Wednesday, April 09, 2008

The Gigwatcher 09/04/2008

Just say no.

Now I come to think about it, there is something of the Lenny Godber about Pete Doherty...

*koff*

Eyes down for a full house, here are the gigs what I did delicately purloin from the NME's back pages this week:

65daysofstatic, Errors and Gay For Johnny Depp @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 13/04/2008
I Am Kloot and Ferraby Lionheart @ Komedia, Brighton - 15/04/2008
65daysofstatic, Gay For Johnny Depp and Pilgrim Fathers @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 16/04/2008
I Am Kloot and Ferraby Lionheart @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 17/04/2008
Elle Milano @ The Fat Fox, Portsmouth - 18/04/2008
The Kills and These New Puritans @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 25/04/2008
Elle Milano @ Boiler Room, Guildford - 27/04/2008
The Orb @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 02/05/2008
Kids In Glass Houses @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 04/05/2008
The Orb @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 04/05/2008
Ben Ottewell @ Great Escape Festival, Brighton - 15/05/2008
The Rushes @ Great Escape Festival, Brighton - 15/05/2008
The Metros @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 20/05/2008
Cage The Elephant @ The Joiners, Southampton - 04/06/2008
Foals @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 12/10/2008
From The Jam @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 16/12/2008

I'll update the somewhat neglected entity that is the SoMC Events Calendar with the above gigs as and when I get a spare half an hour (depending on how the annual reorganisation of my sock drawer goes, it may take longer than anticipated as I'm easily distracted). The Events Calendar is, as I may let slip on the odd occasion, a useful resource for the idle gig monkey, packed as it sometimes is with local gigs like these...

Derrin Nauendorf @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 09/04/2008
Slaves To Gravity, Grand Volume, Diesal Noi and Hellcyon @ The Joiners, Southampton - 09/04/2008
Chris Difford & Boo Hewerdine @ Komedia, Brighton - 09/04/2008
Tesseract, The Arusha Accord, Dragon Eye Morrison and Bare Your Scars @ Railway Rifle Club, Portsmouth - 09/04/2008
Natacha Atlas @ Komedia, Brighton - 09/04/2008
Mumford & Sons, Dave Fiddle & The Lucky Egg and The Hope Convention @ The Railway, Winchester - 09/04/2008
Major Melon and Alphabetts @ The Square Brewery, Petersfield - 09/04/2008
Ruby Soho (DJ) @ The Edge of The Wedge, Portsmouth - 09/04/2008
Smack La, Fadeout and The B of The Bang @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 10/04/2008 CANCELLED!
Aiden @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 10/04/2008
Major Melon, Sheilatakeabow and Luke Ferre @ Havant Arts Centre - 10/04/2008
Every Time I Die, Drop Dead Gorgeous and Scary Kids Scaring Kids @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 10/04/2008
State of Undress @ The Platform Tavern, Southampton - 10/04/2008
Pog & Wob @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 10/04/2008
Mavis Staples and Jhelisa @ The Dome, Brighton - 10/04/2008
The Hamsters @ The Brook, Southampton - 10/04/2008
Billy Joe Shaver @ Komedia, Brighton - 10/04/2008
Kumiss, Pacer, Brenda and Lucida Bright @ The Joiners, Southampton - 10/04/2008
Barry Adamson @ Komedia, Brighton - 10/04/2008
Shit! Hot Llamas, Ella Janes, Hellcyon and The Limes @ The Railway, Winchester - 10/04/2008
Elixir @ The Fawcett Inn, Portsmouth - 10/04/2008
Jethro Tull @ The Dome, Brighton - 11/04/2008
One Weird Fish @ The Admiral Drake, Portsmouth - 11/04/2008
Rufus Stone @ The Brook, Southampton - 11/04/2008
Beach Boys Smile @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 11/04/2008
Spikedrivers @ Havant Arts Centre - 11/04/2008
Zetan Spore @ The Fawcett Inn, Portsmouth - 11/04/2008
Finger Monster, Sidecar46 and Black Andrew @ The Joiners, Southampton - 11/04/2008
Owen Tromans, Jason McNiff and Peanut Albinos @ The Railway, Winchester - 11/04/2008
Atalanta @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 11/04/2008
Dirty DC (AC/DC tribute) and Big Linda @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 11/04/2008
The Hiwatts @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 11/04/2008
Dave B's Rooftop Reggae (DJ) @ The Edge of The Wedge, Portsmouth - 11/04/2008
The Counterfeit Stones (Rolling Stones tribute) @ The City Hall, Salisbury - 11/04/2008
The Xcerts, SecondSmile, Speakyourheart and Cloud Atlas @ Railway Rifle Club, Portsmouth - 11/04/2008
The Legendary Derek @ The Frog & Frigate, Southampton - 12/04/2008
Corinne West @ Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham - 12/04/2008
Elvis Presley's Legendary TCB Band @ The Brook, Southampton - 12/04/2008
Chris Farlowe and The Norman Beaker Band @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 12/04/2008
Somahigh, Fixation and Recreation @ The Joiners, Southampton - 12/04/2008
Kris Dollimore @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 12/04/2008
ReClock @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 12/04/2008
Birdengine, Twenty-one Crows and The Great Park @ Komedia, Brighton - 12/04/2008
Elle S'appelle and Open Room @ Lennons, Southampton - 12/04/2008
Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip, Gideon and Producers @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 12/04/2008
The Tremeloes, Barron Knights and The Fortunes @ The City Hall, Salisbury - 12/04/2008
Blue Fox, Tali Trow & The Well Being, The Dawn Chorus and Jackie Paper @ The Railway, Winchester - 12/04/2008
The Horse, The Mooncats and Chris Keats @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 12/04/2008
Wiservice, Dave Saunders (DJ), Fotza (DJ) and UDY (DJ) @ The Edge of The Wedge, Portsmouth - 12/04/2008
Skinny Pigs @ The Old House At Home, Havant - 12/04/2008
The Beatmakers and Ricky Tick (DJ) @ Soul Cellar, Southampton - 12/04/2008
One Weird Fish @ The Fountain, Chichester - 12/04/2008
Foster & Allen @ The Anvil, Basingstoke - 13/04/2008
Outl4w, Hardly Heroes and The Stations @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 13/04/2008
Chris Difford & Boo Hewerdine @ The Forge, Basingstoke - 13/04/2008
JC & Angelina Grimshaw @ The Platform Tavern, Southampton - 13/04/2008
John Power, Nina Schofield and Philip Barebones @ The Discovery Centre, Winchester - 13/04/2008
The Teapot Junkies @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 13/04/2008
Lucky Ones Die First, You Me And The Atom Bomb, Hung Up and Miles From Anywhere @ Railway Rifle Club, Portsmouth - 13/04/2008
Fandangle, Pancake Eating Freaks and Shizamms Picbox @ The Joiners, Southampton - 13/04/2008
The Velvet Hearts, Bemis and Sarah Saville @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 13/04/2008
Luka Bloom @ Komedia, Brighton - 13/04/2008
Van Der Plass @ The Railway, Winchester - 13/04/2008
Andy Foster, The Ramblings and Ade Cull @ Drift, Southsea - 13/04/2008
Becky Anderson, Minds Gone Blank and Moma Jest @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 13/04/2008
Angels & Airwaves @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 14/04/2008
The Angie Haynes Band @ The Fat Fox, Portsmouth - 14/04/2008
Fei Comodo, Centiment and Where Loyalties Lie @ The Joiners, Southampton - 14/04/2008
The Parlotones, Different Day and Cozy Flashbak @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 15/04/2008
Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 15/04/2008
Streebeck, Luke Ferre and Andy Skellam @ The Edge of The Wedge, Portsmouth - 15/04/2008
Tangle and George Marsh (poet) @ Havant Arts Centre - 15/04/2008
Year Long Disaster, Cherrygun and Just Add Fire @ The Joiners, Southampton - 15/04/2008
Luke Leighfield, Freddy Furber and The Sarah Griffin Band @ The Railway, Winchester - 15/04/2008
Foy Vance @ Komedia, Brighton - 15/04/2008
Jethro Tull @ The City Hall, Salisbury - 15/04/2008 SOLD OUT!
Groundation, Freedom Train and The Uplifter (DJ) @ Soul Cellar, Southampton - 15/04/2008
Low and The Helio Sequence @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 15/04/2008
Solent City Jazzmen @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 15/04/2008
Data.Select.Party, Cut The Blue Wire, Joey Nightmare and Venice Ahoy! @ Railway Rifle Club, Portsmouth - 16/04/2008
Flip Top @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 03/05/2008
Adele @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 03/05/2008
Lost On Landing and Cut The Blue Wire @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 09/05/2008
Wreckless Eric and Amy Rigby @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 13/05/2008

