Much Ado About Nowt
You know there's something not quite right with the world when MPs discuss the weekend's X Factor result over arguably more important matters.
What was it Groucho Marx said about politics?
*koff*
And so to business; plucked fresh from the back page's of this week's NME, here's what's coming our way over the next few months:
Fight Like Apes @ Audio, Brighton - 19/11/2008
Alabama 3 @ The Brook, Southampton - 30/11/2008
Alabama 3 @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 02-03/12/2008
The Vivian Girls @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 11/12/2008
The Dandy Warhols @ The Old Fire Station, Bournemouth - 11/12/2008
SonicBoomSix and NY-Lon @ Tower Arts Centre, Winchester - 12/12/2008
Herman Dune @ Duke of Yorks, Brighton - 18/12/2008
SonicBoomSix and NY-Lon @ Engine Rooms, Brighton - 19/12/2008
Innerpartysystem @ Audio, Brighton - 27/01/2009
Mongrel @ Coalition, Brighton - 13/02/2009
I'll try and conjure up some time this weekend to add the above gigs to the (sadly neglected) SoMC Events Calendar. Given that I'm no great shakes when it comes to time management I probably won't get around to it (and will instead decamp in front of the telly to watch endless repeats of How It's Made). Here then are a hand-picked selection of gigs up and coming over the next seven days to keep you going...
The Blue Aeroplanes @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 13/11/2008 CANCELLED!
Long Shore Drift, Furious Animation and The Deltons @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 13/11/2008
Dionne Warwick @ The Pavilion, Bournemouth - 13/11/2008
Stompin' Dave Allen @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 13/11/2008
Dave Goodman @ The Platform Tavern, Southampton - 13/11/2008
Ida Maria, Birdpen and VV Brown @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 13/11/2008
Albert Lee & Hogan's Heroes @ Komedia, Brighton - 13/11/2008
Zane Lowe (DJ) @ Southampton University Student Union - 13/11/2008
Pete & The Pirates and Nine Ninety Nines @ The Fat Fox, Portsmouth - 13/11/2008
Kaliflower @ The Railway, Winchester - 13/11/2008
This Manhattan, Akalons and Your Sizzors My Seatbelt @ The Joiners, Southampton - 13/11/2008
Alter Bridge @ The Guildhall, Portsmouth - 13/11/2008
Antje Duvekot @ Komedia, Brighton - 13/11/2008
London Elektricity with MC Wrec @ The Soul Cellar, Southampton - 13/11/2008
The Stylistics @ The Anvil, Basingstoke - 13/11/2008 SOLD OUT!
Not Advised, Faireway, Sheilatakeabow and When Duty Calls @ The Rifle Club, Portsmouth - 13/11/2008
The Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain @ The City Hall, Salisbury - 14/11/2008
The Mods and Hip Fandango @ The Brook, Southampton - 14/11/2008
Arcade Eden, Speed The Collapse, Medison and Sam Jones @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 14/11/2008
Steve Arnott @ The Frog & Frigate, Southampton - 14/11/2008
The Guy Tortora Band @ Havant Arts Centre - 14/11/2008
Firefalldown, The Sketch and Chaos Days @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 14/11/2008
Hot Spunk and Sh*t! Hot Llamas @ The Railway, Winchester - 14/11/2008
Greenish Day (tribute) @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 14/11/2008
Great Pretender (Queen tribute) @ The Opera House, Bournemouth - 14/11/2008
Viva Machine @ Hamptons, Southampton - 14/11/2008
Russian Circles and These Arms Are Snakes @ Engine Rooms, Brighton - 14/11/2008
Lacuna Coil @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 14/11/2008 SOLD OUT!
Data.Select.Party, Venice Ahoy and Cut The Blue Wire @ The Joiners, Southampton - 14/11/2008
Razorlight @ The Guildhall, Portsmouth - 14/11/2008
The Damned @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 15/11/2008 SOLD OUT!
