Sufferin' succotash!
Hard to believe but true, the Compact Disc is 25 years old this week.
Is it really a quarter of a century since a fresh-faced Kieran Prendiville spread strawberry jam on a new CD to demonstrate its near-indestructibility? It surely is. Tomorrow's World may not have lasted the distance but there are piles of CDs all over my house and my copy of Brothers In Arms won't die no matter what I smear on it.
*koff*
Moving swiftly on, here's what I found listed in the back pages of this week's NME:
Battle [supporting Kubichek!] @ The Joiners, Southampton - 29/08/2007
Black Lips @ The Engine Room, Brighton - 07/09/2007
Frank Turner & Jonah Matranga @ Audio, Brighton - 10/09/2007
Passenger @ The Joiners, Southampton - 22/09/2007
Frank Turner @ The Joiners, Southampton - 28/09/2007
The Rifles @ The Brook, Southampton - 02/10/2007
Kano @ Student Union, Southampton University - 03/10/2007
Soho Dolls @ Lennons, Southampton - 13/10/2007
Mooney Suzuki @ The Barfly, Brighton - 14/10/2007
Mooney Suzuki @ The Joiners, Southampton - 16/10/2007
Capdown @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 16/10/2007
Ed Harcourt @ Digital, Brighton - 22/10/2007
Fionn Regan @ Komedia, Brighton - 24/10/2007
Bedouin Soundclash @ Student Union, Southampton University - 05/11/2007
I'll update the SoMC Events Calendar with the above gigs just as soon as I've got the strawberry jam stains out of the carpet. The Events Calendar is, of course, just packed with lots and lots of lovely local gigs, like these for example...
And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead @ Concorde2, Brighton - 22/08/2007
The Old Boys Network @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 22/08/2007
Pink @ The Brighton Centre - 23/08/2007
Loomer @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 23/08/2007
Recreation @ The Joiners, Southampton - 24/08/2007
Jamma @ The Contented Pig, Portsmouth - 24/08/2007
Whimwise @ The Fawcett Inn, Portsmouth - 24/08/2007
One Weird Fish @ The Cricketers Inn, Steep - 24/08/2007
The Silver Beatles @ The Brook, Southampton - 24/08/2007
Nizlopi @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 25/08/2007
Kojak's Revenge @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 25/08/2007
Hijera @ The Joiners, Southampton - 25/08/2007
A Band Less Ordinary @ The Contented Pig, Portsmouth - 25/08/2007
Tom Hingley @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 26/08/2007
Hugh Cornwell @ The Bandstand, Southsea - 26/08/2007 (free afternoon entertainment)
Superfly @ The Swan, Woolston - 27/08/2007
Spear Of Destiny @ The Railway Inn, Winchester - 28/08/2007
Silversun Pickups @ The Joiners, Southampton - 28/08/2007
Tremain & Jay Carter @ The Edge Of The Wedge, Portsmouth - 28/08/2007
Richard Hawley @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 02/09/2007
Ezio @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 05/09/2007
Blood Red Shoes @ The Joiners, Southampton - 24/09/2007
McFly @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 30/09/2007
Chuck Prophet @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 03/10/2007
The Bluetones @ The Joiners, Southampton - 16/11/2007
The Smyths @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 16/11/2007
New Model Army @ The Brook, Southampton - 23/11/2007
Natasha Bedingfield's gig at The Guildhall in Southampton on Tuesday 25th September has been rescheduled to Wednesday 20th February 2008. Original tickets remain valid, punters requiring refunds should contact their point of purchase.
The sleepy hamlet of Arundel will be entertaining a variety of musical acts this weekend as the 30th Arundel Festival begins. Operatic soprano Natasha Marsh opens the proceedings on Friday 24th August, with eighties pop diva Alison Moyet headlining the following evening. The eighties theme continues on Sunday 26th August when the bass-slapping sounds of Level 42 will reverberate around the castle, and Girls Aloud take the stage on Bank Holiday Monday to wrap up the opening weekend. Full details are on the Events Calendar.
The seventh annual Southsea Folk and Roots Festival takes place this weekend with a variety of events being held across the borough. The majority of the gigs again take place in The Albert Tavern on South Parade Pier, with free concerts held in the afternoon and ticketed affairs in the evening (headliners for the evening gigs this year include Jackie Leven, Steve Gibbons, ColvinQuarmby and Memo Gonzalez). In addition to the gigs at the pier a variety of 'fringe' events are scheduled to take place, with The Florence Arms and The RMA Tavern both reprising their roles from last year. Full details are on the Events Calendar.
The next heat of Showcase '07 competition takes place at The Wedgewood Rooms tonight. The line-up for Heat Seven includes Days Of No Trust, Introduce Your Icon, Elide and Jenna's Revenge. The last heat of the first round is scheduled for next Tuesday, 28th August; Heat Eight features We're Still Waiting, Eat The Document, Blackfox and Godsend. Tickets for the Showcase events are a bargain £5.
The Grand Final of The Talking Heads' Battle Of The Bands competition takes place this Friday, 24th August. Breaker! Breaker!, Entirety, The Maddisons, Head To Head and The Fret all won through their heats to make it this far, all of them are in with the chance of winning the cash prize (if I'd known there was a cash prize I'd have thrown a band together!). Entrance is £5 on the door.
Those with Facebook may be interested to know that a new group has appeared on the burgeoning social networking site. Portsmouth Live Gigs promises to include details of up and coming events occurring in and around Portsea Island (and nicely complements the Wedgewood Rooms Appreciation group). If that doesn't float your boat then try Arsebook instead.
