In addition to the live music on offer there'll also be sets on the decks from Brandon Block, the rebel dread himself Don Lettsand the one and only DJ Format. Twisted Village also sees the welcome return of Portsmouth’s legendary HipshakerDJs to the festival circuit, if you want a taste of what they'll bring to the party check out their Express FM radio show (past episodes of which are available online). On the performing arts side of things the Circo Rum Ba Ba troupe will bring some joyful anarchy to proceedings and, if it all gets too much, there's always a relaxing game or two of Drag Queen Bingo to look forward to.
With more acts, including headliners, yet to be announced all is looking very good indeed for TwistedVillage. The festival takes place at Vicarage Farm, Woodmancott, from Friday 16th to Sunday18th August, Early Bird tickets may have sold out but Tier 2 tickets (priced at £105) are available now from the festival website.
The tiny hamlet of Woodmancott, nestled roughly midway between Winchester and Basingstoke, might seem an unlikely destination for a new festival to pitch up. Yet here, at Vicarage Farm, is where the Twisted Village Festival will pitch tents for its inaugural outing. Billed as a "festival of performing arts, music and curiosities" Twisted Village promises to be a compact and bijou affair, hosting 4999 souls on-site (a number which also includes both crew and artists), offering the seasoned festival-goer something more than big stages, huge crowds and annoyingly long queues for the amenities. If you didn't get Glastonburytickets, or find that walking a festival site the size of Coventry isn't your bag any more, then this might be just what you're looking for. Personally I'm a fan of a smaller festival; as much fun as a large sprawling site is to explore there is always something (or several) that gets missed. Limiting the number of attendees should hopefully make for a more comfortable stroll around the site, stumbling across promised curiosities, helping to create the "village vibe" that the organisers are striving for.
The organisers have set out their ethos on the website, which includes their vision for a festival that includes dance, spoken word performance, theatre and street theatre as well as, obviously , music. The festival also boasts excellent environmental credentials, effecting a no plastic policy on the main site, asking festival-goers to bring reusable bottles to enjoy free refills at various water stations. If that wasn't enough the festival will also employ solar power & biodiesel-powered generators to lessen its carbon emissions. So far so very right-on, but what's to see and enjoy at this shindig you may wonder. Well, the line-up announced so far includes Beans On Toast, LibraLibra, Yassassin, Alabama 3, Curl, Oh My God! It's The Church, Shoot The Duke, Megan Linford and the truly brilliant (and quite possibly worth the ticket price alone) joy that is The Lovely Eggs. With more acts TBA it's refreshing to note that the festival is also aiming to ensure female artists represent 50% of the final line-up (other, larger, festivals should take note). Twisted VillageFestival runs from Friday 16th to Sunday 18th August and Tier 1 (Early Bird) tickets are available now, priced at £90 for adults, via the festival website. Prices are scheduled to increase in Tier 2 (£105) and Tier 3 (£120), full pricing information and more can be found on the festival's FAQ page.
Winchester's festival-in-a-day Winchestivalreturns for a third outing this June, descending once again on the city's North Walls for 12 hours of music, food and fun. The organisers have this week released details of the initial line-up and, it's safe to say, there's something here for everyone at this family friendly festival. The Gannon-Stoddard Family Singers (aka The Magic Numbers) headline the Main Stage, with Reading's Only The Poets, Southampton four-piece Submariner and the Isle of Wight's Lauran Hibberd also on the bill. Joining them are indie pop duo Decoand, opening proceedings, Osborne School's rock choir, Rubik's Cube, with further acts TBA. BBC Introducing Solent host the second stage this year, with a line-up featuring Southampton acts Bash! and Mystic Peach, south coast Beach Punks Remainders, the utterly mesmerising Bruch and, from Swanage, Galaxy Thief. For those who like to get their groove on there's a Disco Tent although, for my money, the Auntie Beeb's line-up looks the one to watch.
Winchestival 2019 takes place on Saturday 15th June, with advance tickets available now via EventBrite priced at £25 for adults, £13 for ages 5-17 and those under 5 getting in for FREE!
Sound the new music klaxon, Winchester's Temples of Youth have returned. Darker Places is just under three minutes of haunting vocals and melodic electronica, and the video is rather spiffing too...
...those are black oranges on his hands, yes? No? Whatever, this is a gorgeous tune (and if you like this why not check out their SoundCloud page for more musical delights).
Fresh from playing Bestival singer/producer Ghostpoethas embarked on a tour of the UK which takes in two stops on the South Coast this week. The Mercury Prize nominee will be playing Winchester's venerable venue The Railwayon Wednesday, 5th October, with support coming from from Craig's Band and Brighton's Woo!Worths. Tickets are available, priced £8 in advance, from the venue or Entertainment24.
The following evening, Thursday 6th October, the action moves to Portsmouth for the headline slot of Churchgonewild at The Registry. Support comes courtesy of Bretonand Sumo DJs Kry Wolf. Entrance for this gig is FREE (no, really, I'm not making it up), which is nice.
And so to business; plucked fresh from the back page's of this week's NME, here's what's coming our way over the next few months:
Fight Like Apes @ Audio, Brighton - 19/11/2008 Alabama 3 @ The Brook, Southampton - 30/11/2008 Alabama 3 @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 02-03/12/2008 The Vivian Girls @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 11/12/2008 The Dandy Warhols @ The Old Fire Station, Bournemouth - 11/12/2008 SonicBoomSix and NY-Lon @ Tower Arts Centre, Winchester - 12/12/2008 Herman Dune @ Duke of Yorks, Brighton - 18/12/2008 SonicBoomSix and NY-Lon @ Engine Rooms, Brighton - 19/12/2008 Innerpartysystem @ Audio, Brighton - 27/01/2009 Mongrel @ Coalition, Brighton - 13/02/2009
I'll try and conjure up some time this weekend to add the above gigs to the (sadly neglected) SoMC Events Calendar. Given that I'm no great shakes when it comes to time management I probably won't get around to it (and will instead decamp in front of the telly to watch endless repeats of How It's Made). Here then are a hand-picked selection of gigs up and coming over the next seven days to keep you going...
