It's Budget Day (and, as expected, the tax on beer and wine has gone up) so instead of the planned opening gambit covering the horror movie Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson has written (no really, it's got Simon Callow in it), and in lieu of a political rant, I thought a moment of quiet reflection might be in order.
[hums 'The Girl From Ipanema']
That's better.
*koff*
Moving on, here's the gigs what I found amongst the back pages of this week's NME:
Youthmovies and Lovvers @ The Joiners, Southampton - 02/04/2008
Future Of The Left @ Audio, Brighton - 03/04/2008
Holy Fuck @ Digital, Brighton - 07/04/2008
Envy And Other Sins @ The Joiners, Southampton - 08/04/2008
Tokyo Police Club @ Digital, Brighton - 16/04/2008
The Kills @ The Wedgewood Room, Portsmouth - 25/04/2008
These New Puritans @ The Joiners, Southampton - 28/04/2008
Mystery Jets @ The Joiners, Southampton - 30/04/2008
Team Waterpolo @ Digital, Brighton - 18/03/2008
Wendy James & Racine @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 18/03/2008
Thomas Tantrum @ The Joiners, Southampton - 22/03/2008
Crystal Arcade @ The Gander, Bournemouth - 22/03/2008
Sam Isaac @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 28/03/2008
Mystery Jets @ The Old Fire Station, Bournemouth - 01/05/2008
The Holloways @ The Old Fire Station, Bournemouth - 05/05/2008
Black Kids @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 10/05/2008
Mystery Jets @ Digital, Brighton - 17/05/2008
Hadouken! @ The Old Fire Station, Bournemouth - 17/05/2008
Royworld @ The Joiners, Southampton - 18/05/2008
The Little Ones @ The Joiners, Southampton - 21/05/2008
Guillemots @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 30/05/2008
Guillemots @ The Dome, Brighton - 31/05/2008
Isabel Campbell & Mark Lanegan @ St George's Church, Brighton - 11/06/2008
I'll add the above gigs into the marvellous mechanical SoMC Events Calendar just as soon as I get the time (when exactly that might be I couldn't say; The Flumps and Bagpuss DVDs are pretty much stealing all my time at the moment). The Events Calendar is, as I may have mentioned once or twice, darn handy for the idle gig monkey at a loose end, full as it is of gigs just around the corner. Like these:
Kid Harpoon, Helsinki (ex-Babyshambles) and Will McNicol @ The Joiners, Southampton - 12/03/2008
The Alan Titchmarsh Project @ The Square Brewery, Petersfield - 12/03/2008
Turisas @ The Brook, Southampton - 12/03/2008
Alex & The Ligers, Mavis Grind, Run Walk! and English Days @ The Railway, Winchester - 12/03/2008
Bob Long & Keith @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 13/03/2008
Whole Lotta Led (Led Zeppelin tribute) @ The Brook, Southampton - 13/03/2008
The Hoosiers @ The Dome, Brighton - 13/03/2008
Strawberry Blondes @ Unit 22, Southampton - 13/03/2008
Hobos & Eskimos, The Weather Committee and Sonic View @ Havant Arts Centre - 13/03/2008
Failsafe, The Fake Exterior and The Light Divided @ The Joiners, Southampton - 13/03/2008
Linchpin, The Moho and Bad Love & Licker @ The Railway, Winchester - 13/03/2008
Magic (Queen tribute) @ The Guildhall, Portsmouth - 13/03/2008
Sugababes @ The Dome, Brighton - 14/03/2008
Limehouse Lizzy (Thin Lizzy tribute) and Alan Davey's Gunslinger @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 14/03/2008
No Jacket Required (Phil Collins tribute) @ The Brook, Southampton - 14/03/2008
The Silver Beatles @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 14/03/2008
Abram Wilson & The Delta Blues Project @ Pavilion Theatre, Brighton - 14/03/2008
Turisas and Alestorm @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 14/03/2008
The Metros @ The Joiners, Southampton - 14/03/2008
Harun and Haydon Spenceley @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 14/03/2008
Who's Who @ Komedia, Brighton - 14/03/2008
Gerry & The Pacemakers, Swinging Blue Jeans and Dave Dee, Dozy Beaky Mick and Tich @ City Hall, Salisbury - 14/03/2008
Rugged Fantasia @ Soul Cellar, Southampton - 14/03/2008
Bob Hall's UK Blues Band @ Havant Arts Centre - 14/03/2008
James Owen Fender @ The Railway, Winchester - 14/03/2008
Mary Jane @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 14/03/2008
The Coal Porters @ Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham - 15/03/2008
Mary Hampton, -a+M and Coal Man Has Black Hands @ Komedia, Brighton - 15/03/2008
