Avada Kedavra!
There's nothing like a bit of rain to make people want to buy songs about umbrellas. But honestly, nine weeks at number one? That's just a tad excessive.
Or is that exces-cess-cessi-ive-ive-ive?
*koff*
I'll get me coat.
Moving swiftly on, here's what I found listed in the back pages of this week's (redesigned, so yes it's smaller) NME:
Lethal Bizzle @ The Joiners, Southampton - 16/08/2007
And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 22/08/2007
Dan Le Sac v's Scroobius Pip @ Audio, Brighton - 17/09/2007
Dan Le Sac v's Scroobius Pip @ The Joiners, Southampton - 18/09/2007
New Young Pony Club @ The Old Fire Station, Bournemouth - 21/09/2007
New Young Pony Club @ Corn Exchange, Brighton - 24/09/2007
Euros Childs @ The Joiners, Southampton - 25/09/2007
The Kissaway Trail @ Audio, Brighton - 02/10/2007 (I've only been waiting two months for their album to turn up, bah humbug!)
The Rumble Strips @ The Joiners, Southampton - 06/10/2007
The Rumble Strips @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 19/10/2007
The National @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 10/11/2007
As I'm being more of a gigwhore than usual this week I'll probably not have time to update the SoMC Events Calendar with the above gigs until Sunday afternoon. As has been inferred before, the Events Calendar is lovingly packed with lots of super smashing gigs to whet your appetite, like these:
Easy Star All-Stars @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 18/07/2007
Dave Sharp @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 18/07/2007
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 19/07/2007
Silversun Pickups @ The Barfly, Brighton - 19/07/2007
Jonquil @ The Joiners, Southampton - 19/07/2007
Julie Felix @ The Kings Theatre, Portsmouth - 20/07/2007
The Beatmakers @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 20/07/2007
Mary Jane @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 21/07/2007
Bill Kirchen @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 21/07/2007
The Rushes @ Unit22, Southampton - 21/07/2007
The Fabulous Thunderbirds @ The Brook, Southampton - 22/07/2007
Go Lem System & WiserVice @ The Bandstand, Southsea - 22/07/2007 (free afternoon entertainment)
Toupé @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 22/07/2007
Golden Section @ Drift Bar, Southsea - 24/07/2007
The Bravery @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 24/07/2007
Elle Milano & Winterkids @ The Joiners, Southampton - 24/07/2007
The Peacocks @ The Joiners, Southampton - 20/08/2007
The Parlotones @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 09/10/2007
Tom Hingley @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 26/08/2007
Fightstar @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 12/10/2007
Two Gallants @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 12/11/2007
The Wedgewood Rooms' Showcase 07 competition kicks off tomorrow night, Thursday 19th 2007, with four local bands taking the stage. Making up the first heat are The 47's, Avondale 45, The White Coats and, making their live debut, Yop Radio Saga. Each band will play a 25 minute set, after which both the audience and a panel of judges get to cast their votes on what they've heard. Tickets for the Showcase events are a bargain £5.00.
Bands from five european nations will be descending on The Wedgewood Rooms on Monday 23rd July to show that the International Language of Rock knows no borders. Joining Portsmouth's own Leptany will be Mal'damak (France), Wozu (Lithuania), Cloudcuckooland (Netherlands) and, from Duisburg in Germany, Neurotic Underground. Tickets are a ridiculous £4.00. H'mm, I wonder what the Lithuanian for 'mosh' is?
The second Tin Hut Music Festival takes place this Saturday 21st July, once again in the village of Stroud (near Petersfield). As mentioned here previously, the festival is a fund-raiser for the Stroud Village Hall Project (which is attempting to raise enough funds to replace the 'tin hut' the village has currently with something sturdier). Amongst those on the bill this year are Brian Houston, Hardly Heroes, Suburbian and One Weird Fish. Tickets for the day long event are £10.00 in advance (£12.50 on the day) and, to add to the festival feel, on-site camping is available this year as well.
And finally. When my chum Chris isn't hanging out the side of a helicopter he can be found indulging his obsession for cover versions. He takes a well known tune, finds six to ten covers of said song, then edits them seamlessly together in Garage Band. He then appears in the pub with the tunes on his iPod, teasing us to guess who sang which part of the song. You can now share in the often infuriating quest to figure out the artists involved as he's posted the first three of his mixes on his website, which this link to the forum will point you to.
Put a fork in me, I'm done. This afternoon I have mostly been listening to the excellent Delays and the very wonderful Feist (who was awesome at the Wedge last night, just about the loveliest gig I've been to in ages). Join me next week when I'll be unleashing my army of flying monkeys on to an unsuspecting public, mwah-ha-ha!
:o)
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Pure Reason Revolution - Deus Ex Machina (live)
This interesting snippet of footage was filmed at the TS Wisla Hala in Krakow, Poland, during Reading prog-rockers Pure Reason Revolution's recent European jaunt supporting Porcupine Tree. This new tune, posted on YouTube with the band's consent, shows them going in a more 'industrial' direction.
To be honest, given the year the band has had, it's good to see them enjoying themselves (when I last saw them live they didn't have the best of evenings). This track is a good sign that the new album, which they're currently recording, is shaping up nicely. Excellent.
To be honest, given the year the band has had, it's good to see them enjoying themselves (when I last saw them live they didn't have the best of evenings). This track is a good sign that the new album, which they're currently recording, is shaping up nicely. Excellent.
Monday, July 16, 2007
Brannigan's Law v's Timshel
The SoMC's resident guitar-meister, Ant Shue, has informed me that the mighty Brannigan's Law are to grace the stage of The Wedgewood Rooms with their presence.
The Law have been added to the bill for Timshel's double album launch gig there on Saturday 28th July; not content with releasing one long player, the Southampton based band are releasing two CDs, Burnt Fingers and Keeping Me Home, for the public's aural pleasure.
Also on the bill are Ninja Biscuits, Guildford's The Savage Jazz and Skyline Heroes from the Isle of Wight. Tickets are a bargain £5.00 and are available from the venue or direct from the bands.
The Law have been added to the bill for Timshel's double album launch gig there on Saturday 28th July; not content with releasing one long player, the Southampton based band are releasing two CDs, Burnt Fingers and Keeping Me Home, for the public's aural pleasure.
Also on the bill are Ninja Biscuits, Guildford's The Savage Jazz and Skyline Heroes from the Isle of Wight. Tickets are a bargain £5.00 and are available from the venue or direct from the bands.
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
The Gigwatcher 11/07/2007
Let's save the Polar Bears!
OK Live Earth, I'll make a deal with you; I'll keep buying the energy saving light-bulbs if you promise to keep James Blunt locked up.
*koff*
Well, it was worth a try wasn't it?
Moving swiftly on, here's what I found listed in the back pages of this week's (is it me or is it smaller) NME:
Marnie Stern @ Greenhouse Effect (Do Club), Brighton - 13/07/2007
Air Traffic @ Student Union, Southampton University - 23/09/2007
Does It Offend You Yeah? @ Audio, Brighton - 13/09/2007
Does It Offend You Yeah? @ Unit22, Southampton - 30/09/2007
The Sugars @ The Barfly, Brighton - 07/08/2007
The Rumble Strips @ Mr Kyps, Poole - 16/08/2007
Pink @ Brighton Centre - 23/08/2007
Jack Peñate @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 04/10/2007
HIM @ The Guildhall, Portsmouth - 07/12/2007
Gogol Bordello @ The Dome, Brighton - 10/12/2007
Shed Seven @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 12/12/2007
If I'm not trying to reduce my carbon footprint I'll update the SoMC Events Calendar with the above gigs; as I might have said before (once or twice), the Events Calendar is hand-tooled and just full of lovely super smashing gigs, like these...
