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ILLUSTRATION “BENCH” by ROSA DODD Rosa Dodd studied Illustration at University College Falmouth, graduating in 2008. Since graduating, she’s worked as a freelance illustrator, and is based in Bristol. She is influenced by travelling and the interesting people that she meets, and is currently working on some pieces inspired by a recent trip to Japan. She is soon to start a postgraduate course in scenic art, and hopes to work as a scenic painter alongside her freelance illustration practice. You can check out more of her work at rosadodd.com or email her at rosad@hotmail.co.uk

FEATURES party 10 Bloc Knock yer bloc off

13 Kat Marsh Super-loop talent

15 Hey Molly Supporting Muse

55 Study This

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NEWS Sshh! Party Animals At Paignton Zoo

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THIS MONTH WE ARE... …excited to announce the launch of the second Student Model Search. After the massive success of last year’s competition, where we crowned University of Plymouth students Selina Turfus and Akim Ellah (pictured) as our winners, we’re launching the 2009/2010 Student Model Search this month. We’ll be at the University of Plymouth freshers fair on 23 and 24 September handing out awesome freebies in our goody bags and searching for some fresh new faces for this year’s competition. The winners will receive a whole load of great stuff from haircuts to clothing and will also star in a fashion shoot in 247 Magazine.

This year, the competition is being run in association with some of Plymouth’s coolest independent businesses, which all happen to be based on Ebrington Street (just near Charles Cross Roundabout and Drake Circus mall).

We’ve got Forty Five, a funky fashion store with a cute coffee shop; Prime, Plymouth’s core skate scene hangout and clothing retailer; boutique hair salon Arena and stylish homeware and accessories shop Home. Pop on down to Ebrington Street to check them out, and email 247@outofhand. co.uk if you’re a student and you’d like details on how to enter the competition.

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Paignton Zoo is celebrating its first ever silent disco, which will take place in the heart of the Zoo on Saturday 31 October (that’s right, on Halloween), by offering a free pair of tickets to one lucky reader! If that wasn’t enough there’s five pairs of day tickets to the Zoo for runners up, all exclusively for 247 readers. A silent disco is perfect for Paignton Zoo - it means they can host a fantastic, Halloween themed party without spooking the animals. Outside you won’t be able to hear the beats or the tunes - just the sound of you guys having a great time! Thousands of zoo animals will sleep soundly while revellers dance until the stroke of midnight. The event is being staged by Silent Arena and two of their turntable-tastic DJs will be transmitting to a crowd of over 300 party animals. Make sure you come in your most chilling costume for a chance to win a ghoulish prize in the fancy dress competition!

This exciting event is sponsored by yours truly and by Event Security South West (eventsecuritysouthwest.co.uk). Tickets are £15 (including deposit refunded on return of undamaged headphones). Tickets go on sale from 1 September and will be available from Paignton Zoo on 01803 697500. Doors open 7.30pm for 8pm start. ID will be required on entry.

Funds raised from the Halloween Silent Disco go towards the Zoo’s conservation projects. For more on the Zoo, see paigntonzoo.org.uk To enter the competition for tickets to the Halloween Silent Disco email 247@ outofhand.co.uk with SILENT DISCO in the subject line. Make sure you include your name, date of birth, a contact number, and your address. All entrants must be aged 18 or over. Competition closes 30 Sept.

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One Snowboarding

Following on from his retirement at the end of last season, Plymouth based former Olympic snowboarder Dan Wakeham recently announced that he will be going into partnership with the British Freestyle Team Head Coach, Hamish McKnight to create One Snowboarding, with snowboard camps being held in Morzine and Avoriaz in France that are aimed at those who are ready to “open their eyes and mind to the world of freestyle snowboarding.” With the likes of 2009 X-Games Slopestyle gold medallist Jenny Jones, two time Olympian Lesley McKenna and GB team member and Sessions pro rider Angus Leith on board to coach alongside Dan and Hamish, these all inclusive one week long camps look set to be of the highest standard.

We caught up with Dan for a quick chat about the camps and he told us, “I have been lucky enough to be trained by some of the worlds top coaches and have first hand experience on how to do tricks for the first time safely.” He added, “With the camps, I want to help people progress to the best of their ability and also pick out some young hopeful talent. If any riders really show potential then there is a chance for them to join the British Freestyle and Olympic development team.” As well as running invite only Development Camps which will focus on those identified as the UK’s most talented freestyle snowboarders, anyone who can already snowboard in a confident and controlled manner can book a place on the standard camps where they’ll be coached to push their snowboarding as far as they can. The first One Snowboarding camp is in December, and as all airport transfers, luxury accommodation, food, lift passes and coaching is already in place, all you need to do is book up and get on a flight. So what has Dan got in mind to impress his students? “My speciality is the halfpipe,” he explains. “I like to boost as high as I can in the air with flips and spins. When you get that right then that can be impressive.” If you want to learn more, and to book your place on the camps, go to onesnowboarding.co.uk

THE EDGE Email news to: 247@outofhand.co.uk Plymouth based vintage boutique Faux Couture are now stocking top notch basics brand AMERICAN APPAREL. With uniquely customised tees and super soft hoodies as part of their range, the shop, which is situated in Grosvenor House just behind Mutley Plain, adds the fashionistas favourite brand to their stock of quality vintage and second hand clothing, accessories, shoes and more. fauxcouture.co.uk Whether you’re a witch or a wizard, your help is required for this year’s MONSTER MARCH, a parade of monstrous (fancy dress) characters that will raise money for Help for Heroes as part of Barnstaple Carnival in Barnstaple on 19 September.

Get into costume and help raise as much money as possible for the charity. Organisers RAMUK69 Films will also be releasing a free to download album featuring tracks donated by local and international bands to celebrate the Monster March.

DAMIEN HIRST’s large vitrine work ‘The Child’s Dream’, which features a “unicorn” in a gold plated container of formaldehyde, will go on display at Tate St Ives this autumn. It’s the first major artwork to be shown by Bristol born Hirst in the South West and will be part of the exhibition ‘The Dark Monarch: Magic and Modernity in Modern Art’, which opens on 10 Oct 2009. tate.org.uk/stives Active lifestyle brand FAT FACE are giving away a split screen VW Campervan to celebrate their 21st birthday. Pretty generous, hey!? To enter, go to fatface. com/winacamper and enter your details. Good luck!

The BRITISH BODYBOARD CLUB NATIONALS take place on 5 and 6 September at Porthtowan. With categories including under 18s, 16s and 14s, women and seniors, there should be plenty of action on the waves, and there’s a £3000 prize purse up for grabs too. britishbodyboardclub.co.uk A TALENT NIGHT will be held at Annabel’s Cabaret and Discotheque in Plymouth on 10 September to raise funds for the Judy Dawson Charitable Trust. Both music and comedy acts will showcase their talents in the hope of winning a gig at Annabels at a later date. For more information on the charity see judystrust.org.uk Torquay’s specialist music shop Drum was relaunched on 5 September with a new name and a whole new range of equipment under new name THE MUSIC ROOM. After the closure of local music shop Soundpad, Drum (previously a specialist drum shop) will now expand

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NEWS South West Bands Set To Rock Rampage Final

Seth Lakeman Tour Devon folk star Seth Lakeman takes to the road this winter on a tour that culminates at Shepherds Bush Empire in London. He stops off at Falmouth’s Princess Pavilion on 8 Nov (tickets £18 from the box office on 01326 211222.) and at Exeter’s Great Hall on 7 Dec and Bristol Academy on 12 Dec (tickets for those two shows are £16 from gigsandtours.com) – don’t miss your chance to see his energetic, thrilling live show. The Mercury Music Prize nominated artist has been hailed as a new folk hero by The Times, and his songs tell dark tales of Dartmoor legends, shipwrecks and sailors.

Gallows In Falmouth

Punk rockers Gallows will play a show in Falmouth this December as part of their upcoming tour. After their second album ‘Grey Britain’, stormed into the top 20 earlier this year, they played a sell out tour of the country and have been hailed as one of the most exciting bands to come out of the underground scene. They return to Falmouth’s Princess Pavilion on 9 December, where they’ll be supported by rock ‘n’ roll punk outfit Sharks, tickets are £12 and are available from See Tickets seetickets.com 0871 2200260 (24hr) or from the Princess Pavilion box office on 01326 211222.

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Winners Goldie Comes To Do It The Chy Online

We’ve got a whole load of exciting new stuff up on our website – from exclusive interviews and videos to competitions. This month, check out our competition to win tickets to see Enter Shikari. Watch our exclusive video chat with Kat Marsh at Press Pack Studios, and catch up with Zero 7 in another exclusive 247 Magazine interview.

Log on, don’t miss out: 247magazine.co.uk

Multi talented artist and musician Goldie comes down to Cornwall this month for an exciting series of events at the Chy Bar in Newquay. He’ll showcase his array of talents from 19 – 21 September with everything kicking off on the Saturday as he plays one of his legendary drum and bass sets. He’ll also be exhibiting his own artwork, doing a public reading from his autobiography and a public meet and greet. For more info, call the Chy on 01637 873415.

The finals of the Teenage Rampage tour take place on 19 September at Bristol’s Colston Hall, with five talented young bands from across the region performing alongside bands like Johnny Foreigner, Blakfish, Tubelord and Turbowolf. The five acts have all been selected to perform at the final and were chosen from the 25 acts who have performed at Teenage Rampage heats across the South West. The finalists include all girl band Orkid from Plymouth, male four piece Terrible Strangers from Exeter and Cornwall’s Oracy. They’re joined by The Naturals from Bristol and Napoleon in Rags from Swindon. Alongside their opportunity to play at the finals, the bands have also won the chance to lay down a track in a professional studio, have their songs featured on the official “Teenage Rampage Tour 2009” CD and have the chance to be assigned an industry mentor and team built around their act. Speaking about their opportunity to play at the event, The Orkid said, “We’re so excited to be playing at Colston Hall! We will be practising every day in the run up to the event and cannot wait to get on stage and play in front of the huge audience, definitely the biggest crowd we have had the chance to play to.” With industry figureheads like Conal Dodds (Oasis’s promoter) and Chris Morrison (Blur’s manager) on board, this highly credible contest takes place as part of a week of events to celebrate the opening of the £20 million redevelopment of Colston Hall’s foyer. The events on 19 Sept also include workshops and performances covering music, circus, graffiti, theatre and comedy from 10am – 1pm. See this top local talent before they make it big! bristolmusicfoundation.com/ teenagerampage

NEWS Music Truro

Truro’s second annual music festival takes place in the city this month with loads of events happening at a range of venues – don’t miss the Student Karaoke Special at Bunters Bar on 14 Sept (7pm – late), there will be prizes for the best and worst singers of the night so grab that mic and pay tribute to your musical idols (or murder the classics) with your friends. Zebs at The Leats in Truro will open their doors for young people to explore how to create pop/rock music with events dedicated to both young musicians and bands. There’s an Acoustic night at Vertigo on 17 Sept, a stylish bar on St Marys Street on the same day, featuring All The Fires, Tony Haven, Sam Naylor, Sophie Stokes and Samuel Powell from 8pm. Also on 17 Sept, catch some of the South West’s best classic and contemporary songwriters at The One Eyed Cat on Kenwyn St from 7.30pm – 11pm. Don’t miss Cabaret at the Cat on 18 Sept where Rogue Theatre and Cscape Dance Company present their hilarious musical cabaret from 8pm – late (tickets £10). And there’s a busking competition taking place at various locations throughout the city centre on 19 Sept so there will be music on every corner! Email amy@eventcornwall.co.uk to register for the competition. Go to enjoytruro.co.uk for more information and a full line up of events.

As part of the 2009 Dartington College of Arts MA shows, local band Matthew Board and the Family Tree play a gig at the Great Hall on 25 September. The captivating five piece use bouncy beats and have an epic, soulful sound, and will be performing at this one off show specially created for the venue in Dartington.

We caught up with frontman Matthew Board, who is currently finishing his Masters degree at Dartington for a quick chat to learn more…

Tell us more about your musical career I was a solo singer songwriter before I moved back from Bristol to find a band and start my MA. Matthew Board & The Family Tree has really developed over the past year, with Grace Billings on piano, vocals and organ, Sam Craigen on bass, Andrew Hopper, guitar and vocals and Steve Jackson on drums. It’s been amazing to have found such a fantastic group of musicians that are such good mates.

What makes this gig at the Great Hall so special?

The gig is the result of the last three years of writing and recording, the band will be accompanied by a string section which has been scored by Sam Swallow of the Hooziers, and as well as having a horn section, we will also be debuting new material written especially for the acoustics of the Great Hall. The Hall itself is such an epic space, the acoustics and grandeur are special and unique.

Where would you like your career to go from here?

In the next six months we plan to keep writing from our base in Totnes and get back into the Studio to record more album demos. We are lucky enough to be working with Tom Joyce at Sawmills Studios on tracks for our first album.

bring their Fashion Fair back to Devonshire House, Exeter on 11 October from 10am until 5pm. From Balenciaga to Biba, stallholders at the fair are some of the finest traders in the South West, and will be offering vintage treasures at affordable prices – don’t be afraid to haggle! Tickets are £4.50 (£3.50conc) and the fair runs from 10am – 5pm. blindlemonvintage.co.uk The NEW BLOOD TOUR promises to bring you some of the best new musical talent in the UK, and it hits Exeter this month with a gig at The Cavern on 11 September. Don’t miss your chance to see The Victorian English Gentleman’s Club, Kong and Kasms. Best of all, tickets to the gig are free – all you have to do is log on to schuhstore. co.uk/newblood/ and register.

(Tickets will be available on the door priced at £5).

Matthew Board and The Family Tree

What are you influenced and inspired by?

Growing up and living in the South West has greatly influenced me.

The amazing countryside and communities you meet always drive me to write and perform. I’m inspired by interesting and eccentric characters, European cities, vintage flea markets. Time spent in Berlin and Paris have given me a wealth of experiences and inspiration along with the amazing friends I’ve met along the way, gigs on boats, trams, squats and under the Eiffel Tower have all helped to craft these new tracks. I’m also inspired people’s independent creativity and record labels like ‘Woodland’ who create small runs of beautifully hand crafted CDs.

their stock to include guitars, bass guitars and loads more, as well as still carrying the specialist drum stock that has given them their sound reputation. The launch on 5 Sept features great discounts, champagne, local food and live demos from local musician Kris Barras. Music Room manager Joe Sansome said, “We are really excited about this new venture, and we are looking forward to supplying all the local musicians, and exploring more of what the local music scene has to offer.”

TOTNES FESTIVAL takes place in the town from 4 – 13 Sept with music, art, crafts, literature, fashion, film, food and ecology focused events. Highlights include Rambunctious Rhythm on 5 Sept and Sound Transmission Sound System on 11 Sept, both at the Barrel House. totnesfestival.com

Prime Skate Park Fundraisers

Every Thursday at the White Rabbit in Plymouth from 24 September there will be a fundraiser for Prime Skate Park.

Run by Nick and Lynne Marker and situated on Ebrington St, Prime is a core skate scene hangout and super cool shop.

With plans to open their skate park in October, it’s full steam ahead to get the necessary funds together for the project.

Thursday nights at White Rabbit will comprise guest DJs, film screenings, Lynn-e-oke karaoke fun times and a bit of skate action just outside the venue at Bretonside Bus Station. See primedelux.com for more.

Joss Stone’s mum held the grand opening of MAMA STONES music venue in Exeter at the start of September, with sold out show from Joss herself.

With acts like Adam Isaac, The Quails, Albenaza, N.U.M.B and Willie and the Bandits all booked to appear at the new venue over the next couple of months, it looks like this is set to become a great destination for quality live music. See mamastones.com for more info.

If you like live music and acoustic stuff floats your boat, then listen up. Exeter Phoenix have just announced a brand new annual music festival of acoustic music that kicks off this month from 18 – 20 September.

ACOUSTICA FESTIVAL builds on Exeter Phoenix’s already excellent music programme, this festival will feature four stages of alt-folk, folktronica, and Americana with acts like Tuung (pictured) and the Ivor Novello nominated The Leisure Society already confirmed to appear. See acousticafestival.co.uk for more information and to buy tickets (tickets are £12 for each day or £28 for the whole weekend). magazine | 9

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Bloc Party’s story begins at Reading Festival, 1999. Friends Kele Okereke and Russell Lissack bumped into each other and decided to form a band.

They found bassist, Gordon Moakes, through an ad in the NME, and drummer Matt Tong after he auditioned. The band got their big break when Kele handed copies of their debut single to Alex Kapranos, lead singer of Franz Ferdinand, and Radio 1 DJ Steve Lamaq, way back in 2003, and since then their electro infused, guitar led sound has won them critical acclaim and many fans. They’ve released on credible London based indie label Moshi Moshi (along with Hot Chip and The Rakes) and signed with the equally cool Wichita Recordings. With their indie credentials firmly in place, Bloc Party continued to record and release albums (their third and most recent studio album came out in August 2008) as well as touring and playing festivals all over the world.

This autumn sees the band take to the road once more, for their Bloctober tour.

247 caught up with lead singer Kele at home in London on a rare day off, as he was getting ready to visit the Tate then catch up with some friends. “We don’t get much time off,” he says. “And when we do, I don’t want to do anything too strenuous. It’s important to have time to decompress. Generally we get a day or two at home before we have to go off again. That’s how it’s been for the last five years, so this year we’ve been trying to do it differently, just to keep us sane.” He sounds awkward, maybe even hesitant, and more than once asks to move on to the next question – he doesn’t want to talk about the music he’s currently writing. “I haven’t done any interviews for a long time,” he explains.

“I’m kind of a bit out of practice.” Kele is notoriously shy, and dislikes interviews.

His lack of comfort with being interviewed might be down to his stutter, which isn’t as prominent as you’re led to believe.

Occasionally, his sentences snag, but it’s quickly overcome. He seems confident, maybe even a bit arrogant, but hey, this is the lead singer of Bloc Party after all – so we’ll make allowances for his ego.

Described as being highly self critical, 28 year old Kele says that he never thinks

things are finished until he feels he’s given 100%. Fiddling with his shoelaces, he says, “You know, in six months time you might feel differently, but now it’s important for me not to leave things unless I feel that I’ve given everything.”

His shoelace snaps off in his hand. “Shit.

It’s alright. They were old shoelaces…”

Footwear distractions and his apparent unease at interviews aside, Kele is clearly passionate about music, and seems much happier talking about that. Bloc Party have released remix versions of their first and third albums, although the remix of Intimacy wasn’t received well by critics. Kele defends the remix albums by saying they are a way of putting something out there that could be enjoyed differently. “We’re big fans of dancing, and dance music,” he explains.

So if he could work with anyone on remixes, who would he choose? “I’m not sure about a remix but it would be

as unique as possible. He explains; “You don’t want to use the same model that every other band uses. We will carve out our own path, then there’s something unique about us and our music. We just want to keep making music that we’re proud of, and keep trying to have a dialogue with our fanbase as opposed to the conventional way of just putting stuff out there.”

The band get their opportunity to refresh that dialogue with their fans on their October tour, when they’ll spend a gruelling month doing 23 dates at venues all over the UK. Kele says, “I’m looking forward to playing some venues again, connecting with our fans up and down the British Isles. Although its quite long, I’m still pretty excited about it.” And do they have anything special in store for their shows? “We did a show recently in Australia where we played the first album in its entirety, and it was just a spur of the moment kind of thing, but it was incredibly enjoyable for us, I think that this tour we’re going to definitely try to reconnect with all of our records, there are some songs that we haven’t played on the second record, or songs from the third record… we just want to make it interesting for ourselves.”

