We've got to break it before it breaks us.
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)
No wonder he wasn't in a fit state to judge Kate Silverton's hair on BBC Breakfast this morning.
*koff*
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 Express FM Golden Plectrum Awards take place at The Wedgewood Rooms tomorrow, Thursday 5th September. Accompanying the presentation of numerous shiny trophies will be live performances from the likes of The Elements, Suburbian, Dragon Eye Morrison, The Stations, Hold Fast, Jon Walbrin and Emptifish. Tickets are a very reasonable £5.
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.
:o)
No comments:
Post a Comment