Ghosts @ The Barfly, Brighton - 11/07/2007
Air Traffic @ The Opera House, Bournemouth - 12/07/2007
Albert Hammond Jr @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 12/07/2007
Saiichi Sugiyama @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 12/07/2007
The Bog Rolling Stones @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 13/07/2007
Cracking Amy & Three Days Hiding @ Black Bar, Portsmouth - 13/07/2007
The Strange Death of Liberal England @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 14/07/2007
The Edible Stems & Silent Hours @ Havana Bar, Southsea - 14/07/2007
Damien Rice @ The Dome, Brighton - 14/07/2007
The Victorian English Gentlemens Club @ Unit22, Southampton - 14/07/2007
The Plymouths @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 15/07/2007
The Superheroes & Zuma @ The Bandstand, Southsea - 15/07/2007 (free afternoon entertainment)
Apnia @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 15/07/2007
Joey Nightmare & Cut The Blue Wire @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 16/07/2007
I'm From Barcelona @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 16/07/2007
Feist @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 17/07/2007
Wills & The Willing @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 17/07/2007
Mexicolas @ The Joiners, Southampton - 17/07/2007
Richard Thompson @ The Brook, Southampton - 09/08/2007
Spear Of Destiny @ The Railway Inn, Winchester - 28/08/2007
John Otway @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 26/09/2007
Mr Hudson & The Library @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 17/10/2007
Asia @ BIC, Bournemouth - 02/12/2007
Tonight's gig by Trafficker at The Cellars at Eastney has been cancelled, please contact the venue for further information. The Hayseed Dixie gig at The Brook, scheduled for Monday 23rd July, has been postponed. Again, contact the venue for further information.
The week-long Bishop's Waltham Festival combines music, drama and history in the delightful surroundings of Bishop's Waltham Palace. The musical events this year touch rock, folk and jazz; Merseybeat stalwarts The Swinging Blue Jeans take the stage tomorrow, Thursday 12th July, with Terry Lightfoot bringing the festival to a close with his flavour of jazz on Sunday 15th July. Saturday 14th July is given over entirely to folk; Julie Felix, Rachel Unthank, Chien Bizarre and Les Barker are all on a bill that's nicely topped by Oysterband. If a whole day of folk is too much for you then 'evening only' tickets are available.
Continuing the festival theme, this year's Guilfest kicks off in Stoke Park, Guildford, this Friday. This alternative festival has grown considerably over the years and now boasts six stages, an acoustic lounge and both comedy and theatre tents. Supergrass and The Ordinary Boys top the line-up on Friday 13th July (The Hold Steady will also be appearing). Saturday 14th July features Sandi Thom, Captain and Morcheeba with Squeeze topping the bill. The festival comes to a close on Sunday 15th July with appearances from The Beat, The Icicle Works, The Magic Numbers and, finally, Madness. Both Day and Weekend tickets are still available (which is nice).
And that just about wraps it up for this week. This afternoon I have mostly been listening to Arcade Fire (I missed the carnage on Jonathan Ross) and The Chemical Brothers (mixing it quick). Join me next week when I'll be trying not to rub my eyes with chilli stained fingers. Ouch.
:o)
OK Live Earth, I'll make a deal with you; I'll keep buying the energy saving light-bulbs if you promise to keep James Blunt locked up.
*koff*
Well, it was worth a try wasn't it?
Moving swiftly on, here's what I found listed in the back pages of this week's (is it me or is it smaller) NME:
Marnie Stern @ Greenhouse Effect (Do Club), Brighton - 13/07/2007
Air Traffic @ Student Union, Southampton University - 23/09/2007
Does It Offend You Yeah? @ Audio, Brighton - 13/09/2007
Does It Offend You Yeah? @ Unit22, Southampton - 30/09/2007
The Sugars @ The Barfly, Brighton - 07/08/2007
The Rumble Strips @ Mr Kyps, Poole - 16/08/2007
Pink @ Brighton Centre - 23/08/2007
Jack Peñate @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 04/10/2007
HIM @ The Guildhall, Portsmouth - 07/12/2007
Gogol Bordello @ The Dome, Brighton - 10/12/2007
Shed Seven @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 12/12/2007
If I'm not trying to reduce my carbon footprint I'll update the SoMC Events Calendar with the above gigs; as I might have said before (once or twice), the Events Calendar is hand-tooled and just full of lovely super smashing gigs, like these...
Ghosts @ The Barfly, Brighton - 11/07/2007
Air Traffic @ The Opera House, Bournemouth - 12/07/2007
Albert Hammond Jr @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 12/07/2007
Saiichi Sugiyama @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 12/07/2007
The Bog Rolling Stones @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 13/07/2007
Cracking Amy & Three Days Hiding @ Black Bar, Portsmouth - 13/07/2007
The Strange Death of Liberal England @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 14/07/2007
The Edible Stems & Silent Hours @ Havana Bar, Southsea - 14/07/2007
Damien Rice @ The Dome, Brighton - 14/07/2007
The Victorian English Gentlemens Club @ Unit22, Southampton - 14/07/2007
The Plymouths @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 15/07/2007
The Superheroes & Zuma @ The Bandstand, Southsea - 15/07/2007 (free afternoon entertainment)
Apnia @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 15/07/2007
Joey Nightmare & Cut The Blue Wire @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 16/07/2007
I'm From Barcelona @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 16/07/2007
Feist @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 17/07/2007
Wills & The Willing @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 17/07/2007
Mexicolas @ The Joiners, Southampton - 17/07/2007
Richard Thompson @ The Brook, Southampton - 09/08/2007
Spear Of Destiny @ The Railway Inn, Winchester - 28/08/2007
John Otway @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 26/09/2007
Mr Hudson & The Library @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 17/10/2007
Asia @ BIC, Bournemouth - 02/12/2007
Tonight's gig by Trafficker at The Cellars at Eastney has been cancelled, please contact the venue for further information. The Hayseed Dixie gig at The Brook, scheduled for Monday 23rd July, has been postponed. Again, contact the venue for further information.
The week-long Bishop's Waltham Festival combines music, drama and history in the delightful surroundings of Bishop's Waltham Palace. The musical events this year touch rock, folk and jazz; Merseybeat stalwarts The Swinging Blue Jeans take the stage tomorrow, Thursday 12th July, with Terry Lightfoot bringing the festival to a close with his flavour of jazz on Sunday 15th July. Saturday 14th July is given over entirely to folk; Julie Felix, Rachel Unthank, Chien Bizarre and Les Barker are all on a bill that's nicely topped by Oysterband. If a whole day of folk is too much for you then 'evening only' tickets are available.
Continuing the festival theme, this year's Guilfest kicks off in Stoke Park, Guildford, this Friday. This alternative festival has grown considerably over the years and now boasts six stages, an acoustic lounge and both comedy and theatre tents. Supergrass and The Ordinary Boys top the line-up on Friday 13th July (The Hold Steady will also be appearing). Saturday 14th July features Sandi Thom, Captain and Morcheeba with Squeeze topping the bill. The festival comes to a close on Sunday 15th July with appearances from The Beat, The Icicle Works, The Magic Numbers and, finally, Madness. Both Day and Weekend tickets are still available (which is nice).
And that just about wraps it up for this week. This afternoon I have mostly been listening to Arcade Fire (I missed the carnage on Jonathan Ross) and The Chemical Brothers (mixing it quick). Join me next week when I'll be trying not to rub my eyes with chilli stained fingers. Ouch.
:o)
Wednesday, July 04, 2007
The Gigwatcher 04/07/2007
Now back to Gene Krupa's syncopated style.
So like 500 million or so other people on the globe I sat and watched the Concert for Diana on Sunday, marvelling at the scale of the new Wembley, impressed by the organisational skills of the two princes and more than a little bemused by the terrible links provided by Jamie Theakston and Claudia Winkleman (though they didn't look nearly as lost and confused as Dennis Hopper).
Admittedly it was never going to provide the spectacle of Live 8, with only the tease of a possible full Take That reunion to keep us glued to our seats, but it was entertaining nonetheless. Of course, in an alternative reality Diana may well have been a fan of Motorhead or Metallica.
H'mm.
Well, if it would've stopped P Diddy turning up that's no bad thing.
*koff*
Fiddle-de-dee, here's what I found listed in the back pages of this week's NME:
Shiny Toy Guns @ The Barfly, Brighton - 24/07/2007
Winter Kids & Elle Milano @ The Joiners, Southampton - 24/07/2007
The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster @ The Barfly, Brighton - 25/07/2007
iLiKETRAiNS @ The Joiners, Southampton - 13/09/2007
iLiKETRAiNS @ The Barfly, Brighton - 14/09/2007
Editors @ The Guildhall, Portsmouth - 02/10/2007
Starsailor @ Student Union, Southampton University - 08/10/2007
Ash @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 02/11/2007
Good Shoes @ Concorde2, Brighton - 20/11/2007
Maroon 5 @ The Brighton Centre - 05/12/2007
When I have a spare half hour away from playing that bally Baseball game that Stu forwarded to me I'll add the above gigs onto the SoMC Events Calendar; as mentioned once or twice before, the Events Calendar is lovingly crafted with lots of lovely super smashing gigs, like these...