Tonight's Waster will, for one night only, be an ultraviolet powered extravaganza featuring UV cannons, paint and glo-sticks. Things will start to glow at Portsmouth's Liquid Envy from 2200, with entrance only £1 before 2300 (£3 after).

The Talking Heads will be hosting a local band showcase this Sunday, 13th April, though details of the line-up has yet to be released. Doors open at 1930 and entrance is £3, with all profits being donated to the
Hampshire Autistic Society and Southampton-based charity Scratch.

A final batch of tickets for the long sold out Isle of Wight Festival in June have been released via the website of festival sponsors BT. The 500 tickets are on sale for the original price of £130 (plus booking fee) and will be limited to four per customer. The line-up for the festival this year includes Kaiser Chiefs, Sex Pistols, The Police, N.E.R.D, KT Tunstall, The Enemy, The Zutons, Iggy & The Stooges, Starsailor, Delays, The Kooks, Kate Nash and The Wombats, all of whom will be performing on the main stage. In addition the festival this year will also boast a 'big top' tented stage, in which the likes of The Stranglers, The Duke Spirit, Sugababes, Feeder, New Young Pony Club, The Music, Curved Air and The Australian Pink Floyd will be found. And if you're still without a ticket don't worry; ITV2 will be broadcasting live from the festival this year.

The support acts for REM's Summer Tour, which includes a stop at The Rose Bowl in Southampton on Wednesday 27th August, have been announced. Editors and Guillemots will be providing the warm-up for the Atlanta legends, which makes a trip out to the backwoods of Hedge End more appealing I must confess. Tickets are still available from LiveNation, priced at £45 (plus booking fee).

Becky Jerams and Leigh Mary Stokes will be the guest artists at Roger Courtney's Open Mike Club tomorrow, Thursday 10th April, with the regular Open Mike session following at 2200 through to 0000. Doors open at 1900 at The Barn at The Milton Arms and admission is, as always, FREE!

And that's me done for another week; this afternoon I have mostly been listening to Guillemots, Bat For Lashes and Arcade Fire. Nice. Be sure to join me next week when I'll be hypnotizing chickens.

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