Marillion @ The Opera House, Bournemouth - 15/11/2008
Larry Miller Band @ Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham - 15/11/2008
McFly and Reemer @ BIC (Windsor Hall), Bournemouth - 15/11/2008
Gunz 'n' Rozes (tribute) @ The Brook, Southampton - 15/11/2008
The Continentals @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 15/11/2008
Rock Doctors @ The Firehouse, Southampton - 15/11/2008
Eddie & The Earwigs @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 15/11/2008
Ephexis, Root 8 (DJ) and Dirty Rat Child (DJ) @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 15/11/2008
Invasion, You're Smiling Now But We'll All Turn Into Demons and The Reactor Core Is Beautiful @ The Nell Gwynne, Portsmouth - 15/11/2008
Ricky Tick and Cool Jerk @ The Soul Cellar, Southampton - 15/11/2008
Cirque de Morte @ Komedia, Brighton - 15/11/2008
Jar Of Flies (Alice In Chains tribute) and The UK Chili Peppers (tribute) @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 15/11/2008
In Case Of Fire, The Longest Day and Echobeat @ The Joiners, Southampton - 15/11/2008
Dave Spoon (DJ) @ Little Johnny Russell's, Portsmouth - 15/11/2008
Feeder @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 15/11/2008 SOLD OUT!
Tapestry of Delights with Pimpernel Jones (DJ) @ The Edge of The Wedge, Portsmouth - 15/11/2008
Fay Wray @ The Square Brewery, Petersfield - 15/11/2008
Richard Bona and Muntu Valdo @ Turner Sims Concert Hall, Southampton - 15/11/2008
Bang Bang Lulu, The Wideboys and Clare Evers @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 15/11/2008
Madison Heights @ The Railway, Winchester - 15/11/2008
The Damned @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 16/11/2008
Modeste Hugues Duo @ The Forge, Basingstoke - 16/11/2008 CANCELLED!
Fields and Underground Railroad @ The Fat Fox, Portsmouth - 16/11/2008
Skinny Molly (Lynyrd Skynyrd tribute) @ The Brook, Southampton - 16/11/2008
Big Squirrel and Fingerless Hoodlum @ The Nell Gwynne, Portsmouth - 16/11/2008
Stu & Denovo @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 16/11/2008
Jools Holland & His Rhythm and Blues Orchestra @ The Guildhall, Portsmouth - 16/11/2008
Donavon Frankenreiter @ The Opera House, Bournemouth - 16/11/2008
Sneaky Sound System @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 16/11/2008 CANCELLED!
We Have Band, The Exits and The Maddisons @ The Joiners, Southampton - 16/11/2008
Gentle Bren (DJ) @ Little Johnny Russell's, Portsmouth - 16/11/2008
Jo Long & Donaldo @ The Platform Tavern, Southampton - 16/11/2008
My American Heart, We Are The Ocean and Just Surrender @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 17/11/2008
Genghis Tron @ Coalition, Brighton - 17/11/2008
Billy Boy & The Wild Bananas @ The Joiners, Southampton - 17/11/2008 SOLD OUT!
Ida Maria @ Komedia, Brighton - 18/11/2008
Dionne Warwick @ The Anvil, Basingstoke - 18/11/2008 SOLD OUT!
Jazica, Nell Bryden and Great Walls @ The Joiners, Southampton - 18/11/2008
Seth Lakeman @ The Corn Exchange, Brighton - 18/11/2008
Stephen Fretwell and Andrew Foster @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 18/11/2008
Dizzee Rascal @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 18/11/2008 SOLD OUT!
