That vinyl feeling.
Woolworths have announced that they'll no longer stock CD singles, sales having fallen through the floor thanks to the burgeoning download market. This is a shame as there's something about a single; the additional tracks from radio sessions or the dire remix that you only play the once adds to the value of the catchy tune you bought the thing for in the first place. But what do I know, I download tracks from iTunes so it's probably all my fault anyway.
All is not lost however, as the UK's largest retailer of singles Woolies will still stock "high profile" releases, so you'll still be able to pick up the rush-released opus of whoever wins this year's Plop Factor X.
*koff*
Quite. In other news, here are the gigs of note I spied amidst the back pages of this week's NME:
Pull Tiger Tail @ Engine Rooms, Brighton - 30/05/2008
Pull Tiger Tail @ The Joiners, Southampton - 01/06/2008
The Rascals and The Suzukis @ The Barfly, Brighton - 14/06/2008
Out From Animals @ Boileroom, Guildford - 16/06/2008
Out From Animals @ The Joiners, Southampton - 17/06/2008
The Brian Jonestown Massacre and The Blakes @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 28/06/2008
Crystal Castles @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 16/09/2008
Cajun Dance Party @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 24/09/2008
Cajun Dance Party @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 07/10/2008
I'll add the above gigs onto the shiny SoMC Events Calendar just as soon as I get a spare hour or so (which, given that I've seen the new Indy film and caught up with three weeks worth of The West Wing is a definite possibility for this weekend. Well. If I'm not too hungover that is). On the rare occasions when the Events Calendar is up to date it becomes a valuable resource idle gig monkey about town, containing gigs such as these:
Fairport Convention @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 29/05/2008
Daevid Allen & The University of Errors @ The Fawcett Inn, Portsmouth - 29/05/2008
Mostly Autumn @ The Brook, Southampton - 29/05/2008
Cliff Gator @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 29/05/2008
Your Army, Capital X and This Manhattan @ The Joiners, Southampton - 29/05/2008
Scarlet Soho, Revolution 74 and The Ornament Birds @ Drift, Southsea - 29/05/2008
Kent Duchaine and Ledbessie @ The Platform Tavern, Southampton - 29/05/2008
Lucky One Dies First, Venice Ahoy!, In Like Flynn and Castillo @ The Railway Rifle Club, Portsmouth - 29/05/2008
The Wedding Present @ The Corn Exchange, Brighton - 30/05/2008
La Vida Santana (Santana tribute) @ The Brook, Southampton - 30/05/2008
Skindred @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 30/05/2008
Station-X @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 30/05/2008
The Bog Rolling Stones @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 30/05/2008
Pepper, Captain Bud and Dead Mile @ The Joiners, Southampton - 30/05/2008
Keeping It Cash (Johnny Cash tribute) @ Komedia, Brighton - 30/05/2008 SOLD OUT!
The Winchell Riots and Silvery @ The Railway, Winchester - 30/05/2008
Guillemots @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 30/05/2008
Deltawave (DJ) @ The Fawcett Inn, Portsmouth - 30/05/2008
The Park Bench Social Club @ Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham - 30/05/2008
The Bon Jovi Experience (Bon Jovi tribute) @ The Brook, Southampton - 30/05/2008
Della Perrett's Sweetedge @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 30/05/2008
The Warm @ The Joiners, Southampton - 30/05/2008
Nik Kershaw @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 30/05/2008 SOLD OUT!
The Legendary Derek @ The Frog & Frigate, Southampton - 30/05/2008
Sym-Choon @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 30/05/2008
Fake That and Kylie Fever (Take That/Kylie tributes) @ The Studio at The Petersfield School - 30/05/2008
Isosceles and The Rebs @ Lennons, Southampton - 30/05/2008
Guillemots @ The Dome, Brighton - 30/05/2008
The Titanic Survivors, The Vision and Lucinda Bright @ The Railway, Winchester - 30/05/2008
Superfly @ The Railway, Cosham - 30/05/2008
Stoned Soul Picnic @ Soul Cellar, Southampton - 30/05/2008
Angela Morgan @ Drift, Southsea - 01/06/2008
Denny Laine Trio @ The Brook, Southampton - 01/06/2008
Nik Kershaw @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 01/06/2008 SOLD OUT!