The Hold Steady @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 04/07/2007
Shaped By Fate @ The Joiners, Southampton - 05/07/2007
The Dodge Brothers @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 05/07/2007
Cut The Blue Wire @ The Railway Inn, Winchester - 06/07/2007
Night of Treason & Barbwire Bob @ The Tap, Portsmouth - 06/07/2007
The Purple Project @ The Brook, Southampton - 06/07/2007
The Cartel & The Visitors @ Black Bar, Portsmouth - 06/07/2007
Steve Arnott @ The Frog & Frigate, Southampton - 07/07/2007
Waking Up The Neighbours @ The Brook, Southampton - 07/07/2007
Proxy @ Unit22, Southampton - 07/07/2007
The Way & Solrun @ Havana Bar, Southsea - 07/07/2007
Assembly Now @ The Joiners, Southampton - 08/07/2007
Dead Like Harry @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 08/07/2007
Jill Daniels & The Chris Walker Swingtet @ The Bandstand, Southsea - 08/07/2007 (free afternoon entertainment)
The Stations @ Unit22, Southampton - 08/07/2007
Arachnotaur @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 08/07/2007
Ron Trueman Border @ The Raglan Rooms at The Alma Arms, Portsmouth - 09/07/2007
The Sarah Prichard Quintet @ Havant Arts Centre, Havant - 10/07/2007
Eve's Only Son & Jessica Spencer @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 10/07/2007
Julie Felix @ The Kings Theatre, Southsea - 20/07/2007
East 17 @ Chicago Rock Cafe, Southsea - 09/08/2007
Sign @ The Joiners, Southampton - 12/08/2007
Kojak's Revenge @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 25/08/2007
Ezio @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 05/09/2007
John Power @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 19/09/2007
This weekend sees the return of the Summer Pops to the grounds of the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu, running from Friday 6th to Sunday 8th July. The Australian Pink Floyd headline this Friday, with Girls Aloud entertaining the masses the following evening. Jools Holland's Rhythm & Blues Orchestra will be joined by Lulu to bring the event to a close on Sunday night.
There's still no word on a possible new owner for The Brook, but news has reached that one gig there (which I was particularly looking forward) that was cancelled has been rescheduled, albeit at a different venue. The planned Easy Star All-Stars gig will now take at The Talking Heads (about 5 minutes walk from The Brook); the date remains the same as before, Wednesday 18th July.
Following from last year's event The Wedgewood Rooms is again hosting a benefit evening for the Piam Brown Paediatric Oncology Centre at Southampton General Hospital. As before the line-up is made up of local acts; Portsmouth's Hobos & Eskimos and Cut The Blue Wire are scheduled to appear, Chichester's Joey Nightmare top the bill. The event takes place on Monday 16th July, tickets are £5 each.
And that just about wraps it up for this week. This afternoon I have mostly been listening to Black Grape and The Wannadies. Join me next week when I'll be proving that my kung fu is stronger than your kung fu.
So like 500 million or so other people on the globe I sat and watched the Concert for Diana on Sunday, marvelling at the scale of the new Wembley, impressed by the organisational skills of the two princes and more than a little bemused by the terrible links provided by Jamie Theakston and Claudia Winkleman (though they didn't look nearly as lost and confused as Dennis Hopper).
Admittedly it was never going to provide the spectacle of Live 8, with only the tease of a possible full Take That reunion to keep us glued to our seats, but it was entertaining nonetheless. Of course, in an alternative reality Diana may well have been a fan of Motorhead or Metallica.
H'mm.
Well, if it would've stopped P Diddy turning up that's no bad thing.
*koff*
Fiddle-de-dee, here's what I found listed in the back pages of this week's NME:
Shiny Toy Guns @ The Barfly, Brighton - 24/07/2007
Winter Kids & Elle Milano @ The Joiners, Southampton - 24/07/2007
The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster @ The Barfly, Brighton - 25/07/2007
iLiKETRAiNS @ The Joiners, Southampton - 13/09/2007
iLiKETRAiNS @ The Barfly, Brighton - 14/09/2007
Editors @ The Guildhall, Portsmouth - 02/10/2007
Starsailor @ Student Union, Southampton University - 08/10/2007
Ash @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 02/11/2007
Good Shoes @ Concorde2, Brighton - 20/11/2007
Maroon 5 @ The Brighton Centre - 05/12/2007
When I have a spare half hour away from playing that bally Baseball game that Stu forwarded to me I'll add the above gigs onto the SoMC Events Calendar; as mentioned once or twice before, the Events Calendar is lovingly crafted with lots of lovely super smashing gigs, like these...
The Hold Steady @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 04/07/2007
Shaped By Fate @ The Joiners, Southampton - 05/07/2007
The Dodge Brothers @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 05/07/2007
Cut The Blue Wire @ The Railway Inn, Winchester - 06/07/2007
Night of Treason & Barbwire Bob @ The Tap, Portsmouth - 06/07/2007
The Purple Project @ The Brook, Southampton - 06/07/2007
The Cartel & The Visitors @ Black Bar, Portsmouth - 06/07/2007
Steve Arnott @ The Frog & Frigate, Southampton - 07/07/2007
Waking Up The Neighbours @ The Brook, Southampton - 07/07/2007
Proxy @ Unit22, Southampton - 07/07/2007
The Way & Solrun @ Havana Bar, Southsea - 07/07/2007
Assembly Now @ The Joiners, Southampton - 08/07/2007
Dead Like Harry @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 08/07/2007
Jill Daniels & The Chris Walker Swingtet @ The Bandstand, Southsea - 08/07/2007 (free afternoon entertainment)
The Stations @ Unit22, Southampton - 08/07/2007
Arachnotaur @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 08/07/2007
Ron Trueman Border @ The Raglan Rooms at The Alma Arms, Portsmouth - 09/07/2007
The Sarah Prichard Quintet @ Havant Arts Centre, Havant - 10/07/2007
Eve's Only Son & Jessica Spencer @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 10/07/2007
Julie Felix @ The Kings Theatre, Southsea - 20/07/2007
East 17 @ Chicago Rock Cafe, Southsea - 09/08/2007
Sign @ The Joiners, Southampton - 12/08/2007
Kojak's Revenge @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 25/08/2007
Ezio @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 05/09/2007
John Power @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 19/09/2007
This weekend sees the return of the Summer Pops to the grounds of the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu, running from Friday 6th to Sunday 8th July. The Australian Pink Floyd headline this Friday, with Girls Aloud entertaining the masses the following evening. Jools Holland's Rhythm & Blues Orchestra will be joined by Lulu to bring the event to a close on Sunday night.
There's still no word on a possible new owner for The Brook, but news has reached that one gig there (which I was particularly looking forward) that was cancelled has been rescheduled, albeit at a different venue. The planned Easy Star All-Stars gig will now take at The Talking Heads (about 5 minutes walk from The Brook); the date remains the same as before, Wednesday 18th July.
Following from last year's event The Wedgewood Rooms is again hosting a benefit evening for the Piam Brown Paediatric Oncology Centre at Southampton General Hospital. As before the line-up is made up of local acts; Portsmouth's Hobos & Eskimos and Cut The Blue Wire are scheduled to appear, Chichester's Joey Nightmare top the bill. The event takes place on Monday 16th July, tickets are £5 each.
And that just about wraps it up for this week. This afternoon I have mostly been listening to Black Grape and The Wannadies. Join me next week when I'll be proving that my kung fu is stronger than your kung fu.
Tuesday, July 03, 2007
Tom Jones - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
Sir Tom of Jones, covering the Arctic Monkeys breakthrough tune, from the Concert for Diana at the weekend:
OK, so it might not be everyone's bag of chips (a couple of Monkeys' purists I know loathe it) but I like it. It's got soul, more than the comparatively bland Sugababes' take on the song that's for sure, and that's not a bad thing.
OK, so it might not be everyone's bag of chips (a couple of Monkeys' purists I know loathe it) but I like it. It's got soul, more than the comparatively bland Sugababes' take on the song that's for sure, and that's not a bad thing.