At this point in the interview, Kele is still fidgeting and dodges another question about writing new Bloc Party material. nice to get Missy Elliott to come and But he suddenly perks up when asked rap on one of our tracks. It would be what he’d do if the band split tomorrow. pretty funny. I’ve got a peculiar sense “Ooh, that’s an interesting question,” of humour when it comes to things like he exclaims. “I don’t really know… I’d that. Well, it wouldn’t be funny, it would have to start my life again.” He pauses. be interesting.”

“If I wasn’t in music, I think I’d like to teach. I’d become a primary school Their third album, Intimacy, is said teacher. Everyone I know who teaches to have taken a more experimental says its really hard work, but I think kids approach to their brand of spiky guitar rock, using unconventional arrangements are really funny. Inspiring young people to be good is really important, and I and more electronic elements than the guess it’s similar to what we do. I feel band had used before. “On our third like we’re inspirational to young people, album I think we explored and some and that’s a good feeling. And I think of grounds we’d never really covered. the teachers I’ve had along the way who We used, and are still using recording have inspired me… Yeah, I think that’s techniques that we’ve never really used the only thing I’d do if I wasn’t doing this.” before.” He pauses. “I don’t know. It’s hard for me to step back and be critical of our work, because I’m completely Catch Bloc Party at Bristol Academy on immersed in it. But I think we needed 20 October, Truro’s Hall For Cornwall on 22 October, and Plymouth Pavilions to keep things exciting for ourselves, we on 23 October. (Or you never know, try to do that with every record, we’ve if things don’t work out, at a primary always been pushing through walls, I guess.” With the music industry’s current school near you…) evolution to keep pace with the manner blocparty.com in which music is consumed, Kele says that Bloc Party will address this by being Words: Lauren Taverner Brown magazine | 11

Kat Marsh is a superbly talented singer songwriter who wows audiences with her powerful voice and skilful use of a loop pedal, creating her own backing track by recording and sampling her instruments and vocals live on stage. She describes her sound as eclectic and evolving, with elements of blues, pop, soul, dance and funk and a wide range of musical influences all showing clearly in her music.

She’s been performing solo since 2006, and recently recorded her live DVD at Press Pack Studios in Plymouth, with the launch of the DVD taking place at Annabels in Plymouth just last month. We caught up with Kat and Press Pack head honcho Joe Biddle at the studio just before the DVD launch for a demonstration on just how that loop pedal makes Kat’s sound so unique – go to 247magazine.co.uk to see an exclusive video, filmed and edited by Owen Tanner (Press Pack video producer) and Scot Weller (Fire and Ice Productions).

First picking up a guitar at the age of 16, Kat taught herself to play by learning her favourite songs. “I like playing guitar, but I love playing bass!” she tells us. “I got my first bass when I was 21 and it just clicked.” Alongside her musical talents, her vocal performance is just as impressive. “My voice started to develop when I was about 13. It took a long time to be able to sing properly in front of people, and I’ve never had singing lessons,” she admits. “I’ve kind of accumulated all my knowledge about proper technique and warm ups as I’ve gone along.”

Family videos show a two year old Kat singing for her family, but now you’re more likely to find her performing at venues around the South West with her guitar, her BOSS RC-50 loop pedal and drum machine. She explains more; “I used to loop with a more basic pedal, but I was at Mansons guitar shop in Exeter last year and one of the guys there offered me a big discount on the RC-50 because he’d seen me play before.” She continues, “I went for it and it’s worked out great. It gives me loads more flexibility in terms of making songs and performing. I added an Akai MPC drum machine/ sampler a few months after I got the RC-50 so I can record my own beats too.”

Kat’s sound is soulful and funky, and she lists the likes of Whitney Houston and Prince amongst her influences, saying, “I love divas, both male and female – Yma Sumac, Christina Aguilera, Aretha Franklin, Jeff Buckley – they’re all big influences. And in terms of music, I really love Lykke Li, the Mars Volta, Crazy Arm, Fink, Beyonce, Regina Spektor and Rage Against The Machine. That’s just a few, I could go on and on!”

With a string of dates around the South West coming up this month, Kat is also making plans to record her album. “I don’t usually plan too far into the future,” she tells us, “some of the coolest things I’ve done have just appeared out of nowhere. I ended up recording vocals for The King Blues album last year, which was totally unexpected. I was just in the right place at the right time. I’d like some more stuff like that to happen!”

Head to 247magazine.co.uk now to see our exclusive video interview with Kat and a few teasers of the DVD. See below for Kat’s tour dates (check her myspace for updates).

2 Sept, The Treasury, Plymouth 6 Sept, The Hub, St Ives (7pm start) 12 Sept, Mr Wolf’s, Bristol 13 Sept, Gilly Beach Cafe, Falmouth (8pm start) 17 Sept, Ride Cafe, Plymouth 19 Sept, Mama Stones, Exeter (10pm start) 24 Sept, Taphouse, St Agnes myspace.com/katmarsh to book Kat go to livemusicconnections.com Press Pack Studios, Grosvenor House, Belgrave Lane, Plymouth PL4 7DA presspackstudios.com // myspace.com/presspack fireandiceproductions.co.uk Thanks to Kat Marsh, Joe Biddle, Owen Tanner and Scot Weller for filming and editing the interview, and Jo Barker for doing Kat’s hair and makeup for the vid.

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Four piece rock/blues/ska band Hey Molly have been together for around three years, and impressively, they’ve spent almost all of that time touring. The Teignmouth four-piece have covered the UK five times over, and travelled around most of Europe, playing gigs in Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Holland, Austria and more. They’ve also played with the likes of Muse, Pigeon Detectives, Jack Penate, Calvin Harris and Steve Lamacq. So it’s safe to say they know their stuff. They all admit to being perfectionists too – their live shows blow everyone away but they always feel like they should have played better. Their sound is edgy, messy, heavy, and exciting – so much so that they were asked to support the internationally renowned Muse at one of their sold out homecoming gigs at The Den in Teignmouth on 5 Sept (The Quails support Muse on their 4 Sept gig). The gigs will see them entertain a 10,000 strong capacity crowd that will include industry tastemakers like Zane Lowe – a massive opportunity for the Devon lads. The band will shortly be releasing the lead track from their EP ‘Backstreet Boozer Loser’ (with an album launch in the pipeline). 247 caught up with Perry and Jordan in a small, smoky rehearsal room ahead of the biggest gig of their lives so far…

Hello boys, where are we and why?

Perry: Trying to figure out how we play our instruments again.

It’s been so long since we’ve played I think I need a crash course.

Why haven’t you been playing?

Jordan: We’ve been recording our debut EP for what seems like an eternity. We’re chuffed with how things have been coming along, but I think it’s time we started showing everybody what we’ve been up to. We were writing a lot too, and the new stuff is exciting us. We can’t wait to play it live.

Where did you record and who have you been working with?

Perry: Well, we’ve been working closely with Laim Smith, he’s a good friend and has been great with us. We laid it all down at Sawmills. It’s a beautiful place down in Fowey in Cornwall.

In the studio we worked with producers Chris Wolstenholme (Muse) and Paul Reeve (Supergrass, Muse, Razorlight), also with a brilliant engineer named Tom Joyce. We were so lucky to get these guys on board, they have all been absolutely amazing. We have also brought other good friends on board

and into the Saucy Cant Records family (our label) including Savo of Inside Management who runs all our PR stuff and Gwilym Howard who is taking care of all web design brilliantly.

When can we expect to hear the new stuff?

Jordan: We’ll be airing 3 or 4 of the new tracks at the Teignmouth show. I think you can expect samples on our myspace in the next couple of weeks. We’re undecided on a release date for the first track right now, but we’re looking at late September/early October.

OK, so tell us something....

Perry: I have no drum kit at all. I know, we’re a band trying to make things happen and I don’t have a drum kit, ha.

Jordan: We V.A.T registered our label last month and got all the necessary business matters sorted. We named it Saucy Cant Records, just to hear people say it on radio, because technically it’s not swearing!

We heard you went on tour to Europe and only made it halfway?!

Perry: True...we drank all our money by the time we hit Austria, so we had to cancel Italy and France that time round.

Jordan: Yeah and somehow we lived off bread and cheese for weeks.

Perry: I don’t think any of us remember much from that tour.

Apart from Jerina, a coat that found it’s way onto our van and ended up becoming a legendary token of a mad night out in Austria.

What’s happening for you guys after this?

Perry: Well, hopefully we’re filming a mini documentary about our day at the show that will be viewable on our myspace soon.

Jordan: We’ve also just finished filming our video for ‘Backstreet Boozer Loser’, the first track to be released from our debut E.P. It’s gonna be an ace video.

Perry: Other than that we’re in talks with an agency so hopefully, if all goes well, a UK tour is around the corner.

Hey Molly’s debut E.P ‘Backstreet Boozer Loser’ will be released soon. The title track will be available on Saucy Cant Records for download or limited edition hard back from Sept/Oct ‘09. Tour dates will be posted on their website soon. heymolly.co.uk saucycant.com magazine | 15

RETAIL THERAPY Go back to cool this month with these September essentials…

Peepo by Lily Lolo

£7

lilylolo.co.uk This clever mineral cosmetics cover-up from Lily Lolo perfectly covers those dark circles under your eyes from partying studying all night…

College scarf by ALS

£15.99

Casio EXILIM EX-FH20

blacks.co.uk Rock the college look with a preppy scarf – very HP!

£370

Available from all good camera stockists Capture those good times with this high speed 9.1 megapixel camera with a massive 20x optical zoom which can take 40 images a second.

Heart mug

£15.99

gottohaveit.co.uk Make your caffeine fix more stylish with this large half pint creamwear mug adorned with 24ct gold heart. Available from Insideout stores at Princesshay, Exeter; Duke St, Dartmouth and West St, Tavistock.

Keep Calm and Carry On notebook by Smythson

£57

smythson.com This super lux notebook features gilt edged pages and vibrant coral leather binding – keep calm and carry on taking notes even if the lecture makes no sense.

Choxi by Prestat

£1.99 each Beige suede brogues by Topman

£55

topman.com Smarten up in a pair of 100% leather school friendly brogues

prestat.co.uk Just two squares will provide you with all the flavanol antioxidants you need for a day. As if you needed an excuse to keep a bar in your locker.

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Charli wears white blouse £10, brown leather skinny belt and large brown leather doctors bag £15 and Bally pumps £25 all from Faux Couture, with Skinny Cigarette pants by Fred Perry £95

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Joe wears black glasses from Faux Couture £5 and Giant flannel shirt by Alpinestars £55

Charli wears Cowl stone knit roll neck jumper by One True Saxon £120, red Lacoste polo from Faux Couture, tartan kilt by Fred Perry £90, navy blue handbag from Faux Couture £24, and cream woven shoes from Faux Couture £14. magazine | 21

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THIS MONTH’S STREET ART BRINGS YOU A SELECTION OF HOT NEW GRAFF – SOME FROM THE POLYTEK GRAFFITI EXHIBITION/PROJECT IN EXETER (SEE LAZYSUSAN.NET FOR MORE INFO, IMAGES BELOW) AND A WHOLE LOAD OF FRESH PIECES FROM ACROSS THE SOUTH WEST, CAPTURED FOR 247 BY WANT ONE. ENJOY…

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Music Breaks & Beats

Rock/Indie

Jazz / Funk

Maxwell

Black Summers’ Night (Columbia/Sony Music)

The highly anticipated release of the first disc in Maxwell’s Black Summers’ Night trilogy has been long overdue, it’s been eight years since Maxwell’s last album, and the question on everyone’s lips is, can he still deliver? The answer is a resounding yes. The album has a live and organic feel, production from Hod David and Musze (Maxwell’s creative alias) make this album a consistent body of work. From Pretty Wings to Love You and Phoenix Rising they all command attention. No doubt there will be more to come on the next two discs that will complete this trilogy, bring it on.

Lekan Latinwo

The Stone Roses The Stone Roses (Silvertone)

This 20th anniversary repackaged classic is remastered by Ian Brown and original producer, John Leckie. It comes with plenty of bonuses, many of which are excluded in the review version. But the original album is enough by itself, proving that brilliant songs and great arrangements will stand the test of time. I’ll never tire of hearing this album in its entirety, and however many times it’s been said before, and however obvious it may sound, it doesn’t stop it from being a perfect album.

Arash Torabi

Various Artists

Snow Patrol: Late Night Tales (Late Night Tales)

Blimey, Snow Patrol listen to Captain Beefheart? OK, the track included here isn’t one of his experimental numbers, but it’s still a surprise. This is a laidback compilation, and I reckon it’s a PR exercise for the Patrol to gain some cred, but it’s still a pleasure to listen to. Their own input is a cover of INXS ‘New Sensation’. A Tribe Called Quest and DJ Food work well together, and Super Furry Animals and King Biscuit Time are more great selections. OK, lads: now go and make some music that’s not mediocre or bland.

Arash Torabi

Various Artists Massive Respect

(St David’s Ambience Society) The tracks featured here are from artists who have played the last three Exeter Respect Festivals. Ethnic diversity is the message of all Respect festivals, and this diversity is echoed in the music on this album. Exeter’s own song-based live hip-hop group NUMB rub shoulders with

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Urban / Hip Hop

Dance / Electronica

Reggae / Dubstep

the king of dub, Mad Professor. At a scary time like this, when the BNP are winning seats, Respect Festivals are more vital than ever before. Look out for Plymouth Respect Festival at the end of October. You can get this album from Future Sound of Exeter at fsoe.org Arash Torabi

The Gaslamp Killer My Troubled Mind (Brainfeeder)

Gaslamp killer rules, don’t just take my word for it, ask Flying Lotus – he signed him.

Expect stupid studio trickery on one minute long sketches, all the way up to some really really crunchy club cuts. Oh and did I mention keyboards? This dude clearly has some crazy shit in his studio so if you’re into sonic hip hop (not The Game) then jump on board – you’re late but there’s space…

SUPERDUPERDAN!

A Fine Day For Sailing Honeylands

(Pop Noise Records) Bittersweet lyrics and gorgeous melodies care of Exeter band, fronted by the genius songwriter, Matthew Stead. ‘Honeylands’ represents the traditional indie sound, reflecting the likes of Television Personalities, but with its own warmth, going straight for the heart. The beauty of these songs is made more vivid by the imperfect approach with which they are played. There’s more soul here than any current so-called soul or R’n’B. There should be more bands like this in our area.

Arash Torabi

The Victorian English Gentlemens Club

Drum & Bass

Random

with Hot Water Music (and that voice is the most imitated in modern punk rock history) but when you get down to it, his solo rootscountry shtick is, y’know, pretty average. It’s patently clear that his heart is in it, and there are enough instrumental embellishments to add colour to the palette, but if you play ‘Gold Country’ back to back with, say, Austin Lucas, the emotional chasm is vast.

Backbone

The Dodos Time To Die (Wichita)

A less chaotic beast than last year’s ‘Visiter’, The Dodos’ third long-player is a delicious mélange of neo-folk whimsy, cleverly devised passages and enhanced production values. Throw a newly added vibraphone into the fold and the result is something that wouldn’t embarrass The Shins or Band Of Horses on a good day.

Some may find their new-found ‘maturity’ a touch glib. But I’m relishing this shimmering display of melodic creativity to the point of adulation. So there.

Backbone

Times New Viking Born Again Revisited (Matador)

The fact that ‘Born Again…’ was finalised onto VHS tape tells you all you need to know about the none-more-indie ethos at the heart of Ohio trio, Times New Viking.

Well, nearly everything. Within the no-fi bustle you’ll find the prettiest of tunes played with an obstinate, Pavement-esque nonchalance and a punk rock brevity (only one song clocks in at over three minutes).

Years of over-polished opuses may impede your enjoyment. In which case, you’re not ready for this.

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Love On An Oil Rig

(This Is Fake DIY) There’s nobody quite like VEG Club: a band where art school indulgence meets boundless invention, resulting in cranky post-punk songs like ‘Periscope Envy’ that manage to unsettle and pioneer in the same way that Adam & The Ants achieved in 1978. That is to say, they keep their collective tongue firmly in their cheek when bombarding you with off-kilter melodies littered with sonic tantrums. One day they’ll stumble on a hit record. Probably the same day that they split.

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Chuck Ragan

Gold Country (Side One Dummy)

There’s a touch of the Emperor’s New Clothes about Chuck. Sure he paid his dues

Makoto In The Mix

DJ Marky & Friends Presents (Innerground)

Makoto comes all the way from Tokyo to show us why he’s been chosen for this second mix CD in this series. He’s no newcomer and with plenty of releases under his belt on some of the most respected drum and bass labels he has definitely proven himself to be an exciting and diverse artist over the years. The result in this mix is a tight upbeat selection of Innerground music from the past, present and future.

Featuring classics from Calibre & Logistics, new beats from man of the moment S.P.Y and some great collaborations from Marky and Makoto, this mix has it all!

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DEMOS DEMO OF THE MONTH Sleeve notes, sleeve design and added guitar duties courtesy of Vince Lee. This can only mean one thing: THOMAS FORD & THE DIRTY HARMONYS wanna blues you a new asshole, and they come pretty close on debut album ‘Separation Street’. Dirty slide, delta growl and delicious harmonica, with modern Jon Spencer-esque moments, proffer a junkyard authenticity that many aspire to but seldom attain. More gratifyingly, most of the songs are original compositions, laden with a wry sense of humour (to wit: ‘I Wouldn’t Mind Dying But I Have To Go By Myself’), a host of guests, a loving stomp and a knowing sense of history. A raw delight. myspace.com/ thomasfordblues

ROCK SHOW DEMO OF THE MONTH

This month sees the arrival of the long awaited new EP from Axminster’s CRYOSTORM. Having spent the summer working their way to the final of the Surface Unsigned Festival as well as supporting Trigger The Bloodshed, they have also somehow managed to pull out all the stops and record the stunning Vivify EP. With tracks like ‘Five Folded Kiss’ they have really created their own sound in the midst of a vast scene, and they truly stand out amongst their peers.

Hear these demos on the Rock Show on Phonic FM 106.8FM in Exeter or online at phonic.fm, every Friday from 10pm – 12am with Mike JamesMike James & Crew.

Email your tracks to rockshow@phonic.fm or post them to Rock Show on Phonic106.8FM, 6 Belvedere Court, St Davids, Exeter, Devon, EX4 4DA I like being mildly terrified by bands. Take Worcester’s SHIRUKUME for instance. They’ve appropriated Mike Paton’s Fantomas, added some Locust ludicrousness, a possessed bark and a dash of post-rock twinkling to arrive at an overpowering noisecore racket that could turn your granny’s bloomers inside out, especially demented demo opener, ‘Horses For Courses’. Meanwhile, ‘The Lighthouse Keeper’ boasts a towering choral bridge and some eerie toddlers’ voices to up the fear factor.

Quite brilliant. They’ve signed to Mother Should Know Records since we received this demo. God help them. myspace.com/shirukume Exeter duo, PETROL MOON, are rooted in a classic sound that has been pretty much obliterated by years of postmodern parvenus and ironic rock manoeuvres. Their demo album, ‘Since The Beginning’, has washes of softly handled keyboards, guitars and percussive dalliances, faintly melancholic, with echoes of Tom Petty and Lou Reed and a refreshing lack of posturing: probably because they’re not easily impressionable kids draped in corporate streetwear. Whether the reflective, indignant likes of ‘Vultures’ and the neo-folk frolic of ‘To The Gods’ will find a substantial audience is a moot point. I’d like to think they will. myspace.com/petrolmoon Did I miss something? I was under the impression that Cornwall’s LIONESS were a naughty rock’n’roll band with Marshall stacks and thick plectrums.