Stu & Denovo @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 01/06/2008
White Knuckle Revolution, Puresist and Exile Arise @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 01/06/2008
Pull Tiger Tail @ The Joiners, Southampton - 01/06/2008
Major Melon, Hardly Heroes and The Ex-Patriots @ The Bandstand, Southsea - 01/06/2008 (free afternoon entertainment)Kim Richey @ Komedia, Brighton - 01/06/2008
Saiichi Sugiyama @ The Fat Fox, Portsmouth - 02/06/2008
The Pilgrim Fathers @ The Joiners, Southampton - 02/06/2008
Beth Rowley and Akayzia Parker @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 02/06/2008
Late of the Pier, Delboy French and Joey Nightmare @ South Parade Pier, Southsea - 02/06/2008
Alvin Youngblood Hart @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 03/06/2008
The Pigeon Detectives @ The Dome, Brighton - 03/06/2008
Hometown Show, Wherewithal and Lou Brown @ The Edge of The Wedge, Portsmouth - 03/06/2008
Hot Club de Paris @ The Joiners, Southampton - 03/06/2008
Duke Special @ Komedia, Brighton - 03/06/2008
Louche Manouche @ The Platform Tavern, Southampton - 03/06/2008
Frank Turner, The Dawn Chorus and Paddy Taylor @ South Parade Pier, Southsea - 03/06/2008
Supergrass @ The City Hall, Salisbury - 03/06/2008
Army of Freshmen, Last Letter Read and Splendid Eddie @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 03/06/2008
David Essex @ The Dome, Brighton - 04/06/2008
Paramore @ The Guildhall, Portsmouth - 04/06/2008 RESCHEDULED!
Jenna's Revenge @ Hampton's, Southampton - 04/06/2008
Steve Tilston @ The Forge, Basingstoke - 04/06/2008
Glasvegas @ Boileroom, Guildford - 04/06/2008
Cage The Elephant @ The Joiners, Southampton - 04/06/2008
El Bicho and LaXula @ Komedia, Brighton - 04/06/2008
tbc (IOW Festival Warm-up mystery headliner) @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 14/06/2008
Pancake Eating Freaks and The Architects @ The Joiners, Southampton - 08/07/2008
Motorhead @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 12/11/2008
Waster this evening features live performances from Wiservice and The Savage Jazz, plus a DJ set by Shit Disco and the finest indiepunkelectrorockdance in town courtesy of the Southsea Mafia DJs. Doors open at Portsmouth's Liquid Envy from 2200 (entrance is £1 before 2230, £2 before 2300 and £3 after). Don't forget, from next week Waster moves to Thursday nights.
SUMO returns to The Wedgewood Rooms this Saturday, 31st May, with guest Joe Ransom (Fabric) joining the SUMO resident DJs, plus a live set from Social Sciences. Doors open at 2130, tickets are £7.
Bournemouth's Opera House hosts a night of Northern Soul this Saturday, 31st May, featuring a strong line-up of DJs (including Rowly, Steve Lyons and Emma Cox) plus eleven piece soul band DC Fontana. The event runs from 2000 to 0400, tickets are £10 in advance.
Portsmouth-based singer Rory Kennard and local five-piece The Elizans are the special guests at Roger Courtney's Open Mike Club this week. The first act will be on-stage at 2000, after the first Open Mike session. Doors open at The Barn at The Milton Arms at 1900 tomorrow, Thursday 29th May, and admission is (as always) FREE!
And that about wraps it up for this week; this afternoon I have been mostly been feeling mellow thanks to King Creosote, Guillemots and Erin McKeown. Be sure to join me next week when I'll be hoping my new Converse have turned up.
Royaume-Uni deux point.
Dana may be happy now but I think it's a darn shame that Ireland's Eurovision mocking entry hasn't made it through the semi-finals. Maybe a Turkey puppet ripping into the competition was too much for mainland Europe to take; I guess they must have all gone for a cup of tea when the Azerbaijan entry took the stage.
[shudder]
Well they scared the bejebus out of me, with the wings and the high-pitched..
