Yes, it's that time of year again; the shortlist for this year's Mercury Music Prize has been announced, with the usual mix of household names bolstered by acts that you might not expect to see mentioned in the mainstream music press any other time.
Whilst it might seem a safe bet to put a pound on the likes of Elbow or Radiohead to walk off with the shiny trophy and £20,000 prize money, I think I'm going to pick one of the "unknowns".
Rachel Unthank & The Winterset it is then.
*koff*
Or maybe the Portico Quartet.
Umm.
Eyes down for a full house; here are the forthcoming gigs of note filched from the back pages of this week's NME:
Magistrates @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 08/08/2008
Selfish **** @ The Joiners, Southampton - 18/08/2008
Selfish **** @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 19/08/2008
Lach @ The Fat Fox, Portsmouth - 14/09/2008
Lykke Li @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 02/10/2008
Seasick Steve @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 03/10/2008
The Hold Steady @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 06/10/2008
Seasick Steve @ The Dome, Brighton - 07/10/2008
The Streets @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 13/10/2008
CSS @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 15/10/2008
Goldfrapp @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 29/10/2008
Okkervil River @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 12/11/2008
The Kooks, Mystery Jets and Kid Harpoon @ The Brighton Centre - 29/11/2008
Kings Of Leon @ The Brighton Centre - 01/12/2008
Kings Of Leon @ BIC, Bournemouth - 14/12/2008
If the Agent Orange I've deployed on the bindweed in the back garden has the desired effect I should have time to add the above gigs onto the SoMC Events Calendar this weekend (if not then I'll be tied up with Plan B, which involves a flame-thrower and a team of attack trained goats). As has been mentioned once or twice before the Events Calendar is, when up to date, a handy aid for the average gig monkey. Here's a wee taster of some of the fine local gigs it holds...
Medison, We're What's Left and The Ex Patriots @ The Railway Rifle Club, Portsmouth - 24/07/2008
Brigade and Slaves To Gravity @ The Joiners, Southampton - 24/07/2008
Christine LeDoux @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 24/07/2008
Dance Paris Dance and Hellcyon @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 24/07/2008
Flamboyant Bella, Fresh Legs and Audio Digital @ The Fat Fox, Portsmouth - 24/07/2008
Auteur, Herbarley and Dacsha @ The Railway, Winchester - 24/07/2008
Mike TV, The JB Conspiracy and Mr Kamikaze @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 24/07/2008
Black Bart, Oblongata, I See Sparks and Long Shore Drift @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 24/07/2008
Major Melon, God Send and In Like Flynn @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 25/07/2008
Deft Leppard (Def Leppard tribute) @ The Brook, Southampton - 25/07/2008
Revenge of Shinobi, They Came And Ate Us and Milk Is Good For You @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 25/07/2008
Sandinistas, The Dirty Tricks and Simon Stevens & The Yellow Groove @ The Joiners, Southampton - 25/07/2008
Kingskin and 8 Fold @ The Railway, Winchester - 25/07/2008
Alice Cooper @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 25/07/2008
The Uplifter (DJ) @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 25/07/2008
Catalyst @ The Firehouse, Southampton - 25/07/2008
Caroline's Capucin and The Soul Liberators (DJ set) @ The Soul Cellar, Southampton - 25/07/2008
Manti @ The Square Brewery, Petersfield - 26/07/2008
Maybe Winehouse (Amy Wino tribute) @ The Brook, Southampton - 26/07/2008
Mary Jane @ The TMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 26/07/2008
Flamboyant Bella, Fresh Legs and The Adamseed @ The Joiners, Southampton - 26/07/2008
Barbwire Bob (featuring John "Two Chillies" Nixon) @ The Fareham, Fareham - 26/07/2008
Tiny Spark, Recreation and The Lonely Cardinals @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 26/07/2008
Steve Arnott @ The Frog & Frigate, Southampton - 26/07/2008
The Blueskies, The Frantic and We Aeronauts @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 26/07/2008
Nephwrack, Terrathorn and Nya @ The Railway, Winchester - 26/07/2008
Doris & The Dots @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 26/07/2008
Nanci Griffith @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 27/07/2008
Silent Hours, A Flaming Florence and Hardly Heroes @ The Joiners, Southampton - 27/07/2008
Letz Zep (Led Zeppelin tribute) @ Komedia, Brighton - 27/07/2008
Red Light Company and Loose Tongue @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 27/07/2008
James Hollingworth @ The Platform Tavern, Southampton - 27/07/2008
Flis Pitman, Hayley Angel and The Insouciant Ones @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 27/07/2008
Kids Can't Fly, The Clarity and Who's Keeping Score @ The Joiners, Southampton - 28/07/2008
