The nominees for this year's Brits have been announced and the awards are unsurprisingly dominated by pop acts. Now I'm not saying this a bad thing; Girls Aloud are fairly entertaining (ahem), Mika has done a good job reworking Sparks and Elton John's back catalogue, and the appearance of Leona Lewis is a safe bet given her Pop Factor credentials. And if that wasn't enough the ceremony is going to be hosted by Ozzy Osbourne and his missus.
Umm.
It's going to be a Britneyesque train-wreck of an awards show reminiscent of Mick Fleetwood and Sam Fox's turn isn't it? Best set the video.
*koff*
Eyes down for a full house, here are the musical gems hand-picked from the back pages of this week's NME:
Robots In Disguise @ The Joiners, Southampton - 04/02/2008
Lightspeed Champion @ The Joiners, Southampton - 08/02/2008
Sons & Daughters @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 11/02/2008
Robots In Disguise @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 11/02/2008
Roni Size @ Digital, Brighton - 18/02/2008
Turin Brakes @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 19/02/2008
Man From Michael @ The Joiners, Southampton - 28/01/2008
Slow Club @ The Barfly, Brighton - 30/01/2008
The Matches @ The Joiners, Southampton - 05/03/2008
The Duke Spirit @ Audio, Brighton - 04/04/2008
Good Charlotte @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 08/04/2008
The Wombats @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 28/04/2008
I'll update the (somewhat forlorn looking) SoMC Events Calendar with the above gigs when I can tear myself away from playing Scrabulous for longer than 5 minutes. The Events Calendar is, when up to date, a handy calendar-style guide just packed full of gigs, like these...
Paul Jones & Dave Kelly @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 16/01/2008
Skyline Heroes and Waiting For Sirens @ The Joiners, Southampton - 16/01/2008
Stompin' Dave Allen @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 17/01/2008
Pressgang and Chien Bizarre @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 17/01/2008
The Mentalists @ Hamptons, Southampton - 17/01/2008
Humphrey Lyttleton @ Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham - 17/01/2008
Avenged Sevenfold @ The Guldhall, Southampton - 17/01/2008
Kill Henry Sugar and Tali Trow @ The Railway, Winchester - 17/01/2008
Kris Dollimore @ The Platform Tavern, Southampton - 17/01/2008
Martin Newnham & Andy Parkin @ The Square Brewery, Petersfield - 17/01/2008
Wilko Johnson @ The Brook, Southampton - 17/01/2008
White Knuckle Revolution, Only Heroes Die and Death Through Deceit @ The Joiners, Southampton - 17/01/2008
Pier Pressure @ The Fawcett Inn, Portsmouth - 18/01/2008
Deft Leppard @ The Brook, Southampton - 18/01/2008
Flip Top @ The Red Lion, Stubbington - 18/01/2008
The Elements, The 47s, The MBT and Palais @ The Alma Arms, Portsmouth - 18/01/2008
Gary Myles @ The Frog & Frigate, Southampton - 18/01/2008
The Mods @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 18/01/2008
Lachlan Horne @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 18/01/2008
Tom Paxton @ The Anvil, Basingstoke - 18/01/2008
Trash Fashion @ The Railway, Winchester - 18/01/2008
Meet Me In St Louis, Blakfish and Caesura @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 18/01/2008
Megson @ The Alma Arms, Portsmouth - 19/01/2008
The Jamm @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 19/01/2008
The Other Half, The Next Tuesdays and Moriah @ The Railway, Winchester - 19/01/2008
Levy @ Unit 22, Southampton - 19/01/2008
One Weird Fish @ The Fountain, Chichester - 19/01/2008
My Endeavour and Idiot3 @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 19/01/2008
This Way Up @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 19/01/2008
Roxy Magic @ The Brook, Southampton - 19/01/2008
Maylene & The Sons of Disaster and A Day To Remember @ The Joiners, Southampton - 19/01/2008
Big Al & The Fireflys @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 19/01/2008
Ade Cull, The 2 Chiefs and Bill Marples @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 20/01/2008
Belligerence, Dream Infernal and Galvanic @ The Joiners, Southampton - 20/01/2008
Shrink Floyd @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 20/01/2008
Pete Harris & Hugh Budden @ The Platform Tavern, Southampton - 20/01/2008
British Sea Power @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 21/01/2008
Gas Bar Panic, Who's Keeping Score and Eyeball Chambers @ The Joiners, Southampton 21/01/2008
The Micky Kemp Band @ The Fat Fox, Portsmouth - 21/01/2008
Solent City Jazzmen @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 22/01/2008
Phil Cooper, Steve Picken and Afterspark @ The Edge of The Wedge, Portsmouth - 22/01/2008
Hung Up, Just Add Fire and The Braggers @ The Joiners, Southampton - 22/01/2008
Hard Travelers [feat. Dave Sharp and Zoot Money] @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 22/01/2008
Scarlet Soho, Capital X and The Row @ The Railway, Winchester - 22/01/2008
Elliot Minor @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 26/01/2008
Stone Gods [ex-The Darkness] @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 27/01/2008
Malefice @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 30/01/2008
Simian Mobile Disco @ Digital, Brighton - 12/02/2008
Laura Veirs @ The Joiners, Southampton - 13/02/2008
The Architects @ The Alma Arms, Portsmouth - 23/03/2008
Josh Ritter @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 26/03/2008
The Long Blondes @ Student Union, Southampton University - 20/04/2008
Prince Buster and The Dualers @ The Opera House, Bournemouth - 26/04/2008
Reel Big Fish's gig at The Pyramids, Portsmouth, on Monday 25th February is now SOLD OUT. Likewise tickets for The Hoosiers gig at the same venue on Tuesday 11th March have all been snapped up too.
Judgemental lands at The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth, this Saturday, 19th January, for a banging evening of Hard Trance. Amongst the DJs manning the decks are Technical, The Mizniss, Nathan D, El Donk and The Greatwhite v's The Dominatrix. Doors open at 2130, tickets are £6 in advance.
The Cellars at Eastney will be playing host to a musical development seminar this Saturday, 19th January. The main focus of the event, organised by Stiff Promotions, is to assist up and coming bands; advice on raising artist profiles, touring, gaining support slots and maintaining a solid fan base will be available. In addition the even provides the opportunity those working on music-related projects to outline their plans for the year, with a view to focusing interest on the burgeoning Pompey music scene; amongst the topics likely to be covered are upcoming gig opportunities in the city, plans for the Southsea Bandstand, the Southsea Mini-Fest and gigs at the Guildhall. Further information is available on the Stiff Promotions website. The event starts at 1230 and entrance is FREE.
Indie club night Waster returns from its festive hiatus this evening with live music from For Ramona and My Endeavour. If that wasn't enough the Southsea Mafia DJs will be on hand at Portsmouth's Liquid Envy nightclub to spin the wheels of steel. Doors open at 2200 and the fun runs through to 0230. Entrance is a mere £1 entry before 2300 (£3 after).
Local singer-songwriter Aitch, folk artist Paddy Taylor and hip-hop act LX Tamasi provide the guest performances at Roger Courtney's Open Mike Club at The Milton Arms, Portsmouth, tomorrow night. The stage will be open to all comers from 2200 (later than usual due to the three guest spots). Admission is FREE and the doors open at 1900.
And that wraps it up for this week; this afternoon I have mostly been listening to The Who, The Police and The Gossip (it's been that kind of day). Join me next week when I'll be relating my loathing of beetroot to you all via the medium of expressive dance.
:o)
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