If, like me, you've been captivated by the haunting tune which plays on the current SAAB advert, then you may be interested to know that the song is called Release Me and is by Swedish newcomers Oh Laura.
The song is available to purchase from iTunes (that's the direct link from the band's MySpace) though it's also available for free download from SAAB website (thanks to Swedesplease for that info).
Monday, April 30, 2007
Sunday, April 29, 2007
Delays 'Live at Southampton Guildhall' DVD
Southampton's Delays wrapped up a hectic 2006 (new album, lots of touring, new record deal) with a homecoming Christmas Extravaganza at Southampton Guildhall. Cameras were there to record the gig for posterity, and the following trailer has recently appeared on the band's MySpace to plug the forthcoming DVD release:
The DVD is released on Monday 7th May 2007 and will be available for purchase via the band's website.
The DVD is released on Monday 7th May 2007 and will be available for purchase via the band's website.
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
The Gigwatcher 25/04/2007
So are they going to call it Poseidon Park?
If Virgin Media's new tagline is 'Happiness Guaranteed' how come I had to spend forty five minutes on the phone speaking to five different people just to get one thing done.
Oh.
It's ironic. Right. Got you.
*koff*
Moving swiftly on, here's what I found listed in the back pages of this week's NME:
The Electric Soft Parade @ Fopp, Southampton - 29/04/2007 (instore gig, onstage @ 1500)
Hot Club de Paris @ Concorde2, Brighton - 17/05/2007
Candie Payne and The Draytones @ The Gloucester, Brighton - 19/05/2007
Kate Nash @ Pressure Point, Brighton - 19/05/2007
Mutemath @ Concorde2, Brighton - 20/06/2007
Slim pickings this week I'm afraid; we're nearing Festival season so the back pages of the NME are awash with ads for all sorts of outdoor events up and down the country. Fingers crossed there'll be more rumours of tours in next week's edition. I'll add the above into the SoMC Events Calendar as soon as I can (I'm easily distracted though so don't hold your breath). The calendar is, of course, freely accessible via the forum, and an example of the delights it contains follows:
The Rebel Ching, The Elements, The Exits & Wiservice @ Little Johnny Russell's, Portsmouth - 26/04/2007 (Acoustic sets)
The Neville Staple Band @ Chicago Rock Cafe, Southsea - 26/04/2007
Klashnekoff @ Nexus, Southampton - 27/04/2007
Steve Arnott @ The Frog & Frigate, Southampton - 27/04/2007
Forever Like Red @ Unit22, Southampton - 28/04/2007
Flip Top @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 28/04/2007
Recreation @ The Nell Gwynne, Portsmouth - 28/04/2007
Thea Gilmore @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 03/05/2007 (Acoustic performance)
Superfly @ The Red Lion, Stubbington - 04/05/2007
Nine Black Alps @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 06/05/2007
The Velvet Hearts @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 13/05/2007
Gilkicker @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 19/05/2007
Oddzial Zamkniety @ The Guildhall, Southamtpn - 20/05/2007 (Polish Rock!)
Los Pacaminos @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 04/07/2007
After several years together, surviving changes in record labels and one of their number running off to join Carl Barât, The Cooper Temple Clause have finally decide to call it a day. A "so long and thanks for all the good times" goodbye letter has been posted on their website, so that appears to be that. It would therefore appear that their rescheduled date at The Wedgewood Rooms on Wednesday 23rd May might not now be happening, but there's no word on the venue website as yet.
Environmental Rock 2007 takes place this Saturday at The Hobbit in Southampton. The all day festival, which promotes awareness of local environmental issues as well as offering the chance to harangue representatives of the major political parties, also features appearances by local bands such as BossNass and Dlugokecki. If that wasn't enough Chris Packham will be there too. The fun starts at midday and runs through to half past six. Entrance to the event is FREE as well, which is nice.
This year's Access Festival will be held on Saturday 16th June at Mayflower Park in Southampton; more news on the line-up as and when I find out. A review of last year's festival can be found on the BBC Hampshire website.
And that brings this edition of the Gigwatcher to a close; this afternoon I have mostly been listening to Metric and The Harvey Girls (who's interpretation of Billy Idol's White Wedding is a lovely thing indeed). Join us next week when I'll be making a life-size replica of the RMS Titanic out of empty Coke bottles.
If Virgin Media's new tagline is 'Happiness Guaranteed' how come I had to spend forty five minutes on the phone speaking to five different people just to get one thing done.
Oh.
It's ironic. Right. Got you.
*koff*
Moving swiftly on, here's what I found listed in the back pages of this week's NME:
The Electric Soft Parade @ Fopp, Southampton - 29/04/2007 (instore gig, onstage @ 1500)
Hot Club de Paris @ Concorde2, Brighton - 17/05/2007
Candie Payne and The Draytones @ The Gloucester, Brighton - 19/05/2007
Kate Nash @ Pressure Point, Brighton - 19/05/2007
Mutemath @ Concorde2, Brighton - 20/06/2007
Slim pickings this week I'm afraid; we're nearing Festival season so the back pages of the NME are awash with ads for all sorts of outdoor events up and down the country. Fingers crossed there'll be more rumours of tours in next week's edition. I'll add the above into the SoMC Events Calendar as soon as I can (I'm easily distracted though so don't hold your breath). The calendar is, of course, freely accessible via the forum, and an example of the delights it contains follows:
The Rebel Ching, The Elements, The Exits & Wiservice @ Little Johnny Russell's, Portsmouth - 26/04/2007 (Acoustic sets)
The Neville Staple Band @ Chicago Rock Cafe, Southsea - 26/04/2007
Klashnekoff @ Nexus, Southampton - 27/04/2007
Steve Arnott @ The Frog & Frigate, Southampton - 27/04/2007
Forever Like Red @ Unit22, Southampton - 28/04/2007
Flip Top @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 28/04/2007
Recreation @ The Nell Gwynne, Portsmouth - 28/04/2007
Thea Gilmore @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 03/05/2007 (Acoustic performance)
Superfly @ The Red Lion, Stubbington - 04/05/2007
Nine Black Alps @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 06/05/2007
The Velvet Hearts @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 13/05/2007
Gilkicker @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 19/05/2007
Oddzial Zamkniety @ The Guildhall, Southamtpn - 20/05/2007 (Polish Rock!)
Los Pacaminos @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 04/07/2007
After several years together, surviving changes in record labels and one of their number running off to join Carl Barât, The Cooper Temple Clause have finally decide to call it a day. A "so long and thanks for all the good times" goodbye letter has been posted on their website, so that appears to be that. It would therefore appear that their rescheduled date at The Wedgewood Rooms on Wednesday 23rd May might not now be happening, but there's no word on the venue website as yet.
Environmental Rock 2007 takes place this Saturday at The Hobbit in Southampton. The all day festival, which promotes awareness of local environmental issues as well as offering the chance to harangue representatives of the major political parties, also features appearances by local bands such as BossNass and Dlugokecki. If that wasn't enough Chris Packham will be there too. The fun starts at midday and runs through to half past six. Entrance to the event is FREE as well, which is nice.
This year's Access Festival will be held on Saturday 16th June at Mayflower Park in Southampton; more news on the line-up as and when I find out. A review of last year's festival can be found on the BBC Hampshire website.
And that brings this edition of the Gigwatcher to a close; this afternoon I have mostly been listening to Metric and The Harvey Girls (who's interpretation of Billy Idol's White Wedding is a lovely thing indeed). Join us next week when I'll be making a life-size replica of the RMS Titanic out of empty Coke bottles.
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
The Gigwatcher 18/04/2007
Now with added Boom Chickah Wah-wah.
Ah, nostalgia.
I've just realised what the mint flavoured Salt Water Taffy that Stu brought back from Florida remind me of; they taste just like Pacers.
Mmm. Pacers.
[tumbleweed]
What do you mean you don't remember Pacers? Bah. You'll be telling me next you don't remember Texan bars either!
*koff*
Moving swiftly on, here's what I found listed in the back pages of this week's NME:
Help She Can't Swim @ The Joiners, Southampton - 17/05/2007
Kill Kenada @ The Registry, Portsmouth - 17/05/2007
Biffy Clyro @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 20/05/2007
Funeral For A Friend @ The Guildhall, Portsmouth - 21/05/2007
Kill Kenada @ Unit22, Southampton - 26/05/2007
Hadouken! @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 08/06/2007
Devo @ The Dome, Brighton - 18/06/2007
The Bravery @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 24/07/2007
Natasha Bedingfield @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 25/09/2007
The Proclaimers @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 12/10/2007
If I'm not getting misty-eyed for sweets they don't make any more I'll add the above gigs into the SoMC Events Calendar. Don't forget that I update the Events Calendar with details of the many many gigs I seem to stumble across on my journeys across the interweb. The calendar is, of course, freely accessible via the forum and I've plucked the following events from it to pique your interest:
Pama International @ The Joiners, Southampton - 20/04/2007
The Levellers @ City Hall, Salisbury - 25/04/2007
The Dodge Brothers (featuring Mark Kermode) @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 26/04/2007
The Australian Pink Floyd @ The Guildhall, Portsmouth - 29/04/2007
Sherman Robertson & BluesMove @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 02/05/2007
Babyhead @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 04/05/2007
Los Lobos @ The Anvil, Basingstoke - 11/05/2007
Billy Bragg @ City Hall, Salisbury - 25/05/2007
Tom McRae @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 04/06/2007
Riders On The Storm (featuring Ray Manzarek & Robby Krieger) @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 19/06/2007
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists @ Pressure Point, Brighton - 05/07/2007
Easy Star All-Stars (tbc) @ The Brook, Southampton - 18/07/2007
Details of this year's Beaulieu Summer Pops have been announced, the event this year runs from Friday 6th to Sunday 8th July. The Australian Pink Floyd return from last year to headline the Friday night with Girls Aloud taking charge of Saturday. Jools Holland, his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra and Lulu will be wrapping things up on the Sunday.