Attack! Vipers!, The Manatees and Throats @ The Railway Rifle Club, Portsmouth - 28/07/2008
Co-Pilgrim, Guided By Lights and The Great Park @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 28/07/2008
Waiting For Sirens, Fantastic Castle and Burn The Fleet @ The Railway Rifle Club, Portsmouth - 29/07/2008
The Metropolise, Speakyourheart and Joey Nightmare @ The Joiners, Southampton - 29/07/2008
Xavier Rudd and Streebeck @ The Opera House, Bournemouth - 29/07/2008
Alistair Goodwin, Tremain and Michael McLinn @ the Edge of The Wedge, Portsmouth - 29/07/2008
Rod Thomas, Hello Country and Great Walls @ The Railway, Winchester - 29/07/2008
The Uplifter (DJ) @ The Soul Cellar, Southampton - 29/07/2008
Leafcutter John, Birdengine and Junkboy @ Komedia, Brighton - 30/07/2008
My Winehouse (Amy Wino tribute) @ Chicago Rock Cafe, Fareham - 30/07/2008
Caimbo, The Levels, The Exits and Colonel Mustard @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 30/07/2008
Frantic Bliss, Imightdisco and Ex Boy Racer @ The Joiners, Southampton - 30/07/2008
Joey Nightmare, Hold Fast and Speed The Collapse @ The Railway Rifle Club, Portsmouth - 30/07/2008
Swimming, The Light Sleepers and Stars & Sons @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 30/07/2008
Mr James Bright, Peter Lyons and Thos Henley @ The Railway, Winchester - 30/07/2008
Hours Till Autumn, Jet Heeled Striker and Wilf @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 30/07/2008
Ludovico Einaudi @ Turner Sims Hall, Southampton - 03/10/2008
Longview @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 04/10/2008
Neil Cowley Trio @ Turner Sims Hall, Southampton - 11/10/2008
The Streets @ The Guildhall, southampton - 13/10/2008
Scorpions @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 16/10/2008
Bellowhead @ The City Hall, Salisbury - 28/10/2008
Paul Carrack @ The City Hall, Salisbury - 29/10/2008
Funeral For A Friend @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 31/10/2008
Noah & The Whale @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 03/11/2008
Beth Rowley @ The Talking Heads, Portsmouth - 06/11/2008
Seth Lakeman @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 07/11/2008
Extreme @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 21/11/2008
The Southsea Mafia DJs again take control of Waster this week with another selection of the best indiepunkelectrorockdance in town. Admission is £1 before 2230 (£2 before 2300, £3 after, etc), doors open at Portsmouth's Liquid Envy at 2200 tomorrow night, Thursday 24th July. For more information see the Facebook group page.
The Wedgewood Rooms' Showcase 08 competition continues this week with heats six and seven. The sixth heat, featuring Sheilatakeabow, This Manhattan, On Flight Movie and Audio.Video.Disco (previously Hobos & Eskimos), takes place on Tuesday, 29th July. The following evening, Wednesday 30th July, Rivers Of Sound, Split Sixty, Cozy Flashbak and Roughly Translated will be taking the stage. Each band gets to play a 25 minute set, with votes from the audience and a panel of judges deciding the winner. Admission is £4.
The Hobbit hosts an all-day Reggae Beach Party this Saturday, 26th July, featuring DJ sets from Stickee Ickee, The Uplifter and Skankenstein. Doors open at 1200 and entrance is FREE up until 2200 (the event runs through til 0100).
Kiss My Bass returns to Café Havana in Southsea this Saturday, 26th July, for another packed evening of bleeps, beats and bass. Joining resident DJs Fotza, Aimz and Udy this time around will be Tom Mayhem (Ricochet) and Ruined Jon (Subtechment). Admission is FREE and doors open at 2000.
Chaos returns to new home The Wedgewood Rooms this Saturday, 26th July, when Ruby Soho and Hev Stilet-Ho will be in charge of the wheels of steel. Will Chump and Lemon will be presiding over the Chaos Lounge (in the Edge of the Wedge), where there'll be FREE Sega on offer. Doors open at 2300, entrance is £5.
Osborne House, Queen Victoria's summer home on the Isle of Wight, will be hosting two open-air gigs this weekend. The Modfather himself, Paul Weller, plays Saturday, 26th July, with Girls Aloud gigging the following evening. Tickets are £32.50 (for Weller) and £29.50 (for Cheryl and chums).
Kodiak Jack, the love child of the mighty Hudson 10 and Brannigan's Law, unleash their new sound on the masses for the first time at The Talking Heads this Tuesday, 29th July. Support comes from Caimbo, The Prime and Life With Max and tickets are £4.50.
Roger Courtney's Open Mike Club this week features performances from singer-songwriter Andy Matheson plus acoustic pop from Portsmouth's Becky Jerams. The first artist is on stage at 2000 with the Open Mike session following at 2200. Doors open at The Barn at The Milton Arms at 1900 tomorrow, Thursday 24th July. Admission is, as always, FREE!
And that about wraps it up for another week; today I was mostly listening to Vampire Weekend's excellent debut long player and the sublime new album from Sigur Rós. Be sure to join me next week when I'll be battling Qaatii, the Demon Octopus from the 5th Dimension.
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