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
The Gigwatcher 27/06/2007
Here come the drums, here come the drums.
So it's Splitsville for Preston and Chantelle. Shame, I really thought that relationship was going to last, what with the chivalrous way he stormed off Never Mind The Buzzocks last series, Simon Amstell's mocking tones still ringing in his ears.
I wonder if they have to pay back the £300,000 they got for the wedding photos?
*koff*
Guess not.
Moving swiftly on, here's what I found listed in the back pages of this week's NME:
The Checks @ Unit22, Southampton - 28/07/2007
Just Jack @ The Dome, Brighton - 02/10/2007
The Cribs @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 14/10/2007
Bowling For Soup & Bloodhound Gang @ Brighton Centre - 20/10/2007
Kate Nash @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 21/10/2007
Bowling For Soup & Bloodhound Gang @ BIC, Bournemouth - 21/10/2007
Kate Nash @ Concorde2, Brighton - 24/10/2007
Kaiser Chiefs @ BIC, Bournemouth - 22/11/2007
I'll update the SoMC Events Calendar with the above gigs when I get a spare five minutes (i.e. when my brain needs a break from the weighty Windows XP MCSE Training Kit that I'm poring over at the moment in a vain attempt to improve my Microsoft Wizardry). Handily enough the Events Calendar is just full of many lovely lovely gigs, like these for example:
The Derrin Nauendorf Band @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 28/06/2007
The Mustangs @ The Tap, Portsmouth - 28/06/2007
The Corridors @ Little Johnny Russells, Portsmouth - 28/06/2007
Smokey Robinson @ BIC, Bournemouth - 28/06/2007
Dead!Dead!Dead! @ The Railway Inn, Winchester - 29/06/2007
Delphic Oracle & The Fret @ Black, Portsmouth - 29/06/2007
Huw Lloyd-Langton @ The Fawcett Inn, Portsmouth - 29/06/2007
Steve Arnott @ The Frog & Frigate, Southampton - 29/06/2007
The Bog Rolling Stones @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 29/06/2007
Limehouse Lizzy @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 29/06/2007
The Cool Banana Junkyard Show @ Havana Bar, Southsea - 30/06/2007
Dlugokecki @ The Joiners, Southampton - 30/06/2007
UFO @ The Brook, Southampton - 30/06/2007
Ricky Tick @ The Soul Cellar, Southampton - 30/06/2007
Contra & Eve's Only Son @ Black, Portsmouth - 30/06/2007
Graham Bonnet @ The Brook, Southampton - 01/07/2007
The Elements @ The Bandstand, Southsea - 01/07/2007 (free afternoon entertainment)
Remain Silenced @ The Joiners, Southampton - 01/07/2007
Suzanne Vega @ The Dome, Brighton - 02/07/2007
Scouting For Girls @ The Joiners, Southampton - 02/07/2007
I'm From Barcelona @ Concorde2, Brighton - 16/07/2007
Sly & The Family Stone @ The Opera House, Bournemouth - 28/07/2007
Attilla The Stockbroker @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 12/08/2007
iLiKETRAiNS @ The Joiners, Southampton - 13/09/2007
King Creosote @ The Joiners, Southampton - 14/09/2007
Turisas @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 23/09/2007
Cara Dillon @ New Theatre Royal, Portsmouth - 24/11/2007
The Brook's survival is looking more secure; apparently a number of interested parties have made overtures to the liquidators though any announcement on a new owner is some way off. In the meantime the venue has announced that tickets for next month are back on sale. Highlights for July include ex-Rainbow singer Graham Bonnet, bluegrass rockers Hayseed Dixie, The Fabulous Thunderbirds and local Pink Floyd tribute band Perfect Alibi. As always more information can be found on the venue's website.
In addition to this Sunday's regular free afternoon entertainment at Southsea Bandstand, 70's tribute acts Platinum Abba and Saturday Night Beaver will be playing there in the evening. The FREE fun starts at 1930 and runs through till 2230 (at which point there'll be a firework display to light your way home).
Little Johnny Russell's are inviting local bands to take part in the inaugural Rocker Soccer Tournament, to be held on Saturday 4th August 2007 at Roko in Hilsea. This 5-a-side competition will take the form of a World Cup-style tournament (groups and rounds I'm guessing) to prove, once and for all, who really is the best band in Portsmouth (with a football, obviously). More information is available on the Rocker Soccer MySpace.
The Gosport Waterfront Festival returns this weekend though, after the complaints from Gunwharf residents, it's again decamped to Walpole Park. Building on last year's success the FREE festival begins on Friday 29th June with performances from local acts Recreation, Gilkicker and The Elements, with 70's favourites Mungo Jerry headlining. Super Fly, Kelly's Tattoo and a sadly Noddy-free Slade take the stage on Saturday 30th June, the festival wraps up on Sunday 1st July with ska from Orange Street, some slappy bass from tribute band Level 43 and 80's soul diva Jaki Graham, who closes the event with help from the Soul Survivors.
And that just about wraps it up for this week. This afternoon I have mostly been listening to Oasis' Greatest Hits and some Gil Scott-Heron. Join me next week when I'll be standing around nonchalantly with my hands in my pockets, whistling tunelessly and looking like I'm up to no good.
:o)
So it's Splitsville for Preston and Chantelle. Shame, I really thought that relationship was going to last, what with the chivalrous way he stormed off Never Mind The Buzzocks last series, Simon Amstell's mocking tones still ringing in his ears.
I wonder if they have to pay back the £300,000 they got for the wedding photos?
*koff*
Guess not.
Moving swiftly on, here's what I found listed in the back pages of this week's NME:
The Checks @ Unit22, Southampton - 28/07/2007
Just Jack @ The Dome, Brighton - 02/10/2007
The Cribs @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 14/10/2007
Bowling For Soup & Bloodhound Gang @ Brighton Centre - 20/10/2007
Kate Nash @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 21/10/2007
Bowling For Soup & Bloodhound Gang @ BIC, Bournemouth - 21/10/2007
Kate Nash @ Concorde2, Brighton - 24/10/2007
Kaiser Chiefs @ BIC, Bournemouth - 22/11/2007
I'll update the SoMC Events Calendar with the above gigs when I get a spare five minutes (i.e. when my brain needs a break from the weighty Windows XP MCSE Training Kit that I'm poring over at the moment in a vain attempt to improve my Microsoft Wizardry). Handily enough the Events Calendar is just full of many lovely lovely gigs, like these for example:
The Derrin Nauendorf Band @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 28/06/2007
The Mustangs @ The Tap, Portsmouth - 28/06/2007
The Corridors @ Little Johnny Russells, Portsmouth - 28/06/2007
Smokey Robinson @ BIC, Bournemouth - 28/06/2007
Dead!Dead!Dead! @ The Railway Inn, Winchester - 29/06/2007
Delphic Oracle & The Fret @ Black, Portsmouth - 29/06/2007
Huw Lloyd-Langton @ The Fawcett Inn, Portsmouth - 29/06/2007
Steve Arnott @ The Frog & Frigate, Southampton - 29/06/2007
The Bog Rolling Stones @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 29/06/2007
Limehouse Lizzy @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 29/06/2007
The Cool Banana Junkyard Show @ Havana Bar, Southsea - 30/06/2007
Dlugokecki @ The Joiners, Southampton - 30/06/2007
UFO @ The Brook, Southampton - 30/06/2007
Ricky Tick @ The Soul Cellar, Southampton - 30/06/2007
Contra & Eve's Only Son @ Black, Portsmouth - 30/06/2007
Graham Bonnet @ The Brook, Southampton - 01/07/2007
The Elements @ The Bandstand, Southsea - 01/07/2007 (free afternoon entertainment)
Remain Silenced @ The Joiners, Southampton - 01/07/2007
Suzanne Vega @ The Dome, Brighton - 02/07/2007
Scouting For Girls @ The Joiners, Southampton - 02/07/2007
I'm From Barcelona @ Concorde2, Brighton - 16/07/2007
Sly & The Family Stone @ The Opera House, Bournemouth - 28/07/2007
Attilla The Stockbroker @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 12/08/2007
iLiKETRAiNS @ The Joiners, Southampton - 13/09/2007
King Creosote @ The Joiners, Southampton - 14/09/2007
Turisas @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 23/09/2007
Cara Dillon @ New Theatre Royal, Portsmouth - 24/11/2007
The Brook's survival is looking more secure; apparently a number of interested parties have made overtures to the liquidators though any announcement on a new owner is some way off. In the meantime the venue has announced that tickets for next month are back on sale. Highlights for July include ex-Rainbow singer Graham Bonnet, bluegrass rockers Hayseed Dixie, The Fabulous Thunderbirds and local Pink Floyd tribute band Perfect Alibi. As always more information can be found on the venue's website.