And that's me done for another week. This afternoon I have mostly been listening to the new releases from Richard Hawley and Editors, both of which are really rather good (and not at all disappointing, unlike Kate Nash's debut long player). Join me next week when I'll be fiddling about with the nobs on the cooker.
:o)
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
The Gigwatcher 15/08/2007
Step away from the Naga.
The past week has seen the passing of two musical mavericks; Tony Wilson and Lee Hazlewood. The former gave us Factory Records, Joy Division and paved the way for superclubs in the UK. The latter helped reinvent Nancy Sinatra as a pop icon and released one of my favourite albums ever.
[pause for quiet reflection]
And today is the 30th anniversary of when Elvis Presley went to the big farm in the sky.
[pause for deep-fried banana and peanut butter sandwich]
*koff*
And so to business, here's what I found listed in the back pages of this week's NME:
Operator Please @ The Barfly, Brighton - 02/09/2007
David Ford @ The Barfly, Brighton - 11/09/2007
Scouting For Girls @ The Brook, Southampton - 19/09/2007
Air Traffic @ Student Union, Southampton University - 23/09/2007
Hard-Fi @ South Parade Pier, Southsea - 31/08/2007
Just Jack @ The Dome, Brighton - 02/10/2007
Palladium @ The Barfly, Brighton - 03/10/2007
Palladium @ The Joiners, Southampton - 04/10/2007
Harrisons @ The Joiners, Southampton - 09/10/2007
Soho Dolls @ The Barfly, Brighton - 10/10/2007
Stephen Fretwell @ Digital, Brighton - 11/10/2007
Soho Dolls @ The Railway Inn, Winchester - 12/10/2007
Maps @ The Barfly, Brighton - 13/10/2007
The Cribs @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 14/10/2007
Shack @ Concorde2, Brighton - 21/10/2007
Digitalism @ Concorde2, Brighton - 14/11/2007
If I'm not suing Pompey FC for misuse of image rights (hey look, that's me in the crowd photo; I'm the guy at the top clapping out of time from everyone else) then I'll update the SoMC Events Calendar when I get the time. As I mention most every week, the Events Calendar is full of more gigs than a Topic has hazlenuts:
Simon Kent @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 15/08/2007
Joey Nightmare, Golden Section & Waiting For Sirens @ The Joiners, Southampton - 15/08/2007
The Earlies @ St George's Church, Brighton - 15/08/2007
Sollitude & Dragon Eye Morrison @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 15/08/2007
Bedouin Soundclash @ Concorde2, Brighton - 15/05/2007
Sons of Cain & Dead Saviour @ The Arts Centre, Havant - 16/08/2007
Sonny Black @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 16/08/2007
Holy Roller & The Rebel Ching @ Drift, Southsea - 16/08/2007
Take Guard & Driven By Suffering @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth @ 16/08/2007
Rufus Stone @ The Brook, Southampton - 17/08/2007
Steve Arnott @ The Frog & Frigate, Southampton - 17/08/2007
Autons @ The Fawcett Inn, Portsmouth 17/08/2007
Dead!Dead!Dead! & Loose Caboose @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 17/08/2007
The Damned @ The Brook, Southampton - 18/08/2007 SOLD OUT!
The Mods @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 18/08/2007
Kelly's Tattoo @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 18/08/2007
Firegarden @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 18/08/2007
The Dead 60's @ Pressure Point, Brighton - 19/08/2007
Orange Street & The Autumn Stone @ The Bandstand, Southsea - 19/08/2007 (free afternoon entertainment)
Simon Paylor & Sarah Saville @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 19/08/2007
The Peacocks @ The Joiners, Southampton - 20/08/2007
Battles @ Concorde2, Brighton - 21/08/2007
Becky Anderson & Wilfy @ Edge Of The Wedge, Portsmouth - 21/08/2007
Memo Gonzalez & The Blues Casters @ South Parade Pier, Southsea - 27/08/2007
Tremain & Jay Munday @ Edge Of The Wedge, Portsmouth - 28/08/2007
Time-Bomb @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 31/08/2007
Yo La Tengo @ Concorde2, Brighton - 12/09/2008
Hugh Cornwell @ Ryde Theatre, IOW - 14/09/2007
The Storys @ The Cellars at Eastney - 21/09/2007
The Saw Doctors @ The Brook, Southampton - 04 & 05/12/2007
Mmm, hazlenuts.
If, like me, you weren't lucky enough to get tickets for the Foo Fighters' double secret festival warm-up gig in Brighton this Friday then fear not; you can enjoy Dave Grohl and chums from the comfort of your own home thanks to the nice people at Radio 1. The gig will be broadcast live from the Concorde2 from 1800. And yes, I know it's not quite the same as being there, but you could always invite some mates round and have a mini-mosh pit in your front room.
The Talking Heads' Battle Of The Bands competition continues apace, with the third heat taking place this evening. Tonight's penultimate round features The Rivers of Sound, The Maddisons, Long Shore Drift and The Ramblings. The fourth and final heat is tomorrow, Thursday 16th August, with Head To Head, Kids Can't Fly, Lights Alive, The Next Tuesdays and The Fret all trying to make it through to next week's semi-finals. Entrance is £5 on the door.
The sixth heat of The Wedgewood Rooms' Showcase '07 competition is scheduled for next Tuesday, 21st August, and the line-up includes The Elijah Project, The Accidents, Midnight Dance Party and City Safari. Entrance is a bargain £5, for which you get both entertainment and the opportunity to perfect your Simon Cowell impression alongside the real judges.
Put a fork in me, I'm done. This afternoon I have mostly been tinkering with Windows XP whilst listening to The Strange Death of Liberal England and Moi Caprice. Join me next week when I'll be impersonating a large cheese.
