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Issue 166 | June 09 Director: Nigel Muntz Editor: Lauren Taverner Brown lauren@outofhand.co.uk Design: Adrian Howe / Antony Reynolds / Dan Hayman Production: Kaspar Walker Advertising: Nigel Muntz Nick Tuckfield sales@outofhand.co.uk Cover: Design by Adrian Howe Contents: Image by Tony Plant tonyplant.co.uk Contributing Aldo Vanucci, Arash Torabi, Writers: Backbone, SUPERDUPERDAN, John Barker, NME, Andy Mac, Nia Gould Contributing Clash & Clash, Matt Smith, Photographers: Tony Plant Special Thanks: The weird and wonderful Carnyville! Published monthly by:
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Regulars 08 News 23 Retail Therapy 20 Fashion 24 Music Reviews 25 Demo Reviews 42 Snapped! -- Street Art (back next month)
LISTINGS 26 Arts & Performing Arts 27 Film 29 Live 35 Clubs BEN SKINNER BY TONY PLANT Awesome Cornwall based surf photographer Tony Plant’s work can be found on every continent. After graduating from the Chelsea School of Art with a degree in fine art, Tony made his name as a surf photographer and has been published in prestigious mags like Carve and Pit Pilot (and his photography features on the cover of the Wavefinder guide in this month’s Retail Therapy)! This photo of British longboarding legend Ben Skinner was taken at Porthleven in Cornwall. Check out more of his work at tonyplant.co.uk
FEATURES 13 The F Word
Feast your eyes on more festivals
14 Chase and Status
No chasing status, just banging tunes
16 Jack Crisp
Most Promising Surfer in Pembrokeshire!
19 Bashy
UK grime legend chats to 247!
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NEWS Get Down To The Boom Town Fair
THIS THIS MONTH MONTH WE WE ARE... ARE... Loving long hot summer evenings chilling with our mates, BBQ’s, ice cream, the cool limited edition Nixon watches and the festival season getting into full swing with Escape into the Park and Beach Break Live this month. So, summer might be here at last, the weather twitchers say it might be the hottest for a while, fingers crossed it won’t be a wash out like last year. On that note, why is it people always go on about the weather, always complaining it’s too hot/cold/wet/ dry/damp/sunny/ cloudy/whatever… Don’t they have anything better to talk about? Evidently not, as just proved here! I’ll quit moaning, and just get on with it – you have four weeks worth of our hard work in your hands, read it, respect it, recycle it and next month we’ll write something worth reading here… 8|
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Billed as’ The South West’s fun, arts and family festival that offers an array of fine music, theatre, comedy and art! Put together by the team that brought you the Recydrate Festival last year, they return with the Boom Town Fair, held at a secret location within 30mins of Bristol. Expect the unexpected and a wicked vibe as this really is something special with acts including Babyhead, Chaz and Dave (oh yeah!), Zion Train, Sick Note, Powersteppers and Sonic Boom Six amongst others spread over 4 arenas and the infamous inflatable church! Other things happening include the invisable circus, cabaret, comedy, spoken word, various site art etc. Early bird tickets are only £45, or £58 for those leaving it to the last minute! More info and full listings at boomtownfair.co.uk
Exclusive Signing Session with High Contrast One of D’n’B’s hottest properties, High Contrast is holding a special in-store album launch and signing session at 4pm on Sat 6 June at Catapult Records, Cardiff. Offering a rare and unique experience to meet and hear High Contrast play a set in the most intimate surrounding, there will also be giveaway’s and signings so bring your back catalogue 12`s along for your keepsakes and join in the celebration of Cardiff’s local hero! High Contrast has changed the face of drum and bass and is recognised as an exceptional British dance music act and successor to the likes of The Chemical Brothers, Basement Jaxx and Underworld. He was signed to the influential Hospital Records on the strength of a minidisc he handed to London Elektricity when they visited Catapult back in 2000. “When they (Hospital) first started out, they were complete outsiders to the scene.” says Lincoln, “Their tunes didn’t get much play from any of the big DJs and they just weren’t thought of as very Jungle. Now, they’re arguably the biggest label in the scene, the whole genre has embraced the kind of sounds the label pioneered”. Hospitality – the rave department of Hospital Records – put on the biggest drum and bass nights in the country, hosting events in every major city. Lincoln recalls “Cardiff was the first town outside of London to put on a Hospitality event, way back when, at the humble Moloko venue. So it’s great to see how far we’ve come and how big the events are now.” Appropriately, High Contrast is headlining Hospitality’s biggest ever event in the Welsh capital, with the Aperture-hosted bill also featuring Goldie, Noisia, Cyantific, N:Type, Logistics, Icicle, and loads more at the Great Hall, Cardiff Students Union on Saturday 6 June - tickets £15, from Catapult. It’s going to be a big weekend of the D’n’B community!
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HARBOURSIDE FESTIVAL IS ON!
The Bristol Harbour Festival is definitely happening – taking over the whole of the Waterfront area from 31 July – 2 August, despite the fact the organisers haven’t secured a headline sponsor yet. Covering a wide spectrum of music, The Harbour Festival is also running an unsigned competition, aiming to increase the opportunities for local and unsigned acts to perform at the festival. Unfortunately entries have now closed but you can be sure of seeing some of the cities top up and coming acts performing. More info at bristolharboursidefestival.co.uk
NEWS KISS 101 Street Team
STUDENT FESTIVAL NOT CANCELLED
Despite having it’s planning application declined, the UK’s biggest Student Festival, Beach Break Live is definitely still taking place on 16-19 June in North Cornwall. With acts such as Dizzee Rascal, The Zutons, Chase and Status, and Friendly Fires amongst the acts due to play, there are a few tickets still remaining, get yours at beachbreaklive.com
BLOWPOP’S ALTERNATIVE GLASTONBURY PARTY!
Missed out on tickets to this year’s festival or think it’s long its original vibe? Fear not, Bristol’s top party crew, Blowpop are putting on a huge party on Fri 26 June at the Thekla, Bristol with everyone’s favourite acts – DJ Yoda and Bristol’s home-grown DJ Derek taking charge! So, take one boat, add in two rooms, reggae in one, beats and whatever ends up in Yoda’s DJ box in the other, add 400 or so party people and you’ve got one rocking Blowpop party… get on!
GO AND SEE LIL’S…
Mouthy bird, Lily Allen has announced extra dates to her UK tour, and is heading to Cardiff’s International Arena on Friday 11 December. The dates have been added due to overwhelming popular demand and it marks her only appearance in Wales for the entire tour. Tickets only £23 from CIA Box Office 029 20 22 44 88
PONTY’S BIG WEEKEND
Featuring music, comedy and family entertainment, this year’s event takes place on 1819 July at Ynysangharad War Memorial Park, Pontypridd. Saturday’s headliners are the Sugababes who have had 16 top ten singles in the UK, and topped the charts in 15 countries worldwide. Sunday
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Wanna get out on the street and meet people? Well, our friends at Kiss 101 are looking for a very special person to join their Street Team! If you’re passionate about music, club nights and festivals and are willing to work hard for the best commercial radio station in the region, then please email your CV, a recent photograph of yourself and covering letter to Becky. graham@totalkiss.com’
Upfest Afterparty If all the street art taking place across south Bristol has whipped you up into a freazy, and you don’t want to go home (!), then make sure you hit the after party - Bounce at Basement 45 on Saturday 6th June with special guests Kyle Watson and Mark Davis amongst others. The venue will be transformed by the Upfest crew and expect DJ’s playing House, Electro, Drum n’ bass, Hip Hop and breaks. £7/£5 and free entry with Upfest wristbands!
BBC Blast!
From 23 - 25 July, a series of free multi-media workshops and events for young people will take place Clevedon. The BBC Blast team descend to the town with a media village of trucks that open out into studios, workshop spaces and a performance marquee. You can have a go on the latest technology, share ideas and creative skills, learn from the professionals or try out music, film and radio production. It’s all free, and open to all 13 – 19 year olds. A great way to get some valuable media experience. The Blast crew also have some unique work experience opportunities to people aged 18-24. If you have local knowledge and passion for media and creative arts you could be working with an organiser to plan and manage this event in your town. To apply, make sure you can you Blast WEX applications in by 7 June, 2009. Check out bbc. co.uk/blast/events or email blast-clevedon@bbc.co.uk for more info.
Escape into the Park The biggest outdoor dance event of the year in the Wales takes place on Sat 13 June running from 12pm-11pm at Singleton Park, Swansea. With five arenas featuring top DJ’s such as Andy C, Judge Jules, Eric Prydz, Lisa Lashes, Tidy Boys, Utah Saints and many, many more, this is an essential ‘must not miss’ event for all the Welsh clubbing faithful! With every music style from D’n’B to trance, house to old skool, there is something for all dance fans. Check out escapefestival.com for info and tickets and we’ll see you there!
Rat Race Taking adventure sports out of the wilderness and putting them onto the streets of the UK’s coolest cities, the Rat Race is a totally unique adventure challenge in which teams race on foot, bike and kayak in a multi-sport test of endurance, skills and guts on a course that is only revealed hours before the event begins. Hitting Bristol on 27/28 June, if you are up for the ultimate urban adventure, then sign up for the action and ratify yourself by completing the Rat Race - more info at ratraceadventure.com
NEWS
features a star studded line up that includes BBC Last Choir Standing Winners Only Men Aloud, renowned Opera singer Sian Cothi, X-Factor semi finalist Diana Vickers, and the West End’s own John Owen-Jones. Tickets only £10 for Saturday and the Sunday is FREE, see pontysbigweekend. co.uk for more info.
CARDIFF MILLENNIUM STADIUM UPDATE
Bristol Festival Dates
Upfest Paint Expo
Over 150 street artists are descending on Bristol next month as part of the Upfest 09 festival for urban art. Taking place at a host of Bristol’s hippest venues on Saturday, June 6, the festival will see exponents of all types of urban art – including graffiti, stenciling, pasting, screen printing – daubing and decorating the city centre with colour. Still only in its second year, the buzz about the festival saw all the 150 registered places for artists fill up within days of launching. Organiser, Stephen Hayles, said there is a clear demand for a forum like Upfest. “There has been an explosion in the urban art scene in recent years,” he said. “Its artistry and accessibility has captured the public imagination like never before. With Upfest we’re offering a focal point where people can get together to see some of the best artists in the world and learn more about it.” With some of the biggest names on the scene including French master, Guy Denning and the British artists Inkie, Hush and David Walker painting live - Stephen said the base of artists who attended last year’s festival has established a vibrant community that is forming the backbone of Upfest ’09. Taking in seven venues across south Bristol - including the Tobacco Factory and new venues, The Grain Barge, View Art Gallery and Art Space Live Space - these artistic arenas will allow for people to observe and take part in a multitude of art forms. With attractions for all the family, the festival will also feature children’s areas, sound systems and urban dance performances. Admission to all venues is only £4, more info at upfest.co.uk. Check out escapefestival.com for info and tickets and we’ll see you there!
Organisers of the 2009 Bristol Festival have announced the event will take place on September 19 and 20 in central Bristol. The event, now in its second year, will also feature a launch party on Friday, 18, September to kick the weekend off. The main outdoor venue for the festival will, once again, will be the 8,500-capacity city centre Waterfront Square and Amphitheatre.There will also be a variety of indoor venues in Bristol which will be hosting parts of the festival. The event will feature seven stages across its various venues featuring acoustic acts, rock, indie, ska festival bands, jazz, world music, burlesque, folk, drumming and dance. There will also be free workshops in arts and crafts, singing, dancing and circus classes. Organisers say the entire site will be decorated by local artists and community groups. To get involved and for more info, check thebristolfestival.org
Bristol Design Festival
The Bristol Design Festival is once again bringing you a smorgasbord of interesting exhibitions, competitions, seminars and workshops across Bristol. This year’s festival promises to be bigger and better than last year, running from 5-11 June, based at the Old Fire Station and The Lanes, both in central Bristol. Over 150 designers will be exhibiting across both venues, showing everything from graphic art to products, packaging, fashion, lighting and textiles. Elsewhere, over at the CREATE centre in Southville, the Eco Design show takes place from 8-29 June. There will be a selection of the best sustainable and eco-friendly designs from companies and individuals in the South West, alongside the finalists of the Envired Eco Design Competition with the winners announced at the launch on the 8 June. There is also a city wide ‘Design Trial’, taking in various venues across the city over the period of the festival. There are numerous other events taking place during the festival all over the city, with so much going on, for more info, please check bristoldesignfestival.com
Tickets are still available for U2’s massive gig on 22 August at Cardiff’s Millennium stadium, surprising when most of the other dates sold out very quickly…Other gigs taking place at the venue this month include Oasis on 12 June, Take That on 16 & 17 June and the awesome monster Jam trucking racing on 6 June – now that’s more like it! Tickets and further info visit millenniumstadium.com
MASSIVE GIG
One of Bristol’s biggest ever bands, Massive Attack have announced a special end of tour show on 3 Oct at the Oasis Leisure Centre, Swindon, tickets are on sale now from seetickets.com One day Bristol will have a big enough indoor arena to house gigs like this, in the meantime, Swindon is only 45mins along the M4…
BIG ACADEMY GIGS THIS MONTH…
Last months 247 cover stars, 2many DJ’s return to Bristol after rocking both the Radio One Big Weekend opening party and the Academy last month. Expect another roadblock when they hit the venue on 9 June. However, the other big highlight of the month is on 4 June when MASSIVE hip-hop legends, De La Soul come to town. Info and tickets at o2academybristol. co.uk
RIP CURL SURF DAYS
OK ladies, it’s Girls Surf time again! Rip Curl are running a Girls Tour again this summer which will hit the South Wales and the West in July. Whether you want to learn new tricks or you’re a complete newbie, get some expert tuition from the Rip Curl pro riders at Llangennith, South Wales on 22-23 July, or Croyde in North Devon on 25 – 26 July. This year’s Rip Curl Girls Tour is also accompanied by an amateur/pro surf comp in association with Cornwall Surfer Girls, a night of music and fun after your day of surfing, and a goody bag. The events also integrate Rip Curl’s Planet initiative, with a carbon offset program and recycling arrangements for eco-friendly feel-goodness. All the events are FREE, so log on and book your spot now! Go to girlstour2009.com for more info.
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YOUR OFFICIAL GUIDE TO SUMMER FESTIVAL MADNESS
Festival season is well underway now, and if you’re not heading to Glasto this month, dust off your wellies and check out this lot…
WHO: Eric Prydz, Utah Saints, Tidy Boys, Andy C, High Contrast, Lisa Lashes, Judge Jules, Friction, Hype, Grooverider, Scratch Perverts, Darren Styles, Hixxy, Norman Jay WHERE: and many more Singleton Park, HOW MUCH: £41.50 (VIP Swansea WHEN: £57.50) 13 June WHY: This banging one day dance festival has been described as the biggest day in the Welsh clubbing calendar and the massive line up for this year won’t disappoint. The festival has sold out every year so far so don’t expect to rock up on the day and get in. If you managed to get a ticket, then 12 hours of house music madness await you! WEB: escapefestival.com
WHO: NERD, Scratch Perverts, High
Contrast, Shy FX, Chase & Status, Tinchy Stryder, The Nextmen, Sub Focus, Chipmunk, Freestylers, Jaguar Skills, Crissy Cris, Charlie G, Freerange DJs, Stamina MC and more… HOW MUCH: Adult weekend with camping £64.99, Child weekend with WHERE: The Bath camping £34.99, Family weekend with and West Showground, camping £40. Shepton Mallet, Somerset WHY: The event features the best in WHEN: 10 – 12 July action sports including skateboarding, BMX, freestyle moto x, parkour, roller derby, mountain biking and inline skating as well as a world class music bill over the three days, with a capacity of 15,000 and arenas both indoor and out. This year there will also be a public park so everyone can get stuck in regardless of ability. The Relentless BMX Dirt Championships are also due to be held at NASS, and the dirt track is larger than ever this year. It’s going to be a rush! WHO: relentlessnass.com
WIN a pair of tickets! Send an email with NASS in the subject line to 247@outofhand.co.uk. Competition ends 30 June and is for tickets only – you must sort your own travel and accommodation.