Following the success of the previous Portsmouth Showcases organised by Portsmouth Scene Promotions a third event has been arranged. Emptifish, Autons, Wiservice, Carmen Rosa and The Aviators will be treading the boards of the Portsmouth Guildhall on Saturday 12th May. Tickets are a very reasonable £8.00 in advance (or £10.00 on the door).
Ant "Guitar Meister" Shue has informed me that he has tickets available for the Brannigan's Law gig on Spitbank Fort on Saturday 12th May. Tickets are a bargain £10 (plus £5 for the boat out to the venue), for which you'll be entertained by five local bands (yes, they've added another one to the line-up) in a most interesting venue. Contact The Shuperton via his MySpace for more info and possible haggling.
And that's it, put a fork in me, I'm done.. tune in next week for more nostalgic burblings about 70's confectionery and what I find in the back of the NME. In the meantime I will mostly be listening to Corrina Repp and Fields. Nice.
Ah, nostalgia.
I've just realised what the mint flavoured Salt Water Taffy that Stu brought back from Florida remind me of; they taste just like Pacers.
Mmm. Pacers.
[tumbleweed]
What do you mean you don't remember Pacers? Bah. You'll be telling me next you don't remember Texan bars either!
*koff*
Moving swiftly on, here's what I found listed in the back pages of this week's NME:
Help She Can't Swim @ The Joiners, Southampton - 17/05/2007
Kill Kenada @ The Registry, Portsmouth - 17/05/2007
Biffy Clyro @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 20/05/2007
Funeral For A Friend @ The Guildhall, Portsmouth - 21/05/2007
Kill Kenada @ Unit22, Southampton - 26/05/2007
Hadouken! @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 08/06/2007
Devo @ The Dome, Brighton - 18/06/2007
The Bravery @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 24/07/2007
Natasha Bedingfield @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 25/09/2007
The Proclaimers @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 12/10/2007
If I'm not getting misty-eyed for sweets they don't make any more I'll add the above gigs into the SoMC Events Calendar. Don't forget that I update the Events Calendar with details of the many many gigs I seem to stumble across on my journeys across the interweb. The calendar is, of course, freely accessible via the forum and I've plucked the following events from it to pique your interest:
Pama International @ The Joiners, Southampton - 20/04/2007
The Levellers @ City Hall, Salisbury - 25/04/2007
The Dodge Brothers (featuring Mark Kermode) @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 26/04/2007
The Australian Pink Floyd @ The Guildhall, Portsmouth - 29/04/2007
Sherman Robertson & BluesMove @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 02/05/2007
Babyhead @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 04/05/2007
Los Lobos @ The Anvil, Basingstoke - 11/05/2007
Billy Bragg @ City Hall, Salisbury - 25/05/2007
Tom McRae @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 04/06/2007
Riders On The Storm (featuring Ray Manzarek & Robby Krieger) @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 19/06/2007
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists @ Pressure Point, Brighton - 05/07/2007
Easy Star All-Stars (tbc) @ The Brook, Southampton - 18/07/2007
Details of this year's Beaulieu Summer Pops have been announced, the event this year runs from Friday 6th to Sunday 8th July. The Australian Pink Floyd return from last year to headline the Friday night with Girls Aloud taking charge of Saturday. Jools Holland, his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra and Lulu will be wrapping things up on the Sunday.
Following the success of the previous Portsmouth Showcases organised by Portsmouth Scene Promotions a third event has been arranged. Emptifish, Autons, Wiservice, Carmen Rosa and The Aviators will be treading the boards of the Portsmouth Guildhall on Saturday 12th May. Tickets are a very reasonable £8.00 in advance (or £10.00 on the door).
Ant "Guitar Meister" Shue has informed me that he has tickets available for the Brannigan's Law gig on Spitbank Fort on Saturday 12th May. Tickets are a bargain £10 (plus £5 for the boat out to the venue), for which you'll be entertained by five local bands (yes, they've added another one to the line-up) in a most interesting venue. Contact The Shuperton via his MySpace for more info and possible haggling.
And that's it, put a fork in me, I'm done.. tune in next week for more nostalgic burblings about 70's confectionery and what I find in the back of the NME. In the meantime I will mostly be listening to Corrina Repp and Fields. Nice.
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Golden Section album release
Chichester's Golden Section have released their debut album, Attack//Decay//Sustain//Release, as an electronic download from their MySpace site. Not only is it available for the bargain price of £5 but, if you produce the proof of purchase at one of their gigs, you'll be able to get your mitts on a physical copy of the CD (once it's pressed that is).The album has a somewhat transitional feel; some tracks present were released previously on their 2005 and 2006 EPs, those have a more anthemic feel than some of the newer material. However it all meshes together well to produce a cohesive listening experience (yes, I've bought a dictionary).
If parting with a fiver seems too much of a hardship then the three-track 2005 EP (containing a slightly longer version of Interchange than on the album) is available as a free download on their website.
The Gigwatcher 11/04/2007
Yippee-ki-yay Muddy Funster
I know it's decidedly immature but, no matter how I've tried to dress it up, I haven't been able to think of a way of saying how much I enjoyed playing with Phil's new console without chortling like a schoolboy every time I mentioned the name.
Yes, you've guessed it; he's got a Wii.
I spent an enjoyable Saturday evening playing with Phil's Wii [chuckle]. It was a bit hard at first [wibble] but once I'd got to grips with his Wii [chortle] I didn't want to stop playing with it [guffaw].
Seriously though, it really is a fun piece of kit that gets you out of your chair and involved in the whole gaming experience. It's just a shame about the name. Honestly, what were they on when they came up Wii?
I dread to think what they might call their next handheld...
*koff*
Moving swiftly on, here's what I found listed in the back pages of this week's NME:
Video Nasties @ The Joiners, Southampton - 24/04/2007
Rolling Dog @ The Registry, Portsmouth - 26/04/2007
Rolling Dog @ Unit22, Southampton - 28/04/2007
Thomas Truax @ The Joiners, Southampton - 06/05/2007
The Transgressive Roadshow #2 (feat. Foals, Battle & Mechanical Bride) @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 18/05/2007
The Law @ The Joiners, Southampton - 26/05/2007
The Enemy @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 18/06/2007
Ray Lamontagne @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 29/10/2007
If I'm not camping outside Phil's house for some more quality time with his Wii [yik yak gibber] I'll add the above gigs into the SoMC Events Calendar. I add any and all gigs I happen to stumble across into the Events Calendar and, because I felt like it, it's now accessible to all (yes, none of that having to register malarkey). I've lifted the following events from it to whet your gigging appetites:
To Every End @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 12/04/2007
Autons @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 17/04/2007
Oceansize @ The Brook, Southampton - 26/04/2007
The Smyths @ The Brook, Southampton - 27/04/2007
Ben Allison Quartet @ The Turner Sims Hall, Southampton - 28/04/2007
Abdoujaparov @ The Railway Inn, Winchester - 04/05/2007
Ezio @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 08/05/2007
Steriogram @ The Joiners, Southampton - 15/05/2007
ASWAD @ Chicago Rock Café, Southsea - 24/05/2007
Rufus Wainwright @ The Guildhall, Portsmouth - 24/05/2007
The Aliens @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 11/06/2007
INXS @ The Opera House, Bournemouth - 19/06/2007
The Proclaimers @ The Opera House, Bournemouth - 30/06/2007
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the release of their seminal George Best album, The Wedding Present will be embarking on a UK tour this October. They'll be visiting the same towns as the original release tour did back in the day and will be pitching up at The Wedgewood Rooms on Tuesday 30th October. Rumour also has it that they'll be playing the entire album as part of the tour set. Woohoo!
The line-up for the Topman NME New Music 2007 Tour, which pitches up at Concorde 2 in Brighton on Wednesday 30th May, has been announced. Hitting the road this time out are Pull Tiger Tail, The Little Ones, The Rumble Strips and the most excellent Blood Red Shoes.
The Joiners will be hosting a special evening to celebrate the life of Mach Schau lead singer John MacIsaac who sadly died recently. Hijera, The Waysters, Thomas Tantrum and The Mopes are among the bands taking part in A Tribute To Johnny Mach on Saturday 26th May.
The eclectic line-up of this year's Isle of Wight Festival has been further increased. The Sunshine Superman himself, Donovan, will be performing on the Saturday. Donovan is a veteran of the IOW Festival, playing the last of the original events back in 1970.
