The People's John Travolta
So how long until the BBC announces John Sergeant is taking over from Jonathan Ross?
[thinks]
I wonder if Ladbrokes would take that bet..
*koff*
Moving swiftly on, here is the (albeit slim) pick of the forthcoming gigs from the back pages of this week's NME:
Ten Bears @ Boileroom, Guildford - 05/12/2008
Official Secrets Act @ Hamptons, Southampton - 08/12/2008
The Pigeon Detectives @ BIC (Solent Hall), Bournemouth - 09/12/2008
Dashboard Confessional and The Spill Canvas @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 17/12/2008
Unless I'm otherwise engaged imbibing ales in a seedy hostelry in Pompey, idly tapping my foot along to the beat whilst trying to attract the barkeep's attention for a refill, I'll try and find some time to populate the forlorn looking SoMC Events Calendar with the above gigs (honestly, you'd think I'd have run out of lame excuses by now, wouldn't you?). To keep you going here are a selection of events occurring here and abouts over the next seven days...
20/11/2008
John Otway & The Big Band @ Komedia, Brighton
Big Squirrel, The Reactor Core Is Beautiful and Tortoiseshell Male @ The Fat Fox, Portsmouth
Gentleman Tim & The Contenders @ The Platform Tavern, Southampton
Hayley Westenra @ BIC (Pavilion), Bournemouth POSTPONED! (now 04/03/2009)
Show Of Hands, Miranda Sykes and Ruarri Joseph @ The Brook, Southampton
The Bays and The Heritage Orchestra @ The Anvil, Basingstoke
Dave Hawkins @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth
James Morrison @ The Guildhall, Southampton SOLD OUT!
Autokratz, Punks Jump Up and Benni @ Concorde 2, Brighton
Good Time Charlies, The Reaktors and Eat The Document @ The Joiners, Southampton
Bad For Lazarus, Fox Cubs and The Have It Your Own Ways @ The Railway, Winchester
The Light Divided, Idiot 3 and Todays Eden @ The Talking Heads, Southampton
Dreadzone @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth
Roddy Frame @ Komedia, Brighton
21/11/2008
The Quarry, Screwed Up Flyer, Livers & Lungs and Olive Anne @ The Fawcett Inn, Portsmouth
The Queens (tribute) @ The Brook, Southampton
The Old Boys Network @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth
Recluse @ The Firehouse, Southampton
The Kills @ Concorde 2, Brighton SOLD OUT!
Gary Myles @ The Frog & Frigate, Southampton
Phat'n'Dirty with Tom Mayhem (DJ), Eratik Behaviour (DJ) and Mitzy (DJ) @ The Edge of The Wedge, Portsmouth
The Alistair Goodwin Band @ The Hobbit, Southampton
Osibisa @ Salisbury Arts Centre
Guillemots @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth
White Lies, Hold Fast and Medison @ The Joiners, Southampton
Gentle Bren (DJ) @ Little Johnny Russell's, Portsmouth
Peggy Sue, Alessi's Ark and Esben & The Witch @ Hamptons, Southampton
The Bays and The Heritage Orchestra @ The Dome, Brighton
Extreme, Hot Leg and The Duvals @ The Guildhall, Southampton
Dreadzone and Subgiant @ The Opera House, Bournemouth
Big Red @ The Talking Heads, Southampton
To The Bones and Great Walls @ The Railway, Winchester
22/11/2008
Ezio and Polly Wood & Steve Pickens @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth
Dennis Rollins' Badbone & Co @ The Brook, Southampton
This Way Up @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth
Clare Teal @ Turner Sims Concert Hall, Southampton
Go:Audio @ Concorde 2, Brighton SOLD OUT!
Minus IQ and Exoterik @ The Hobbit, Southampton
Night Of Treason @ The Fawcett Inn, Portsmouth
Creep @ The Firehouse, Southampton
Red Indie with Dr Watson (DJ) and Skidmark (DJ) @ Little Johnny Russell's, Portsmouth
Crystal Arcade, The Getaway Team and Lady & The Lost Boys @ The Joiners, Southampton
Bang Bang Boogie with Pimpernel Jones (DJ) @ The Fat Fox, Portsmouth
Nell Brydon @ Komedia, Brighton
Jay Jay Pistolet, James St James and Thos. Henley @ Hamptons, Southampton
Moscow Flyer, Capital X and Endless Dissent @ The Railway, Winchester
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals @ The Guildhall, Southampton
The Sensational Johnny Deps @ The Square Brewery, Petersfield
The Fast, Delboy French, Installation and Science Of 8 Limbs @ The Talking Heads, Southampton
Finch, Hexes and Shadows Chasing Ghosts @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth
23/11/2008
Scouting For Girls @ The Guildhall, Portsmouth SOLD OUT!
Ladytron @ Concorde 2, Brighton
Kim Richey @ The Forge, Basingstoke
Army Of Freshmen @ The Talking Heads, Southampton
The Big Chris Barber Band @ The Anvil, Basingstoke
Caimbo, The Vintones and Jo Webb & The Dirty Hands @ Boileroom, Guildford
Miles Hunt & Erica Nockalls (The Wonder Stuff) and Loose Tongue @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth
Not Advised, Paige and Waiting For Sirens @ The Joiners, Southampton
Champ Of The Day, Two Fingers Of Firewater and Wooden Bullets @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth
James & Denovo @ The Hobbit, Southampton
Gentle Bren (DJ) @ Little Johnny Russell's, Portsmouth
Claude Bourbon @ The Platform Tavern, Southampton
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds @ The Brighton Centre
Gogol Bordello @ The Guildhall, Southampton
24/11/2008
Guns On The Roof, Sidecar46 and Capricorn Sister @ The Joiners, Southampton
Nouvelle Vague @ The Corn Exchange, Brighton CANCELLED!
Paul Gilbert @ The Brook, Southampton
The Rifles @ Concorde 2, Brighton
Primal Scream @ The Guildhall, Southampton
Go:Audio, Sherwood and Tonight Is Goodbye @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth
Shearwater and Radar Bros. @ Komedia, Brighton
25/11/2008
Rosalie Deighton & The Dirty Storys, Helen Andrews and Aitch @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth
Paul Gilbert @ Concorde 2, Brighton
Ray Gun & The Adjitators @ Drift, Southsea
Nick Tann, Slow Down Charlie and Dave Wheat @ The Edge of The Wedge, Portsmouth
Alice Russell @ Komedia, Brighton
Stu & Denovo @ The Hobbit, Southampton
Lost On Landing, Mimi Soya, Splendid Eddie and Chubby Mother @ The Rifle Club, Portsmouth
Soweto Kinch @ Turner Sims Concert Hall, Southampton
This Year's Crisis, Rosenkrantz and Bandits @ The Railway, Winchester
Ungodly Sacrifice, Alternative Carpark, Sinuism and Dred @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth
Boy Will Drown, The Eyes Of A Traitor and Crestfallen @ The Guildhall, Southampton
Allison Lickley @ Little Johnny Russell's, Portsmouth
Tony Cox & Ryan Le Blanc @ Komedia, Brighton
26/11/2008
New Found Glory @ The Guildhall, Southampton
I'm From Barcelona @ Concorde 2, Brighton
Buddy Whittington @ The Brook, Southampton
Keith James & Rick Foot @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth
Stephen Fretwell @ Komedia, Brighton
Brant Bjork & The Bros @ The Talking Heads, Southampton
Dragon Eye Morrison, Insinerate and Hexagram @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth
Lizzy Parks and Jamie Woon @ Komedia, Brighton
...and here are some others of note that you may want to add to your diary...
Sharleen Spiteri @ The Soul Cellar, Southampton - 04/12/2008 (tickets available from Wave105)
The Bees @ Ryde Theatre, IOW - 07/12/2008
iliketrains, Jeniferever and The Strange Death Of Liberal England @ The Joiners, Southampton 09/12/2008
Red Letter Day and The Adamseed @ The Nell Gwynne, Portsmouth - 13/12/2008
Duke Special @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 13/01/2009
Late Of The Pier @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 20/02/2009
As well as the usual fine selection of tunes from Will Chump and Spikey Mark of the Southsea Mafia DJs, this week Waster also features live music from punkabilly outfit Radio City Riot and ska-punks The White Coats. If that wasn't enough then Chaos regular Ruby Soho will be spinning a set as well. Admission is £2.20 before 2300 (£3.20 after) via the main doors at Portsmouth's Liquid nightclub. Details of how to add yourself to the guest list (i.e. get in cheaper) can be on Facebook.
Havant Arts Centre again hosts Pure Acoustic, a showcase for local singer/songwriters, next Tuesday, 25th November. Artists interested in performing should contact the promoter, Jane Mack, whose details are available on the venue's website. Admission is £3 (£1.50 for performers) on the door, from 2000.
iLLuMIDanCe descends on Portsmouth's Guildhall Walk this Friday, 21st November, for another pounding evening of hard trance at the Venus Vodka Bar. DJs Coincidence, PGB and Tone will be joining resident DJ Cabin Boy, with music from 2100 through till 0200. Admission is £1 on the door; no ID, no entry.
Reggae rocker Son Of Man and local rock duo The Ex Patriots will be the guest artists at Roger Courtney's Open Mike Club at The Barn at The Milton Arms tomorrow night, Thursday 20th November. Doors open at 1900, with music from 2000 and the regular Open Mike session following from 2200 through till midnight. Admission is FREE, further details can be found on Facebook.
And the clock on the wall is telling me that's all I have time for this week; today I have mostly been listening to some classic Pearl Jam, Jimmy Eat World's latest and the new Kodiak Jack EP. Be sure to join me next week when I'll be teaching dogs to look up.
:o)
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Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
The Gigwatcher 24/09/2008
That Place Up The Road
Bundled with this week's NME was the Indie Map of Britain and Ireland, a repackaged edition of the Student Guide the magazine usually punts out at this time of the year. Whereas Portsmouth made it as a foot-note on Southampton's double-page entry last year, thanks to The Wedgewood Rooms if memory serves, Pompey doesn't get a mention this time around.
Not that I'm bitter.. but..
*koff*
Moving swiftly on; I plucked the following gigs from the back pages of this week's plastic wrapped edition of the NME:
The Paddingtons @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 01/10/2008
Lykke Li @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 02/10/2008
Team Waterpolo and Defend Moscow @ Audio, Brighton - 03/10/2008
Team Waterpolo and Defend Moscow @ The Joiners, Southampton - 05/10/2008
One Night Only @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 07/10/2008 SOLD OUT!
Stephen Stills @ The Brighton Centre - 10/10/2008
The Paddingtons @ Audio, Brighton - 25/10/2008
Red Light Company @ The Cellars, Portsmouth - 09/11/2008
Red Light Company @ The Joiners, Southampton - 11/11/2008
Red Light Company @ Coalition, Brighton - 12/11/2008
Pete & The Pirates @ The Fat Fox, Southsea - 13/11/2008
Red Light Company @ Boileroom, Guildford - 13/11/2008
The Automatic and Nick Harrison @ The Old Fire Station, Bournemouth - 19/11/2008
Guillemots @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 21/11/2008
I'm From Barcelona @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 26/11/2008
Pete & The Pirates @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 29/11/2008
Keane @ BIC, Bournemouth - 03/02/2009
Keane @ The Brighton Centre - 10/02/2009
I shall, of course, endeavour to add the above gigs onto the SoMC Events Calendar sometime during the weekend (but, given that I'm fairly useless when it comes to time management, it's highly likely that I'll run out of hours in the day with nothing posted). The Events Calendar is (when I eventually get around to updating it) a handy repository of musical events in the local area, full of lovely gigs like these...
Ezio, Fearne and Mercury Men @ The Opera House, Bournemouth - 25/09/2008
The Fall The Rise, Rushing With Apathy and Sex Hungry Grannies @ The Joiners, Southampton - 25/09/2008
Dennis Locorriere @ The Anvil, Basingstoke - 25/09/2008
Islands @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 25/09/2008
The Ornament Birds and James Cullen @ Basement Jaks (Jolly Sailor), Portsmouth - 25/09/2008
The Ting Tings @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 25/09/2008 SOLD OUT!
The Hamsters @ Komedia, Brighton - 25/09/2008
Kill Kasper @ The Fat Fox, Portsmouth - 25/09/2008
Jake Shillingford and Dlugokecki @ The Railway, Winchester - 25/09/2008
Dave Arcari @ The Platform Tavern, Southampton - 25/09/2008
The Evil Puppies @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 26/09/2008
Recreation, Goodnight Johnathan and Alex Kriche @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 26/09/2008
Brian Houston, Polly Wood & Steve Picken @ The Studio at The Petersfield School - 26/09/2008
Hot Rats @ The Fat Fox, Portsmouth - 26/09/2008
Y&T @ The Brook, Southampton - 26/09/2008
Millencolin @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 26/09/2008
Kaiko and Sion @ The Railway, Winchester - 26/09/2008
Hong Kong Gardeners Club (DJ) @ Basement Jaks (Jolly Sailor), Portsmouth - 26/09/2008
Max Pashm Band and Andy Satellite (DJ) @ Komedia, Brighton - 26/09/2008
Vinnie Void (DJ) @ The Fawcett Inn, Portsmouth - 26/09/2008
Lonely Joe Parker, Peter Lyons and James Ewers @ Hamptons, Southampton - 26/09/2008
Schizophonic @ The Red Lion, Stubbington - 26/09/2008
The Uplifter (DJ) @ The Talking Heads, Portsmouth - 26/09/2008
The Legendary Derek @ The Frog & Frigate, Southampton - 27/09/2008
Celtish @ Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham - 27/09/2008
The Silver Beatles @ The Brook, Southampton - 27/09/2008
Prior Engagement @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 27/09/2008
Bury Tomorrow, Random Conflict and Many Things Untold @ The Joiners, Southampton - 27/09/2008
The Trevor John Band @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 27/09/2008
Spiers & Boden and Chris Ricketts @ The Studio at The Petersfield School - 27/09/2008
Dirty Rat Child (DJ) and The Uplifter (DJ) @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 27/09/2008
Gentle Bren (DJ) @ The Fat Fox, Portsmouth - 27/09/2008
Civilian and Narration @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 27/09/2008
Red Indie with Dr Watson (DJ) and Skidmark (DJ) @ Little Johnny Russell's, Portsmouth - 27/09/2008
The Mustangs @ The Square Brewery, Petersfield - 27/09/2008
Suckerpunch @ The Railway, Winchester - 27/09/2008
Fighting With Wire and General Fiasco @ Hamptons, Southampton - 27/09/2008
Bowie Experience (tribute) @ The Talking Heads, Portsmouth - 27/09/2008
The Peth and Hijera @ The Soul Cellar, Southampton - 28/09/2008
G2 (Genesis tribute) @ The Brook, Southampton - 28/09/2008
Kaid and [tba] @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 28/09/2008
James & Denovo @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 28/09/2008
Die So Fluid, Endless Dissent and Thinking For Tuesday @ The Railway, Winchester - 28/09/2008
Lost On Landing, Out Of Sight and Mimi Soya @ The Joiners, Southampton - 28/09/2008
Gentle Bren (DJ) @ Little Johnny Russell's, Portsmouth - 28/09/2008
Alex Roberts @ The Platform Tavern, Southampton - 28/09/2008
Tiny Spark @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 28/09/2008
Dragonforce and Turisas @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 28/09/2008 SOLD OUT!
