The SoMC's resident guitar-meister, Ant Shue, has informed me that the mighty Brannigan's Law are to grace the stage of The Wedgewood Rooms with their presence.
The Law have been added to the bill for Timshel's double album launch gig there on Saturday 28th July; not content with releasing one long player, the Southampton based band are releasing two CDs, Burnt Fingers and Keeping Me Home, for the public's aural pleasure.
Also on the bill are Ninja Biscuits, Guildford's The Savage Jazz and Skyline Heroes from the Isle of Wight. Tickets are a bargain £5.00 and are available from the venue or direct from the bands.
Mr Shue has given me the head's up on the next outing for the mighty Brannigan's Law. They'll be clambering onto a boat and heading out into the Solent for a gig on one of Lord Palmerston's follies:
As venue's go it's definitely one of strangest (not quite as bizarre as Sealand I'll grant you but it's not far off) and has all the makings of an excellent evening. Local bands The Fret, The Model Village and Brannigan's Law are all confirmed, Reading's The Skies complete the bill and tickets are a bargain £10.
OK so there's the additional £5 for the boat to Spitbank Fort to consider but, for a night's entertainment in most unusual surroundings, I can't see that being a problem. Buy your tickets, buy them now.
Hi-De-Hi!
Every Wednesday lunchtime I find myself sitting here, at my cluttered desk, wondering how to kickstart the Gigwatcher with some witty anecdote or a piece of dumb information. Some weeks inspiration comes swiftly, other weeks it takes awhile.
This week falls into the latter category.
I've sat here, mused on going off on one about the tickets to Kasabian that I "won" (but didn't really, it was one of those "the first 700 people get in" deals) or the Arctic Monkeys giving their Mercury winnings to charity (and I don't mean their ex-bass player), before deciding I might as well just get on with it. So, eyes down for a full house..
Motion City Soundtrack (plus OKGo) @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 27/09/2006 (it's SOLD OUT!)
Liam Frost & The Slowdown Family @ The Joiners, Southampton - 29/09/2006
People Under The Stairs @ The Orange Rooms, Southampton - 04/10/2006
Pink Grease @ Traid, Brighton - 06/10/2006 (in-store gig, starts at 1500)
Ed Harcourt @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 14/10/2006
CSS @ The Joiners, Southampton - 17/11/2006
Mystery Jets @ St George's Church, Brighton - 22/10/2006
Reverend & The Makers @ Sumo, Brighton - 27/10/2006
Jamie T @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 28/10/2006
Cord @ The Opera House, Bournemouth - 30/10/2006
Tenacious D @ The Brighton Centre, Brighton - 17/12/2006
Yes, Jack Black and Kyle Gass are inbound; hopefully he won't phone it in like he did at the VMAs last week :o) The above gigs will be added onto the SoMC Events Calendar when I get a spare five minutes; there they'll join all the other gigs I find out about in my pootlings across the interweb, a selection those in the next week follows:
Sherman Robertson & Blues Move @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - TONIGHT!
Ezio @ Talking Heads, Southampton - 15/09/2006
Superfly @ The Red Lion, Stubbington - 15/09/2006
Night of Treason @ The Railway Inn, Gosport - 15/09/2006 (supported by Red Honey and the Pimps, featuring Mr John 'Two Chillies' Nixon)
Racketeers @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 15/09/2006
Bic Runga @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 17/09/2006
The Cult @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 19/09/2006
To check what else is coming our way all you need do is register on the forum. Once registered you can interrogate the Events Calendar to your hearts content.
Don't forget that Brannigan's Law, featuring the irrepressible Ant Shue on rhythm guitar, return to Unit 22 in Southampton on Monday 18th September. If you want a listen beforehand then streaming demos are available on their MySpace.
The Everyman cancer charity is running its fourth annual Tacheback campaign this month, and some of the SoMC are proudly growing Chopper-esque facial hair (although Brett's is going a bit Errol Flynn). More information, including a link to some photos showing the progress of those involved, can be found here.
And that's about it for this week.. time flies when you're having fun eh?
South Coast Five takes place at the Royal Beach Hotel, Southsea, on Saturday 8th July.
The event is in aid of Cancer Research UK and features, amongst other fine outfits, Brannigan's Law (who have the SoMC's own Ant Shue on rhythm guitar).
Tickets are £10 and are available by contacting the organisers on 07774 051659 or 07789 742215.
Another week in rock has passed us by; I'm now closer to forty than I've ever been before and, strange but true, on Friday night a geeky looking American made me do squats.
[tumbleweed]
No, really.
*koff*
Moving swiftly on; once again I've played my dangerous game of reading the NME at lunchtime, though it didn't remind me of the heady days of Sputnik and Yuri Gagarin:
Zero 7 (with José González & Sia) @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 29/05/2006
Roland Shanks @ The Joiners, Southampton - 02/06/2006
Echo & The Bunnymen @ The Old Market, Brighton - 05/06/2006
The Heights @ The Joiners, Southampton - 03/07/2006
Milburn @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 14/07/2006
As per usual I'll add these onto the Son of Music Club's Events Calendar, along with all the other gigs I stumble across on my forays across the interweb. I have to say though, this week's are all a bit of a trek to get to/from. What we need is a local gig, for local people. To be precise, one that I can walk home from..
Girls Aloud @ Portchester Castle - 26/08/2006 (!!!)
Yes, believe it or not, The Tweedy and her chums are rolling into the village for an evening's entertainment (I wonder if they'll pop in the Seagull for a Light Ale or an Alcopop?). And Status Quo are there the next night, which is nice. More information can be found on the forum.
Ant "Axe-meister" Shue has furnished us with more information on next Tuesday's Brannigan's Law gig at Unit22. Brannigan's Law are second on the card, so they should be on stage around 2100ish. For those travelling by train (i.e. me) there's a free Citylink bus from Southampton Central Station to the venue. Which is nice.
One Weird Fish roll into town again this Friday; they're at The Railway Inn in Gosport, entertaining the masses with a fine selection of choice covers from the 70s/80s/90s, come on down and check them out why don't you.
And that's that. Until the next time...
