 Editors @ The Guildhall, Portsmouth - 02/10/2007SOLD OUT! The Blackout @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 02/10/2007 Acoustic Ladyland @ The Joiners, Southampton - 02/10/2007 Help She Can't Swim @ Unit22, Southampton - 02/10/2007 The Kodiak & Tremain (acoustic) @ The Edge of The Wedge, Portsmouth - 02/10/2007 The Puppini Sisters @ The Turner Sims, Southampton - 11/10/2007 The Mopes & Dead!Dead!Dead! @ The Railway Inn, Winchester - 13/10/2007 Eliza Carthy @ The Arts Centre, Salisbury - 19/10/2007 The Tord Gustavsen Trio @ The Turner Sims, Southampton - 20/10/2007 Soul II Soul @ The Opera House, Bournemouth - 02/11/2007 The Almighty @ The Brook, Portsmouth - 30/01/2008
The Grand Final of The Wedgewood Rooms' Showcase '07 competition will take place this Friday, 28th September. After eight heats, two semi-finals and a playoff the line-up for the final is as follows: Godsend, Hexagram, Wyldside, Days Of No Trust and Swampglow. Good luck to all the bands taking part but, just like Highlander, there can be only one (winner that is, not immortal). Tickets are £6 and available on the door.
Every Thursday the Barn at The Milton Arms comes alive to the sound of music when Roger Courtney's Open Mike Club hosts an evening of musical entertainment. Tomorrow, Thursday 27th September, sees The Monkey Butlarsperforming a full set in the guest slot (1915-2115) after which the stage will handed over to all comers to try their hand at entertaining the crowd. Admission is free, doors open at 1900 and you're advised to arrive early.
Put a fork in me, I'm done. This afternoon I have mostly been listening to David Bowie (and finding it hard not to shout Ziggy down the phone when I answer it). Join me next week when I'll be painting like Bob Ross.
As much as I really dislike Marmite I think I'm going to have to go against the Duffster on this one.
*koff*
And so to business; here's what I found listed in the back pages of this week's NME:
Pete and the Pirates @ The Railway Inn, Winchester - 22/09/2007 Pete and the Pirates @ Pressure Point, Brighton - 02/10/2007 The Checks @ The Joiners, Southampton - 08/10/2007 Tunng @ Komedia, Brighton - 10/10/2007 Gravenhurst @ The Joiners, Southampton - 15/10/2007 The Whip @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 19/10/2007 Cajun Dance Party @ The Joiners, Southampton - 19/10/2007 Robots In Disguise @ The Barfly, Brighton - 23/10/2007 Robots In Disguise @ The Joiners, Southampton - 24/10/2007 Youthmovies @ The Railway Inn, Winchester - 25/10/2007 Youthmovies @ Audio, Brighton - 26/10/2007 ¡Forward, Russia! @ The Barfly, Brighton - 27/10/2007 Iron and Wine @ St George's Church, Brighton - 02/11/2007 Dizzee Rascal @ Student Union, Southampton University - 08/11/2007 Rilo Kiley @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 14/11/2007 Queens of the Stone Age @ The Dome, Brighton - 23/11/2007 The Bluetones @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 09/12/2007
I'll add the above gigs onto the SoMC Events Calendar just as soon as I can tear myself away from the thief of time that is Facebook. As I mention every week, the Events Calendar is rammed to the gills with a variety of local gigs for local people. Like these...