Canterbury and Long Story Short @ Hamptons, Southampton - 28/09/2008
Prior Engagement @ The Fat Fox, Portsmouth - 29/09/2008
Voodoo Six, Breaker and Montrose Ave @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 29/09/2008
Golden Silvers, Ex Lovers and Citadels @ The Joiners, Southampton - 29/09/2008
Liz Green, Ben Wetherill and Tom Brosseau @ Komedia, Brighton - 29/09/2008
This Town Needs Guns, Tall Ships and Luke Leighfield @ The Railway Rifle Club, Portsmouth - 29/09/2008
White Lies @ Komedia, Brighton - 29/09/2008
Bromheads Jacket @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 30/09/2008
Serafina Steer, Animal Magic Tricks and Daisy-Emily @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 30/09/2008
Lovvers and You're Smiling Now But We'll All Turn Into Demons @ The Nell Gwynne, Portsmouth - 30/09/2008
Radu Lupu @ Turner Sims Concert Hall, Southampton - 30/09/2008 SOLD OUT!
Herbie Goins and The Norman Beaker Band @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 30/09/2008
Kill Hannah @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 30/09/2008
Oxygen Thief, Champ Of The Day and Hometown Show @ The Edge of The Wedge, Portsmouth - 30/09/2008
Andy & Denovo @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 30/09/2008
Ladyhawke @ Komedia, Brighton - 30/09/2008
The Plight, Outcry Collective and Immortal Youth @ The Joiners, Southampton - 30/09/2008
The Inklings @ The Talking Heads, Portsmouth - 30/09/2008
HPR, The James Cleaver Quartet and Venice Ahoy @ Hamptons, Southampton - 30/09/2008
Neil Cowley Trio @ Komedia, Brighton - 01/10/2008
The Paddingtons @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 01/10/2008
Walls of Jericho, The Red Chord, All Shall Perish and Animosity @ The Brook, Southampton - 01/10/2008
The Mick Pini Band @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 01/10/2008
PP & The Floorshakers @ Chicago Rock Cafe, Fareham - 01/10/2008
The Blackout @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 01/10/2008
Voodoo Six, Exile Arise and Jenna's Revenge @ The Joiners, Southampton - 01/10/2008
The Duke Spirit @ Komedia, Brighton - 01/10/2008
Stone Free @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 01/10/2008
The Plight, Outcry Collective and Chasing Tomorrow @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 01/10/2008
The Reservoirs, Get Your Ass To Mars and The Mustangs @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 01/10/2008
Jack Rabbit @ The Fat Fox, Portsmouth - 01/10/2008
Rory Ellis @ Komedia, Brighton - 01/10/2008
Data.Select.Party, Joey Nightmare, Medison and Full Proof @ The Railway Rifle Club, Portsmouth - 01/10/2008
Caimbo and Kodiak Jack @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 28/10/2008
Sly & Robbie @ The Brook, Southampton - 28/10/2008
Misty's Big Adventure @ The Talking Heads, Portsmouth - 29/10/2008
The Fall and Bobby Peru @ The Brook, Southampton - 05/11/2008
Lacuna Coil @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 14/11/2008
Stephen Fretwell @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 18/11/2008
Waster this week features live performances from local bands The Elements and Pathway, followed by the Southsea Mafia DJs through till 0230. The doors open of Portsmouth's Envy nightclub will be open from 2200 tomorrow, Thursday 27th September, with admission just £2.20 before 2300 (£3.20 after). Further information, including how to get on the guest list, can be found on the event's Facebook page.
Pure Acoustic, a showcase for local singer/songwriters, returns to Havant Arts Centre this Tuesday, 30th September. An engineer and PA will be available on the night, artists interested in performing should be at the venue by 1930 to arrange a slot with the promoter. Doors open at 2000 and admission is £3 (£1.50 for performers).
Portmouth promoter Southsea DIY hosts its first all day event this Saturday, 28th September, at The Fawcett Inn. The line-up includes Kelly Kemp, Sam Russo, You Me and the Atom Bomb, Beat the Red Light, Attack! Vipers!, The Grizzley Ends and Crazy Arm, with bands on-stage from 1500 through to 2300. Admission is a suggested donation of £3.
The Wedgewood Rooms hosts the third semi-final of its Showcase 08 competition tomorrow, Thursday 25th September, with The Levels, The Elizans, In Darklight and Holy Roller battling it out for a slot in the final. Doors open at 2000, admission is £4.
Chaos returns to The Wedgewood Rooms this Saturday, 27th September, for another slice of indie-fuelled anarchy and alternative shenanigans. Will Chump and DJ Lemon will be over-seeing the Main Room, with Marky Marc and Hev Stilet-Hoe in the Chaos Lounge (aka The Edge of The Wedge). Doors open 2200 through to 0300, entrance is £5 on the door (last admission at 0100).
Following the success of last year's event, Love Albert Road Day returns to Southsea's finest thoroughfare this Sunday, 28th September, for seven fun-packed hours of FREE entertainment. The Wedgewood Rooms will be hosting one the event's three stages, with Autons, The White Coats and The Good Time Charlies performing. Next door, in The Edge of The Wedge, the chaps from Cool Banana will be doing their thing. Further along Albert Road, The Beatmakers will be bringing their brand of soul to The Fat Fox. Unfortunately Seasick Steve has had to cancel his appearance, though the organisers have a couple of surprise guest artists up their sleeves. The main event runs from 1000 to 1700, more information can be found on the event's Facebook page.
Kiss My Bass returns to Café Havana in Southsea this Saturday, 27th September, for more beats and bass. DJ Charge (Breakneck) and Phil Harvey (Waster/HKGC) are the guests on the decks this time, joining residents DJs Fotza, Eratik Behaviour and Udy. Doors open 2000 through 0100; admission is FREE before 2200, £2 after.
Portsmouth five-piece pop rock band KiZmiT and roots three-piece Thinker provide the guest performances at this week's Roger Courtney's Open Mike Club. Doors open at The Barn at The Milton Arms at 1900 tomorrow, Thursday 27th September, with guest performances starting at 2000; the Open Mike session follows at 2200. Admission is FREE!
And that's it for another week; today I was mostly listening to Glasvegas' debut album and The National's excellent long player, Boxer. Be sure to join me next week when I'll be packing for my holibobs.
:o)
Bundled with this week's NME was the Indie Map of Britain and Ireland, a repackaged edition of the Student Guide the magazine usually punts out at this time of the year. Whereas Portsmouth made it as a foot-note on Southampton's double-page entry last year, thanks to The Wedgewood Rooms if memory serves, Pompey doesn't get a mention this time around.
Not that I'm bitter.. but..
*koff*
Moving swiftly on; I plucked the following gigs from the back pages of this week's plastic wrapped edition of the NME:
The Paddingtons @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 01/10/2008
Lykke Li @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 02/10/2008
Team Waterpolo and Defend Moscow @ Audio, Brighton - 03/10/2008
Team Waterpolo and Defend Moscow @ The Joiners, Southampton - 05/10/2008
One Night Only @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 07/10/2008 SOLD OUT!
Stephen Stills @ The Brighton Centre - 10/10/2008
The Paddingtons @ Audio, Brighton - 25/10/2008
Red Light Company @ The Cellars, Portsmouth - 09/11/2008
Red Light Company @ The Joiners, Southampton - 11/11/2008
Red Light Company @ Coalition, Brighton - 12/11/2008
Pete & The Pirates @ The Fat Fox, Southsea - 13/11/2008
Red Light Company @ Boileroom, Guildford - 13/11/2008
The Automatic and Nick Harrison @ The Old Fire Station, Bournemouth - 19/11/2008
Guillemots @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 21/11/2008
I'm From Barcelona @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 26/11/2008
Pete & The Pirates @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 29/11/2008
Keane @ BIC, Bournemouth - 03/02/2009
Keane @ The Brighton Centre - 10/02/2009
I shall, of course, endeavour to add the above gigs onto the SoMC Events Calendar sometime during the weekend (but, given that I'm fairly useless when it comes to time management, it's highly likely that I'll run out of hours in the day with nothing posted). The Events Calendar is (when I eventually get around to updating it) a handy repository of musical events in the local area, full of lovely gigs like these...
Ezio, Fearne and Mercury Men @ The Opera House, Bournemouth - 25/09/2008
The Fall The Rise, Rushing With Apathy and Sex Hungry Grannies @ The Joiners, Southampton - 25/09/2008
Dennis Locorriere @ The Anvil, Basingstoke - 25/09/2008
Islands @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 25/09/2008
The Ornament Birds and James Cullen @ Basement Jaks (Jolly Sailor), Portsmouth - 25/09/2008
The Ting Tings @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 25/09/2008 SOLD OUT!
The Hamsters @ Komedia, Brighton - 25/09/2008
Kill Kasper @ The Fat Fox, Portsmouth - 25/09/2008
Jake Shillingford and Dlugokecki @ The Railway, Winchester - 25/09/2008
Dave Arcari @ The Platform Tavern, Southampton - 25/09/2008
The Evil Puppies @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 26/09/2008
Recreation, Goodnight Johnathan and Alex Kriche @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 26/09/2008
Brian Houston, Polly Wood & Steve Picken @ The Studio at The Petersfield School - 26/09/2008
Hot Rats @ The Fat Fox, Portsmouth - 26/09/2008
Y&T @ The Brook, Southampton - 26/09/2008
Millencolin @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 26/09/2008
Kaiko and Sion @ The Railway, Winchester - 26/09/2008
Hong Kong Gardeners Club (DJ) @ Basement Jaks (Jolly Sailor), Portsmouth - 26/09/2008
Max Pashm Band and Andy Satellite (DJ) @ Komedia, Brighton - 26/09/2008
Vinnie Void (DJ) @ The Fawcett Inn, Portsmouth - 26/09/2008
Lonely Joe Parker, Peter Lyons and James Ewers @ Hamptons, Southampton - 26/09/2008
Schizophonic @ The Red Lion, Stubbington - 26/09/2008
The Uplifter (DJ) @ The Talking Heads, Portsmouth - 26/09/2008
The Legendary Derek @ The Frog & Frigate, Southampton - 27/09/2008
Celtish @ Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham - 27/09/2008
The Silver Beatles @ The Brook, Southampton - 27/09/2008
Prior Engagement @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 27/09/2008
Bury Tomorrow, Random Conflict and Many Things Untold @ The Joiners, Southampton - 27/09/2008
The Trevor John Band @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 27/09/2008
Spiers & Boden and Chris Ricketts @ The Studio at The Petersfield School - 27/09/2008
Dirty Rat Child (DJ) and The Uplifter (DJ) @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 27/09/2008
Gentle Bren (DJ) @ The Fat Fox, Portsmouth - 27/09/2008
Civilian and Narration @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 27/09/2008
Red Indie with Dr Watson (DJ) and Skidmark (DJ) @ Little Johnny Russell's, Portsmouth - 27/09/2008
The Mustangs @ The Square Brewery, Petersfield - 27/09/2008
Suckerpunch @ The Railway, Winchester - 27/09/2008
Fighting With Wire and General Fiasco @ Hamptons, Southampton - 27/09/2008
Bowie Experience (tribute) @ The Talking Heads, Portsmouth - 27/09/2008
The Peth and Hijera @ The Soul Cellar, Southampton - 28/09/2008
G2 (Genesis tribute) @ The Brook, Southampton - 28/09/2008
Kaid and [tba] @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 28/09/2008
James & Denovo @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 28/09/2008
Die So Fluid, Endless Dissent and Thinking For Tuesday @ The Railway, Winchester - 28/09/2008
Lost On Landing, Out Of Sight and Mimi Soya @ The Joiners, Southampton - 28/09/2008
Gentle Bren (DJ) @ Little Johnny Russell's, Portsmouth - 28/09/2008
Alex Roberts @ The Platform Tavern, Southampton - 28/09/2008
Tiny Spark @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 28/09/2008
Dragonforce and Turisas @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 28/09/2008 SOLD OUT!
Canterbury and Long Story Short @ Hamptons, Southampton - 28/09/2008
Prior Engagement @ The Fat Fox, Portsmouth - 29/09/2008
Voodoo Six, Breaker and Montrose Ave @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 29/09/2008
Golden Silvers, Ex Lovers and Citadels @ The Joiners, Southampton - 29/09/2008
Liz Green, Ben Wetherill and Tom Brosseau @ Komedia, Brighton - 29/09/2008
This Town Needs Guns, Tall Ships and Luke Leighfield @ The Railway Rifle Club, Portsmouth - 29/09/2008
White Lies @ Komedia, Brighton - 29/09/2008
Bromheads Jacket @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 30/09/2008
Serafina Steer, Animal Magic Tricks and Daisy-Emily @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 30/09/2008
Lovvers and You're Smiling Now But We'll All Turn Into Demons @ The Nell Gwynne, Portsmouth - 30/09/2008
Radu Lupu @ Turner Sims Concert Hall, Southampton - 30/09/2008 SOLD OUT!