In addition to this Sunday's regular free afternoon entertainment at Southsea Bandstand, 70's tribute acts Platinum Abba and Saturday Night Beaver will be playing there in the evening. The FREE fun starts at 1930 and runs through till 2230 (at which point there'll be a firework display to light your way home).
Little Johnny Russell's are inviting local bands to take part in the inaugural Rocker Soccer Tournament, to be held on Saturday 4th August 2007 at Roko in Hilsea. This 5-a-side competition will take the form of a World Cup-style tournament (groups and rounds I'm guessing) to prove, once and for all, who really is the best band in Portsmouth (with a football, obviously). More information is available on the Rocker Soccer MySpace.
The Gosport Waterfront Festival returns this weekend though, after the complaints from Gunwharf residents, it's again decamped to Walpole Park. Building on last year's success the FREE festival begins on Friday 29th June with performances from local acts Recreation, Gilkicker and The Elements, with 70's favourites Mungo Jerry headlining. Super Fly, Kelly's Tattoo and a sadly Noddy-free Slade take the stage on Saturday 30th June, the festival wraps up on Sunday 1st July with ska from Orange Street, some slappy bass from tribute band Level 43 and 80's soul diva Jaki Graham, who closes the event with help from the Soul Survivors.
And that just about wraps it up for this week. This afternoon I have mostly been listening to Oasis' Greatest Hits and some Gil Scott-Heron. Join me next week when I'll be standing around nonchalantly with my hands in my pockets, whistling tunelessly and looking like I'm up to no good.
:o)
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
The Tin Hut Music Festival
This year's Tin Hut Music Festival takes place on Saturday 21st July. Now in its second year the festival brings together the pick of the Stiff Promotions catalogue with artists from further afield, providing both a day's entertainment and a way to raise funds for the Stroud Village Hall Project. The nine band strong line-up includes Brian Houston, Suburbian, The Goondocks, Andy Foster, The Weather Committee and One Weird Fish.
The festival takes place opposite the Seven Stars public house in the village of Stroud, near Petersfield, Hampshire; gates open at 1400, the first band is onstage at 1500 and the fun runs through till 2300. Aside from the main stage there are also fringe entertainments for young and old, a licensed bar and selection of foodstalls. To add to the "festival experience" on-site camping is available this year, a post-festival pitch can be purchased for £10.00 (payable on the day).
Tickets are £10.00 in advance, or £12.50 on the day, and can be purchased direct from the Stiff Promotions website (children under 10 years of age get in FREE); only 600 will be available so best get in quick if you want to come along and enjoy the fun.
The festival takes place opposite the Seven Stars public house in the village of Stroud, near Petersfield, Hampshire; gates open at 1400, the first band is onstage at 1500 and the fun runs through till 2300. Aside from the main stage there are also fringe entertainments for young and old, a licensed bar and selection of foodstalls. To add to the "festival experience" on-site camping is available this year, a post-festival pitch can be purchased for £10.00 (payable on the day).
Tickets are £10.00 in advance, or £12.50 on the day, and can be purchased direct from the Stiff Promotions website (children under 10 years of age get in FREE); only 600 will be available so best get in quick if you want to come along and enjoy the fun.
Day of Silence
My favourite internet radio station has, along with many other such US webcasters, gone silent today. The Day of Silence, as it's been tagged, is a protest at the Copyright Royalty Board's decision to raise royalty fees for online broadcasters. The proposed increase which could well cause many American online broadcasters to shut up shop (and may well set a precedent for webcasters elsewhere on the 'net).
Previously online broadcasters in the US paid an annual fee plus 12% of their profits. The new system, which comes into force on July 15th (but is retroactive to January 1st this year) applies a flat fee per song, per user, with an additional $500 charge per channel owned. The fees also increase annually throughout the life of the new royalty plan, which is scheduled to end in 2010.
Both public and commercial broadcasters in the US claim the changes represent a 300% increase in payments and could force cuts to existing services, affecting an estimated audience of 50 million people. National Public Radio, for example, maintains several channels; theoretically it could be charged thousands of dollars.
The members of the SaveNetRadio coalition, which includes big players like Yahoo and AOL as well as smaller webcasters, therefore took the decision to go silent for 24 hours to raise awareness of the campaign. They're pressing Congress to pass a bill which would set royalty rates for webcasters equal to those of satellite radio broadcasters.
Fingers crossed.
Previously online broadcasters in the US paid an annual fee plus 12% of their profits. The new system, which comes into force on July 15th (but is retroactive to January 1st this year) applies a flat fee per song, per user, with an additional $500 charge per channel owned. The fees also increase annually throughout the life of the new royalty plan, which is scheduled to end in 2010.
Both public and commercial broadcasters in the US claim the changes represent a 300% increase in payments and could force cuts to existing services, affecting an estimated audience of 50 million people. National Public Radio, for example, maintains several channels; theoretically it could be charged thousands of dollars.
The members of the SaveNetRadio coalition, which includes big players like Yahoo and AOL as well as smaller webcasters, therefore took the decision to go silent for 24 hours to raise awareness of the campaign. They're pressing Congress to pass a bill which would set royalty rates for webcasters equal to those of satellite radio broadcasters.
Fingers crossed.
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
The Gigwatcher 20/06/2007
Nulli secundus.
So, Bernard Manning died the other day.
[pause for reflection]
He might have been many things but I never heard him tell a fat joke.
Umm.
*koff*
Moving swiftly on, here's what I found listed in the back pages of this week's NME:
The Sonic Hearts @ Komedia, Brighton - 21/06/2007
Envelopes @ Audio, Brighton - 22/06/2007
Albert Hammond Jr @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 12/07/2007
Cajun Dance Party @ Pressure Point, Brighton - 16/07/2007
Cherry Ghost @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 30/07/2007
of Montreal @ Audio, Brighton - 03/08/2007
Martha Wainwright @ St Georges Church, Brighton - 15/08/2007
Milburn @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 17/09/2007
Reuben @ Concorde 2, Brighton, Portsmouth - 18/09/2007
Milburn @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 19/09/2007
Reuben @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 19/09/2007
The Holloways & The Wombats @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 21/09/2007
Kula Shaker @ Student Union, Southampton University - 30/09/2007
Hadouken! @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 05/10/2007
Underworld @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 08/10/2007
The Maccabees @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 14/10/2007
The Enemy @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 15/10/2007
Hadouken! @ Corn Exchange, Brighton - 25/10/2007
Hadouken! @ Student Union, Southampton University - 26/10/2007
Mark Ronson @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 29/10/2007
Enter Shikari @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 01/11/2007
Enter Shikari @ The Dome, Brighton - 02/11/2007
The Twang @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 03/11/2007
Air @ The Opera House, Bournemouth - 16/11/2007
If I'm not busy swotting up for the next Harbour Lights Movie Quiz I'll update the SoMC Events Calendar with the above gigs. The Events Calendar, in case you weren't aware, contains details of many weird and wonderful gigs that I stumble across on the internet, like these:
Pull Tiger Tail @ The Joiners, Southampton - 20/06/2007
Brakes @ Concorde2, Brighton - 21/06/2007
The Secret Police @ The Brook, Southampton - 22/06/2007
The Elements @ Havana Bar, Southsea - 22/06/2007
Feckless @ The Tap, Portsmouth - 22/06/2007
Flip Top @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 23/06/2007
I Am Finn @ Unit22, Southampton - 23/06/2007
Apostle & Armchair Guru @ Black, Portsmouth - 23/06/2007
Blackmore's Night @ The Dome, Brighton - 23/06/2007
The Slackers @ The Soul Cellar, Southampton - 24/06/2007
Clayson & The Argonauts @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 24/06/2007
:( @ The Joiners, Southampton - 24/06/2007
Papa Noel @ The Bandstand, Southsea - 24/06/2007 (free afternoon entertainment)
Caesura @ The Joiners, Southampton - 25/06/2007
OMD @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 26/06/2007
We Are The Physics @ The Barfly, Brighton - 26/06/2007
Fujiya & Miyagi @ Audio, Brighton - 26/06/2007
Suburbian @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 26/06/2007
Kid Carpet @ The Joiners, Southampton - 04/07/2007
The Victorian English Gentlemans Club @ Unit22, Southampton - 14/07/2007
Dave Sharp (ex-Alarm) @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 18/07/2007
The Smyths @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 16/11/2007
Jools Holland and his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra @ The Guildhall, Portsmouth - 24/11/2007
The 16th Blues On The Farm festival takes place this weekend, once again at the quirkily named Pump Bottom Farm in Appledram, just outside Chichester. As usual the line-up is a varied one, bringing together acts from all over the world. The fun begins tomorrow night with the Canada's Wild T & The Spirit kicking things off with their mix of Blues-Rock. Regular visitor Mike Sanchez headlines on the Friday night, whilst Sunday features a 'bleggae' band (Tim Hain & Sunnysideup), some UK country (Rachael Warwick) and the talents of Blue Harlem. The festival wraps up on Sunday with performances by Lucie Diamond, The Ian Siegal Band and Imelda May. Tickets for all days can be purchased from the festival website (Sunday is Family Day, so children get in for a bargain £5, which is nice).