WHO: Underworld, Booka Shade, Square Pusher, Juan Atkins, Mutant Clan, Carl Craig, Dave Clarke, E: r WHER Plump DJs, Adam Beyer, nr Wincheste Hampshire, The Bays, Filthy Dukes, : Finley Quaye and many more… WHEN HOW MUCH: £125 16 – 19 July WHY: This massive dance festival has seven dance tents, two outdoor stages and one of the best lineups of the summer. Billed as the most creatively diverse dance event in the UK, Glade blends the best of all genres of electronica with live music and many other styles of music. Prepare to be blown away! WEB: gladefestival.com
WHO: The Prodigy, Orbital, Pendulum, Armin Van Buuren, Sasha, Erol Alkan, David Guetta, Carl Cox, Tiga, Fabio and WHERE: Grooverider, Richie Hawtin. Long Marston Airfield , Stratford Upon Avon HOW MUCH: £115.00/ VIP £165.00 WHEN: 24 – 25 July WHY: Expect heavy beats and high energy hooks as 55,000 people congregate at the Long Marston Airfields for a non-stop electronic weekender that brings together 150 acts over 16 stages. New for 2009 is ‘The Godskitchen Boombox’, a huge rectangular structure that will house state-of-the-art DJ equipment in the Godskitchen Arena (Europe’s largest marquee), with an astounding combination of lighting and visuals. WEB: globalgathering.co.uk
WHO: Supergrass, The Beat, The
Holloways, Skindred, 65 Days of Static, Scarlet Harlots, Simon Bassline Smith, Black Sun Empire, Ragga Twins, Fuzia, The Joy Formidable and many more HOW MUCH: £45 WHERE: WHY: This weekend long eclectic Ynis Fergi Farm, Borth, music festival is set on the coast of West Wales West Wales within a stone’s throw WHEN:24 – 26 July of Borth train station and an award winning beach. With a strong aesthetic ideal, the festival organisers have said that they don’t want to use traditional tents at the event, and have employed an abstract sculptor – expect to see wild and wonderful creations at Square Festival. Their aim is to do something different, and promotional activities so far have included organising bike rides to promote the use of bicycles. And a record attempt at mass skinny dipping might also be on the cards! WEB: thesquarefestival.com
WHO: Alessis Ark, Chase
WHO: Moby, The Zutons,
Chase & Status, Red Light Company, Pigeon Detectives, Just Jack, DJ Format, Goldie, London Elektricity, Chicane, Kissy Sell Out, Cuban Brothers, The WHERE: Joy Formidable and more… Abersoch, Cardig an Bay, HOW MUCH: Weekend ticket £90, North Wales Weekend camping ticket £115, Single WHEN: 10 -12 July night tickets £40 WHY: Wakestock is Europe’s largest wakeboarding music festival. Early bird tickets sold out in just 50 minutes, and with the biggest wakeboarding competition in Europe and wakeboarding and wakeskating displays taking place alongside top notch music performances and loads more this is a surefire hit for any festival lovers! WEB: wakestock.co.uk
and Status, The Whip, Tom Middleton, Filthy Dukes, Noah and The Whale, Just Jack, Potty Mouth Disco, Lemanis and many more… WH How muCH: Adult £75, Glouce ERE: Child £25, under 5s go free, stershir Chelte e nr day tickets £30 nham WHY: Bloom is one of the WHE N: 14 – 16 UK’s best boutique style August festivals. Hailed as the big kid of the festy circuit, Bloom is set in picturesque countryside with fancy dress, impromptu performances, circus acts and fire shows, topped of with four arenas worth of musical brilliance. They also do events at locations across London and the South West so check out the website for a taste of Bloom before you go to the festival itself. WEB: bloomfestival.com magazine | 13
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London based production duo Cha se & Status really do start as they mea n to go on. Aka Will and Saul, in the past year they have not only permeated the drum and bass industry but succeeded in convincing several drum and bass labels to take a risk by putting their money on somethin g a little different – an unfeasibly clever feat in these times. Their current album ‘Mor e Than A Lot’ (on Ram Records) received the Best Album Award at the 2009 Drum and Bass Awards in Birmingham at the beginning of 2009 and their current singles, ‘Snogg Dog Milli onaire’ (feat Tanvi Shah) and ‘Against All Odd s’ (feat Kano) are smashing radio airwaves and dancefloors across the UK right now. Chase & Status are less concerned with chasing their status and more concerned with making qual ity music. If you don’t already know about these rising stars, we suggest you get to know them… Where and when did Chase and Status begin? We met through mutual friends, and our mutual love of music – and going out, week in week out in London to raves like One Nation, Roast and going to the End religiously every Friday. Our name s are boring tags we used to write as kids. How would you describe your soun d? What stamp do you put on a track that will make people think, “That’s definitely a Chase and Statu s track!”? We’re known well for being versa tile and always trying to come with something different – we like to use a lot of vocals in our tracks and make music that will work well in the car as well as in the clubs . You guys have been around since 2003 but you’ve only just released your first album – why is that? Our first releases were breakbeat/ early dubstep on Vehicle & Bingo in 2003, then our first drum and bass release was on Renegade Hardware in 2004. Our album More Than Alot came out in 2008, so it’s only been 4 years of releasing drum and bass. We think that releasing an album any soon er would have been premature – we felt comfortab le releasing it when we did. What has been the biggest achie vement of your career so far? Our biggest achievement has been selling in excess of 50,000 units of More Than Alot in seven months. You’re playing a lot of dates this summer – and it seems like pretty much every festiv al going – which ones are you looking forward to most? It’s a difficult question to answer as there are so many great ones that we’re doing but NASS festival, Glastonbury, Dour and Exit festiv al are definitely going to be high points of the summer festival season.
Chase & Status are less concerned with chasing their status and more concerned with making quality music What can we expect from the Chas e and Status live show? If you check our chaseandstatustv page on YouTube you can watch our first ever live show from the Radio 1 Big Weekender in Swindon from May… We will have lights, visual videos specifically made – appearances from Plan B, Kano, Takura, Mc Rage and the exceptional Andy Gangadee n on the drums. What do you prefer doing – DJ sets or live drum and bass sets? Whats the essential difference between DJing dnb and dubstep and playi ng it all live? We’ve only had one live show as of now so it’s hard to say but the live show is definitely on a grander level. We still love DJing as you can show off your mixing abilities and take the crowd on a journey in many different directions, but with the live show the tunes performed in entirety get a great reaction and it’s a great feeling to be taking music from the studio and performing it with a band. What kind of atmosphere do you aim to create when you play? We intend to keep the energy level s high and take the crowd to different places – ultimately we’re here to get people dancing and enjoying them selves and that’s what we aim to do every time we play – be it DJing or performing live. If you could remix any artist in the world, who would it be and why? We’re currently remixing ‘Death’ for the White Lies and they are definitely the band we’d most like to remix. Their album is our most favourite album in a long time and the vibe they’ve brought to this record is fantastic, deep, musical and drenched in nosta lgia from the 80s. Who would you most like to work with in the drum and bass world? We’ve worked with some great peop le and intend to get in the studio with Shy FX again and finish off a beat we started many moons ago! Catch Chase and Status, playing live at Escape into the Park, Swansea on Sat 13th June, Beachbreak Live in Cornwall on 16th June, Clockwork , Bristol on 19th June, Dellers Wharf, Taunton on 25th June and the National Adventure Sports Show (NASS) at the Royal Bath and West Showground, Shepton Malle t on 10th July myspace.com/chaseandstatus
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Words: Lekan Latinwo
At just 24 years old, Ashley Thomas (better known as the MOBO nominated grime/hip hop star Bashy) has had a pretty busy life. Growing up in West London and Dominica, he’s been both suspended from school, and accepted into the Brit School of Performing Art. At 16 he was broadcasting on pirate radio alongside the likes of Wiley, Dizzee and Kano. He’s worked as a bus driver and a postman, and is an award-winning musician, with an Urban Music Award for most inspirational artist presented to him just last year. On top of all this, he’s set up his own record label (Ragz2Richez) and worked on the soundtrack for British crime flick Adulthood. He shot to prominence in 2007 with the release of the anthemic ‘Black Boys, and was immediately noticed by Damon Albarn, performing on stage with him at the Love Music Racism Rally in London in 2008, and now working with Albarn’s music collective Africa Express. Bashy’s debut album, Catch Me If You Can, is out this month, so Lekan Latinwo did his best to do just that ahead of another busy summer…
director, Scorcher and Wretch 32 and how they wanted to be portrayed in the project. The video has been receiving a lot of hits on Youtube and the interest is growing too, it’s been great to see and hear the positive feedback from it. Tell us what we can expect from your debut album, and what’s your favourite track? You can expect a vast musical collection of different sides of me, this album is my life, and it shows my journey and growth and my ups and downs in life. I hope everyone can relate to it and enjoy it. There are collaborations with Jamelia, Loick Essien, N-Dubz, Toddla T and Yolanda Brown on there. One of my favourite tracks is Copy Cat, produced by my cousin Self Taught Beats; a brilliant producer that you need to look out for. When I first heard the instrumental, he had his daughter on the hook and it blew me away, so I made sure I sat down and came up with something special for it, when you hear the track you’ll know…. How did you manage to hook up with Africa Express? I did a show with Africa Express in Liverpool, and basically Damon Albarn was liking my music and my vibe so our management kept in contact and that resulted with us performing over in Nigeria, Africa last year, myself along with Kano, Tony Allen and a host of other talented and blessed artists. That was a great experience that I will never forget. This year we are doing some more shows together, we’re coming to Bristol to perform and we will be performing at Glastonbury Festival too which is going to huge, I performed at Glastonbury last year and I loved it.
How has life changed for you since you released “Black Boys” and “Kidulthood To Adulthood” singles? Life has been good, it’s changed a lot for me, I used to drive the bus before all this, but now I make a living from music, I get a lot of recognition from my fans when I’m out and about, After you have released your album, what other plans do they want my autograph or take a picture with me, it’s be you have on the horizon? been good and I feel humbled and blessed. I got a few things coming up, I will be acting in a national play called “Marcus The Sadist”, and I have got a lead role Why didn’t you come out with your album earlier, off the in a new film but I can’t give you any details yet, I am also back of the success you received from “Black Boys”? working as a musical supervisor on a forthcoming British film I wanted to take my time with my album and not rush it. I called Freestyle so I am trying to keep busy. Catch Me If You want it to be something that I can be happy with rather that Can ain’t only the title of my album, its my life… do a rush job, then look back on it and think I could of done this a little bit better or that a little bit better and have regrets about it. Bashy’s single, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? is out now. His album, Catch Me If You Can, is available from The video for the underground release of Ransom (part 1 June. See him in Bristol with Africa Express on 5 one) is pretty gritty, how did the concept for the music June, Chesham, Bucks on 17 July, and at Glastonbury video come about and what’s going to happen in part two? with Africa Express on 27 June. The video is influenced by the song, the video was a group bashy.com // myspace.com/bashystar effort between myself and my management team, the video
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Alice wears: Citron bikini by Pull-in £50, Gauge Fiend Green sunnies by Electric £80
Spice up your swimwear with hot accessories this summer… Photography: Bailey, Cresswell and Davis at Clash & Clash
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Alice wears: Flowery Lake Bahia Bikini by Rip Curl £45, Deano’s customised Electric glasses (stylists own), Rosewood acetate white watch by Vestal £99 and Rosewood acetate white/black stripe watch by Vestal £99
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Alice wears: Bhind L.O.V bikini £39.99, Overdrive white fade sunnies by Electric £90 and Metal Monte Carlo Gold watch by Vestal £139 Location: Clash & Clash photo studio, Grosvenor House, Plymouth Photography: Bailey, Cresswell and Davis at Clash&Clash. ClashandClash.com Hair and Makeup: Jo Barker at Arena, 52 Ebrington St, Plymouth, 01752 250025. Get 20% off with Jo when you quote 247 Magazine. Model: Alice Vandy Stockists: store.pull-in.com electricvisual.com vestalwatch.com bhindbikinis.com 01872 510126 Rip Curl: 0871 277 8008 Thanks: The motley crew of ‘togs, artists and ace peeps who did the shoot.
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RETAIL THERAPY Surfs up this summer… don’t forget to prepare (read the books), protect (wear the sunscreen) and take some awesome photos GoPro Surf Hero Waterproof Digital Camera
£159.00
Sporting a 5mp sensor, improved low light performance, faster “photo every 2 second” mode, and mega-wide 170 degree lens, this baby shoots 56 minutes of video and 5mp photos automatically, and quick release mounts to your board. surfedout.com Wavefinder UK & Ireland
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Another great Wavefinder book, this hand sized guide is full of inspirational photography and detailed information on where and when to surf in the UK and Ireland. Published just last month, this is bang up to date. wave-finder.com SAS Ladies Vintage hoody in limelight yellow
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ECO Time and Tide Clock
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This slick tide clock will help you keep track on the tides as well as the time so you know when to head for the beach. It’s made from an innovative process that recycles vending machine coffee cups into a solid, heavy, slate-like material. ashortwalk.com
Prosport sunscreen
£15.99
A fresh, summery pale yellow hoody with a clean white vintage SAS eye logo front and back. Certified fair trade and printed by Europe’s only certified organic textile printer. (SAS Members pay £36) surfersagainstsewage.co.uk
Prosport sunscreen is waterproof, sweat proof, non greasy and will protect you for eight hours with just one application. Excellent! No more re-applying, no more stinging eyes as your sunscreen slides off your face, no more sunburn! prosportsunscreen.co.uk
MATUNAS Organic Surf Wax
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Matunas Wax is made using organic ingredients and is non toxic and biodegradable. The labels are made from recycled paper and printed using soybean ink. (SAS Members pay £1.32) surfersagainstsewage.co.uk
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Music Breaks & Beats
Rock/Indie
Crazy Arm
Jazz / Funk
Urban / Hip Hop
Dance
Electronica
Drum & Bass
Random
With all the steadily growing hype around the lush and steppy Dubstep hues of Martyn, it would be easy to be over critical (Xtra Mile Recordings) of his self released debut album, which would be a shame because its frickin Rooted in punk, Crazy Arm deliver a monster Easy Star All-Stars dope!!! His calling cards of 2 step shuffle of an album that’s taken them a few attempts Easy Star’s Lonely and technoid warmth are all there along to perfect. From the opening bass riff of the Hearts Dub Band’ side some newer textures including a first track, Asphalt, the band’s inventiveness (Easy Star Records) vocal track and more House or even UK becomes clear. They are experts in delivering If you hadn’t guessed already, this is a reggae Funky type rhythms, all of which works complex song structures and razor-sharp exceptionally well. I would recommend version of ‘Sgt Pepper’, and it’s from the tempo changes. Melody is a strong feature this to anyone with taste for warm, melodic same team that did Dub Side of the Moon throughout, with perfect harmony vocals and bass driven electronic music. Tip: It’s all prominent guitar parts colouring the songs. On and Radiodread. Reggae artists have been about the hidden track! top of all that, they confidently sing about what covering The Fabs for years, usually with mediocre results. But this star-studded tribute Andy Mac they believe in, without resorting to clichés. works better than I thought it would, mainly Crazy Arm prove that punk is timeless and always relevant. Rock & roll is alive and well. due to decent bass-lines and its variety Future Of The Left Arash Torabi of vocalists. Highlights: Lucy in the Sky Travels With Myself And Another (featuring Frankie Paul) and She’s Leaving (4AD) Home (featuring Kirsty Rock). It’s also a bit Virus Syndicate of a who’s-who of classic reggae, with guest Funnily enough, the legacy of Mclusky Mosquito vocals from Mighty Diamonds, Sugar Minot, has only truly been honoured by its (Contagious Music) Steel Pulse, Ranking Roger and U Roy. ex-members. So it goes with Cardiff trio, Arash Torabi Future Of The Left’s sophomore effort: a Although they’ve been raved about in the glorious catch of howling vocals, grumbling music press for a while now, this group bass, keyboard menace and stabbing riffs Paolo Nutini have slipped under the Vanucci radar. I that feed on the bones of their legendary Sunny Side Up must be slipping in my old age cos this is past whilst being unafraid to nibble on (Atlantic) super nice. A very tight production sound other melodic pillars. Of course, it’s Andy that feels like a shinier hip hop version of Falkous’ uniquely gnarled voice that seals MJ Cole, if that makes sense, with nice the deal, turning twisted anti-pop nuggets It beggars belief that a 22 year-old lad flows by MCs and vocalist alike. Having into sheer malice. can have such a ragged, scorched and been given the thumbs up by Benga and Backbone life-worn voice but that’s Paolo Nutini for Skream this isn’t one for the clubs but for you. Eschewing the rocky swagger of old, the “all back to mine” smoke it is on point. sophomore album ‘Sunny Side Up’ scans Aldo Vanucci like a rickety old 7” jukebox as ‘60s rock Klay steady, Motown, highland folksong (with a Maps Of Rebellion nod to fellow Scots crooner, King Creosote), (Lockjaw) Anti-Flag prairie country and ‘50s R&B ballad all get The People Or The Gun a look-in. Meanwhile that amazing voice You can tell the bands that have a real (Side One Dummy) binds the strands and baffles some more. vision. Exeter’s Klay, for instance, have Astonishing if muddled. nailed the kind of record that would have Backbone Musically, you wouldn’t say that Anti-Flag seemed unlikely from them a few years ago. push the boat out. Still milking those But such is their focus and unerring drive, Offspring-goes-Rancid mannerisms, still here it is: a post-rock/hardcore pearl that looking a bit plastic… But forget all that Some Beans jostles for shoulder space with their heroes, because the band put their money where joining the dots between Biffy Clyro and The Fear & Loathing in their mouth is. They’ve funded well-building Appleseed Cast. And if the string-laden intro Tipton St John’ in Africa, set up the Military Free Zone and is a furtherance of this vision, I can’t wait for ( Pop Noise Records) Underground Action Alliance, arranged album number three. Class. Solo project from Devon-based multifood and clothing drives for the homeless, Backbone instrumentalist, songwriter, producer and and are donating pre-sale online profits of arranger, Andy Fonda, who is Jack-of-allthis album to Amnesty. Job’s a good ‘un. trades and master of all. Think Stone Roses, Backbone Sonic Youth if they’d made an album around their ‘Fool’s The Eternal Gold’ era. But that’s selling Fonda short, because as a writer, singer and bass-player, (Matador) Madness he outshines his influences, despite the fact that he’s entirely responsible for every The Liberty of Norton Folgate Sixteen albums in and Sonic Youth, last note on this album. ‘All About You’ (Lucky Seven) should be a summer anthem. ‘No More the Western World’s most consistently Wine’ sounds like a classic you’ve loved for credible avant-rock unit, show no signs of years. His string arrangements, use of drum submission. Opener, ‘Sacred Trickster’, and With their original 7-piece line-up, the Maddies deliver another album stamped with breaks, bass parts and attention to detail are the frictional ‘Anti-Orgasm’ are statements their inimitable trademark, which many still try astonishing. Above all, great songs always of scuzzy intent and a return to former stand the test of time. to copy. Reminiscent of their ‘Keep Moving’ focused glories; while the softcore motorik Backbone era, ‘Liberty’ is packed with bittersweet lyrics of ‘Antenna’ picks up the ‘Sonic Nurse’ and melodies, and the material is superior to baton. Still erring on the side of No(o) their previous comeback, 1999’s ‘Wonderful’ Wave, still quietly fucking shit up, but how Martyn This album is a rare example of a unique long can they maintain the squawk and Great Lengths British band who have maintained their skronk? A lot longer, one hopes. (3024) artistic integrity as well as their popularity. It’s Backbone