Herbie Goins and The Norman Beaker Band @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 30/09/2008
Kill Hannah @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 30/09/2008
Oxygen Thief, Champ Of The Day and Hometown Show @ The Edge of The Wedge, Portsmouth - 30/09/2008
Andy & Denovo @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 30/09/2008
Ladyhawke @ Komedia, Brighton - 30/09/2008
The Plight, Outcry Collective and Immortal Youth @ The Joiners, Southampton - 30/09/2008
The Inklings @ The Talking Heads, Portsmouth - 30/09/2008
HPR, The James Cleaver Quartet and Venice Ahoy @ Hamptons, Southampton - 30/09/2008
Neil Cowley Trio @ Komedia, Brighton - 01/10/2008
The Paddingtons @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 01/10/2008
Walls of Jericho, The Red Chord, All Shall Perish and Animosity @ The Brook, Southampton - 01/10/2008
The Mick Pini Band @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 01/10/2008
PP & The Floorshakers @ Chicago Rock Cafe, Fareham - 01/10/2008
The Blackout @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 01/10/2008
Voodoo Six, Exile Arise and Jenna's Revenge @ The Joiners, Southampton - 01/10/2008
The Duke Spirit @ Komedia, Brighton - 01/10/2008
Stone Free @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 01/10/2008
The Plight, Outcry Collective and Chasing Tomorrow @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 01/10/2008
The Reservoirs, Get Your Ass To Mars and The Mustangs @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 01/10/2008
Jack Rabbit @ The Fat Fox, Portsmouth - 01/10/2008
Rory Ellis @ Komedia, Brighton - 01/10/2008
Data.Select.Party, Joey Nightmare, Medison and Full Proof @ The Railway Rifle Club, Portsmouth - 01/10/2008
Caimbo and Kodiak Jack @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 28/10/2008
Sly & Robbie @ The Brook, Southampton - 28/10/2008
Misty's Big Adventure @ The Talking Heads, Portsmouth - 29/10/2008
The Fall and Bobby Peru @ The Brook, Southampton - 05/11/2008
Lacuna Coil @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 14/11/2008
Stephen Fretwell @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 18/11/2008
Waster this week features live performances from local bands The Elements and Pathway, followed by the Southsea Mafia DJs through till 0230. The doors open of Portsmouth's Envy nightclub will be open from 2200 tomorrow, Thursday 27th September, with admission just £2.20 before 2300 (£3.20 after). Further information, including how to get on the guest list, can be found on the event's Facebook page.
Pure Acoustic, a showcase for local singer/songwriters, returns to Havant Arts Centre this Tuesday, 30th September. An engineer and PA will be available on the night, artists interested in performing should be at the venue by 1930 to arrange a slot with the promoter. Doors open at 2000 and admission is £3 (£1.50 for performers).
Portmouth promoter Southsea DIY hosts its first all day event this Saturday, 28th September, at The Fawcett Inn. The line-up includes Kelly Kemp, Sam Russo, You Me and the Atom Bomb, Beat the Red Light, Attack! Vipers!, The Grizzley Ends and Crazy Arm, with bands on-stage from 1500 through to 2300. Admission is a suggested donation of £3.
The Wedgewood Rooms hosts the third semi-final of its Showcase 08 competition tomorrow, Thursday 25th September, with The Levels, The Elizans, In Darklight and Holy Roller battling it out for a slot in the final. Doors open at 2000, admission is £4.
Chaos returns to The Wedgewood Rooms this Saturday, 27th September, for another slice of indie-fuelled anarchy and alternative shenanigans. Will Chump and DJ Lemon will be over-seeing the Main Room, with Marky Marc and Hev Stilet-Hoe in the Chaos Lounge (aka The Edge of The Wedge). Doors open 2200 through to 0300, entrance is £5 on the door (last admission at 0100).
Following the success of last year's event, Love Albert Road Day returns to Southsea's finest thoroughfare this Sunday, 28th September, for seven fun-packed hours of FREE entertainment. The Wedgewood Rooms will be hosting one the event's three stages, with Autons, The White Coats and The Good Time Charlies performing. Next door, in The Edge of The Wedge, the chaps from Cool Banana will be doing their thing. Further along Albert Road, The Beatmakers will be bringing their brand of soul to The Fat Fox. Unfortunately Seasick Steve has had to cancel his appearance, though the organisers have a couple of surprise guest artists up their sleeves. The main event runs from 1000 to 1700, more information can be found on the event's Facebook page.
Kiss My Bass returns to Café Havana in Southsea this Saturday, 27th September, for more beats and bass. DJ Charge (Breakneck) and Phil Harvey (Waster/HKGC) are the guests on the decks this time, joining residents DJs Fotza, Eratik Behaviour and Udy. Doors open 2000 through 0100; admission is FREE before 2200, £2 after.
Portsmouth five-piece pop rock band KiZmiT and roots three-piece Thinker provide the guest performances at this week's Roger Courtney's Open Mike Club. Doors open at The Barn at The Milton Arms at 1900 tomorrow, Thursday 27th September, with guest performances starting at 2000; the Open Mike session follows at 2200. Admission is FREE!
And that's it for another week; today I was mostly listening to Glasvegas' debut album and The National's excellent long player, Boxer. Be sure to join me next week when I'll be packing for my holibobs.
:o)
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
The Gigwatcher 17/09/2008
Crunch Time
The 'UK Music Hall of Fame' appears to be the latest victim of the credit crunch; there was no funding available for new inductees last year, and with none in the pipeline for this year either, organiser Channel Four is pulling the plug.
Having endured the ceremony in previous years I'm not entirely convinced this is a bad thing; it was only a matter of time before someone voted Simply Red in.
*koff*
Moving swiftly on, the following gigs were teased lovingly from the back pages of this week's Oasis-orientated NME:
White Lies @ Komedia, Brighton - 29/09/2008
James Yuill @ Digital, Brighton - 06/10/2008
Towers of London @ The Brook, Southampton - 14/10/2008
Los Campesinos! @ Komedia, Brighton - 14/10/2008
Rod Thomas and It Hugs Back @ Boileroom, Guildford - 16/10/2008
Natty and Karima Francis @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 16/10/2008
Rod Thomas and It Hugs Back @ The Joiners, Southampton - 17/10/2008
Rod Thomas and It Hugs Back @ The Hope, Brighton - 21/10/2008
James Yuill @ The Railway, Winchester - 28/10/2008
The Holloways, Underground Heroes and Haunts @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 28/10/2008
James Yuill @ Drift, Southsea - 29/10/2008
The Wedding Present and The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 03/12/2008
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 09/12/2008
Metronomy @ Audio, Brighton - 01/11/2008
The View and Twisted Wheel @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 04/11/2008 SOLD OUT!
The Ting Tings @ The Guildhall, Portsmouth - 03/03/2009
The Enemy @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 09/04/2009
The Enemy @ The Dome, Brighton - 08/04/2009
The gigs above may be added onto the SoMC Events Calendar at some point over the next few days, it depends on whether I finally settle down to watch the entire second series of Dexter and Heroes or not (I've been neglecting my couch potato skills to the point where my V+ box is starting to creak from all I've recorded). The Events Calendar is, as has been mentioned in previous installments, a useful place to look if you fancy some live music but are not sure what's on locally, and is full of lovely gigs. Like these...
The Sally Strawberry Review @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 18/09/2008
The Jamm (tribute) @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 18/09/2008
Instill, Blue Screen of Death and Promise Of A Street Fight @ The Joiners, Southampton - 18/09/2008
Droptear Modelmaker, Esben & The Witch and Haunted Stereo @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 18/09/2008
Caesura, 2nd Smile and Colour @ The Railway, Winchester - 18/09/2008
Clare Teal @ Komedia, Brighton - 18/09/2008
Fight Like Apes, Futs Lung and La Mezma @ The Fat Fox, Portsmouth - 18/09/2008
Zion Train, Rat Race and Dubcatz @ The Opera House, Bournemouth - 18/09/2008
Mercury Men and Lotte Mullan @ The Platform Tavern, Southampton - 18/09/2008
Cure The Disaster, The Light Divided, Enimus and Joby @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 18/09/2008
Komanazmuk, Whiteboi and Etidorpha @ The Soul Cellar, Southampton - 18/09/2008
Brian Kennedy @ Komedia, Brighton - 18/09/2008
Last Train To Skaville (DJs) @ The Fawcett Inn, Portsmouth - 18/09/2008
Jazica, The Ramblings, The Rebs and Emily White @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 18/09/2008
Van Morrison @ The Dome, Brighton - 19/09/2008
The Purple Project (Deep Purple tribute) @ The Brook, Southampton - 19/09/2008
Spear of Destiny @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 19/09/2008
Mary Jane @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 19/09/2008
Cool Banana, Spiral Architects, Star Anise and Psychomachia (DJ) @ The Barn at The Milton Arms, Portsmouth - 19/09/2008
Screaming Tea Party, Animal Lovers and La Fiesta @ The Freebutt, Southampton - 19/09/2008
Reverb'n'Custard @ The Fawcett Inn, Portsmouth - 19/09/2008
The Architects and Pancake Eating Freaks @ The Railway, Gosport - 19/09/2008
Jubilee, Les Gars and Echobeat @ The Joiners, Southampton - 19/09/2008
Rollin' Stoned (tribute) @ Komedia, Brighton - 19/09/2008
Legend @ The Firehouse, Southampton - 19/09/2008
Collapsing Cities, Surfless, Recreation and Silent Hours @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 19/09/2008
Pete G & The Magnetones @ The Platform Tavern, Southampton - 19/09/2008
T-Rextasy (tribute) @ The Anvil, Basingstoke - 19/09/2008
5-T's Blues Band @ The Soul Cellar, Southampton - 19/09/2008
Jacqui McShee's Pentangle @ Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham - 19/09/2008
Second Smile, Colour and Caesura @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 19/09/2008
Get Your Ass To Mars @ The Railway, Winchester - 19/09/2008
Lonely Ghosts, Will Doyle and Run, Walk! @ Hamptons, Southampton - 19/09/2008
Glasvegas and Madskull @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 20/09/2008 SOLD OUT!
Arun Ghosh Indo-Jazz Sextet @ The Forge, Basingstoke - 20/09/2008
Robbing Williams (tribute) @ The Brook, Southampton - 20/09/2008
The White Knuckle Blues Band @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 20/09/2008
Inertia Blooms, Sinatra and Into Flight @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 20/09/2008
Big Al & The Fireflies @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 20/09/2008
Steve Arnott @ The Frog & Frigate, Southampton - 20/09/2008
The Inconsolables @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 20/09/2008
Mirrorview, The Safe Harbour and Wilf? @ The Joiners, Southampton - 20/09/2008
Nicky Mitchell and The Hepkat Huzzahs Big Band @ Komedia, Brighton - 20/09/2008
Ricky Tick and The Hiwatts @ The Soul Cellar, Southampton - 20/09/2008
Red Indie with Dr Watson (DJ) and Skidmark (DJ) @ Little Johnny Russell's, Portsmouth - 20/09/2008
Jon Walsh Blues Band @ The Platform Tavern, Southampton - 20/09/2008
The Nigel Kennedy Quintet @ The Dome, Brighton - 20/09/2008
The Hip Hop Farmers, The Barefoot Confessor and Blue Screen of Death @ The Railway, Winchester - 20/09/2008
Atomic Badger @ The Square Brewery, Petersfield - 20/09/2008
Bad Toad @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 20/09/2008
Gary Mullen & The Works (Queen tribute) @ The City Hall, Salisbury - 20/09/2008
Judgemental (DJ) @ The Fawcett Inn, Portsmouth - 20/09/2008
Ghoad @ The Firehouse, Southampton - 20/09/2008
Lupen Crook & The Murderbirds, The B Of The Bang and Loz Bridge & The Box Social @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 21/09/2008
Al Martino @ The Anvil, Basingstoke - 21/09/2008
Andy & Denovo @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 21/09/2008
The Academy Is..., We The Kings and The Maine @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 21/09/2008
Ardentes and Cut The Blue Wire @ The Joiners, Southampton - 21/09/2008
Mark Morriss @ The Forge, Basingstoke - 21/09/2008
Clearlake, Sunset Missions and The Elements @ The Fat Fox, Portsmouth - 21/09/2008
Sennen, 129 Die In Jet! and The Battles Of Winter @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 21/09/2008
The Escapade, Goodbye Stereo, L Morgan, Marky Marc (DJ) and Spikey Mark (DJ) @ The Edge Of The Wedge, Portsmouth - 21/09/2008 (free afternoon entertainment)
Hot Club Of Cowtown @ Komedia, Brighton - 21/09/2008
Gentle Bren (DJ) @ Little Johnny Russell's, Portsmouth - 21/09/2008
June Tabor and Andy Cutting @ Salisbury Arts Centre - 21/09/2008
Julia K, Brassneck and The Architects @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 21/09/2008
Fandangle @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 21/09/2008
Paul Curreri @ The Pavilion, Brighton - 21/09/2008
Dave Acari @ The Fat Fox, Portsmouth - 22/09/2008
Fandangle, Twice The Size and Blueprint @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 22/09/2008
Afgrund, Ablach and Metropolitan Police Cervix @ The Fawcett Inn, Portsmouth - 22/09/2008
The Adventures Of Us @ The Joiners, Southampton - 22/09/2008
Gym Class Heroes @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 22/09/2008
Mojito and Ian Scarbro @ The Edge of The Wedge, Portsmouth - 23/09/2008
The Domino State and Rusty Strings @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 23/09/2008
Guy Barker Jazz Orchestra @ The Anvil, Basingstoke - 23/09/2008
James & Denovo @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 23/09/2008
Superfly @ Nelson's, Gosport - 23/09/2008
Little Man Tate, Innercity Pirates and The Darling Age @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 23/09/2008
Bitune, Symphony Cult and The Light Divided @ The Joiners, Southampton - 23/09/2008
Keith Caputo @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 23/09/2008
One Republic @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 23/09/2008
Frank Hamilton, The Dawn Chorus, Leigh Stokes and Luke Ferre @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 24/09/2008
Ronnie Spector @ The Brook, Southampton - 24/09/2008
Michael Feinstein & His Big Band @ The Anvil, Basingstoke - 24/09/2008
To Hell And Back (Meat Loaf tribute) @ Chicago Rock Cafe, Fareham - 24/09/2008
Friendly Fires and Tinchy Stryder @ The Joiners, Southampton - 24/09/2008 SOLD OUT!