And that just about wraps it up for this week, this afternoon I was mostly listening to Fields, Golden Section and The Police. Ding dang doo.
I know it's decidedly immature but, no matter how I've tried to dress it up, I haven't been able to think of a way of saying how much I enjoyed playing with Phil's new console without chortling like a schoolboy every time I mentioned the name.
Yes, you've guessed it; he's got a Wii.
I spent an enjoyable Saturday evening playing with Phil's Wii [chuckle]. It was a bit hard at first [wibble] but once I'd got to grips with his Wii [chortle] I didn't want to stop playing with it [guffaw].
Seriously though, it really is a fun piece of kit that gets you out of your chair and involved in the whole gaming experience. It's just a shame about the name. Honestly, what were they on when they came up Wii?
I dread to think what they might call their next handheld...
*koff*
Moving swiftly on, here's what I found listed in the back pages of this week's NME:
Video Nasties @ The Joiners, Southampton - 24/04/2007
Rolling Dog @ The Registry, Portsmouth - 26/04/2007
Rolling Dog @ Unit22, Southampton - 28/04/2007
Thomas Truax @ The Joiners, Southampton - 06/05/2007
The Transgressive Roadshow #2 (feat. Foals, Battle & Mechanical Bride) @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 18/05/2007
The Law @ The Joiners, Southampton - 26/05/2007
The Enemy @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 18/06/2007
Ray Lamontagne @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 29/10/2007
If I'm not camping outside Phil's house for some more quality time with his Wii [yik yak gibber] I'll add the above gigs into the SoMC Events Calendar. I add any and all gigs I happen to stumble across into the Events Calendar and, because I felt like it, it's now accessible to all (yes, none of that having to register malarkey). I've lifted the following events from it to whet your gigging appetites:
To Every End @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 12/04/2007
Autons @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 17/04/2007
Oceansize @ The Brook, Southampton - 26/04/2007
The Smyths @ The Brook, Southampton - 27/04/2007
Ben Allison Quartet @ The Turner Sims Hall, Southampton - 28/04/2007
Abdoujaparov @ The Railway Inn, Winchester - 04/05/2007
Ezio @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 08/05/2007
Steriogram @ The Joiners, Southampton - 15/05/2007
ASWAD @ Chicago Rock Café, Southsea - 24/05/2007
Rufus Wainwright @ The Guildhall, Portsmouth - 24/05/2007
The Aliens @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 11/06/2007
INXS @ The Opera House, Bournemouth - 19/06/2007
The Proclaimers @ The Opera House, Bournemouth - 30/06/2007
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the release of their seminal George Best album, The Wedding Present will be embarking on a UK tour this October. They'll be visiting the same towns as the original release tour did back in the day and will be pitching up at The Wedgewood Rooms on Tuesday 30th October. Rumour also has it that they'll be playing the entire album as part of the tour set. Woohoo!
The line-up for the Topman NME New Music 2007 Tour, which pitches up at Concorde 2 in Brighton on Wednesday 30th May, has been announced. Hitting the road this time out are Pull Tiger Tail, The Little Ones, The Rumble Strips and the most excellent Blood Red Shoes.
The Joiners will be hosting a special evening to celebrate the life of Mach Schau lead singer John MacIsaac who sadly died recently. Hijera, The Waysters, Thomas Tantrum and The Mopes are among the bands taking part in A Tribute To Johnny Mach on Saturday 26th May.
The eclectic line-up of this year's Isle of Wight Festival has been further increased. The Sunshine Superman himself, Donovan, will be performing on the Saturday. Donovan is a veteran of the IOW Festival, playing the last of the original events back in 1970.
And that just about wraps it up for this week, this afternoon I was mostly listening to Fields, Golden Section and The Police. Ding dang doo.
Wednesday, April 04, 2007
The Gigwatcher 04/04/2007
Judoon platoon upon the Moon
How bizarre.
There I was, sitting at my desk contemplating life, the Universe and the random fluctuation in beer prices, when the sound of beautiful music filled the room; Franz Lizst's Liebestraum no. 3 was drifting gently out of the ceiling speakers. Had Andy Dufresne taken over the Tannoy controls? Were we to be herded upstairs after lunch to tar the roof?
No. It was just the security guards checking the office's emergency broadcast system by connecting it up to ClassicFM. Well, it made a change from "testing testing 1 2 3" I suppose.
I wonder if they take requests?
*koff*
Moving swiftly on.. here's what I found listed in the back pages of this week's NME:
Simple Kid @ Komedia, Brighton - 16/05/2007
Kate Nash @ The Pressure Point, Brighton - 19/05/2007
Son of Dork @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 25/05/2007
Oppenheimer @ Unit22, Southampton - 14/04/2007
Kharma 45 @ Unit22, Southampton - 14/04/2007
Hayseed Dixie @ The Old Fire Station, Bournemouth - 20/04/2007
The Films @ The Joiners, Southampton - 06/06/2007
The Cribs @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 06/06/2007
Gallows @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 19/06/2007
The Hold Steady @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 04/07/2007
If I'm not digging a tunnel to freedom I'll add the above gigs into the SoMC Events Calendar. The Events Calendar, as I may have hinted once or twice previously, has eyes the size of dinner plates. In order to peruse its contents you'll need to register on the SoMC forum (but I might make it available for all over Easter, you'll have to go there and find out). Here are some gigs I found earlier to tease you:
Rolling Dog @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 04/04/2007
The Young Knives @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 06/04/2007
Laura Marling @ The Dorchester Arms, Southampton - 08/04/2007
John Martyn @ The Brook, Southampton - 15/04/2007
The View @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 19/04/2007
Flip Top @ The Contented Pig, Portsmouth - 20/04/2007
One Weird Fish @ The Contented Pig, Portsmouth - 28/04/2007
Nigel Clark (ex-Dodgy) @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 29/04/2007
Miles Hunt & Erica Nockalls @ The Brook, Southampton - 02/05/2007
Tony Benn & Roy Bailey @ New Theatre Royal, Portsmouth - 05/05/2007
Matt Barry (aka Dr Lucien Sanchez) @ The Brook, Southampton - 30/05/2007
Marillion @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 09/06/2007
Fish @ The Brook, Southampton - 29/09/2007
Neil Innes' gig at The Cellars at Eastney on Wednesday 25th April has unfortunately had to be postponed, more information on a rescheduled date as soon as I find out out about it.
The Ferneham Hall in Fareham again plays host to the annual Easter Folk Festival this weekend. A varied selection of folk talent fills the three days of the festival, with appearances by Kate Rusby (Saturday evening), Seth Lakeman (Sunday evening) and Boo Hewerdine (Sunday afternoon) being of interest to me. Limited tickets for Sunday's programme are still available.
After 10 year's hard gigging local power-pop trio Hudson10 have decided to call it a day. Good luck to the chaps in whatever projects they pursue next, though according to their MySpace (where selections from the band's archives will be appearing over the next few weeks) they may take to the stage one last time for a farewell gig.
The ever impressive Steve Arnott returns to the Frog & Frigate on Friday 27th April, once again he'll be entertaining all present with selections from his vast library of songs. When Steve isn't standing under the stairs at the Frog he can be found treading the boards with the Portchester Players. They'll be performing their award winning production of Shelagh Stephenson's Five Kinds Of Silence at the Ashcroft Arts Centre in Fareham, April 12th-14th (for which there are still some tickets available).
And that just about wraps it up for this week, this afternoon I have mostly been listening to the schmoove sounds of Gil Scott-Heron. Nice. Have a super smashing Easter, mine starts tomorrow at lunchtime when I'm off to a smoky hostelry to imbibe some alcohol and talk bobbins.
Gawd bless her majesty for Maundy Thursday afternoons off.
How bizarre.
There I was, sitting at my desk contemplating life, the Universe and the random fluctuation in beer prices, when the sound of beautiful music filled the room; Franz Lizst's Liebestraum no. 3 was drifting gently out of the ceiling speakers. Had Andy Dufresne taken over the Tannoy controls? Were we to be herded upstairs after lunch to tar the roof?
No. It was just the security guards checking the office's emergency broadcast system by connecting it up to ClassicFM. Well, it made a change from "testing testing 1 2 3" I suppose.
I wonder if they take requests?