The Blue Aeroplanes @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 13/11/2008 CANCELLED! Long Shore Drift, Furious Animation and The Deltons @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 13/11/2008 Dionne Warwick @ The Pavilion, Bournemouth - 13/11/2008 Stompin' Dave Allen @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 13/11/2008 Dave Goodman @ The Platform Tavern, Southampton - 13/11/2008 Ida Maria, Birdpen and VV Brown @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 13/11/2008 Albert Lee & Hogan's Heroes @ Komedia, Brighton - 13/11/2008 Zane Lowe (DJ) @ Southampton University Student Union - 13/11/2008 Pete & The Pirates and Nine Ninety Nines @ The Fat Fox, Portsmouth - 13/11/2008 Kaliflower @ The Railway, Winchester - 13/11/2008 This Manhattan, Akalons and Your Sizzors My Seatbelt @ The Joiners, Southampton - 13/11/2008 Alter Bridge @ The Guildhall, Portsmouth - 13/11/2008 Antje Duvekot @ Komedia, Brighton - 13/11/2008 London Elektricity with MC Wrec @ The Soul Cellar, Southampton - 13/11/2008 The Stylistics @ The Anvil, Basingstoke - 13/11/2008 SOLD OUT! Not Advised, Faireway, Sheilatakeabow and When Duty Calls @ The Rifle Club, Portsmouth - 13/11/2008 The Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain @ The City Hall, Salisbury - 14/11/2008 The Mods and Hip Fandango @ The Brook, Southampton - 14/11/2008 Arcade Eden, Speed The Collapse, Medison and Sam Jones @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 14/11/2008 Steve Arnott @ The Frog & Frigate, Southampton - 14/11/2008 The Guy Tortora Band @ Havant Arts Centre - 14/11/2008 Firefalldown, The Sketch and Chaos Days @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 14/11/2008 Hot Spunk and Sh*t! Hot Llamas @ The Railway, Winchester - 14/11/2008 Greenish Day (tribute) @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 14/11/2008 Great Pretender (Queen tribute) @ The Opera House, Bournemouth - 14/11/2008 Viva Machine @ Hamptons, Southampton - 14/11/2008 Russian Circles and These Arms Are Snakes @ Engine Rooms, Brighton - 14/11/2008 Lacuna Coil @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 14/11/2008 SOLD OUT! Data.Select.Party, Venice Ahoy and Cut The Blue Wire @ The Joiners, Southampton - 14/11/2008 Razorlight @ The Guildhall, Portsmouth - 14/11/2008 The Damned @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 15/11/2008 SOLD OUT! Marillion @ The Opera House, Bournemouth - 15/11/2008 Larry Miller Band @ Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham - 15/11/2008 McFly and Reemer @ BIC (Windsor Hall), Bournemouth - 15/11/2008 Gunz 'n' Rozes (tribute) @ The Brook, Southampton - 15/11/2008 The Continentals @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 15/11/2008 Rock Doctors @ The Firehouse, Southampton - 15/11/2008 Eddie & The Earwigs @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 15/11/2008 Ephexis, Root 8 (DJ) and Dirty Rat Child (DJ) @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 15/11/2008 Invasion, You're Smiling Now But We'll All Turn Into Demons and The Reactor Core Is Beautiful @ The Nell Gwynne, Portsmouth - 15/11/2008 Ricky Tick and Cool Jerk @ The Soul Cellar, Southampton - 15/11/2008 Cirque de Morte @ Komedia, Brighton - 15/11/2008 Jar Of Flies (Alice In Chains tribute) and The UK Chili Peppers (tribute) @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 15/11/2008 In Case Of Fire, The Longest Day and Echobeat @ The Joiners, Southampton - 15/11/2008 Dave Spoon (DJ) @ Little Johnny Russell's, Portsmouth - 15/11/2008 Feeder @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 15/11/2008 SOLD OUT! Tapestry of Delights with Pimpernel Jones (DJ) @ The Edge of The Wedge, Portsmouth - 15/11/2008 Fay Wray @ The Square Brewery, Petersfield - 15/11/2008 Richard Bona and Muntu Valdo @ Turner Sims Concert Hall, Southampton - 15/11/2008 Bang Bang Lulu, The Wideboys and Clare Evers @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 15/11/2008 Madison Heights @ The Railway, Winchester - 15/11/2008 The Damned @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 16/11/2008 Modeste Hugues Duo @ The Forge, Basingstoke - 16/11/2008 CANCELLED! Fields and Underground Railroad @ The Fat Fox, Portsmouth - 16/11/2008 Skinny Molly (Lynyrd Skynyrd tribute) @ The Brook, Southampton - 16/11/2008 Big Squirrel and Fingerless Hoodlum @ The Nell Gwynne, Portsmouth - 16/11/2008 Stu & Denovo @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 16/11/2008 Jools Holland & His Rhythm and Blues Orchestra @ The Guildhall, Portsmouth - 16/11/2008 Donavon Frankenreiter @ The Opera House, Bournemouth - 16/11/2008 Sneaky Sound System @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 16/11/2008 CANCELLED! We Have Band, The Exits and The Maddisons @ The Joiners, Southampton - 16/11/2008 Gentle Bren (DJ) @ Little Johnny Russell's, Portsmouth - 16/11/2008 Jo Long & Donaldo @ The Platform Tavern, Southampton - 16/11/2008 My American Heart, We Are The Ocean and Just Surrender @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 17/11/2008 Genghis Tron @ Coalition, Brighton - 17/11/2008 Billy Boy & The Wild Bananas @ The Joiners, Southampton - 17/11/2008 SOLD OUT! Ida Maria @ Komedia, Brighton - 18/11/2008 Dionne Warwick @ The Anvil, Basingstoke - 18/11/2008 SOLD OUT! Jazica, Nell Bryden and Great Walls @ The Joiners, Southampton - 18/11/2008 Seth Lakeman @ The Corn Exchange, Brighton - 18/11/2008 Stephen Fretwell and Andrew Foster @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 18/11/2008 Dizzee Rascal @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 18/11/2008 SOLD OUT! Charlie Musselwhite @ Komedia, Brighton - 18/11/2008 QueenAdreena, Arthur and Hold Fast @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 18/11/2008 The Whip, Transformer and Pnau @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 18/11/2008 Toby Wainwright Johns, All Things Considered and Elspeth Anne Macrae @ The Edge of The Wedge, Portsmouth - 18/11/2008 Reno, My Hollow Tree and Get The Tape @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 18/11/2008 McFly @ The Brighton Centre - 18/11/2008 Imelda May @ The Brook, Southampton - 19/11/2008 Ryan Adams & The Cardinals @ The Dome, Brighton - 19/11/2008 Shegotsick and Cora Code @ Drift, Southsea - 19/11/2008 Bemis @ The Square Brewery, Petersfield - 19/11/2008 Juicy Lucy @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 19/11/2008 Cara Dillon @ Komedia, Brighton - 19/11/2008 James Yorkston @ The Joiners, Southampton - 19/11/2008 Dengue Fever @ Salisbury Arts Centre - 19/11/2008 Buika @ Komedia, Brighton - 19/11/2008 Foreign Beggars @ The Soul Cellar, Southampton - 19/11/2008 Simian Mobile Disco @ Little Johnny Russell's, Portsmouth - 06/12/2008 Robin Hitchcock @ Komedia, Brighton - 16/02/2009 Kate Rusby @ The City Hall, Salisbury - 28/02/2009 Ultravox @ The Guildhall, Portsmouth - 28/04/2009
The line-up for next year's Shockwaves NME Awards Tourhas been released. Friendly Fires, White Lies and Florence & The Machine will join current NME favourites Glasvegason the 17 date tour, which pitches up at The Pyramids on Thursday 19th February 2009. Tickets for the tour went on exclusive sale from the NMEwebsite this morning (so let's cross our fingers that they're not all sold out already).