Rusty Sheriff & Friends, Big Squirrel and The Reactor Core Is Beautiful @ The Fat Fox, Portsmouth - 24/09/2008
Pete Doherty @ The Opera House, Bournemouth - 24/09/2008
Preston Reed @ Komedia, Brighton - 24/09/2008
The Acid Test, Head To Head and The Merrydowns @ The Railway, Winchester - 24/09/2008
County Line @ The Square Brewery, Petersfield - 24/09/2008
Cajun Dance Party @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 24/09/2008
Discharge @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 24/09/2008 CANCELLED!
The Smyths @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 17/10/2008
Pete & The Pirates @ The Fat Fox, Portsmouth - 13/11/2008
Longview @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 27/11/2008
Southsea Mafia DJs Lemon, Marky Marc and Philip Harvey will be spinning the best alternative tunes in town at tomorrow's Waster. Doors open at Portsmouth's Envy nightclub from 2200 tomorrow, Thursday 18th September, with admission just £2.20 before 2300 (£3.20 after). Details of how to get on the guest-list are available from the event's Facebook page.
The Joiners' upstart sibling Unit 22 is returning, albeit at a different venue and with a snappier name. The newly re-christened UNIT has taken over M Club, near to the city's Jury's Hotel, and will be open from Wednesday through Saturday each week. More information, including details of the imminent launch night, can be found on the club's Facebook page (where else?).
Blues At The Fort will be celebrating its 10th birthday at Fort Purbrook this weekend with two nights of classic Rhythm and Blues. The line-up for Friday 19th September features The Animals & Friends (featuring the legendary Spencer Davies), Jeremiah Marques & The Blue Aces and Cryin' Out Loud. The following evening, Saturday 20th September, The King Earl Boogie Band head-line, supported by The Cadillac Kings and Earl Green & The Right Time. Tickets for Friday night are £24, Saturday tickets are priced at £20, and there's a discount for parties of 20 or more when booking. Doors open 1830, with music from 1900-2330.
To celebrate International Talk Like A Pirate Day, DJs Spikey Mark and Ruby Soho will be hosting a buccaneer-themed evening at The Deco in Portsmouth this Friday, 19th September. The venue will be selling grog (aka 'rum') for 99p (but only to those dressed as and talking like pirates). Yarr!
Croydon-based singer-songwriter Tim Eveleigh and local acoustic duo Southern Down are the guest artists at Roger Courtney's Open Mike Club tomorrow, Thursday 18th September. The doors of the The Barn at The Milton Arms open at 1900, guest performances start at 2000 with the Open Mike session following from 2230. Admission is FREE!
And finally, as reported in The News yesterday, the inaugural Portsmouth & Southsea Music Festival has been cancelled due to poor ticket sales; refund information is available on the festival's website.
Boots off, feet up, that's me done for another week; today I was mostly listening to Tom McRae's latest release and the raucous debut by those young scamps, The Enemy. Be sure to join me next week when I'll be learning how to play the Peruvian Nose Flute.
:o)
The 'UK Music Hall of Fame' appears to be the latest victim of the credit crunch; there was no funding available for new inductees last year, and with none in the pipeline for this year either, organiser Channel Four is pulling the plug.
Having endured the ceremony in previous years I'm not entirely convinced this is a bad thing; it was only a matter of time before someone voted Simply Red in.
*koff*
Moving swiftly on, the following gigs were teased lovingly from the back pages of this week's Oasis-orientated NME:
White Lies @ Komedia, Brighton - 29/09/2008
James Yuill @ Digital, Brighton - 06/10/2008
Towers of London @ The Brook, Southampton - 14/10/2008
Los Campesinos! @ Komedia, Brighton - 14/10/2008
Rod Thomas and It Hugs Back @ Boileroom, Guildford - 16/10/2008
Natty and Karima Francis @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 16/10/2008
Rod Thomas and It Hugs Back @ The Joiners, Southampton - 17/10/2008
Rod Thomas and It Hugs Back @ The Hope, Brighton - 21/10/2008
James Yuill @ The Railway, Winchester - 28/10/2008
The Holloways, Underground Heroes and Haunts @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 28/10/2008
James Yuill @ Drift, Southsea - 29/10/2008
The Wedding Present and The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 03/12/2008
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 09/12/2008
Metronomy @ Audio, Brighton - 01/11/2008
The View and Twisted Wheel @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 04/11/2008 SOLD OUT!
The Ting Tings @ The Guildhall, Portsmouth - 03/03/2009
The Enemy @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 09/04/2009
The Enemy @ The Dome, Brighton - 08/04/2009
The gigs above may be added onto the SoMC Events Calendar at some point over the next few days, it depends on whether I finally settle down to watch the entire second series of Dexter and Heroes or not (I've been neglecting my couch potato skills to the point where my V+ box is starting to creak from all I've recorded). The Events Calendar is, as has been mentioned in previous installments, a useful place to look if you fancy some live music but are not sure what's on locally, and is full of lovely gigs. Like these...
The Sally Strawberry Review @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 18/09/2008
The Jamm (tribute) @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 18/09/2008
Instill, Blue Screen of Death and Promise Of A Street Fight @ The Joiners, Southampton - 18/09/2008
Droptear Modelmaker, Esben & The Witch and Haunted Stereo @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 18/09/2008
Caesura, 2nd Smile and Colour @ The Railway, Winchester - 18/09/2008
Clare Teal @ Komedia, Brighton - 18/09/2008
Fight Like Apes, Futs Lung and La Mezma @ The Fat Fox, Portsmouth - 18/09/2008
Zion Train, Rat Race and Dubcatz @ The Opera House, Bournemouth - 18/09/2008
Mercury Men and Lotte Mullan @ The Platform Tavern, Southampton - 18/09/2008
Cure The Disaster, The Light Divided, Enimus and Joby @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 18/09/2008
Komanazmuk, Whiteboi and Etidorpha @ The Soul Cellar, Southampton - 18/09/2008
Brian Kennedy @ Komedia, Brighton - 18/09/2008
Last Train To Skaville (DJs) @ The Fawcett Inn, Portsmouth - 18/09/2008
Jazica, The Ramblings, The Rebs and Emily White @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 18/09/2008
Van Morrison @ The Dome, Brighton - 19/09/2008
The Purple Project (Deep Purple tribute) @ The Brook, Southampton - 19/09/2008
Spear of Destiny @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 19/09/2008
Mary Jane @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 19/09/2008
Cool Banana, Spiral Architects, Star Anise and Psychomachia (DJ) @ The Barn at The Milton Arms, Portsmouth - 19/09/2008
Screaming Tea Party, Animal Lovers and La Fiesta @ The Freebutt, Southampton - 19/09/2008
Reverb'n'Custard @ The Fawcett Inn, Portsmouth - 19/09/2008
The Architects and Pancake Eating Freaks @ The Railway, Gosport - 19/09/2008
Jubilee, Les Gars and Echobeat @ The Joiners, Southampton - 19/09/2008
Rollin' Stoned (tribute) @ Komedia, Brighton - 19/09/2008
Legend @ The Firehouse, Southampton - 19/09/2008
Collapsing Cities, Surfless, Recreation and Silent Hours @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 19/09/2008
Pete G & The Magnetones @ The Platform Tavern, Southampton - 19/09/2008
T-Rextasy (tribute) @ The Anvil, Basingstoke - 19/09/2008
5-T's Blues Band @ The Soul Cellar, Southampton - 19/09/2008
Jacqui McShee's Pentangle @ Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham - 19/09/2008
Second Smile, Colour and Caesura @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 19/09/2008
Get Your Ass To Mars @ The Railway, Winchester - 19/09/2008
Lonely Ghosts, Will Doyle and Run, Walk! @ Hamptons, Southampton - 19/09/2008
Glasvegas and Madskull @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 20/09/2008 SOLD OUT!
Arun Ghosh Indo-Jazz Sextet @ The Forge, Basingstoke - 20/09/2008
Robbing Williams (tribute) @ The Brook, Southampton - 20/09/2008
The White Knuckle Blues Band @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 20/09/2008
Inertia Blooms, Sinatra and Into Flight @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 20/09/2008
Big Al & The Fireflies @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 20/09/2008
Steve Arnott @ The Frog & Frigate, Southampton - 20/09/2008
The Inconsolables @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 20/09/2008
Mirrorview, The Safe Harbour and Wilf? @ The Joiners, Southampton - 20/09/2008
Nicky Mitchell and The Hepkat Huzzahs Big Band @ Komedia, Brighton - 20/09/2008
Ricky Tick and The Hiwatts @ The Soul Cellar, Southampton - 20/09/2008
Red Indie with Dr Watson (DJ) and Skidmark (DJ) @ Little Johnny Russell's, Portsmouth - 20/09/2008
Jon Walsh Blues Band @ The Platform Tavern, Southampton - 20/09/2008
The Nigel Kennedy Quintet @ The Dome, Brighton - 20/09/2008
The Hip Hop Farmers, The Barefoot Confessor and Blue Screen of Death @ The Railway, Winchester - 20/09/2008
Atomic Badger @ The Square Brewery, Petersfield - 20/09/2008
Bad Toad @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 20/09/2008
Gary Mullen & The Works (Queen tribute) @ The City Hall, Salisbury - 20/09/2008
Judgemental (DJ) @ The Fawcett Inn, Portsmouth - 20/09/2008
Ghoad @ The Firehouse, Southampton - 20/09/2008
Lupen Crook & The Murderbirds, The B Of The Bang and Loz Bridge & The Box Social @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 21/09/2008
Al Martino @ The Anvil, Basingstoke - 21/09/2008
Andy & Denovo @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 21/09/2008
The Academy Is..., We The Kings and The Maine @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 21/09/2008
Ardentes and Cut The Blue Wire @ The Joiners, Southampton - 21/09/2008
Mark Morriss @ The Forge, Basingstoke - 21/09/2008
Clearlake, Sunset Missions and The Elements @ The Fat Fox, Portsmouth - 21/09/2008
Sennen, 129 Die In Jet! and The Battles Of Winter @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 21/09/2008
The Escapade, Goodbye Stereo, L Morgan, Marky Marc (DJ) and Spikey Mark (DJ) @ The Edge Of The Wedge, Portsmouth - 21/09/2008 (free afternoon entertainment)
Hot Club Of Cowtown @ Komedia, Brighton - 21/09/2008
Gentle Bren (DJ) @ Little Johnny Russell's, Portsmouth - 21/09/2008
June Tabor and Andy Cutting @ Salisbury Arts Centre - 21/09/2008
Julia K, Brassneck and The Architects @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 21/09/2008
Fandangle @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 21/09/2008
Paul Curreri @ The Pavilion, Brighton - 21/09/2008
Dave Acari @ The Fat Fox, Portsmouth - 22/09/2008
Fandangle, Twice The Size and Blueprint @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 22/09/2008
Afgrund, Ablach and Metropolitan Police Cervix @ The Fawcett Inn, Portsmouth - 22/09/2008
The Adventures Of Us @ The Joiners, Southampton - 22/09/2008
Gym Class Heroes @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 22/09/2008
Mojito and Ian Scarbro @ The Edge of The Wedge, Portsmouth - 23/09/2008
The Domino State and Rusty Strings @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 23/09/2008
Guy Barker Jazz Orchestra @ The Anvil, Basingstoke - 23/09/2008
James & Denovo @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 23/09/2008
Superfly @ Nelson's, Gosport - 23/09/2008
Little Man Tate, Innercity Pirates and The Darling Age @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 23/09/2008
Bitune, Symphony Cult and The Light Divided @ The Joiners, Southampton - 23/09/2008
Keith Caputo @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 23/09/2008
One Republic @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 23/09/2008
Frank Hamilton, The Dawn Chorus, Leigh Stokes and Luke Ferre @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 24/09/2008
Ronnie Spector @ The Brook, Southampton - 24/09/2008
Michael Feinstein & His Big Band @ The Anvil, Basingstoke - 24/09/2008
To Hell And Back (Meat Loaf tribute) @ Chicago Rock Cafe, Fareham - 24/09/2008
Friendly Fires and Tinchy Stryder @ The Joiners, Southampton - 24/09/2008 SOLD OUT!
Rusty Sheriff & Friends, Big Squirrel and The Reactor Core Is Beautiful @ The Fat Fox, Portsmouth - 24/09/2008
Pete Doherty @ The Opera House, Bournemouth - 24/09/2008
Preston Reed @ Komedia, Brighton - 24/09/2008
The Acid Test, Head To Head and The Merrydowns @ The Railway, Winchester - 24/09/2008
County Line @ The Square Brewery, Petersfield - 24/09/2008
Cajun Dance Party @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 24/09/2008
Discharge @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 24/09/2008 CANCELLED!
The Smyths @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 17/10/2008
Pete & The Pirates @ The Fat Fox, Portsmouth - 13/11/2008
Longview @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 27/11/2008
Southsea Mafia DJs Lemon, Marky Marc and Philip Harvey will be spinning the best alternative tunes in town at tomorrow's Waster. Doors open at Portsmouth's Envy nightclub from 2200 tomorrow, Thursday 18th September, with admission just £2.20 before 2300 (£3.20 after). Details of how to get on the guest-list are available from the event's Facebook page.
The Joiners' upstart sibling Unit 22 is returning, albeit at a different venue and with a snappier name. The newly re-christened UNIT has taken over M Club, near to the city's Jury's Hotel, and will be open from Wednesday through Saturday each week. More information, including details of the imminent launch night, can be found on the club's Facebook page (where else?).