*koff*
Moving swiftly on.. here's what I found listed in the back pages of this week's NME:
Simple Kid @ Komedia, Brighton - 16/05/2007
Kate Nash @ The Pressure Point, Brighton - 19/05/2007
Son of Dork @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 25/05/2007
Oppenheimer @ Unit22, Southampton - 14/04/2007
Kharma 45 @ Unit22, Southampton - 14/04/2007
Hayseed Dixie @ The Old Fire Station, Bournemouth - 20/04/2007
The Films @ The Joiners, Southampton - 06/06/2007
The Cribs @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 06/06/2007
Gallows @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 19/06/2007
The Hold Steady @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 04/07/2007
If I'm not digging a tunnel to freedom I'll add the above gigs into the SoMC Events Calendar. The Events Calendar, as I may have hinted once or twice previously, has eyes the size of dinner plates. In order to peruse its contents you'll need to register on the SoMC forum (but I might make it available for all over Easter, you'll have to go there and find out). Here are some gigs I found earlier to tease you:
Rolling Dog @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 04/04/2007
The Young Knives @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 06/04/2007
Laura Marling @ The Dorchester Arms, Southampton - 08/04/2007
John Martyn @ The Brook, Southampton - 15/04/2007
The View @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 19/04/2007
Flip Top @ The Contented Pig, Portsmouth - 20/04/2007
One Weird Fish @ The Contented Pig, Portsmouth - 28/04/2007
Nigel Clark (ex-Dodgy) @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 29/04/2007
Miles Hunt & Erica Nockalls @ The Brook, Southampton - 02/05/2007
Tony Benn & Roy Bailey @ New Theatre Royal, Portsmouth - 05/05/2007
Matt Barry (aka Dr Lucien Sanchez) @ The Brook, Southampton - 30/05/2007
Marillion @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 09/06/2007
Fish @ The Brook, Southampton - 29/09/2007
Neil Innes' gig at The Cellars at Eastney on Wednesday 25th April has unfortunately had to be postponed, more information on a rescheduled date as soon as I find out out about it.
The Ferneham Hall in Fareham again plays host to the annual Easter Folk Festival this weekend. A varied selection of folk talent fills the three days of the festival, with appearances by Kate Rusby (Saturday evening), Seth Lakeman (Sunday evening) and Boo Hewerdine (Sunday afternoon) being of interest to me. Limited tickets for Sunday's programme are still available.
After 10 year's hard gigging local power-pop trio Hudson10 have decided to call it a day. Good luck to the chaps in whatever projects they pursue next, though according to their MySpace (where selections from the band's archives will be appearing over the next few weeks) they may take to the stage one last time for a farewell gig.
The ever impressive Steve Arnott returns to the Frog & Frigate on Friday 27th April, once again he'll be entertaining all present with selections from his vast library of songs. When Steve isn't standing under the stairs at the Frog he can be found treading the boards with the Portchester Players. They'll be performing their award winning production of Shelagh Stephenson's Five Kinds Of Silence at the Ashcroft Arts Centre in Fareham, April 12th-14th (for which there are still some tickets available).
And that just about wraps it up for this week, this afternoon I have mostly been listening to the schmoove sounds of Gil Scott-Heron. Nice. Have a super smashing Easter, mine starts tomorrow at lunchtime when I'm off to a smoky hostelry to imbibe some alcohol and talk bobbins.
Gawd bless her majesty for Maundy Thursday afternoons off.
Saturday, March 31, 2007
Sounds Comforting
Danish band Mew were recently approached by an advertising company, working for a Norwegian Pay-TV channel, for the use of one of their songs in an upcoming campaign.
"Can we use Comforting Sounds in the new Canal Digital ad?" they asked.
"OK, but you'll have to pay us some money" said Mew.
"Err, we'll get back to you" replied the advertising company, who then proceeded to get someone to knock up a just-different-enough-so-they-won't-sue soundalike tune for their shiny new ad...
If you ask me that's not really different enough at all, it's practically the same. The band thought so to, as did their record company and their lawyers (if your Norwegian is good then you can read more information on the Verdens Gang website).
Following some intense legal banter later a deal was struck so that the ad could be shown this one time, with Mew compensated for the possible copyright exposure. Should the ad campaign be re-run at a later date however the tune in question will be changed to something that really doesn't sound anything at all like Comforting Sounds. Which, by the way, sounds like this...
"Can we use Comforting Sounds in the new Canal Digital ad?" they asked.
"OK, but you'll have to pay us some money" said Mew.
"Err, we'll get back to you" replied the advertising company, who then proceeded to get someone to knock up a just-different-enough-so-they-won't-sue soundalike tune for their shiny new ad...
If you ask me that's not really different enough at all, it's practically the same. The band thought so to, as did their record company and their lawyers (if your Norwegian is good then you can read more information on the Verdens Gang website).
Following some intense legal banter later a deal was struck so that the ad could be shown this one time, with Mew compensated for the possible copyright exposure. Should the ad campaign be re-run at a later date however the tune in question will be changed to something that really doesn't sound anything at all like Comforting Sounds. Which, by the way, sounds like this...
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
The Gigwatcher 28/03/2007
Shipoopi, Shipoopi, Shipoopi, the girl is hard to get.
Argh.
Do I not like the switch to Daylight Saving Time.
[insert long and aimless rant here about changing all the clocks in the house, which of course includes the video you never use anymore so you have to find the pesky remote which is behind the sofa but it doesn't work because the batteries are flat and it takes those tiny AAA ones which you never ever have quite enough of]
And relax.
*koff*
Yes well, that's quite enough of that.. here's what I found listed in the back pages of this week's NME:
Dub Pistols @ Komedia, Brighton - 11/04/2007
The Beat @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 13/04/2007
The Ripps @ Lennons, Southampton - 14/04/2007
Foals @ Lennons, Southampton - 21/04/2007
Zico Chain @ The Joiners, Southampton - 23/04/2007
The Envy Corps @ Lennons, Southampton - 05/05/2007
The Black Ghosts @ Pressure Point, Brighton - 17/05/2007
The Envy Corps @ The Railway Inn, Winchester - 18/05/2007
The Pigeon Detectives @ Southampton University, Southampton - 21/05/2007
The Holloways @ The Opera House, Bournemouth - 01/06/2007
The Cribs @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 06/06/2007
If I'm not watching endless re-runs of CSI on FiveUS I'll add the above gigs into the SoMC Events Calendar. As mentioned once or twice before the Events Calendar is made of ticky tacky and to use it you just need to register on the SoMC forum. In a Blue Peter style, here are some gigs I found earlier:
Scott Matthews @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 03/04/2007
The Model Village @ Havana Café Bar, Portsmouth - 06/04/2007
Winnebago Deal @ The Railway Inn, Winchester - 13/04/2007
Wiservice @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 14/04/2007
Jeniferever @ The Hope, Brighton - 20/04/2007
Curtis Stigers @ The Anvil, Basingstoke - 26/04/2007
Cradle of Filth @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 30/04/2007
Peter & The Test Tube Babies @ The Joiners, Southampton - 30/04/2007
Hot Chip (DJ set) @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 12/05/2007
The Hold Steady @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 04/07/2007
The Cooper Temple Clause's planned gig at The Pyramids on Wednesday 4th April has been moved to Wednesday 23rd May at The Wedgewood Rooms. Original tickets remain valid and, in other news, Kubichek! have been named as the support.
Chichester's Golden Section will be appearing at The Wedgewood Rooms this Saturday as support for local outfit The Exits. Also on the bill are Hijera from Southampton (aka "that band that won that thing on BBC South Today last year"). Some new tunage from Golden Section can be heard on their MySpace (it's well worth a listen if you get the chance).
Some more additions have been made to the line-up for this year's Isle of Wight Festival. Koopa, who made history by becoming the first unsigned band to break the UK Top 40, will be appearing on the Friday night. The Sunday bill now boasts the presence of ex-Spice Girl Melanie C. *koff* If, like me, you were unsuccessful in obtaining tickets for this year's Newport shindig then help is at hand, the organisers have announced an auction of an additional 100 weekend tickets. The bidding begins on Ticketmaster at 9am tomorrow morning. Clickity.
And that just about wraps it up for this week, this afternoon I have mostly been listening to the new LCD Soundsystem album (and resisting the temptation to break out the glo-sticks) and trying to get the sound of Peter Griffin singing that damn Music Man song out of my head.
Argh.
Do I not like the switch to Daylight Saving Time.
[insert long and aimless rant here about changing all the clocks in the house, which of course includes the video you never use anymore so you have to find the pesky remote which is behind the sofa but it doesn't work because the batteries are flat and it takes those tiny AAA ones which you never ever have quite enough of]
And relax.
*koff*
Yes well, that's quite enough of that.. here's what I found listed in the back pages of this week's NME:
Dub Pistols @ Komedia, Brighton - 11/04/2007
The Beat @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 13/04/2007
The Ripps @ Lennons, Southampton - 14/04/2007
Foals @ Lennons, Southampton - 21/04/2007
Zico Chain @ The Joiners, Southampton - 23/04/2007
The Envy Corps @ Lennons, Southampton - 05/05/2007
The Black Ghosts @ Pressure Point, Brighton - 17/05/2007
The Envy Corps @ The Railway Inn, Winchester - 18/05/2007
The Pigeon Detectives @ Southampton University, Southampton - 21/05/2007
The Holloways @ The Opera House, Bournemouth - 01/06/2007
The Cribs @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 06/06/2007
If I'm not watching endless re-runs of CSI on FiveUS I'll add the above gigs into the SoMC Events Calendar. As mentioned once or twice before the Events Calendar is made of ticky tacky and to use it you just need to register on the SoMC forum. In a Blue Peter style, here are some gigs I found earlier:
Scott Matthews @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 03/04/2007
The Model Village @ Havana Café Bar, Portsmouth - 06/04/2007
Winnebago Deal @ The Railway Inn, Winchester - 13/04/2007
Wiservice @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 14/04/2007
Jeniferever @ The Hope, Brighton - 20/04/2007
Curtis Stigers @ The Anvil, Basingstoke - 26/04/2007
Cradle of Filth @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 30/04/2007
Peter & The Test Tube Babies @ The Joiners, Southampton - 30/04/2007
Hot Chip (DJ set) @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 12/05/2007
The Hold Steady @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 04/07/2007
The Cooper Temple Clause's planned gig at The Pyramids on Wednesday 4th April has been moved to Wednesday 23rd May at The Wedgewood Rooms. Original tickets remain valid and, in other news, Kubichek! have been named as the support.