Owing to illness 60's rockers Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich have unfortunately had to cancel their scheduled gig at The Cellars at Eastney this Saturday, 15th November. Instead 60's covers band Eddie & The Earwigs will be gracing the stage, playing the hits of The Zombies, The Small Faces, The Move et al, with admission FREE! Punters requiring refunds for their Dave Dee tickets are advised to contact their point of purchase.
This week's Waster features the best electroindiepunkrockrave tunes around, courtesy of resident Southsea Mafia DJs Will Chump and Philip Harvey. Admission is via the Liquid entrance to Envy, from 2200 onwards, priced at £2.20 before 2300 (£3.20 after). More information can found on the event's Facebook page.
The Hong Kong Gardeners Club returns to Southsea's Café Havana this Friday, 14th November, for more eclectic beats from resident DJs Dave Saunders, Ursula Reynolds and Philip Harvey. Admission is £3 on the door, from 2000-0100.
Promoters Partners In Crime have organised an indie themed cruise around the Solent this weekend. Featuring live performances from Cut The Blue Wire and The Levels, plus DJ sets from Ruby Soho and DJ Lemon from the Southsea Mafia and [/glitch] and Abbie Eales from the Hong Kong Gardeners Club (split across the vessel's two bars), Rock The Boat will depart from the Spinnaker Tower dock at 2000 prompt (boarding commences at 1930) this Saturday, 15th November. Tickets are £12.50, available in advance from The Wedgewood Rooms Box Office (023 9286 3911), and more information can be found on Facebook.
Funkt-If-Ino joins High Society this Friday, 14th November, for their monthly residency at Gunwharf's TigerTiger. Alongside the Funkt-If-Ino will be DJ Redz and Dr Psycho from Twiceasnice and Luke Neville from Hed Kandi. Admission is £5 before 2230, £8 after, from 2100-0200.
Brighton-based alternative rockers The Vinyls and Portsmouth five piece The Last Distinguished Gentlemen (aka Apostle) are the guest artists at Roger Courtney's Open Mike Club tomorrow, Thursday 13th November. The Barn at The Milton Arms will be open from 1900, with live music from 2020 followed by the open mike session from 2200-0000. Admission is FREE, and more information can be found via the Facebook group.
Well, ruffle my hair and call me Susan, that's me done for another week; today I was mostly listening to Kraftwerk, Leftfieldand Afrika Bambaataa. Be sure to join me next week when I'll be climbing the European cheese mountain.
Despite fingers again being pointed following the release of their latest long player, it appears Noel and Liam have had enough of the many accusations of 'channelling' The Beatles levelled at them and took inspiration from other quarters.
I wonder if Sir Cliff is going to return the favour, he'd be guaranteed another Number One then...
*koff*
Moving swiftly on, here are the pick of the forthcoming local gigs listed in the back pages of this week's NME:
Alberta Cross @ BIC, Bournemouth - 20-21/10/2008 The King Blues @ The Coalition, Brighton - 19/10/2008 The King Blues @ Mr C's, Bournemouth - 01/11/2008 The Airborne Toxic Event @ The Joiners, Southampton - 10/11/2008 The Airborne Toxic Event @ The Hope, Brighton - 19/11/2008 The Vegas @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 19/11/2008 I Like Trains and Jeniferever @ The Joiners, Southampton - 09/12/2008
I'll attempt to find time this weekend to add the above gigs on to the marvellous (but not magical) SoMC Events Calendar but, as I'm off to see England play Kazakhstan this Saturday, I may be otherwise engaged squeezing myself into my mankini (now there's a mental image you could've done without). To keep you going here's a list of some of the local gigs happening over the next seven days...