Bury Tomorrow @ The Joiners, Southampton - 19/09/2007 Reuben @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 19/09/2007 The Move @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 19/09/2007 The Animals @ The City Hall, Salisbury - 20/09/2007 The Fall of Troy @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 20/09/2007 Daniel O'Donnell @ The Guildhall, Portsmouth - 20/09/2007 The Elements, Si Jubb Carruthers & The Haiku @ Little Johnny Russell's, Portsmouth - 20/09/2007 The Holloways & The Wombats @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 21/09/2007 The Storys @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 21/09/2007 Hayseed Dixie @ The Brook, Southampton - 21/09/2007 New Young Pony Club @ The Old Fire Station, Bournemouth - 21/09/2007 The Union @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 21/09/2007 Superfly @ The Wheelwright's Arms, Havant - 21/09/2007 Steve Arnott @ The Frog & Frigate, Southampton - 22/09/2007 Hugh Cornwell @ The Brook, Southampton - 22/09/2007 Kosheen @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 22/09/2007 One Life Left @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 22/09/2007 Klangers @ The Contented Pig, Portsmouth - 22/09/2007 Turisas @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 23/09/2007 The Velvet Hearts @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 23/09/2007 Blood Red Shoes @ The Joiners, Southampton - 24/09/2007 Rob Tognoni @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 25/09/2007 Euros Childs @ The Joiners, Southampton - 25/09/2007 Rusty Strings & Andy Foster @ The Edge of the Wedge, Portsmouth - 25/09/2007 InME @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 25/09/2007 Joey Nightmare & Hobos and Eskimos @ Drift, Southsea - 27/09/2007 Kicks @ Unit22, Southampton - 29/09/2007 Acoustic Ladyland @ The Joiners, Southampton - 02/10/2007 Walter Trout @ The Brook, Southampton - 04/10/2007 Hijera @ The Joiners, Southampton - 13/10/2007 The Eighties Matchbox B-line Disaster @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 29/10/2007 Rachel Unthank & The Winterset @ The Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham - 03/11/2007 Sons and Daughters @ The Joiners, Southampton - 08/11/2007 Captain @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 08/11/2007 The Smyths @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 16/11/2007 Catfish Keith @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 27/11/2007
The Dillinger Escape Plan and Meshuggah double-header, scheduled to hit The Pyramids on Saturday 3rd November, has been cancelled; punters are advised to contact their point of purchase for refunds. In other news the Madina Lake gig at The Wedgewood Rooms on Monday 24th September is now completely SOLD OUT. So there.
This Saturday, 22nd September, The Talking Heads will be playing host to the cream of the Polish Hip-Hop scene. The Polish Hip-Hop All Stars is made up of artists on Max Flo Records and includes members of the Pokahontaz and Projektor crews, notably Rahim & Fokus (of the former) and Miuosh (of the latter). The event runs from 2000 till 0200 and tickets are £12.
And that's it for another week. This afternoon I have mostly been listening to Maxïmo Park and King Creosote (who was really rather good at The Joiners last Friday). Join me next week when I'll be on a slow boil for twenty minutes.
And that's quite enough of that, here's what I found listed in the back pages of this week's NME:
The Favours & The Talks @ The Hope, Brighton - 17/09/2007 Wallis Bird @ Pressure Point, Brighton - 22/09/2007 Ruarri Joseph @ Unit22, Southampton - 24/09/2007 Kano @ Student Union, Southampton University - 03/10/2007 Noah & The Whale [with Laura Marling] @ Hamptons, Southampton - 04/10/2007 Adele @ Hamptons, Southampton - 06/10/2007 SixNationState @ The School of Arts, Winchester - 11/10/2007 Harrisons @ The Barfly, Brighton - 11/10/2007 SixNationState @ Envy, Portsmouth - 17/10/2007 Oceansize @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 18/10/2007 SixNationState @ Freebutt, Brighton - 20/10/2007 Jeffrey Lewis @ Audio, Brighton - 24/10/2007 SixNationState @ The Joiners, Southampton - 27/10/2007 The Young Knives @ The Joiners, Southampton - 10/11/2007 Kanye West @ BIC, Bournemouth - 25/11/2007 Kanye West @ The Brighton Centre - 24/11/2007 Lucero @ Engine Rooms, Brighton - 08/12/2007 Hard-Fi @ The Brighton Centre - 10/12/2007 Hard-Fi @ BIC, Bournemouth - 12/12/2007
If I'm not camped out in front of the GameCube playing Lego Star Wars 2 (no, really) I'll bung the above listed gigs onto the SoMC Events Calendar just as soon as I can (might be some time, I've only just rescued Lego Leia from the Lego Death Star). The Events Calendar is, as I've mentioned before, packed with all manner of gigs that I stumble across. Like these for example...