Blues At The Fort will be celebrating its 10th birthday at Fort Purbrook this weekend with two nights of classic Rhythm and Blues. The line-up for Friday 19th September features The Animals & Friends (featuring the legendary Spencer Davies), Jeremiah Marques & The Blue Aces and Cryin' Out Loud. The following evening, Saturday 20th September, The King Earl Boogie Band head-line, supported by The Cadillac Kings and Earl Green & The Right Time. Tickets for Friday night are £24, Saturday tickets are priced at £20, and there's a discount for parties of 20 or more when booking. Doors open 1830, with music from 1900-2330.
To celebrate International Talk Like A Pirate Day, DJs Spikey Mark and Ruby Soho will be hosting a buccaneer-themed evening at The Deco in Portsmouth this Friday, 19th September. The venue will be selling grog (aka 'rum') for 99p (but only to those dressed as and talking like pirates). Yarr!
Croydon-based singer-songwriter Tim Eveleigh and local acoustic duo Southern Down are the guest artists at Roger Courtney's Open Mike Club tomorrow, Thursday 18th September. The doors of the The Barn at The Milton Arms open at 1900, guest performances start at 2000 with the Open Mike session following from 2230. Admission is FREE!
And finally, as reported in The News yesterday, the inaugural Portsmouth & Southsea Music Festival has been cancelled due to poor ticket sales; refund information is available on the festival's website.
Boots off, feet up, that's me done for another week; today I was mostly listening to Tom McRae's latest release and the raucous debut by those young scamps, The Enemy. Be sure to join me next week when I'll be learning how to play the Peruvian Nose Flute.
:o)
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
The Gigwatcher 20/08/2008
Peaches & Cream
So what odds do you think Ladbrokes would give me on Peaches Geldof's showbiz marriage lasting till Christmas?
[thinks]
How about till the end of next week?
*koff*
And so to business; the following gigs were lovingly plucked from the back pages of this week's shiny NME:
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks @ Komedia, Brighton - 24/08/2008
Gemma Hayes @ The Fat Fox, Portsmouth - 04/09/2008
The Anomalies @ Lennons, Southampton - 13/09/2008
The Anomalies @ Boileroom, Guildford - 18/09/2008
The Melvins @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 06/10/2008
Andy Yorke and Ruarri Joseph @ The Albert, Brighton - 13/10/2008
Kaiser Chiefs and Late Of The Pier @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 15/10/2008
Oasis @ BIC, Bournemouth - 20 & 21/10/2008 SOLD OUT!
Laura Marling @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 05/11/2008
The Whip @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 18/11/2008
Given that I'm fully expecting to spend most of the weekend in some sort of inebriated state (the Pompey Beer Festival is this weekend you see) I'm not making any promises as far as updating the forlorn looking SoMC Events Calendar with the above gigs goes. The Events Calendar is, when bang up to date, a fine and dandy resource for idle gig monkey, holding details of many many fine musical entertainments. Like these...
Idiot Savant, Trousseaux and The Stars Down To Earth @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 21/08/2008
Creamy (Cream tribute) @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 21/08/2008
Fearne, The Queue and The Vision @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 21/08/2008
One Night Only @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 21/08/2008
MXPX, Lost On Landing and Immortal Youth @ The Joiners, Southampton - 21/08/2008
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly @ Komedia, Brighton - 21/08/2008
Sombulance, A New Day and Munroe Effect @ The Nell Gwynne, Portsmouth - 21/08/2008
Limon y Sentimiento Latino @ Komedia, Brighton - 21/08/2008
Andy Comley @ The Platform Tavern, Southampton - 21/08/2008
Andy Broad's Blues Jam @ The Florence Arms, Southsea - 22/08/2008
One Weird Fish @ The Colonial Bar, Horndean - 22/08/2008
Superfly @ The Red Lion, Stubbington - 22/08/2008
Atomic Blondie (tribute) @ The Brook, Southampton - 22/08/2008
Suspiciously Elvis (tribute) @ Komedia, Brighton - 22/08/2008
Idiot 3 and Death Valley Riders @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 22/08/2008
Process @ The Railway, Winchester - 22/08/2008
Idiot Savant, Ardentes and Recreation @ The Joiners, Southampton - 22/08/2008
Zetan Spore @ The Fawcett Inn, Portsmouth - 22/08/2008
Jazzbone @ The Soul Cellar, Southampton - 22/08/2008
Whole Lotta Led (tribute) @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 23/08/2008
Money For Nothing (Dire Straits tribute) @ The Brook, Southampton - 23/08/2008
Billy Irvine @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 23/08/2008
The Nat Martin Band @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 23/08/2008
Barbwire Bob @ The Railway, Gosport - 23/08/2008 RESCHEDULED
Bemis and Ade Cull @ The Florence Arms, Portsmouth - 23/08/2008
Dekolta, The Radics and I Aim You Shoot @ The Joiners, Southampton - 23/08/2008
SixNationState, Atomic Badger and Martin Newnham & Andy Parkin @ The Square, Petersfield - 23/08/2008 (free evening entertainment)
Red Indie (DJ) @ Little Johnny Russell's, Portsmouth - 23/08/2008
Godamn Superstar (Marilyn Manson tribute) @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 23/08/2008
Tribe of Cro @ The Fawcett Inn, Portsmouth - 23/08/2008
Rock Doctors @ The Firehouse, Southampton - 23/08/2008
Revenge of Shinobi, Sonaura and Laish Quartet @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 23/08/2008
Goldfinger @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 24/08/2008
James & Denovo @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 24/08/2008
Gentle Bren (DJ) @ Little Johnny Russell's, Portsmouth - 24/08/2008
Flies Are Spies From Hell and Monsters Build Mean Robots @ The Joiners, Southampton - 24/08/2008
The Bog Rolling Stones and Step Right Back @ The Bandstand, Southsea - 24/08/2008 (free afternoon entertainment)
Jo Long & Donaldo @ The Platform Tavern, Southampton - 24/08/2008
Rory Ellis @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 24/08/2008
Peter Conway, James Blake and Jess Wilson @ The Square, Petersfield - 24/08/2008 (free afternoon entertainment)
Alex & The Ligers @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 24/08/2008
Deltawave (DJ) @ The Fawcett Inn, Portsmouth - 24/08/2008
Tinariwen @ Komedia, Brighton - 25/08/2008
Eternal Lord, Random Conflict and Anatomy of Me @ The Joiners, Southampton - 25/08/2008
Kerry Leatham, Jo Webb and Aitch @ The Square, Petersfield - 25/08/2008 (free afternoon entertainment)
The Escape Show, The Wasp Factory and IMIGHTDISCO @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 25/08/2008
Conor Oberst & The Mystic Valley Band and Euros Childs @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 26/08/2008
The Gutter Twins @ Komedia, Brighton - 26/08/2008
Chris Ricketts, Alphabetts, Andy Muscat and Becky Jerams @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 26/08/2008
Stu & Denovo @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 26/08/2008
Tim Cheatle, Ben Pinwell and Star Anise @ The Edge Of The Wedge, Portsmouth - 26/08/2008
Riot!Riot! and Guildean Gang @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 26/08/2008
The Choices We Make, The Casual Nelsons and Mossy Hollow @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 27/08/2008
Shep Woolley @ Kings Theatre Studio 2, Portsmouth - 27/08/2008
REM, Editors and Guillemots @ The Rose Bowl, Southampton - 27/08/2008
Carly Rockett, CM Arnold, Flis Pitman and Lisa Theunisson @ The Square Brewery, Petersfield - 27/08/2008
Dolls House, Red Light Thieves and Brunette Mindcontrol @ The Joiners, Southampton - 27/08/2008
Dissolvdin, Antikid and The Escape Show @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 27/08/2008
The Wedding Present @ The Joiners, Southampton - 03/09/2008
Marva Whitney with Osaka Monorail @ The Soul Cellar, Southampton - 30/10/2008
Delays @ Orange Rooms, Southampton - 12/12/2008
Thanks to an array of black-light cannons, LEDs and UV bubbles, this week's Waster has an ultraviolet glow about it. In addition to the best rock and rave tunes, courtesy of courtesy of the Will Chump, Udy and Philip Harvey from the Southsea Mafia DJs, there'll be free UV face-paint and glow-sticks on offer too. Doors open at Portsmouth's Envy nightclub at 2200 tomorrow night, Thursday 21st August, with entrance £1 before 2300, £3 after. More information, including how to get your name on the guest list, can be found on the Facebook event page.
Southsea's Folk and Roots Festival takes place at The Albert Tavern on South Parade Pier this weekend, with a selection of free afternoon concerts complementing the ticketed evening events. The headliners for this year's festival, the eighth, include Amy Wadge (Friday 22nd), Little Johnny England (Saturday 23rd), The Men The Couldn't Hang (Sunday 24th) and Mike Sanchez & The Portions (Monday 25th), with support coming from the likes of East of Ealing, Naomi Bedford and Della Perrett's Sweetedge. Tickets are available from the festival website.
Southampton venue The Hobbit hosts an all-day mini-festival this Bank Holiday Monday, 25th August, in aid of Head and Neck Cancer Charity, Headline. The line-up includes Purple Monkey, Stone Free, Roadhouse and Louche Manouche, with Queen tribute act Break Free topping the bill. Entrance is FREE before 1400, £3 before 1800 (£2 after) and last entry is at 0100.
Arundel Castle hosts the 31st Arundel Festival this weekend, with The Levellers and Seth Lakeman kicking things off in folk fashion on Friday 22nd August. Things take a more flamboyant turn the following evening, Saturday 23rd, when the cast and orchestra of West End musical We Will Rock You present an evening of Queen. Soprano Lesley Garrett will close the weekend's entertainments on Sunday 24th with a performance with the National Symphony Orchestra. Tickets are available from the Festival website.
Punkfest 4 takes place at Gosport & Fareham Rugby Club this Saturday, 23rd August, with bands onstage from 1600 onwards. The line-up features Night of Treason, Autons, Asylum Seekers, The White Coats, Avondale 45 and 6 Inches Too Small, with UK Subs topping the bill. Tickets are £10, available now from Reflex Records.
The twelfth and final heat of The Wedgewood Rooms' Showcase 08 competition takes place on Wednesday, 27th August, with The Unknown Soldiers, Crossfire and Holy Roller taking part (the fourth slot is still to be announced). The bands each have 25 minutes in which to impress the audience and a panel of judges, hopefully winning their way through to the Semi-Finals next month. Tickets are £4, available from the bands and the venue.
This week Roger Courtney's Open Mike Club features guest performances from roots five-piece Two Fingers Of Firewater and local duo Doubleback Alley. Doors open at The Barn at The Milton Arms at 1900 tomorrow, Thursday 21st August, with the music starting at 2000 (the Open Mike session follows on after the guest artists at 2200). Admission is, as always, FREE!
The Wedgewood Rooms and promoters Portsmouth Venue Campaign are looking for local bands to support touring acts at the venue next month. Slots are available for The Metros (17th September), Little Man Tate (23rd September) and Bromheads Jacket (30th September). If you're interested you can email your contact details (and MySpace URL) by clicking here.
Put a fork in me, I'm done. Today I have mostly been listening to Goldfrapp's latest long player and Silent Shout by The Knife (yeah, it's been that kind of day). Be sure to join me next week when I'll be lobbying the IOC to make the Yard of Ale an Olympic discipline.
So what odds do you think Ladbrokes would give me on Peaches Geldof's showbiz marriage lasting till Christmas?
[thinks]
How about till the end of next week?
*koff*
And so to business; the following gigs were lovingly plucked from the back pages of this week's shiny NME:
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks @ Komedia, Brighton - 24/08/2008
Gemma Hayes @ The Fat Fox, Portsmouth - 04/09/2008
The Anomalies @ Lennons, Southampton - 13/09/2008
The Anomalies @ Boileroom, Guildford - 18/09/2008
The Melvins @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 06/10/2008
Andy Yorke and Ruarri Joseph @ The Albert, Brighton - 13/10/2008
Kaiser Chiefs and Late Of The Pier @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 15/10/2008
Laura Marling @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 05/11/2008
The Whip @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 18/11/2008
Given that I'm fully expecting to spend most of the weekend in some sort of inebriated state (the Pompey Beer Festival is this weekend you see) I'm not making any promises as far as updating the forlorn looking SoMC Events Calendar with the above gigs goes. The Events Calendar is, when bang up to date, a fine and dandy resource for idle gig monkey, holding details of many many fine musical entertainments. Like these...