Cut The Blue Wire, Nicotine Smile and Speed The Collapse @ Little Johnny Russell's, Portsmouth - 09/10/2008 Olmec Digram @ Hamptons, Southampton - 09/10/2008 Pete Mitchell's Drive @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 09/10/2008 Daedulus and Tim Exile @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 09/10/2008 Shegotsick @ The Fawcett Inn, Portsmouth - 09/10/2008 They Came From The Stars, I Saw Them and Crowns Of The Rats Orchestra @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 09/10/2008 4ft Fingers, Death At Sea and Ex Boy Racer @ The Joiners, Southampton - 09/10/2008 Two Spot Gobi @ Komedia, Brighton - 09/10/2008 Big Joe Louis @ The Platform Tavern, Southampton - 09/10/2008 The Reservoirs, Bad Love & The Licker and The Zone @ The Railway, Winchester - 09/10/2008 The Subways @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 09/10/2008 Derek Meins @ Komedia, Brighton - 09/10/2008 Wishbone Ash, Big Linda and Lip Service @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 09/10/2008 Sonic Boom Six, Chris Murray and The JB Conspiracy @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 09/10/2008 Michael Bolton @ BIC, Bournemouth - 10/10/2008 Richie Havens and Rory Ellis @ The Brook, Southampton - 10/10/2008 Kid's Can't Fly @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 10/10/2008 Delirious? @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 10/10/2008 Asylum Seekers @ The Fawcett Inn, Portsmouth - 10/10/2008 The Legendary Derek @ The Frog & Frigate, Southampton - 10/10/2008 No Access, Four Fingers and The Blue Gazelles @ The Nell Gwynne, Portsmouth - 10/10/2008 King Furnace, Oxygen Thief and Monrobots @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 10/10/2008 Black Cock Envy @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 10/10/2008 Elliot Minor @ Southampton University Student Union - 10/10/2008 Rooftop Reggae Soundsystem (DJ) @ The Edge of The Wedge, Portsmouth - 10/10/2008 Thomas Tantrum, The Daisy Riots and Haunted Stereo @ The Joiners, Southampton - 10/10/2008 DJ Derek and Percy Fox (DJ) @ Little Johnny Russell's, Portsmouth - 10/10/2008 Lady Winwood's Maggot and Cash Converted @ The Opera House, Bournemouth - 10/10/2008 Hated In The Face (DJ) @ The Fat Fox, Portsmouth - 10/10/2008 Bad Boys Of '79 and Smokin' Guns @ The Railway, Winchester - 10/10/2008 The Family @ The Soul Cellar, Southampton - 10/10/2008 The Racketeers, No.1 Station and Rob Moore (DJ) @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 10/10/2008 The Ghost Frequency and The Science Of 8 Limbs @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 10/10/2008 Stephen Stills @ The Brighton Centre - 10/10/2008 Prozium @ The Firehouse, Southampton - 10/10/2008 Power Of Three @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 11/10/2008 Neil Cowley Trio @ Turner Sims Concert Hall, Southampton - 11/10/2008 John Coghlan @ Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham - 11/10/2008 Wilko Johnson @ The Brook, Southampton - 11/10/2008 The Datsuns @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 11/10/2008 Get Your Ass To Mars, Olympian and Shegotsick @ The Joiners, Southampton - 11/10/2008 Deltawave (DJ) @ The Fawcett Inn, Portsmouth - 11/10/2008 Lynchpin @ The Firehouse, Southampton - 11/10/2008 This Will Destroy You, Lymbyc System and Codes In The Clouds @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 11/10/2008 Hot Rats (DJ) @ The Fat Fox, Portsmouth - 11/10/2008 UK Guns 'n' Roses (tribute) and Voodoo Vegas @ The Opera House, Bournemouth - 11/10/2008 Beardy Man, Pimpernel Jones and Albino Monkey @ Little Johnny Russell's, Portsmouth - 11/10/2008 Cyndi Lauper @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 11/10/2008 Martin Newnham & Andy Parkin @ The Square Brewery, Petersfield - 11/10/2008 The Untouchables @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 11/10/2008 Mid-West Blues, a+m and Songs Of Our Lap @ Komedia, Brighton - 11/10/2008 Foals @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 12/10/2008 SOLD OUT! Clayton Strange, The Computers, Munroe Effect and Lucky Ones Die First @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 12/10/2008 Amy Can Flyy, I Say Marvin and Canada Water @ The Joiners, Southampton - 12/10/2008 The Martin Harley Band @ The Forge, Basingstoke - 12/10/2008 Gentle Bren (DJ) @ Little Johnny Russell's, Portsmouth - 12/10/2008 Chris Wood @ Komedia, Brighton - 12/10/2008 The Moody Blues @ BIC, Bournemouth - 12/10/2008 Neil Innes @ The Brook, Southampton - 12/10/2008 Bob Fox & Stu Luckley @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 12/10/2008 Off With Their Heads, Four Letter Word and Chillerton @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 12/10/2008 EARLY SHOW, 1700-2100 The Skies @ The Fat Fox, Portsmouth - 12/10/2008 Beggars @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 12/10/2008 Sonny Black @ The Platform Tavern, Southampton - 12/10/2008 Minds Gone Blank and 3 Penny Puppet @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 12/10/2008 El Rodeo and Saqqara @ The Railway, Winchester - 12/10/2008 The Streets @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 13/10/2008 Bury Tomorrow, Seven Year Kismet and OMT @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 13/10/2008 Burnt Ice @ The Fat Fox, Portsmouth - 13/10/2008 Last Gang, Moses and Peter Moseley @ The Joiners, Southampton - 13/10/2008 Vodka Soap, Ta La Homa and Jerome Richards @ The Winchester, Bournemouth - 13/10/2008 Cajun Dance Party @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 13/10/2008 Blood Red Shoes, Rolo Tomassi and 1984 @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 13/10/2008 Tim & Sam and My First Tooth @ Hamptons, Southampton - 13/10/2008 Dean Friedman @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 14/10/2008 Towers Of London, Koopa and Jenna's Revenge @ The Brook, Southampton - 14/10/2008 Geoff Simkin & Nigel Price @ Havant Arts Centre - 14/10/2008 Jason Buckler, Andrew Gordon and Enny @ The Edge of The Wedge, Portsmouth - 14/10/2008 James & Denovo @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 14/10/2008 Boy George @ The Guildhall, Portsmouth - 14/10/2008 CANCELLED! Sam Isaac @ The Joiners, Southampton - 14/10/2008 Spiritualized and The Shortwave Set @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 14/10/2008 NEW VENUE! Los Campesinos!, No Age and Times New Viking @ Komedia, Brighton - 14/10/2008 K*nt & The Gang, The Moo and Alex Dawson @ Hamptons, Southampton - 14/10/2008 Andy Foster and Loz Bridge @ Little Johnny Russell's, Portsmouth - 14/10/2008 Josephine Oniyama @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 14/10/2008 The Martin Harley Band, Jackie Leven and Alex Roberts @ The Opera House, Bournemouth - 14/10/2008 Akala, Installation and Jackson & The Spangles @ The Railway, Winchester - 14/10/2008 Delirious? @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 14/10/2008 Derrin Nauendorf @ Komedia, Brighton - 14/10/2008 Kaiser Chiefs @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 15/10/2008 SOLD OUT! CSS @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 15/10/2008 SOLD OUT! Walter Trout & The New Radicals @ The Brook, Southampton - 15/10/2008 Derrin Nauendorf @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 15/10/2008 Chris Garneau, Peter Lyons and Guided By Lights @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 15/10/2008 Random Hand, Mike TV, Slapface and Bigtopp @ The Joiners, Southampton - 15/10/2008 Robb Johnson & The Irregulars @ Komedia, Brighton - 15/10/2008 The Script @ The Pyramids, Southsea - 15/10/2008 SOLD OUT! Fox Cubs, Glad Rags and Barefoot Confessor @ The Railway, Winchester - 15/10/2008 Electric Eel Shock @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 15/10/2008 CANCELLED! Focus, Wishbone Ash and The Groundhogs @ The City Hall, Salisbury - 15/10/2008 Jehst @ The Soul Cellar, Southampton - 15/10/2008 Steve Hampton @ The Square Brewery, Petersfield - 15/10/2008 Billy Cobham & Asere @ Komedia, Brighton - 15/10/2008 The Smyths @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 17/10/2008 The Hair @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 01/11/2008 The Blue Aeroplanes @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 13/11/2008 Finch @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 22/11/2008 Miles Hunt & Erica Nockalls @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 23/11/2008 Alabama 3 @ The Brook, Southampton - 30/11/2008 The Holloways @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 04/12/2008 The Hold Steady @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 14/12/2008
This week's Waster coincides with John Peel Day, the annual celebration of the late DJ's musical legacy, so fittingly features live sets from two hotly tipped local bands, The Daisy Riots and Fresh Legs. Add to this a selection of fine alternative tunes spun by the Southsea Mafia DJs and you've the makings of a fine Thursday night's entertainment. Admission is £2.20 before 2300, rising to £3.20 after; further more information, including how to add your name to the guest list, can be found on Facebook.