They’ve confounded expectations with this new EP of plaintive acoustic balladeering that straddles the line between the Verve (‘If You Can’t Nobody Can’) and Coldplay (‘Peace In The Stone’). Quite what happened

in between and quite how their fans have taken the seismic shift I don’t know, but they seem to wear their new clothes comfortably enough. Whether it’s a reaction to identikit metal or a commerciallyorientated career move, you’ve got to admire their balls. myspace. com/lionesslioness Bristol’s ZERO PILOT have willingly refused to listen to anything before 1990, or after 1995, which is why their competently played grunge-metal shtick doesn’t really have much resonance. ‘Can You Fly, Bobby?’ has a nifty Kerbdog riff driving through its core and ‘Dirty Halo’ packs a Deftone-fuelled punch, but Rob Corcoran’s try-hard growl-croon keeps the band locked in a time-warp that doesn’t stand the test of time. Having said that, subcultural trends come around quicker than chlamydia these days, and if/when it does, ZP will be ahead of the Seattlechasing pack and laughing all the way to the flannel shirt store. myspace.com/zeropilot In an entirely different Bristol postcode altogether, indie-rockers, CALL THE DOCTOR, are busy melting down their PJ Harvey and Elastica records into one gooey whole and remoulding the blob into chirpy, lady-led pop shapes like ‘Gregory, Yr A Star (You Lovely Little Mouse)’, which is, quite possibly, the sweetest song name since The Bonzo Dog Band’s ‘11 Mustachioed Daughters’. On the minus side, they don’t really explore the outermost possibilities of their chosen stylings, choosing to play it safe, while Patti Aberhart’s detached voice comes over as a tad contrived. No matter. They’ll definitely improve. I, for one, will be listening. myspace.com/ctdoctor Meanwhile, over on Murdoch-Space…

Bideford quartet, CHASING LIONS, opt for the politely melancholic post-hardcore route, adding slabs of frenetic Meet Me In St Louis style wig-outs when the need arises. They’ve got a good handle on it which bodes well for their future, unless we’ve all been swept along by the new punk’n’roll wave crashing on these shores. myspace.com/chasinglionsuk Glastonbury’s polished piano-rockers, THE JOE PUBLIC, have a sampler of their ‘Skin’ EP up on Myspace, but I must be listening to a different band from all the other reviewers. One chump proclaimed, ‘The Joe Public are what Nirvana would have sounded like if Kurt Cobain wasn’t so full of angst’. As if that’s a good thing.

It’s not, they’re not. myspace.com/thejoepublic Electro-pop doesn’t work for me. It sounds like the work of smug, hipster brats who don’t give a shit about anything but ‘niteclubbing’ and crap sex. Birmingham’s TRASH FASHION have an EP ‘I Can’t Go For That’ out this month that throws metal chugging into the herky-jerky synth-disco pot but still ends up sounding like silly bollocks. myspace.com/trashfashion There’s an elephant in JOSIE AND THE LOVECATS’ room and its name is Rosie & The Goldbug. Both from Cornwall. Both bursting with boho idiosyncrasies. Both trios fronted by keyboard-straddling neo-divas. Lucky for Josie & co, then, that Rosie & co have just split up. But that’s not to take away from their parochial charm and admirable songcraft. And they have a cellist, which enhances the melodrama somewhat.myspace.com/josieandthelovecats Exeter metallers, VANADIUM, have an album out soon. Judging by their Myspace, it’ll fall somewhere between the menace of Machine Head and the frivolity of Iron Maiden, which may sound good on paper but doesn’t quite live up to it in the flesh. I blame the vocalist, who sounds like he started learning his derivative growl yesterday. myspace.com/hatual

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4 – 10 Sept Falmouth

MA SHOWS 2009, University College Falmouth, Woodlane Campus, TR11 4RH, falmouth.ac.uk The exhibition features work by students from University College Falmouth’s Tremough, Woodlane and Dartington campuses. It will be the public’s first opportunity to see the College’s newest and brightest stars display an exciting range of work from Falmouth’s Masters degree courses. The exhibition will include Fine Art student Lois Wild’s Cake Celebration Exhibition, where everyone is invited to donate a cake they have baked that represents the groups or societies they belong to in Cornwall (groups can be formal or informal – from the street you live on to the band you’re in). The Cake Celebration aims to showcase the strength of communities, bringing together groups from across the county.

Theatre

Comedy

7 – 12 Sept Plymouth

HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2, Theatre Royal, Royal Parade, 01752 267222, theatreroyal.com, 7.30pm, £32 - £14 For all of you who felt that once just wasn’t enough, school’s out and the Wildcats are diving in to the world of Lava Springs Country Club. Sharpay vows to win Troy’s heart this summer but will she be able to come between the basketball star and his true love, Gabriella? Can Ryan find a new clique - on the baseball field? Will the gang come together for the Midsummer Night’s Talent Show? All this… and Les Dennis too!!!

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Until 6 Sept Plymouth

7 Sept Exeter

MARK THOMAS: PEOPLE’S MANIFESTO, Exeter Phoenix, Bradninch Place, Gandy Street, 01392 667080, exeterphoenix. org.uk, 8pm, £15 Mark Thomas is trying to create a People’s Manifesto and is looking for your help with this. It cant have escaped your notice that we are up a Creek called S***, economically, politically, socially… er …totally. Each audience gets to come up with a policy, which Mark will include in the final manifesto and then campaign upon. So here is your chance to propose your policy or policies for the future. Bring your ideas to the

LIVE

FREESOUND, Plymouth Arts Centre, 38 Looe Street, PL4 0EB, 01752 206114, plymouthartscentre.org 3pm For anyone who’s ever dreamed of a career as a DJ, Freesound radio station is an open platform for the creative voice and sounds of Plymouth, broadcast from within the galleries of Plymouth Arts Centre and heard across the world on freesound.org.uk. This project encourages Plymouth citizens to take an active role in the development of our programme. DJs, artists, performers, presenters, musicians and the wider community are all shaping this experimental sonic space. Visitors can see the radio station live in action everyday from 3pm and anyone interested in participating can request to be a guest on one of the shows. Alternatively, you can listen to the sonic works exhibited in the galleries, find out more about artists who use sound, play some experimental instruments, or book a place on one a sound related workshop for all ages and perhaps become a DJ of the future.

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show (a downloadable form can be found at markthomasinfo.com).

9 – 12 Sept Plymouth

SUPERSTITION MOUNTAIN, Drum Theatre, Royal Parade, 01752 267222, theatreroyal.com, 7.45pm, £12 The Gunwallow brothers are in deep trouble. Slim’s scrapyard has gone belly-up. Dwayne owes money to some bad people. And Mark’s in love with dodgy Tina from down the pub. As if that’s not enough, their dad’s just popped his clogs and left them on the brink of bankruptcy. This once great Cornish family has lost everything, but there’s one faint glimmer of hope that might save them from disaster… a legendary gold mine lost somewhere in the sun-baked wastes of the Arizona desert. Only trouble is, no one who’s ever ventured onto Superstition Mountain has lived to tell the tale! Blending the high-concept spirit of Hollywood blockbusters with an epic musical score, innovative use of film and powerful performances from three real Cornish brothers, this is a dark comedy adventure exploring the intimate bonds and savage divides of brotherly love.

10 Sept Great Torrington

OPEN MIC POETRY NIGHT, The Plough Arts Centre, 9-11 Fore

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Street, 01805 624624, plougharts.org, 8pm, donations only An informal evening featuring local poets and musicians. A chance to share your voice with others so bring a poem of your own or one of anyone else’s – from Auden to Zephaniah. (To take part ring Martin Parker on 01805 601275)

12 Sept – 23 Oct Plymouth

AFTER THE NET (2.0), Peninsula Arts Gallery, Roland Levinsky Building, University of Plymouth, 01752 585050, plymouth.ac.uk, 10/11am, £FREE As the current Web 2.0 hype begins to wane, After the Net (2.0) reflects upon the utopian promises of the internet and technological progress. The exhibition explores systems of control and presents art works that draw attention to histories of network culture: from cybernetics to free and open source software, and social networking platforms such as Second Life.

15 – 19 Sept Plymouth

THE CARAVAN, Drum Theatre, Royal Parade, 01752 267222, theatreroyal.com, 5.45pm, 6.30pm, 7.15pm, 8pm & 8.45pm, £12 In summer 2007 severe flooding across the UK brought misery to thousands of people, destroying homes and livelihoods. As a result of the ensuing chaos, over 2000 households were still living in caravans a year after the event, with over 100 families still stuck in caravans two Christmases later.

Following months of research and interviews, Look Left Look Right present the stories of real people word for word, alongside visual and audio footage inside their very own caravan. With fascinating memories of what happened and moving accounts from the people who were worst affected, this is a timeless piece of theatre that explores the resilience of human nature.

17 Sept Plymouth

5 Sept Great Torrington

JAN RAVENS – A FUNNY LOOK AT IMPRESSIONS, The Plough Arts Centre, 9-11 Fore Street, 01805 624624, plough-arts.org, 8pm, £14 Best known for impersonating countless celebrities and public figures in Dead Ringers on both Radio 4 and BBC2, Jan Ravens also recently stepped out on Strictly Come Dancing, and won Celebrity Mastermind. Now she makes her solo stage debut in this funny and revelatory show where she shares with the audience how she creates her remarkable impressions, with this insightful look at the world of funny voices and silly wigs.

Events

Until 13 Sept POLYTEK Water Lane, Exeter, EX2 8BZ, thelazysusan.net Fine Artists from Central St Martins in London have joined forces with some of the South West’s best graffiti writers to create an exhibition bringing the two disciplines together at a disused warehouse in Exeter. Opening times are Thurs to Sun 12pm-6pm or by appointment. Check out this months Street Art pages for some Polytek images.

FORKED, The B Bar, Barbican Theatre, Castle Street, The Barbican, 01752 242021, the b-bar.blogspot.com, time & cost tbc A spoken world event being held in association with the Apples and Snakes poetry agency for all lovers of language and its many tricks and turns.

19 Sept Calstock

CHARITY SHOP CABARET, Calstock Village Hall, The Quay, PL18 9QA, calstockhall.org, 8pm,

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23 Sept Plymouth

MOVE IT Peninsula Arts Gallery, Roland Levinsky Building, University of Plymouth, 01752 585050, plymouth.ac.uk, 7.30pm, £8 An evening that is part poem, part dance, Wendy Houstoun invites the audience to explore ‘what it is to talk’ and ‘what it is to move.’ Wendy is a leading figure in British dance and physical theatre, and she’ll be talking her way through this evening, as she conquers inertia and gets moving. This is an opportunity to enjoy this early stage of an exciting performance project here in Plymouth, which began with a Scratch Commission from Battersea Arts Centre.

find out… In these difficult times I feel I should go and comfort my people in the provinces. My friend Damien tells me the men are very hard up in Sheffield. I only hope I’m not too late. I’m 50. The shame of it. This will be an intimate evening – a celebration, no less, of my twenty five years in the camp spotlight: how I got there and why I refuse to leave. Come and see me before they put me in a home for tired old knackers.” With an invitation like that, how can you resist?

28 – 29 Sept Exeter

THE SHAKESPEARE SCHOOLS FESTIVAL, Exeter Phoenix, Bradninch Place, Gandy Street, 01392 667080, exeterphoenix.org. uk, 7pm, £8 The UK’s largest youth drama festival comes to Exeter. The Shakespeare Schools Festival works in partnership with the National Theatre and the National Youth Theatre to support 10,000 young people on their journey to become Shakespearean players in professional theatres. Join four local schools each night as they stage four different half-hour plays. Details of participating schools and their performance night can be obtained from the Box Office.

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15 – 19 Sept Plymouth

16 Sept – 18 Nov LUCY ORTA

Plymouth Arts Centre, 38 Looe St, Plymouth, PL4 0EB, 01752 206114 plymouthartscentre.org Part of a season of events in Plymouth looking at fashion, crafts and sustainability, this retrospectve exhibition by London College of Fashion’s professor of Art Fashion and Environment (staged by Plymouth College of Art and the Arts Centre) includes clothing which works as temporary shelters, a catwalk staged on the streets of New York featuring models wearing completely recycled clothing (said to have started the trend in “upcycling” and more). Don’t miss acclaimed fashion designer Jenny Ambrose who will be running a workshop at the Arts Centre on 10 October, and more events at both the art college and the University of Plymouth during September. £6/£4 (family ticket £16) Trifle Gathering and True West present the hilarious Charity Shop Cabaret ensemble – a world of rummage and romance, music, jumble and joy. Enter a world of Mills and Boon, bingo and the bizarre!

21 Sept – 16 Oct Plymouth

GRAPHIC EXPRESSIONISM, Cube3 Gallery, Portland Square Building, University of Plymouth, 01752 585050, plymouth.ac.uk, 10am, £FREE This is the first major UK exhibition of Graphic Expressionism; an exciting new contemporary visual art genre. Graphic designers and artists have explored their ‘free thinking’ creativity by exploiting the potential of sophisticated computer software programmes and generated dynamic graphic images. These images are all reproduced using high quality digital printing. All exhibits are the work of Peninsula based ‘Graphic Expressionists’ and reflect a range of styles and approaches that illustrate the huge potential of the genre.

22 – 26 Sept Plymouth

NEVER FORGET, Theatre Royal, Royal Parade, 01752 267222, theatreroyal.com, 7.30pm, £30 - £14 Now that Take That are Back for Good what better way to Relight your Fire than to watch this musical based around their hits… that’s enough song title puns…!

Anyway, direct from the West End comes this smash hit musical written by BAFTA award winner Danny Brocklehurst (Shameless) with Guy Jones and Ed Curtis, and with choreography by Olivier award winner Karen Bruce (Footloose, Fame and Saturday Night Fever). It follows five young men who enter a local talent competition, each looking for a way out and a step up. Along the way they discover fame comes at a price but friendships last forever. The show features classic Take That songs, a local children’s choir of 20 and breathtaking special effects including a 24 foot curtain of rain… could it be magic (sorry!)?

THE FAHRENHEIT TWINS, Drum Theatre, Royal Parade, 01752 267222, theatreroyal.com, 7.45pm, £12 Fantastical and captivating, The Fahrenheit Twins tells the story of two young siblings living amongst the snowy tundra on a remote arctic exploration station. Life is perfect until one day their parents return from an expedition and their mother unexpectedly takes to her bed.

Life for the twins will never be the same again. The highly acclaimed company Told by an Idiot brings international bestselling author Michel Faber’s enthralling story vibrantly to life.

29 Sept – 3 Oct Truro

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24 Sept Exeter

UNCUT POETS: WITH DAMIAN FURNISS, Exeter Phoenix, Bradninch Place, Gandy Street, 01392 667080, exeterphoenix.org. uk, 7.30pm, £5 Bring a drink from the bar and an open ear to connect with Exeter’s premier year-round poetry platform. Do you want to take it a step further and want to read?

Call James Bell on 07879 888319.

THE BFG, Hall for Cornwall, Black Quay, TR1 2LL, 01872 262466, hallforcornwall.co.uk, various times inc matinees, £17.50 - £12.50 When little orphan Sophie is snatched out of her bed in the dead of night by the BFG she fears the worst. His grisly neighbours the Bloodbottler and the Fleshlumpeater like nothing more than swalloping human beans, especially nice little chiddlers, but the Big Friendly Giant is a dream catcher and not a man-eater and he’s about to take Sophie on a journey she never expected! An undisputed national treasure and the world’s favourite children’s author, Roald Dahl has enchanted young minds for more than twenty five years with stories that fire the imagination, bring dreams to life and release squeals of both terror and delight.

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24 – 25 Sept Penzance

SUPERSTITION MOUNTAIN, Acorn Arts Centre, Parade St, 01736 365520, acornartscentre. co.uk, 8pm, £8 Three Brothers. One last chance. No hope in hell... For more info see listing for Plymouth show (9 – 12 Sept).

27 Sept Exeter

30 Sept Plymouth

SET 1, Theatre 1, Roland Levinsky Building, University of Plymouth, 01752 585050, plymouth.ac.uk, 7.30pm, £8 An evening of dance, featuring Come to Mama by Nodine and new works by Nodine, Eade and Perkins. Rick Nodine studied Contact Improvisation with the pioneers of the form, and has worked in theatre, opera, dance theatre, digital media, television, site specific and pure dance. Recent projects include choreography for The Revengers Tragedy at the National Theatre and for Rusalka at Glyndebourne.

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JULIAN CLARY: LORD OF THE MINCE, Exeter Northcott, Stocker Road, 01392 493493, exeternorthcott.co.uk, 8pm, £20 To quote the man himself: “I, Julian Clary, have done for mincing what Michael Flatley did for Irish dancing. But has the bottom fallen out of the homosexual meat market? I must tour my kingdom to

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Coco Before Chanel (15)

23 Sept: The Plough Arts

Centre, Great Torrington, 01805 624624, plough-arts.org Dir: Anne Fontaine, starring Audrey Tautou, Alessandro Nivola, and Emmanuelle Devos 2009/France/110mins Audrey Tautou (Amelie) is perfectly cast in this enthralling portrait of the legendary designer’s early life. The untold story of the young Gabrielle Chanel, born in 1883 the illegitimate daughter of a travelling salesman, who learned to sew in an orphanage – is brought to the screen with a delicately honed script and beautifully captured period style. Singing in a cabaret club where she earned the nickname Coco, Chanel entranced several high society men who aided the development of her remarkable career. In the pre-war years she rebelled against the oppressive conventions of her era and sought freedom and elegant simplicity in her designs for other women.

Everlasting Moments (15)

1 – 3 Sept: The Poly,Falmouth,

01326 212 300, thepoly.org Dir: Jan Troell, starring Maria Heiskanen, Mikael Persbrandt, Jesper Christensen 2008/Sweden/Germany/101 min Set in Sweden in the early 1900s against a backdrop of poverty and unrest, and the early days of still and motion photography. A young working-class woman Maria wins a camera in a lottery, and decides to keep it – a decision which alters her life. The camera enables Maria to see the world through new eyes, but it also becomes a threat to her alcoholic womanizer of a husband, as it brings a charming photographer into her life.

This masterful drama comes from Jan Troell, a contemporary of Ingmar Bergman, and a consistent chronicler of Swedish historical life since his first films in the mid-1960s.

Flame & Citron (15) 23 Sept: Exeter Phoenix, 01392 667080, exeterphoenix.org. uk. Dir: Ole Christian Madsen, starring Thure Lindhardt and Mads Mikkelsen.

2008/ Denmark/Czech Republic/ Germany/136 min Set in Copenhagen in 1944 and based on a true story, the film follows two freedom fighters who risk their lives working for the Danish resistance.

Tensions develop and confusion escalates as double agents ignite fear and suspicion within the group, leading to betrayal. A sharp and entertaining thriller that bristles with period buzz and some superb performances from Lindhardt and Mikkelsen.

Words: John Barker

Future Shorts

23 Sept: Exeter Phoenix,

01392 667080, exeterphoenix.org.uk A quarterly short film platform presenting challenging and entertaining material from around the world. In association with Phoenix Media. Screenings start at 6.15pm, tickets cost £3.50 (£2.50 conc).

Inglourious Basterds (18)

Until 3 Sept: Exeter

Picturehouse, 0871 704 2057, picturehouses.co.uk 21 – 27 Sept: , Plymouth Arts Centre, 01752 206114, plymouthartscentre.org Dir. Quentin Tarantino, starring Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, Diane Kruger. US/2009/150 mins/some subtitles.

In Nazi occupied France, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as “The Basterds” are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds soon cross paths with a French-Jewish girl who runs a movie theatre in Paris which becomes key to their ambitious plan to kill Hitler himself. Tarantino’s latest will not disappoint fans.