Well, that's me done for another week. This afternoon I have mostly been entertained by Andy & Stu's whistled interpretation of Minnie Riperton's Greatest Hits (though I've also been listening to My Computer's No CV and some Feist). Join me next week when I'll be teasing baboons.
:o)
So, Bernard Manning died the other day.
[pause for reflection]
He might have been many things but I never heard him tell a fat joke.
Umm.
*koff*
Moving swiftly on, here's what I found listed in the back pages of this week's NME:
The Sonic Hearts @ Komedia, Brighton - 21/06/2007
Envelopes @ Audio, Brighton - 22/06/2007
Albert Hammond Jr @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 12/07/2007
Cajun Dance Party @ Pressure Point, Brighton - 16/07/2007
Cherry Ghost @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 30/07/2007
of Montreal @ Audio, Brighton - 03/08/2007
Martha Wainwright @ St Georges Church, Brighton - 15/08/2007
Milburn @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 17/09/2007
Reuben @ Concorde 2, Brighton, Portsmouth - 18/09/2007
Milburn @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 19/09/2007
Reuben @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 19/09/2007
The Holloways & The Wombats @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 21/09/2007
Kula Shaker @ Student Union, Southampton University - 30/09/2007
Hadouken! @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 05/10/2007
Underworld @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 08/10/2007
The Maccabees @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 14/10/2007
The Enemy @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 15/10/2007
Hadouken! @ Corn Exchange, Brighton - 25/10/2007
Hadouken! @ Student Union, Southampton University - 26/10/2007
Mark Ronson @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 29/10/2007
Enter Shikari @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 01/11/2007
Enter Shikari @ The Dome, Brighton - 02/11/2007
The Twang @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 03/11/2007
Air @ The Opera House, Bournemouth - 16/11/2007
If I'm not busy swotting up for the next Harbour Lights Movie Quiz I'll update the SoMC Events Calendar with the above gigs. The Events Calendar, in case you weren't aware, contains details of many weird and wonderful gigs that I stumble across on the internet, like these:
Pull Tiger Tail @ The Joiners, Southampton - 20/06/2007
Brakes @ Concorde2, Brighton - 21/06/2007
The Secret Police @ The Brook, Southampton - 22/06/2007
The Elements @ Havana Bar, Southsea - 22/06/2007
Feckless @ The Tap, Portsmouth - 22/06/2007
Flip Top @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 23/06/2007
I Am Finn @ Unit22, Southampton - 23/06/2007
Apostle & Armchair Guru @ Black, Portsmouth - 23/06/2007
Blackmore's Night @ The Dome, Brighton - 23/06/2007
The Slackers @ The Soul Cellar, Southampton - 24/06/2007
Clayson & The Argonauts @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 24/06/2007
:( @ The Joiners, Southampton - 24/06/2007
Papa Noel @ The Bandstand, Southsea - 24/06/2007 (free afternoon entertainment)
Caesura @ The Joiners, Southampton - 25/06/2007
OMD @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 26/06/2007
We Are The Physics @ The Barfly, Brighton - 26/06/2007
Fujiya & Miyagi @ Audio, Brighton - 26/06/2007
Suburbian @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 26/06/2007
Kid Carpet @ The Joiners, Southampton - 04/07/2007
The Victorian English Gentlemans Club @ Unit22, Southampton - 14/07/2007
Dave Sharp (ex-Alarm) @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 18/07/2007
The Smyths @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 16/11/2007
Jools Holland and his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra @ The Guildhall, Portsmouth - 24/11/2007
The 16th Blues On The Farm festival takes place this weekend, once again at the quirkily named Pump Bottom Farm in Appledram, just outside Chichester. As usual the line-up is a varied one, bringing together acts from all over the world. The fun begins tomorrow night with the Canada's Wild T & The Spirit kicking things off with their mix of Blues-Rock. Regular visitor Mike Sanchez headlines on the Friday night, whilst Sunday features a 'bleggae' band (Tim Hain & Sunnysideup), some UK country (Rachael Warwick) and the talents of Blue Harlem. The festival wraps up on Sunday with performances by Lucie Diamond, The Ian Siegal Band and Imelda May. Tickets for all days can be purchased from the festival website (Sunday is Family Day, so children get in for a bargain £5, which is nice).
Well, that's me done for another week. This afternoon I have mostly been entertained by Andy & Stu's whistled interpretation of Minnie Riperton's Greatest Hits (though I've also been listening to My Computer's No CV and some Feist). Join me next week when I'll be teasing baboons.
:o)
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Electric Six - Gay Bar
The sight of four young whippersnappers, dressed in hot-pants and skimpy pink vests, decorated with stick-on Abe Lincoln beards and stovepipe hats, brought much amusement to the bar of The Wedgewood Rooms last night. Electric Six headlining had something to do with it (well, I'm hoping it did, if not there's something dodgy afoot).
Unfortunately, not having seen the promo for Gay Bar, the connection was lost on Jim; us drunkenly explaining why four (most likely) students were dressed in such a manner didn't really help matters either. It's always best, I find, to show rather than tell:
Just plain bonkers I tell you.
Anyway, the band's latest album, Switzerland, has been out awhile and, whilst it didn't exactly set the charts alight, is worth a listen. If you head over to Fluxblog you should just about be in time to download one track, Mr Woman, before it drops off the site's server. Nice.
Unfortunately, not having seen the promo for Gay Bar, the connection was lost on Jim; us drunkenly explaining why four (most likely) students were dressed in such a manner didn't really help matters either. It's always best, I find, to show rather than tell:
Just plain bonkers I tell you.
Anyway, the band's latest album, Switzerland, has been out awhile and, whilst it didn't exactly set the charts alight, is worth a listen. If you head over to Fluxblog you should just about be in time to download one track, Mr Woman, before it drops off the site's server. Nice.
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
The Gigwatcher 13/06/2007
I am the Robot Man.
This morning I recieved an email from one Selma Brisbane-Imponderable who offered to turn my dreams in to reality. All I have to do is ring some number and I'll receive $58,734 for my troubles.
H'mm.
I can't help feeling there's a catch, but if it gets me one step closer to owning a gold toilet I'd be a fool not to ring her, wouldn't I?