*koff*
Moving swiftly on, here are the gigs that caught my among the back pages of this week's NME:
Hot Club de Paris @ The Joiners, Southampton - 03/06/2008
I Was A Cub Scout @ The Barfly, Brighton - 10/06/2008
I Was A Cub Scout @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 11/06/2008
The Rascals @ The Barfly, Brighton - 14/06/2008
The Gutter Twins @ Komedia, Brighton - 26/08/2008
Spiritualized @ The Pyramids, Portmouth - 14/10/2008
Pendulum @ The Guildhall, Portsmouth - 28/11/2008
The meagre pickings above will probably be foisted upon the SoMC Events Calendar at some point over the Bank Holiday weekend. Then again I may find myself in the comfort of a beer garden with a cold beer in one hand and a bag of salted peanuts in the other, in which case all bets are off as one beer inevitably leads to another. And several after that.
Quite.
When the Events Calendar is up to date it provides a usual service for the average gig monkey, full as it might be of gigs not unlike these:
Fightstar, Brigade and We Are The Ocean @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 22/05/2008 SOLD OUT!
Showaddawaddy, Sweet and The Rubettes @ The Anvil, Basingstoke - 22/05/2008
Bob Brozman @ Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham - 22/05/2008
Little Fish, Big Squirrel and Multicoloured Green @ Little Johnny Russell's, Portsmouth - 22/05/2008
Seckou Keita Quartet @ The Pavilion, Brighton - 22/05/2008 SOLD OUT!
John Crampton @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 22/05/2008
State Radio and Beat Union @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 22/05/2008 CANCELLED!
Big D & The Kids Table, Sonic Boom Six and Random Hand @ The Joiners, Southampton - 22/05/2008
The Bizets @ The Fawcett Inn, Portsmouth - 22/05/2008
Alex & The Ligers, The Model Village and Moses Firebird @ The Railway, Winchester - 22/05/2008
Emily Barker and Aitch @ The Square Brewery, Petersfield - 22/05/2008
Sinnerboy (Rory Gallagher tribute) and Larry Miller @ The Brook, Southampton - 23/05/2008
The Frank & Walters and Major Melon @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 23/05/2008
De La Soul @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 23/05/2008 SOLD OUT!
Mary Jane @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 23/05/2008
The Modern Fighting Vehicles, Ardentes and The Wookies @ The Joiners, Southampton - 23/05/2008
Ruby Turner @ Komedia, Brighton - 23/05/2008
Sine Star Project and Jonny Dare @ The Railway, Winchester - 23/05/2008
Laurie Anderson @ The City Hall, Salisbury - 23/05/2008
The Jim Jones Revue, Skulls and Thee Exciters @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 23/05/2008
Mor Karbasi @ The Forge, Basingstoke - 24/05/2008
All Time Low, Cobra Starship and Broadway Calls @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 24/05/2008
Medeski, Martin & Wood @ The Dome, Brighton - 24/05/2008
The Storys @ The Brook, Southampton - 24/05/2008
Cliff Gator Band @ The Brewery Bar, Botley - 24/05/2008
Graham Robbins @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 24/05/2008
Lachlan Horne @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 24/05/2008
N'Faly Kouyate @ Salisbury Arts Centre - 24/05/2008
The Reason, The Sinnicks and Daniel Ash @ The Joiners, Southampton - 24/05/2008
Adem and Nancy Elizabeth @ Komedia, Brighton - 24/05/2008
The Mopes and The Supernovas @ Lennons, Southampton - 24/05/2008
Capital X, 202 Did This To Me and Death At Sea @ The Railway, Winchester - 24/05/2008
DC Fontana @ Soul Cellar, Southampton - 24/05/2008
One Weird Fish @ The Square Brewery, Petersfield - 24/05/2008
Moral Soul @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 24/05/2008
Spiral Architects @ The Fawcett Inn, Portsmouth - 24/05/2008
Andy McKee @ The Brook, Southampton - 25/05/2008
The Terry Reid Band @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 25/05/2008
Remain Silenced, Exile Arise and Insinerate @ The Joiners, Southampton - 25/05/2008
Tinariwen and Juldeh Camara Trio @ The City Hall, Salisbury - 25/05/2008
Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong and Beggars @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 25/05/2008
Fran & Mike @ The Platform Tavern, Southampton - 25/05/2008
Splendid Eddie and The Acid Test @ The Railway, Winchester - 25/05/2008
Pete Harris Blues Band @ The Fat Fox, Portsmouth - 26/05/2008
Jump The Underground and Go-X @ The Joiners, Southampton - 26/05/2008
Leptany, Full Proof, The White Coats and God Send @ The Railway Rifles Club, Portsmouth - 26/05/2008
The Subways, In Case Of Fire and The Model Village @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 27/05/2008 SOLD OUT!