Les Quatre Cent Coups

(The 400 Blows) (PG)

30 Sept: Exeter Phoenix, 01392 667080, exeterphoenix.org.uk

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Dir: François Truffaut, starring Jean-Pierre Léaud 1959/France/99 min Recently revived, director Truffaut’s first, and arguably finest film is a semi-autobiographical tale of a misunderstood Parisian boy, Antoine.

Feeling alienated from his parents and singled out at school, he seeks comfort in the world of cinema, much as Truffaut had done in his earlier life. One of the founding films of the French New Wave movement, The 400 Blows celebrated final freezeframe shot is a defining moment in cinema history and a ‘must-see’ for all film fans.

Mesrine: Killer Instinct (15)

1 – 3 Sept: The Barn, Totnes,

01803 847070, dartington.org 4 – 10 Sept: The Poly, Falmouth, 01326 212 300, thepoly.org 4 – 10 Sept: Exeter Picturehouse, 0871 704 2057, picturehouses.co.uk Dir: Jean-François Richet, starring Vincent Cassel, Cécile De France and Gérard Depardieu. 2008/France/113 min This film follows the early career of the famous French gangster, Jacques Mesrine. After his army service, Mesrine is seduced by the glamour and easy money of sixties Paris.

Mentored by Guido (Depardieu), Mesrine moves swiftly up the criminal ladder, choosing the high risk life of a gangster over the honest life of his family. Fleeing to Canada with his lover Jeanne after an audacious heist, the lure of one big payout tempts Mesrine out of hiding and toward international notoriety.

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Man On Wire (12)

28 Sept: The Church Rooms,

Lostwithiel, 01208 873242, lostinfilm.org. Dir: James Marsh, starring Philippe Petit.

2008/UK/USA/94mins Recreated through archive material, Man On Wire is a documentary about Philippe Petit, a French wire-walker who in 1974 broke into the World Trade Centre and staged a wire-walk between the two towers. The story has the suspense and tension of a heist movie and was directed by James Marsh, who was born in the South West. This critically acclaimed documentary is certainly not recommended for people who suffer from vertigo.

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Hot New Releases:

Modern Life (PG)

16 Sept: Exeter Phoenix,

01392 667080, exeterphoenix. org.uk. Dir: Raymond Depardon, starring Raymond Depardon. 2008/ France/86 min This is the third in a series of documentaries examining the decline of French rural lifestyles, in which photo-journalist Depardon makes a series of visits to interview dairy farmers in the beautiful, mountainous Cévennes district of southern France.

He respectfully and unobtrusively attempts to persuade them to talk about their vanishing lifestyle and language. Audience members who want to experience some French cuisine can buy a combined meal and film ticket for only £10, but it must be booked by 14 September.

LIVE Released: 25 Sept

Rumba (PG)

SURROGATES (TBC)

Dir: Jonathan Mostow, starring James Francis Ginty, Michael O’Toole and Bruce Willis. 2009/US/104 mins In the near future, humans live in isolation and only interact through robotic bodies that serve as surrogates. When several humans are murdered when their surrogates are destroyed, a cop (Bruce Willis) investigates the crimes through his own surrogate. After a near fatal encounter, the cop’s surrogate is destroyed and forces him to bring his human form out of isolation and unravel a conspiracy behind the crimes. This could be the sleeper hit of the summer with Bruce Willis back on the kind of terrain that so was so successful in Twelve Monkeys.

28 Sept: The Plough Arts

Centre, Great Torrington, 01805 624624, plough-arts.org. Dir: Dominique Abel/Fiona Gordon, starring Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon and Bruno Romy This film is a colourful, stylish and largely silent slapstick tale of thwarted love and visual comedy. Fiona and Dom are teachers at a rural school who are deeply in love and share a passion for Latin dance. Driving home one night from a competition, they encounter a man on a clumsy suicide mission and, swerving to avoid him, the pair crash into a wall which throws their life into utter disarray. This audaciously funny and infectiously optimistic film maintains a light touch as its characters bumble their way through an onslaught of tragicomic setbacks with gumption and ridiculous antics.

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Released: 18 Sept DANCE FLICK (15)

Dir: Damien Dante Wayans, starring Shoshanna Bush, Chelsea Makela and Damon Wayans Jr. 2009/US/83 mins Megan (Shoshanna Bush) has a dream of going to Juilliard and becoming a dancer.

While she is performing at her dance audition, her mother is tragically killed in an auto accident. Megan must move to another city to her destitute father’s apartment which is located in a condemned building. She enrolls in Musical High, an inner city high school and meets Tracy (Chelsea Makela), Charity (Essence Atkins), and Thomas (Damon Wayans Jr.) who dance in a street dance gang. Thomas and Megan connect, and they must face their impossible dance dream together.

They try to bring the ultimate dance crew together to win $5000 at the local dance contest. Expect laughs a plenty in this comedy from the makers of Scary Movie.

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Tue.01

8pm-1am. £3.00 pre-order (see website for details)/£3.50 on the Door. myspace.com/ jeckyllandhydepromotions + Through The Abyss/Depths/My Deprivation/Sunset Oblivion

Exeter

EXETER UNSIGNED ANDERSON. The Cavern. 3884 Queen Street, EX4 3RP.

Plymouth

Plymouth

POSTMORTON PROMISES. The White Rabbit. Bretonside Bus Station, Breton Side, PL4 0BG. 8pm. myspace.com/

postmortempromises + The Boy Will Drown + About A Plane Crash - myspace.com/ aboutaplanecrash + Averus + TOA

Wed.02

Exeter

CHARLIE HINCHCLIFF & LEIGH COLEMAN. Mama Stone’s. 1 Mary Arches Street. EX4 3B. 8pm. £free. myspace.com/jazzleigh myspace.com/charliehinchcliffmusic ASSHOLE PARADE. The Cavern.

38-84 Queen Street, EX4 3RP. 8pm1am. £4. myspace.com/assholeparade

Plymouth

I AM FOREVER. The White Rabbit. Bretonside Bus Station, Breton Side, PL4 0BG. 8pm. myspace.com/iamforeverband + Black Chalk + Ready or Not myspace.com/readyornotuk + We the Machines

Thur.03 Exeter

THE BOYS FROM MELBOURNE STREET. Exeter Picture House. 51 Bartholomew St West. EX4 3AJ. 8.30pm. £free. myspace.com/ theboysfrommelbournestreet + Stuart Wills + A Fine Day For Sailing - myspace.com/afinedayforsailing ADAM ISAAC BAND (GRAND OPENING). Mama Stone’s.

1 Mary Arches Street.

EX4 3B. 8pm. myspace.com/ adamisaacmusic OPEN MIC HOSTED BY RICHARD JAMES AND ROGER STYLES. The Angel.

32 Queen Street. EX4 3SR. 9-1 Free Entry. Catch the longest running Open Mic in the City. The best underground musicians from Exeter and beyond jamming every Thursday.

THE STATIC AGE. The Cavern.

38-84 Queen Street, EX4 3RP. 8pm-1am. £3. myspace.com/ thestaticage

Plymouth

ANGUS. Crash Manor. 35 Union Street. PL1 3LU. 9pm.

AC/DC Tribute band + rock & disco classics provided by DJ Paul

Asshole Parade + Support

Cavern, Exeter, 2 Sept One of No Idea’s less melodic entities, Asshole Parade’s snarling speedcore picks at the bones of ‘80s thrash pioneers like Septic Death and Citizens Arrest. Not for the faint-hearted.

FRESHLY SQUEEZED. Ride.

10 - 12pm. myspace.com/ freshlysqueezedlive + support.

An incredible blend of Ska and Hip Hop from one of the most energetic live acts on the circuit.

BATTLE OF THE BANDS SEMI FINAL. The Hippo. 9 Bath Street. PL1.

Fri.04 Camborne

BROTHERHOOD OF THE LAKE. The Clipper Bar. 8pm. £free. myspace.com/brotherhood of the lake + Revolt Djs Playing All Things Metal/Punk & Rock

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MAIN STAGE FRIDAY WITH JOKER. Crash Manor. 35 Union Street. PL1 3LU. 9pm OUT TO GRASS. The B-bar.

Barbican. £5 Doors 8pm. myspace. com/outtograss THE CASINO BRAWL. The Hippo. 9 Bath Street, PL1 3LT. £5. myspace.com/thecasinobrawl + First Signs of Frost + Kernuyck – myspace.com/kernuyck ASGEARD. The Post Office Inn, Plympton. 21:00pm-close. A four piece rock band performing classic and modern music.

NICE PETER. The White Rabbit. Bretonside Bus Station, Breton Side, PL4 0BG. 8pm. myspace.com/nicepeter Acoustic Comedy

Sennen

THE 9TH STREET STAGE @ Ocean Daze Festival.

30+ BANDS CONFIRMED! See CORNWALLSCOOLEST.COM For Full Line Up!

St Austell

JELLY JAZZ @ The Eden Arts Cafe 1st Birthday! 7pm - 12.30am. £15 tickets online... The Apples + The Underbelly LIVE (Cornish FUNK monsters!) + Pete Isaac (Jelly Jazz) + Griff (Rambunctious Social Club) + Mau Mau (graff artist) + Micasamovi (wonderful moving images!) edenproject.com/visitingeden/whats-on/music-and-art/artscafe/index.php

Teignmouth

1RA Cocktails, Latin music, a steamy atmosphere and dancing until late.

THE CROSSING. The Hele Arms. Plympton. PL5 3LR. 9pm. £free.

9pm - 12 am... thecrossingplymouth.com PLYMOUTH PUNX PICNIC. The White Rabbit. Bretonside Bus Station, Breton Side, PL4 0BG. 8pm. myspace.com/plymouthpunxpicnic

MUSE. Seafront. All tickets £37.50 plus booking fee subject to post and packaging. Hometown show. gigsandtours.com + Exeter ticketmaster.co.uk IRIE BINGO presents THE BOBKATZ. New Quay Inn. BUG. Exeter Phoenix.

Newquay Street. TQ14 8DA. Bradninch Place, Gandy Street, 9.15pm – 11.30pm EX4 3LS. 8.30pm–2am/standing/ over 18’s. Irie Bingo presents a night of reggae, jungle and dubstep Sat.05 vocalists plus DJ’s. Heavyweight bass pressure comes from London- Exeter based producer and badbwoy The MICA PARIS. Mama Stone’s.

Bug, featuring Flowdan on vocals.

1 Mary Arches Street.

Support from Irie Bingo Allstars and EX4 3B. 8pm. myspace.com/ the Beats Workin’ crew. micaparisofficial JONNY MARS. Mama Stone’s. TRASH CITY. The Cavern. 381 Mary Arches Street. EX4 84 Queen Street, EX4 3RP. 3B. 8pm.

BOBKATZ. Prospect Inn. MAGIC HATSTAND. The The Quay,EX2 4AN. 9.30pm – Cavern. 38-84 Queen Street, 11.30pm EX4 3RP. STRAIGHT TO YOUR FACE Plymouth FRIDAYS. Tiggas Bar. FREE CUBA PARTY. The B-bar, Magdalen Street, EX2 4HZ. Castle Street, Barbican, PL2

Redruth

THE SURGEON’S. Gaslights Bar. TR15 2PP. £free.

Sennen

THE 9TH STREET STAGE @ Ocean Daze Festival.

30+ BANDS CONFIRMED! See CORNWALLSCOOLEST.COM For Full Line Up!

Teignmouth

MUSE. Seafront. SOLDOUT. Hometown show. gigsandtours.com + ticketmaster.co.uk

Torquay

MOUNT THE CURB/MASH UP. Studio 22. 22:00 - 03:00. £free.

Live: The Pests + Deadstars. DJs: Jack Bannocks + Joe Jenkins

Sun.06 Exeter

JOSS STONE. Mama Stone’s.

1 Mary Arches Street. EX4 3B. 8pm. Sold out.

Exmouth

BOBKATZ. Exmouth Arms.

21 Exeter Road, EX8 1PN. 8pm – 10pm JOEY BOURBON NAKED. The Angel. 32 Queen Street. EX4 3SR. Free Entry 10-2. Unplugged with his friends. Not exactly naked, acoustic reggae style guitar from the lead singer of Barbosa.

Plymouth

MUSIC / ART / PERFORMANCE / SHENANIGANS! Rambunctious Social Club.

The Quay Club, Barbican.

7.30pm - 11.30pm. Free before 8.30pm. £3 / £2 NUS. THE CROSSING. The Pear Tree, Stoke, Plymouth. PL3 4DJ. 8pm – 10.30pm. £free. thecrossingplymouth.com

Totnes

THE BIG HAND CLUB’S BUMPER BIRTHDAY EDITION! The Barrel House. 59a High Street. TQ9 5PB. This month’s Big Hand Club will proudly showcase 10 of the top acts that have performed during the past

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LIVE Wed.09 Exeter

JUMPING SHIPS. The Cavern.

38-84 Queen Street, EX4 3RP

Plymouth

CAFE ACOUSTICA. The B-bar, Barbican Theatre, £2 Doors 8pm. Our fortnightly showcase of unplugged talent, hosted by singersongwriter Jessie Mullen, with Alex, roots songwriter Jimmy Buddha and Mel Rout.

BLACKHOLE. The White Rabbit. Bretonside Bus Station, Breton Side, PL4 0BG. 8pm. myspace.com/blackhole + The Plight – myspace.com/ theplight + Throats - myspace.com/ throatsofgold

LIVE Plymouth Punx Picnic

White Rabbit/Nowhere Inn, Plymouth, 5-6 Sept It’s that time again, when mohawked and/or balding punks (with an ‘x’) gather, drink zyder and dance like they have no independent limb control. Top draws this year include The Restarts, The Eyelids, Eastfield, The Autonomads, V and Drongos For Europe. Up the punx!

Totnes

JASPREET KAUR + MAE AND THE MIDNIGHT FAIRGROUND. The Barrel House. 59a High Street, TQ9 5PB. myspace.com/maekarthauser £4 on the door. Doors 8.00pm.

01803 849290. myspace.com/ thebarrelhouse

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6 years. The Big Hand Club is a popular & eclectic open mic event where anything goes, be it music, poetry or cabaret... £4/£3/£2 on the door. 8pm - late. 01803 849290. myspace.com/thebarrelhouse

Mon.07 Exeter

EXETER UNSIGNED FINAL. The Cavern. 38-84 Queen Street, EX4 3RP.

Thurs.10

Exeter

ROGER HUNT. Exeter Picture House. 51 Bartholomew St West. EX4 3AJ. 8.30pm. £free. + Rosa Rebecka + Superpunk Muffin + Chris Woods.

ADAM ISAAC BAND. Mama Stone’s. 1 Mary Arches Street.

EX4 3B. 8pm. myspace.com/ adamisaacmusic OPEN MIC HOSTED BY RICHARD JAMES AND ROGER STYLES. The Angel.

32 Queen Street. EX4 3SR. 9-1 Free Entry. Catch the longest running Open Mic in the City. The best underground musicians from Exeter and beyond jamming every Thursday.

BLACKHOLE. The Cavern.

38-84 Queen Street, EX4 3RP. + The Plight

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Plymouth

THE BRIGGS. The White Rabbit. Bretonside Bus Station, Breton Side, PL4 0BG. 8pm. myspace.com/thebriggs + Strawberry Blondes - myspace.com/strawberryblondes + Middle Finger Salute - myspace. com/middlefingersaluteband

Tue.08 Exeter

MORRIS BROTHERS BAND. The Cavern. 38-84 Queen Street, EX4 3RP. 8pm-1am + Roughcut

Totnes

PHILLIP HENRY + THE ROOTS UNION. The Barrel House. 59a High Street. TQ9 5PB. myspace.com/phillipehenry myspace.com/therootsunion Ł5 on the door. Doors 8.00spm.

01803 849290. myspace.com/ thebarrelhouse

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OUTFIT. Ride. 11 - 12pm. myspace.com/outfitno1. Offering their unique blend of scratchy ska rhythms, piercing lead guitars, fusion free style beats and funky punk bass line MYSTERY 1967. The B-bar, Barbican Theatre, £2 Doors 8pm. Two-piece outfit featuring Mike Watson on guitar and vocals and Justin Barry on drums and percussion. The style is acoustic/ jazz funk.

Fri.11 JELLY JAZZ BOAT TRIP. The River Dart! 7.15pm - 11.15pm. £10. Tickets ONLY available by calling Alex 01364 644400 or 07896 438242. Pete Isaac (Jelly Jazz) + Griff (Rambunctious Social Club)

Exeter

BOBKATZ. Coaver Club.

County Hall, Topsham Road, EX2 4QX.9pm – 11pm JOEY THE LIPS. Mama Stone’s. 1 Mary Arches Street.

EX4 3B. 8pm.

BARBOSA. The Angel. 32 Queen Street. EX4 3SR 10 -2!

Free Entry. Exeter’s premier ska/dub band Blowing up the pub again!!

SCHUH presents VICTORIAN ENGLISH GENTLEMENS CLUB. The Cavern. 38-84 Queen Street, EX4 3RP. Doors 8-1 free tickets from SCHUH or £5 WEGOTTICKETS.COM followed

by BEATZ & BOBZ. myspace.com/ thevictorianenglishgentlemensclub

Ivybridge

IVYLIVE. Filham Park. The Days: Two Spot Gobi: Ella Edmonson: Van Daniels: Matthew Board and

the Family Tree: Mad Dog Mcrea: Less Than Me: Hillside Heroes: The Delahays: Port Bandanas: Rusty Angels: Vicious Kitten: Red Vegas. www.ivylive.co.uk MOUNT THE CURB/ MAINSTAGE LIVE. The IVYLIVE Festival. 17:00 - 00:00. The Quails, Outfit, Adventure Of Os Vampiros, Tamakai, Dolcet Tones, Spies, Not Now Bernard, Kitty & The Lost Boys.

Festival tickets: See ivylive.co.uk for more info

Plymouth

KIM RICHEY. The B-bar, Barbican Theatre. £8 Doors 8pm. A country singer from Ohio, Kim Richey has been plying her brand of insightful song craft since arriving in Nashville in the early ‘90s.

MAD DOG MCREA. The Hippo.

9 Bath Street, PL1 3LT + Richard James HEAVEN’S BASEMENT. The Junction. Mutley Plain, PL4 6LA. £4adv.8pm. myspace.com/ heavensbasementofficial EASTSTRIKEWEST. The White Rabbit. Bretonside Bus Station, Breton Side, PL4 0BG. 8pm. £free. + Support

Sat.12 Exeter

BOBKATZ. Double Locks.

Canal Banks, EX2 6LT. 3pm – 5pm THE HAMSTERS. Exeter Phoenix. Bradninch Place, Gandy Street, EX4 3LS. 8.30pm. £13/ £11. myspace.com/ thehamstersuk myspace.com/thehamstersuk INDIE CLUB. The Cavern. 3884 Queen Street, EX4 3RP JECKYLL & HYDE

Plymouth

TALENT NIGHT. Annabels, The Barbican. various acts performing (mostly music, although there will be some comedy as well) for the prize of being able to perform a whole set at a later date at Annabel’s. judystrust.org.uk/ REVOLUTION. Crash Manor.

35 Union Street. PL1 3LU. 9pm.

T Rex tribute band with rock & disco classics provided by DJ Paul STEPH NEWTON. Ride.

9.30pm – 10.30pm. myspace.com/ stephnewtonmusic

The Briggs + Strawberry Blondes + Middle Finger Salute

White Rabbit, Plymouth, 7 Sept It’s rousing street-punk ahoy with LA’s The Briggs, who keep things short, sharp, mid-paced and terrace-chant friendly, with a nod to the brothers-in-arms ethos of Irish folk.