Southampton venue The Hobbitwill be hosting a day of live music this Saturday, 11th October, in aid of the charity PKD, the only UK dedicated to aiding sufferers of polycystic renal disease. The event will feature live performances from Black Bart, The Lowis Lanes, The Boho Hobos, Kelley's Heroes, Kumiss, Shizamms Picbox and J Fashole-Luke & Nicola Ghiaci, with music from 1300 through to 0100. Admission is £2.
Chaos pitches up at The Wedgewood Rooms again this Saturday, 11th October, for more of the best alternative sounds in town. DJs Will Chump and Lemon will be manning the wheels of steel in the Main Room, with some slightly mellower beats (and Sega) on offer in the Chaos Lounge (aka the Edge of The Wedge). Admission is £5 on the door, with entry from 2200; the sounds go through to 0300, with last admission at 0100.
Winchester Live is a new, week long, festival to promote the city's music scene, running from Monday 13th through to Sunday 19th October. A series of gigs have been organised by promoters Placid Piranha and The Girls In Green Shoes, at a variety of venues across the city. Bands so far confirmed to be appearing include Die!Die!Die!, Art Brut and Youthmovies (who kick off the festival at the city University's Vault venue on Monday 13th October). Full information on who's playing and where is available on the festival MySpace.
The Hong Kong Gardeners Club has upped-sticks and moved from the basement bar of The Jolly Sailor to the swanky sounding Seahorse Showbar (what was The Frog On The Front). The first night at the new venue will be this Friday, 10th October, and will feature DJ sets from Matt Seeney, Paige Gregson, Phil Harvey and Abbie Eales plus live music from You Love Her Coz She's Dead. The fun runs from 2000 through till 0230. Tickets are £4.50 but, owing to licensing restrictions tickets, can't be purchased on the door. Instead they're available on-line from WeGotTickets.
The Edge of The Wedge hosts the PompeyMusicwebsite's awards ceremony this Sunday, 12th October. The event starts at 1500 and will feature DJ sets from Udy (Kiss My Bass, Waster) and Ruby Soho (Chaos) amongst others. Admission is FREE and there's still time to vote in the awards, you'll just need to register on the website.
Roger Courtney's Open Mike Club this week features a special performance by local singer-songwriter Aitch, who'll be on-stage at The Barn at The Milton Arms from 2000 till 2130 tomorrow, Thursday 9th October; the Open Mike session follows afterward till midnight. Doors open from 1900, admission is FREE.
And that's me done for another week; today I was mostly listening to Elbow(who were damn good at The Guildhall last night), The Mountain Goats and Doves(who have a new album in the pipeline, which is nice). Be sure to join me next week when I'll be double-checking my Lotto numbers again.
I suppose really I should write something pithy here about Dirty Pretty Things splitting up, or Paul "fab macca wacky thumbs aloft" McCartney releasing a dance record (no, really), but I'm all set to leave on a jet plane so can't really be bothered.
*koff*
Eyes down for a full house; here are some forthcoming gigs of note, freshly plucked from the back pages of this week's NME:
Kano @ The Old Fire Station, Bournemouth - 02/10/2008 The Night Marchers @ The Engine Room, Brighton - 06/10/2008 The Subways and Twin Atlantic @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 09/10/2008 Magnetic Man @ Digital, Brighton - 13/10/2008 Sam Isaac and The Attika State @ The Vault, Winchester - 13/10/2008 Blood Red Shoes and Rolo Tomassi @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 13/10/2008 Sam Isaac and The Attika State @ The Joiners, Southampton - 14/10/2008 The Bishops @ Hamptons, Southampton - 19/10/2008 Roots Manuva @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 21/10/2008 The Bishops @ The Albert, Brighton - 21/10/2008 The Foxes @ The Joiners, Southampton - 27/10/2008 Kid British @ The Joiners, Southampton - 30/10/2008 Kano @ Tru, Brighton - 30/10/2008 Razorlight @ The Guildhall, Portsmouth - 14/11/2008 Bombay Bicycle Club @ Audio, Brighton - 19/11/2008 The Kooks and Mystery Jets @ The Brighton Centre - 29/11/2008 Stereolab @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 18/12/2008
I'm jetting off to Dublin for the weekend so, sad but true, it's highly unlikely I'll get around to posting the above gigs on the SoMC Events Calendar before I go (as I'll be busy, faffing about and putting off packing my bags until the last minute). When updated the Events Calendar is just packed with lots of lovely local gigs, like these for example...