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also great to see an older band who can still remember how to actually write songs. Arash Torabi
Reviews by Jon Kennedy and Backbone
DEMOS
Psycho Baby Bristol’s Psycho Baby are so painfully stereotypical that it would probably be better to see them as a parody and take it from there. The Psycho Baby in question is Sally-Anne Beighton: a woman with a great voice, granted, but that whole cock-thirsty, I-rock-I-do, manpossessive persona wears a bit thin after five songs with titles like ‘Woman Get Ya Hands Off’, ‘I Want Action’ and ‘Born To Be Bad’. Meanwhile the boys in the band supply the gonad power and amusing gang vocals but ditch originality in favour of familiarity; which probably works very well in real ale pubs and local charity rockfests. psychobabyrocks.com Backbone
Rock In Your Pocket She used to be in scuzz-rock also-rans, Rub Ultra, did Charlie Beddoes. Now she’s fronting the Bristol-based Rock In Your Pocket and, on their ‘Feel The Pulse’ EP, delving into a post-industrial scrap-yard of greasy distortion and moody, girlish whimpering that wants to unnerve you like Nine Inch Nails do but can’t quite work up the necessary psychosis. ‘Stupid O’Clock’ sounds like Transvision Vamp’s naughtier sister, but the new wave chug of the title track sounds more authentic, as if it was recorded at the tail end of 1979 when punk was morphing into the new orthodoxy. myspace.com/ rockinyourpocket
Backbone
Slow Motion
Left Step Band
Chilled beats, synthetic drum fonts and a dose London based steppers Left Step Band hit of dub is the medicine of Slow Motion (or hard with the track Rebels Of The Frontline. Peter Mocsonoky to his mum). Hailing from It’s political, swampy, spooky and anthemic in Hungary, Peter manages to string some tunes a hip hop fashion with a slice of dub/reggae. together that only just pass as finished to my It’s fat in production and holds well for an ear. It’s harmless gear but sounds very much MP3 burn to CD. They seem to be doing like a DEMO, which I suppose is the whole freakin’ point of this pretty well too… In fact too well to be featured here actually…so section… good lad, must try harder! that’s enough on them. Sorry chaps. *Taxxiiiii!* myspace.com/slowmomusic myspace.com/leftstepband Jon Kennedy
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DJ Omas Top rocking tunes here from Manchester based DJ Omas. Perfect on the breaks and tight on production this gear is better than a lot of stuff I’ve heard coming from the Fat City Bootleg 7” release listings… This needs to be on vinyl to be fully appreciated in my sets. Think Pete Rock (hip hop), Gwen McRae (soul) and the better side of J Live (back-pack hip hop)… This gear is solid as a rock and I’d stick this straight in my record bag if it were pressed to wax… DOPE! myspace.com/djomas Jon Kennedy
Andrew Lips A welcome change to the usual serious gear I get pushed through my letterbox. Andrew Lips is well funny. His drawings, lyrics and attitude are ACE! He wants a bad review according to his letter but he can fu*k off because this music is great. It’s the kind of stuff I could tolerate over a good bumming. Andrew creates jaunty speed folk music with properly funny lyrics. You just have to go check him out. I think it’d be genius to see live! *doffs cap* myspace.com/andrewlips
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Manzur Being trapped on the Channel Isles would drive me insane or drive me to the studio. Manzur is a DJ/producer hailing from said islands and comes strong with a 31 track CD of loops and ideas to shake any discerning dancefloor gently. We have some nicked loops with his beats and some nicked beats with chopped loops. If it were to have a proper release he’d better grab his ankles and be ready for a jolly good ‘copyright’ rogering… PIP PIP! myspace.com/itsthegetdown Jon Kennedy
Dirk Landish Local folk, pop, performer Dirk Landish has a crazy style. It captures your attention in an odd fashion. I think the vocals and lyrical content are the main focus on Does IT Buzz, Yes It Does. It’s slightly out of tune and slightly weird. Think Captain Beefheart meets Cockney Rebel but from the West Country. It’s interesting gear and sounds very live which I’m sure is where they are most at home, no doubt with large beards wearing purple wigs and pushing pianos into the sea. myspace.com/dirklandish Jon Kennedy
A Fine Day For Sailing Coming from the venerable Pop Noise mini-stable, Exeter’s A Fine Day For Sailing – ostensibly, Matthew Stead and friends – are so endearingly lo-fi that you quietly ignore the ridiculously loose musicianship on their double A-side single ‘Me And The Girl’ / ‘Village Idiot’ and concentrate instead on the Sarah Recordsmeets-Magnetic Fields indie wobble that they benignly craft. Third song, ‘Is He The One That You Want’ lovingly recreates Biff Bang Pow’s psyche-pop harmonica’n’harmonies with a tear in its eye and a sense of nostalgia that’s hard to resist. myspace.com/afinedayforsailing
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If you want to submit any demos for review on this page, please contact Jon for a postal address via :
jonkennedy.co.uk / 247demo@jonkennedy.co.uk
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ARTS ilms Words: Alan Butler
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3 Jun Bath
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MATE, NEW OLD FRIENDS The Rondo Theatre, St. Saviours Road, Bath, rondotheatre.co.uk, 8pm, £10 Following its sell-out run at the Theatre Royal’s egg last year and fresh from wowing audiences in London this May, Mate returns to Bath funnier than ever. The show follows two friends, Toni & Will in their attempts to oust unwanted houseguest Wes. The humour is broad in its scope, from cleverly crafted tautology jokes all the way along to mime humping. New Old Friends fill the gap between theatre and stand-up; the gag-rate is so high that you’ll be gasping for breath.
Theatre
Comedy
work coincides with the International Year of Astronomy could not be more fitting and her huge, explosive star-scapes, skyscapes and planetary bodies positively entrance and amaze with her current show, Lightyears 2009.
5 Jun – 4 July Bristol
TEMPERTEMPER Here Gallery, Stokes Croft, 0117 9422 222, thingsfromhere.co.uk Bristol’s Here Gallery presents a new exhibition of multi-disciplinary work by 3 contemporary female artists: Erin McGrath, Katherine Rose and Georgia McDowell, who through their varied practices, all manage to find beauty in the mundanity and ugliness of the everyday.
films LUB 3 June Bristol
BODYWORKS: Body of work Tobacco Factory, Raleigh Road, Southville, 0117 902 0344, tobaccofactorytheatre.com, 8pm, £8 - £10 Body of Work is a highly physical dance composition of ambiguous body images, mixed movement styles and multimedia performance, which references to the striking imagery of Cuban-American body artist Ana Mendieta. Four dancers from backgrounds ranging from contemporary to urban and African influences investigate their physical heritage through skillfully crafted anatomical autobiographies. Images are projected on to bodies in motion to create fascinating visual effects. Combined with intriguing object manipulation and a captivating soundtrack, the result is stirring and unpredictable.
9 June Bath
FRIENDS AT RIVER COTTAGE Komedia Bath, 22-23 Westgate Street, komedia.co.uk/bath, 6.30pm, £65 Join Hugh’s team of experts for a lively and entertaining evening at the River Cottage Canteen in Bath. After welcome drinks and canapés, we will take our seats in the magnificent auditorium to join Steven Lamb, Hugh’s smallholder and a host of River Cottage contributors including John Wright, foraging guru, for a Q&A all about River Cottage life. The panel will be answering questions about growing and raising your own produce, life in the South West, the River Cottage series and what will be happening at River Cottage HQ in the coming months. At about 8pm, you’ll then sit down to an exquisite four course set menu of the finest River Cottage food, finishing with coffee and petit fours at about 11pm.
LIVE
IVE CLUB Until 4 June Bristol
PORTRAITS OF INSECURITY Centrespace Gallery, 6 Leonard Lane, Bristol, BS1 1EA, centrespacegallery.com Multimedia exhibition bridging the divides between art, academia and community, with works that explicitly reflect on the diverse political relationships between identity and notions of (in)security, bringing together new and established artists, academics and students.
Every Sat in June Bath KRATER COMEDY CLUB Komedia Bath, 22-23 Westgate Street, komedia.co.uk/bath, 8.30pm, £11.50 Komedia’s Krater Comedy Club hits Bath. Sit at your table, eat, drink, watch three top stand-ups and the best comedy comperes in the business... and LAUGH!
IVE LIVE 5 – 13 June Bristol
KATHRYN THOMAS Paintworks, Arnos Vale, Bristol, BS4 3EH, 0117 972 8838, paintworksbristol.co.uk, Every now and then an artist comes to the fore who eclipses all others in the genre. Kathryn Thomas is such an artist. That her
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15 June Cardiff
RUSSELL HOWARD: Dingledodies Wales Millennium Centre, Bute Place, Cardiff Bay, CF10 5AL, 08700 40 2000 wmc.org.uk, 8pm £15 Still unfashionably fond of humanity Russell Howard the star of Mock the Week
Dance
and BBC 6 Music is back in Cardiff with his new stand-up show following 3 sellout tours in the space of one year.
16 June Cardiff
STAND UP COMEDY WORKSHOP Sherman Cymru, Senghennydd Road, 029 2064 6900, shermancymru.co.uk, 10am £10 Learn how to be truthfully funny! Participants will engage in exercises designed to create and structure a comedy set.
18 – 27 June Taunton
enCORE The Brewhouse Theatre, Coal Orchard, Taunton, 01823 283244, thebrewhouse.net This exhibition celebrates the achievements of the full-time Fine Art Degree graduate students from the University of Plymouth and Somerset College. It follows their hugely successful exhibition ‘CORE’ at the Appledore Arts Festival in 2008 and will showcase new and very diverse work.
23 – 27 June Bristol
SHAKESPEARES GLOBE ON TOUR: A Midsummer’s Night Dream Tobacco Factory, Raleigh Road, Southville, 0117 902 0344, tobaccofactorytheatre.com, 7.30pm, £10 - £15 A summer delight, A Midsummer Night’s Dream is Shakespeare’s most vivid and inventive comedy. The versatile troupe of actors will entertain outdoor crowds with a stripped-down version, true to the old principles of touring theatre.
30 June Cardiff
ALAN GOULBOURNE’S COMMISSION FOR CHAPTER HOARDING The Garage, Market Road chapter.org Chapter and the South West decorative & fine arts society are delighted to announce that recent graduate Alan Goulbourne has successfully completed his commission for Chapter’ s hoarding into an extraordinary piece of art, working with wood he has created a multi layered three dimensional sculptural landscape which is on display for the duration of Chapters redevelopment until mid 2009.
Until 5 July
Events Bristol
LAPDOGS OF THE BOURGEOISIE Arnolfini, 16 Narrow Quay, Bristol, 0117 9172300, arnolfini.org.uk To what extent does class play a role in the production and dissemination of contemporary art? Lapdogs of the Bourgeoisie investigates the latent issue of class underlying the field of contemporary visual art. The exhibition will contain work in various media, including photography, texts, performance, video and sculpture.
Throughout June Bristol
Friend & Co Artworks 8 The Promenade, Gloucester Road, friend-and-co.com Friend & co showcases a load of really cool original art in their teeny tiny gallery, with limited edition prints and all that jazz…
Every Thurs, Fri & Sat in June Cardiff
THE BEST IN LIVE STAND UP COMEDY, The Glee Club Cardiff, 0871 472 0400, glee.co.uk from 7.30pm, £varies A purpose built comedy venue, it is without doubt one of the finest on the circuit. Loved by comics and crowds alike; relax in the theatre style seating with tables, a huge bar and it’s own veritable menu for most shows and be royally entertained every Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Until 28 June Cardiff
HASSEN HAJJEJ - Le Salo Chapter Gallery Off–Site Programme, The Garage, Market Road, Cardiff, chapter.org For two months, The Garage (a stone’s throw from the front of Chapter) will be dramatically transformed into a meeting place, hire space, library and café, designed in Hajjaj’s inimitable ‘style of the souk’ featuring an eclectic array of tables, lamps, stools, pouffs and lanterns. You are invited to relax, use the specialist Arabic library, access our free wireless network, watch films with a North African twist and drink traditional mint tea. Le Salon will host a number of events including traditional North African music workshops, Dj–ing workshops (with DJ Ucef), art crits and classes, a series of North African baking sessions with artist Rhabab Gazoul, Arabic literature sessions, belly dancing and capoeira demonstrations and much, much more.
ART films
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17 Again (12A)
7 – 8 Jun: The Welfare,
Swansea, 01639 843163, thewelfare.co.uk Dir: Burr Steers, starring Zac Efron, Leslie Mann and Matthew Perry. 2008/US/101mins In this comedy Mathew Perry is an unhappy 37 year old executive. One night he is magically transformed back into his teenage self. Helped by a friend he enrols in his old high school and goes back to living the life of a carefree 17 year old young man. Think the Tom Hank’s hit Big, but in reverse. This comedy is touched by a witty script and the presence of teen heart-throb Zac Efron, who captured hearts in High School Musical, and should capture more in this feel-good hit. Angels & Demons (TBC)
14 – 18 Jun: Curzon
Community Cinema, Clevedon, 01275 871 000, curzon.org.uk Dir: Ron Howard Starring: Tom Hanks, Ewan McGregor and Stellan Skarsgård 2009/US/140 mins The team behind the global phenomenon The Da Vinci Code returns for this highly anticipated follow up. When Harvard religious expert Robert Langdon (Hanks) discovers evidence of the resurgence of an ancient secret brotherhood known as the Illuminati he also faces a deadly threat to the existence of the secret organisation’s most despised enemy: the Catholic Church. With beautiful Italian scientist Vittoria Vetra in tow we are taken on an actionpacked hunt through sealed crypts, dangerous catacombs, deserted cathedrals, and eventually the most secretive vault on earth. One to watch. Coraline (PG)
5 – 11Jun: Chapter Arts
Centre, Cardiff, 029 2031 1050, chapter.org. Dir: Henry Selick. tarring Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, and Jennifer Saunders 2009/USA/100mins Coraline Jones is not a nice little girl. Bored and ignored by her preoccupied parents, she dreams of escaping her dreary and rain-sodden home. Coraline finds a secret tunnel to a parallel world where parents are always fun, talking cats are your pal and your neighbour is a flamboyant vaudevillian performer with a troupe of trained mice. However, life is not quite as perfect as it seems and Coraline must act to save all that she holds dear. This is a magical film that will bowl both adults and kids away and if you can see it in glorious 3D for some eye-popping thrills. The End Of The Line (TBC)
8 Jun: The Riverfront, Newport, 01633 656 757,
Words: John Barker
newport.gov.uk. Dir: Rupert Murray Starring: Charles Clover, Roberto Mielgo. 2009/UK/102 mins Based on journalist Charles Clover’s book, this is the devastating story of the declining state of the world’s oceans. The statistics are horrendous, the underwater photography stunningly beautiful, the conclusion inescapable. The message is it’s time to control the fishing fleets of the world before there are no more fish left. There’s still time, and its relatively easy to do. If the politicians set fishing quotas according to the scientists advice (as they do in Alaska), set up marine conservation areas, and we all ate fish only from sustainable sources, the problem could be solved in a generation. A hopeful message from a deeply troubling film. Is There Anybody (12A) 8 – 11 June: Curzon Community Cinema, Clevedon, 01275 871 000, curzon.org.uk Dir. John Crowley, starring Michael Caine, Bill Milner, AnneMarie Duff, Thelma Barlow UK/2008/94 mins Sir Michael Caine gives one of the finest performances of his career as a retired magician who reluctantly enters a family-run old age home. Set in a seaside English town circa 1987, the film charts the unlikely frtendship that develops between Caine’s proud, bitter old performer and the death-obsessed young son (played by Son of Rambow’s Bill Milner) of the home’s overwhelmed owners. Is Anybody There? tells a charming story about
growing up and growing old, and the unpredictable adventures that happen along the way. Little Ashes (15) 3 Jun: The Cube Microplex, Bristol, Bristol, 0117 907 4190, microplex.cubecinema.com Dir: Paul Morrison, starring Matthew McNulty, Robert Pattinson and Javier Beltrán UK/2008/112 mins This is the extraordinary story of the relationship between of three of the leading artists of their time; Salvador Dali, Luis Bunuel and Garcia Lorca. Little Ashes follows a young Salvador Dali from his beginnings living in the Residencia de Estudiantes, leading to his dynamic relationship with poet Federico Lorca. It is a moving story of extraordinary talent and a friendship that would define his art and those around him.