Idiot Savant, Trousseaux and The Stars Down To Earth @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 21/08/2008
Creamy (Cream tribute) @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 21/08/2008
Fearne, The Queue and The Vision @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 21/08/2008
One Night Only @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 21/08/2008
MXPX, Lost On Landing and Immortal Youth @ The Joiners, Southampton - 21/08/2008
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly @ Komedia, Brighton - 21/08/2008
Sombulance, A New Day and Munroe Effect @ The Nell Gwynne, Portsmouth - 21/08/2008
Limon y Sentimiento Latino @ Komedia, Brighton - 21/08/2008
Andy Comley @ The Platform Tavern, Southampton - 21/08/2008
Andy Broad's Blues Jam @ The Florence Arms, Southsea - 22/08/2008
One Weird Fish @ The Colonial Bar, Horndean - 22/08/2008
Superfly @ The Red Lion, Stubbington - 22/08/2008
Atomic Blondie (tribute) @ The Brook, Southampton - 22/08/2008
Suspiciously Elvis (tribute) @ Komedia, Brighton - 22/08/2008
Idiot 3 and Death Valley Riders @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 22/08/2008
Process @ The Railway, Winchester - 22/08/2008
Idiot Savant, Ardentes and Recreation @ The Joiners, Southampton - 22/08/2008
Zetan Spore @ The Fawcett Inn, Portsmouth - 22/08/2008
Jazzbone @ The Soul Cellar, Southampton - 22/08/2008
Whole Lotta Led (tribute) @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 23/08/2008
Money For Nothing (Dire Straits tribute) @ The Brook, Southampton - 23/08/2008
Billy Irvine @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 23/08/2008
The Nat Martin Band @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 23/08/2008
Bemis and Ade Cull @ The Florence Arms, Portsmouth - 23/08/2008
Dekolta, The Radics and I Aim You Shoot @ The Joiners, Southampton - 23/08/2008
SixNationState, Atomic Badger and Martin Newnham & Andy Parkin @ The Square, Petersfield - 23/08/2008 (free evening entertainment)
Red Indie (DJ) @ Little Johnny Russell's, Portsmouth - 23/08/2008
Godamn Superstar (Marilyn Manson tribute) @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 23/08/2008
Tribe of Cro @ The Fawcett Inn, Portsmouth - 23/08/2008
Rock Doctors @ The Firehouse, Southampton - 23/08/2008
Revenge of Shinobi, Sonaura and Laish Quartet @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 23/08/2008
Goldfinger @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 24/08/2008
James & Denovo @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 24/08/2008
Gentle Bren (DJ) @ Little Johnny Russell's, Portsmouth - 24/08/2008
Flies Are Spies From Hell and Monsters Build Mean Robots @ The Joiners, Southampton - 24/08/2008
The Bog Rolling Stones and Step Right Back @ The Bandstand, Southsea - 24/08/2008 (free afternoon entertainment)
Jo Long & Donaldo @ The Platform Tavern, Southampton - 24/08/2008
Rory Ellis @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 24/08/2008
Peter Conway, James Blake and Jess Wilson @ The Square, Petersfield - 24/08/2008 (free afternoon entertainment)
Alex & The Ligers @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 24/08/2008
Deltawave (DJ) @ The Fawcett Inn, Portsmouth - 24/08/2008
Tinariwen @ Komedia, Brighton - 25/08/2008
Eternal Lord, Random Conflict and Anatomy of Me @ The Joiners, Southampton - 25/08/2008
Kerry Leatham, Jo Webb and Aitch @ The Square, Petersfield - 25/08/2008 (free afternoon entertainment)
The Escape Show, The Wasp Factory and IMIGHTDISCO @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 25/08/2008
Conor Oberst & The Mystic Valley Band and Euros Childs @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 26/08/2008
The Gutter Twins @ Komedia, Brighton - 26/08/2008
Chris Ricketts, Alphabetts, Andy Muscat and Becky Jerams @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 26/08/2008
Stu & Denovo @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 26/08/2008
Tim Cheatle, Ben Pinwell and Star Anise @ The Edge Of The Wedge, Portsmouth - 26/08/2008
Riot!Riot! and Guildean Gang @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 26/08/2008
The Choices We Make, The Casual Nelsons and Mossy Hollow @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 27/08/2008
Shep Woolley @ Kings Theatre Studio 2, Portsmouth - 27/08/2008
REM, Editors and Guillemots @ The Rose Bowl, Southampton - 27/08/2008
Carly Rockett, CM Arnold, Flis Pitman and Lisa Theunisson @ The Square Brewery, Petersfield - 27/08/2008
Dolls House, Red Light Thieves and Brunette Mindcontrol @ The Joiners, Southampton - 27/08/2008
Dissolvdin, Antikid and The Escape Show @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 27/08/2008
The Wedding Present @ The Joiners, Southampton - 03/09/2008
Marva Whitney with Osaka Monorail @ The Soul Cellar, Southampton - 30/10/2008
Delays @ Orange Rooms, Southampton - 12/12/2008
Thanks to an array of black-light cannons, LEDs and UV bubbles, this week's Waster has an ultraviolet glow about it. In addition to the best rock and rave tunes, courtesy of courtesy of the Will Chump, Udy and Philip Harvey from the Southsea Mafia DJs, there'll be free UV face-paint and glow-sticks on offer too. Doors open at Portsmouth's Envy nightclub at 2200 tomorrow night, Thursday 21st August, with entrance £1 before 2300, £3 after. More information, including how to get your name on the guest list, can be found on the Facebook event page.
Southsea's Folk and Roots Festival takes place at The Albert Tavern on South Parade Pier this weekend, with a selection of free afternoon concerts complementing the ticketed evening events. The headliners for this year's festival, the eighth, include Amy Wadge (Friday 22nd), Little Johnny England (Saturday 23rd), The Men The Couldn't Hang (Sunday 24th) and Mike Sanchez & The Portions (Monday 25th), with support coming from the likes of East of Ealing, Naomi Bedford and Della Perrett's Sweetedge. Tickets are available from the festival website.
Southampton venue The Hobbit hosts an all-day mini-festival this Bank Holiday Monday, 25th August, in aid of Head and Neck Cancer Charity, Headline. The line-up includes Purple Monkey, Stone Free, Roadhouse and Louche Manouche, with Queen tribute act Break Free topping the bill. Entrance is FREE before 1400, £3 before 1800 (£2 after) and last entry is at 0100.
Arundel Castle hosts the 31st Arundel Festival this weekend, with The Levellers and Seth Lakeman kicking things off in folk fashion on Friday 22nd August. Things take a more flamboyant turn the following evening, Saturday 23rd, when the cast and orchestra of West End musical We Will Rock You present an evening of Queen. Soprano Lesley Garrett will close the weekend's entertainments on Sunday 24th with a performance with the National Symphony Orchestra. Tickets are available from the Festival website.
Punkfest 4 takes place at Gosport & Fareham Rugby Club this Saturday, 23rd August, with bands onstage from 1600 onwards. The line-up features Night of Treason, Autons, Asylum Seekers, The White Coats, Avondale 45 and 6 Inches Too Small, with UK Subs topping the bill. Tickets are £10, available now from Reflex Records.
The twelfth and final heat of The Wedgewood Rooms' Showcase 08 competition takes place on Wednesday, 27th August, with The Unknown Soldiers, Crossfire and Holy Roller taking part (the fourth slot is still to be announced). The bands each have 25 minutes in which to impress the audience and a panel of judges, hopefully winning their way through to the Semi-Finals next month. Tickets are £4, available from the bands and the venue.
This week Roger Courtney's Open Mike Club features guest performances from roots five-piece Two Fingers Of Firewater and local duo Doubleback Alley. Doors open at The Barn at The Milton Arms at 1900 tomorrow, Thursday 21st August, with the music starting at 2000 (the Open Mike session follows on after the guest artists at 2200). Admission is, as always, FREE!
The Wedgewood Rooms and promoters Portsmouth Venue Campaign are looking for local bands to support touring acts at the venue next month. Slots are available for The Metros (17th September), Little Man Tate (23rd September) and Bromheads Jacket (30th September). If you're interested you can email your contact details (and MySpace URL) by clicking here.
Put a fork in me, I'm done. Today I have mostly been listening to Goldfrapp's latest long player and Silent Shout by The Knife (yeah, it's been that kind of day). Be sure to join me next week when I'll be lobbying the IOC to make the Yard of Ale an Olympic discipline.
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
The Gigwatcher 13/08/2008
Whatever happened to Fay Wray?
Whilst I have nothing against remakes per se, I can't help but have a bad feeling that the proposed reboot of The Rocky Horror Picture Show will be an anodyne waste of celluloid; the show's creator wants nothing to do it and the movie is co-funded by Sky Movies (who don't have that great a track record producing their own content).
To be honest I'm not exactly full of antici.... pation at what they're going to serve up. It's cliché I know but if it ain't broke... well, you get the idea.
*koff*
Moving swiftly on, I've plucked the following from the back pages of this week's NME for your delectation and delight:
iglu & hartly @ Komedia, Brighton - 17/09/2008
le sac v's pip @ Student Union, Guildford - 19/10/2008
le sac v's pip @ The Old Fire Station, Bournemouth - 29/10/2008
Neon Neon @ Digital, Brighton - 30/10/2008
Scouting For Girls and The Days @ Solent Hall, Bournemouth - 01/11/2008
Scouting For Girls and The Days @ The Brighton Centre - 03/11/2008
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds @ The Brighton Centre - 23/11/2008
Scouting For Girls and The Days @ The Guildhall, Portsmouth - 23/11/2008
Stereophonics @ The Brighton Centre - 16/12/2008
Stereophonics @ BIC, Bournemouth - 17/12/2008
I'll endeavour to add the above gigs onto the mighty SoMC Events Calendar at some point over the next few days (but chances are I may find myself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful beer and, as a result, waste a lot of time wondering how I got there). As is oft stated hereabouts the Events Calendar is (when I pull my finger out and update the darned thing) a useful tool for the average gig monkey about town, being full of local gigs for local people. Like these...
Red Hunnie, Snowy The Comical Guitar Man and Cool Banana @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 14/08/2008
Red Light Thieves, Nicotine Smile and Saxon Sunday @ The Railway, Winchester - 14/08/2008
Bex Marshall @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 14/08/2008
Tubelord, Blakfish, Secondsmile and Venice Ahoy @ Hamptons, Southampton - 14/08/2008
The Boy Will Drown, This Is Colour and The Argent Dawn @ The Railway Rifle Club, Portsmouth - 14/08/2008
Open Room, Burn The Fleet and Medison @ The Joiners, Southampton - 14/08/2008
The Reelists, Munroe Effect and No Hope In Never @ The Fat Fox, Portsmouth - 14/08/2008
Superlungs, 24 Hour Affair and Vier @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 14/08/2008
Sarah Saville @ The Fawcett Inn, Portsmouth - 14/08/2008
The Family @ The Platform Tavern, Southampton - 14/08/2008
Andy Broad, Chris Ricketts and Della Perett's Sweetedge @ Kings Theatre Studio 2, Portsmouth - 15/08/2008
Jon Walsh Blues Band and The Riverside Blues Band @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 15/08/2008
Superfly @ The Admiral Drake, Portsmouth - 15/08/2008
Click Voodoo @ The Firehouse, Southampton - 15/08/2008
FreefallFelix, The White Coats and Splendid Eddie @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 15/08/2008
Errors, Kumiss and Death of Cinema Club @ The Joiners, Southampton - 15/08/2008
The Sex Pistols Experience (tribute) @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 15/08/2008
The Queens (tribute) @ The Brook, Southampton - 15/08/2008
Kojak's Revenge @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 15/08/2008
Kolo, The Ramblings and The Bizets @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 15/08/2008
Justin Sullivan & Dean White (New Model Army) and New York Anxiety Attack @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 16/08/2008
Rufus Stone @ The Brook, Southampton - 16/08/2008
Black Bart @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 16/08/2008
Major Melon and James Blake @ The Square Brewery, Petersfield - 16/08/2008
The Legendary Derek @ The Frog & Frigate, Southampton - 16/08/2008
Bigtopp and The White Coats @ Havant Arts Centre - 16/08/2008
Sam McCarthy @ The Golden Eagle, Southsea - 16/08/2008
Zhain, Karalta and Moonshine Crows @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 16/08/2008
Asylum Seekers @ The Railway, Gosport - 16/08/2008
Cast The Bones, Shards and Synbiote @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 16/08/2008
Fei Comodo, Twisted By Design and Armored Hi-Fi @ The Joiners, Southampton - 16/08/2008
The Vatican Cellars, Hamilton Yarns and Animal Magic Tricks @ Komedia, Brighton - 16/08/2008
Your Twenties and Jazica @ Lennons, Southampton - 16/08/2008
The Acid Test, The Blue Screen of Death and This Is Fiction @ The Railway, Winchester - 16/08/2008
A Wilhelm Scream, Brides and Our Time Down Here @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 16/08/2008
Endsweck and Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? @ The Fawcett Inn, Portsmouth - 16/08/2008
The Soul Liberators and Ran-Dee & Shay @ The Soul Cellar, Southampton - 16/08/2008
You Me At Six @ The Opera House, Bournemouth - 17/08/2008
Stu & Denovo @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 17/08/2008
Headquarters, Bromancer and Dethscalator @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 17/08/2008
Moral Sense, Typheous and Kaleb @ The Joiners, Southampton - 17/08/2008
Doghouse @ The Bugle, Botley - 17/08/2008
Bob Cheevers @ The Platform Tavern, Southampton - 17/08/2008
Django @ The Bandstand, Southsea - 17/08/2008 (free afternoon entertainment)
Andrew Gordon and Ian Scarbro @ The RMA Tavern, Southampton - 17/08/2008
Sarah Saville @ The Phoenix, Portsmouth - 17/08/2008
Voodoo Glow Skulls @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 17/08/2008
Caz Batten, Jay Munday and Rossco @ Drift, Southsea - 17/08/2008
Solent City Jazzmen @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 18/08/2008
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 18/08/2008
Selfish C**t, Castillo and The Sinnicks @ The Joiners, Southampton - 18/08/2008
The Last Shadow Puppets and Ipso Facto @ The Guildhall, Portsmouth - 19/08/2008
Jack & Denovo @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 19/08/2008
Abraxa, Sheilatakeabow, Sunset Mission and The Devil Conspiracy @ The Railway Rifle Club, Portsmouth - 19/08/2008
Selfish C**t, The Guillotines and Le Band Extraordinaire @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 19/08/2008
The Blackout, Attack! Attack! and Dead Mile @ The Joiners, Southampton - 19/08/2008
Ghosts of Pegasus Bridge, Only Heroes Die and Finely Tuned Assassins @ The Railway, Winchester - 19/08/2008
Matt Knowles, Max Edermaniger and William Stuart @ The Edge of The Wedge, Portsmouth - 19/08/2008
Go Vegas, Plagues and Anatomy Of Me @ The Railway, Winchester - 20/08/2008
Soulfly @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 20/08/2008
The Light Divided, In like Flynn, The Architects and Pancake Eating Freaks @ The Railway Rifle Club, Portsmouth - 20/08/2008
Steve Hampton @ The Square Brewery, Petersfield - 20/08/2008
Go: Audio, Paige and Goodbye Stereo @ The Joiners, Southampton - 20/08/2008
Smack La @ Little Johnny Russell's, Portsmouth - 20/08/2008
Lupen Crook & The Murderbirds @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 21/09/2008
Richie Havens @ The Brook, Southampton - 10/10/2008
The Datsuns @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 22/10/2008
Mari Wilson @ The Kings Theatre, Southsea - 28/10/2008
The Damned @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 15 & 16/11/2008
Delays @ The Brook, Southampton - 14/12/2008
UK Subs @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 28/11/2008
Little Johnny Russell's hosts the second of its Summer Parties this Saturday, 16th August, celebrating local club-night Sumo's 4th birthday. Joining the Sumo DJs behind at the decks at the Albert Road venue this time around will be Radio 1 DJ Annie Mac. Doors open 2000, tickets are £5 in advance.