Chichester's Golden Section will be appearing at The Wedgewood Rooms this Saturday as support for local outfit The Exits. Also on the bill are Hijera from Southampton (aka "that band that won that thing on BBC South Today last year"). Some new tunage from Golden Section can be heard on their MySpace (it's well worth a listen if you get the chance).
Some more additions have been made to the line-up for this year's Isle of Wight Festival. Koopa, who made history by becoming the first unsigned band to break the UK Top 40, will be appearing on the Friday night. The Sunday bill now boasts the presence of ex-Spice Girl Melanie C. *koff* If, like me, you were unsuccessful in obtaining tickets for this year's Newport shindig then help is at hand, the organisers have announced an auction of an additional 100 weekend tickets. The bidding begins on Ticketmaster at 9am tomorrow morning. Clickity.
And that just about wraps it up for this week, this afternoon I have mostly been listening to the new LCD Soundsystem album (and resisting the temptation to break out the glo-sticks) and trying to get the sound of Peter Griffin singing that damn Music Man song out of my head.
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Pure Reason Revolution - Victorious Cupid
Reading's Pure Reason Revolution have released a new tune, Victorious Cupid, for free download via their MySpace. The song will only be available for a limited period and, whilst perhaps sounding like a potted version of The Dark Third, is a good sign that the band is back on track after recent problems.
If you caught the band on their recent tour you may have picked up a CD sleeve which can be used to house this 'single' should you choose to burn the song to a CDR.
Furthermore a new fan-forum has sprung up, replacing the defunct official one on the band's label-led website. You can now join fellow fans in The Realm of The Divine. Which is nice.
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
The Gigwatcher 21/03/2007
Do you want a pie with your gravy and fries combination?
I tell you, I'm getting proper fed up with the seemingly endless engineering works that Network Rail are inflicting on Portsmouth and the surrounding areas. Saturday night should have seen me quite happily sitting on a comfy chair, drinking beer whilst watching Holly Valance and Devon Aoki impress me with their martial artistry.
Instead I found myself standing at a bus stop for nearly an hour, freezing my Converse off, waiting for a replacement bus service because the men in the orange rave gear were doing things to the signals again. When the blinking flip bus finally arrived I impatiently leapt aboard (no, really I did) and scampered up to the top deck. All went well as far as Cosham, after which it soon transpired that I'd got on the wrong bus.
It sped past the Farlington turn-off and took me toward a more wretched hive of scum and villainy than Mos Eisley spaceport.
Havant Railway Station.
Thankfully the coach I was looking for made an appearance before too long and, with an ABBA loving coach driver at the wheel, I made it safely to Portsmouth.
I was only two hours late as well, which is pretty good for me.
*koff*
Moving swiftly on.. here's what I found listed in the back pages of this week's NME (which this week came with FREE stickers, just what I need to decorate my Sociology textbook):
The Little Flames @ Lennon's, Southampton - 24/03/2007
Air Traffic @ The Old Fire Station, Bournemouth - 25/03/2007
The Bees @ Audio, Brighton - 27/03/2007
Stephen Fretwell @ Red Roaster, Brighton - 11/05/2007
Duke Special @ The Brook, Southampton - 11/05/2007
Laura Marling @ Mono, Southampton - 08/04/2007
Good Books @ The Hope, Brighton - 12/04/2007
Good Books @ The Railway, Winchester - 14/04/2007
Ghosts @ The Joiners, Southampton - 15/04/2007
Luke Toms @ The Joiners, Southampton - 25/04/2007
The Cribs @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 06/06/2007
Kings of Leon @ BIC, Bournemouth - 04/07/2007
Babyshambles @ Brighton Centre, Brighton - 25/11/2007
Babyshambles @ BIC, Bournemouth - 26/11/2007
If events don't conspire against me again, and I don't get on the wrong bus and end up somewhere in the back of beyond, I'll update the SoMC Events Calendar with the above gigs just as soon as I can. The Events Calendar ecky ecky ecky ftang ftang gnarly whoop and all you need to do is register on the SoMC forum to use it. Here are some gigs I've lifted from the Events Calendar to tickle your fancy:
Buswell @ The Nell Gwynne, Portsmouth - 24/03/2007
The Strange Death Of Liberal England @ The Registry, Portsmouth - 29/03/2007
The Fall @ The Old Market, Brighton - 29/03/2007
The Cheese Doctors @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 31/03/2007
The Mods @ The Brook, Southampton - 05/04/2007
The Hollies @ The Anvil, Basingstoke - 11/04/2007
Voodoo Glow Skulls @ Nexus, Southampton - 18/04/2007
Steve Winwood @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 21/04/2007
Loudon Wainwright III @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 22/04/2007
The Go! Team @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 17/05/2007
The ELO Experience @ The Brook, Southampton - 18/05/2007
Monday night's cancelled Deftones gig at Portsmouth Guildhall has been rescheduled to Sunday 15th April. Karnataka's cancelled Thursday 1st March gig at The Brook has been rescheduled to Thursday 19th April. Original tickets for both events remain valid, which is nice.
What must be the worst kept secret this year, that The Rolling Stones will be headlining the Sunday night of the Isle of Wight Festival, was inadvertently sort of confirmed by Virgin Radio yesterday. The official site have yet to say it's so, and the article on Virgin Radio's website has up and disappeared, but it looks certain that rock's favourite pensioners will be strutting their stuff in Seaclose Park this June (if they don't fall asleep during Keane's set that is).
As mentioned previously the mighty Brannigan's Law will be sailing out into the Solent for their next gig, having been booked to play Spitbank Fort on Saturday 12th May alongside The Model Village and The Fret. As some regular readers may recall the SoMC's own guitar hero Ant Shue is in the band, pictures of him perfecting his power lunge are available on the band's MySpace. Giggity!
In other news, I've posted up a link to the Museum of Bad Art on the sleepy confines of the forum; it really does feature some of the most appallingly bad paintings I've seen. Excellent.
And that just about wraps it up for this week, this afternoon I was mostly listening to Paul Anka swinging his way through some contemporary rock and pop classics. His take on Black Hole Sun is, arguably, better than the original.
:o)
PS One last thing, is it just me or does the new Take That single sound like the theme to The Fall Guy in places?
I tell you, I'm getting proper fed up with the seemingly endless engineering works that Network Rail are inflicting on Portsmouth and the surrounding areas. Saturday night should have seen me quite happily sitting on a comfy chair, drinking beer whilst watching Holly Valance and Devon Aoki impress me with their martial artistry.
Instead I found myself standing at a bus stop for nearly an hour, freezing my Converse off, waiting for a replacement bus service because the men in the orange rave gear were doing things to the signals again. When the blinking flip bus finally arrived I impatiently leapt aboard (no, really I did) and scampered up to the top deck. All went well as far as Cosham, after which it soon transpired that I'd got on the wrong bus.
It sped past the Farlington turn-off and took me toward a more wretched hive of scum and villainy than Mos Eisley spaceport.
Havant Railway Station.
Thankfully the coach I was looking for made an appearance before too long and, with an ABBA loving coach driver at the wheel, I made it safely to Portsmouth.
I was only two hours late as well, which is pretty good for me.
*koff*
Moving swiftly on.. here's what I found listed in the back pages of this week's NME (which this week came with FREE stickers, just what I need to decorate my Sociology textbook):
The Little Flames @ Lennon's, Southampton - 24/03/2007
Air Traffic @ The Old Fire Station, Bournemouth - 25/03/2007
The Bees @ Audio, Brighton - 27/03/2007
Stephen Fretwell @ Red Roaster, Brighton - 11/05/2007
Duke Special @ The Brook, Southampton - 11/05/2007
Laura Marling @ Mono, Southampton - 08/04/2007
Good Books @ The Hope, Brighton - 12/04/2007
Good Books @ The Railway, Winchester - 14/04/2007
Ghosts @ The Joiners, Southampton - 15/04/2007
Luke Toms @ The Joiners, Southampton - 25/04/2007
The Cribs @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 06/06/2007
Kings of Leon @ BIC, Bournemouth - 04/07/2007
Babyshambles @ Brighton Centre, Brighton - 25/11/2007
Babyshambles @ BIC, Bournemouth - 26/11/2007
If events don't conspire against me again, and I don't get on the wrong bus and end up somewhere in the back of beyond, I'll update the SoMC Events Calendar with the above gigs just as soon as I can. The Events Calendar ecky ecky ecky ftang ftang gnarly whoop and all you need to do is register on the SoMC forum to use it. Here are some gigs I've lifted from the Events Calendar to tickle your fancy:
Buswell @ The Nell Gwynne, Portsmouth - 24/03/2007
The Strange Death Of Liberal England @ The Registry, Portsmouth - 29/03/2007
The Fall @ The Old Market, Brighton - 29/03/2007
The Cheese Doctors @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 31/03/2007
The Mods @ The Brook, Southampton - 05/04/2007
The Hollies @ The Anvil, Basingstoke - 11/04/2007
Voodoo Glow Skulls @ Nexus, Southampton - 18/04/2007
Steve Winwood @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 21/04/2007
Loudon Wainwright III @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 22/04/2007
The Go! Team @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 17/05/2007
The ELO Experience @ The Brook, Southampton - 18/05/2007
Monday night's cancelled Deftones gig at Portsmouth Guildhall has been rescheduled to Sunday 15th April. Karnataka's cancelled Thursday 1st March gig at The Brook has been rescheduled to Thursday 19th April. Original tickets for both events remain valid, which is nice.