Cool Banana @ Red, White & Blue, Portsmouth - 15/03/2008
One Weird Fish @ The Fiddlers Elbow, Brighton - 15/03/2008
The Dodge Brothers @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 15/03/2008
Trauma Pet, I Am Immune and Bleak @ The Joiners, Southampton - 15/03/2008
Gilles Peterson @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 15/03/2008
The Wallbirds @ Unit 22, Southampton - 15/03/2008
Kelly's Tattoo @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 15/03/2008
The World Famous Redsox @ The Brook, Southampton - 15/03/2008
Creamy (Cream tribute) @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 15/03/2008
The Illegal Eagles @ City Hall, Salisbury - 15/03/2008
Talk Taxis @ Lennons, Southampton - 15/03/2008
The Vison, The Good Time Charlies and Kelevra @ The Railway, Winchester - 15/03/2008
Gay Against You, Kumiss and Youch Rock @ The Joiners, Southampton - 16/03/2008
An Seisiun @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 16/03/2008
Kiki Dee & Carmelo Luggeri @ Pavilion Theatre, Brighton - 16/03/2008
Stu & Denovo @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 16/03/2008
RSJ, The More I See and Iris @ The Railway, Winchester - 16/03/2008
The Rivers Of Sound @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 16/03/2008
Birdpen, Soulswitch and Rupture Farms @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 16/03/2008
Kathryn Williams & Neill McColl @ Komedia, Brighton - 16/03/2008
Tubelord, Canterbury, Goodbye Stereo and Venice Ahoy @ Railway Rifles Club, Portsmouth - 16/03/2008
Karine Polwart @ The Studio at The Petersfield School - 16/03/2008
RTP, Little Aitch and The Way (acoustic) @ Drift, Southsea - 16/03/2008
White Knuckle Blues Band @ The Fat Fox, Portsmouth - 17/03/2008
An Seisiun @ Havant Arts Centre - 17/03/2008
The Return of The Orchestra (ex-ELO) @ The Guildhall, Portsmouth - 17/03/2008
Big Linda @ The Joiners, Southampton - 17/03/2008
Slow Down Charlie, Alistair Goodwin and Marcelles @ The Edge of The Wedge, Portsmouth - 18/03/2008
The Feeling @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 17/03/2008 SOLD OUT!
Solent City Jazzmen @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 18/03/2008
First Night Nerves and Becky Anderson @ Little Johnny Russell's, Portsmouth - 18/03/2008
Hayseed Dixie @ The Brook, Southampton - 18/03/2008
Official Secrets Act, The Model Village and The Sinnicks @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 18/03/2008
Kids Can't Fly, We're What's Left and Pancake Eating Freaks @ The Joiners, Southampton - 19/03/2008
Slagsmålsklubben @ The Joiners, Southampton - 26/04/2008
Sherman Robertson @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 07/05/2008
The Frank & Walters @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 23/05/2008
The Wedding Present @ The Corn Exchange, Brighton - 30/05/2008
Howard Jones @ The Studio at The Petersfield School - 12/06/2008
Joining resident Southsea Mafia DJs Lemon and will chuMp at indie night Waster this evening are Cut The Blue Wire and All These Arms. The doors open at Portsmouth's Liquid Envy at 2200, with entrance £1 before 2300, £3 after.
Southampton's Talking Heads hosts this month's regional try-out for the 2008 Red Stripe Music Awards tomorrow night, Thursday 13th March. I Falter, Moral Soul, The Ramblings and Hellcyon will each be hoping they'll be the act who progresses through to the next round (and from there to May's Grand Final, where their own tour bus and festival slots await the winners).
Portsmouth based promoters The Oberon Project will be showcasing five of the south coast's finest up and coming acts at The Wedgewood Rooms this Saturday, 15th March. The line-up includes Carbon Factory, Delphic Oracle, The Edible Stems, Wilfy and The Architects. Tickets are £5 in advance, doors open at 2000.
Rock and reggae are on offer at Roger Courtney's Open Mike Club tomorrow, Thursday 13th March, at The Milton Arms in Portsmouth. Charlie Massiah & The Mighty Z Allstars and The Insouciant Ones have the guest slots, with the Open Mike session following after. Doors open at 1900 and admission is FREE.
And that's it for this week; this afternoon I have mostly been listening to Bat For Lashes and the Juno soundtrack CD. Join me next week when I'll be donning my bunny suit and pretending to be invisible.
:o)
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