:o)
The past week has seen the passing of two musical mavericks; Tony Wilson and Lee Hazlewood. The former gave us Factory Records, Joy Division and paved the way for superclubs in the UK. The latter helped reinvent Nancy Sinatra as a pop icon and released one of my favourite albums ever.
[pause for quiet reflection]
And today is the 30th anniversary of when Elvis Presley went to the big farm in the sky.
[pause for deep-fried banana and peanut butter sandwich]
*koff*
And so to business, here's what I found listed in the back pages of this week's NME:
Operator Please @ The Barfly, Brighton - 02/09/2007
David Ford @ The Barfly, Brighton - 11/09/2007
Scouting For Girls @ The Brook, Southampton - 19/09/2007
Air Traffic @ Student Union, Southampton University - 23/09/2007
Hard-Fi @ South Parade Pier, Southsea - 31/08/2007
Just Jack @ The Dome, Brighton - 02/10/2007
Palladium @ The Barfly, Brighton - 03/10/2007
Palladium @ The Joiners, Southampton - 04/10/2007
Harrisons @ The Joiners, Southampton - 09/10/2007
Soho Dolls @ The Barfly, Brighton - 10/10/2007
Stephen Fretwell @ Digital, Brighton - 11/10/2007
Soho Dolls @ The Railway Inn, Winchester - 12/10/2007
Maps @ The Barfly, Brighton - 13/10/2007
The Cribs @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 14/10/2007
Shack @ Concorde2, Brighton - 21/10/2007
Digitalism @ Concorde2, Brighton - 14/11/2007
If I'm not suing Pompey FC for misuse of image rights (hey look, that's me in the crowd photo; I'm the guy at the top clapping out of time from everyone else) then I'll update the SoMC Events Calendar when I get the time. As I mention most every week, the Events Calendar is full of more gigs than a Topic has hazlenuts:
Simon Kent @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 15/08/2007
Joey Nightmare, Golden Section & Waiting For Sirens @ The Joiners, Southampton - 15/08/2007
The Earlies @ St George's Church, Brighton - 15/08/2007
Sollitude & Dragon Eye Morrison @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 15/08/2007
Bedouin Soundclash @ Concorde2, Brighton - 15/05/2007
Sons of Cain & Dead Saviour @ The Arts Centre, Havant - 16/08/2007
Sonny Black @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 16/08/2007
Holy Roller & The Rebel Ching @ Drift, Southsea - 16/08/2007
Take Guard & Driven By Suffering @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth @ 16/08/2007
Rufus Stone @ The Brook, Southampton - 17/08/2007
Steve Arnott @ The Frog & Frigate, Southampton - 17/08/2007
Autons @ The Fawcett Inn, Portsmouth 17/08/2007
Dead!Dead!Dead! & Loose Caboose @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 17/08/2007
The Mods @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 18/08/2007
Kelly's Tattoo @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 18/08/2007
Firegarden @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 18/08/2007
The Dead 60's @ Pressure Point, Brighton - 19/08/2007
Orange Street & The Autumn Stone @ The Bandstand, Southsea - 19/08/2007 (free afternoon entertainment)
Simon Paylor & Sarah Saville @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 19/08/2007
The Peacocks @ The Joiners, Southampton - 20/08/2007
Battles @ Concorde2, Brighton - 21/08/2007
Becky Anderson & Wilfy @ Edge Of The Wedge, Portsmouth - 21/08/2007
Memo Gonzalez & The Blues Casters @ South Parade Pier, Southsea - 27/08/2007
Tremain & Jay Munday @ Edge Of The Wedge, Portsmouth - 28/08/2007
Time-Bomb @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 31/08/2007
Yo La Tengo @ Concorde2, Brighton - 12/09/2008
Hugh Cornwell @ Ryde Theatre, IOW - 14/09/2007
The Storys @ The Cellars at Eastney - 21/09/2007
The Saw Doctors @ The Brook, Southampton - 04 & 05/12/2007
Mmm, hazlenuts.
If, like me, you weren't lucky enough to get tickets for the Foo Fighters' double secret festival warm-up gig in Brighton this Friday then fear not; you can enjoy Dave Grohl and chums from the comfort of your own home thanks to the nice people at Radio 1. The gig will be broadcast live from the Concorde2 from 1800. And yes, I know it's not quite the same as being there, but you could always invite some mates round and have a mini-mosh pit in your front room.
The Talking Heads' Battle Of The Bands competition continues apace, with the third heat taking place this evening. Tonight's penultimate round features The Rivers of Sound, The Maddisons, Long Shore Drift and The Ramblings. The fourth and final heat is tomorrow, Thursday 16th August, with Head To Head, Kids Can't Fly, Lights Alive, The Next Tuesdays and The Fret all trying to make it through to next week's semi-finals. Entrance is £5 on the door.
The sixth heat of The Wedgewood Rooms' Showcase '07 competition is scheduled for next Tuesday, 21st August, and the line-up includes The Elijah Project, The Accidents, Midnight Dance Party and City Safari. Entrance is a bargain £5, for which you get both entertainment and the opportunity to perfect your Simon Cowell impression alongside the real judges.
Put a fork in me, I'm done. This afternoon I have mostly been tinkering with Windows XP whilst listening to The Strange Death of Liberal England and Moi Caprice. Join me next week when I'll be impersonating a large cheese.
:o)
Wednesday, August 08, 2007
The Gigwatcher 08/08/2007
They peel them with their little knives.
It was bound to happen sooner or later. Some sad sack techno geek has created a virus which, once activated, targets your MP3s and deletes them from your PC. Honestly, haven't these techie nerds got anything better to do than try to ruin my day?