Feeder @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 27/05/2008 SOLD OUT!
Mojito and My Endeavour @ The Edge of The Wedge, Portsmouth - 27/05/2008
Natty, Racing Green and Captain Bud @ The Joiners, Southampton - 27/05/2008
The Pigeon Detectives @ The Guildhall, Portsmouth - 27/05/2008
Solent City Jazzmen @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 27/05/2008
John Coghlan's Quo @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 27/05/2008
Dirty Pretty Things @ The Corn Exchange, Brighton - 28/05/2008
Cute Is What We Aim For, Boys Like Girls and We The Kings @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 28/05/2008 SOLD OUT!
Robin Trower and Aynsley Lister @ The Brook, Southampton - 28/05/2008
Harper @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 28/05/2008
Scissor Sisterz (Scissor Sisters tribute) @ Chicago Rock Cafe, Fareham - 28/05/2008
Cut The Blue Wire (unplugged) @ The Edge of The Wedge, Portsmouth - 28/05/2008
The Titanic Survivors, The Vision, Ten Letters and Tom Goodridge @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 28/05/2008
Not Advised, Waiting For Sirens and Paige @ The Railway, Winchester - 28/05/2008
The Visitors, Sonerty, Escape Story and Life With Max @ The Alma Arms, Portsmouth - 28/05/2008
Late Of The Pier, Joey Nightmare and Hold Fast @ South Parade Pier, Portsmouth - 02/06/2008
Laura Veirs @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 11/07/2008
Bill Wyman & The Rhythm Kings @ The Brook, Southampton - 12/07/2008
The Young Knives @ South Parade Pier, Portsmouth - 18/07/2008
Hadouken! @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 18/07/2008
The Blow Monkeys @ Komedia, Brighton - 09/09/2008
Blood Red Shoes @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 13/10/2008
Spiritualized @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 14/10/2008
The Rifles @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 20/10/2008
Tonight's Waster again features the finest indiepunkelectrorockdance in town courtesy of the Southsea Mafia DJs, who'll be spinning the wheels of steel at Portsmouth's Liquid Envy from 2200 (where entrance is just £1 before 2230. As of June Waster will be moving to a more hangover friendly Thursday night, which is nice.
The second Oxjam event organised by Out Of The Void takes places at The Hobbit this weekend. The line-up for the all day session this Sunday, 25th May, features DJ sets from Ozpital, Out-Break, Udy, Old Harry Rox, Quextal, Jung, Paulie P and The Dude. Doors open 1300-0100 and there's a suggested donation of £2 to get in.
The popular Sunday afternoon concerts at Southsea Bandstand return for another series of free shows throughout the Summer. As in previous year's each concert covers a particular musical genre; this year's selection features Jazz, Bhangra, Folk, Ska, Salsa and Country & Western to name but a few. The first concert is this Sunday, 25th May, and has a Tribute/Cover theme. Portsmouth-based Pink Floyd tribute band Delicate Sound Of Floyd headline with support from One Weird Fish and Pathway. Details of this year's series of shows can be found on the VisitPortsmouth website.
There's a FREE evening of punk at The Fawcett Inn in Portsmouth this Friday, 23rd May, courtesy of local promoter Southsea DIY. The line-up features Crazy Arm, OK Pilot, The Dead City Stereo and Olive Ann. Doors open at 2000.
The Hobbit hosts another all day mini-festival this Bank Holiday Monday, the line-up for which includes Queen tribute Break Free, Hawkwind support act Tribe of Cro, Wiltshire indie outfit Imber State Circus and Sophie's Pigeons from Manchester. The day also marks the farewell of local band Timshel who round of the live performances with their final set. Entrance is FREE before 1400, £3 before 1800 (£2 after) and last entry is at 0100.