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LIVE PROMOTIONS PRESENTS. Tiggas Bar. Magdalen St, Exeter. EX2 4HZ. £4.00 on the door. 7.30pm - 1am. Scar My Eyes: No Quarter Given: Violent Virtues £3.50 pre-order (see website for details)/. 07881493833. myspace. com/jeckyllandhydepromotions

Jordan Mcneill James West, Roadside, Alex Dumbiotis, James Yeoman + A host more Festival tickets: See ivylive.co.uk for more info

Plymouth

CARRIVICK SISTERS. Barbican Theatre. £7/£5 for Falmouth groups Doors 8pm. myspace.com/ thecarrivicksisters FALMOUTH ROCKS FOR PANTS WITH ROSIE AND THE FREE CUBA PARTY. The B-bar, Castle Street, Barbican, PL2 GOLDBUG. Princess Pavilion, Falmouth. Melvill Rd, TR11 1RA Cocktails, latin music, a 4AR. Cornwalls’ best give it up steamy atmosphere and dancing for PANTS (an organisation which until late. raises awareness of Gynae Cancers, BATTLE OF THE BANDS FINAL. The Hippo. 9 Bath women’s health and testicular Street, PL1 3LT. cancer) Also with Make MECHANICAL CABARET LIVE Me A Hero, The Eyelids, Pelt and @ DARK ANGELS. Tramps Ape. £8 Advance. Doors 7.30pm Nightclub. Bretonside Bus Starts 8pm. 01326 211222.

Station, Plymouth. PL4 0BG. princesspavilion.co.uk Sleazy Electro act Mechanical Gwithian Cabaret pays a visit to Dark Angels, JELLY JAZZ @ The Sandsifter. Plymouth’s premier monthly dark £5 on the door. 9pm - 2am. Gerald electronica night, with top cyber The Jazzman + Pete Isaac + Baron DJs and great live bands. Now at Samedi. Gerald the Jazzman is Tramps nightclub. £3. 10pm - 4am. one of the world’s foremost funk/ 07739841023. myspace.com/ soul/jazz/latin DJs and record darkangels_plymouth dealers. It’s gonna be a HEAVY old Torquay school session...

MOUNT THE CURB/MASH UP. Ivybridge Studio 22. 22:00 - 03:00. £free.

IVYLIVE. Filham Park. (see Live: Kamikaze Flight Skool DJs: 11th Sept) Trainwreck Disco MOUNT THE CURB/ ACOUSTIC TENT. The IVYLIVE Totnes Festival, 10:00 - 00:00. The Pests, PRESSING X. The Barrel House. 59a High Street, TQ9 Outfit, Emily Howard, Sam Ho, 5PB. Three-piece uplifting funk/ Tempory Minds groove outfit combining a Hammond organ, guitar & drums. Members have played with the likes of Roy Ayers, Roni Size, Massive Attack + Elevator Suite. Followed by a selection of choice vinyl to round the night off. £3 on the door. 8pm12pm. 01803 849290. myspace. com/thebarrelhouse

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Sun.13 Exeter

ALELA DIANE. Exeter Phoenix.

Bradninch Place, Gandy Street.

EX4 3LS. 8pm, £12/£10 (conc). myspace.com/alelamusic OPEN MIC NIGHT. Mama Stone’s. 1 Mary Arches Street.

EX4 3B. 8pm.

Finley Quaye

The White Rabbit, Bretonside Bus Station, Plymouth, 15 Sept The Quaye returns to Plymouth for another live performance after wowing crowds at the White Rabbit previously. He’s joined by Patrick Pearson, Al from Albenaza and Amie J (feat Joe Biddle). myspace.com/whiterabbit_uk

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MICHAEL CAMPARI AND THE SOLAR SYSTEM. The barbican Tavern. 6pm-8pm. The crooner takes his virgin launch in his rocket with his planetary five piece band.

JOE MENZIES. The Junction, Mutley. 9pm. £free. Acoustic Set. MUSIC / ART / PERFORMANCE / SHENANIGANS!

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Rambunctious Social Club.

The Quay Club, Barbican.

7.30pm - 11.30pm. Free before 8.30pm. £3 / £2 NUS.

Mon.14 Exeter

THE COMPUTERS. The Cavern. 38-84 Queen Street, EX4 3RP. myspace. com/thecomputersfromexeter + Turbowolf - myspace.com/ turbowolfband

Plymouth

BLAKFISH. The White Rabbit.

Bretonside Bus Station, Breton Side, PL4 0BG. 8pm. + Bats

Tue.15 Exeter

SLOW CLUB. The Cavern. 3884 Queen Street, EX4 3RP. 8pm - 1am. £7. myspace.com/slowclub + guests.

The Victorian English Gentlemens Club + Kasms + Kong

Cavern, Exeter, 11 Sept Post-punk mavericks from the school of art knocks, Cardiff’s The VEG Club dish up a sumptuous treat of angular sub-pop and gloriously howling belles. See album reviews for more super superlatives.

AND SO I WATCH YOU FROM AFAR. The Cavern.

38-84 Queen Street, EX4 3RP. myspace.com/ Plymouth andsoiwatchyoufromafar + The FINLEY QUAYE. The White Rabbit. Bretonside Bus Station, Xcerts myspace.com/thexcerts Breton Side, PL4 0BG. 8pm + Plymouth Patrick Pearson + Al from Albenaza KAT MARSH. Ride. 9.30 & Amy J [feat. Joe Biddle] 10.30. myspace.com/katmarsh Amazing guitar, bass, beat and vocal looping skills combined with an Wed.16 incredible voice, must be seen to Exeter be believed.

THE UNDERCOVER HIPPY. ZICO CHAIN. The Cavern.

Ride. 11 – 12. myspace.com/ 38-84 Queen Street, EX4 3RP. 8pm-1am. myspace.com/zicochain undercoverhippy FORKED. The B-bar, Castle TERRORIST GENERATION Street, Barbican, PL2 1RA. £4 ROCK CLUB NIGHT! Tiggas Bar, Magdalen Street, EX2 4HZ. Doors 8pm A night of Rock, Metal, Ska, Punk, EMO, Classic Rock and future classic with guest DJ’s.

Fri.18

Thurs.17 Exeter

BUDDY VALENTINE. Exeter Picture House. 51 Bartholomew St West. EX4 3AJ. 8.30pm. £free. myspace.com/ buddyvalentinemusic + Jess Brown – myspace.com/ iamjessbrown ADAM ISAAC BAND. Mama Stone’s. 1 Mary Arches Street.

EX4 3B. 8pm. myspace.com/ adamisaacmusic + Steph Newton myspace.com/stephnewtonmusic OPEN MIC HOSTED BY RICHARD JAMES AND ROGER STYLES. The Angel.

32 Queen Street. EX4 3SR. 9-1 Free Entry. Catch the longest running Open Mic in the City. The best underground musicians from Exeter and beyond jamming every Thursday.

Exeter

ACOUSTICA FESTIVAL. Exeter Phoenix, Bradninch Place, Gandy Street. /£12 (£10) per day or £28 (£25) for the weekend. A new festival of alt-folk, folktronica and Americana, including… The Leisure Society - myspace.com/theleisuresociety acousticafestival.co.uk MAD DOG MCREA. Mama Stone’s. 1 Mary Arches Street.

EX4 3B. 8pm myspace.com/ maddogmcrea ALLURE IN GRACE. Tiggas Bar. Magdalen Street, EX2 4HZ. 8pm-1am. £3.00 pre-order (see website for details)/£3.50 on the Door. myspace.com/ jeckyllandhydepromotions + Dead In A Day/If Only You Had Prayed.

Plymouth

LEMANIS. The B-bar, Castle Street, Barbican, PL2 1RA. £3

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LIVE …So to recap, Bruce Springsteen was three hours of amazing. The next afternoon we managed to wheedle our way into Oxegen Festival for the final day of indie-centric rock’n’roll, with a couple nuggets of pop tripe thrown in for good measure, namely LADY GAGA and KATY PERRY (Naas, Dublin, 12 Jul). Amidst another unquantifiably harsh downpour, THE MACCABEES were impassioned but suffered from a chuff sound.

Mind you, they are responsible for one of the albums of the year, so all is forgiven. PAOLO NUTINI did his best to make us aware of the fact that this was the middle of summer, ‘ye know’, by imbuing his old-man voicebox with boundless optimism and folksy charm. The newly reformed SPECIALS sounded awesome, almost freakishly so, delivering a litany of superlative rock steady anthems to remind us of who the true kings of 2Tone really were. Frustratingly, they suffered the worst of the weather by a distance but, in a perverse way, it enhanced the downbeat resignation of ‘Do Nothing’ and the magnificently moving ‘Doesn’t Make It Alright’.

By contrast, RAZORLIGHT appeared disaffected, although their back catalogue still resonated with powerpop gravitas. Taking Jesus & Mary Chain to Motown, GLASVEGAS were a revelation but, as feared, the big tent acoustics made mincemeat of the band’s booming dynamics.

With the crowd’s help, however, ‘Daddy’s Gone’ was transformed from a heart-wrenching ballad into something approaching a religious conversion.

(Trivia Treat: two of the band, James and Caroline, were on our flight back to Bristol. Which was nice.) Now that MANIC STREET PREACHERS have downsized, it was easy to fall in love with them all over again. Untypically, the sound was immense, as James Dean Bradfield navigated the band through a Best Of set that left no era unturned. Welcome back.

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Then we went up to play 2000 Trees Festival near Cheltenham (17-18 Jul).

A brilliant, independent, two-day fest organised by a group of people who seemed to spend the whole time running around watching the bands – something of a rarity in these times of faceless corporate sponsorship and event careerism. So, apart from the usual self-embarrassment via copious amounts of whisky, I managed to fall in love with six hitherto unheard acts, namely… THE DAWN CHORUS and their heartbreaking indie-folk honesty; SAILORETTE’s quintessentially English vignettes; the none-more-cosmic DIAGONAL’s wholesome, King Crimson-meets-Gong proggy goodness – what all festival bands sounded like in 1973; drop-dead gorgeous Londoner, SARA SCHIRALLI, and her Edith Piaf-meets-Fiona Apple croonsome loveliness; solo synth maestro, CHARLIE BARNES’ breath-taking, looptastic, digi-pop experimentalism; and, best of all, moustachio’ed soul boys, THE BRUTE CHORUS, whose bloozabilly swagger turned the Leaf Lounge marquee into a climactic celebration.

Others with a penchant for showmanship were JIM LOCKEY & THE SOLEMN SUN with their downhome, acoustic country airs, IMPERIAL LEISURE‘s hi-energy ska-rock, THE GLORIA CYCLES and their Caledonian folk-pop, and WOJTEK GODZISZ (him from Symposium) with his beardy-poncho indie anthems. Then, of course, there were the bands that you will have heard of. ROLO TOMASSI may be too off-kilter to court mass adulation but their disorientating spazzcore made all other bands seem technically MOR in comparison. However, that isn’t really true because, if it was, then the soul-pop, care-for-the-community-music of KING BLUES wouldn’t have sounded so inspiring or all-inclusive.

Meanwhile, indie-punks, DANANANANAYKROYD‘s expertly-supervised ‘Wall of Cuddles’ – two separated halves of the crowd encouraged to run at each other and hug en masse – must surely have been the defining moment of the festival. Well-known but not so hot was AMPLIFIER’s epic but slightly dull neo-rock; BRITISH SEA POWER‘s less-than-thrilling otherpop and FIGHTSTAR’s predictably mild post-hardcore. But it didn’t matter; not with such an abundance of underground talent, heartwarmingly good intentions and not too much rain sloshing around the place. Same time, next year? Yes, please.

Canadian metal-punk overlords, CANCER BATS, don’t mess around with distracting features like subtlety and melody. And why the fuck should they (White Rabbit, Plymouth, 3 Aug)? Instead, they relied on the twin peaks of ground-shaking hard rock riffola and insuppressible volume to make cranial indents; enhanced by Liam Cormer’s charm-laden charisma. Metalcore homeboys, BROTHERHOOD OF THE LAKE, were impassioned and impressive, and we played too. We stood out like a chinchilla in a dog fight. Good job we have sharp teeth. The next day, Cancer Bats played with fellow Torontonians, FUCKED UP (On The Rocks, Newquay, 4 Aug).

And what a fucking show that was. CB played out of their skins, clearly relishing the compact, no-stage surroundings; while Fucked Up lived up to their reputation, throwing developed punk riffs out like nailbombs while Pink Eyes lollopped around the venue as if it was his own personal play-pen and we were his toy dolls. And the image of an obese, hirsute man lying suggestively near the bar with his balls hanging out of his skimpy boxer shorts is one that will stay with me for a very long time.

The Wildhearts

Exeter Phoenix, 22 Sept Harmony-drenched, brit-rock veterans, The Wildhearts, led by the evergreen, er, Ginger, embark on a UK tour in September with a new album in tow, entitled ‘Chutzpah’.

Doors 8pm SPYCATCHER. The Hippo. 9 Bath Street, PL1 3LT + Outcry Collective.

JUMPING SHIPS. The White Rabbit. Bretonside Bus Station, Breton Side, PL4 0BG. 8pm. £free. myspace.com/jumpingships + Alaska + Russel Can’t Drive myspace.com/russelcantdrive

0BG. 8pm.

Topsham

Exeter

BOBKATZ. Drakes. Fore Street, EX3 0HF. 9.15pm – 11.30pm

Sat.19 Exeter

BOBKATZ. Crawford Hotel.

107 Alphington Road, EX2 8JD. 9.15pm – 11.30pm INDIE CLUB - SKINT AND DEMORALIZED. The Cavern.

38-84 Queen Street, EX4 3RP. 8pm-2am. Free before 9pm. myspace.com/skintanddemoralised ACOUSTICA FESTIVAL. Exeter Phoenix, Bradninch Place, Gandy Street. /£12 (£10) per day or £28 (£25) for the weekend. A new festival of alt-folk, folktronica and Americana, including…

James Yorkston, The Agnostic MOUNTAIN GOSPEL CHOIR - myspace. com/agnosticmgc , John Smith myspace.com/johnacousticsmith acousticafestival.co.uk

Plymouth

Torquay

Mount The Curb/Mash Up. Studio 22. 22:00 - 03:00. £free.

Live: Os Vampiros, Spies DJs: Italian Disco

Sun.20 ACOUSTICA FESTIVAL. Exeter Phoenix, Bradninch Place, Gandy Street. /£12 (£10) per day or £28 (£25) for the weekend A new festival of alt-folk, folktronica and Americana, including…

Tunng, Jon Allen - myspace.com/ jonallenmusic.acousticafestival.co.uk OPEN MIC NIGHT. Mama Stone’s. 1 Mary Arches Street.

EX4 3B. 8pm.

Plymouth

TONY HARRIS QUARTET. The Barbican Tavern. 6pm-8pm. A jazz quartet fronted by the vibes.

MUSIC / ART / PERFORMANCE / SHENANIGANS! Rambunctious Social Club. The Quay Club, Barbican. 7.30pm - 11.30pm. Free before 8.30pm. £3 / £2 NUS. GARAGE CATS. (Freshers Party). The White Rabbit.

Bretonside Bus Station, Breton Side, PL4 0BG. 8pm.

FREE CUBA PARTY. The B-bar, Castle Street, Barbican, PL2 Mon.21 1RA Cocktails, latin music, a steamy Exmouth atmosphere and dancing until late.

LUKE VIBERT (Unleashed).

MARTIN WELLER. Famous Old The White Rabbit. Bretonside Barrel. Princess Street, EX8 Bus Station, Breton Side, PL4 1JA. 8.30pm – 11pm. Acoustic

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LIVE pop – Hosting an acoustic open mic night RED MIST. The Cavern. 38-84 Queen Street, EX4 3RP. METAL MONDAYS. Exeter Cavern Club. Queen Street. 8pm-1am. 3.00 on the Door. myspace.com/ jeckyllandhydepromotions

Plymouth

CLUB

HELL ON EARTH. The White Rabbit. Bretonside Bus Station, Breton Side, PL4 0BG. 8pm. + Earth Crisis + Sworn Enemy + Neaera + War from A Harlots .

Tue.22 Plymouth

HOWARD MARKS (Mr Nice).

The White Rabbit. Bretonside Bus Station, Breton Side, PL4 0BG. 8pm + Kav (Happy Mondays) + Spoken Word + Band + DJ Set.

Wed.23 Exeter

RICHARD JAMES AND ROGER STYLES. The Angel.

32 Queen Street. EX4 3SR. 9-1 Free Entry. Catch the longest running Open Mic in the City. The best underground musicians from Exeter and beyond jamming every Thursday.

SPY CATCHER. The Cavern.

38-84 Queen Street, EX4 3RP. myspace.com/spycatchers

BRYHER + THE MADDING CROWD. Mama Stone’s. 1 Mary Arches Street. EX4 3B. 8pm.

THE GOOD NATURED. The Cavern. 38-84 Queen Street, EX4 3RP. myspace.com/ thegoodnatured

Plymouth

IMPERIAL LEISURE. Ride.

11pm – 12am. myspace.com/ imperialleisure RORY ELLIS. The B-bar, Barbican Theatre, £3 Doors 8pm. myspace.com/roryellis CHASE & STATUS. The Hippo.

9 Bath Street, PL1 3LT. £12. myspace.com/chaseandstatus PAINT IT BLACK. The White Rabbit. Bretonside Bus Station, Breton Side, PL4 0BG. 8pm. myspace.com/paintitblack + Ceremony + Youth Gone Wrong + Rat Attack - myspace.com/ ratattackuk

Fri.25 Exeter

OI VA VOI. Exeter Phoenix.

Bradninch Place. Gandy Street. EX4 3LS. 8pm, £10/£8 (conc). myspace.com/oivavoi THUNDERBRIDGE BLUEGRASS BOYS. Mama Stone’s. 1 Mary Arches Street.

EX4 3B. 8pm. myspace.com/ Plymouth thunderbridgebluegrass EMPIRICAL. Barbican Theatre, RINSEOUT. The Cavern. 38-84 Castle Street, Barbican, PL2 Queen Street, EX4 3RP 1RA. £12.50 or £10 for groups of JECKYLL & HYDE 4/concessions Doors 8pm.

PROMOTIONS PROUDLY CAFE ACOUSTICA. The B-bar, PRESENTS: Tiggas Bar. Barbican Theatre, £2 Doors Magdalen Street, EX2 8pm. Our fortnightly showcase of 4HZ. 8pm-1am. Veil Cassini unplugged talent, hosted by singer- + Support 18. £3.00 pre-order songwriter Jessie Mullen, with Alex, (see website for details)/£3.50 roots songwriter Jimmy Buddha on the Door. myspace.com/ and Mel Rout. jeckyllandhydepromotions THE SCRATCH PERVERTS. The White Rabbit. Bretonside Falmouth SECKOU KEITA QUINTET. Bus Station, Breton Side, Princess Pavilion. Melvill PL4 0BG. 8pm. myspace.com/ Road. TR11 4AR. 8.30pm and scratchperverts tickets are £12 in advance £14 on the door. Godrevy IMPERIAL LEISURE. The Thur.24 Sandsifter. 1 Godrevy Towans, TR27. myspace.com/ Exeter CHLAY. Exeter Picture House. imperialleisure + Aldo Vannuci 51 Bartholomew St West. EX4 Lympstone 3AJ. 8.30pm. £free. myspace.

BOBKATZ. Saddlers Arms com/chlaysmusic + National Exmouth Road, EX8 5LS. Pastime + Simon Bish – myspace. 9.15pm – 11.30pm com/simonbish + Matt Stead Plymouth ADAM ISAAC BAND. Mama Stone’s. 1 Mary Arches Street. AN EVENING WITHOUT EX4 3B. 8pm. myspace.com/ JAMES. The B-bar, Barbican adamisaacmusic Theatre. £3 Doors 8pm. myspace.