*koff*
Guess not.
Moving swiftly on, here's what I found listed in the back pages of this week's NME:
Kubichek! & Battle @ The Joiners, Southampton - 29/08/2007
Tiny Dancers @ The Joiners, Southampton - 03/09/2007
Tiny Dancers @ The Barfly, Brighton - 04/09/2007
Plain White T's @ The Wedgewood Rooms - 05/09/2007
Idlewild @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 23/10/2007
Two Gallants @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 12/11/2007
Two Gallants @ Duke Of Yorks, Brighton - 13/11/2007
Newton Faulkner @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 30/11/2007
If I'm not ensuring that my PC's anti-virus software is bang up to date I'll update the SoMC Events Calendar when I get a spare five minutes. As I may have mentioned before, the Events Calendar is choc-a-bloc with bountiful gigness...
Lightnin' Willie & The Poorboys @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 08/08/2007
The Fazers @ The Joiners, Southampton - 08/08/2007
Helsinki @ The Edge Of The Wedge, Portsmouth - 09/08/2007
Richard Thompson @ The Brook, Southampton - 09/08/2007 SOLD OUT!
East 17 @ Chicago Rock Café, Southsea - 09/08/2007
Super Fly @ The Red Lion, Stubbington - 10/08/2007
The Darren Verne Band @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 10/08/2007
Timshel @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 10/08/2007
The Sinnicks & This Waiting Game @ The Railway Inn, Winchester - 10/08/2007
The Bog Rolling Stones @ The Brook, Southampton - 11/08/2007
Bastila @ Unit22, Southampton - 11/08/2007
Viramundo @ The Bandstand, Southsea - 12/08/2007 (free afternoon entertainment)
Attila The Stockbroker @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 12/08/2007
Sign @ The Joiners, Southampton - 12/08/2007
Tegan & Sara @ Komedia, Brighton - 13/08/2007
Hijera @ The Joiners, Southampton - 25/08/2007
Rival Joustas @ The Joiners, Southampton - 01/09/2007
Ben's Brother & Dlugokecki @ Unit22, Southampton - 06/09/2007
Dead!Dead!Dead! @ The Joiners, Southampton - 07/09/2007
Scouting For Girls @ The Brook, Southampton - 13/09/2007
Brian Wilson @ The Opera House, Bournemouth - 20/09/2007
Amy MacDonald @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 03/10/2007
Walter Trout @ The Brook, Southampton - 04/10/2007
Black Umfolosi @ The Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham - 06/10/2007
China Crisis @ The Brook, Southampton - 12/10/2007
Los Pacaminos @ The Brook, Southampton - 13/10/2007
Rachel Unthank & The Winterset @ The Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham - 03/11/2007
A limited number of tickets have been made available for the rescheduled Cherry Ghost gig at The Wedgewood Rooms on Monday 20th August, contact the venue's box office to snap them up. Last month's Hayseed Dixie gig at The Brook, which was unfortunately postponed, has been rescheduled for Friday 21st September. Tickets are available from WeGotTickets.
The Wedgewood Rooms is currently closed for a bit of a wash and brush-up. The venerable venue will re-open on Tuesday 14th August with Heat Five of the Showcase '07 competition (featuring The Cool Banana, Swampglow, Joe Black and Ecoli). The Box Office and The Edge of The Wedge remain open as usual.
Details of the NME Freshers Tour 2007 have been announced; the line-up for the eleven date tour, which pitches up at The Old Fire Station in Bournemouth on Sunday 7th October, includes The Satin Peaches, Operator Please and The Go! Team. Tickets are available from Seetickets.
Following their addition to the bill for Editors' October jaunt across Blighty, Danish indie rockers The Kissaway Trail have had to postpone their imminent headlining UK tour. Both bands will now be at The Guildhall in Portsmouth on Tuesday 2nd October. And it's sold out.
Southampton's Talking Heads kicks off its Battle Of The Bands competition this week. The first heat is tonight, with The Casual Nelsons, Rupture Farms, Breaker! Breaker! and The Six Barrels all gunning for the chance to win the big prize. Heat Two is tomorrow night and features The KingSkins, Disaster By Design, Entirety and The Radics. Entrance is £5 on the door (£4 in advance).
And that's me done for another week; this afternoon I have mostly been chooglin' along to Kings of Leon and tapping my feet to The Kissaway Trail. Join me next week when I'll be pickling onions the hard way.
It was bound to happen sooner or later. Some sad sack techno geek has created a virus which, once activated, targets your MP3s and deletes them from your PC. Honestly, haven't these techie nerds got anything better to do than try to ruin my day?
*koff*
Guess not.
Moving swiftly on, here's what I found listed in the back pages of this week's NME:
Kubichek! & Battle @ The Joiners, Southampton - 29/08/2007
Tiny Dancers @ The Joiners, Southampton - 03/09/2007
Tiny Dancers @ The Barfly, Brighton - 04/09/2007
Plain White T's @ The Wedgewood Rooms - 05/09/2007
Idlewild @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 23/10/2007
Two Gallants @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 12/11/2007
Two Gallants @ Duke Of Yorks, Brighton - 13/11/2007
Newton Faulkner @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 30/11/2007
If I'm not ensuring that my PC's anti-virus software is bang up to date I'll update the SoMC Events Calendar when I get a spare five minutes. As I may have mentioned before, the Events Calendar is choc-a-bloc with bountiful gigness...