Sounds Like Teen Spirit (12A)
LIVE 16 – 18 Jun: Chapter
Arts Centre, Cardiff, 029 2031 1050, chapter.org. Dir: Jamie Jay Johnson, starring Marina Baltadzi, Yiorgos Ioannides and Mariam Romelashvili. UK/2009/93mins This delightful popumentary bounces you through the struggles and triumphs of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest with just the right mix of affection and amusement. We follow the fortunes of hopeful contestants from across the continent and come to understand their motivations for wanting to take part. The participation of Mariam Romelashvili from Georgia is a matter of real national pride for her embattled country, while Cyprian Yiorgos Ioannides, a pint-sized Tom Jones-style belter, endures teasing at school for his showbiz aspirations. It’s hard not to find yourself rooting for these often naïve, but highly creative young people.
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North Face (12A)
1 Jun: Chapter Arts Centre,
Cardiff, 029 2031 1050, chapter. org. Dir: Philip Stolzl starring Benno Fuermann, Florian Lukas and Johanna Wokalek 2008/Germany/121 mins It’s the best mountaineering film since Touching The Void and is also based on a real story. Toni and Andi are favourites in the race to be the first to climb the deadly North Face of the Eiger and so become national heroes in time for the 1936 Berlin Olympics. But things soon start to go wrong for the ill equipped mountaineers, who are determined to the point of madness to scale the most
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Released: 3 June
dangerous rock face in the Alps – the treacherous ‘murder wall’. Clearly filmed under extremely hazardous conditions, it is the extraordinary cinematography of the snow-bound scenery that really steals the show.
TERMINATOR SALVATION (TBC)
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Star Trek (12a)
1 – 4 Jun: Curzon Community
Cinema, Clevedon, 01275 871 000, curzon.org.uk Dir: J.J Abrams starring Chris Pine, Simon Pegg and Zachary Quinto. 2009/US/126 mins Star Trek fans rejoice as the man behind Lost and Cloverfield takes on science fiction’s most precious commodity. This is a chronicle of the early days of James T. Kirk and his fellow USS Enterprise crew members during their time at Starfleet Academy. The cast features hot Brit-talent Simon Pegg as Scotty and fresh from his turn as Sylar in Heroes, plays Spock. The effects are out of this world, and this reinvention of the Star Trek franchise boldly goes where no man or Trekker has gone before
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Dir: McG, starring Christian Bale, Sam Worthington and Linda Hamilton. 2008/US/TBC Not content with reinventing the Batman franchise, Christian Bale takes on the Terminator mantle in this sequel. The film is set in the future where mankind is at war with a race of cybernetic killer machines and John Connor is leading the human resistance. Despite some much documented troubles on set the end product looks befitting of director James Cameron’s early efforts. Box office records could be terminated.
Viva!: Flores De Luna (15)
2 – 7 Jun: The Watershed,
Released: 26 June
TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN (TBC)
Dir: Michael Bay, starring Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox and John Turturro As if the return of those metallic killers in Terminator Salvation wasn’t enough to contend with, the human race has also got robots in disguise to fight off in this sequel to the box office smash. After returning to their home planet, the defeated robot Starscream assumes command of the Decepticons (bad guys), and has decided to return to Earth with force. The Autobots (that’s the good guys) then find out that Megatron’s (the ultimate bad guy) dead body has been stolen from the US Military by the Decepticons and is brought back to life. Then the fun really begins, should be as spectacular as the original and then some.
Bristol, 0117 927 5100, watershed.co.uk Dir: Juan Vincente Córdoba 2008/Spain/120 mins On the outskirts of Madrid in the 1950s, illegal family homes were built through the night, standing proudly erect by morning. They housed economic and social migrants who soon developed a unique identity, and out of these humble beginnings of mud and tin shacks grew the El Pozo del Tio Raímundo suburb. This moving documentary presents the development of this multicultural Mecca as a reflection of Spanish society, class war and solidarity.
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Mon.01 Bristol
SONGSMITH. Mr Wolfs. 33 St Stephens Street, 8pm. £free!
A night to showcase up and coming musicians from around the Bristol area with a selection of bands playing a variety of folk and acoustic + A Band named Brian/ Geoff Baker/Tim Burroughs: LATER Dj Norbert Thunderclap LEFT ALONE. The Croft. 117-119 Stokes Croft, £6.
For fans of Guns n’ Roses, AC/DC, Aerosmith and Queen, this really is a dream gig. Pure’s live show, a fireball of energy and showmanship, represents a hard working band at the top of their game. myspace. com/purebristol + Support.
Cardiff
DRAW ME STORIES. Clwb Ifor Bach. 11 Womanby Street. 7.30pm. £4. Support: Elephant, Soldier &
10 FEET TALL LIVE. 10 Feet Tall. 11a - 12 Church Street Cardiff, 8pm – 11pm.
ROYAL VARIETY CLUB. 10 Feet Tall. 11a - 12 Church Street.
Every Tuesday 10 Feet Tall features the best in musicians and performers each week. Entertainment varies from Comedy, burlesque, Belly Dancing, music, live performances and sketch shows.
10 Feet Tall live brings together the best in local bands and promoters every week. If you fancy a gig get in touch via the myspace. Bands, acoustic performers and local talent all welcome. Please check the myspace for updated listings myspace.com/thisis10feettall
Wed.03
Bristol
Live hiphop, funk & dubstep with.... Serious Music – live. Hiphop/funk/ latin/experimental/scratch/mashup Ben One(vertebrae/roots elevation) - live MPC set with guest mcs DJs.. Se(back to basics) Sister Twist(P13) & Nolder(P13) hosted by Chalk MC
Thu.04
Bath
HATCHAM SOCIAL PURR Moles Club, 14, George Street, 8pm. £5/£4.With themed DJing courtesy
Bath
SETH LAKEMAN. Komedia Bath. 22-23 Westgate Street. £16. 8pm.
Credited for bringing folk music to a whole new audience this is unique opportunity to hear Seth`s latest album Poor Man’s Heaven plus new material.
Bristol
MR WOLF’S JAM SESSIONS. Mr Wolfs. 33 St Stephens Street, £free. 8pm. DAVE HOUSE. The Croft. 117-119 Stokes Croft, £5 .
Support from The Attika State & A Broken Robot THE HORRORS. The Thekla. The Grove, 7.30 p.m. £10 in adv.
Cardiff
SIERRA ALPHA. Barfly. Kingsway,
7.30pm. £5/ £4flyer. Support from Bensem & Butterflies With Beards.
ROWSE. The Croft. 117-119 Stokes JOHN WESLEY HARDING. The Globe. 125 Albany Road, Roath. Croft, £4. Support from First and 7.30pm. £8adv/£10otd. Last Men & Cana
Courteous Gentlemen -their sound is devastatingly hooky and outrageously up-front! Circus of Invention - Punk / Experimental / Experimental. Circus Of Invention are caners, Mashers, star dwindelers, Jumbo Blasters, hungry hippo’s, upside down umbarellas, talking jellybeans and mystic caterpillars. LATER – Dj’s Mako & The Hawk/2nd Sound brothers
CLUB
of The World-Famous Purr DJs & The Phonographic Society DJs with Sharp Shapes Shimmed by the Panthergirls.
Bristol
BIMM LIVE & LYRICAL. Mr Wolfs. 33 St Stephens Street, £3.
A night hosted by BIMM showcasing some of the best of their talent. LATER – Dj Jason Jones and Dj Faction DE LA SOUL. The 02 Academy. Frogmore Street, 7pm. £18.
WHITE ROSE MOVEMENT. The Fleece. 12 St Thomas Street. 8-12am. £8. Suppoort from Ulterior
& Romance.
DISTORTION. The Hatchet. Frogmore Street, £3. 8pm - 1am.
The Hatchet hosts Distortion, a monthly night of Live Metal, Thrash & Punk Bands June is a night of Rock / Metal & Hardcore live bands And Music Headlining Are Lumphammer, A Southern Rock / Metal Band From Tewkesbury With Support From Bristol Rockers Cars On Fire, And South Wales Metal / Hardcore Band Distorted Dreams. STUDIO ARCADE. The Louisiana. Wapping Road, £4adv.
Support from Pretty Limelight &The Brambles.
HOLLY GOLIGHTLY AND THE BROKEOFFS. The Thekla. The Grove, 7pm. £10adv.
Support from Substatic & Bullwhip
Cardiff
MR HUDSON. Barfly. Kingsway, 7.30pm. £8adv. Support from
MPHO & Alan Pownall.
Sat.06 Bristol
THE SHA. Mr Wolfs. 33 St Stephens Street, 8pm. £3/£3.50.–
Bristol based group featuring Suchy, El Maine and Siblime. A unique band with styles ranging from jazz/blues, soul, funk, hip-hop, ska/reggae, house and electro. Between them, The Sha are DJ’s, MC’s, instrumentalists, producers, singers, songwriters and performers. Rythym Artillery – Funk/HopHop/Rock
STELLA LUCE. Space 72, 72 Old Market Street, 9pm. £5/£4nus. GEE BABY I LOVE YOU. The Fleece. 12 St Thomas Street, 8pm11pm. £8adv.
Support from The Hats
ME FIRST AND THE GIMME GIMMES. The 02 Academy. Frogmore Street. 7pm. £16.
Support from David Drake & Andi Almqvist
Punk rock covers band Me First & The Gimme Gimmes have been on a mission to breathe life into classic radio hits since 1995.The super group that includes members of NOFX, Foo Fighters and Lagwagon come to the UK with an electric live show. gimmegimmes.com
Cardiff
GENERAL FIASCO. Barfly. Kingsway, CF10 3FD. 7.30pm. £6/£5flyer.
Support from Ice Cold In Alex & Death Quit Dancing.
Fri.05
TURBOWOLF. The Croft. 117-119 Stokes Croft, £6.
BRISTOL ROCK ORCHESTRA PLAY PINK FLOYD. The Fleece. 12 St Thomas Street. £8adv. DHP PRESENT: THE PANICS. The Louisiana. Wapping Road, Bathurst Terrace. £6adv.
Picture Books in Winter & Port Erin. De La Soul bring their outstanding live show to Bristol, packed with all THE GLOBE SESSIONS. The Globe. 125 Albany Road, Roath. their classic hits including ‘Three Is 7.30pm. £1. Open mic session the Magic Number’, ‘All Good’ and hosted by Chris Kelly. ‘Me Myself and I’.myspace.com/ THE GOLDILOCKS EFFECT. 10 delasoul The Goldilocks Effect are an exciting new four piece band from Swansea, South Wales. myspace.com/ thegoldilockseffect
Support from The Muscle Club- & The Blizzards.
St Albans six piece return to the live circuit following a successful 2008, when their single ‘Small Talk’ gained support from the likes of Zane Lowe and Kerrang! Look out for their explosive new single ‘We’re The Good Guys.
Cardiff
Feet Tall. 11a - 12 Church Street, CF10 1BG. 11 – 12pm. £3.
HATCHAM SOCIAL. Barfly. Kingsway, CF10 3FD. 7.30pm. £5 / £4 flyer.
SAVING AIMEE. The 02 Academy. Frogmore Street. 7pm. £5.
THE SUBWAYS. The Palace. 25-27 Penel Orlieu, £12adv. 8pm.
Support from Circa Regna Tonat & Accident Music
PURE. The Fleece. 12. St Thomas Street. £free.
PROJECT 13. Mr Wolfs. 33 St Stephens Street, 8pm, £3.
Bridgwater
BADDIES. Barfly. Kingsway, 7.30pm. £5 / £4flyer.
Support from The Strawberry Blondes & Spanner.
Tue.02
IF NOT TODAY. The Fleece, 12 St Thomas Street, BS1 6JJ. 8pm – 11pm. £free. MIDDLE CLASS RUT. The Louisiana. Wapping Road, £6.50. JOHN WESLEY HARDING. The Thekla. The Grove, 7.30pm. £10adv.
Bristol
THE MANDIBLES. Mr Wolfs. 33 St Stephens Street, 8pm. £3/£3.50
- The Mandibles combine some of the UK’s top young gypsy swing players with high energy, jump-jive, theatrical performances and an enchanting musical imagination. Not to be missed! Wonderfully
MALAKAI. The Croft. 117-119 Stokes Croft, £6.
Support from The Heavy & Espionage -vs- Evil Kitty DJs. GEE BABY I LOVE YOU. The Fleece. 12 St Thomas Street. 8pm–11pm. £8.
Big Band Soul & The Hats.
PSYCHEDELIC REACTION PRESENT: SYCAMORE. The Louisiana. Wapping Road, Bathurst Terrace. Support from The
Transpersonals &The Light shines.
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Workshop Cardiff 10 FEET TALL LIVE PRESENTS: FROM THE WORD GO. 10 Feet Tall Live. 11a - 12 Church Street Cardiff 8pm – 12am. £3 entry. From the
WHIPCORD. Barfly. Kingsway, CF10 3FD. 7.30pm. £5.
Support from Fivemiledrive & Floppy Hair O’Yeah.
MAHJONNG. Clwb Ifor Bach. 11 Womanby Street, £7/£9. 8pm.
word go are an up-and-coming 4-piece band from Cardiff, Wales, brought together by a desire to fuse their various musical influences with one another. Expect exciting things to come soon! myspace. com/fromthewordgomusic. CHEVEU: Top electronic French band on tour in the UK for the First time - myspace.com/cheveu
CLUB LUB mSupport from Hyener / Dirty Electric
Sun.07
Bath
CARA DILLON. Komedia Bath. 2223 Westgate Street, 7.30pm.
Plus Local Support from Morales/ Watts & Leander Morales Jon Watts Patrick Dunn.
Bristol
ZOMBINA & THE SKELETONES. Bierkeller. All Saints Street, BS1 2NA. 7pm. £7. RUSSIAN RECORDS. Mr Wolfs. 33 St Stephens Street, 8pm. £free.
Tue.09
Bristol
WEAPON OF CHOICE PRESENT:Mr Wolfs. 33 St Stephens Street, BS1. £3 entry.
Live painting from WoC’s own Lokey & Nikill. Hip Hop & Dubstep From: K*ners! Dj Johnston (Cristal Present their monthly update from City). Big Band Album Launch Party the frontline of future dub and fuzzz’ MICROMATTIC. The Croft. 117-119 With Kali Mist, Social Conscience, Domc, Reggie Million$, C-froo & Dj Stokes Croft, £6. Kraf-t!!! Shadz Live Pa Set. Betamax Support from Phallus In & Very Special Guests Tbc!!! Wonderland, Death Of Her Money, ANNIHILATION TIME. The Croft. Things Make Electric & Intel 117-119 Stokes Croft, £8. Support Splinters. from Gurkha.
LIVE IVE
LOUISIANA PRESENT: ROCK IN YOUR POCKET. The Louisiana. Wapping Road, Bathurst Terrace. BS1 6UA. £4adv.
Cardiff
TELEGRAPHS. Barfly. Kingsway, 7.30pm. £5/£4flyer.
Support from Lights Action, I Am Hope & The Stopmotion Men
Support from Scarlet Rascal & The Trainwreck & Bruiser & Julian.
10 FOOT CWTCH PRESENTS: SHOOT THE MOON. 10 Feet Tall. 11a - 12 Church Street, £3. 8pm – 3am
TOMMY SPARKS. The Thekla. The Grove. BS1 4RB. 7.30pm. £7.50adv.
Support from Random Elbow Pain
Cardiff
THE GLOBE SESSIONS. The Globe. 125 Albany Road, Roath. 7.30pm. £1. Open mic session
LIVE IVE Mon.08
Bristol
SONGSMITH. Mr Wolfs. 33 St Stephens Street, 8pm. £free!
A night to showcase up and coming musicians from around the Bristol area with a selection of bands playing a variety of folk and acoustic + A Band named Brian/ Geoff Baker/Tim Burroughs: LATER Dj Norbert Thunderclap
hosted by Chris Kelly.
10 FEET ROYAL VARIETY CLUB PRESENTS: WILD PALMS. 10 Feet Tall. 11a - 12 Church Street, 8pm -12am. £3.
Wild Palms are a ridiculously talented, hyper-inventive, unsigned band from London armed with a sound like a brooding, anglophile White Denim and early Birthday Party...and a passionate love affair with creating music. myspace.com/ THE CROOKES. The Croft. 117-119 wearewildpalms Stokes Croft, £5. Support from The Fyxx & Midnas Reach. THE BLACK BLOC. The Fleece. 12 St Thomas Street. £free. 8pm.
DCB PROMOTIONS PRESENT: BLACKBUD. The Louisiana. Wapping Road, Bathurst Terrace. £6adv. BROKEN RECORDS. The Thekla. The Grove, BS1 4RB. 7PM. £7.50. Support from Sparrow And The
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TRANSITION. St George’s. Great George Street.
An exciting 3 piece band with a creative mix of indie-rock that now includes the mystery and intrigue of the Far East, support from Wing Mandarin Acoustic surf rock! GARY NUMAN. The 02 Academy. Frogmore Street, 7pm. £17.50.