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SHOPPER CREW NEIL LANDSTRUMM THURSDAY 24TH SEPTEMBER CHASE AND STATUS LIVE SHOW FRIDAY 25TH SEPTEMBER LIVE MUSIC NIGHT MORE DETAILS www.hippolive.co.uk SATURDAY 26TH SEPTEMBER FRESHERS PARTY LIVE MUSIC AND DJ’S FREE B-B-Q FREE ENTRY MORE DETAILS www.hippolive.co.uk FRIDAY 2ND OCTOBER ROOTS STREET PRESENTS CHANNEL ONE SOUND SYSTEM

LIVE THE CROSSING. The Mutley Crown. Mutley Plain.

PL4 6JG. £free. 9pm - 12am. thecrossingplymouth.com VIKING SKULL. The White Rabbit. Bretonside Bus Station, Breton Side, PL4 0BG. 8pm. £free. myspace.com/ vikingskull + The Morning After + Deadeye + Talons

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A showcase for some of the best emerging bands, musicians and acoustic acts in the region. myspace.com/soundgallery sound-gallery.net

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PIERCED UP PRESENTS. Ryan’s Bar. Abbey Rd, TQ2 5NF. CONTEMPT - Awesome Political Punks since 1984 BUS STATION LOONIES - Continuing their mental 11yrs of madness HACKSAW - Possibly the best comedy punk in the world FREE. 8:30pm - 12pm. 07869 251698. myspace.com/pierceduppromotions

Sat.26 Exeter

BOBKATZ. Globe Inn. 39 Clifton Road, EX1 2BL. 9pm – 11pm PERFECT. Exeter Phoenix.

Bradninch Place, Gandy St, EX4. Doors 8pm/standing.

One of Poland’s biggest rock bands making a rare appearance overseas.

TWIN ATLANTIC. The Cavern.

38-84 Queen Street, EX4 3RP PHOENIX SOUNDS. The Voodoo Lounge. Exeter Phoenix. Bradninch Place, Gandy St, EX4. 8pm/£6 (£5)

Oakhampton

PHIL BEER. Fairplace Church.

Fairplace,. EX20 1DN. Solo concert by the one of the UK’s finest folkies - the mandolin and fiddle wizard from Show Of Hands Ł8 full / Ł5 concs. 8 - 10pm.

01837 53754. wrenmusic.co.uk

Plymouth

CALSTOCK GREEN FESTIVAL FUNDAISER. Calstock Village Hall. Calstock Green. PL18 9Q. Calstock Green Festival present The Underbelly. A 7 piece funk band plus local dj’s. £6 on the door. £5 in advance. 8.00. 07713817209. .

FREE CUBA PARTY. The B-bar, Castle Street, Barbican, PL2 1RA Cocktails, latin music, a steamy atmosphere and dancing until late.

FOREIGN BEGGARS (Unleashed). The White Rabbit. Bretonside Bus Station, Breton Side, PL4 0BG. 8pm. myspace.com/foreignbeggars + Akil from Jurassic 5.

Polzeath

LOUIS ELIOT & THE EMBERS. The Oyster Catcher. Rousing blend of country, folk and an unshakeable pop sensibility from former Rialto main man, Louis Eliot. myspace.com/louiseliot

Paint It Black + Ceremony + Youth Gone Wrong + Rat Attack

White Rabbit, Plymouth, 24 Sept Hardcore gets torn a new ringer with USA’s gnarliest exponents, Paint It Black. One part Black Flag, one part Dillinger 4, few bands manage to match the intensity of the Philadelphia quartet.

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LIVE CLUB Enter Shikari

Plymouth Pavilions, 8 Oct The post hardcore four-piece with an electro infused sound come to Plymouth on their Autumn tour – to read an exclusive interview with the band and for the chance to win a pair of tickets to the gig, go to 247magazine.co.uk

Torquay

MOUNT THE CURB/MASH UP. Studio 22. 22:00 - 03:00. £free.

Live: Outfit, The Kedellas DJs: Jack Bannocks & EKC

Sun.27 Exmouth

MARTIN WELLER. Famous old Barrel. Princess Street, EX8 1JA. 4pm – 6pm

Plymouth

007. The Barbican Tavern. 6pm8pm. Top class Ska band.

MUSIC / ART / PERFORMANCE / SHENANIGANS! Rambunctious Social Club.

The Quay Club, Barbican.

7.30pm - 11.30pm. Free before 8.30pm. £3 / £2 NUS. PIERCED UP PRESENTS. The Nowhere Inn. 21 Gilwell St, PL4 8 BU. CONTEMPT Awesome Political Punks since 1984 BUS STATION LOONIES - Continuing their mental 11yrs of madness FREE. 9pm - 11pm.

07869 251698. myspace.com/ pierceduppromotions MICHAEL CAMPARI. The Queens arms. 6pm-8-pm.

Swing and big Band tunes from the crooner.

Queen Street, EX4 3RP.

Plymouth

MISERY SIGNALS. The White Rabbit. Bretonside Bus Station, Breton Side, PL4 0BG. 8pm. myspace.com/miserysignals + Your Demise - myspace.com/ yourdemise + The Number Twelve looks like you - itsnumber12time. com + Osmium – myspace.com/osmiumheavy

Tue.29 Exeter

LOCARNOS + PAPER HEROES. Mama Stone’s.

1 Mary Arches Street.

EX4 3B. 8pm. myspace.com/ paperheroesmusic

Wed.30 Exeter

THE DELAHAYS. Mama Stone’s. 1 Mary Arches Street.

EX4 3B. 8pm. myspace.com/ thedelahays

Mon.28 Exeter

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Mondays

Exeter

MONDAY MADNESS. Arena Summerland St. 10pm-2.30am, Advance tickets £3 available from reps and the student guild.

Exeter’s biggest student, with weekly themes.

THE MONDAY MIXER. Timepiece. Little Castle Street.

DJ Spin Doctor.

Falmouth

BAR 150 Remedies. The Moor.

10pm-2am, £free. D’n’B, reggae, indie etc.

Newquay

SUPER CHY MONDAYS. The Chy & Koola, 12 Beach Rd. 10pm-3.30am, £4/£2. DJ’s Robin Parris & Proof playing hip hop, funk, party, breaks, indie, rock, dance, grime, R’n’B, reggae, D’n’B, gypsy swing kinda thing & cheap booze for locals!

Salsa.. Timepiece. Little Castle Street. Special guest on the 10th DJ Food. £7adv, 10-1am. + Support: Heavy Stylus and Guests. myspace.com/strictlykev .

Exmouth

OFFICE PARTY Fahrenheit, The Parade. 10pm-2.30am, £2/free B4 11pm. Commercial night.

Falmouth

CHILL OUT SOUNDS. Remedies.

£free, 10pm-2am. Chilled sounds.

GLITCH! Shades. £2/£1 NUS, 10pm - late. Indie-electro, nu-rave & I.D.M.

Newquay

LOCALS NIGHT. The Beach.

10pm-2am, £tbc. DJ Gary Roberts does his thing on a party tip.

Penzance

PLAY. The Barn Club. 10pm2am, Entry £3 b4 12pm, £4 after. HALF PRICE entry b4 12pm for students with ID. Plymouth Buses running from hayle.

BIG NIGHT OUT. Varsity, Derrys Student night with commercial Cross. 9pm-2am. More party, tunes. dance tunes whilst the drink flows.

Plymouth FUNKOLOGY. Revolution.

DANCE DANCE DANCE. Firefly.

Derrys Cross, 8pm-2am, £tbc.

10pm – 4am. Free before 12 £2 Fusing funk, hip hop & breaks. after. Minimal house and techno STUDENT NIGHT. Oceana, djs fynn daluxx, krafty sounds Barbican Leisure Park. 7pmplus guests. these guys have been 2am, £5/£4 NUS. Plymouth’s rocking the white rabbit all of last biggest student night with 70’s, year and now bring their unique 80’s, 90’s party in the New York Disco, Commercial classics in the sound to north hills newest venue.

LOVE TUESDAYS. Ride Cafe.

Ice House.

WONKEYSLEGS. Firefly. 10pm– 10pm-4am, £free. Wonkey Ben & Matt Burley spinning funk, breaks, hip 4am. £2. DJs aldo vanucci and hop whilst the drinks are all £1.50. guests. Still the best party hip TWO’S DAY. Revolution. 8pmhop drum n bass and breakbeat late. Funky house and dance in town, nowadays even dipping our toes into dubstep and electro. classics.

Guests on rotation.

St Austell

BIG STUDENT NIGHT. Party Puls-8. 10pm-2am, £4/£2 NUS. DJ Dean playing the party classics.

Truro

STUDENT NIGHT. L2 Nightclub, Calenick Street 9.30pm 1.30am.

THE OFFICE STUDENT NIGHT SOIREE The Office, 1 River Walk. 9pm-2am, £tbc. Featuring the latest dance tunes and drinks deals with resident DJ Booney.

Torquay

MONDAY’S FUN HOUSE. The Valbonne. 9.30pm-late, £5.

Commercial night.

Tuesdays Exeter

CAFE SABROSO. Latin &

Wednesdays Bude

ROCKABLE. Rouge Nightclub.

38 The Strand. EX23. £3.

9pm-2.30am. All the best in Llive Bands and Unsigned. Acts from across the country.

Exeter

HIGHEST GRADE SOUND SYSTEM. Amber Rooms, 161 Sidwell St. 9pm-12am, £free.

Dancehall & reggae vibes.

LEGENDS. The Student Night .

Timepiece. Little Castle Street timepiecenightclub.co.uk THE ANGEL GUM CLUB. CHECK THE FLAVA! The Angel Bar. 32 Queen Street, EX4 3SR. £free, 9pm till 1am.

DJ Dropsteady + Funk Breaks / Groovy Soul / Nu-Jazz / Re-edits / Hiphop / Reggae.

Battle Stations

The Voodoo Lounge , Thursday 10th September , 9 til 2 am £2 entry Another month rolls around and hip hop veterans “Battle Stations” are back again. Bringing you another helping of the finest in classic Hip Hop and Funk, are resident DJ’s, Sharp, Blakeatron, and Fu-Styles, alongside guest DJ Deceptakut. With Graffiti, Baking, B boying and Emcee battles as standard, local bragging rites are always on the line.

Exmouth

QUIDS IN. Fahrenheit. The Parade. 10pm-2.30am, £2/£1 NUS. Student night that does what it says on the tin!

Falmouth

DA PULSE. Shades, 4 Quay Hilll.11pm-2am, £2/£1 NUS. An eclectic mix of electro, minimal, techno, breaks and drum & bass with Da Pulse.

LADIES NIGHT. Remedies, The Moor. 10pm-2am, £free. Free shot for the ladies. Chart and cheese music.

Q.COLLECTIVE Q. Bar, 15a Killigrew St. 8pm-late, £free. A mix n blend of all things funky.

Newquay

BIG WEDNESDAY. The Beach, Central Sq, 9pm-1am, £free.

Indie, rock, R’n’B, hip hop, funk & soul with DJ Kai. THE JUMP OFF. Red Square.

10pm-2am, £2/free B4 10pm.

Hip hop, R’n’B & Crunk with DJ Proof.

Plymouth

BEATAMIX. Revolution, Derrys Cross. 9pm-2am, £2/free B4 10pm. All the best funky house, classic disco, rare beats & R’n’B. BIG WEDNESDAY. Ride Cafe,Tavistock Place. 9pm-2am, £2. Wonky Ben - Hook up, kick back, rock out. £1 drinks deals, this night is rammed every week!

MIDWEEK BREAKDOWN. Crash Manor. 35 Union Street.

PL1 3LU. 9pm. Open decks hosted by Aiden Howard SCANDALOUS. Firefly. 10 – 4.

free all night. Exeter’s longest running r’n’b night comes to firefly, playing the best r’n’b and hip, with great cocktails drinks deals too.

SUMMER VACATION C103.103 Union St. 10pm-2am, £5.

Summer clubbing, commercial tunes, giveaways, and drinks deals.

GAME ON. Varsity, Derrys Cross. 10pm-2am, £1.

Commerical night.

HUSH. Oceana. Barbican Leisure Park, 9pm-3am, £tbc.

The best in funk, hip-hop and R&B with resident DJ Benny Blanco.

JUZZY’S HARD ONES. Zero’s, 24 Lockyer St, 10.30pm-2am, £free. Bouncy house, trance & hard Trance with DJ Juzzy B. PARTY NIGHT . Walkabout, Derrys Cross. 10pm-2am, £free. DJ Marcus Clarke with commercial tunes.

ROCK NIGHT. The Quay Club.

11 The Parade, The Barbican. £2 b4 11pm £3 after. 10pm2am. Weekly rock night with DJ Mark Williams.

SOUL NATION. View 2, Vauxhall St. 9pm-2am, £tbc. Soul, funk & Motown.

St Austell

BOOGIE NIGHT. Puls-8, 14-16 High Cross St. 8:30pm-1am, £3.

Ultimate over 25s Party Night.

Torquay

FLAVA. Park Lane, 1 Torwood St. 8pm-1am, £tbc. Urban selector night with Face playing hip hop, R’n’B, dancehall, garage, funk & soul.

Truro

THE BIG MIX WITH DJ PAUL

BLEE L2, Calenick St. 9.30pm1am, £3. Featuring the latest tunes and drinks deals.

Thursdays

Barnstaple

BEACH PARTY. The Venue. The Strand. 10pm-3am. The best 18-30’s style party with all the usual shenanigans crazy games

and giveaways.

Camborne

STUDENT NIGHT. The Corn Exchange, 19 Commercial St. 9pm-1am, £5/£1 B4 10.30pm.

Student night with commercial

tunes. Exeter INVASION OF THE RECORD SNATCHERS. Amber Rooms, 161 Sidwell St. Random selection of tunes, 9pm-2am.

SCANDALOUS. Timepiece,

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Little Castle St. 9pm-1.30am, £2 B4 11pm. Fresh mix of R’n’B with Aldo Vanucci & JSR. WEEKEND WARM-UP. Arena, Summerland St. 9pm - 2am, £2/free for ladies & NUS B4 11.30pm. Cheese, R’n’B & chart, very busy student night!

Exmouth

LADIES NIGHT. Samantha’s, St Andrews Rd. 9.30pm-2am, £tbc. Ladies discount and chart tunes.

BABES & BOOTNECKS. Fahrenheit, 7 The Parade.

10pm-2.30am, £3. Classic tunes, get dirty!

Falmouth

FAT HARRYS DISCO MACHINE GUN. Shades, 4 Quay Hilll. 11pm-2am, £2. Disco classics and tunes TINY MUSIC. Remedies, The Moor. 10pm-2am, £free. Rock, indie and alternative music.

Newquay

BEERGOGGLES The Black Sheep, Station Approach. 8pm - 1am £FREE. DJ: Robin Parris: Music: Hip Hop, Funk, Electric Soul, Party Breaks & Beats + Selected Bottles & Shots £1 + Pizza & Pint £6.

CONFLICT ROCK NIGHT. Red Square. 10pm-4am, £free. DJ Kai spinning rock, indie, electro, punk, ska & metal.

DANCE ANTHEMS. Berties Nightclub. East St, 10.30pm4am. Dance Anthems night for over 18’s.

STUDENT NIGHT. The Beach, Central Sq. £2. Top DJs, podium dancers, beach games and giveaways.

SINSATION. Sailors, 11-17 Fore St. 9pm-2am, £tbc.

Commercial dance & party with Pete Jordan.

Plymouth

DIGITAL LOVE. The Quay. 11 The Parade, Babrican. 10pm2am. £1 b4 11pm, £3 after.

DJs Wonkey Ben, Also Vanucci and Tilla.

EASY LISTENING. View 2, Vauxhall St. 9pm-2am, £free.

Blues & jazz.

ESSENTIAL. Oceana, Barbican Leisure Park. 7pm-2am, £3/ free before 10pm. 70’s, 80’s, 90’s party in the New York Disco, House/R’n’B in the Ice House.

GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER. Annabel’s Cabaret and Discotheque. 9pm-2am, £tbc. A unique night for talented artists to impress a live audience.

HONKYTONK. Firefly. 10 – 4. free all night. DJ griff (rambunctious social club /

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Friday 25th September L2 Nightclub, Truro Tranzfest returns once more with the ultimate hard dance v’s hardcore showdown with Ultrabeat, scratchmaster DJ SY and the crowd pleasing Tidy Boys. Support comes from the Tranzaction Allstars, whilst arena 2 is hosted

by Poptastic Stevie G and Arena 3 gets all psy-trance with Zetan Spore playing Live, supported by Psy-clone, Freedohm, Kelly Jay & Ashley T.

jelly jazz) play a whole world of amazing music that cannot be described in a few lines. you know his reputation now come and experience it.

ROCK NIGHT C103. 103 Union St. 10pm-2.30am, £ftbc. Mark Williams new home, rock and more rock all night.

THURSDAY HOE DOWN. Zero’s. 24 Lockyer St. 10.30pm-2am, £free. Gay night with resident DJ Stev-e playing club classics, chart R&B & Euro dance.

10th BATTLESTATIONS.

The Voodoo Lounge. £2 entry.

9-2am. True hiphop night of beats, battles, breaking and baked goods.

Redruth

STUDENT PARTY NIGHT. Twilight Zone, Little Vauxhall.

9pm-1am, £1. Expect chart & commercial tunes across the board.

St Austell

BEATS AND PIECES. Puls-8,

CLUB 14-16 High Cross St. 9pm-1am, COLLISION HOLD IT DOWN. £4/£2 NUS. DJ Stan Collins and Timepiece, Little Castle St, BK One. 11pm-2am, £tbc. Indie night with DJ Tezza (Phonic FM) & guests Torquay playing the best in new, current REMIX. Bohemia. 39 Torwood and classic indie and alternative St. £tbc, 10.30pm - 3am. New tunes. Upstairs, Residents Mr weekly gay club night launching Onions, Heavy Stylus and guests with top London DJs & live spin hip-hop, breaks, soul, jazz, entertainment. www.club-remix. broken beat and more. co.uk.

FRIDAYS ARENA. Summerland WEEKEND WARM-UP. The St. 9pm-3am, £5/£4/Free B4 Valbonne. 9.30pm-3am, £3/ 11pm. Commercial tunes, no txt ‘mini’ to 82085 for free trainers. admission B4 12am. Freshest SOUNDS OF THE mix of RnB and Commercial UNEXPECTED. Amber Rooms, Dance 161 Sidwell St. 10pm-3am, £2/ THE THURSDAY free B4 11pm. 60’s, 70’s global DISCOTHEQUE. Play. Victoria funk, beats.

Parade, £free B4 12am.

Xclusive. NV Nightclub.

Commercial night.

9.30pm-2am, £3/£2. Sexy Urban Music / Grime / Hip Hop Truro / Bassline / Garage . Residents MID WEEK MADNESS The Office, 1 River Walk. 9pm-2am, Killa B & DJ Ugly with Killa B & DJ Ugly & special guests. £tbc. Emergency staff special with free entry, early start to the 4th FULL MELT. The Angel, weekend.

32 Queen St. 10pm - 2am. £free

Woolacombe

MARISOC Marisco Nightclub, 10pm-2am, £tbc. Weeky hip hop session with guests every week, alongside residents.

Fridays

Barnstaple 11th DECEPTIVEMOTION

DRUM AND BASS WITH SPECIAL GUEST MC HARRY SHOTTA. The Underground.

Inn On The Square, The Square, EX32 8LS. A night of drum and bass in THE UNDERGROUND with Exclusive 1st time ever in North Devon the UKs no.1 Break Through MC HARRY SHOTTA and from Class A Recording DJ CKB £6 on the door. 7pm till late. 07590671810.