Lightnin' Willie & The Poorboys @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 08/08/2007
The Fazers @ The Joiners, Southampton - 08/08/2007
Helsinki @ The Edge Of The Wedge, Portsmouth - 09/08/2007
East 17 @ Chicago Rock Café, Southsea - 09/08/2007
Super Fly @ The Red Lion, Stubbington - 10/08/2007
The Darren Verne Band @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 10/08/2007
Timshel @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 10/08/2007
The Sinnicks & This Waiting Game @ The Railway Inn, Winchester - 10/08/2007
The Bog Rolling Stones @ The Brook, Southampton - 11/08/2007
Bastila @ Unit22, Southampton - 11/08/2007
Viramundo @ The Bandstand, Southsea - 12/08/2007 (free afternoon entertainment)
Attila The Stockbroker @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 12/08/2007
Sign @ The Joiners, Southampton - 12/08/2007
Tegan & Sara @ Komedia, Brighton - 13/08/2007
Hijera @ The Joiners, Southampton - 25/08/2007
Rival Joustas @ The Joiners, Southampton - 01/09/2007
Ben's Brother & Dlugokecki @ Unit22, Southampton - 06/09/2007
Dead!Dead!Dead! @ The Joiners, Southampton - 07/09/2007
Scouting For Girls @ The Brook, Southampton - 13/09/2007
Brian Wilson @ The Opera House, Bournemouth - 20/09/2007
Amy MacDonald @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 03/10/2007
Walter Trout @ The Brook, Southampton - 04/10/2007
Black Umfolosi @ The Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham - 06/10/2007
China Crisis @ The Brook, Southampton - 12/10/2007
Los Pacaminos @ The Brook, Southampton - 13/10/2007
Rachel Unthank & The Winterset @ The Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham - 03/11/2007
A limited number of tickets have been made available for the rescheduled Cherry Ghost gig at The Wedgewood Rooms on Monday 20th August, contact the venue's box office to snap them up. Last month's Hayseed Dixie gig at The Brook, which was unfortunately postponed, has been rescheduled for Friday 21st September. Tickets are available from WeGotTickets.
The Wedgewood Rooms is currently closed for a bit of a wash and brush-up. The venerable venue will re-open on Tuesday 14th August with Heat Five of the Showcase '07 competition (featuring The Cool Banana, Swampglow, Joe Black and Ecoli). The Box Office and The Edge of The Wedge remain open as usual.
Details of the NME Freshers Tour 2007 have been announced; the line-up for the eleven date tour, which pitches up at The Old Fire Station in Bournemouth on Sunday 7th October, includes The Satin Peaches, Operator Please and The Go! Team. Tickets are available from Seetickets.
Following their addition to the bill for Editors' October jaunt across Blighty, Danish indie rockers The Kissaway Trail have had to postpone their imminent headlining UK tour. Both bands will now be at The Guildhall in Portsmouth on Tuesday 2nd October. And it's sold out.
Southampton's Talking Heads kicks off its Battle Of The Bands competition this week. The first heat is tonight, with The Casual Nelsons, Rupture Farms, Breaker! Breaker! and The Six Barrels all gunning for the chance to win the big prize. Heat Two is tomorrow night and features The KingSkins, Disaster By Design, Entirety and The Radics. Entrance is £5 on the door (£4 in advance).
And that's me done for another week; this afternoon I have mostly been chooglin' along to Kings of Leon and tapping my feet to The Kissaway Trail. Join me next week when I'll be pickling onions the hard way.
Wednesday, August 01, 2007
The Gigwatcher 01/08/2007
Pinch. Punch. First of the month.
Keith Richards is writing an autobiography?
*koff*
Too easy.
Moving swiftly on, here's what I found listed in the back pages of this week's NME:
To My Boy @ The Joiners, Southampton - 16/09/2007
Madina Lake @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 24/09/2007
The Hoosiers @ The Old Fire Station, Bournemouth - 09/10/2007
The Coral @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 17/10/2007
Oceansize @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 18/10/2007
Flowered Up @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 22/10/2007
The Hoosiers @ The Joiners, Southampton - 24/10/2007
Stereophonics @ BIC, Bournemouth - 04/11/2007
The Hoosiers @ The Barfly, Brighton - 14/11/2007
Stereophonics @ The Brighton Centre - 05/11/2007
If I'm not trapped under something heavy, or otherwise faffing about, I'll update the SoMC Events Calendar when I get a spare five minutes. The Events Calendar is, as I've been known to tell perfect strangers I meet at bus stops, full to the frothing brim with gigs for people like you...
Georgia Wonder & James Blake @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 01/08/2007
The Way @ Chicago Rock Café, Southsea - 01/08/2007
Sinnerboy @ South Parade Pier, Portsmouth - 02/08/2007
of Montreal @ Audio, Brighton - 03/08/2007
Kelly's Tattoo @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 03/08/2007
The Bon Jovi Experience @ The Brook, Southampton - 03/08/2007
Isaac Hayes @ The Opera House, Bournemouth - 04/08/2007
Meniscus Brothers @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 04/08/2007
Manti @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 04/08/2007
The Peter Donegan Band & Arizona Flame @ The Bandstand, Southsea - 04/08/2007 (free afternoon entertainment)
SomaHigh @ The Joiners, Southampton - 04/08/2007
The Talks @ Unit22, Southampton - 04/08/2007
Plain Loco & Westcoasters @ The Bandstand, Southsea - 05/08/2007 (free afternoon entertainment)
Iain Matthews @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 05/08/2007
The Sugars @ The Barfly, Brighton - 07/08/2007
Rufus Stone @ The Brook, Southampton - 17/08/2007
Kubichek! @ The Joiners, Southampton - 29/08/2007
Lloyd Cole @ The Turner Sims Concert Hall, Southampton - 27/09/2007
Idlewild @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 23/10/2007
Tom Baxter @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 23/10/2007
The Young Knives @ The Joiners, Southampton - 10/11/2007
Lethal Bizzle's gig at The Joiners on Thursday 16th August has been cancelled, punters are advised to contact their point of purchase for ticket refunds. Monday night's Cherry Ghost gig at The Wedgewood Rooms was cancelled due to illness, the gig has been rescheduled to Monday 20th August. Those lucky enough to have tickets for this SOLD OUT gig but who can't make the new date should contact the venue by Monday 13th August for refunds (those without tickets are advised to contact the Box Office for returns).