The guest performers at Roger Courtney's Open Mike Club this week are Milton Keynes prog-rockers Device and Portsmouth alternative rock outfit Infra Red. Doors open at The Barn at The Milton Arms at 1900 tomorrow, Thursday 22nd May, with the first band onstage at 2000 following the first Open Mike session. Admission is, as always, FREE!
And that concludes the voting for the SoMC jury for this week. This afternoon I have been mostly listening to the mellifluous tones of Tom McRae, Guillemots and Elbow. Be sure to join me next week when I'll be recovering from The Subways the night before.
Allez, c'est la maintainent!
Vida La Vida Loca.
According to Chris Martin, being signed to EMI is a bit like living in your Grandparent's house.
By this I'm assuming he means he and the rest of Coldplay are plied with lashings of cake, ginger beer & chocolate and are allowed to stay up well past their bed-time (and not that it smells of wee all the time).
*koff*
Quite. And here are the gigs purloined from the back end of this week's Pete Doherty-tastic NME:
Fighting With Wire @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 15/05/2008
Thomas White @ Komedia, Brighton - 16/05/2008
Glasvegas @ Komedia, Brighton - 17/05/2008
Fighting With Wire @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 18/05/2008
Adem @ Komedia, Brighton - 24/05/2008
Johnny Foreigner and Dananananaykroyd @ The Joiners, Southampton - 06/06/2008
The Maybes? @ The Joiners, Southampton - 10/06/2008
Thomas White @ The Cellars, Portsmouth - 10/06/2008
The Maybes? @ The Railway, Winchester - 11/06/2008
Beck @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 01/07/2008
Blood Red Shoes @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 13/10/2008
The Rifles @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 20/10/2008
Okkervil River @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 12/11/2008
The Rifles @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 19/11/2008
I'll update the SoMC Events Calendar with the above gigs as and when I have the time; given that there's some event in London I'm attending this weekend (yes, I'm going to Wembley, and my legs have gone all trembly) my time will mostly be taken up with football, over-priced pies and (all being well) copious celebratory beverages. Alternatively, if the wheels fall off Arry's FA bandwagon, I'll be retiring to my room with a box set of Ingmar Bergman DVDs for a good long mope.
But I digress.
When it's not being left to its own devices the Events Calendar can prove a useful aid to the local gig monkey at a loose end, full as it would be of gigs like these (or at least it would be if I updated the damn thing):
On Flight Movie, The Architects, Pancake Eating Freaks and Just Add Fire @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 15/05/2008
Empirical @ The Pavilion, Brighton - 15/05/2008
Ron Trueman Border @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 15/05/2008
Vampire Weekend @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 15/05/2008
Kevin Devine, Tournaments and AA Bondy @ The Joiners, Southampton - 15/05/2008
Ben Ottewell (Gomez) and Jeremy Warmsley @ Komedia, Brighton - 15/05/2008
Sarah Saville @ The Fawcett Inn, Portsmouth - 15/05/2008
The Fratellis @ The Dome, Brighton - 16/05/2008
The Smyths @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 16/05/2008
The Bluetones @ The Brook, Southampton - 16/05/2008
The Wombats and Pete & The Pirates @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 16/05/2008
State of Undress @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 16/05/2008
Superfly @ The Red Lion, Stubbington - 16/05/2008
The Whip, South Central Live and The Exits @ The Joiners, Southampton - 16/05/2008
El Rodeo and Great Walls @ The Railway, Winchester - 16/05/2008
Whole Lotta Led (Led Zeppelin tribute) @ Salisbury Arts Centre - 16/05/2008
Spiral @ Soul Cellar, Southampton - 16/05/2008
goFASTER, Hardly Heroes and Caspian Sea Society @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 16/05/2008
The Charlatans @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 16/05/2008
The Mike Sanchez Band @ Havant Arts Centre - 16/05/2008
Red Jumpsuit Apparatus @ Student Union, Southampton University - 16/05/2008
Novak'n'Goode @ The Fawcett Inn, Portsmouth - 16/05/2008
Jazica, Hayley Angel, Jessica Spencer and Emily White @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 16/05/2008
The Strange Death of Liberal England, The Dawn Chorus and Fresh Legs @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 17/05/2008
Delays @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 17/05/2008
One Blood and Lionpaw Soundsystem (DJ) @ The Nell Gwynne, Portsmouth - 17/05/2008
The Subways and Ebony Bones @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 17/05/2008
Perfect Alibi (Pink Floyd tribute) @ The Brook, Southampton - 17/05/2008
The Continentals @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 17/05/2008
Steve Arnott @ The Frog & Frigate, Southampton - 17/05/2008
Hadouken! @ The Old Fire Station, Bournemouth - 17/05/2008
Más y Más @ Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham - 17/05/2008
Echo Chamber, James Yuill and She.Swears.Blind @ The Joiners, Southampton - 17/05/2008
Go Faster and Sandinistas @ Lennons, Southampton - 17/05/2008
Paul Weller @ The Opera House, Bournemouth - 17/05/2008 SOLD OUT!