*koff*
Eyes down for a full house, here's what I found listed in the back pages of this week's NME:
Mutemath @ Concorde2, Brighton - 20/06/2007
Assembly Now @ The Joiners, Southampton - 08/07/2007
Assembly Now @ Barfly, Brighton - 09/07/2007
Ghosts @ Barfly, Brighton - 11/07/2007
Reverend & The Makers @ Concorde2, Brighton - 17/07/2007
The Bravery @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 24/07/2007
The Bravery @ Concorde2, Brighton - 25/07/2007
Nine Black Alps @ The Railway Inn, Winchester - 28/07/2007
Uppercut @ The Joiners, Southampton - 18/08/2007
The Dead 60s @ Pressure Point, Brighton - 19/08/2007
The Dead 60s @ The Joiners, Southampton - 22/08/2007
The Holloways @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 21/09/2007
Athlete @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 10/10/2007
Los Campesinos @ Komedia, Brighton - 22/10/2007
Los Campesinos @ The Joiners, Southampton - 30/10/2007
The Wedding Present @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 30/10/2007
The Twang @ The Dome, Brighton - 30/10/2007
Biffy Clyro @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 20/11/2007
Babyshambles @ The Brighton Centre - 25/11/2007
Babyshambles @ BIC, Bournemouth - 26/11/2007
The Klaxons @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 30/11/2007
If I'm not geeking about with Safari I'll enter the above gigs into the SoMC Events Calendar when I get a spare five minutes. I know I say it every week, but the Events Calendar is full of local gigs for local people, like these:
Electric Six @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 13/06/2007
Roger Chapman & The Shortlist @ The Brook, Southampton - 14/06/2007
Sleepyhead @ The Fawcett Inn, Portsmouth - 14/06/2007
Strawberry Blondes @ Unit22, Southampton - 14/06/2007
Satartia & Akakios @ Black, Southsea - 15/06/2007
The Smyths & Re:Order @ The Wedgewood Rooms - 15/06/2007
Flip Top @ The Contented Pig, Portsmouth - 15/06/2007 CANCELLED!
One Weird Fish @ The Tap, Portsmouth - 15/06/2007
The Visitors & Humungous Douglas @ Havana Bar, Southsea - 16/06/2007
Special Delivery @ The Railway Inn, Winchester - 16/06/2007
Skunk Funk @ The Tap, Portsmouth - 16/06/2007
Tremain @ Drift, Southsea - 17/06/2007
James Litherland @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 17/06/2007
Head Automatica @ Student Union, Southampton University - 18/06/2007 (rescheduled date)
Paradise Lost @ The Nexus Club, Southampton - 18/06/2007
Jessica Spencer @ The Tap, Portsmouth - 19/06/2007
Emily Barker & Amalthea @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 19/06/2007
Sine Star Project @ The Joiners, Southampton - 23/06/2007
Dead!Dead!Dead! @ The Railway Inn, Winchester - 29/06/2007
The Earlies @ Concorde2, Brighton - 15/08/2007
TS McPhee's Groundhogs @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 02/09/2007
The Enemy @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 15/10/2007
Following last week's rocktastic entertainment at Southsea Bandstand things take a mellower turn this Sunday. Reel Sound Music have organised an afternoon of acoustic music, just the thing to relax to on a sunny afternoon. Acts taking part include The Velvet Hearts, The Alistair Goodwin Band and ex-Lisheen front man Vincent Treacey.
Southampton's annual Access Festival, a free event featuring bands and artists from the city, takes place this Saturday 16th June at Mayflower Park. The festival, which promotes awareness of the work of the Society of St James, a local charity which provides accommodation and support to the homeless and vulnerably-housed people, has grown considerably since it started four years ago. This year's event features a World Dance Stage and University Music Tent alongside the main stage and The Hobbit's acoustic tent, and there's a rumour there may be some jazz too. Nice.
Tie a knot in it, that's me done for another week. This afternoon I have mostly been listening to The Aliens' splendid album and the bizarre Muse-flavoured coverdisk that came with this week's NME. Join me next week when I'll be setting my controls for the heart of the sun.
This morning I recieved an email from one Selma Brisbane-Imponderable who offered to turn my dreams in to reality. All I have to do is ring some number and I'll receive $58,734 for my troubles.
H'mm.
I can't help feeling there's a catch, but if it gets me one step closer to owning a gold toilet I'd be a fool not to ring her, wouldn't I?
*koff*
Eyes down for a full house, here's what I found listed in the back pages of this week's NME:
Mutemath @ Concorde2, Brighton - 20/06/2007
Assembly Now @ The Joiners, Southampton - 08/07/2007
Assembly Now @ Barfly, Brighton - 09/07/2007
Ghosts @ Barfly, Brighton - 11/07/2007
Reverend & The Makers @ Concorde2, Brighton - 17/07/2007
The Bravery @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 24/07/2007
The Bravery @ Concorde2, Brighton - 25/07/2007
Nine Black Alps @ The Railway Inn, Winchester - 28/07/2007
Uppercut @ The Joiners, Southampton - 18/08/2007
The Dead 60s @ Pressure Point, Brighton - 19/08/2007
The Dead 60s @ The Joiners, Southampton - 22/08/2007
The Holloways @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 21/09/2007
Athlete @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 10/10/2007
Los Campesinos @ Komedia, Brighton - 22/10/2007
Los Campesinos @ The Joiners, Southampton - 30/10/2007
The Wedding Present @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 30/10/2007
The Twang @ The Dome, Brighton - 30/10/2007
Biffy Clyro @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 20/11/2007
Babyshambles @ The Brighton Centre - 25/11/2007
Babyshambles @ BIC, Bournemouth - 26/11/2007
The Klaxons @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 30/11/2007
If I'm not geeking about with Safari I'll enter the above gigs into the SoMC Events Calendar when I get a spare five minutes. I know I say it every week, but the Events Calendar is full of local gigs for local people, like these:
Electric Six @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 13/06/2007
Roger Chapman & The Shortlist @ The Brook, Southampton - 14/06/2007
Sleepyhead @ The Fawcett Inn, Portsmouth - 14/06/2007
Strawberry Blondes @ Unit22, Southampton - 14/06/2007
Satartia & Akakios @ Black, Southsea - 15/06/2007
The Smyths & Re:Order @ The Wedgewood Rooms - 15/06/2007
One Weird Fish @ The Tap, Portsmouth - 15/06/2007
The Visitors & Humungous Douglas @ Havana Bar, Southsea - 16/06/2007
Special Delivery @ The Railway Inn, Winchester - 16/06/2007
Skunk Funk @ The Tap, Portsmouth - 16/06/2007
Tremain @ Drift, Southsea - 17/06/2007
James Litherland @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 17/06/2007
Head Automatica @ Student Union, Southampton University - 18/06/2007 (rescheduled date)
Paradise Lost @ The Nexus Club, Southampton - 18/06/2007
Jessica Spencer @ The Tap, Portsmouth - 19/06/2007
Emily Barker & Amalthea @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 19/06/2007
Sine Star Project @ The Joiners, Southampton - 23/06/2007
Dead!Dead!Dead! @ The Railway Inn, Winchester - 29/06/2007
The Earlies @ Concorde2, Brighton - 15/08/2007
TS McPhee's Groundhogs @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 02/09/2007
The Enemy @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 15/10/2007
Following last week's rocktastic entertainment at Southsea Bandstand things take a mellower turn this Sunday. Reel Sound Music have organised an afternoon of acoustic music, just the thing to relax to on a sunny afternoon. Acts taking part include The Velvet Hearts, The Alistair Goodwin Band and ex-Lisheen front man Vincent Treacey.
Southampton's annual Access Festival, a free event featuring bands and artists from the city, takes place this Saturday 16th June at Mayflower Park. The festival, which promotes awareness of the work of the Society of St James, a local charity which provides accommodation and support to the homeless and vulnerably-housed people, has grown considerably since it started four years ago. This year's event features a World Dance Stage and University Music Tent alongside the main stage and The Hobbit's acoustic tent, and there's a rumour there may be some jazz too. Nice.
Tie a knot in it, that's me done for another week. This afternoon I have mostly been listening to The Aliens' splendid album and the bizarre Muse-flavoured coverdisk that came with this week's NME. Join me next week when I'll be setting my controls for the heart of the sun.
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
The Gigwatcher 06/06/2007
I love the smell of vinyl in the morning.
Barely has the sun started hanging in the sky that little bit later in the day and already my hayfever has kicked into high gear. Of course, I suppose it would help matters if I wasn't trying to recreate Bill Oddie's Springwatch farm in my back garden, but there you go.
H'mm.
Anyone got an industrial strimmer or some napalm I can borrow?