AYE AYE. The Fleece, 12 St. Thomas St, 8pm. £4/£3 in adv. THE DAMNED. The 02 Academy. Frogmore Street, 7pm. £15.
Mighty punk heroes The Damned and The Alarm join forces for this UK tour. officialdamned.com
LOFI HIFI PRESENT: CHESTER FRENCH. The Louisiana. Wapping Road, Bathurst Terrace. £6adv.
support from The Volt & Farthing Woods.
The post-punk-electronic pioneer has been working on his 18th studio album, ‘Splinter’, and in his 30 years as a recording artist has been a major influence on music. numan.co.uk
QUANTIC AND HIS COMBO BARBARO - LAUNCH PARTY. 1 Canon’s Road, Harbourside. The
internationally revered musician and DJ, Quantic, and cutting edge street photographer/film director, B+, will bring the sights and sounds of the Tropics to the Watershed with Hosted by MC SGT Pokes and a spectacular evening of music, powered by full High Pressure film and photography in celebration Soundsystem. myspace.com/ of ‘Tradition In Transition’, the dubloaded upcoming album by Quantic and his WHITE BELT YELLOW TAG. The Louisiana. Wapping Road, Bathurst Combo Bárbaro. DUBLOADED WITH KODE 9 + RSD. The Croft. 117-119 Stokes Croft, £4.
Terrace. £6adv.
Fri.12
Cardiff
GOLDEN SILVERS. Clwb Ifor Bach. 11 Womanby Street. CF10 1BR. 7.30. £7/£9.
Topman has invited The Rumble Strips to pick their favorite bands for this Cardiff date in the Topman CTRL series of shows across the UK. myspace.com/goldensilvers myspace.com/topmanctrl myspace.com/everythingeverything myspace.com/mytigermytiming
Thu.11
Bristol
BROWN NOTE 6. Mr Wolfs. 33 St Stephens Street, 8pm. £3
All star line up of Bristol’s busiest musicians gather to freestyle live on stage. Super heavy, double bass driven,street funk, hiphop, breaks, DnB featuring very special guests and Dj’s COWBOY TACTICS:101. The Croft. 117-119 Stokes Croft, BS1 3RW. £5. 7pm – 1am.
The Celebration of Peaceful Resistance through Music, Film & Testimony lands in Bristol, for an evening of live music and talks, stimulating debate and dancing shoes in equal measure... myspace. + Mr Wed.10 com/cowboytactics101 Woodnote & Friends - myspace. com/mrwoodnote - Dub FX Cohort Bristol AN OPEN MIC SPECIAL. Mr Wolfs. brings his sax loopstation magic and brethrin MCs to the mix. 33 St Stephens Street, £3/£free. Bartoune - Retro Swing from the Bimm night of guitars with guthrie Zen Hussies crew! Clayton Blizzard govan with support featuring - the man dubbed ‘genius’ by The students from bristol institute of Fly - Bristol homegrown. Toyface modern music (bimm) later dj and the Crash! Bang! Boom!
CLUB LUB Support from Sox & Minors Club.
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Bristol
PHIL KING. Grain Barge. Mardyke Wharf Hotwells Rd.
Presents Peter Bruntnell & Jo Hamilton - Not only do we get the pleasure of watching Phil King on stage, but also he will be showcasing the very talented Peter Bruntnell and also Jo Hamilton. It’s going to a jam-packed evening of singer-songwriter goodness. myspace.com/philmking myspace.com/peterbruntnell myspace.com/johamiltongown
JUNKYARD SCIENTISTS. Mr Wolfs. 33 St Stephens Street, BS1. 8pm. £3. Soul, funk, rock & hip-hop
inspired outfit, they add a whole new history and vitality to funk music, twisting it into a fresh new Hip Hop bitten beast. support from Monkey Chuckle & Skuse with Dj Jason Jones and Dj Faction. SEVENDUST. The 02 Academy. Frogmore Street, 6.30pm-10pm. £10. The Atlanta-based five piece
take a break from writing their 10th studio album and bring some bottom heavy riffs and an unforgettable live show to the UK. sevendust.com Support: Symphony Cult & Zero Pilot
DAVE SWARBRICK. The Croft. 117-119 Stokes Croft, £8. CLUB LOFI HIFI PRESENT: YOU LOVE HER COZ SHE’S DEAD. The Louisiana. Wapping Road, Bathurst Terrace. BS1 6UA. £6adv. Support
from Wonderfully Courteous Gentlemen.
Cardiff
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ORPHANS AND VANDALS. Clwb Ifor Bach. 11 Womanby Street. CF10 1BR. 7.30. £4.
They arrive promoting their astounding recently released debut album ‘I Am Alive and You Are Dead’ that depicts the quality of front man Al’s unique, personal, sprawling, literate style and their grand mini orchestra that will surprise you at every turn. myspace.com/orphansandvandals + Frederick Stanley Star myspace.com/frederickstanleystar + Blue Wall - myspace.com/ bluewallmusic
Sat.13
Bristol
THE YEAH YOUS. The Louisiana. Wapping Road, Bathurst Terrace. BS1 6UA. £5 THE THERMALS. The Thekla. The Grove, 7pm. £8.50. Support from
Pavilion.
Tue.16
Cardiff
10 FOOT CWTCH PRESENTS: TOM LEWIS & FRIENDS. 10 Feet Tall. 11a - 12 Church Street, 8pm – 3am, £3 all night.
live act playing a unique blend of original music and a few funk, latin, and soul / jazz covers: some well-known and some not so wellknown, but all in a unique Mango style. Compadres – They describe their music as ‘celtino’, a distinctive blend of celtic and latino flourishes that, together, create an entirely new hybrid. LATER Dj Matt Hampshire/ Russian Records Dj’s. myspace. com/themangofactory
Bristol
Mon.15
SONGSMITH. Mr Wolfs. 33 St Stephens Street. BS1 1JX.
A night to showcase up and coming musicians from around the Bristol area with a selection of bands playing a variety of folk and acoustic. With - Dan James presents Be Bop Da Jig/Ruby Brown/Dead Pig Project. LATER Dj Matt Hampshire
PAPA ROACH. The 02 Academy. Frogmore Street, 7pm. £17.
Papa Roach bring a full-on rock n’ roll show to Bristol following the release of their fifth studio album, ‘Metamporphosis’. paparoach. com Support: Buckcherry & In This Moment
119 Stokes Croft, BS1 3RW. £4. ILLICIT EVE & MORPH. The Fleece. 12 St Thomas Street. Doors 8pm, finish 11pm. £4 door, £3adv. CODA. The Louisiana. Wapping Road, Bathurst Terrace,. £4adv.
Support from Subclass
Cardiff
hosted by Chris Kelly.
All-Dayer with Infinite Livez, SJ Esau, Longstone, Ion Whistle, Clayton Blizzard, Puppy Bucket & Donny Choonara, Ratface, Woosey Electronics, The Bunk and Franz Reichelt ! Plus free CDs, comics and more! 07738284829. beesarestrong.com
Sun.14
Bristol
FIDDLEFEST 2009. The Croft. 117119 Stokes Croft, £free. Daytime &
Evening front bar.
MISCHIEF BREW. The Croft. 117119 Stokes Croft, £6. Support from
Jonny One Lung & Anarcho Folk.
UNICORN KID. Barfly. Kingsway. CF10 3FD. 7.30pm. £5adv.
Unicorn Kid AKA Oliver Sabin is a chip music composer and musician. He make most of his tracks on a vintage keyboard and FL Studio using a lot of synthesizers and effects to get that video game sound the genre is famous for. Support from Soft Toy Emergency & guests. KAP BAMBINO. Buffalo Bar. 11 Windsor Pl, £7 adv. 8pm.
Three Syllables presents KAP BAMBINO (Wwilko), EVILS (Shape Records) & PLYCI. 10 FEET TALL LIVE PRESENTS. HYPERTEXT. 10 feet tall. 11a - 12 Church Street, 8pm – 1am, £4.
The music has been characterized as a huge melting pot of different movements such as Post punk, Art-rock, Indie, Lo-Fi, Noise-
THE HIT UPS. The Croft. 117-119 Stokes Croft, £5.
Support from RSD , Dub boy vs Ironside, Neek vs B-Lam vs Kahn, Trufflepig, Tokin Mandem & Nik III. Live Graffiti from Weapon of Choice & breakdancers.
LIV LIVE Sat.20
HAFAL CHARITY FUND RAISER PRESENTS: THE COLOUR SOUND EXPERIMENT. 10 Feet Tall. 11a - 12 Church Street, 8 – 3am. £3. The Coloursound
Bristol
THE SHE CREATURES. The Croft. 117-119 Stokes Croft, £5. myspace.
Cardiff
BEES ARE STRONG ALL-DAYER (FEAT. INFINITE LIVEZ & SJ ESAU). Frog & Fiddle. 313-315 High St, £10. 3pm - 12pm.
A night of live music and real records from the Special Wednesday/Small Records team. Expect bands ranging from garagerock to fun electronica, with djs playing prog, psych, hip-hop and jazzy pop (strictly vinyl-only, of course!)
AARON SLATER (ep launch). The Louisiana. Wapping Road, Bathurst Terrace. £5adv
THE GLOBE SESSIONS. The Globe. 125 Albany Road, Roath. 7.30pm. £1. Open mic session
Cheltenham
FIDDLEFEST 2009. The Croft. 117119 Stokes Croft, £free. ANGRY PANDA. The Louisiana. Wapping Road, Bathurst Terrace. £4adv. Support from Hello Lazarus
with special guests The Wailers.
CLU CLUB
& Triggerfish.
New Root & Elliot Jack
ALI CAMPBELL. FLYING HIGH TOUR. Colston Hall. Colston Street, £32.50. The voice of UB40, GRAPESHOT. Grain Barge. Mardyke Wharf Hotwells Rd.
ABSENT ELK. The 02 Academy. Frogmore Street, 7pm. £5.
Experiment’s sound can only be described as a veritable Molotov cocktail of musical styles. They fuse funk, ska and hard rock into an explosive hybrid, drawing on a diverse range of influences from AETHENOR. The Croft. 117-119 such seminal artists as Funkadelic, Stokes Croft, £9. The Specials, The Beastie Boys DHP PRESENT: JONQUIL. The Louisiana. Wapping Road, Bathurst and The Super Furry Animals to name but a few. myspace.com/ Terrace, £5adv. thecoloursoundexperiment Support from House of Brothers.
WILLE AND THE BANDITS. Space 72, 72 Old Market Street, 9pm. £5/£4nus/£4adv. Support from The
Bristol
Absent Elk earned themselves Along time friend of 10 Foot Cwtch, support slots with Girls Aloud after Tom Lewis Joins forces with some their cover of ‘The Loving Kind’ of his closet pals and musicians to became a big hit on You Tube and deliver a one off show of musical the pop princesses became fans. mystery and delight. myspace.com/ absentelk.com tenfootcwtch SCARLATTI TILT. The Croft. 117-
Bristol
MANGO FACTORY. Mr Wolfs. 33 St Stephens Street. BS1 1JX. 8pm. £3. A formidable 9-piece
Fri.19
Pop and Rock - myspace.com/ hypertextband +Draw Me Stories - myspace.com/drawmestories myspace.com/thisis10feettall
com/theshecreatures + Ouija Birds - myspace.com/ theouijabirds
CLU CLUB stop Classic Rock from original Granary Club DJ’s Al Read, Ed Newsom, Adrian Coleman, & Ade Copley (rearranged from May 24th). 0117 9247525. thegranaryclub. co.uk KTUNK. The Louisiana. Wapping Road, Bathurst Terrace. BS1 6UA. £4adv. Support from Rings of
Wed.17 Cardiff
Saturn.
PETE BROWN & THE VOLUNTEERS. The Globe. 125 Albany Road, Roath. 7.30pm. £10.
Son of Joe, brother of Sam fronting his own band.
Thu.18
GRAN ARE UNITED 14 (WE’LL GIVE YOU WHAT FOURTEEN!). The Golden Lion. 244 Gloucester Road, £free. 7.30pm - 1am. Non-
Bristol
INVADA RECORDS NIGHT. The Croft. 117-119 Stokes Croft.
Featuring Burial Hex, Ice Bird Spiral & Big Naturals.
PETE BROWN. The Fleece. 12 St Thomas Street. £8adv. JETKING (Album Launch). The Louisiana. Wapping Road, Bathurst Terrace. AQUALUNG. The Thekla. The Grove, BS1 4RB. 7pm. £12.50adv
Cardiff
TUBELORD. Barfly. Kingsway, CF10 3FD. 7.30pm. £5/£4flyer.
Support from Straight Lines (Formally Said Mike) & Science Bastard.
Taunton
CRUSH UK. Pen & Quill. Westbourne Terrace, Shuttern, 9.30pm.
Sun.21
Bristol
UFO. The 02 Academy. Frogmore Street. BS1. 7pm. £18.
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LIVE unite with American world-class guitarist Vinnie Moore for UFO’s latest offering ‘The Visitor’. ufomusic.info MERRICK. The Croft. 117-119 Stokes Croft, BS1 3RW. £free.
Support with Idiom & Hostile Theory
JAMIE T. The Thekla. The Grove, BS1 4RB. 7.30PM. £12.50. Live
with new tracks after blowing up last uear.
SURFACE UNSIGNED FESTIVAL 09. Barfly. Kingsway, CF10 3FD. 7.30PM. £6adv.
The Surface Unsigned Festival is the only national live music event that brings unsigned bands and artists to the attention of all aspects of the music industry. We are a festival of new music held throughout the country in aid of discovering and promoting new talent. surfaceunsigned.co.uk + Everyone Must Win - myspace. com/everyonemustwin + Broken City Skyline + Bela Lugosi + Payton - myspace.com/payton + Futuretown - myspace.com/ futuretown + The Infamous - myspace.com/theinfamousuk +
Deadline for July: 12th June
Evil I - myspace.com/evilimusic
myspace.com/attackpattern + Recluse.
10 FOOT CWTCH PRESENTS: LEILA DEES EMPTY VESSELS. 10 Feet Tall. 11a - 12 Church Street, 8pm – 3am. £3 all night.
Acoustic folk-rooted blues, heavily peppered by jazz and sweetened by gospel, somehow funked up for you and served on an ice cool but simultaneously psychedelic plate of uber-groovyness. myspace.com/ leiladeesemptyvessels
LIVE
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Bristol
ACOUSTIC LADYLAND. The Croft. 117-119 Stokes Croft, £8.
Support from Smith & Wilcox
Cardiff
DREDG. Barfly. Kingsway. CF10 3FD. 7.30pm. £10. myspace.com/ dredg + guests.
Tue.23 FAILSAFE. The Croft. 117-119 Stokes Croft, BS1 3RW. £5.
Support from From Plan to Progress
CLUB
ARTS
Wed.24 Bristol
THE OTTAWA HOAX. The THE ARTERIES. The Croft. 117-119 Louisiana. Wapping Road, Bathurst Stokes Croft, £5. Support from The Terrace. BS1 6UA. £4adv -Support Computers & The Cut Ups. from Groove Metal Punk & Phoenix HOPE REMAINS LOST. The Cult. Louisiana. Wapping Road, Bathurst Terrace. BS1 6UA. £4adv. Suport
Cardiff
SURFACE UNSIGNED FESTIVAL 09. Barfly. Kingsway, CF10 3FD. 7.30PM. £6adv.
from Between the Embers & No Guts No Glory.
JACK PENATE. The Thekla. The Grove, BS1 4RB. 7pm. £11adv.
Support from Triaxis, Life! Death! Prizes!, Lost In Thought, Jugganote, Cardiff Negative Profile +& After The Fall. THE AMIGOS. The Globe. 125 THE GLOBE SESSIONS. The Globe. 125 Albany Road, Roath. 7.30pm. £1. Open mic session
10 FEET TALL LIVE PRESENTS: hosted by Chris Kelly. ATTACK PATTERN. 10 Feet Tall. 11a - 12 Church Street, 8pm – 1am. ROYAL VARIETY CLUB. 10 Feet Tall. 11a - 12 Church Street, CF10 £3. A tight four piece from Cardigan 1BG. Every Tuesday 10 Feet Tall Bay, Attack Pattern have a lively
on stage presence, their fresh emerging, layered sound really comes alive in their performances.
Bristol
live performances and sketch shows. Drinks offers: - £2 selected pints, £2 selected beer bottles, £1.50 selected shots, Tuesday cocktail offers.
features the best in musicians and performers each week. Entertainment varies from Comedy, burlesque, Belly Dancing, music,
Albany Road, Roath. 7.30pm. £5.
Festival lineup with a repertoire within the region of a 1000 tunes/ songs varying from gypsy jazz, trad gypsy, hot club jazz, hungarian, Yiddish, Russian, Latin, Spanish, tex mex, Cuban, samba, rumba, calypso and Celtic. amigos-wales. com
LIVE Fri.26
Street,. Doors 6.30pm. 10 FOOT CWTCH. 10 Feet Tall. 11a - 12 Church Street, CF10 1BG. 8.30pm – 3am. £3 entry.