Stompin' Dave Allen @ The Platform Taverm, Southampton - 17/05/2008
Colin Hare & Honeybus @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 17/05/2008
Panama @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 17/05/2008
Apnia, Tesseract, Akakios and Driven By Suffering @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 18/05/2008
Julie Felix @ The Brook, Southampton - 18/05/2008
John Gillespie, Bryn Roberts and Kate Smith @ Drift, Southsea - 18/05/2008
Bosh and The Shoots @ The Railway, Winchester - 18/05/2008
James & Denovo @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 18/05/2008
Royworld @ The Joiners, Southampton - 18/05/2008
The Thirst, Loose Tongue and Wilfy Williams @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 18/05/2008
Tcha Limberger's Budapest Gypsy Orchestra @ Turner Sims Concert Hall, Southampton - 18/05/2008
The Skies @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 18/05/2008
One Night Only @ Student Union, Southampton University - 19/05/2008 SOLD OUT!
Slava & Leonard Grigoryan @ The Pavilion, Brighton - 19/05/2008
Johnny Flynn, Hats Are For Heads and Paddy Taylor @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 19/05/2008
Skindred @ The Brook, Southampton - 19/05/2008
John Crampton @ The Fat Fox, Portsmouth - 19/05/2008
Popa Chubby @ The Brook, Southampton - 20/05/2008
3 Penny Puppet @ Little Johnny Russell's, Portsmouth - 20/05/2008
Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 20/05/2008
Rossco, Christopher Jonathan Brown and Brassneck @ The Edge of The Wedge, Portsmouth - 20/05/2008
Harbour Lights, Waiting For Sirens and Blue Sky Summer @ The Joiners, Southampton - 20/05/2008
Tom Baxter @ The Opera House, Bournemouth - 20/05/2008
The Metros @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 20/05/2008
Luke Leighfield and Barnaby Edwards @ The Railway, Winchester - 20/05/2008
The Paperboys @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 20/05/2008
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel @ The Brook, Southampton - 21/05/2008
Digby Fairweather's Half Dozen @ The Anvil, Basingstoke - 21/05/2008
Miriam Makeba @ The Dome, Brighton - 21/05/2008
Julie Felix @ The Forge, Basingstoke - 21/05/2008
Meg & Dia, Mayday Parade and The Color Fred @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 21/05/2008
Delays @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 21/05/2008
White Sunday @ The Railway, Winchester - 21/05/2008
Stereotonics (Stereophonics tribute) @ Chicago Rock Cafe, Fareham - 21/05/2008
James Yuill @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 21/05/2008
Inner Circle @ The Brook, Southampton - 05/07/2008
Seasick Steve @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 03/10/2008
Alex and The Ligers, The Staytogethers, The Cold Cold Hearts, Bruschetta Brothers, Huckleberry and I See Sparks will all be performing live at The Hobbit in Southampton this Saturday, 17th May, when the venue hosts the third fund-raising event for this years Access Festival. Doors open at 2000 and admission is £3 (£2 if you flash your festival badge).
Waster will be pounding to the finest indiepunkelectrorockdance in town, courtesy of the Southsea Mafia DJs this evening. Doors open at Liquid Envy in Portsmouth at 2200, entrance is £1 before 2230 (£2 before 2300, £3 after) and there's usually some beverage or other on offer.
This week Roger Courtney's Open Mike Club features performances from Croydon's Tim Eveleigh, local singer-songwriter Ade Cull and Isle of Wight folksters The Well Being. Doors open at The Barn at The Milton Arms at 1900 tomorrow, Thursday 15th May, with the first band onstage at 1915 prompt. The regular Open Mike slot follows the guest entertainment at 2215. Admission is, as usual, FREE!