The cream of Portsmouth's music scene don their shorts and boots this Saturday, 4th August, for the inaugural Rocker Soccer 5-a-side Tournament. Amongst the bands taking part are Blue Sky Research, The Ridgeway, The Stations, The Deads and Emptifish, all of whom will be joining the crew from Little Johnny Russell's, the organisers of the event. The tournament, which will raise money for Cancer Research UK, will be held at Roko in Hilsea, and the fun kicks off at midday.
Belle and Sebastian's Richard Colburn will be showing off his DJing skills at Little Johnny Russell's in Portsmouth tomorrow, Thursday 3rd August. Entrance is £3 and, along with the demonstration of indie turntable technique, there'll also be live music from Dirty 38's and The Stations to keep you entertained.
The Wickham Festival returns for its second year this weekend, bringing four days of music and entertainment to the village. This year the festival has moved to a dedicated green field site, with a 3000 capacity big-top tent hosting the entertainment (and keeping the punters dry should it rain). Legendary 70's folk-rockers Jethro Tull get things going tomorrow night, Thursday 2nd August, then The Hamsters and Maggie Bell bring the Blues to Wickham on Friday evening. Eddi Reader, Kathryn Tickell and Luka Bloom are on Saturday's bill, which is headlined by Runrig's Donnie Munro. The festival wraps up on Sunday with performances from Dean Friedman, Hazel O'Connor, Eliza Carthy and The Men They Couldn't Hang (who should get the crowd going nicely before Galway's The Saw Doctors bring the festival to a close). Both day and weekend tickets are available from the festival website.
Heat Four of The Wedgewood Rooms' Showcase 07 competition takes place tomorrow, Thursday 2nd August, and will feature performances from Wyldsyde, Absent Jack, Hellcyon and Life With Max (each of which will be trying to persuade both the judges and the audience into giving them more votes than the rest). Tickets for the Showcase events are a bargain £5.
And that about wraps it up for another week; this afternoon I have mostly been listening to The Railway Children and feeling nostalgic. Join me next week when I'll be hunting down the Great Prophet Zarquon and giving him a good telling off.
:o)
Keith Richards is writing an autobiography?
*koff*
Too easy.
Moving swiftly on, here's what I found listed in the back pages of this week's NME:
To My Boy @ The Joiners, Southampton - 16/09/2007
Madina Lake @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 24/09/2007
The Hoosiers @ The Old Fire Station, Bournemouth - 09/10/2007
The Coral @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 17/10/2007
Oceansize @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 18/10/2007
Flowered Up @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 22/10/2007
The Hoosiers @ The Joiners, Southampton - 24/10/2007
Stereophonics @ BIC, Bournemouth - 04/11/2007
The Hoosiers @ The Barfly, Brighton - 14/11/2007
Stereophonics @ The Brighton Centre - 05/11/2007
If I'm not trapped under something heavy, or otherwise faffing about, I'll update the SoMC Events Calendar when I get a spare five minutes. The Events Calendar is, as I've been known to tell perfect strangers I meet at bus stops, full to the frothing brim with gigs for people like you...
Georgia Wonder & James Blake @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 01/08/2007
The Way @ Chicago Rock Café, Southsea - 01/08/2007
Sinnerboy @ South Parade Pier, Portsmouth - 02/08/2007
of Montreal @ Audio, Brighton - 03/08/2007
Kelly's Tattoo @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 03/08/2007
The Bon Jovi Experience @ The Brook, Southampton - 03/08/2007
Isaac Hayes @ The Opera House, Bournemouth - 04/08/2007
Meniscus Brothers @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 04/08/2007
Manti @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 04/08/2007
The Peter Donegan Band & Arizona Flame @ The Bandstand, Southsea - 04/08/2007 (free afternoon entertainment)
SomaHigh @ The Joiners, Southampton - 04/08/2007
The Talks @ Unit22, Southampton - 04/08/2007
Plain Loco & Westcoasters @ The Bandstand, Southsea - 05/08/2007 (free afternoon entertainment)
Iain Matthews @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 05/08/2007
The Sugars @ The Barfly, Brighton - 07/08/2007
Rufus Stone @ The Brook, Southampton - 17/08/2007
Kubichek! @ The Joiners, Southampton - 29/08/2007
Lloyd Cole @ The Turner Sims Concert Hall, Southampton - 27/09/2007
Idlewild @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 23/10/2007
Tom Baxter @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 23/10/2007
The Young Knives @ The Joiners, Southampton - 10/11/2007
Lethal Bizzle's gig at The Joiners on Thursday 16th August has been cancelled, punters are advised to contact their point of purchase for ticket refunds. Monday night's Cherry Ghost gig at The Wedgewood Rooms was cancelled due to illness, the gig has been rescheduled to Monday 20th August. Those lucky enough to have tickets for this SOLD OUT gig but who can't make the new date should contact the venue by Monday 13th August for refunds (those without tickets are advised to contact the Box Office for returns).