Bideford

FUNKY FRIDAYS. Caesar’s Palace, King St. 11pm, £4. All the classics, a DJ and no rules whatsoever.

Bude

PARTY NIGHT. Rogue Nightclub, 38 The Strand.

10pm- late, £3/free B4 11pm.

Commercial dance.

4th RETOX PRESENTS HIJACK THE RHYTHM. Rogue Nightclub. The Strand, Cornwall. EX23. A Unique fusion of house & electro beats from the Hijack djs Chris Copella & Barclay Wood, + live P.A from the Hijack band including percussion, sax, and vocals. £5. 10pm- 3am Exeter

–Devon Creamy Beats!! Dj Ben Adams, Dropsteady, Generator & Dinky cutting up breaks/hip-hop/ mashups & funky beats.

11th CONSEQUENCE!

PART 2. Exeter Phoenix.

Bradninch Place, Gandy St, EX4. Consequence presents Paul Glazby & Nick the Kid. The Fusion Project, uSED-gOODS & Housetrap residents. £10 +bf.

8:30 - 3am

11th NAPT at BEATZ

& BOBZ. The Cavern.

The Cavern, 83-84 Queen St. EX4 3RP. NAPT winners of Best Producer Breakspoll 2009 Best Track Breakspoll 2009 Best Remix Breakspoll 2009 In a time of fickle associations and genre bandwagon jumping the NAPT N-Funk sound has risen to the top, flying the flag for NAPT’s kaleidoscopic and unique breakbeat. From house supremo Miles Dyson, cool kids favourite Kissy Sell Out, UK grime ambassador DJ Cameo to breaks stalwarts the Plump DJ’s and Rennie Pilgrim the N-Funk sound continues to infiltrate many a DJ’s box. As DJ’s NAPT’s in demand skills won them the Breakthrough DJ award at Breakspoll 2006... 5.

11pm-2.30am

18th PHARMA’S PAYDAY.

The Angel, 32 Queen St. King Pharma or Daddy Runtings taking control of the Angel area.

25th BEATZ & BOBZ. Lemon Grove. Exeter University, Cornwall House. EX4 6TG. Plump DJ’s return for another

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CLUB Falmouth

FRIDAY NIGHTS. Toast.

6.30pm-2am. £free. Something different every week! 2nd Friday of the month with DJ Dante Gabriel (Groove Juice), 3rd Friday of the month with Plymouth’s DJ Skank Marvin and Hong Kong Ping Pong’s Spinforth rounds things off on the last Friday of the month.

WEEKEND WARM-UP. Remedies. 10pm-2am, £free.

Chart n cheese with Matt Shepherd.

Deadline for October :12th September

Chappers & Dave (Radio 1) and Max & OB (Hollyoaks).

HOUSE OF THE LORD The Koola. 9pm-3am, £tbc. House night with special guests.

Penzance

CLUB 2K FRIDAYS. Club 2k, Branwell Mills, 10.30pm-4am, £tbc. Chart cheese dance and reggae. First 50 get free entry wrist bands for following week, drinks from Ł1.50, DJ’s CQ, Boris and Max Honeyman DIRTY DISCO Bar 2k, Gwithian Bramwells Mill. 10pm-3.30am, £free. Chunky, funky house and 4th A SKILLZ WITH HONG electro with Charlie G, Tommie KONG PING PONG CLUB. Quick, Greg Zizique, Mark B & Sandsifter. 1 Godrevy Towans.

Ashley Thomas. £5. 9-2am. Bringing you none RETRO:SPECTIVE. Barn Club, other than Fingerlickins Funky Eastern Green. 10.30pm - 4am.

Beatmeister the one the only Mr 80p entry B4 12 with flyer more A.Skillz himself, delivering his fuse after. Dj Tony Douglas & Jurassic of funk driven hip-hop and bass Plump DJ’s Dave 70s & 80s fancy dress heavy breakbeat for your aural Friday 25th September welcome. pleasure!

Lemon Grove, Exeter TEMPTATION. Secrets.

University Branwells Lane, 10.30-3am, £5.

Newquay Massive breaks alert as this duo 2 Poles, Private booths, Beautiful C.O.D.E. RED. Red Square – the Plump DJ’s touch down in women, VIP dance areas, catering (upstairs). 10pm-4am, £free.

Exeter, supported by old skool Bringing you drum and bass with for stag and hen night. Info veterans Shut up and Dance, as secretspenzance.com part of there 20th anniversary tour. gresidents on a weekly basis with special guests.

Plymouth Support comes fro Ben & Lex FLIRT. Sailors, Fore St. 9.30pm- CRISIS. White Rabbit.

Bretonside Bus Station. £1. memorable night. This time joined 2am, £ladies free. Chart/dance

by Shut Up and Dance celebrating & retro tunes to shake your booty 12am - 5am. An eclectic hot with John London. mix of Indie/Punk/Rock/Hip20 years making music. With FUNKY FRIDAY BEACH PARTY. Hop/Funk/80’s. Served to you support from Ben & Lex. 11.

The Beach Nightclub. 9pmby JC & OZ. 07886821408.

9pm - 2am.

3am, £tbc. Chart/dance & retro whiterabbitradio.com 25th JELLY JAZZ EXETER tunes.

DETENTION. Oceana. £free The Angel, 32 Queen St. 10pm PURETASTIC. Pure. 52 Tolcarne before 10.30pm £4 after. 70’s, - 2am. £free. Pete Isaac (Jelly Road. TR7. Free Entry before 80’s, 90’s party in the New York Jazz) + Dropsteady (Full Melt) 12pm. – House, Electro, Urban, Disco, house & RnB in the Ice Disco & Pop. Every Friday.

House.

Exmouth MASH UP FRIDAY , Barracuda, DIRTY STOP OUT. Revolution.

THE WEEKEND WARM-UP. Cliff Rd, 9pm-late, £free B4 Derry Cross. £free until 11pm.

Samantha’s, St Andrews The freshest new music, 10pm.

DJ Rob and Clubroom Session Rd. 9.30pm-2am, £tbc. Start electro and mash ups. mixing Club Classics, Dance the weekend in style, cheesy THANK FUNK IT’S FRIDAYS. Anthems, RnB and Chart. Main tunes, NUS discounts and drinks Berties Nightclub. East St, Bar: Classic RnB, Soul, Hip promos.

DJ Will 10.30pm-4am, £free.

Hop, Garage and Urban House.

TIMEWARP. Fahrenheit. 7 The B plays his chart mash-up mix. revolution-bars.co.uk Parade. 10pm-3.30am, £5/£3 B4 RnB/Indie/Party with special DJ APACHE. View 2, Vauxhall 11pm. Requests and chart toons guests this summer including St. £5/£4/£3/free B4 10.30pm, all night!

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9pm-late. Soul, swing, R’n’B, Motown & funk classics with DJ Apache.

DJ PARKER. Ride Cafe, Tavistock Place. 10pm-2am.

Playing quality hip hop, funk and breaks.

DOLLY MIXTURES. Zero’s, 24 Lockyer St. 10.30pm-4am, £4.

Gay night with resident DJs Stev-E & Juzzy B play cheese, chart R’n’B, dance and hard house.

FIREFLY. £free. Resident djs on rotation. Last Friday of every month Just J from Jac the Disco playing a disco set downstairs and a banging club set upstairs.

FUNKY FRIDAYS. The Treasury, Royal Parade. 9pm-3am, £tbc.

Funky grooves.

FUNKY FRIDAYS. Annabel’s Cabaret and Discotheque, Vauxhall St. 8pm-late, £tbc.

Funky grooves all night.

HOUSEAHOLICS. 45 Degrees, Union St. 8pm-3am, £free B4 10pm. Dirty, jackin, electro & funky house with resident Damien James plus special guests.

ROCK NIGHT WITH MARK WILLIAMS. The Quay Club, The

Finley Quaye Live

Sat 12th September The Koola, £8, Newquay Playing an excusive, intimate live jazzy show in Cornwall, to celebrate his current album ‘The Best of the Epic Years’, out now.

He doesn’t come down this way often, so make the most of it, this is going to be a sure fire sell out.

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CLUB Parade, The Barbican. 10pm - 4am. £2 b4 11 and £3 after.

Rock, Indie and alternative music ROCK SHOW C103. 103 Union St. 10pm-3.30am. £5/£4/£3 B4 11pm. Rock, indie and punk.

Deadline for October: 12th Sept

12th SATISFACTION Vs

TRANZACTION. The Corn Exchange. 19 Commercial Street. 9pm-3am. Line Up: N-Trance + Lisa Pin Up + Tranzaction All Stars.

Monthly Devon Creamy Beats Tis the best night in town!!!

Exmouth

HEATWAVE. Fahrenheit. 10pm3.30am, £5. Chart & dance to celebrate the weekend.

St Austell SATURDAYS. Samantha’s.

Exeter FRIDAY NIGHT. Puls-8. St METAL NIGHT, Artful Dodger, St 9.30pm-2am, £tbc. The biggest and best night out in Exmouth, Austell, 10pm - 2am. Ladies free .

Davids, 10pm-3am, £tbc Metal chart anthems and drinks promos.

B4 11pm.The Puls8 Allstar dj’s night with guest bands. on rotation playing chart, R’n’B POSITIVE PARTY NIGHT. Falmouth & dance.

Arena, Summerland St. 9pmMAKING BREAD. Toast.

HOUSE RULES. Queens Head, 3am, £6. The latest chart and 6.30pm - 2am, £free. Mash up North St. £free. 8pm -12am. party hits, smart dress only, no Atmosphere fun with Ben D.S. and Louis.

Groovy house music laid down by Fri 2 October trainers or scuffy clothes, make Lou.I - Hip Hop, Reggae, nu-funk, Dj’s Si and Mat. Expect friendly an effort please!

The Grove, Seaton nu-jazz, breaks, jungle, swingbeat, atmosphere and to hear some INFILTRATE EX4, Fore St. Get ready for another dose of UK dubstep & UK Garage. Last house music classics. Occasional hardstyle trance and hardcore 10pm-late, Entry £5 all night, Saturday of every month hosted guest Dj’s.Info 07868143721. with M-Zone, Joey Riot, Dave Joy girls get in free before 11pm.

by UFO with DJ Mitch playing and more. This is a full on harder Playing Hip Hop, RnB, Grime, 4th ARTS CAFE AT THE electro. party for those that know the Dubstep with DJ UGLY and EDEN PROJECT. Eden Project.

Gwithian score, headlined by the legend and guests.

Biomes open ‘til 9pm. £15. undisputed king of the hardcore World beat. Timepiece. 8pm12th JELLY JAZZ FEAT 7pm-12.30am. Arts Café’s 1st scene, Darren Styles, winner of 1.30am, £4/£2 B4 11pm. DJ A birthday with music from 9 piece the Best Producer category at the mixed bag of hip hop, disco, funk, GERALD JAZZMAN. Sandsifter.

The Apples (Freestyle Records), 1 Godrevy Towans. £5. 9pm2008 Hardcore Heaven Awards. techno classics, ‘60s, indie & residents Jelly Jazz and graffiti 2am. All the way from Jazzman Tickets £13 on the door, open deep house.

Basically anything from Mau Mau. Records London Gerald Jazzman 9pm-3am. goes! brings the rarest funk n’ soul n’ St Ives STRICTLY VINYL. The Angel. boogaloo KAPOW!! Guitars vs Beats the brings you the best in Reggae, Queen St. 9pm - 2am. £free.

Isobar Is Dead. 11pm - 3am Proper job old skool, funk, reggae, 19th THE NEXTMEN FEAT Dancehall, Dub, Mashup and £Ladies FREE/£2/£3 breaks and hip hop. Bump and MC WREC. Sandsifter. 1 Dubplate pressure.

Robin Parris plays Guitars vs grind with the Angel residents!

Godrevy Towans, £10/£13 with Truro Beats.

Info: 01392 432611. travel. 9pm-4am. Making this VARIOUS GUEST NIGHTS The NICHE MARKET. Amber connection between music they Torquay Office, 10pm-3am, £tbc. Special Rooms. 9pm-late, £free B4 love be it dancehall, drum’n’bass, EVOLUTION UNDER 18’S. Play, guests Ghetts on the 4th, Static 11pm. Tracing the roots of rock n instrumental and actual hip hop, Harbourside, 7pm-10.30pm, presents Body Box on the 11th, roll each week playing a selection soul, funk, dubstep, indie, leftfield, £5/£4. Under 18’s night, Crazy Cousinz on the 25th. of the finest soul, beat, mod, ska, ambient, pop and straight-up commercial dance all night. punk, new wave, indie, rock and hands in the air party jacking 11th TRANZACTION CLUB FRIDAYS. The Valbonne. pop with DJ Top Cat. pleasers. tickets and travel from 10pm-2.30am, £2/free B4 12am. CLASSICS L2 Nightclub, 10pm- Digital Passion. NV Nightclub. www.stubmatic.com/blaccjazz 3am, £4 B4 10pm. Slipmatt Commercial tunes. .

9.30pm-2am, £5/£3 B4 11pm playing classic old skool.

FULL TILT. Bohemia. £6/£4 Newquay House, commercial dance, trance B4 11pm, 10.30pm-late. Hard EYE CANDY. Berties Nightclub.

25th TRANZFEST - HARD & electro with resident DJ’s. dance night with regular guests East St, 10.30-4.am, Eye Candy DANCE V’S HARDCORE L2 5th BENJIS REGGAE BUS. and special nights. Special guests Nightclub, 10pm-3am, £4 B4 Ladies Free b4 11pm. 2 Clubs Twisted Destiny v’s Hindsight on The Angel.

32 Queen Street, means more choice. Cornwall’s 10pm. Ultrabeat, DJ Sy & Tidy the 4th, Huge Awsum Tour on the DJ’s all go head to head for this 10-2am £Free. All of Devon’s biggest nightclub brings the UK’s 25th with a South west invasion best raggamuffin djs and bongo biggest acts and DJ’s to Newquay big night. from Andy Whitby & Cally Gage. drummers crammed in a vw on Saturdays. Main Club: Resident Room 2 is R’n’B and club classics splitscreen, hosted by Ben Adams DJ Will.B mashes up the best with Mike McGowan / Paul every month Chart/Dance/RnB/Indie/Party with Saturdays

Bowden special guests including Scott 5th QUAKE! Phoenix.

LADIES NIGHT. The Venue.

Bideford Bradninch Place, Gandy Street. Mills/ Greg James/Jaguar Skills 9pm-1am, £3/ladies free all and loads more. Club 2: Party & CLUB CHEESE SANDWICH. £10+BF adv. £12 OTD. 9pmnight. The biggest party in town.

Ceasar’s Palace. 10.30pm – 3am. Quake! present to Exeter the Cheese varies.

3am, £5. Two rooms, one for 18th REMIX. Bohemia. 39 best in deep and diverse DnB with HOUSE OF THE LORD. Chy. 10.30pm-3.30am, £5. House all Dance and R ‘n’B and one for pure Dom + Roland, Klute, Eveson, Torwood St. £5. 11pm - 3am. filthy cheese.

Gay clubnight with International Fineprint Audio, Tweeky + Tom G. the way!

DJ/Producer WAYNE G (Heaven, Hosted by MC Delight + Stevie B. THE BIG WEEKEND. The Bude Beach. 10.30pm-3.30am, £4/ Sydney Mardi Gras, San Francisco RENAISSANCE. ROCKABLE. Visuals by VJ Lebowski. 20k rig free B4 11pm. DJs Kai & Leon & LA Pride, China Pride (HK), Rouge Nightclub. 38 The 12th playing Rnb, dance, party, indie, DJ MADBEATS. The Atlantis Cruises).

Strand. EX23. £5. 9pm - 3.30am. Angel. 32 Queen Street. EX4 garage, 70s funk & soul over 3 All the best Commercial Club Totnes floors.

3SR. Free Entry 10pm-2am.

Classics from the past two Damn that boy can cut fast!! Funk/ PASSION. Sailors. 9.30pm-2am, 11th SOUND TRANSMISSION decades. hip hop/soul/party with precise £tbc. Chart, dance & retro tunes SOUND SYSTEM. The Barrel mixing. to shake your booty with DJs Camborne House. 59a High Street, Free PARTY, The Corn Exchange 26th FULL MELT. The Angel. John London & Pete Jordan. entry. 8pm-12pm. With Dub TWISTED PASSION. Pure. 52 9pm-3am, £7/£6 B4 11pm.

32 Queen Street. EX4 3SR. Defector & Gladness at the Tolcrane Road. £ £8 before 8pm Commercial dance night.

10pm-2am. Launching their controls… Sound Transmission

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CLUB Motown & funk classics with DJ Apache in the main room & Ryan Platts downstairs playing funky house, classic soul & Motown.

FIREFLY. North Hill, £free.

Resident djs on rotation.

FREE CUBA PARTY. The B-bar, Barbican Theatre, Castle Street.

DJ Power Lisboa plays the best in Cuban and Cuban-inspired tunes.

From Son to Salsa, from New York Soul to latino hip hop. 8pm. Free.

Info: 01752 242021 FRESH CITY Candy Store.

10pm-5am, £5/£3. Main room: R&B, hip hop and bashment from DJ Jonezy, DJ Snake and Danny Fresh. Room 2: Garage Love with Mr Flexx and residents spinning garage. Official Jay-Z Blueprint 3 album launch release party, and then special guest Young Lion on the 19th.

ULTIMATE SATURDAY NIGHT EXPERIENCE The Quay Club & Barbican Live Lounge. 11 The Parade, The Barbican, PL1 2JL. £2/£4 for both venues. 8pm Joint Alert 4am. Two venues, playing music Friday 9th October across the board. You request it, Lemon Grove, Exeter. they’ll play it!

Heads up for the massive Joint PARTY NIGHT. Walkabout, event taking place on the 9th OcDerrys Cross. 10pm-2am, £free. tober at the Lemon Grove, Exeter.

Latest chart & dance hits with DJ This D’n’B and breaks night has guests including Friction, Groover- Darren Watts. ider, Meat Katie, Elite Force, Dylan PROVOKE. Revolution, Derrys Rhymes and local residents.

Cross. 8pm-2am, £3/free B4 With over 1,000 expected and 10pm. A collection of R’n’B, previous events selling out weeks chart, funky house & disco over in advance, get you’re your tickets two floors. early from all outlets! More info at RENEGADE. Voodoo Lounge. myspace.com/beatzandbobz10 £2. 9 Till Late. Rock, Metal, Hardcore, Indie. 3 Live bands followed

by DJ’s. / £10 thereafter. 4pm - 3.am.

RIDE DJ’S. Ride Cafe, Tavistock Hosting the best in clubbing from around the globe 4 Different rooms Place. 10pm-2am. DJ’s on a weekly rotation- Aldo Vanucci, 7 Bars Exclusive VIP area. DJ’s Matt Taylor and Bad Adams.

Moggsta, Womble, K & Olly D. SEXY SOULFUL FUNKY AND SCREAMADELICA The HOUSE. Annabel’s Cabaret and Barracuda, Cliff Rd, 9pm till Discotheque. 8pm-late, £tbc.

5am, £tbc. Indie all night.

THE WEEKEND. Oceana. 7pmPenzance 2am, £free b4 10.30pm £5 after.

LUVD-UP Barn Club. 10.30pm70’s, 80’s, 90’s party in the New 4am, £8/£7/£6. Party night, drinks York Disco, House/RnB in the Ice deals, commercial tunes, with House. resident Djs Tony Douglas and ZERO’S. Zero’s, Lockyer St. DJ Max Honeyman. More info at 10pm-4am, £4. Regular gay barnclub.com night with resident DJ and friends playing club classics, handbag, Plymouth uplifting house & camp classics.