Bristol
TONECOLOGY. Grain Barge. Mardyke Wharf Hotwells Rd BS8 4RU. (£4/£5):
Cwtch Music presents a chance for everyone to get musically involved. Volunteer for the open mic session Transworld Jazz brought to you and earn booze! Sit back and enjoy from Bristol Jazz/World pioneers John B & Jon Short featuring guest the up and coming artists! Throw live acts & DJs. Future Jazz World underwear at the band! Held together by your charismatic host Promotions Presents: ALPHONSE Rowan Ligget. Open mic special DAUDET TOUNA myspace.com/ guests live bands every week helele> : at Ten feet tall. myspace.com/ An evening of intimate African tenfootcwtch music led by Cameroonian, Alphonse Daudet Touna, accompanied by double bass, Mon.29 guitar and percussion, performing some of Alphonse’s originals as Bristol well as traditional songs from HELLO LAZARUS. The Croft. 117-119 Stokes Croft, BS1 3RW. Cameroon. PASSION PIT. The Cooler. 48 Park £5. Support from Avacate & Street. BS1 5JG. £7adv. Marshalsea.
CLUB
HELLRAZOR. The Fleece. 12 St Thomas Street.
Cardiff
10 FEET TALL LIVE. 11a - 12 Church Street Cardiff CF10 1BG. 8 – 11pm. 10 Feet Tall live brings
Cardiff
GROUNDHOGS + STRAY. The Globe. 125 Albany Road, Roath. £12. Bluesrock.
together the best in local bands and promoters every week. If you fancy a gig get in touch via the myspace. Bands, acoustic performers and local talent all welcome. Please check the myspace for updated listings myspace.com/ thisis10feettall
Sat. 27 Caerphilly
Zenyth. The Con Club. Ystrad Mynach. myspace.com/ zenythmusic
Tue.30
Cardiff
I HEART HIROSHIMA. Barfly. Kingsway, 7.30pm. £5/£4 flyer.
SET IN MOTION. Barfly. Kingsway, CF10 3FD. 7.30pm. £5/£4flyer.
Support from Get Out Clause
BB KING & JOHN MAYALL. Cardiff International Arena. Mary Anne St. Doors: 6.30pm.
Support from Town & Take The Floor
THE GLOBE SESSIONS. The Globe. 125 Albany Road, Roath. 7.30pm. £1. Open mic session
Universally hailed as the reigning king of the blues, due to popular demand, B.B. King comes out of retirement and returns to the UK. myspace.com/bbkingmyspace cia.boxoffice@livenation.co.uk
hosted by Chris Kelly.
10 FEET ROYAL VARIETY CLUB PRESENTS: NEW ISLANDS. 10 Feet Tall. 11a - 12 Church Street, CF10 1BG. 8 – 3am, £3.
THE FUNK SHIFT. The Globe. 125 Albany Road, Roath. A night
of Latin grooves with live band and DJ.
Sun.28
Cardiff
Midlands based four piece play there contemporary pop rock for the first time in Wales as part of their month long album tour. A fun rawkus bunch, who play up-tempo kitsch rock!
Bristol
MACHETES. The Fleece. 12 St Thomas Street, 8pm. £tbc. SILVERSUN PICKUPS. The Thekla. The Grove, 7.30pm. £9adv.
Support from Animal Kingdom & An horse.
Cardiff
JAMES TAYLOR. Cardiff International Arena. Mary Anne
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Bath SMOOCH. ClubXL. Walcott Street, BA1 5BG. £2 b4 9.30pm. £3 b4 10.20pm. Or £3.50 thereafter. Baths Biggest student night with resident DJ Mister Bibby + guest DJ’s
Bristol
HAPPY MONDAYS. The Lab (formerly Arc Bar) 27, Broad Street. £free. Freestyle DJ’s get in the groove. DJ Skint (Spill the Beans) Eclectic crates of Funk, Soul, Hip Hop and Reggae. Weekly DJ Rotation. MINT. Carling Academy. Frogmore St, £3/£2. Student night every Monday with an audio visual mash up of your favourite floor-shaking anthems plus indie and electro beats and pieces in the star bar. SLAM ON THE BREAKS. mbargo. The Triangle, Clifton. 8pm -2am. Audio and Visual mix of Electro, Breaks and House. Happy hour all night. mbargo.net STUDENT NIGHT. Lizard Lounge. 66 Queens Road. 9pm – late. Party Classics and Dance. DJ’s Milky & Anthony Li. lizardloungebristol.co.uk
Clifton, BS8 1ER. 8pm – 2am. Retro sounds from the 70’s, 80’s and Classics. mbargo.net RUN. Native. Small St, 10pm-2am, £5/£4 NUS. Over the past two years RUN has quickly established itself as one of the city’s premier Drum and Bass nights and must lay claim to being the best Tuesday night club night in the country. Residents: D*Minds, TC, Hazard, Clipz, Die, Xample, Grooverider, Pascal, Fierce, Gerard, Dazee, The Force, Eddie K, Interface, Adrok. Hosted by JAKES STUDENT NIGHT. Lizard Lounge. 66 Queens Road. 9pm – late. Start off the week in the best way possible, drinks offers. Party Classics and Dance. DJ’s Milky & Anthony Li. lizardloungebristol.co.uk WEAPON OF CHOICE. Mr Wolfs. St Stevens Street, £3. 9-3am. Cool graff night with guest DJ’and artists. 9th BLOWPOPPresent 2MANYDJS The 02 Academy. Frogmore Street. BS1. 9pm – 2am. £15. The Dewaele Brothers will be joined in Room 1 by Zombie Nation (playing live), BlowPop favourite Riton (Modular), and DFA’s JDH & Dave P, as well as BlowPop residents Stereo 8, Real Nice, Clark Kunt and Steve Redux. Room 2 is in the hands of Bristol house promoters Groove On, with a line-up headed by Dirty Bird’s Riva Starr, and another Bristol team, Chip In, host Room 3 with a guest set from dub step producer Distance.
Cardiff
AESTHETICS. Buffalo Bar. 11 Windsor Pl. 8pm-3am. £2/3. Strictly the finest hip-hop from old to new Hosted by KL, Veto and Kay. ROYAL VARIETY CLUB. 10 Feet Tall. 11a / 12 Church St. £3. 8pm- 3am. Featuring the best in musicians and performers each week. Entertainment varies from Comedy, burlesque , Belly Dancing, music, live Cardiff performances and sketch shows HAMMERTIME. Barfly. Kingsway, FATPOPPADADDYS. Glam. 2 Cardiff, CF10 3FD. £3/£2NUS, Greyfriars Rd, 10pm-3am, £3/NUS free b4 11pm. Alternative student night 10.30pm - late. Yes Folks! 90’s night is here at Cardiff Barfly! Remember with special guests. the decade that brought you the likes 10 FEET TALL LIVE. 10 Feet Tall. of; Zig and Zag, Lily Savage, The Fresh 11a / 12 Church St, 9pm – 3am. Prince, Some ginger prat by the name Local, new and upcoming bands Plus of Chris, and errmmm Mr Blobby? Djs until until late. Remember Jarvis showing Jacko what really thought of him at the Brits? Tuesday he Or how about a crazy blue hedgehog giving you sweaty thumbs for hours and Bristol hours...! Well dust off your inline and BEAR NAKED. Lab (formerly Arc skate your way down to Barfly where Bar). 27 Broad St. Bristol. 10pmwe’ll be mixing it up with the very best 3am, £4/£3 NUS. Alternative Student in cheesy pop anthems. myspace.com/ night with Dave Remix & Josh Purnell hammertimebarfly (Indie Alternative Dance Beats) Ben JUST DANCE. Club Ifor Bach. 11 Parker (Funk, Hip Hop, Soul & Reggae). Womanby Street. CF10 1BR. £2 PLEASE DONT FEED THE BEARS. (nus) /£3 – (downstairs) 10.30pmElbow Room. 64 Park Street, £Free. 2am. Every Tuesday night at Clwb Ifor Indie, Dance and Electro. Bach is a brand new clubnight with one RETRO. mbargo. The triangle, simple mission... to get you dancing
CLUB all night long. No gimmicks, no false promises... Just cheap entry, bargainous drinks prices and great GREAT tunes.
BS1 2HG. 10pm-3am. £5 (£4NUS) Midweek Dnb Featuring Some Of The Best Duos Around! CRAGGZ & PARALLEL FORCES (90 Min Set) Newport HOBZEE & ZYON BASE (90 Min Set) MEZE LOUNGE. 6 Market Street. FOUL & CYRILL SNEER (Chemistry) South wales finest alternative promoters DISTILLED (Torque Duo) Hosted By present metal punk and hardcore CARASEL shows see myspace/mezelounge for 17th GROOVE ON! Dojo more details Lounge, Park Row. 22:00 - 03:00. £4 / £5. Duke Dumont, Eiffel Power & Wednesday more. Info: The massive Duke Dumont joins this extra special Groove On. Expect electro, disco, bassy treat and Bath techno squeeks. Free party hats, live CLUB MOJITO. Second Bridge. percussion & more! 10 Manvers Street. BA1 1JQ. £4 / £3 NUS or before 11. 10pm - 2am. 17th PLATINUM “STUDENT BREAK UP” Platform 1. Clifton Bath’s #1 International club night. Down Station. Whiteladies Road, Club Mojito showcases the very best in International music, uplifting Latin House Clifton, BS8 2PH. music and live percussion. On the dexx 24th GROOVE ON CLOSING PARTY. Dojo Lounge, Park Row. Jake Gabai & friends. 01225 464 449. 22:00 - 03:00. £4 / £5. Real Nice, Eiffel secondbridge.co.uk Power, Action Jackson. Info: The end Bristol of year special. Expect electro, disco, A BRONX TALE. mbargo. The bassy treat and techno squeeks. Free Triangle, Clifton, £free, 8pm – 2am. party hats, live percussion & more! RnB, Hip Hop, Soul with DJ’s Benny 24th SCHISM. Lab (formerly Arc Cane & The Urban Knights. mbargo.net Bar) 27 Broad Street. Bristol. BS1 Propaganda. Syndicate. Nelson 2HG. 10pm-3am. £3 before 11, £5 St. Indie, rock, alternative in the main after / £3 Schism members & NUS all room, Sabotage in room 2 with emo, night. Metal Hammer magazines award goth and metal. ID required. Weekly, £5 winning Rock & Metal club invades Lab entry, £4 nus. £4 entry, £3 with a flyer. featuring top London and local DJ’s. Info: bristol.thesyndicate.com Cardiff STUDENT NIGHT. Lizard lounge. 66 Queens Road, 9pm – late. POP TART. 10 Feet Tall. 11a / 12 Start off the week in the best way Church St, £5. 10 - 3am. Playing new possible, drinks offers. Party Classics music, wonky pop and electro. Expect and Dance. DJ’s Milky & Anthony Li. to hear: Santogold, Ladyhawk, MGMT, lizardloungebristol.co.uk Bowie, Dan Black, Katie Perry, Crystal TREATS URBAN NYTS CREDIT Castles, Calvin Harris, Mark Ronson, CRUNCH PARTY. Buddha Lounge, MIA, Magistrates, Lykke Li, Ebony Nelson Street. 9pm-late, £3. Urban Bones, Little Boots etc. night with guests. FUNKED UP. Monkey. Castle WEDGIES. Warehouse. 57 Prince Street. Free b4 11. £2 after Funked Street, BS1 4QH. 10pm-3am. Up Legendary funk night with residents Legendary Bristol Student Night. Funky Ben and The Count playing funk, UP THE RACKET. Elbow Room. soul, old skool hip hop & dancefloor 64 Park Street, £Free till 2am. Indie, classics. Alternative and 80’s. Drinks Offers. LISTEN UP. Clwb Ifor Bach. 3rd FAT MAN SANDWICH 3. Womanby Street, £3/£2, 10pm – Lab (formerly Arc Bar) 27 Broad 2am. Pick and choose what music you Street. Bristol. BS1 2HG. Free want to hear with Cardiff’s best DJ’s sandwiches! 10pm-3am. £3 b4 12/ playing classic indie / new releases on £4 after. End of Term Diet! Dj’s: Sleazy the top floor / guest DJ’s on the middle (Old School Garage), Ear Juice (Electro/ each week / and Motown and funk on Dubstep/Dnb), Electrotrip, Oh So Juicy, the bottom. Juicy J, Tasty Boys (Hip Hop/ Metal SHINFO. Bar Sigma. 2-4 The 10th PLATINUM THE STUDENT Kingsway. Weekly alternative DJ night NIGHT. Platform 1. Clifton Down featuring the best of punk, rock, metal, Station. Whiteladies Road, Clifton, hip hop, ska, Electro and drum and bass BS8 2PH. old and new. POP TART. 10 Feet Tall. 11a - 12 10th GROOVE ON! Dojo Church Street, CF10 1BG. Pop Lounge, Park Row. 22:00 - 03:00. Tart Djs playing the best in cool pop, £4 / £5. Tom Maddicott, Simian Mobile alternative chart bangers and all time Disco’s DJ, Eiffel Power, Action J. Info: The evening of the legendary boat party. classic pop hits! Expect to hear: Santogold, Ladyhawk, Rhianna, Chaka Expect electro, disco, bassy treat and Khan, Dizzie Rascal, Britney Spears, techno squeeks. Free party hats, live La Roux, Nelly Furtardo, Wham, MIA, percussion & more! 17th CHEMISTRY. Lab (formerly Hot Chip, Lady Ga Ga, Girls Aloud, Madonna, MGMT, Bowie, Dan Black, Arc Bar) 27 Broad Street. Bristol.
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CLUB Calvin Harris, and Mark Ronson. New poptail menu, plus free popshots with flyer! Giant pop tart logos! Poptart toaster monster! visuals 24th SUPA SUPA. Barfly. Kingsway, CF10 3FD. 11pm. £1. The Last Wednesday of every month Supa Supa throws you a night of vice like treats. Bringing you the best in alto electro we’ll be slamming out the tunes to get your feet moving and your heart’s pumping. supasupa.ctrlaltdes.com
Triangle, Clifton, BS8 1ER. 9pm – 2am Funk, Hip Hop and funky House. mbargo.net KEEP IT FUNKY. Buddha Lounge. Nelson Street,10pm – 3am. £5 b4 11pm more after. Funky House, R&B, Hip-Hop, Bashment, UKG, Bassline, Ol’Skool Classics. RACK EM UP. Elbow Room. 64 Park Street, BS1 5JN. £free till 2am. DJ’s upstairs plays Chart, Dance and Alternative. STUDENT NIGHT. Lizard lounge. Newport 66 Queens Road, BS8 1QU. 9pm – late Start off the week in the best way £7 ALL INCLUSIVE! Escapade. possible, drinks offers. Party Classics Stow Hill, Newport. £5/7. 9pm-3am. and Dance. DJ’s Milky & Anthony Li. It’s just £7 to get in and pay nothing lizardloungebristol.co.uk at the bar!!! Were not just drinks deals WEDGIES. Warehouse. 57 Prince every week we’ll give you a night Street, BS1 4QH. 10pm-3am. better than the last with plenty to From the same crew that brings you keep you entertained. 01633250978. Wednesdays at the Warehouse return for clubescapade.co.uk FLUX. Meze more fun and madness. Lounge. 6 Market Street. 9-4am 4th ORIGINAL MASH. Lab free before 12. Student night with (formerly Arc Bar). 27 Broad Matt Kirk and Here play indie, hip hop, Street.BS1 2HG. 10pm-3am. £5. dubstep, drum and bass in Festival warm up of live Ska, acoustic Swansea acts, performance with D.J’s spinning MR MICHAEL MONSTER. Monkey funky Funk, phat Electro and Dubstep! Cafe. 13 Castle Street,10pm till late. Aceeater, Cueball 8, George Lenton, £ Free. Weekly free night of electro Don Johnston, Barry Freedom, and disco remixes. Cheap drinks and Whodafunk, We Are One, Miss V, The colouring in. monkeycafe.co.uk Shape Farther, Ben Goddard. SHINFO. Bar Sigma. 2-4 Kingsway, 11th THE CLEAR SKYZ REMIX £2 After 10:30pm. 9pm-3am. LAUNCH. Lab (formerly Arc Alternative DJ’s bring the best in alt rock, Bar). 27 Broad Street.BS1 2HG. punk, metal, indie, ska, hip hop and £6adv MOTD. Room 1 – Drum And drum and bass. Bass: Groove Rider (BBC Radio 1), Dj Trowbridge Die (Clearskyz), Break (Symmetry / Clearskyz), Interface (Clearskyz / Audio BOUNCE. THE SUMMER Zoo), The Insiders (Intrigue Music) BURBLER @ Chicago Rock. Park Mc’s: Dynamite, Jakes, Dread, Special Road off Silver Street, BA14 8AQ. 9 till late, last entry 12.30am. £4 Mystery Guest. Room 2 – Hip Hop / before 10pm, £5 after. DJ G Child + Dub Step / Reggae / Electro, Dj Skitz Guest host – Mr Murdz. Residents: DJ – Deadly Hunter, Joker Back 2 Back Ghane, DJ Ninja, DJ Tempa. Mensah, Dj Snafu + Adrock
ARTS
Thursday Bath
R’n’B. The Second Bridge. 10 Manvers Street. Dj’s playing the best in RnB, Hip-Hop, Soul, Funk, Dancehall & Funky House. FILTH. Po-Na-Na. North Parade. 10pm – Late. £3 B4 11pm / £5 after 11pm. £4 with Revolution privilege card. £4 with flyer. Front Arch: The Lounge is 80’s & 90’s Anthems. Middle Arch: The Dancefloor is Rock, Rave, Indie, House, Drum n Bass. Rear Arch: The Casino. myspace.com/teamfilth FLASHBACK: 80’S & 90’S. Qube. 1 South Parade. 10pm – 2am. £3 nubs/flyer, £4 without. Dj Colino – playing the best party tunes from the last two decades.