Yo La Tengo @ Concorde2, Brighton - 12/09/2007 Little London @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 12/09/2007 iLiKETRAiNS @ The Joiners, Southampton - 13/09/2007 Does It Offend You Yeah? @ Audio, Brighton - 13/09/2007 Big Topp & Catch Me A Comet @ The Arts Centre, Havant - 13/09/2007 Scouting For Girls @ The Brook, Southampton - 13/09/2007 King Creosote @ The Joiners, Southampton - 14/09/2009 Frosthold, Minds Dead More Alive & As We Feared @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 14/09/2007 The Electric Light Orchestra Experience @ The Brook, Southampton - 14/09/2007 Hugh Cornwell @ Ryde Theatre, IOW - 14/09/2007 The Mustangs @ The Contented Pig, Portsmouth - 15/09/2007 Rufus Stone @ The Brook, Southampton - 15/09/2007 The Oli Brown Band @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 16/09/2007 To My Boy @ The Joiners, Southampton - 16/09/2007 Milburn @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 17/09/2007 Steve Arnott @ The Frog & Frigate, Southampton - 18/09/2007 Rawkis, Samantha Horwill & Kate Smith @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 18/09/2007 Dan Le Sac v's Scroobius Pip @ The Joiners, Southampton - 18/09/2007 Steve Dalzell & Slow Down Charlie @ The Edge of The Wedge, Portsmouth - 18/09/2007 The Move @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 19/09/2007 Turisas @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 23/09/2007 Tremain @ Drift Bar, Southsea - 23/09/2007 The Exits, The 47's & Midnight Dance Party @ The Alma Arms, Portsmouth - 28/09/2007 Starsailor @ Student Union, Southampton University - 08/10/2007 The Parlotones @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 09/10/2007 Martin Simpson @ The Studio at The Petersfield School - 19/10/2007 Will Haven @ The Brook, Southampton - 04/11/2007 The Carl Palmer Band @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 04/11/2007 Focus @ The Brook, Southampton - 17/11/2007 Martyn Joseph @ The Brook, Southampton - 18/11/2007 Wilko Johnson @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 20/11/2007 The Hamsters @ The Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham - 01/12/2007
John Power's scheduled gig at The Cellars at Eastney on Wednesday 19th September has been rescheduled. The new date for the ex-Cast front man is Friday 9th November. Metal-core supergroup This Is Menace have cancelled their UK tour, which means they won't be appearing at The Wedgewood Rooms on Sunday 7th October after all. Punters are advised to contact point of purchase for refunds for either gig.
The second semi-final of The Wedgewood Room's Showcase '07 event will take place this Saturday, 15th September. As winners of their respective heats Introduce Your Icon, Swampglow, Godsend and The Elijah Project will be taking part, all aiming to win through to the Grand Final (to be held at the Wedge on Friday 28th September).
And that about wraps it up for this week. This afternoon I was mostly listening to the new King Creosote album and the long player from St Vincent, both of which are really very good indeed. Join me next week when I'll probably be stuck on Lego Dagobah with Lego Yoda.
Kudos to Klaxons for winning this year's Mercury Prize. If only I'd put a bet on them when I tipped them to win way back in July; the band's lead singer had £100 riding on them taking the prize at odds of 9/1 (add that to the £20000 prize money and the Milky Bars are definitely their treat)
Moving swiftly on, here's what I found listed in the back pages of this week's NME:
King Creosote [with Port O'Brien] @ The Joiners, Southampton - 14/09/2007 Kosheen @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 22/09/2007 Euros Childs @ The Joiners, Southampton - 25/09/2007 Asobi Seksu @ Unit22, Southampton - 27/09/2007 Just Jack @ The Dome, Brighton - 02/10/2007 Trash Fashion @ The Joiners, Southampton - 17/09/2007 Trash Fashion @ Freebutt, Brighton - 19/09/2007 The Dykeenies @ The Barfly, Brighton - 22/09/2007 Asobi Seksu @ The Barfly, Brighton - 26/10/2007 65daysofstatic @ Student Union, Southampton University - 29/10/2007 Candie Payne [supporting Mark Ronson] @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 29/10/2007 King Creosote [with Emma Pollock] @ Duke of Yorks, Brighton - 09/10/2007 The Checks @ Freebutt, Brighton - 09/10/2007 The Bees & Nine Black Alps @ The Old Fire Station, Bournemouth - 25/10/2007 The Eighties Matchbox B-line Disaster @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 29/10/2007 The Eighties Matchbox B-line Disaster @ The Old Fire Station, Bournemouth - 01/11/2007 Blood Red Shoes [supporting Biffy Clyro] @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 20/11/2007 Róisin Murphy @ The Dome, Brighton - 26/11/2007 Funeral For A Friend @ The Opera House, Bournemouth - 10/12/2007 Bruce Foxton & Rick Buckler @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 11/12/2007 Explosions In The Sky @ Concorde2, Brighton - 23/01/2007
If I'm not otherwise detained fiddling about with content management systems I will, as usual, update the SoMC Events Calendar with the above gigs when I get a spare five minutes. The Events Calendar is full of local gigs for local people, like these...