*koff*
Moving swiftly on, here's what I found listed in the back pages of this week's NME:
The Wombats @ Concorde2, Brighton - 12/06/2007
Asobi Seksu @ Sussex Arts Club, Brighton - 18/06/2007
Ben Ottewell & Tom Gray @ The Old Market, Brighton - 27/06/2007
The Orange Lights @ Barfly, Brighton - 06/07/2007
Feist @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 17/07/2007
Tegan & Sara @ Komedia, Brighton - 13/08/2007
The Happy Mondays @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 09/10/2007
KT Tunstall @ The Guildhall, Portsmouth - 23/10/2007
The Pigeon Detectives @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 16/11/2007
The Pigeon Detectives @ The Old Fire Station, Bournemouth - 17/11/2007
Maroon 5 @ Brighton Centre - 05/12/2007
Manic Street Preachers @ BIC, Bournemouth - 09/12/2007
Manic Street Preachers @ Brighton Centre - 14/12/2007
If I'm not faffing about in Facebook I'll add the above gigs into the SoMC Events Calendar just as soon as I can. The Events Calendar, as I may have mentioned once or twice, is free to view and just full of local gigs for local people, like these:
The Cribs @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 06/06/2007
Jessica Spencer @ The Tap, Portsmouth - 06/06/2007
New Young Pony Club @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 07/06/2007
Zub Zub @ The Fawcett Inn, Portsmouth - 08/06/2007
The Rips & Suburbian @ Black Bar, Portsmouth
Marillion @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 09/06/2007
Contra & Fade Out @ Havana Bar, Southsea - 09/06/2007
Mimas @ Unit22, Southampton - 10/06/2007
Claire Teal @ The Landmarc, Bournemouth - 10/06/2007
The Bog Rolling Stones & The Silver Beatles @ The Bandstand, Southsea - 10/06/2007 (free afternoon entertainment)
Polly Paulusma @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 10/06/2007
The Aliens @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 11/06/2007
Boo Hewerdine @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 13/06/2007
The Smyths & Re:Order @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 15/06/2007
One Weird Fish @ The Tap, Portsmouth - 15/06/2007
Los Pacaminos @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 04/07/2007
Tom Hingley @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 26/08/2007
John Otway @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 26/09/2007
Whilst The Brook has managed to keep its head above water, so that all its self-promoted gigs for June at least will be going ahead as planned, events from outside promoters at the venue have not fared so well. The Joiners has already moved its two planned events at The Brook this month to The Nexus; it now appears that they've had to cancel next month's Easy Star All-Stars gig, the fate of August's visit by The Damned has yet to be decided.
This month's Club 12th Hour features performances from The Model Village, The Rebel Ching and Moses. The action takes place in the Raglan Rooms at The Alma Arms this Saturday, 9th June. Entrance costs a mere £5, doors open at 2000 and the fun goes on till late.
The Fawcett Inn continues its post-refit renaissance; joining the line-up of live events is a weekly Open Mike Night every Wednesday. Further details are available on the pub's MySpace.
The Wedgewood Rooms will be running its Showcase competition again this Summer, entries are now being accepted and local bands and artists are invited to apply. Further information on the competition structure and required details for those thinking of entering is available on the Showcase MySpace.
The SoMC's resident DJ, Disco Stu, will be putting down his vinyl and reaching for his bicycle this weekend. He's taking part in the British Heart Foundation's Bike Ride Round The Harbours on Sunday 10th June. If you'd like to sponsor his good works then you can do so here.
And that wraps it up for this time; I made it all they through without kvetching about not having a ticket for this weekend's IOW Festival. Doh. This afternoon I have mostly been listening to Tom McRae's new album (and rather fine it is too) and the nostalgia offered me by the 12"/80s POP boxset. Join me next week when I'll be living in a pineapple under the sea.
:o)
Barely has the sun started hanging in the sky that little bit later in the day and already my hayfever has kicked into high gear. Of course, I suppose it would help matters if I wasn't trying to recreate Bill Oddie's Springwatch farm in my back garden, but there you go.
H'mm.
Anyone got an industrial strimmer or some napalm I can borrow?
*koff*
Moving swiftly on, here's what I found listed in the back pages of this week's NME:
The Wombats @ Concorde2, Brighton - 12/06/2007
Asobi Seksu @ Sussex Arts Club, Brighton - 18/06/2007
Ben Ottewell & Tom Gray @ The Old Market, Brighton - 27/06/2007
The Orange Lights @ Barfly, Brighton - 06/07/2007
Feist @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 17/07/2007
Tegan & Sara @ Komedia, Brighton - 13/08/2007
The Happy Mondays @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 09/10/2007
KT Tunstall @ The Guildhall, Portsmouth - 23/10/2007
The Pigeon Detectives @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 16/11/2007
The Pigeon Detectives @ The Old Fire Station, Bournemouth - 17/11/2007
Maroon 5 @ Brighton Centre - 05/12/2007
Manic Street Preachers @ BIC, Bournemouth - 09/12/2007
Manic Street Preachers @ Brighton Centre - 14/12/2007
If I'm not faffing about in Facebook I'll add the above gigs into the SoMC Events Calendar just as soon as I can. The Events Calendar, as I may have mentioned once or twice, is free to view and just full of local gigs for local people, like these:
The Cribs @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 06/06/2007
Jessica Spencer @ The Tap, Portsmouth - 06/06/2007
New Young Pony Club @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 07/06/2007
Zub Zub @ The Fawcett Inn, Portsmouth - 08/06/2007
The Rips & Suburbian @ Black Bar, Portsmouth
Marillion @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 09/06/2007
Contra & Fade Out @ Havana Bar, Southsea - 09/06/2007
Mimas @ Unit22, Southampton - 10/06/2007
Claire Teal @ The Landmarc, Bournemouth - 10/06/2007
The Bog Rolling Stones & The Silver Beatles @ The Bandstand, Southsea - 10/06/2007 (free afternoon entertainment)
Polly Paulusma @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 10/06/2007
The Aliens @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 11/06/2007
Boo Hewerdine @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 13/06/2007
The Smyths & Re:Order @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 15/06/2007
One Weird Fish @ The Tap, Portsmouth - 15/06/2007
Los Pacaminos @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 04/07/2007
Tom Hingley @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 26/08/2007
John Otway @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 26/09/2007
Whilst The Brook has managed to keep its head above water, so that all its self-promoted gigs for June at least will be going ahead as planned, events from outside promoters at the venue have not fared so well. The Joiners has already moved its two planned events at The Brook this month to The Nexus; it now appears that they've had to cancel next month's Easy Star All-Stars gig, the fate of August's visit by The Damned has yet to be decided.
This month's Club 12th Hour features performances from The Model Village, The Rebel Ching and Moses. The action takes place in the Raglan Rooms at The Alma Arms this Saturday, 9th June. Entrance costs a mere £5, doors open at 2000 and the fun goes on till late.
The Fawcett Inn continues its post-refit renaissance; joining the line-up of live events is a weekly Open Mike Night every Wednesday. Further details are available on the pub's MySpace.
The Wedgewood Rooms will be running its Showcase competition again this Summer, entries are now being accepted and local bands and artists are invited to apply. Further information on the competition structure and required details for those thinking of entering is available on the Showcase MySpace.
The SoMC's resident DJ, Disco Stu, will be putting down his vinyl and reaching for his bicycle this weekend. He's taking part in the British Heart Foundation's Bike Ride Round The Harbours on Sunday 10th June. If you'd like to sponsor his good works then you can do so here.
And that wraps it up for this time; I made it all they through without kvetching about not having a ticket for this weekend's IOW Festival. Doh. This afternoon I have mostly been listening to Tom McRae's new album (and rather fine it is too) and the nostalgia offered me by the 12"/80s POP boxset. Join me next week when I'll be living in a pineapple under the sea.
:o)
Tuesday, June 05, 2007
Crowded House - Don't Stop Now
Co-written with Johnny Marr (!), Don't Stop Now is the first single lifted from the latest release from everyone's favourite antipodeans, Crowded House. Neil Finn, Nick Seymour and Mark Hart have been joined by ex-Beck drummer Matt Sherrod (who has the unenviable task of stepping into the late Paul Hester's shoes) and so far things are looking (and sounding) pretty good.
The new single is a slow burner of a song and, whilst not evident in this 'lifted from breakfast telly' clip, definitely provides rewards with repeated listens. Enjoy.
The single will be released digitally in the UK on 18th June with the physical release (on several different formats) scheduled for 25th June. The album, Time On Earth, is due to be released here on 2nd July 2007.
The new single is a slow burner of a song and, whilst not evident in this 'lifted from breakfast telly' clip, definitely provides rewards with repeated listens. Enjoy.
The single will be released digitally in the UK on 18th June with the physical release (on several different formats) scheduled for 25th June. The album, Time On Earth, is due to be released here on 2nd July 2007.
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