Put a fork in me, I'm done. This afternoon I have been mostly listening to the foot-tappingly upbeat new Delays album and the long player from The Last Shadow Puppets (which is worth a listen if you ever wondered what Love, Scott Walker or Jacques Brel would've sounded like if they'd hailed from Sheffield). Be sure to join me next week when I'll be undertaking a mythical quest.
Possibly.
My lyrics are bottomless.
Who'd have thought it eh? Nelson Mandela a Razorlight fan?
I bet he's proper gutted the Spice Girls won't be there to wish him Happy Birthday (and will instead have to make do with Camden's very own shirtless troubadour; it's not quite the same really is it?).
*koff*
Moving swiftly on, here are the gigs nabbed from the back pages of this week's slightly redesigned NME:
The Little Ones @ The Joiners, Southampton - 21/05/2008
Those Dancing Days @ Audio, Brighton - 02/06/2008
Cage The Elephant @ The Joiners, Southampton - 04/06/2008
Glasvegas @ Boilerooms, Guildford - 04/06/2008
Rival Schools @ The Wedgwewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 21/06/2008
White Lies @ Komedia, Brighton - 29/09/2008
Blah blah above gigs blah blah blah SoMC Events Calendar blah blah when I get the time blah blah. Blah blah Events Calendar blah blah handy tool blah blah gig monkey blah blah local gigs blah blah like these:
Patrick Street and Tinderbox @ Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham - 08/05/2008
Taara @ The Pavilion, Brighton - 08/05/2008
Sonny Black @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 08/05/2008
Underground Heroes, Crystal Arcade, The Maddisons and The Reservoirs @ The Joiners, Southampton - 08/05/2008
Robin Trower and Aynsley Lister @ Komedia, Brighton - 08/05/2008 SOLD OUT!
Splendid Eddie, Blag and Andrew Jeckell @ The George, Petersfield - 08/05/2008
Caroline Nin @ Komedia, Brighton - 08/05/2008
Michael Pickett @ The Platform Tavern, Southampton - 08/05/2008
The Moho, The Dress Up Room and Goodbye Stereo @ The Railway, Winchester - 08/05/2008
The Bog Rolling Stones @ The Brook, Southampton - 09/05/2008
Mad Professor @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 09/05/2008
Scaramoose @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 09/05/2008
Terrathorn, Nephwrack and Blackout @ The Joiners, Southampton - 09/05/2008
Joe Dangerous and Wherewithal @ The Railway, Winchester - 09/05/2008
Jazzbone @ Soul Cellar, Southampton - 09/05/2008
Lost On Landing, Cut The Blue Wire and Waiting For Sirens @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 09/05/2008
The Script @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 09/05/2008
Flipron @ The Fawcett Inn, Portsmouth - 09/05/2008
The Silver Beatles @ The Brook, Southampton - 10/05/2008
LOS @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 10/05/2008
The Sharpees @ The Brewery Bar, Botley - 10/05/2008
Cool Banana, Joby and Psychomania (DJ) @ The Fawcett Inn, Portsmouth - 10/05/2008
The Legendary Derek @ The Frog & Frigate, Southampton - 10/05/2008
Maddison Heights @ The Railway, Winchester - 10/05/2008
Black Couch, They Went To Portugal and The Warm @ The Joiners, Southampton - 10/05/2008
Manti @ The Square Brewery, Petersfield - 10/05/2008
Friends Of The Bride and Falzones @ Lennons, Southampton - 10/05/2008
Frank Hamilton, Josie Jo and Rossco @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 10/05/2008
Trippy Wicked & The Cosmic Children of The Knight @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 10/05/2008
Dlugokecki, Marcelles and Andy Walker @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 11/05/2008
No! Influence, Dekolta and Somewhere Between Here And The Stereo @ The Joiners, Southampton - 11/05/2008
Maggie Bell & Dave Kelly @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 11/05/2008
Stu & Denovo @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 11/05/2008
Jesse Sykes & Phil Wandscher @ The Railway, Winchester - 11/05/2008
Kris Dollimore @ The Platform Tavern, Southampton - 11/05/2008
Amy & Charlie @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 11/05/2008
Flook @ Turner Sims Hall, Southampton - 11/05/2008
Showaddywaddy, Sweet and The Rubettes @ The City Hall, Salisbury - 12/05/2008
Vampire Weekend @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 12/05/2008 SOLD OUT!