Waster serves up another large helping of the best indie/dance/alternative/rock in town this week, again courtesy of the Southsea Mafia DJs, in Portsmouth's Envy nightclub. Doors open at 2200 tomorrow night, Thursday 14th August, with entrance £2 before 2230 (with guest-list), £4 before 2300 and £5 after (there's an A-level foam party next door in Liquid, hence the one-off price rise). More information, including how to get your name on the guest list, can be found on the Facebook event page.
Hipshaker celebrates its 10th birthday this Saturday, 16th August, with special guest DJ Eddie Piller joining the residents at The Wedgewood Rooms for an evening of classic 60s funk and soul. Doors open at 2130, with FREE admission before 2300 (£5 after).
Heat eleven of The Wedgewood Rooms' Showcase 08 competition takes place on Wednesday, 20th August, featuring In Darklight, Brassneck, Surfless and Tainted Grace. The bands will be trying to impress the audience and the panel of judges, with a set of 25 minutes or less, in order to win through to the next round. Tickets are £4, available from the bands and the venue.
Roger Courtney's Open Mike Club this week features guest performances from south coast five-piece Dielle and local alternative rockers Thinking For Tuesday. The music starts at 2000, with the Open Mike session following the guest artists from 2200-2330. Admission is FREE and doors open at The Barn at The Milton Arms at 1900 tomorrow, Thursday 14th August.
And that's me done for another week; where does the time go eh? Today I have mostly been listening to Guillemots, The Mountain Goats and a wee bit of McAlmont & Butler. Be sure to join me next week when I'll be hypnotizing chickens.
Whilst I have nothing against remakes per se, I can't help but have a bad feeling that the proposed reboot of The Rocky Horror Picture Show will be an anodyne waste of celluloid; the show's creator wants nothing to do it and the movie is co-funded by Sky Movies (who don't have that great a track record producing their own content).
To be honest I'm not exactly full of antici.... pation at what they're going to serve up. It's cliché I know but if it ain't broke... well, you get the idea.
*koff*
Moving swiftly on, I've plucked the following from the back pages of this week's NME for your delectation and delight:
iglu & hartly @ Komedia, Brighton - 17/09/2008
le sac v's pip @ Student Union, Guildford - 19/10/2008
le sac v's pip @ The Old Fire Station, Bournemouth - 29/10/2008
Neon Neon @ Digital, Brighton - 30/10/2008
Scouting For Girls and The Days @ Solent Hall, Bournemouth - 01/11/2008
Scouting For Girls and The Days @ The Brighton Centre - 03/11/2008
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds @ The Brighton Centre - 23/11/2008
Scouting For Girls and The Days @ The Guildhall, Portsmouth - 23/11/2008
Stereophonics @ The Brighton Centre - 16/12/2008
Stereophonics @ BIC, Bournemouth - 17/12/2008
I'll endeavour to add the above gigs onto the mighty SoMC Events Calendar at some point over the next few days (but chances are I may find myself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful beer and, as a result, waste a lot of time wondering how I got there). As is oft stated hereabouts the Events Calendar is (when I pull my finger out and update the darned thing) a useful tool for the average gig monkey about town, being full of local gigs for local people. Like these...
Red Hunnie, Snowy The Comical Guitar Man and Cool Banana @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 14/08/2008
Red Light Thieves, Nicotine Smile and Saxon Sunday @ The Railway, Winchester - 14/08/2008
Bex Marshall @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 14/08/2008
Tubelord, Blakfish, Secondsmile and Venice Ahoy @ Hamptons, Southampton - 14/08/2008
The Boy Will Drown, This Is Colour and The Argent Dawn @ The Railway Rifle Club, Portsmouth - 14/08/2008
Open Room, Burn The Fleet and Medison @ The Joiners, Southampton - 14/08/2008
The Reelists, Munroe Effect and No Hope In Never @ The Fat Fox, Portsmouth - 14/08/2008
Superlungs, 24 Hour Affair and Vier @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 14/08/2008
Sarah Saville @ The Fawcett Inn, Portsmouth - 14/08/2008
The Family @ The Platform Tavern, Southampton - 14/08/2008
Andy Broad, Chris Ricketts and Della Perett's Sweetedge @ Kings Theatre Studio 2, Portsmouth - 15/08/2008
Jon Walsh Blues Band and The Riverside Blues Band @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 15/08/2008
Superfly @ The Admiral Drake, Portsmouth - 15/08/2008
Click Voodoo @ The Firehouse, Southampton - 15/08/2008
FreefallFelix, The White Coats and Splendid Eddie @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 15/08/2008
Errors, Kumiss and Death of Cinema Club @ The Joiners, Southampton - 15/08/2008
The Sex Pistols Experience (tribute) @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 15/08/2008
The Queens (tribute) @ The Brook, Southampton - 15/08/2008
Kojak's Revenge @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 15/08/2008
Kolo, The Ramblings and The Bizets @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 15/08/2008
Justin Sullivan & Dean White (New Model Army) and New York Anxiety Attack @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 16/08/2008
Rufus Stone @ The Brook, Southampton - 16/08/2008
Black Bart @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 16/08/2008
Major Melon and James Blake @ The Square Brewery, Petersfield - 16/08/2008
The Legendary Derek @ The Frog & Frigate, Southampton - 16/08/2008
Bigtopp and The White Coats @ Havant Arts Centre - 16/08/2008
Sam McCarthy @ The Golden Eagle, Southsea - 16/08/2008
Zhain, Karalta and Moonshine Crows @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 16/08/2008
Asylum Seekers @ The Railway, Gosport - 16/08/2008
Cast The Bones, Shards and Synbiote @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 16/08/2008
Fei Comodo, Twisted By Design and Armored Hi-Fi @ The Joiners, Southampton - 16/08/2008
The Vatican Cellars, Hamilton Yarns and Animal Magic Tricks @ Komedia, Brighton - 16/08/2008
Your Twenties and Jazica @ Lennons, Southampton - 16/08/2008
The Acid Test, The Blue Screen of Death and This Is Fiction @ The Railway, Winchester - 16/08/2008
A Wilhelm Scream, Brides and Our Time Down Here @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 16/08/2008
Endsweck and Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? @ The Fawcett Inn, Portsmouth - 16/08/2008
The Soul Liberators and Ran-Dee & Shay @ The Soul Cellar, Southampton - 16/08/2008
You Me At Six @ The Opera House, Bournemouth - 17/08/2008
Stu & Denovo @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 17/08/2008
Headquarters, Bromancer and Dethscalator @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 17/08/2008
Moral Sense, Typheous and Kaleb @ The Joiners, Southampton - 17/08/2008
Doghouse @ The Bugle, Botley - 17/08/2008
Bob Cheevers @ The Platform Tavern, Southampton - 17/08/2008
Django @ The Bandstand, Southsea - 17/08/2008 (free afternoon entertainment)
Andrew Gordon and Ian Scarbro @ The RMA Tavern, Southampton - 17/08/2008
Sarah Saville @ The Phoenix, Portsmouth - 17/08/2008
Voodoo Glow Skulls @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 17/08/2008
Caz Batten, Jay Munday and Rossco @ Drift, Southsea - 17/08/2008
Solent City Jazzmen @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 18/08/2008
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 18/08/2008
Selfish C**t, Castillo and The Sinnicks @ The Joiners, Southampton - 18/08/2008
The Last Shadow Puppets and Ipso Facto @ The Guildhall, Portsmouth - 19/08/2008
Jack & Denovo @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 19/08/2008
Abraxa, Sheilatakeabow, Sunset Mission and The Devil Conspiracy @ The Railway Rifle Club, Portsmouth - 19/08/2008
Selfish C**t, The Guillotines and Le Band Extraordinaire @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 19/08/2008
The Blackout, Attack! Attack! and Dead Mile @ The Joiners, Southampton - 19/08/2008
Ghosts of Pegasus Bridge, Only Heroes Die and Finely Tuned Assassins @ The Railway, Winchester - 19/08/2008
Matt Knowles, Max Edermaniger and William Stuart @ The Edge of The Wedge, Portsmouth - 19/08/2008
Go Vegas, Plagues and Anatomy Of Me @ The Railway, Winchester - 20/08/2008
Soulfly @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 20/08/2008
The Light Divided, In like Flynn, The Architects and Pancake Eating Freaks @ The Railway Rifle Club, Portsmouth - 20/08/2008
Steve Hampton @ The Square Brewery, Petersfield - 20/08/2008
Go: Audio, Paige and Goodbye Stereo @ The Joiners, Southampton - 20/08/2008
Smack La @ Little Johnny Russell's, Portsmouth - 20/08/2008
Lupen Crook & The Murderbirds @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 21/09/2008
Richie Havens @ The Brook, Southampton - 10/10/2008
The Datsuns @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 22/10/2008
Mari Wilson @ The Kings Theatre, Southsea - 28/10/2008
The Damned @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 15 & 16/11/2008
Delays @ The Brook, Southampton - 14/12/2008
UK Subs @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 28/11/2008
Little Johnny Russell's hosts the second of its Summer Parties this Saturday, 16th August, celebrating local club-night Sumo's 4th birthday. Joining the Sumo DJs behind at the decks at the Albert Road venue this time around will be Radio 1 DJ Annie Mac. Doors open 2000, tickets are £5 in advance.
Waster serves up another large helping of the best indie/dance/alternative/rock in town this week, again courtesy of the Southsea Mafia DJs, in Portsmouth's Envy nightclub. Doors open at 2200 tomorrow night, Thursday 14th August, with entrance £2 before 2230 (with guest-list), £4 before 2300 and £5 after (there's an A-level foam party next door in Liquid, hence the one-off price rise). More information, including how to get your name on the guest list, can be found on the Facebook event page.
Hipshaker celebrates its 10th birthday this Saturday, 16th August, with special guest DJ Eddie Piller joining the residents at The Wedgewood Rooms for an evening of classic 60s funk and soul. Doors open at 2130, with FREE admission before 2300 (£5 after).
Heat eleven of The Wedgewood Rooms' Showcase 08 competition takes place on Wednesday, 20th August, featuring In Darklight, Brassneck, Surfless and Tainted Grace. The bands will be trying to impress the audience and the panel of judges, with a set of 25 minutes or less, in order to win through to the next round. Tickets are £4, available from the bands and the venue.
Roger Courtney's Open Mike Club this week features guest performances from south coast five-piece Dielle and local alternative rockers Thinking For Tuesday. The music starts at 2000, with the Open Mike session following the guest artists from 2200-2330. Admission is FREE and doors open at The Barn at The Milton Arms at 1900 tomorrow, Thursday 14th August.
And that's me done for another week; where does the time go eh? Today I have mostly been listening to Guillemots, The Mountain Goats and a wee bit of McAlmont & Butler. Be sure to join me next week when I'll be hypnotizing chickens.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
The Gigwatcher 18/06/2008
Song Sung Blue...
..everybody knows one.. yup, you'll be humming that all day now..
*koff*
Moving swiftly on, here are the hand-picked gigs plucked the back of this week's NME:
Jeremy Warmsley, Esser, Liam Finn and Absentee @ Audio, Brighton - 17/07/2008
Peter Conway @ Boileroom, Guildford - 21/08/2008
Crystal Castles @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 16/09/2008
White Lies @ Komedia, Brighton - 29/09/2008
The Duke Spirit @ Komedia, Brighton - 01/10/2008
Dirty Pretty Things @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 18/10/2008
Mystery Jets @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 28/10/2008
Mercury Rev @ The Corn Exchange, Brighton - 11/11/2008
I may well add the above gigs to the mighty SoMC Events Calendar at some point over the weekend (should I not be too hungover, busy with technical rehearsal or watching four weeks worth of Doctor Who that is). Chances are I won't, but there you go. However, when it is up to date the Events Calendar is a handy place to check what gigs are occurring locally, of which these are an example...
Toots & The Maytals @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 19/06/2008 SOLD OUT!
Stompin' Dave @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 19/06/2008
Eyes, Skitanja and El Colosso @ The Joiners, Southampton - 19/06/2008
Steve Howe Trio @ Komedia, Brighton - 19/06/2008
Luke Leighfield, Sam Isaac, Dave House and My First Tooth @ Hamptons, Southampton - 19/06/2008
Danny Valentine & The Menafilms and Brassneck @ The Railway, Winchester - 19/06/2008
The Beat, The Racketeers, Bang Bang Lulu and Conal Kennedy (DJ) @ South Parade Pier, Southsea - 20/06/2008
Bella Hardy & Chris Sherburn @ The Forge, Basingstoke - 20/06/2008
Fleetwood Bac (Fleetwood Mac tribute) @ The Brook, Southampton - 20/06/2008
James Yuill and The B of The Bang @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 20/06/2008
The Legendary Derek @ The Frog & Frigate, Southampton - 20/06/2008
Sham 69, Thinking For Tuesday and The Angel Strain @ The Railway, Winchester - 20/06/2008
Mimi Soya, Never Back Down and The Auteur @ The Joiners, Southampton - 20/06/2008
Deep Mamboo @ Komedia, Brighton - 20/06/2008
Purple Monkey @ The Firehouse, Southampton - 20/06/2008
Tiny Tin Lady @ Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham - 21/06/2008
David Essex @ BIC, Bournemouth - 21/06/2008
The Mods @ The Brook, Southampton - 21/06/2008
Steve Arnott @ The Frog & Frigate, Southampton - 21/06/2008
Emily Maguire @ Havant Arts Centre - 21/06/2008 CANCELLED!