What must be the worst kept secret this year, that The Rolling Stones will be headlining the Sunday night of the Isle of Wight Festival, was inadvertently sort of confirmed by Virgin Radio yesterday. The official site have yet to say it's so, and the article on Virgin Radio's website has up and disappeared, but it looks certain that rock's favourite pensioners will be strutting their stuff in Seaclose Park this June (if they don't fall asleep during Keane's set that is).
As mentioned previously the mighty Brannigan's Law will be sailing out into the Solent for their next gig, having been booked to play Spitbank Fort on Saturday 12th May alongside The Model Village and The Fret. As some regular readers may recall the SoMC's own guitar hero Ant Shue is in the band, pictures of him perfecting his power lunge are available on the band's MySpace. Giggity!
In other news, I've posted up a link to the Museum of Bad Art on the sleepy confines of the forum; it really does feature some of the most appallingly bad paintings I've seen. Excellent.
And that just about wraps it up for this week, this afternoon I was mostly listening to Paul Anka swinging his way through some contemporary rock and pop classics. His take on Black Hole Sun is, arguably, better than the original.
:o)
PS One last thing, is it just me or does the new Take That single sound like the theme to The Fall Guy in places?
Friday, March 16, 2007
Under Byen - Af samme stof som stof
It's quirky, it's Danish and I just can't stop playing it:
The track is taken from Under Byen's 2006 album Samme stof som stof (which translates as 'same matter as fabric' according to their Wiki); the MP3 is also available as a free download from their website. Nice.
The track is taken from Under Byen's 2006 album Samme stof som stof (which translates as 'same matter as fabric' according to their Wiki); the MP3 is also available as a free download from their website. Nice.
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Arctic Monkeys - Brianstorm
Loveable northern scamps Arctic Monkeys are back with a taster of the new album, Favourite Worst Nightmare, and there's still no sign of the inevitable backlash from the NME. On the contrary Brianstorm was named Single Of The Week in today's issue.
I've given the song a couple of listens and, though at first I wasn't too sure, now I'm certain they've borrowed Brian Molko's Rhyming Dictionary; lyrically it's weak, though there are a couple of typically choice lines. Musically the tune fair roars along. The drums are louder, the guitars faster and it would appear that all the touring has paid off with a desire to rock things up a bit.
The video is slickly done, though bears no relation to the song at all. I haven't the foggiest why the Monkeys appear to be locked in Joy Division's rehearsal room whilst P.Diddy's dancers shake their collective booty next door.
There's something about that initial "Brian" that makes me think of Monty Python. Guesses to how long before a "He's not an Arctic Monkey, he's a very naughty boy" mash-up hits the net on a postcard please.
I've given the song a couple of listens and, though at first I wasn't too sure, now I'm certain they've borrowed Brian Molko's Rhyming Dictionary; lyrically it's weak, though there are a couple of typically choice lines. Musically the tune fair roars along. The drums are louder, the guitars faster and it would appear that all the touring has paid off with a desire to rock things up a bit.
The video is slickly done, though bears no relation to the song at all. I haven't the foggiest why the Monkeys appear to be locked in Joy Division's rehearsal room whilst P.Diddy's dancers shake their collective booty next door.
There's something about that initial "Brian" that makes me think of Monty Python. Guesses to how long before a "He's not an Arctic Monkey, he's a very naughty boy" mash-up hits the net on a postcard please.
The Gigwatcher 14/03/2007
We now return you to our regular programming.
A weekend spent imbibing Jérôme Hatt's miracle elixir greatly assisted my recovery from last week's exertions; my muscles have recovered and I can now go from sitting to standing to walking smoothly (and not like the badly animated claymation figure I was last Thursday and Friday).
Excellent.
Though it was fun pretending to be Morph for a couple of days.
*koff*
No time for the Gallery I'm afraid, here's what I found listed in the back pages of this week's NME (which this week came with a free DVD, so was of course dearer than usual):
Thirteen Senses @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 25/03/2007
Josh Pyke @ Engine Room, Brighton - 26/03/2007
Herman Dune @ Dome Bar, Brighton - 01/04/2007
Arctic Monkeys @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 09/04/2007 (tickets are only available via the band's website)
The Wombats @ Unit22, Southampton - 05/05/2007
Groove Armada @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 11/05/2007
Biffy Clyro @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 20/05/2007
If I'm not hiding in cigar boxes or plopping through Tony Hart's big desk I'll update the SoMC Events Calendar with the above gigs. The Events Calendar is yadda yadda yadda yadda blah blah blah and all you need to do is register on the SoMC forum to use it. The following gigs are a taster of what can be found on the Events Calendar:
OK Tokyo @ The Railway Inn, Winchester - 15/03/2007
Captain @ LUX/Student Union, Portsmouth University - 16/03/2007
Stout @ The Joiners, Southampton - 16/03/2007
10cc @ The Guildhall, Portsmouth - 18/03/2007
Fitkin:Garland @ The Anvil, Basingstoke - 21/03/2007
Ben Mills @ Chicago Rock Cafe, Fareham - 26/03/2007
Bad Manners @ Chicago Rock Cafe, Southsea - 29/03/2007
David Kitt @ Audio, Brighton - 21/04/2007
The Wildhearts @ The Brook, Southampton - 23/04/2007
Tom McRae @ Concorde2, Brighton - 20/05/2007
Alabama3 @ The Opera House, Bournemouth - 05/06/2007
Following in the steps of The Police, Crowded House and Genesis the cheeky chaps from Squeeze have decided to dusting off their boots and head out on tour; they'll be stopping at Southampton Guildhall on Tuesday 27th November. From what I can make out it's Messrs Difford and Tilbrook plus some other guys, no sign of Jools Holland (who'll be on tour himself at roughly the same time), Paul Carrack or any of the other chaps on the band's Wikipedia entry.
More acts have been announced for this year's Isle of Wight Festival. Eighties legends Echo & The Bunnymen have been added to the Friday line-up, the combined talents of The Clash's Mick Jones and Sigue Sigue Sputnik's Tony James, aka Carbon/Silicon, are now performing on the Saturday. Woodstock icon Country Joe McDonald and Glasgow's The Hedrons have been announced for the Sunday but there's till no word on that day's headliner.
To celebrate the refurbishment of Bournemouth's Opera House a special Indie Rock'n'Roll Launch Party is being held there on Friday 1st June. Jo Whiley does the honours with the red ribbon after which The Twang, The Young Knives and The Holloways will be entertaining the crowd. The Futureheads will be performing a DJ set as well, which is nice.
The ever impressive Steve Arnott will be standing underneath the stairs again at the Frog & Frigate this coming Friday. As it's also Red Nose Day there's a slim chance he may treat you to a couple of the (fairly rude) comedic songs he knows, make him an offer and see what he says.
And that just about wraps it up for this week, this afternoon I was mostly listening to OKGo and contemplating buying several treadmills to furnish my lounge with.
:o)
A weekend spent imbibing Jérôme Hatt's miracle elixir greatly assisted my recovery from last week's exertions; my muscles have recovered and I can now go from sitting to standing to walking smoothly (and not like the badly animated claymation figure I was last Thursday and Friday).
Excellent.
Though it was fun pretending to be Morph for a couple of days.