British Sea Power @ The Corn Exchange, Brighton - 02/10/2008 Cheeky Cheeky & The Nosebleeds @ The Railway, Winchester - 02/10/2008 Xcom (ex-Bad Company) @ The Brook, Southampton - 02/10/2008 Kris Dollimore @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 02/10/2008 Bob Pearce @ The Platform Tavern, Southampton - 02/10/2008 Hot Club de Paris, Tellison and Hardly Heroes @ The Studio at The Petersfield School - 02/10/2008 The Chapman Family, Gentleman Starkey and Lostaura @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 02/10/2008 Data.Select.Party, Openroom and Joey Nightmare @ The Joiners, Southampton - 02/10/2008 Lykke Li @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 02/10/2008 Remain Silenced, The Jonny Soul Trip and The Prime @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 02/10/2008 Midge Ure @ Komedia, Brighton - 02/10/2008 Ludovico Einaudi @ Turner Sims Concert Hall, Southampton - 03/10/2008 SOLD OUT! Martin Simpson and Will McNicol @ The Studio at The Petersfield School - 03/10/2008 Plastic Toys and Echobeat @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 03/10/2008 Sam Sparro @ The Corn Exchange, Brighton - 03/10/2008 SOLD OUT! Norman Jay MBE (DJ) @ The Brook, Southampton - 03/10/2008 Night of Treason, The Exposed and Vinny Void (DJ) @ Moodeaze, Gosport - 03/10/2008 British Sea Power @ Student Union, Southampton University - 03/10/2008 The Silver Beatles (tribute) @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 03/10/2008 Steve Arnott @ The Frog & Frigate, Southampton - 03/10/2008 Longview and Kaiko @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 03/10/2008 Stone Cold @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 03/10/2008 Who's Who (tribute) @ Komedia, Brighton - 03/10/2008 Good Books, Fox Cubs and Fresh Legs @ The Joiners, Southampton - 03/10/2008 Circuits @ The Railway, Winchester - 03/10/2008 Seasick Steve @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 03/10/2008 Travis @ The Pyramids, Southsea - 04/10/2008 SOLD OUT! Longview @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 04/10/2008 Cara Dillon @ Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham - 04/10/2008 Rufus Stone @ The Brook, Southampton - 04/10/2008 Flying Pigs @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 04/10/2008 Fabulous Freddie & The Freeloaders @ The Soul Cellar, Southampton - 04/10/2008 One Weird Fish @ The Colonial Bar, Horndean - 04/10/2008 Natural Blondie (tribute) @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 04/10/2008 Amanda Palmer @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 04/10/2008 Zoe Schwarz & Rob Koral @ Havant Arts Centre - 04/10/2008 The Plymouths, Zwaitec and The Vegas @ The Joiners, Southampton - 04/10/2008 Cheeky Cheeky & The Nosebleeds @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 04/10/2008 Red Indie with Dr Watson (DJ) and Skidmark (DJ) @ Little Johnny Russell's, Portsmouth - 04/10/2008 The Limes, The Rebs and Davis @ The Railway, Winchester - 04/10/2008 Lahanya @ Hamptons, Southampton - 04/10/2008 Hated In The Face (DJ) @ The Fat Fox, Portsmouth - 04/10/2008 Team Waterpolo, Defend Moscow and Minus IQ @ The Joiners, Southampton - 05/10/2008 Billy Ocean @ The Anvil, Basingstoke - 05/10/2008 Loose Tongue and James Tippins @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 05/10/2008 Plastic Little @ The Soul Cellar, Southampton - 05/10/2008 Jeremy Jay, Aaron King and The Hornblower Brothers @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 05/10/2008 Gentle Bren (DJ) @ Little Johnny Russell's, Portsmouth - 05/10/2008 Rolo Tomassi, Throats and Olmec Diagram @ iBar, Bournemouth - 05/10/2008 Billy Irvine @ The Platform Tavern, Southampton - 05/10/2008 Ade Cull, Dave James Wheat and Darin Robinson @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 05/10/2008 The Groanbox Boys @ The Forge, Basingstoke - 05/10/2008 Big Bang Boogie (DJ) @ The Fat Fox, Portsmouth - 05/10/2008 The Melvins @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 06/10/2008 Beggars @ The Joiners, Southampton - 06/10/2008 Alan Tyler & The Sons Of Littlefield @ The Fat Fox, Portsmouth - 06/10/2008 Art Garfunkel @ The Dome, Brighton - 06/10/2008 Paper Heroes and Jamie & The Lionhearts @ Hamptons, Southampton - 06/10/2008 Michael Bolton @ The Brighton Centre - 06/10/2008 The Hold Steady @ The Pyramids, Southsea - 06/10/2008 CANCELLED! Rolo Tomassi and Throats @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 06/10/2008 Amy MacDonald @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 06/10/2008 It Bites @ Komedia, Brighton - 06/10/2008 Elbow @ The Guildhall, Portsmouth - 07/10/2008 Eight Legs, Sine Star Project and The Prime @ The Railway, Winchester - 07/10/2008 Seasick Steve @ The Dome, Brighton - 07/10/2008 Paddy Taylor, Becky Jerams & The Selfish Boys and Pathway @ Little Johnny Russell's, Portsmouth - 07/10/2008 Juana Molina @ Komedia, Brighton - 07/10/2008 Aiden @ The Brook, Southampton - 07/10/2008 Jack Alexander, Paul Martin and Atlast @ The Edge of The Wedge, Portsmouth - 07/10/2008 Stu & Denovo @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 07/10/2008 The Redwalls, Offside and The Ben Poole Band @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 07/10/2008 999's, The Circus Sands and The Reelists @ The Fat Fox, Portsmouth - 07/10/2008 The Remnants and Wilf? @ The Joiners, Southampton - 07/10/2008 Gabriella Cilmi @ Komedia, Brighton - 07/10/2008 Louche Manouche @ The Platform Tavern, Southampton - 07/10/2008 One Night Only @ The Pyramids, Southsea - 07/10/2008 Amusement Parks On Fire and Munroe Effect @ The Fat Fox, Portsmouth - 08/10/2008 Sia @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 08/10/2008 Glamour Of The Kill and Dead Mile @ The Joiners, Southampton - 08/10/2008 The Remnants and Monrobots @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 08/10/2008 The Escapade, Mexicofallz, We're What's Left and When Duty Calls @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 08/10/2008 Alan Tyler & The Lost Sons Of Littlefield and The Family @ The Railway, Winchester - 08/10/2008 Chrissy Kybosh, Deeflux and Mikey T @ The Soul Cellar, Southampton - 08/10/2008 Chris Simmons @ Komedia, Brighton - 08/10/2008 Jane Taylor @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 08/10/2008 The Smyths @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 17/10/2008 Hot Leg (ex-The Darkness) @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 23/10/2008 Imelda May @ The Brook, Southampton - 19/11/2008 Streetlight Manifesto @ The Brook, Southampton - 01/12/2008 The Rezillos @ The Brook, Southampton - 10/12/2008
The scheduled Spiritualized gig at The Pyramids on Tuesday 14th October has moved to The Wedgewood Rooms, original tickets remain valid (contact the venue's box office for refund information).