Smokin Guns, Caesura and Nick Shepherd @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 21/06/2008
Chin Music, Harbour Lights and Xavier Floyd Firebird @ The Joiners, Southampton - 21/06/2008
Peter Watts & Trevor Watts @ Komedia, Brighton - 21/06/2008
Eight Legs and Lyrebirds @ Lennons, Southampton - 21/06/2008
Hijack Oscar, Ryan O'Reilly and The Wellbeing @ The Railway, Winchester - 21/06/2008
The Racketeers and Ricky Tick @ Soul Cellar, Southampton - 21/06/2008
Installation, Portland Drive and Aunty Doubles @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 21/06/2008
Ghoad @ The Firehouse, Southampton - 21/06/2008
Rival Schools, The Computers and Thiscity @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 21/06/2008
Jenna's Revenge @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 21/06/2008
Look See Proof, Awesome Colour and The Elements @ The Joiners, Southampton - 22/06/2008
Sarah Nicolls @ The Dome, Brighton - 22/06/2008
Cure The Disaster, The Light Divided, The Model Village and Melodramas @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 22/06/2008
Stu & Denovo @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 22/06/2008
Andy Muscat and Mojito @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 22/06/2008
JC & Angelina Grimshaw @ The Platform Tavern, Southampton - 22/06/2008
The Continentals @ The Fat Fox, Portsmouth - 23/06/2008
Chase Long Beach, Park Ranger and Smackjoint @ The Joiners, Southampton - 23/06/2008
Russell Watson @ The Guildhall, Portsmouth - 23/06/2008
Merz @ Komedia, Brighton - 24/06/2008
Neil Sutherland, Jon Crocker, Squab and Napoleon Dynamite @ The Fawcett Inn, Portsmouth - 24/06/2008
Loubill and Trailing Leads @ The Joiners, Southampton - 24/06/2008
Thinking For Tuesday, Tinderbox and Scott Hodges @ The Edge of The Wedge, Portsmouth - 24/06/2008
Second Monday (TBC) and Tribute To Nothing @ The Railway, Winchester - 24/06/2008
Enochian Theory, Mayz, Akakios and Frosthold @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 24/06/2008
Dlugokecki, The Casual Nelsons and The Choices We Make @ Hamptons, Southampton - 25/06/2008
The Zombies and The Yardbirds @ The City Hall, Salisbury - 25/06/2008
Censored, Acusis, Imightdisco and Kid Charlemaine @ The Joiners, Southampton - 25/06/2008
Nato, Only Heroes Die and Puresist @ The Railway, Winchester - 25/06/2008
Queensryche @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 25/06/2008
Peter Conway, Rossco, James Tippins and Andrew Cooper @ Drift, Southsea - 25/06/2008
Soda @ The Square Brewery, Petersfield - 25/06/2008
Skindred @ @ The Railway, Winchester - 15/07/2008
Keb Mo @ The Brook, Southampton - 19/07/2008
The Script @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 06/08/2008
Conor Oberst @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 26/08/2008
Alannah Myles @ The Brook, Southampton - 15/09/2008
Ronnie Spector @ The Brook, Southampton - 24/09/2008
The Wedding Present @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 03/12/2008
The Human League, ABC and Heaven 17 @ The Brighton Centre - 05/12/2008
The Human League, ABC and Heaven 17 @ BIC, Bournemouth - 06/12/2008
The 17th Blues On The Farm festival takes place at Pump Bottom Farm at Appledram, near Chichester, this weekend. The festival again features a strong and varied line-up of Blues performers from all around the world, from the USA to Zimbabwe. Amongst the acts performing are Aynsley Lister, The Hamsters, Dani Wilde, Rodney Branigan, Giles Hedley & The Aviators, Deborah Bonham, Kris Dollimore and the legendary Albert Lee. The festival runs from Thursday 19th to Sunday 22nd June, more information can be found on the festival website.
Acoustix takes it blend of local performers into the city for some alfresco (and free) entertainment this Saturday, 21st June. Aitch, Amalthea, Andy Foster and Chris Ricketts will be performing on the Waterfront at Gunwharf Quays from midday to 1700.
The Southsea Mafia DJs are all set to take over tomorrow night's Waster for an evening of the best alternative tunes in town. Doors open at Liquid Envy in Portsmouth at 2200, entrance is £1 before 2230 (£2 before 2300, £3 after).
The fifth annual Access Festival takes place in Southampton's Mayflower Park this Saturday, 21st June, and will feature performances from Kids Can't Fly, Black Bart, Lowis Landes, Bitter Ruin, Oblongata, The Ramblings, Recreation and The Horse (plus other acts to be announced). There'll also be an art gallery and stand-up comedy too. The fun starts at midday, through to 2100, and entrance is FREE! (although there is a suggested donation of £2; all proceeds go to the Society of St James, a local charity which provides support and accommodation for the homeless).
The Blissfields festival may be cancelled (due to low ticket sales unfortunately) but the Blissfields In The City night at The Talking Heads this Friday, 20th June, is still going ahead (at the moment). The line-up includes Toupe, Kid's Can't Fly, Blisskrieg and This Is Fiction. Doors open 1930 through to 0200, entrance is £5.
Roger Courtney's Open Mike Club this week features guest performances from Cool Banana and Adam Cole, with the regular Open Mike session following afterwards. The doors at The Barn at The Milton Arms open at 1900 tomorrow, Thursday 19th June, and admission is FREE. And there's a Facebook group too now, which is nice.
And finally, details of October's Portsmouth & Southsea Festival are finally starting to appear. The festival is due to be held on Castle Field from Thursday 9th to Sunday 12th October, and the first confirmed act has been announced in the shape of power-pop trio Dodgy (no, really). They'll also be playing the official festival launch party at Tiger Tiger at Gunwharf Quays on Friday 4th July, when the line-up for the first night of the festival will be announced. Acts so far rumoured to be appearing include The Charlatans, Nik Kershaw and The Spin Doctors.
Put a fork in me, I'm done. This afternoon I have mostly been plugged into the Delays new album (again), some Maxïmo Park and the debut offering by the now defunct Hope Of The States. Be sure to join me next week when I'll be weighing a bag of stoats.
..everybody knows one.. yup, you'll be humming that all day now..
*koff*
Moving swiftly on, here are the hand-picked gigs plucked the back of this week's NME:
Jeremy Warmsley, Esser, Liam Finn and Absentee @ Audio, Brighton - 17/07/2008
Peter Conway @ Boileroom, Guildford - 21/08/2008
Crystal Castles @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 16/09/2008
White Lies @ Komedia, Brighton - 29/09/2008
The Duke Spirit @ Komedia, Brighton - 01/10/2008
Dirty Pretty Things @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 18/10/2008
Mystery Jets @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 28/10/2008
Mercury Rev @ The Corn Exchange, Brighton - 11/11/2008
I may well add the above gigs to the mighty SoMC Events Calendar at some point over the weekend (should I not be too hungover, busy with technical rehearsal or watching four weeks worth of Doctor Who that is). Chances are I won't, but there you go. However, when it is up to date the Events Calendar is a handy place to check what gigs are occurring locally, of which these are an example...
Stompin' Dave @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 19/06/2008
Eyes, Skitanja and El Colosso @ The Joiners, Southampton - 19/06/2008
Steve Howe Trio @ Komedia, Brighton - 19/06/2008
Luke Leighfield, Sam Isaac, Dave House and My First Tooth @ Hamptons, Southampton - 19/06/2008
Danny Valentine & The Menafilms and Brassneck @ The Railway, Winchester - 19/06/2008
The Beat, The Racketeers, Bang Bang Lulu and Conal Kennedy (DJ) @ South Parade Pier, Southsea - 20/06/2008
Bella Hardy & Chris Sherburn @ The Forge, Basingstoke - 20/06/2008
Fleetwood Bac (Fleetwood Mac tribute) @ The Brook, Southampton - 20/06/2008
James Yuill and The B of The Bang @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 20/06/2008
The Legendary Derek @ The Frog & Frigate, Southampton - 20/06/2008
Sham 69, Thinking For Tuesday and The Angel Strain @ The Railway, Winchester - 20/06/2008
Mimi Soya, Never Back Down and The Auteur @ The Joiners, Southampton - 20/06/2008
Deep Mamboo @ Komedia, Brighton - 20/06/2008
Purple Monkey @ The Firehouse, Southampton - 20/06/2008
Tiny Tin Lady @ Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham - 21/06/2008
David Essex @ BIC, Bournemouth - 21/06/2008
The Mods @ The Brook, Southampton - 21/06/2008
Steve Arnott @ The Frog & Frigate, Southampton - 21/06/2008
Smokin Guns, Caesura and Nick Shepherd @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 21/06/2008
Chin Music, Harbour Lights and Xavier Floyd Firebird @ The Joiners, Southampton - 21/06/2008
Peter Watts & Trevor Watts @ Komedia, Brighton - 21/06/2008
Eight Legs and Lyrebirds @ Lennons, Southampton - 21/06/2008
Hijack Oscar, Ryan O'Reilly and The Wellbeing @ The Railway, Winchester - 21/06/2008
The Racketeers and Ricky Tick @ Soul Cellar, Southampton - 21/06/2008
Installation, Portland Drive and Aunty Doubles @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 21/06/2008
Ghoad @ The Firehouse, Southampton - 21/06/2008
Rival Schools, The Computers and Thiscity @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 21/06/2008
Jenna's Revenge @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 21/06/2008
Look See Proof, Awesome Colour and The Elements @ The Joiners, Southampton - 22/06/2008
Sarah Nicolls @ The Dome, Brighton - 22/06/2008
Cure The Disaster, The Light Divided, The Model Village and Melodramas @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 22/06/2008
Stu & Denovo @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 22/06/2008
Andy Muscat and Mojito @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 22/06/2008
JC & Angelina Grimshaw @ The Platform Tavern, Southampton - 22/06/2008
The Continentals @ The Fat Fox, Portsmouth - 23/06/2008
Chase Long Beach, Park Ranger and Smackjoint @ The Joiners, Southampton - 23/06/2008
Russell Watson @ The Guildhall, Portsmouth - 23/06/2008
Merz @ Komedia, Brighton - 24/06/2008
Neil Sutherland, Jon Crocker, Squab and Napoleon Dynamite @ The Fawcett Inn, Portsmouth - 24/06/2008
Loubill and Trailing Leads @ The Joiners, Southampton - 24/06/2008
Thinking For Tuesday, Tinderbox and Scott Hodges @ The Edge of The Wedge, Portsmouth - 24/06/2008
Second Monday (TBC) and Tribute To Nothing @ The Railway, Winchester - 24/06/2008
Enochian Theory, Mayz, Akakios and Frosthold @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 24/06/2008
Dlugokecki, The Casual Nelsons and The Choices We Make @ Hamptons, Southampton - 25/06/2008
The Zombies and The Yardbirds @ The City Hall, Salisbury - 25/06/2008
Censored, Acusis, Imightdisco and Kid Charlemaine @ The Joiners, Southampton - 25/06/2008
Nato, Only Heroes Die and Puresist @ The Railway, Winchester - 25/06/2008
Queensryche @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 25/06/2008
Peter Conway, Rossco, James Tippins and Andrew Cooper @ Drift, Southsea - 25/06/2008
Soda @ The Square Brewery, Petersfield - 25/06/2008
Skindred @ @ The Railway, Winchester - 15/07/2008
Keb Mo @ The Brook, Southampton - 19/07/2008
The Script @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 06/08/2008
Conor Oberst @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 26/08/2008
Alannah Myles @ The Brook, Southampton - 15/09/2008
Ronnie Spector @ The Brook, Southampton - 24/09/2008
The Wedding Present @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 03/12/2008
The Human League, ABC and Heaven 17 @ The Brighton Centre - 05/12/2008
The Human League, ABC and Heaven 17 @ BIC, Bournemouth - 06/12/2008
The 17th Blues On The Farm festival takes place at Pump Bottom Farm at Appledram, near Chichester, this weekend. The festival again features a strong and varied line-up of Blues performers from all around the world, from the USA to Zimbabwe. Amongst the acts performing are Aynsley Lister, The Hamsters, Dani Wilde, Rodney Branigan, Giles Hedley & The Aviators, Deborah Bonham, Kris Dollimore and the legendary Albert Lee. The festival runs from Thursday 19th to Sunday 22nd June, more information can be found on the festival website.
Acoustix takes it blend of local performers into the city for some alfresco (and free) entertainment this Saturday, 21st June. Aitch, Amalthea, Andy Foster and Chris Ricketts will be performing on the Waterfront at Gunwharf Quays from midday to 1700.
The Southsea Mafia DJs are all set to take over tomorrow night's Waster for an evening of the best alternative tunes in town. Doors open at Liquid Envy in Portsmouth at 2200, entrance is £1 before 2230 (£2 before 2300, £3 after).
The fifth annual Access Festival takes place in Southampton's Mayflower Park this Saturday, 21st June, and will feature performances from Kids Can't Fly, Black Bart, Lowis Landes, Bitter Ruin, Oblongata, The Ramblings, Recreation and The Horse (plus other acts to be announced). There'll also be an art gallery and stand-up comedy too. The fun starts at midday, through to 2100, and entrance is FREE! (although there is a suggested donation of £2; all proceeds go to the Society of St James, a local charity which provides support and accommodation for the homeless).
The Blissfields festival may be cancelled (due to low ticket sales unfortunately) but the Blissfields In The City night at The Talking Heads this Friday, 20th June, is still going ahead (at the moment). The line-up includes Toupe, Kid's Can't Fly, Blisskrieg and This Is Fiction. Doors open 1930 through to 0200, entrance is £5.
Roger Courtney's Open Mike Club this week features guest performances from Cool Banana and Adam Cole, with the regular Open Mike session following afterwards. The doors at The Barn at The Milton Arms open at 1900 tomorrow, Thursday 19th June, and admission is FREE. And there's a Facebook group too now, which is nice.
And finally, details of October's Portsmouth & Southsea Festival are finally starting to appear. The festival is due to be held on Castle Field from Thursday 9th to Sunday 12th October, and the first confirmed act has been announced in the shape of power-pop trio Dodgy (no, really). They'll also be playing the official festival launch party at Tiger Tiger at Gunwharf Quays on Friday 4th July, when the line-up for the first night of the festival will be announced. Acts so far rumoured to be appearing include The Charlatans, Nik Kershaw and The Spin Doctors.
Put a fork in me, I'm done. This afternoon I have mostly been plugged into the Delays new album (again), some Maxïmo Park and the debut offering by the now defunct Hope Of The States. Be sure to join me next week when I'll be weighing a bag of stoats.
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