Captain Phoenix, The Steers and The Fontaines @ The Joiners, Southampton - 12/05/2008
Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 13/05/2008
Daughters of Albion @ The Dome, Brighton - 13/05/2008
Afterspark, Polly Wood and Ben Pinwill @ The Edge of The Wedge, Portsmouth - 13/05/2008
Mambo Santamaria @ Havant Arts Centre - 13/05/2008
My Awesome Compilation, Dorp and Ghosts On Pegasus Bridge @ The Joiners, Southampton - 13/05/2008
Johnny Flynn and Those Henley @ The Railway, Winchester - 13/05/2008
Zebrahead @ The Brook, Southampton - 13/05/2008
The Cheatles @ Chicago Rock Café, Fareham - 14/05/2008
John Fiddler (Medicine Head) @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 14/05/2008
Hours Til Autumn, Port Erin and Sweat Mouth @ The Joiners, Southampton - 14/05/2008
Tali Trow & The Well Being, Soup and The Visitors @ The Railway, Winchester - 14/05/2008
Paddy Taylor, Helen Andrews, Rossco and Dave James Wheat @ The Square Brewery, Petersfield - 14/05/2008
Hellcyon @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 14/05/2008
Senator, Final Round... FIGHT! and Rinoa @ The Railway Rifle Club, Portsmouth - 14/05/2008
Natty @ The Joiners, Southampton - 27/05/2008
The Brian Jonestown Massacre @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 28/06/2008 RESCHEDULED DATE
Nanci Griffith @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 27/07/2008
Ezio @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 22/11/2008
Tonight's Waster features live music from indie dance outift The Haunts and ex-Rolling Dog types Melodramas, plus the usual fine selection of indiepunkelectrorockdance courtesy of the Southsea Mafia DJs. Doors open at Liquid Envy in Portsmouth at 2200, entrance is £1 before 2230 (£2 before 2300, £3 after).
The Talking Heads will be hosting a second charity showcase this Sunday, 11th May, featuring performances from the best new talent in Southampton (line-up to be announced). All profits from the evening will be donated to the Hampshire Autistic Society and Southampton-based charity Scratch; entrance is £3, the first act is on-stage at 1930.
Hipshaker returns to The Wedgewood Rooms this Saturday, 10th May, for a rollicking evening of classic 60s soul, funk and R&B. In addition to the resident DJs there'll also be live music from ska outfit Orange Street. Doors open at 2130 and tickets are £5.
Lovers of fine tunes and fine ladies should get along to The RMA Tavern in Portsmouth this Sunday, 11th May; HMS Pin Up will be docking for an evening of burlesque featuring Miss Rose Thorn, Miss Ruby Red and Miss Dolly Divine, accompanied by fine tunes courtesy of Chaos DJ Spikey Mark. Doors open at 2000, tickets are £5 in advance from The Wedgewood Rooms (ID may be required at the door) and there's a Facebook group too.
This Sunday, 11th May, is Love Albert Road Day, a celebration of the fine avenue that we all know and love. Aside from all the fine entertainments on offer along the Portsmouth's own Bohemian boulevard (including the Tour de Albert prize draw, a busking competition and a display of vintage bikes) the Edge of The Wedge will be hosting FREE entertainment from Wiservice, Passenger and Whisky Sour from midday. More information can be found on the event's Facebook group.
Power-pop out fit Dielle and local roots outfit Two Fingers of Firewater provide the guest entertainment at Roger Courtney's Open Mike Club this week, with the regular Open Mike session following from 2200. Doors open at The Barn at The Milton Arms at 1900 tomorrow, Thursday 8th May, and admission is FREE.
And that's it for another week. This afternoon I have again been mostly listening to those tuneful New Zealanders Flight of The Conchords, who's album the NME gave a mighty 8 out of 10. Which is nice. Be sure to join me next week when I'll be prodding the air-conditioning unit with a stick (whilst muttering to myself).