*koff*
No time for the Gallery I'm afraid, here's what I found listed in the back pages of this week's NME (which this week came with a free DVD, so was of course dearer than usual):
Thirteen Senses @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 25/03/2007
Josh Pyke @ Engine Room, Brighton - 26/03/2007
Herman Dune @ Dome Bar, Brighton - 01/04/2007
Arctic Monkeys @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 09/04/2007 (tickets are only available via the band's website)
The Wombats @ Unit22, Southampton - 05/05/2007
Groove Armada @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 11/05/2007
Biffy Clyro @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 20/05/2007
If I'm not hiding in cigar boxes or plopping through Tony Hart's big desk I'll update the SoMC Events Calendar with the above gigs. The Events Calendar is yadda yadda yadda yadda blah blah blah and all you need to do is register on the SoMC forum to use it. The following gigs are a taster of what can be found on the Events Calendar:
OK Tokyo @ The Railway Inn, Winchester - 15/03/2007
Captain @ LUX/Student Union, Portsmouth University - 16/03/2007
Stout @ The Joiners, Southampton - 16/03/2007
10cc @ The Guildhall, Portsmouth - 18/03/2007
Fitkin:Garland @ The Anvil, Basingstoke - 21/03/2007
Ben Mills @ Chicago Rock Cafe, Fareham - 26/03/2007
Bad Manners @ Chicago Rock Cafe, Southsea - 29/03/2007
David Kitt @ Audio, Brighton - 21/04/2007
The Wildhearts @ The Brook, Southampton - 23/04/2007
Tom McRae @ Concorde2, Brighton - 20/05/2007
Alabama3 @ The Opera House, Bournemouth - 05/06/2007
Following in the steps of The Police, Crowded House and Genesis the cheeky chaps from Squeeze have decided to dusting off their boots and head out on tour; they'll be stopping at Southampton Guildhall on Tuesday 27th November. From what I can make out it's Messrs Difford and Tilbrook plus some other guys, no sign of Jools Holland (who'll be on tour himself at roughly the same time), Paul Carrack or any of the other chaps on the band's Wikipedia entry.
More acts have been announced for this year's Isle of Wight Festival. Eighties legends Echo & The Bunnymen have been added to the Friday line-up, the combined talents of The Clash's Mick Jones and Sigue Sigue Sputnik's Tony James, aka Carbon/Silicon, are now performing on the Saturday. Woodstock icon Country Joe McDonald and Glasgow's The Hedrons have been announced for the Sunday but there's till no word on that day's headliner.
To celebrate the refurbishment of Bournemouth's Opera House a special Indie Rock'n'Roll Launch Party is being held there on Friday 1st June. Jo Whiley does the honours with the red ribbon after which The Twang, The Young Knives and The Holloways will be entertaining the crowd. The Futureheads will be performing a DJ set as well, which is nice.
The ever impressive Steve Arnott will be standing underneath the stairs again at the Frog & Frigate this coming Friday. As it's also Red Nose Day there's a slim chance he may treat you to a couple of the (fairly rude) comedic songs he knows, make him an offer and see what he says.
And that just about wraps it up for this week, this afternoon I was mostly listening to OKGo and contemplating buying several treadmills to furnish my lounge with.
:o)
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
A fairly pointless thing for Last.FM users to play with...
If, like me, you're a sucker for Last.FM you may be interested in this fairly pointless internet doohickey I stumbled across.
The AEP Calculator works out how diverse your musical tastes are, or not, based on the top 50 artists in your Last.FM overall chart. Utilising some off-screen jiggery-pokery it does some sums and returns a number, usually under 5, equating to how varied your aural choices have been.
Greater than 4 means a very diverse taste in music, greater than 3 means fairly diverse taste in music, and so on. A 0 would most likely mean you listen to one artist obsessively, lower than that, and minus figures are possible, and you're probably faking it.
If you want to check what your AEP (apparently it stands for Anti-Exponential Profile) is then just click here and enter your Last.FM username in the box. Once your AEP is worked out you can add it to your Last.FM profile, show it off to your friends, that sort of thing.
My AEP is (currently) 3.09, though I think I could boost that it if I listen to more nose flute and Bulgarian hip-hop. Well, it's something to do.
The AEP Calculator works out how diverse your musical tastes are, or not, based on the top 50 artists in your Last.FM overall chart. Utilising some off-screen jiggery-pokery it does some sums and returns a number, usually under 5, equating to how varied your aural choices have been.
Greater than 4 means a very diverse taste in music, greater than 3 means fairly diverse taste in music, and so on. A 0 would most likely mean you listen to one artist obsessively, lower than that, and minus figures are possible, and you're probably faking it.
If you want to check what your AEP (apparently it stands for Anti-Exponential Profile) is then just click here and enter your Last.FM username in the box. Once your AEP is worked out you can add it to your Last.FM profile, show it off to your friends, that sort of thing.
My AEP is (currently) 3.09, though I think I could boost that it if I listen to more nose flute and Bulgarian hip-hop. Well, it's something to do.
Thursday, March 08, 2007
The Gigwatcher 08/03/2007
I feel like a military academy, bits of me keep passing out.
No, it's not the latest song by Panic at the Disco, it's genuinely how I feel today. After helping Banto move house yesterday (hence the 24 hour delay in the Gigwatcher hitting the streets) I appear to have discovered muscles that I'd long neglected. After discovering them I gave them a good kicking and told them not to bother me again.
Does anyone have a girdle I could borrow?
*koff*
Eyes down for a full house, here's what I found listed in the back pages of this week's NME:
The Xcerts @ The Joiners, Southampton - 12/03/2007
The Electric Cinema @ Pressure Point, Brighton - 27/03/2007
The Rakes @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 30/03/2007
Camera Obscura @ The Joiners, Southampton - 04/04/2007
Fortune Drive @ Ocean Rooms, Brighton - 07/04/2007
The Moths @ Audio, Brighton - 13/04/2007
Camera Obscura @ Komedia, Brighton - 17/04/2007
The Electric Soft Parade @ The Joiners, Southampton - 29/04/2007
Mr Hudson & The Library @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 20/05/2007
If I'm not liberally spraying parts of myself with Ralgex (which, as everyone knows, has a more potent effect than Lynx) I'll update the SoMC Events Calendar to include the above gigs. The Events Calendar is sprinkled with a wide variety of gigs in this here locale, to access it all you need do is register on the SoMC forum. For your consideration I've snipped the following gigs from it:
Jack Peñate @ The Railway Inn, Winchester - 09/03/2007
Dragon Eye Morrison @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 10/03/2007
Rachelle Van Zante @ The Railway Inn, Winchester - 14/03/2007
Mastodon @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 14/03/2007
Perfect Alibi @ The Brook, Southampton - 24/03/2007
Keith Waith and the Macusi Players @ The Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham - 24/03/2007
Martin Simpson @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 28/03/2007
Scott Matthews @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 03/04/2007
Racketeers @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 13/04/2007
Julian Cope @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 15/05/2007
As nearly every other date on the Cold War Kids current tour has SOLD OUT it should come as no surprise that their gig at The Wedgewood Rooms on Thursday 19th April has done the same. Grobbits. The 36 Crazyfists gig at The Wedgewood Rooms on Sunday 22nd April has also SOLD OUT.
The Red Stripe Music Award 2007 Tour, effectively a countrywide battle of the bands competition (though the website says otherwise), pitches up at Talking Heads in Southampton on Thursday 12th April. Local acts Hijera, The Young Brothers Band and I Falter will be plying their trade in front of press, promoters and A&R types. Once the tour finishes in April a judging panel (made up of A&R teams present at each gig) will pick the best six acts from the whole shebang. The final will be held in London in May with the winning act receiving a support slot on tour with "a profile band". Which is nice.
The most excellent Erin McKeown has been announced as the support for the equally excellent Thea Gilmore on her imminent tour (which visits The Brook on Sunday 18th March). I'll be there, as will Smudger and The Shar, and hopefully I'll have recovered from whatever St Patrick's Day shenanigans I inflict on my liver the night before.
And that just about wraps it up for this week, this afternoon I mostly listened to Pure Reason Revolution (which doesn't sound like a good name for a band, but it is.. a band I mean) and the sonorous offerings of Mr Perry's Didgeridoo (which isn't a band but sounds as though it should be).
:o)
No, it's not the latest song by Panic at the Disco, it's genuinely how I feel today. After helping Banto move house yesterday (hence the 24 hour delay in the Gigwatcher hitting the streets) I appear to have discovered muscles that I'd long neglected. After discovering them I gave them a good kicking and told them not to bother me again.
Does anyone have a girdle I could borrow?
*koff*
Eyes down for a full house, here's what I found listed in the back pages of this week's NME:
The Xcerts @ The Joiners, Southampton - 12/03/2007
The Electric Cinema @ Pressure Point, Brighton - 27/03/2007
The Rakes @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 30/03/2007
Camera Obscura @ The Joiners, Southampton - 04/04/2007
Fortune Drive @ Ocean Rooms, Brighton - 07/04/2007
The Moths @ Audio, Brighton - 13/04/2007
Camera Obscura @ Komedia, Brighton - 17/04/2007
The Electric Soft Parade @ The Joiners, Southampton - 29/04/2007
Mr Hudson & The Library @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 20/05/2007
If I'm not liberally spraying parts of myself with Ralgex (which, as everyone knows, has a more potent effect than Lynx) I'll update the SoMC Events Calendar to include the above gigs. The Events Calendar is sprinkled with a wide variety of gigs in this here locale, to access it all you need do is register on the SoMC forum. For your consideration I've snipped the following gigs from it:
Jack Peñate @ The Railway Inn, Winchester - 09/03/2007
Dragon Eye Morrison @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 10/03/2007
Rachelle Van Zante @ The Railway Inn, Winchester - 14/03/2007
Mastodon @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 14/03/2007
Perfect Alibi @ The Brook, Southampton - 24/03/2007
Keith Waith and the Macusi Players @ The Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham - 24/03/2007
Martin Simpson @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 28/03/2007
Scott Matthews @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 03/04/2007
Racketeers @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 13/04/2007
Julian Cope @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 15/05/2007
As nearly every other date on the Cold War Kids current tour has SOLD OUT it should come as no surprise that their gig at The Wedgewood Rooms on Thursday 19th April has done the same. Grobbits. The 36 Crazyfists gig at The Wedgewood Rooms on Sunday 22nd April has also SOLD OUT.