The cream of Portsmouth's music scene don their shorts and boots this Saturday, 4th August, for the inaugural Rocker Soccer 5-a-side Tournament. Amongst the bands taking part are Blue Sky Research, The Ridgeway, The Stations, The Deads and Emptifish, all of whom will be joining the crew from Little Johnny Russell's, the organisers of the event. The tournament, which will raise money for Cancer Research UK, will be held at Roko in Hilsea, and the fun kicks off at midday.
Belle and Sebastian's Richard Colburn will be showing off his DJing skills at Little Johnny Russell's in Portsmouth tomorrow, Thursday 3rd August. Entrance is £3 and, along with the demonstration of indie turntable technique, there'll also be live music from Dirty 38's and The Stations to keep you entertained.
The Wickham Festival returns for its second year this weekend, bringing four days of music and entertainment to the village. This year the festival has moved to a dedicated green field site, with a 3000 capacity big-top tent hosting the entertainment (and keeping the punters dry should it rain). Legendary 70's folk-rockers Jethro Tull get things going tomorrow night, Thursday 2nd August, then The Hamsters and Maggie Bell bring the Blues to Wickham on Friday evening. Eddi Reader, Kathryn Tickell and Luka Bloom are on Saturday's bill, which is headlined by Runrig's Donnie Munro. The festival wraps up on Sunday with performances from Dean Friedman, Hazel O'Connor, Eliza Carthy and The Men They Couldn't Hang (who should get the crowd going nicely before Galway's The Saw Doctors bring the festival to a close). Both day and weekend tickets are available from the festival website.
Heat Four of The Wedgewood Rooms' Showcase 07 competition takes place tomorrow, Thursday 2nd August, and will feature performances from Wyldsyde, Absent Jack, Hellcyon and Life With Max (each of which will be trying to persuade both the judges and the audience into giving them more votes than the rest). Tickets for the Showcase events are a bargain £5.
And that about wraps it up for another week; this afternoon I have mostly been listening to The Railway Children and feeling nostalgic. Join me next week when I'll be hunting down the Great Prophet Zarquon and giving him a good telling off.
:o)
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
The Gigwatcher 25/07/2007
Save the cheerleader, save the world.
Not content with being the first act since Wet Wet Wet to score more than nine weeks at the number one spot, Rihanna is cashing in on the wet weather by releasing her own line of designer umbrellas.
*koff*
And yes, I thought it was a big gag when I first heard of it too. Words fail me. Moving swiftly on, here's what I found listed in the back pages of this week's NME:
Crystal Castles @ The Barfly, Brighton - 15/08/2007
Silversun Pickups @ The Joiners, Southampton - 28/08/2007
Architecture In Helsinki @ Concorde2, Brighton - 16/09/2007
InME @ Concorde2, Brighton - 25/09/2007
InME @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 26/09/2007
Reverend And The Makers @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 01/10/2007
Foals @ Komedia, Brighton - 01/10/2007
Super Furry Animals @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 25/10/2007
The Coral @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 17/10/2007
Amy Winehouse @ The Brighton Centre - 26/11/2007
Amy Winehouse @ BIC, Bournemouth - 27/11/2007
Hello Goodbye @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 29/11/2007
If I'm not playing catch-up on all the TV I've recorded, but have been to busy watch (there's three episodes of Dexter at least), I'll update the SoMC Events Calendar just as soon as I can. The Events Calendar is, as I may have remarked previously, just packed with local gigs for local people, like these...
Dean Friedman @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 25/07/2007
Denise Marie @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 26/07/2007
Steve Arnott @ The Frog & Frigate, Southampton - 28/07/2007
Perfect Alibi @ The Brook, Southampton - 28/07/2007
The Cool Banana Junkyard Show @ Havana Bar, Southsea - 28/07/2007
Sly & The Family Stone @ The Opera House, Bournemouth - 28/07/2007
The Checks @ Unit22, Southampton - 28/07/2007
Dave Shepherd's Swing Fever & Hot Club Macdiva @ The Bandstand, Southsea - 29/07/2007 (free afternoon entertainment)
The Maple State @ The Joiners, Southampton - 29/07/2007
Craig Johnston & Vincent Treacey (ex-Lisheen) @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 29/07/2007
Cherry Ghost @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 30/07/2007 SOLD OUT!
Zoot Money & Papa George @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 31/07/2007
Laura Veirs @ Concorde2, Brighton - 31/07/2007
Kojak's Revenge @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 25/08/2007
I Am Kloot @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 09/09/2007
Kosheen @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 22/09/2007
Seth Lakeman @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 26/09/2007
Thomas Dolby @ Concorde2, Brighton - 04/11/2007
Oceansize @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 18/10/2007
José González @ Concorde2, Brighton - 20/10/2007
Justin Currie (ex-Del Amitri) @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 24/10/2007
Paul Potts @ The Guildhall, Portsmouth - 09/02/2008
Southampton band Timshel will be at The Wedgewood Rooms on Saturday 28th July to celebrate the release of their new albums (plural, they're releasing two). Also on the bill are Skyline Heroes, Ninja Biscuits and the mighty Brannigan's Law (featuring the SoMC's own Axe-Meister General, Ant Shue). Tickets are available now, a bargain at £5.00.
Today's NME includes details of this year's Rock'n'Roll Riot Tour, which pitches up at Southampton Guildhall on Monday 15th October. The line-up this year includes Lethal Bizzle, The Wombats and, Paul Potts' best mates, The Enemy. Tickets are available now, via the NME, from Seetickets.
The next heat of The Wedgewood Rooms' Showcase 07 competition takes place this evening. Heat Two features Hexagram, Kick!, Lunar Cry and Sinuism, who will each be attempting to sway both the judges and the audience into giving them more votes than their rivals. Heat Three, which is made up of Psyracuse Pyramid, The Model Village, The MBT and First Night Nerves, takes place on Tuesday 31st July. Tickets for the Showcase events are a bargain £5.00.