Ezio @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 05/09/2007 Storey, The Rebel Ching & Will McNicol @ Little Johnny Russells, Portsmouth - 06/09/2007 Ben's Brother & Dlugokecki @ Unit22, Southampton - 06/09/2007 The Maccabees & Fresh Legs @ The Joiners, Southampton - 06/09/2007 Dead!Dead!Dead! & Stout @ The Joiners, Southampton - 07/09/2007 Jean Genie @ The Brook, Southampton - 07/09/2007 The Alive, The Acid Test & Breaker Breaker @ The Railway, Winchester - 07/09/2007 The Superheroes @ The Colonial Bar, Horndean - 07/09/2007 Superfly @ The Railway Inn, Gosport - 08/09/2007 The Arkwrights, The Edible Stems & Psyracuse Pyramid @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 09/09/2007 Steve Arnott @ The Frog & Frigate, Southampton - 08/09/2007 Straight Shooters @ The Contented Pig, Portsmouth - 08/09/2007 The Steers @ Unit22, Southampton - 08/09/2007 One Weird Fish @ The Wheelwright Arms, Waterlooville - 08/09/2007 Kill The Arcade, Leptany & Cracking Amy @ The Alma Arms, Portsmouth - 09/09/2007 Mesh 29 & Tremain @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 09/09/2007 Jessica Spencer @ The Tap, Portsmouth - 09/09/2007 I Am Kloot @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 09/09/2007 Vince's Teeth @ The Heroes, Waterlooville - 09/09/2007 Fandangle & Mr Shiraz @ The Joiners, Southampton - 10/09/2007 The Ian Siegal Band @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 11/09/2007 David Ford @ The Barfly, Brighton - 11/09/2007 Bearsuit, Sancho & Parcel Force @ The Railway, Winchester - 12/09/2007 Brian Wilson @ The Opera House, Bournemouth - 20/09/2007 Xavier Rudd @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 22/09/2007 Ozric Tentacles @ The Brook, Southampton - 27/09/2007 JD Souther @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 03/10/2007 Mr Hudson and the Library @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 17/10/2007 Redlands Palamino Company & Rachelle Van Zanten @ The Railway, Winchester - 18/09/2007 Miles Hunt @ The Railway, Winchester - 21/10/2007 Super Furry Animals @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 25/10/2007 Ricky Cool & The Hoola Boola Boys @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 27/10/2007 Anti-Nowhere League @ The Brook, Southampton - 28/10/2007 The Wedding Present @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 30/10/2007 Boy Kill Boy @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 01/11/2007 Job For A Cowboy @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 11/12/2007
Unfortunately the Richard Hawley gig at Southampton Guildhall, scheduled for Sunday 2nd September, was postponed. The venue's website is tentatively listing the rescheduled date for sometime in (wait for it) March 2008. Dirty DC's gig at The Wedgewood Rooms, scheduled for Friday 14th September, has been moved back to Friday 14th December (original tickets remain valid).
The playoff for the last space in the Grand Final of The Wedgewood Room's Showcase '07 event is scheduled for Tuesday 11th September. The playoff features the four highest scoring losing bands from across the eight heats, all of whom will be in with a shout for the fifth and final spot in the Grand Final. So far confirmed as taking part are The Model Village, Days Of No Trust and BlackFox. Entrance is £5 on the door.
And, save for wishing all those travelling to the Isle of Wight this weekend for the Bestival a most excellent time, that about wraps it up for this week. This afternoon I have mostly been listening to Metric and Klaxons. Join me next week when I'll be learning how to smurf.