Bath
LE CRUNCH PARTY. CllubXL. 90B Walcot Street, BA1 5BG. 10pm – 2am. £2 b4 11 / £3 b4 12am/ £4 after. £2 all night with Nus.
Cardiff
C-Y-N-T. Clwb Ifor Bach. 11 Womanby Street. CF10 1BR. 10pm. £3. Techno, Nu Rave Electronica, Dubstep & Breakbeat make the dance floor dangerous territory every Thursday DISCORD. Barfly. Kingsway, CF10 3FD. 10pm. £3 b4 11pm/ £4 after. DJs itBoy & Alex play a full tilt mix of the best Alternative, Metal, Rock, Punk & Industrial Anthems around! myspace. com/discordcardiff HI TOP . Undertone Basement. 11a - 12 Church St. £free. 10pm - 3am D’n’B & hip hop with residents Jaffa, Killer Tomato, Veto, Focus Lyons Bristol & Ruffstylz. ON THE ROCKS. 10 Feet Tall. 11a FLAWLESS. Dojo Lounge. Park / 12 Church St. 9pm-3am , £free. Row. 10pm-2am £3/£3.50. Rock and indie night with different R’n’b, hip hop and urban grooves with K-Style and guests. Info: 0777 330 2818 themes each week. Air Guitar parties on FRESH AS A DAISY. mbargo. The the 7th & 28th.
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PLATINUM. Glam. 2 Greyfriars Rd, £3/4 before 10.30. The Definitive Student Night. SOL 2 SOL. Revolution Bar. 9-11 Castle Street. CF10 1BS. 0.00. 9:30pm - 2am. Thursday is the new Friday. The perfect way to kick start your weekend mixing the sexiest uplifting house grooves all night long. Award winning DJ Jake Gabai on the dexx. 02920 236689. solpromotions.co.uk 4th REEL 2 REEL AND CASSETTE QUALITY PRESENT: OFFICIAL KILLA KELA AFTERSHOW PARTY. The Basement. 10 Feet Tall. 11a - 12 Church Street, CF10 1BG. £3. 10 3am. The infamous Len, Double C, Killer Tomato, DJ Jaffa. Free entry with Killa Kela ticket. 18th ALLIANCE PRESENTS. CRAGGZ & PARALLEL FORCES. The Basement. 10 Feet Tall. 11a - 12 Church Street, CF10 1BG. 10pm – 3am. £5/ £4 Nus. Dum and Bass/ Dub Step. Dj Active. Dutty-K & Remedy. Mc Mello-D. myspace.com/ craggzandparallelforces
Cheltenham
FRESH CITY. The Place. Albion Street, GL52 2LT. £3 b4 midnight. £1 off with flyer or NUS b4 11.30pm. R&B , Hip Hop & Funky House with Resident MJ Sly plus regular special guests. All Drinks £1.50 all night. freshcity.co.uk
Newport
28th MORE TEA? Meze Lounge. 6 Market Street. A night of dirty breaks, drum and bass and dubstep.
Swansea
FUNKED UP. Monkey. Castle St. Legendary funk night with residents Funky Ben and The Count playing funk, soul, old skool hip hop & dancefloor classics. Free before 11/ £2 after. 9 til late. Info: 01792480822 Mr Michael Monster. Monkey Bar. 13 - 14 Castle St. Electro/Indie night with all the hottest indie/rock remixes. £2 entry/£1 with nus (drinks promos. monkeycafe.co.uk
Friday
Bristol POINT B. The Croft, 117-119 Stokes Croft, BS1 3RW. £6. Dj’s Kuoyah, Sully, Oslek, Scrambled Ed, DJ Damo, The Kelly Twins, The Yiddled Fiddler & Buckles. COMFI FRIDAYS. CLUB COMFI. 10-12 Triangle South, Clifton. 8-4. £7-£8. Party classics, R’n’B, dance and more. Ffi clubcomfi.com RAMSHACKLE. Carling Academy. Frogmore St, 10pm-3am. £3/5. Bristol’s biggest alternative night with resident DJ Dan, Steve Gerrard plus Carlton and Dave Remix playing alternative, indie, hip hop, beats and
funky shit in the main room whilst Generation X play punk-rock and metal anthems with DJ’s Link and Matt Setback. Info: ramshackle.org.uk STREETLIFE. Elbow Room. 64 Park Street. £Free – open till 4am. Chart and old skool classics. Ffi theelbowrooms.co.uk THANK FUNK ITS FRIDAY. mbargo. The triangle, Clifton, 8pm – 2am. New and oringal funk, disco and R’n’B with DJ’s Suisse Tony & Alex. WEEKEND PARTY PART 1. Lizard Lounge. 66 Queens Road, BS8 1QU. 9pm – late. Current and classic party tunes with residents Big Daddy & Milky. 5th FRESH. Lab. (formerly Arc Bar) 27 Broad St. BS1 2EL. 10pm4am. £7. Upstairs: Dreadzone Soundsystem (DJ Greg Dread & MC Spee), Dan Marc, Snafu, Fresh Residents playing House & Breaks. Downstairs: Ali B, Ben Nippard, Mr Beat, DJ Assassin. With extra visuals & decor by Nocturnal Productions and extra Function 1 sound downstairs...this one is not to be missed! 5th BUGGED OUT! Dojo Lounge, Park Row. 11pm – 7am. £7. Hannah Holland, Reset Robot, Jambo, Crystal Death. 5th PROPERTY OF BRISTOL PRESENT @ Basement 45. 8 Frogmore Street. BS1 5NA. £3 before 11 / £5 after. 10-4. Room 1: Dubstep / Drum & Bass; Kutlective & Jon5, Paddy, Hobo, D3T0X. Room 2: Funk / Soul / Breaks / Dub; Kutlective, Jon5, Silly Tang, And What? 5th TEAM LOVE & SECRET GARDEN PARTY PRESENT..... Motion Sk8 Park. 74-78 Avon Street, St Philips, BS2 0PX. Ł9 adv more on the door. 10pm-6am. Evil Nine, The Nextmen, DJ Derek, Redlight(Clipz), Blowpop, The Blast, Monkey Knife Fight, Funk From The Trunk,Futureboogie plus the Secret Garden Party Terrace!! (0117) 972 3111. 5th GOD MADE ME FUNKY WITH DJ JAKE GABAI. Platform 1. Clifton Down Station. Whiteladies Road, Clifton, BS8 2PH. 5th BOMB DROP VS SPACE INVADER RADIO DJS. Timbuk2. 22 Small St. BS1 1DW. £5. 11pm 5am. D&B, Dubstep, Hip Hop, Disco, Funk, Breaks, Reggae with, DJ Hoop, Guinness, Matt the Good and Rob Nuck, Barry Guffy, Jon Very, James Small, aSiNe, Tom Hine, and Selector Blue. 07976313903. bombdrop.org 12th DJ -VS- THE DRUMMER -VS- THE FIDDLER. The Croft. 117119 Stokes Croft, BS1 3RW. £5. 12th KIDOLOGY WITH DJ MARK WILKINSON. Platform 1. Clifton Down Station. Whiteladies Road, Clifton, BS8 2PH. 12th JUST JACK’S RETURN OF THE CIRCUS! Motion, Avon St. 22:00 - 6:00. £9 more on the door. Hold
CLUB onto your faces, saddle up on fine steed and get your wellies on cause the circus is back in town with a whopping line-up like none other: Steve Bug, Zombie Disco Squad (Dirtybird), Plimsouls, Tom Rio, Dan Wild & many more! 12th DEADBEATS. Lab. (formerly Arc Bar) 27 Broad St. BS1 2EL. £5 all night. 10pm till 4am. Breakbeat, Electro, Techno. Featuring Chris Liberator (Stay up forever), Hironimous Bosch (Aux), Wicki (Phar psyde records), Robbie Jay (Smash&Grab), all backed up by DeadBeats residents... 07855 321243. 12th TRIPTIC. Dojo Lounge. £7/£6 all night. 11pm till 7am. Deep minimal house & techno with Alex Jones, Cedric Maison, Dan Reilly 7 LMB. 19th CONCRETE DUB MEETS BEAT BRISTOL. Clockwork. 1-4 Stokes Croft. BS1 3PR. TICKETS £13+BF. MOTD. 9pm5am ALLNIGHTER. Concrete Dub & Beat Bristol Combine For The First Time To Bring You What Is Going To Be The Heaviest Jungle/Dnb Event To Hit Bristol This Year!!!!! 9pm - 5am All Nighter!!! Main Room: Jungle, Dnb, Dub-Step Chase & Status (90 Min Set Feat Mc Rage,) Fabio (Radio 1,) Hazard, Bryan G, Tc, Lomax, Illusive & Enigma? Mc’s:Eksman,Skibadee,Rage, Harry Shotta,Sweet Pea, Texas& Remidy Room2: Jungle, Liquid, Deeper Dnb + Timmy G,Lukie B,Deviant, Baz,Rapid,Understudy, Fraternal B2b Barrix. Mc’s: Richy B Bigga Spittaz (Impact, Brink & Bengee) Nic & Kb 07904802343. 19th INTRIGUE SUMMER ALLNIGHTER. Dojo Lounge. 12-16 Park Row, BS1 5LJ. 10pm-7am £8 adv /MOTD. Tickets: Bristol Ticket Shop. Goldie & Storm (3hr set) & Intrigue residents. 19th PLAY @ Thekla Social, East Mud Dock. £6. 10 till 4. Paul Woolford + Deepgroove + Dan Wild. Upstairs: Earspasm. After Party @ the Tube 0400 – 0730. 19th FUNK FROM THE TRUNK LIVE. The Golden Lion. 244 Gloucester Rd... BS7 8NZ. £3. 8pm - 1am. Bristol’s top live funk affair featuring Anomaly (live funk with a hint of dub), Andy Payback (Payback Hi-Fi) and the FFTT DJ’s; Mr Lingo, Ewan Hoozami & Vallee. 0117 924 6449. 19th CREAM CLASSICS IN ASSOCIATION WITH DISCONNECTED WITH DJ’S. Platform 1. Clifton Down Station. Whiteladies Road, Clifton, BS8 2PH. 26th GOD MADE ME FUNKY. Platform 1. Clifton Down Station. Whiteladies Road, Clifton, BS8 2PH. 26th NICE & FUNKY SUMMER SEND OFF. Syndicate Superclub. Nelson Street. BS1 2YJ. Łtbc. 10pm-4am. Nice &
Funky presents summer send off with Dj Cameo, Dj Ironic plus many more 01179450325. thesyndicate.com myspace.com/funkfromthetrunk 26th THE ASBO DISCO & WONKAVISION PRESENT: FREQ NASTY. Lab (formerly Arc Bar) 27 Broad St. BS1 2EL. 10pm-4am. £6 adv. tickets. M.O.T.D. (Straight from L.A, Santogold producer and collaborator, breakbeat innovator, and international DJ. Exclusive 2 hour set!) Plus heavyweight support: ASBO (Penguin Dance) THE DOCTOR (Scratch Club, B’Ham), FRENIC (Frenic & Fonz) + FONZ (Fonz & Frenic)
can throw in to make the walls at Glo shake. myspace.com/zwolfzwolfzwolf myspace.com/stagga2012 / myspace. com/monkeydubz2 / myspace.com/ chesusnrodski 5th THE HULLY GULLY. The Basement. 10 Feet Tall. 11a - 12 Church Street, CF10 1BG. 10 – 4am Free before 11pm £5 after. Straight up welcoming party vibes for Fridays! The Finest Funk, Breaks, Electro, Hip-hop & Disco. So you can cut loose and b, b, buss a move! DJS – KL + VETO 5th BIONIC. Escapade. Stow Hill, Newport. NP. Sam Punk, Dave Joy, Cally & Juice, Brian M Vs McBunn, Nutty T, Ben Nicky, Rob Davies & Cardiff more! £10 ON THE DOOR. 9pmMAD4IT! Barfly. Kingsway, CF10 5am. 07816310525. myspace.com/ 3FD. 11pm. £5/£4nus. Every Friday officialbionic Night at Cardiff Barfly join DJ Phuquit 12th 10 FEET TALL SUMMER for the Greatest Indie & Alternative Hits BALL COCKTAIL PRE PARTY. 10 + from The Stones to the Strokes, The Feet Tall. 11a - 12 Church Street, Smiths and The Doors, Nelly Furtado CF10 1BG. 8 – 4am. Free before to Gwen Stefani and much much more, plus loads of Ticket Giveaways and Low 10pm £5 after. 10 Feet Tall opens its doors to all attending the Summer Ball. Flying T-Shirts & CD’s. mad4it.biz We will have our new summer cocktail THE DUDES ABIDE. Clwb Ifor menu available throughout 10 Feet Bach. 11 Womanby Street. CF10 Tall. Our new summer menu will be 1BR. 10.30. £3.50. The Dudes Abide served until 10pm. Drink in the ground is the weekend’s finest way to let floor cocktail bar, relax in the chill out your rock hair down, shake your indie mezzanine or dance to our resident Djs fringe wildly or bounce your beehive in the Rock room. madly to the best sounds around. From the debauched cool of The Velvet 12th CASSETTE QUALITY PRESENTS: ELECTRO FOR THE Underground to The Bolan Boogie. MARMALADE. 10 Feet Tall. 11a - 12 WEEKEND. The Basement. 10 Feet Tall. 11a - 12 Church Street, CF10 Church Street, CF10 1BG. 8.00pm 1BG. £4 all night. 10 – 4am. The – 4.00am. Free entry before 10.30pm, finest Cassette quality residents tear £4/5 after (Open over all 3 floors). down the decks. Hip hop, Funk electro Marmalade brings you Classic Funk, Soul, Future Jazz, Roots, Motown, Disco and breaks. Mackie, Biftwaan, Killer Tomato. & best new releases. WE TRASH PARTIES. Upstairs in Buffalo Bar. 12th WESTWOOD. Glam 11 Windsor Place. 8pm – 4am. Nightclub. 2 Greyfriars Rd, CF10 Free b4 11pm £3/4 after. Bands from 3AD. £10 / £8 nus. 10pm – 4am. all over with resident DJ’s mixing up BBC Radio 1’s Tim Westwood Touches a killer blend of the best new music, In Down In Cardiff for another Big indie-disco, cool classics, trash gold, Urban Shakedown alongside Kiss 101’s new wave, guilty pleasures, post punk Raheem, Jigga, Veejay and Mc Gummi & electro pop. 029 2022 9311. info@glamnightclub. 5th KING CREOSOTE. The co.uk Globe. 125 Albany Rd, CF24 3NS. 19th KLOCKWERK. The £11 adv. 7.30pm. Three Syllables Basement. 10 Feet Tall. 11a - 12 present the FENCE COLLECTIVE TOUR Church Street, CF10 1BG. 10 – - KING CREOSOTE, PICTISH TRAIL 4am. £4 & PLAYER PIANO. 02920 452151. Dubstep, Breaks and Electro. Resident threesyllables.com Djs plus special guests 5th CHROME KIDS VS BIG 26th TWICE AS NICE. Glam CITY BEATS. Glo Bar, Churchill Nightclub. 2 Greyfriars Rd, CF10 Way, CF10 2DW. £5. MAIN ACTS: 3AD. £10 Advance / More on the Troublemaker, Akira Kiteshi, Chesus & Door. 10pm - 3am. Summer Bassline Rodski, Monkey & Stagga, Zwolf, Mr and Rnb Special with Dj Q and Shaun Curtamos, Magenta, Kaptin, Silent Ill, Banger Scott 029 2022 9311. info@ Tommy B, Tumbleweed, Don Leisure. glamnightclub.co.uk Champions of the underground bass 26TH HOUSE PARTY. The scene - Chrome Kids, take their popular Basement. 10 Feet Tall. 11a - 12 online blog from the virtual to the Church Street, CF10 1BG. £4 physical world as they take over the Big 10 - 4am. A House party in a club. City Beats night at Glo Bar in Cardiff to Undertone is transformed with random curate a massive first party with some clothes to dress up in, breakfast cereal of their favourite featured artists. Two to eat, a mattress and loads of cool rooms of Dubstep, Reggae, Electro, random party tunes being played by Baltimore, Fidget and anything else they your residents, Andy J and ODJ.
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Newport £8 ALL INCLUSIVE. Escapade. Stow Hill, Newport, £8. 9pm-3am. Pay £8 at the door and your drinks free all night!!! Excludes double measures & Champagne! 01633 250 978. clubescapade.co.uk FRIDAY MASHUP. Meze Lounge. Market St. Resident and very special guest DJ’s playing Alternative, Mashups, bootlegs, indie disco, hip hop and Rock. check with venue. 8pm-5am. Info: 01633 243500 or space.com/ mezenewport.