Indie night Club 12th Hour pitches up in The Raglan Rooms at The Alma Arms this Friday, 27th July, for another evening of fun and frolics. On the bill this time are The Waysters, The Cartel and Multicoloured Green. Entrance costs a mere £5, doors from 2000 till late.
And finally, as I may have mentioned once or twice previously, I can think of no better way of wrapping up a Saturday night in Portsmouth than staggering into Scandal's; it's my favourite hole in the ground and I've been going there for longer than I care to remember. Some emails last week got me thinking about classic Scandal's floorfillers, with a view to knocking up a Best of Scandal's CD, so I started a thread on the forum to canvas ideas. If you can think of any more, do that 'post a response' thing.
And that's it for another week; this afternoon I have mostly been listening to Kate Bush and David Devant & His Spirit Wife (who should've been huge, but there you go). Join me next week when I'll be leaping tall buildings with a single bound.
:o)
Not content with being the first act since Wet Wet Wet to score more than nine weeks at the number one spot, Rihanna is cashing in on the wet weather by releasing her own line of designer umbrellas.
*koff*
And yes, I thought it was a big gag when I first heard of it too. Words fail me. Moving swiftly on, here's what I found listed in the back pages of this week's NME:
Crystal Castles @ The Barfly, Brighton - 15/08/2007
Silversun Pickups @ The Joiners, Southampton - 28/08/2007
Architecture In Helsinki @ Concorde2, Brighton - 16/09/2007
InME @ Concorde2, Brighton - 25/09/2007
InME @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 26/09/2007
Reverend And The Makers @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 01/10/2007
Foals @ Komedia, Brighton - 01/10/2007
Super Furry Animals @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 25/10/2007
The Coral @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 17/10/2007
Amy Winehouse @ The Brighton Centre - 26/11/2007
Amy Winehouse @ BIC, Bournemouth - 27/11/2007
Hello Goodbye @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 29/11/2007
If I'm not playing catch-up on all the TV I've recorded, but have been to busy watch (there's three episodes of Dexter at least), I'll update the SoMC Events Calendar just as soon as I can. The Events Calendar is, as I may have remarked previously, just packed with local gigs for local people, like these...
Dean Friedman @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 25/07/2007
Denise Marie @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 26/07/2007
Steve Arnott @ The Frog & Frigate, Southampton - 28/07/2007
Perfect Alibi @ The Brook, Southampton - 28/07/2007
The Cool Banana Junkyard Show @ Havana Bar, Southsea - 28/07/2007
Sly & The Family Stone @ The Opera House, Bournemouth - 28/07/2007
The Checks @ Unit22, Southampton - 28/07/2007
Dave Shepherd's Swing Fever & Hot Club Macdiva @ The Bandstand, Southsea - 29/07/2007 (free afternoon entertainment)
The Maple State @ The Joiners, Southampton - 29/07/2007
Craig Johnston & Vincent Treacey (ex-Lisheen) @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 29/07/2007
Zoot Money & Papa George @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 31/07/2007
Laura Veirs @ Concorde2, Brighton - 31/07/2007
Kojak's Revenge @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 25/08/2007
I Am Kloot @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 09/09/2007
Kosheen @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 22/09/2007
Seth Lakeman @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 26/09/2007
Thomas Dolby @ Concorde2, Brighton - 04/11/2007
Oceansize @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 18/10/2007
José González @ Concorde2, Brighton - 20/10/2007
Justin Currie (ex-Del Amitri) @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 24/10/2007
Paul Potts @ The Guildhall, Portsmouth - 09/02/2008
Southampton band Timshel will be at The Wedgewood Rooms on Saturday 28th July to celebrate the release of their new albums (plural, they're releasing two). Also on the bill are Skyline Heroes, Ninja Biscuits and the mighty Brannigan's Law (featuring the SoMC's own Axe-Meister General, Ant Shue). Tickets are available now, a bargain at £5.00.
Today's NME includes details of this year's Rock'n'Roll Riot Tour, which pitches up at Southampton Guildhall on Monday 15th October. The line-up this year includes Lethal Bizzle, The Wombats and, Paul Potts' best mates, The Enemy. Tickets are available now, via the NME, from Seetickets.
The next heat of The Wedgewood Rooms' Showcase 07 competition takes place this evening. Heat Two features Hexagram, Kick!, Lunar Cry and Sinuism, who will each be attempting to sway both the judges and the audience into giving them more votes than their rivals. Heat Three, which is made up of Psyracuse Pyramid, The Model Village, The MBT and First Night Nerves, takes place on Tuesday 31st July. Tickets for the Showcase events are a bargain £5.00.
Indie night Club 12th Hour pitches up in The Raglan Rooms at The Alma Arms this Friday, 27th July, for another evening of fun and frolics. On the bill this time are The Waysters, The Cartel and Multicoloured Green. Entrance costs a mere £5, doors from 2000 till late.
And finally, as I may have mentioned once or twice previously, I can think of no better way of wrapping up a Saturday night in Portsmouth than staggering into Scandal's; it's my favourite hole in the ground and I've been going there for longer than I care to remember. Some emails last week got me thinking about classic Scandal's floorfillers, with a view to knocking up a Best of Scandal's CD, so I started a thread on the forum to canvas ideas. If you can think of any more, do that 'post a response' thing.
And that's it for another week; this afternoon I have mostly been listening to Kate Bush and David Devant & His Spirit Wife (who should've been huge, but there you go). Join me next week when I'll be leaping tall buildings with a single bound.
:o)
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
The Gigwatcher 18/07/2007
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)
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)
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.
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