BAC BAR SATURDAYS North Hill, 10pm - late, £free. Resident 12th BIONIC VS DJ Skank Marvin with a mash up PREMONITION. C103. 103 party selection from funk, reggae Union St. £10. 10:30pm - 5am. and hip hop thru dubstep and Premonition teams up with drum n bass. the UK’s biggest Hardstyle & BEAT THE CLOCK. Varsity.

European Hard Trance event Derrys Cross. 9pm-2am. Drinks Bionic for a massive Vs event promos & deals. with Mark EG, Cally & Juice, Brian DJ APACHE. View 2. Vauxhall M Vs McBunn, Pete Kingwell, St. 9pm-late, £5/£4/£3/free Loki, K-Front, Hakka + FastTrack B4 10pm. Soul, swing, R’n’B, hardcore in room 2!

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19th HAPPY SHOPPER

FUTURE SOUND. The Hippo.

Bath St, £7.50. 9pm - 5am.

They’ve travelled the World with their vinyl, run record labels, legendary club nights and more. And now, for your pleasure, for one night only... the Happy Shopper Crew are back together in Plymouth, joined by Techno legend Neil Landstrumm 07912 581484. happyshopperfuturesound.co.uk

St Austell

BIG WEEKEND. Puls-8. 10pm2am, £6 B4 11pm. Dj Stevie G, Massive party night with the best chart/dance and party classics slammed in the mix.

Torquay

KINDA FUNKY. Bohemia. 41 Torwood St. 10pm-4am, £tbc.

Funk, R’n’B & soul with resident DJs Paul Bowden, Ben McGowan, Iain McKenzie and guests.

SATURDAYS Play. 26 Victoria, Harbourside. 10pm-2am, £tbc.

Commercial dance.

THE BIGGEST PARTY IN TOWN. The Valbonne. 10pm3am, £5/£4 B4 11.30pm/£2.50 B4 10.30pm. Commercial & uplifting house, anything goes.

Totnes 5th RAMBUNCTIOUS

RHYTHM! The Barrel House.

59a High Street, £2 on the door.

From 8pm – 12pm. A night of salacious swing, jumpin’ gypsy beats, juicy jazz, lascivious Latin, titillating tropicadelica, breezy bossa, and adorable afrobeat. With DJ Griff (Jelly Jazz / Rambunctious Social Club) & Lee Hodges (Micasamovi / Rambunctious) Arrive early! restricted numbers

Castle St, 8pm-12.30am, £2/ free B4 9pm. The wind-down session with some serious grinding! Expect the best in Afro, reggae, ragga, Spanish, salsa, Arabic & R’n’B flavas. Well worth checking out.

27th EXCELLENCE EVENTS

PRESENTS CLIMAX LAUNCH PARTY. Mosaic. Mary Arches St. 8.30pm - 2am. Free Shuttle Bus Floor 1- Candy Store (sweets giveaways) Floor 2 - Clothes Store (clothes giveaways) Dance FloorSyndicate DJ and Student DJ.

Newquay

BELUSHI’S LAZY SUNDAY. Belushi’s, Fore St. 9pm onwards, £free. Enjoy uninterrupted ocean views on the sun terrace with a sizzling bbq and chilled live acoustic music.

RELOADED. Sailors, Fore St. £tbc, 9pm-late. Round the weekend off with commercial tunes.

STOKED (under 18’s night).

The Barracuda. 8pm-3am, £tbc.

Open to all, themed nights, who knows what might happen!

THE EXPRESSIONS SESSIONS. Fistral Beach Bar. Fistral Beach. 8 till Late. £free.

Live Music featuring local talent.

Hosted by Dean O Donnell.

Penzance

SUNDAYS WITH BORIS. Club 2k. Branwell Lane, 7pm - 3am Live entertainment with DJ Boris.

Plymouth

CHURCH OF ZERO’S SUNDAY SESSIONS. Zero’s , 24 Lockyer St, 10pm-2am, £free. Regular gay night with resident DJ Stev-E playing chart, R&B, bouncey house & trance.

LOVE R’N’B. Revolution, Derrys Cross. 10pm-2am. £free.

Truro R’n’B all night.

EVIL GENIUS, THE ONE STRAIGHT UP. Firefly. 9 till late.

EYED CAT. One Eyed Cat. 116 £free. Hosted by Thom Ford: Kenwyn St, £free, 9pm-1am blues, soul and other Americana.

The latest funky, sexy, dirty house SUNDAY LOVE VIEW 2. music brought to you by Dr Evil Vauxhall St. £tbc, 9pm-late.

Genius. 07968 433227. evilMusic for lovers, whatever they genius.me.uk may be!

SATURDAYS L2. Calenick St. THE SUNDAY CLUB. Ride Club.

9pm-2am, £5. Chart and cheese 9pm-4am. DJ Super Duper Dan with DJ Paul Blee, house and trance serves up party mashups as you with DJ Marc Holden. Look out for recoever from your come down! special events - Live performace WE LOVE SUNDAYS. Oceana. from Blazin Squad on 20th June.

Barbican Leisure Park. PL4 THE BIG NIGHT OUT The 0LG. Bar Room: Urban Grooves Office, 1 River Walk. 9pm-2am, with DJ Snake 7 Mr Flexxxs. Club £tbc. Weekend party for over 21’s. Room: Commercial Chart RnB & Dance with Mark Allan.

Sundays Exeter

WORLDBEAT. Timepiece. Little

Torquay

SUNDAY NIGHTS. Play Nightclub 10pm-late, £4. Drinks deals and commercial tunes.

The Relentless Boardmasters is officially the biggest surf and music event in the South West and this year was one of the best ever, the sun shone, the bands rocked at Watergate and the whole of Newquay was packed to bursting point.

And they even managed to squeeze in bikini mud wrestling on Fistral Beach, all in all, it was a good week, these photos will give you a taste of what you missed...

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PLYMOUTH Home to just over 260,000 people, famous Plymouthians include Wayne Sleep and Francis Drake… welcome to Plymouth, the city of discovery… The locals are called Janners, and they’re more cultured than they might first appear. From the cobbled streets of the Barbican to the lush grassy lawns of the Hoe and the sweeping run from Mutley Plain to North Hill, there’s something on every corner to make your years here memorable.

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The Student Union does a lot of good work and the bar is nice and cheap. It recently had a huge makeover and is much improved, so all you NUS holders should support your union! Beyond campus, you can’t beat a night out on North Hill, perfectly situated near the main uni buildings. Check out Cuba and newly opened Firefly, right next to each other and both catering for a wide variety of tastes – this is party central. Air bar next to Firefly is great for relaxed drinks on warm evenings and the ever-busy Skiving Scholar (serves a pretty mean terminator) and Bac Bar are just a stumble away. The Fresher & Professor is another nearby student pub, and if you’re feeling brave, the Nowhere is great, full of locals even though it’s surrounded by student halls.

Venture up North Hill and you’ll witness the delights of Mutley Plain (more bars and pubs) or roll down the hill to Tavistock Place for Ride Café where you’ll find excellent live music on Thursday nights under the legendary marquees, the massive Bank Holiday BBQs and loads more entertainment and drinks deals throughout the week. Opposite Ride Café, The Blush Lounge serves a range of excellent cocktails with a sophisticated feel for those in the mood for being classy, as well as an acoustic night (and they also support a lot of student societies) and Scream pub The Roundabout is around the corner. Nearby Voodoo Lounge is home to more underground nights and C103’s on Union Street on the other side of the centre of town does a raucous Wednesday student night. You’ll find a load more mainstream bars and clubs like Varsity, Walkabout and Revolution in the centre of town. There are plenty of good live music venues around the city too including The Hippo on Bath Street and the White Rabbit at Bretonside Bus Station. If you fancy something a little different (and classier), Annabel’s on the Barbican hosts burlesque and cabaret nights as well as great live music.

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The first thing you should discover is the food heaven known as Jakes (there’s one on Regent Street just around the corner from Ride Café and another in the town centre on Cornwall Street), and they make the best chips, cheese and Cajun sauce you’ll ever taste. As hangover preventer/cure and munchie-killer, it’s worthy of the gods. Work your way through the rest of the menu in your own sweet time! Carpe Diem on North Hill is great for pizza and tapas and they do some brilliant deals as well as serving a good selection of well-made cocktails.

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Plymouth has a fair selection of independent shops too – head to Ebrington Street, situated a short walk from Drake Circus mall (where you’ll find all your high street faves) for a great selection of independent retailers.

For funky jewellery, accessories and clothes, check out at Forty Five (they also have a cool coffee shop with a selection of delicious cakes and hot drinks and they print t-shirts so if you need something crazy printed up you need to visit them), skatewear, boards and footwear can be found at core skate scene hangout Prime (they’re opening a skate park in Plymouth soon, stay tuned for more info), and cute homewares shop Home (somewhere for a present for Mum – show her you still love her and she might do your washing up when she visits). Also visit Arena hair salon on the same road for a trim or colour, (their stylists are talented and super friendly and they do great discounts). Box Surf at the top of North Hill is another quality independent retailer with a cute coffee shop, and stocking everything from bags to boards. You won’t fail to notice Westward Bound opposite the uni, it’s one of Europe’s biggest specialist adult retailers – something for the more adventurous ones! And tucked away behind Mutley Plain at Grosvenor House is Faux Couture, your one stop shop for original vintage clothes, accessories and footwear with an exclusive boutique feel.

HANGING OUT

Escaping the city is easy – Dartmoor is only a 15 minute drive away and there are plenty of great beaches within 10 minutes of Plymouth – try Bovisands, Wembury or Whitsands Bay for starters. Or jump on the Brittany ferry and head to France or Spain for a 24 hour booze cruise. And for hungover mornings, take a stroll along the Barbican for a nice mug o’ tea/ice cold drink at Cap’n Jaspers. That’ll see you right my lover.

Words: LTB

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TRURO Truro is the most southerly city in Great Britain. Truronians like to think their fabulous capital city is giving clubbing mecca Newquay and arty hangout Falmouth a bit of a run for their money these days – there’s definitely a whole load of choice with some cracking new places opening recently alongside some old favourites… Rachel Picken gives us the lowdown.

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Some great bars and venues have opened up with new club The Office, the superchic Vanilla and the Old Grammar School all launching within the last 12 months. Of course there will always be the oldies but goldies.

L2 and its sister bar Bunters have been catering for the student fraternity for decades. They have a discount card which money off loads of great independent shops, bars and restaurants. Monday nights at L2 are legendary with £1.50 a drink (free entry before 10pm) and to get the old grey matter working (because too much Jeremy Kyle may turn your brain to mush) check out the pub quiz at Bunters on Sunday nights.

New kid on the block The Office has also established its own £1.50 a drink nights on Mondays to celebrate the start of the week, along with its neighbour Zafiros. With its fishbowl-esque mezzanine flooring, the Office offers the best in free entertainment – drunken people watching. Locals will always recommend the Old Grammar School, which describes itself as an “independently spirited boutique; a stylishly eccentric, yet subtly located playground” – basically an awesome bar and daytime eatery, perhaps the best lunch spot in town, which transforms into an intimate underground music venue at night.

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For a tad more sophisticated evening, head to Vanilla, which has just launched its new cocktail menu with over 45 tasty concoctions. Friendly barman Joss recommends the Turkish Delight, Raspberry, Mint & Elderflower Martini and the cheekily titled Mexican’s Breakfast. The coffee is awesome too, with exceptionally chocolatey home-made brownies.

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Fabulous cake can also be located at the Larder in Lemon Street Market – organic and healthy food minus the mung beans. Vendors of possibly the largest cookies know to mankind. Another of Truro’s best kept secrets (until now!) is the beer garden at Vertigo. They will even let you order a takeaway from Asian fusion restaurant Chantek or nearby Nepalese Kathmandu Palace to munch in lush, green surroundings. Many of these bars have special offers, deals and entertainment on the last Friday of each month, between 5pm-7pm under the banner Hang on Fridays. Check out enjoytruro.co.uk, Truro’s comprehensive website for shopping, entertainment, food and drink. For the best in early hours eating, head to Café Cleopatra. Owner Mo never fails to greet me, no matter how obliterated and aggressive I am in my request for cheesy chips. A true gentleman – he’s even on first name terms with my dad. For tasty Indian takeaway, try Shanaz – another of my old man’s favourites, where they call him Mr George Michael. Curious and slightly alarming. The One Eyed Cat bar and restaurant on Kenwyn Street in Truro is in a converted church, and is also a great place for food and drinks.

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And of course you cannot forget shopping. The lovely Poppy at Opium in Nalder’s Court tells me she attracts customers from Exeter who come to Truro specifically for independent shops. For the best in snow, surf, skate and streetwear, head to Attla on Little Castle Street (attlasnowboards.com). Next door is the Soup Gallery, purveyors of excellent, student-loan friendly art and graff. Also check out Artisan Cookshop for cheeky kitchen nick-nacks to brighten up your supernoodles.

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Keep an eye out for the ultimate in green travel – Truro’s own rickshaw will be hitting the streets very soon.

You pay a tip rather than a pricey cab fare, but be kind because your pedal-powered cab is being cycled by a fellow student. pedicabcornwall.co.uk Words: Rachel Picken

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FALMOUTH Falmouth is only a small town in Cornwall but with the University recently joining forces with Exeter and Dartington, there are now more students in the town then ever, over 3000 to be precise! The seaside resort has over forty places to eat and drink, some very cool and some that look like they are from the dark ages, with proper Cornish fishermen to keep you company.

With this in mind it is important that you know where the best places to go are… Chloe Lyme, recent Journalism graduate from University College Falmouth, shows us around.

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If you are looking for a good regular night, where you are guaranteed a great atmosphere and entertainment with your friends, then Gylly Beach Café on a Sunday is definitely the place to be. It is located right on the beach with free entry and live music every week. The night starts around 8pm, artists who have played there before include Ben Howard, Karima Francis, and Natty. Many more are set to play this year. With 10% discount on food and drink Gylly Beach Café is the perfect place to end your weekend and chill before your next hectic week of lectures! gyllybeach.com Everyone needs a decent local pub when they are moving to a new place, and the best place by far in Falmouth to go would be The Front, a great pub on the quay. It is one of the few places in town that still has a pub feel without being dirty and smelling of stale beer. It is right on the waterfront, in the middle of town, the perfect place to go before the clubs or just for a relaxing afternoon pint. The Front has four music nights; Mondays are folk nights with real Cornish dancing for all ages! Tuesday is an open mic night for songwriters, Thursday is open mic night for anyone and Sunday night is Jazz night with a regular Jazz band every week. The pub veers away from mainstream music and drinks, with has an amazing selection of Cornish ales and one of the finest selections of rums in town. So if it is a Smirnoff Ice and a pint of Stella you are after, this is not the place for you! thefrontfalmouth.co.uk. There are only three nightclubs in Falmouth and only one is really worth a visit: Shades Nightclub on Quay Hill next to town. It is only a small club, but that shouldn’t put you off. The drinks are cheap, the bouncers are friendly and the music is always good. From a wide range of house, techno, funky breaks, drum and bass and cheesy chart toppers, Shades has got it all. On first entering you might be disappointed by the lack of up-to-date décor or the funky smell that lingers when you are in there, but if you are with enough mates and drink enough £2.90 doubles you are guaranteed a great night. The best night in Shades is Thursday nights with DJ Fat Harry, £2 entry for students all night, cheap drinks all night.

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If it is not a pub you are after and you would like some fine cocktails, with music, food and added late night drinking, then the best place in town for all of this is Toast. A superb independent bar with the best music Falmouth has to offer. DJs travel from far afield to whip up eager crowds looking to dance and drink until the early hours. Toast is located right in the centre of town, one of the only bars with a late licence and great food served between 6.30pm and 9.30pm. It has a wide range of music every night from funk, reggae, jazz, breaks, hip hop, jungle and plenty more. Weekends in Toast is where it’s at, every Friday there is a different regular DJ. Recently the hosts have been Skank Marvin, Dante Gabriel and DJ Spinforth from Hong Kong Ping Pong with his funk filled Fridays. Every last Saturday of the month is Electro night with Mitch from UFO, the UK’s longest running electro night. Toast is an all round fantastic bar, with a great vibe and a buzzing atmosphere. toastfalmouth.co.uk.

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If it is important for you to be wearing the finest gear, then you will need to know where to get it at a good price. So if you are looking for a good independent clothes store in Falmouth then Level Skateboarding would have to be the best place to go. Situated at 50 Church Street Falmouth, Level supplies all the best in skate, street and hard wear brands that the industry has to offer, giving 15% discount to all students.

The guys at Level have just started working with the Universities Fashion course to help out with sponsors and putting nights on to help fundraising for the students. levelskateboarding.com. Jam is a groovy independent music shop on the old High Street in town. Not only is it music shop, it is a small café with as well, so you can rummage through vinyl and CD’s on comfy sofa’s with a nice cup of coffee at your side. As well as music, Jam sells a wide range of art, photography and design books at great prices. You can also buy tickets for local music events in the shop. jamrecords.co.uk Words: Chloe Lyme

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EXETER NIGHTS OUT

Exeter has a great music scene and there is always something going on. Head down to the Angel (in Queen Street) on the last Saturday of the month for Full Melt, a night filled with funky beats, breaks and hot cakes with free entry all night – definitely the best pub night of the city. Don’t miss Beatz and Bobz club nights – they’re the longest running breaks night in the UK, which shows that these guys know their stuff. This month they will be at the Lemon Grove (Exeter University) on the 25 September with Plump DJs, do not miss out! The best student friendly club is Timepiece (on Little Castle Street). It has fun nights that are a bit different, like Salsa nights, and does great deals on drinks (just £1.50 each). Student night is Wednesday when proceeds go to support student societies. One place to avoid is Arena. It is extremely dated, from the décor right down to the music and is a hot spot for drunken bust ups.

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For a pick me up on the way home from a night clubbing, it’s all about the Golden Horn on Fore Street. This place is open till late for all your munchie needs and is cheap as chips. This is a student favourite and even has it’s own facebook appreciation site! Choose this over one of the city’s many burger vans, where you are likely to end up with a free unidentifiable hair with your kebab! Days after the night before would be best spent at Havanas on the Quay. Every first Sunday of the month is comedy night. This is a great place to wind down and watch new comedians from around the UK and as well as serving up tasty food, Havanas also does deals on pitchers of cocktails. Long Island Iced Tea is best! Japanese style noodle bar Wagamamas is situated in Princesshay and is great for affordable posh nosh (well, posher than your average pot noodle anyway!)

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For all your music needs, Reform Records on Fore Street is best, offering discounts if you are a member of the Beats and Bass Society. They’re also stocking some cool labels now too, so pick up some new clothes whilst you’re selecting rekkids! If you are more of a book person, at the Book Cycle in West Street you can pick up free second-hand books, or make a donation of your choice. For a great selection of high street fashion, head to Princesshay – stores like Cult might stretch your budget but it’s always a good idea to check out the sale rails… Off The Hook on Fore Street is the place to go for individual vintage and contemporary threads and you’ll pick up some great stuff at very reasonable prices.

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Exeter’s very own radio station, Phonic FM, broadcasts on 106.8FM or online at phonic.fm. Check out the 247 Radio show, hosted by Arash Torabi every other Saturday (this month on 12 and 26 Sept), and specialist shows from locally based presenters featuring everything from reggae to the finest in electronic music and drum and bass…

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When studying in Exeter, you will find that it is an amazing place to live out your student days. A city well known for its nightlife, you will never get bored. If you stick to this guide, you are sure to settle down nicely in Exeter and avoid the student credit crunch! Exeter College Journalism graduate Jenny Pearce divulges some top tips…

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