The Red Stripe Music Award 2007 Tour, effectively a countrywide battle of the bands competition (though the website says otherwise), pitches up at Talking Heads in Southampton on Thursday 12th April. Local acts Hijera, The Young Brothers Band and I Falter will be plying their trade in front of press, promoters and A&R types. Once the tour finishes in April a judging panel (made up of A&R teams present at each gig) will pick the best six acts from the whole shebang. The final will be held in London in May with the winning act receiving a support slot on tour with "a profile band". Which is nice.
The most excellent Erin McKeown has been announced as the support for the equally excellent Thea Gilmore on her imminent tour (which visits The Brook on Sunday 18th March). I'll be there, as will Smudger and The Shar, and hopefully I'll have recovered from whatever St Patrick's Day shenanigans I inflict on my liver the night before.
And that just about wraps it up for this week, this afternoon I mostly listened to Pure Reason Revolution (which doesn't sound like a good name for a band, but it is.. a band I mean) and the sonorous offerings of Mr Perry's Didgeridoo (which isn't a band but sounds as though it should be).
:o)
Thursday, March 01, 2007
Brannigan's Law at "the ultimate venue"
Mr Shue has given me the head's up on the next outing for the mighty Brannigan's Law. They'll be clambering onto a boat and heading out into the Solent for a gig on one of Lord Palmerston's follies:
As venue's go it's definitely one of strangest (not quite as bizarre as Sealand I'll grant you but it's not far off) and has all the makings of an excellent evening. Local bands The Fret, The Model Village and Brannigan's Law are all confirmed, Reading's The Skies complete the bill and tickets are a bargain £10.
OK so there's the additional £5 for the boat to Spitbank Fort to consider but, for a night's entertainment in most unusual surroundings, I can't see that being a problem. Buy your tickets, buy them now.
As venue's go it's definitely one of strangest (not quite as bizarre as Sealand I'll grant you but it's not far off) and has all the makings of an excellent evening. Local bands The Fret, The Model Village and Brannigan's Law are all confirmed, Reading's The Skies complete the bill and tickets are a bargain £10.
OK so there's the additional £5 for the boat to Spitbank Fort to consider but, for a night's entertainment in most unusual surroundings, I can't see that being a problem. Buy your tickets, buy them now.
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
The Gigwatcher 28/02/2007
Thorin sits down and starts singing about gold.
So I ventured down into the staff restaurant at lunchtime, wondering what delights would await me as a Medieval theme menu had been organised for us hard-working civil service types. Much to my chagrin there were no busty wenches serving mead from large earthenware jugs, a serious lack of jousting and not one person humming the Knights of the Round Table song from Monty Python and The Holy Grail.
*koff*
OK, so hands up who's now got the tune in their heads? Excellent! Moving swiftly on, here's what I found listed in the back pages of this week's NME:
The Strange Death of Liberal England @ The Joiners, Southampton - 08/03/2007
The Five O'Clock Heroes @ The Joiners, Southampton - 18/03/2007
The Strange Death of Liberal England @ The Registry, Portsmouth - 29/03/2007
SixNationState @ The Joiners, Southampton - 06/04/2007
Midlake @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 12/04/2007
Yourcodenameis:Milo @ The Joiners, Southampton - 16/04/2007
The Wombats @ Unit22, Southampton - 05/05/2007
The Pigeon Detectives @ Southampton University - 20/05/2007
Travis @ BIC, Bournemouth - 23/05/2007
New Young Pony Club @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 07/06/2007
New Young Pony Club @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 08/06/2007
I'll add those gigs into the SoMC Events Calendar as soon as I can, if I'm not too busy quaffing ale or saving young maidens from fiery dragons that is. The Events Calendar is jam packed of all sorts of gigs in the local area and can be clicked through to your heart's content just as soon as you've registered on the forum. To pique your interest I've plucked the following gigs from it:
Monique & The Paris Lite Band @ New Theatre Royal, Portsmouth - 02/03/2007
Polly & The Billet Doux @ The Railway Inn, Winchester - 04/03/2007
Barclay James Harvest @ The Anvil, Basingstoke - 13/03/2007
Archie Bronson Outfit @ Audio, Brighton - 20/03/2007
DJ Format @ Ryde Theatre, Ryde - 24/03/2007
The Exits @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 31/03/2007
Martin Carthy @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 11/04/2007
Little Green @ The Joiners, Southampton - 18/04/2007
Anti-Nowhere League @ The Railway Inn, Winchester - 19/04/2007
Ugly Duckling @ The Consortium, Bournemouth - 27/04/2007
Bedouin Soundclash's gig at The Wedgewood Rooms on Thursday 15th March is now SOLD OUT. In a not so surprising turn of events so is the Rick Buckler & Bruce Foxton (from The Jam) gig there on Sunday 27th May.
Pancake Eating Freaks will be supporting The Rage Against The Machine UK Tribute at The Wedgewood Rooms on Friday 16th March. I mention this as it's also their uncle's birthday the same day. He's asked me to ask you to buy him a drink if you see him there, I'm sure you good people won't let me down.
The really rather tuneful One Weird Fish will be appearing at The Cellars at Eastney this Saturday. I'll be there and, although it's not my birthday until May, I'll let you buy me a drink if you feel you must. I'm easy like that.
If you're as confused by the current music licensing laws as I am then why not make yourself heard. A petition has been posted at the Number 10 website for you to register your disapproval, just point your browser here and do the necessary.
And that just about wraps it up for this week, this afternoon I was mostly listening to ELO. Rock. Next week I'll be helping Banto move house, so the Gigwatcher will be hitting the streets on Thursday.
:o)
So I ventured down into the staff restaurant at lunchtime, wondering what delights would await me as a Medieval theme menu had been organised for us hard-working civil service types. Much to my chagrin there were no busty wenches serving mead from large earthenware jugs, a serious lack of jousting and not one person humming the Knights of the Round Table song from Monty Python and The Holy Grail.
*koff*
OK, so hands up who's now got the tune in their heads? Excellent! Moving swiftly on, here's what I found listed in the back pages of this week's NME:
The Strange Death of Liberal England @ The Joiners, Southampton - 08/03/2007
The Five O'Clock Heroes @ The Joiners, Southampton - 18/03/2007
The Strange Death of Liberal England @ The Registry, Portsmouth - 29/03/2007
SixNationState @ The Joiners, Southampton - 06/04/2007
Midlake @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 12/04/2007
Yourcodenameis:Milo @ The Joiners, Southampton - 16/04/2007
The Wombats @ Unit22, Southampton - 05/05/2007
The Pigeon Detectives @ Southampton University - 20/05/2007
Travis @ BIC, Bournemouth - 23/05/2007
New Young Pony Club @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 07/06/2007
New Young Pony Club @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 08/06/2007
I'll add those gigs into the SoMC Events Calendar as soon as I can, if I'm not too busy quaffing ale or saving young maidens from fiery dragons that is. The Events Calendar is jam packed of all sorts of gigs in the local area and can be clicked through to your heart's content just as soon as you've registered on the forum. To pique your interest I've plucked the following gigs from it:
Monique & The Paris Lite Band @ New Theatre Royal, Portsmouth - 02/03/2007
Polly & The Billet Doux @ The Railway Inn, Winchester - 04/03/2007
Barclay James Harvest @ The Anvil, Basingstoke - 13/03/2007
Archie Bronson Outfit @ Audio, Brighton - 20/03/2007
DJ Format @ Ryde Theatre, Ryde - 24/03/2007
The Exits @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 31/03/2007
Martin Carthy @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 11/04/2007
Little Green @ The Joiners, Southampton - 18/04/2007
Anti-Nowhere League @ The Railway Inn, Winchester - 19/04/2007
Ugly Duckling @ The Consortium, Bournemouth - 27/04/2007
Bedouin Soundclash's gig at The Wedgewood Rooms on Thursday 15th March is now SOLD OUT. In a not so surprising turn of events so is the Rick Buckler & Bruce Foxton (from The Jam) gig there on Sunday 27th May.
Pancake Eating Freaks will be supporting The Rage Against The Machine UK Tribute at The Wedgewood Rooms on Friday 16th March. I mention this as it's also their uncle's birthday the same day. He's asked me to ask you to buy him a drink if you see him there, I'm sure you good people won't let me down.
The really rather tuneful One Weird Fish will be appearing at The Cellars at Eastney this Saturday. I'll be there and, although it's not my birthday until May, I'll let you buy me a drink if you feel you must. I'm easy like that.
If you're as confused by the current music licensing laws as I am then why not make yourself heard. A petition has been posted at the Number 10 website for you to register your disapproval, just point your browser here and do the necessary.
And that just about wraps it up for this week, this afternoon I was mostly listening to ELO. Rock. Next week I'll be helping Banto move house, so the Gigwatcher will be hitting the streets on Thursday.
:o)
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