Charlie Musselwhite @ Komedia, Brighton - 18/11/2008
QueenAdreena, Arthur and Hold Fast @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 18/11/2008
The Whip, Transformer and Pnau @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 18/11/2008
Toby Wainwright Johns, All Things Considered and Elspeth Anne Macrae @ The Edge of The Wedge, Portsmouth - 18/11/2008
Reno, My Hollow Tree and Get The Tape @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 18/11/2008
McFly @ The Brighton Centre - 18/11/2008
Imelda May @ The Brook, Southampton - 19/11/2008
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals @ The Dome, Brighton - 19/11/2008
Shegotsick and Cora Code @ Drift, Southsea - 19/11/2008
Bemis @ The Square Brewery, Petersfield - 19/11/2008
Juicy Lucy @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 19/11/2008
Cara Dillon @ Komedia, Brighton - 19/11/2008
James Yorkston @ The Joiners, Southampton - 19/11/2008
Dengue Fever @ Salisbury Arts Centre - 19/11/2008
Buika @ Komedia, Brighton - 19/11/2008
Foreign Beggars @ The Soul Cellar, Southampton - 19/11/2008
Simian Mobile Disco @ Little Johnny Russell's, Portsmouth - 06/12/2008
Robin Hitchcock @ Komedia, Brighton - 16/02/2009
Kate Rusby @ The City Hall, Salisbury - 28/02/2009
Ultravox @ The Guildhall, Portsmouth - 28/04/2009
The line-up for next year's Shockwaves NME Awards Tour has been released. Friendly Fires, White Lies and Florence & The Machine will join current NME favourites Glasvegas on the 17 date tour, which pitches up at The Pyramids on Thursday 19th February 2009. Tickets for the tour went on exclusive sale from the NME website this morning (so let's cross our fingers that they're not all sold out already).
Owing to illness 60's rockers Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich have unfortunately had to cancel their scheduled gig at The Cellars at Eastney this Saturday, 15th November. Instead 60's covers band Eddie & The Earwigs will be gracing the stage, playing the hits of The Zombies, The Small Faces, The Move et al, with admission FREE! Punters requiring refunds for their Dave Dee tickets are advised to contact their point of purchase.
This week's Waster features the best electroindiepunkrockrave tunes around, courtesy of resident Southsea Mafia DJs Will Chump and Philip Harvey. Admission is via the Liquid entrance to Envy, from 2200 onwards, priced at £2.20 before 2300 (£3.20 after). More information can found on the event's Facebook page.
The Hong Kong Gardeners Club returns to Southsea's Café Havana this Friday, 14th November, for more eclectic beats from resident DJs Dave Saunders, Ursula Reynolds and Philip Harvey. Admission is £3 on the door, from 2000-0100.
Promoters Partners In Crime have organised an indie themed cruise around the Solent this weekend. Featuring live performances from Cut The Blue Wire and The Levels, plus DJ sets from Ruby Soho and DJ Lemon from the Southsea Mafia and [/glitch] and Abbie Eales from the Hong Kong Gardeners Club (split across the vessel's two bars), Rock The Boat will depart from the Spinnaker Tower dock at 2000 prompt (boarding commences at 1930) this Saturday, 15th November. Tickets are £12.50, available in advance from The Wedgewood Rooms Box Office (023 9286 3911), and more information can be found on Facebook.
Funkt-If-Ino joins High Society this Friday, 14th November, for their monthly residency at Gunwharf's TigerTiger. Alongside the Funkt-If-Ino will be DJ Redz and Dr Psycho from Twiceasnice and Luke Neville from Hed Kandi. Admission is £5 before 2230, £8 after, from 2100-0200.
Brighton-based alternative rockers The Vinyls and Portsmouth five piece The Last Distinguished Gentlemen (aka Apostle) are the guest artists at Roger Courtney's Open Mike Club tomorrow, Thursday 13th November. The Barn at The Milton Arms will be open from 1900, with live music from 2020 followed by the open mike session from 2200-0000. Admission is FREE, and more information can be found via the Facebook group.
Well, ruffle my hair and call me Susan, that's me done for another week; today I was mostly listening to Kraftwerk, Leftfield and Afrika Bambaataa. Be sure to join me next week when I'll be climbing the European cheese mountain.
:o)
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