This week's Waster doubles as the after-party for the Showcase 08 competition, with the full force of the Southsea Mafia DJs in effect, armed with the best indiepunkelectrorock'n'rave in town. Portsmouth's Envy nightclub will be open for the usual shenanigans from 2200 tomorrow, Thursday 2ndOctober; owing to a PowerFM party in sister club Liquid entry will be via the Envy doors only. Admission is a mere £2.20 before 2300, rising to £3.20 after, and more information, including how to get yourself on the guest list, can be found on Facebook.
Southampton Indie label Sotones will be showcasing its roster with an all day shindig at The Hobbit this Saturday, 4th October. The line-up includes The Moulettes, Haunted Stereo, I See Sparks, Modernaire, Jackie Paper, Peter Lyons and Rob Skipper & the Musical Differences, with bands on-stage from 1400. The fun runs through till 0300, and entrance is FREE before 2200.
The Grand Final of The Wedgewood Rooms' Showcase 08 competition takes place tomorrow, Thursday 2nd September, and features Almeida, Melodramas, Rusty Sheriff & Friends, Holy Roller and Shegotsick. Good luck to all the bands taking part though, to re-use my lame Highlander reference of a few week's back, there can only be one winner. Doors open at 2000, admission is £5.
Funkt-If-Ino returns to The Wedgewood Rooms this Saturday, 4th October, for a night of classic funk, soul and disco courtesy of Boba Funk, DarthFader, Chewbazza and Jabba (aka the Funkt-If-Ino All Stars). Doors open at 2200 with admission £5 before 2230, £6 after.
The Hobbit hosts a fund-raiser for Cancer Research this Sunday, 5th October, featuring live music from The Blue Stragglers, EverAfta, Indigo Sun and Still Frame. Bands start at 1800.
The Visitors, a six-piece folk-rock band, and Two Fingers Of Firewater, a five-piece roots combo, are the guest artists at this week's Roger Courtney's Open Mike Club. Doors open at The Barn at The Milton Arms at 1900 tomorrow, Thursday 2nd October, 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 the Arctic Monkeys' back catalogue and The National's excellent long player, Alligator. Be sure to join me next week when I'll be .
Three cheers and a rousing hurrah for Elbow, worthy winners of this year's Mercury Music Prize. For a while there, given the repeat listens I've given it over the past few weeks, I'd started to cross fingers that Neon Neon would walk away with it...
Umm.
Yeah, I bet on the wrong one again...
*koff*
And so to business; I purloined the following entertainments from the dark and musty back pages of this week's NMEfor your edification and delight:
Friendly Fires @ The Joiners, Southampton - 24/09/2008 Johnny Foreigner @ The Albert, Brighton - 29/09/2008 Ladyhawke @ Komedia, Brighton - 30/09/2008 The Datsuns @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 11/10/2008 Deadmau5 @ Digital, Brighton - 23/10/2008 The Datsuns @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 22/10/2008 Johnny Flynn @ The Joiners, Southampton - 28/10/2008 Black Kids, Ladyhawke and Magistrates @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 02/11/2008 Cage The Elephant @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 04/11/2008 Fucked Up @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 07/11/2008
I'll endeavour to add the above gigs onto the SoMC Events Calendar at some point over the weekend (so much for thinking the world was going to be sucked inside out; I had two days of sitting on the edge of the event horizon all planned). When bang up to date the Events Calendar is a most useful aid for the idle muso about town, and is full of local gigs, like these...
Little London, Dragon Eye Morrison and Insinerate @ Havant Arts Centre - 11/09/2008 Have Mercy @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 11/09/2008 Kids Can't Flyy, Bigtopp and Taste The Chase @ The Joiners, Southampton - 11/09/2008 Das Wanderlust, The Bobby McGees and Shrag @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 11/09/2008 The Ex-Patriots and Painterman @ The Fat Fox, Portsmouth - 11/09/2008 Team Medal, Remain Silenced and Beyond Help @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 11/09/2008 In Like Flynn, Sheilatakeabow, The Zedmen and Blue Gazelles @ The Railway Rifle Club, Portsmouth - 11/09/2008 Eliza Carthy @ Komedia, Brighton - 11/09/2008 Red Jackson @ The Platform Tavern, Southampton - 11/09/2008 The Chemists, Loose Tongue and The Lonely Cardinals @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 12/09/2008 The Bog Rolling Stones @ The Brook, Southampton - 12/09/2008 Rick Payne @ Havant Arts Centre - 12/09/2008 Intraverse and Karalta @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 12/09/2008 Almeida, Action & Action and Shackleton @ The Nell Gwynne, Portsmouth - 12/09/2008 Crystal Arcade, The Inklings and Atlas @ The Joiners, Southampton - 12/09/2008 Barb Wire Bob @ The Railway, Gosport - 12/09/2008 Contra, Abraxas, The Exposed and No Problems @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 12/09/2008 FREE ENTRY! Orphans & Vandals, The Inklings, Benny The Moth and Jazica @ Kolebka, Southampton - 12/09/2008 The Chap, Restlesslist and Gloria Cycles @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 12/09/2008 The Model Horror @ The Soul Cellar, Southampton - 12/09/2008 The Asylum Seekers, WiLF, Archive 45 and Vinny Void (DJ) @ Moodeaze (Sidewalk) Club, Gosport - 12/09/2008 Bob Log III, Skulls, Edward J Hicks and The Moulettes @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 12/09/2008 Deltawave (DJ) @ The Fawcett Inn, Portsmouth - 12/09/2008 Purple Monkey @ The Firehouse, Southampton - 12/09/2008 The Strange Death Of Liberal England, Little Fish and Six Nation State @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 13/09/2008 The Baddies, Ashbies and Jonny Dare @ Hamptons, Southampton - 13/09/2008 Annabelle Chvostek @ Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham - 13/09/2008 Perfect Alibi @ The Brook, Southampton - 13/09/2008 The Wild Oats @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 13/09/2008 Lynchpin @ The Firehouse, Southampton - 13/09/2008 The Cheese Doctors @ The Square Brewery, Petersfield - 13/09/2008 Superfly @ The Colonial Bar, Horndean - 13/09/2008 The Legendary Derek @ The Frog & Frigate, Southampton - 13/09/2008 Dlugokecki @ The Soul Cellar, Southampton - 13/09/2008 The Sock Monkeys and Luke Toulson @ The Railway, Winchester - 13/09/2008 The Colours, Crystal Arcade and The Quotes @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 13/09/2008 Your Demise @ Salisbury Arts Centre - 13/09/2008 The Reservoirs and Gloria Cycles @ The Joiners, Southampton - 13/09/2008 Sunset Mission, The Issues and Rusty Strings @ The Nell Gwynne, Portsmouth - 13/09/2008 The Mirimar Disaster and Olmec Diagram @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 13/09/2008 Underoath, Envy On The Coast and Oh, Sleeper @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 14/09/2008SOLD OUT! Little Toby Walker @ The Forge, Basingstoke - 14/09/2008 Artisian, Gilla Bruja and Archaic Arcanum @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 14/09/2008 The Mirimar Disaster, Proceed and Tento @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 14/09/2008 The Toasters and 3 Minute Warning @ The Joiners, Southampton - 14/09/2008 Gentle Bren (DJ) @ Little Johnny Russell's, Portsmouth - 14/09/2008 In Bob We Trust (Dylan tribute) @ Komedia, Brighton - 14/09/2008 Blues etc @ The Platform Tavern, Southampton - 14/09/2008 Lach, Arthur Delaney and Lucy Mitchell @ The Fat Fox, Portsmouth - 14/09/2008 Rozi Plain, The Pictish Trail and Francois @ The Railway, Winchester - 14/09/2008 Dave James Wheat, Ian Scarbro and Star Anise @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 14/09/2008 Bad Manners, Max Splodge and Django @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 14/09/2008 Gotye @ Komedia, Brighton - 15/09/2008 Alannah Myles @ The Brook, Southampton - 15/09/2008 The Toasters, 3 Minute Warning and Essay For The Ordinary @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 15/09/2008 Saiichi Sugiyama Band @ The Fat Fox, Portsmouth - 15/09/2008 Bad Manners @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 15/09/2008 Hifi Hand Grenades and The Exposed @ The Joiners, Southampton - 15/09/2008CANCELLED! Doug MacLeod @ Komedia, Brighton - 15/09/2008 Fraser Anderson, Ben Pinwill and Karen Harmony @ Drift, Southsea - 15/09/2008 The Hot Melts, Sterling and Hardly Heroes @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 16/09/2008 Crystal Castles @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 16/09/2008CANCELLED! Solent City Jazzmen @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 16/09/2008 The Devil's Conspiracy, Andrew Jarmin and James Tippens @ The Edge of The Wedge, Portsmouth - 16/09/2008 Stu & Denovo @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 16/09/2008 King Size Slim and The Marvellous Mechanical Band @ Little Johnny Russell's, Portsmouth - 16/09/2008 Dave Cloud & The Gospel Of Power and The Sticks @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 16/09/2008 CANCELLED! American Music Club and Peter Bruntnell @ The Railway, Winchester - 16/09/2008 My Brightest Diamond and Marla Hansen @ Komedia, Brighton - 16/09/2008 The Metros @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 17/09/2008 Dave Swarbrick & Martin Carthy @ The Haymarket, Basingstoke - 17/09/2008 Stackridge @ The Brook, Southampton - 17/09/2008 Little Toby Walker @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 17/09/2008 California Dreamin' (Beach Boys tribute) @ Chicago Rock Cafe, Fareham - 17/09/2008 Stickee Ickee (DJ) @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 17/09/2008 Golden Silvers @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 17/09/2008 Deaf Havana, Asking Alexandria and Finely Tuned Assassins @ The Joiners, Southampton - 17/09/2008 Eileen Rose & The Holy Wreck @ Komedia, Brighton - 17/09/2008 Collapsing Cities, Recreation and Kosmonaut @ The Railway, Winchester - 17/09/2008 Summers, Fantastic Castle and The Tripods @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 17/09/2008 Iglu & Hartley @ Komedia, Brighton - 17/09/2008 The Alan Titchmarsh Project @ The Square Brewery, Petersfield - 17/09/2008 The Mercury Men, The Visitors and Aitch @ Drift, Southsea - 17/09/2008 Hey Negrita & The Travelling Band (plus documentary) @ Komedia, Brighton - 17/09/2008CANCELLED! Shotgun and The Charlie Parkers @ The Fat Fox, Portsmouth - 17/09/2008
This week's Wasterfeatures DJsWill chuMp and Lemon from the Southsea Mafia, who'll be providing the best indie/rock/dance/alternative tunes around in the fine surroundings of Portsmouth's Envynightclub. Doors open at 2200 tomorrow, Thursday 11th September, with admission £2.20 before 2300, rising to £3.20 after. More information, including how to get on the guest-list, is available from the event's Facebook page.
The Swanin Woolston will be hosting a day of music and comedy this Sunday, 13th September. The line-up features local rock bands Lynchpinand Superfly, comedian Matt Black(and his piano) plus a selection of tunes from Carly & Graham of Perfect Alibi, the South's leading Pink Floyd tribute band. The music starts at 1400, finishes at 2200, and admission is £2 on the door (all proceeds go to charity).
Fans of Peckham indie kids The Metrosare advised to check out club-night ConnectionatScandal's tomorrow night, Thursday 11th September, as amongst the usual fine array of tunes will be a selection of the band's forthcoming new album (which, it must be said, the NMEdidn't like all that much) plus give-aways of Metros' merchandise to boot. Doors open from 2200 and entrance is £1 before 2330, £2.50 after. More information can be found on the Facebook event page.
The Wedgewood Rooms hosts the play off of its Showcase 08 competition tomorrow, Thursday 11th September, when the highest scoring runners-up (or acts most deserving of a second chance) will be battling it out for a place in the final. The line-up for the play off includes The Tripods, Not Good Enough For Tony, Goodbye Stereo and Rusty Sheriff & Friends, all of whom have the judges to impress and the audience to win over. Doors open at 2000, admission is £4.
This week Roger Courtney's Open Mike Club features performances from Portsmouth all-girl band Minds Gone Blank, Gosport's The Unknown Soldiers, 70's recording artist Roy Hill and local indie five-piece Pathway. Doors open at The Barn at The Milton Arms at 1900 tomorrow, Thursday 11th September, with the music starting at 1900 (the Open Mike session follows on after the guest artists at 2230). Admission is FREE and you're advised to arrive early.
In addition to the aforementioned list of events along Albert Road this Saturday, 13th September, club-night Chaos returns to The Wedgewood Rooms for a festival special. The Main Room features DJs Hev Stilet-Hoe and Marky Marc, with Will Chump and Ruby Soho mellowing things out 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).
Power down the Flux Capacitor, that's it for another week; today I have mostly been listening to Elbow's Mercury Award-winning album and the mellifluous tones of Vampire Weekend. Be sure to join me next week when I'll be standing on the edge, looking over.