Swansea
DIGITAL SESSIONS. Bar Co. 8-9 Wind Street, SA1 1DF. £free. 9pm till late. Quality Underground House music with residents and special guests. This month Rodman and Nik LawsonExperimental Lounge FRIDAY FIX. Lava Lounge. Little Wind Street, SA1 1DZ. Till 10pm. Re-live prices from the 80’s. lavalounge. co.uk FREE FRIDAYS PRESENTS MONKEY ALLSTARS. Monkey Cafe. 13 Castle Street, 10pm till late. £Free to the Faithful. The Best Monkey residents. Info monkeycafe. co.uk SLAM ON THE BREAKS. Sigma. St Helens Rd, £3. 10am-3pm. Swansea’s Daddio Beat Party. rocking the best in HipHop.Electro.Disco and Dubstep to Beats, Breaks and Baltimore with some hints of DNB and Jungle ... yes , basically everything ... 07817 711 797. slamonthebreaks.com
Swindon
CASSETTE PLAYER @ Suju. 28 High Street, SN1 3EP. 10pm4am. All others £3 before 11pm / £5 after. Downstairs features the adventures of Rob the Mod & Phil Dirt with their Indielectro-rocknrollsoulfunksoundclash. Upstairs in the Lounge: Anything goes. suju.co.uk
Taunton
HOUSEWORK “AFRO-DISIAC”. The Perfect 5th, High St. 9 pm – 3am. £5. The Blue Room Baboons (Live Funkband) - myspace.com/ blueroombaboons, Marcus Gauntlett, Sugarshaker, Tom Pearson.
Wells
5th INFLUENCE & REACTION. Kudos Nightclub. 9pm - 3am. £10otd all night. Line up - Dark by Design, M Zone, Nick the Kid, Wragg, Boyzee & Stevie j, Marcio & Rennez, Bargee + many many more across room 2. Coaches available from all over the south west.
Saturday
Bristol BY THE POOL. Elbow Room. 64 Park Street. £Free – open till 4am.
CLUB Chart and Old Skool classics all night long. theelbowrooms.co.uk COMFI Saturdays. Club Comfi. 10-12 Triangle South, Clifton. 8-4. £7-£8. DJ’s playing everything from Party Classics, RnB, Dance and much more! clubcomfi.com The living room Building 11, Harbourside., 10pm-2am, £free. Karl Marx playing Soul, Disco, Funk and much more. RHYTHM & SOUL. mbargo. The Triangle, Clifton, 8pm – 2am. Soulful Funky House. DJ’s Paul Morrisey & Clare James. mbargo.net WEEKEND PARTY PART 2. Lizard lounge. 66 Queens Road, 9pm – late. Current and classic party tunes supplied by the Lizard lounge resident DJ’s. DJ’s Big Daddy & Milky. lizardloungebristol.co.uk WESTERN SOUL. Native. Small Street, 10pm-3pm. Residents: Hundred Strong, Rainy But Funky, The leisure Allstars Plus regular guests BEDMO DISCO. The Spotted Cow. 139 North St. Bedminster, BS3 1EZ. Bedminster¹s very own disco superstars provide a weekly soundtrack of disco related nonsense with guest slots from such luminaries as Sell by Dave, Puffin Jack, Rich Carnage, El Harvo, Christophe and Joe 90. UPTOWN WITH RESIDENTS THE ELITE SQUAD. Platform 1. Clifton Down Station. Whiteladies Road, Clifton, BS8 2PH. WESTERN SOUL. Native. 15 Small Street, BS1 1DE. 10pm-3am. £6 entry b4 11pm / £7 after. Residents: Hundred Strong & Rainy But Funky. Every Saturday finds Native rocking to the sound of soulful beats, hip-hop and funk plus rare treats from the whole musical spectrum be it jazz, reggae or disco 6th JAZZIE B. SOUL II SOUL 2OTH ANNIVERSARY. Native. 15 Small Street, BS1 1DE. The legendary Jazzie B makes his first ever visit to Native to celebrate the 20th anniversary of one of the most influential albums ever made! Club Classics Vol 1 is a milestone in British music and its importance cannot be underestimated, 20 years on and it is still sounds fresh and relevant. The Bristol connection with Soul II Soul has always been strong so this will be a big night in the Bristol calendar. 6th BOUNCE. Basement 45. 8 Frogmore Street. BS1 5NA. 10pm – 4am. £5/6 others. Upfest afterparty (artist’s free entry) the official afterparty to the UK’s largest live urban art festival, taking place all day in Bristol. Rm 1: House and electro Kyle Watson, Mark Davis, Dan Pearce Rm 2: Funky beats, breaks and hip hop The Upfest DJ’s 6th FATTYBOOMBASTIC. Lab. (formerly Arc Bar) 27 Broad St. BS1 2EL. 10pm-4am. £5. Fusing Bath’s Popular Funk Quartet with Some of Bristol’s Unsung DJ Heroes of Breaks,
House, Hip Hop, Dubstep, and Jungle & More. FATTYBOOMBASTIC (4 Piece Funk Outfit), THE ASBO DISCO (Murking Genres), DR FISH (Break Da House), RICHIE ROYALE ((Bubbz/Yo Doggie), MATT HAMPSHIRE (Mystic Bounce/ Funk, Latin, Afro, House) 6th DIRTY NOTE VS EARSPASM. Motion Skate Park. 10-5. £5. Featuring Far Too Loud plus way more! 6th - FUTUREBOOGIE BOAT PARTY. Tower Belle & Start The Bus. Baldwin St. BS1 1RU. 10pm - 3am £10 boat including £3 entry to Start The Bus. 7pm-3am. Futureboogie aboard the Tower Belle from 7pm. feat Joe 90, El Harvo, Kid Bongo & Christophe. 6th STAYHARDCORE.COM. The Syndicate. Nelson St, Bristol. BS12YJ. £7 ON THE DOOR. 10pm TIL 4am. Stay hardcore Returns to the Syndicate Bringing You Dj’s Hixxy, Dougal, Supreme, Hdq, Reegz and Dominate plus Mc’s Storm, Whizzkid, Knight, Adger And Charlie All For A Credit Crunchin 07595035638. 6th UNDER_SCORE PRESENTS... ROB HALL (SKAM/ GESCOM). Tube. Unity Street. BS1 5HH. £5. 10pm-4am. Under_score present Rob Hall, Autechre tour DJ of choice, member of Gescom and owner of Manchester based Skam records. Support from special guest Gilbertron (Kingpin) and under_score DJs Jim Petherwick and Luke Malcher. 0117 9304429. myspace.com/ underscorebristol. 13th LIVIN’ JOY & CULTURE BEAT. Syndicate Superclub. Nelson Street, BS1 2YJ. £5. 10pm-4am. livin joy performing huge club classic “dreamer” and Culture beat performing top ten hit “Mr. vain” 01179450325. thesyndicate.com 13th iTAL tEK. The Croft. 117119 Stokes Croft, BS1 3RW. £6. + Chimpo + Threnody + Superrisk + KOAN Sound + Project 13 Team + Eva Lazarus / Mista Switch / A-Kid / Chalk MC = Bassic DJ 13th HERD. Basement 45. 8 Frogmore Street. BS1 5NA. £4/5/6 10pm – 3am (tonight only) Upfront, underground, house, techno and Electro Rm 1: Sam Wicks, JT, Mark Davis. Rm 2: House, techno and trance Tom Grant, Scott Barclay, Andy Higginson, Stuart Wilkinson, Greg Shaw 13th PENGUIN DANCE PRESENTS: SOMETHING HOT! Motion. 74-78 Avon St, St Philips. BS2 0PX. Tickets £12 plus bf. motd. 9pm-6am. The Penguin Dance summer rave is here with the best in dubstep/ grime/dnb/bassline and more. Digital mystikz/Loefah/Slimzee/B-Live/Heist and so much more! 07903461852. fiveononemagazine.com 13th BRISTOL’S MASTERS OF JACKIN’ HOUSE, DEEP TECHNO AND TRIPPY DISCO TAKE magazine | 39
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CLUB OVER THE LAB (formerly Arc Bar) 27 Broad St. BS1 2EL. 10pm-4am. £5. With special guest from Panama, Federico Giust (Quimika Records) as part of his European tour. Frederico Giust (Quimika records) JG Alim (Wiggle/ Quimika) Lukas (Dirt Crew) Frankie Mann, Credible, Little Big Tom + Kasparov. buoyancy.org.uk 20th THE FIRST BOUNCE SUMMER FREE PARTY. Basement 45. 8 Frogmore Street. BS1 5NA. Rm 1: House, electro and classics Dan Pearce, Mark Davis, James Lanceley . Rm 2: Classics & Future Sounds: Rare Groove, Re-edit Soul, Hip Hop, 80’s Boogie, Broken Beats, Nu-Funk and Electro from the Wise Guise 20th DANCE NATION. Syndicate Superclub. Nelson Street. BS1 2YJ. Łtbc. 10pm-4am. Hard2 beat presents Dance Nation tour. 01179450325. thesyndicate.com 27th BOUNCE VS MOVIDA. Basement 45. 8 Frogmore Street. BS1 5NA. Rm 1: House, electro, breaks, fidget, rave Mark Davis, Dan Pearce, Craig Brown. Rm 2: Movida Corona World DJ competition. www.movidacorona.com 27th JUST JACK’s “WHO NEEDS GLASTONBURY” PARTY. Dojo Lounge. 12-16 Park Row, BS1 5LJ. 23:00 - 07:00. Price: Just £5! Discounts if you look like you’re at Glastonbury; wellies, ponchos etc. Mike Monday, Tom Rio, Dan Wild, Matt Kennedy. Info: Up yours Glasto, we’re having a festival of our own in the comfort of the Dojo. Expect quality house & techno head-eating nonsense. Wellies and raincoats get you in discount price! 27th FAT LACE. LAB (formerly Arc Bar) 27 Broad St. BS1 2EL. 9pm-4am. Tax: £5/4 conc. RANDOMER [med-school//hospital records], HORZA & ODDFELLOW [pace yourself//Liverpool], KAYBG & DJ ABSTRACT [tyretraxx//jamin recs], KRYPTIX & HINDSIGHT [Fat Lace] Hosted By: REMIDY MC [NuClearSounds] Room 2: Various breaks, beats ‘n’ boots provided by FAT SOUL & FULL MELT DJ’s. Downstairs bar: Frenic & Fonz 27th PSYANIDE. Motion. Motion 74-78 Avon Street, St Philips, BS2 0PX . £8 tickets more on the door. 10.00 Till 6.00. 2 Rooms Psytrance, psy breaks full UV environments outside themed chillout shisha bongs stalls fire spinners etc 07925304259. 27th KISS TAKEOVER BEACH PARTY. Syndicate Superclub. Nelson Street. BS1 2YJ. £5. 10pm4am. Kiss Takeover Beach Party 01179450325. thesyndicate.com
£5. Offering three floors of the best tracks from a variety of genres Clwb has cherry picked the best DJs currently gracing the decks in Cardiff and put them all on the same night. FLY SWATTER. Barfly. Kingsway, CF10 3FD. 10.30PM. £5 / £4nus. All the best alternative music from yesteryear lined up with current dance floor fillers to make your weekend throb with brilliance. ME AND YOU CLUB. 10 Feet Tall. 11a - 12 Church Street, CF10 1BG. 11.00pm – 4.00am. Free Entry Before 10.00pm, £5 after. “An Unruly Rock ‘n’ Roll Party”. Cardiff’s one and only Saturday night heroes bringing Good Time weekend Indie Rock ‘n’ Pop, New Music & Classic Alternative Tunes. Bar - 10 Feet All star DJ’s. VINYL VENDETTAS DANCE OFF. Club Ifor Bach. 11 Womanby Street. £5 10pm – 3am. Boomshakaboomtang / Mr Potter’s Proper Disco - Indie/Rock ‘n’ Roll/ Motown/Dirty Pop all three floors 6th - ELECTROCITY PRESENTS: TIM SHERIDAN. The Basement. 10 Feet Tall. 11a - 12 Church Street, CF10 1BG. £8 in advance. Party breaks and electro. 6th HOSPITALITY. Great Hall, Cardiff Students Union. £15 in adv.. 9pm-4am. Massive D’n’B night hosted by Aperture & Hospital records with High Contrast, Noisa, Cyantific, N-Type and more. Big. 6th LAMERICA PRESENTS BUZZIN FLY. Glam. Greyfriars Road. £5/10. 10pm-4am. ROOM 1 Ben Watt Chris Woodward Gareth Hopkins Dave Little ROOM 2 (HOUSE WITH SOUL) Craig Bartlett Clare James Gavin Cole 07816926111. lamericapromotions.com 13th SYNTHETIC. Undertone. Church St, CF10. £free. . 10pm 4am. Twisted house and techno brought to you by guests Paul 13th SYNTHETIC. The Basement. 10 Feet Tall. 11a - 12 Church Street, CF10 1BG. 10 – 4am. £5 all night. David Llwellyn and friends present Cardiff’s finest minimal, Tech House and breaks night With a Monthly Special guest. 20th DISCO NECTAR PRESENTS: 1ST BIRTHDAY SPECIAL. The Basement. 10 Feet Tall. 11a - 12 Church Street, CF10 1BG. 10 -4am. £5. DJ BENETTI. The finest in electronica. 27th SPICE SWEET SIXTEEN. Glam Nightclub. 2 Greyfriars Rd. CF10 3AD. £10 adv / more on the door. 10pm – 4am. Wales’ original house night from the early nineties celebrates its 16th birthday with an exclusive drag performance from JON PLEASED WIMMIN! 029 2022 9311. info@timefliesuk.com 27th SYNTHETIC. Glo Bar. Churchill Way. CF10. £5 or £4 NUS.
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9pm till 4am. 2nd Birthday Bonanza! With Very special guest Steve Parry plus all residents in a night really not to be missed. House / Techno 07908781019. synthetic.info@gmail.com 27th ELECTROCITY. The Basement. 10 Feet Tall. 11a - 12 Church Street, CF10 1BG. 10 – 4am £5. The Finest in Electro house presented by host Jake.Loraine, Rob Cashin, Ian Hacker and all residents. 07908781019. synthetic.info@gmail.com
Gloucester
FUNKED UP & FEELIN’ GOOD. The Cellar Bar, Cafe Rene. 31 Southgate Street. free b4 11 £2after. 10pm - 3am. Gloucester City’s ‘Funkiest’ DJs Ade Simpson and DJ Taboo play a vinyl only selection of jazz, funk, soul, disco, boogie, Latin and classic Hip Hop grooves.
Swindon
6th DESIGN @ Suju. 28 High Street, SN1 3EP. £5 before 11.30pm, £6 before 1am, £7 thereafter. 10pm-6am. DJ’s downstairs: Jamie Jones (Crosstown Rebels), Saytek (Zoo Project Ibiza), Andre Dolsign, Paul Jefferies. Upstairs in the Lounge: Anything goes with DJ Chief. suju.co.uk 13th KANDIFUNK @ Suju. 28 High Street, SN1 3EP. £5 before 11.30pm, £6 before 1am, £7 thereafter. 10pm-6am. Downstairs: Featuring the Kandifunk Allstars and The King Kissane on Percusion. Upstairs in the Lounge: Smooth R’n’B and classic hits with DJ Chief and friends.suju.co.uk 20th RESIDENTS NIGHT @ Suju. 28 High Street, SN1 3EP. £5 before 11.30pm, £6 before 1am, £7 thereafter. 10pm-6am. DJ’s downstairs: Special Guest TBC, DJ Chief, Martyn Davies. Upstairs in the Lounge: Smooth R’n’B and classic hits with DJ Chief and friends. suju.co.uk 27th Fierce Angel @ Suju. 28 High Street, SN1 3EP. £5 before 11.30pm, £6 before 1am, £7 thereafter. 10pm-6am. DJ’s downstairs: Fierce Angel DJ’s plus residents James Hannan, DJ Chief & Danny Kissane. Upstairs in the Lounge: Smooth R’n’B and classic hits with DJ Chief and friends.suju.co.uk
Newport
OUTBACK / SANCTUARY. Escapade. Stow Hill, NP20 1JE. free / £3. 9pm-4am. With the closure of Walkabout, Tiny, the impressionable manager would like to invite all the customers to his new night. THE OUTBACK AT ESCAPADE 1st Floor - Same DJ, same doormen, same great atmosphere - come & show Tiny your support! SPIN. Meze Lounge. Market St. New & Classic Indie Anthems, Electro, Dance, Good Requests.Resident & guest
DJ’s. All meals £1.Drinks from £1 til 9pm.Open til 5am. contact venue. 1pm5am. 01633 259144.
Swansea
MARVEL. Monkey Cafe. 13 Castle Street, Swansea, SA1 1JF. 9pm – late. £ free B4 ten. DJ Noah and Father Jared present a stormin’ night funk, soul hiphop and jazz.... Lush! MI CASA. Mambo. 46 The Kingsway, 8pm, £free. This established deep house night is the only place in the city where you can kick back, relax, and get down to the best underground house DJ’s the area has to offer. Strictly for the headz. SATURDAY RETRO. Lava Lounge. Salubrious Place. Till 3am. 13th ESCAPE INTO THE PARK. Singleton Park. around £45. Midday – Midnight. The line-up is headlined by Eric Prydz, with Norman Jay, Judge Jules, Lisa Lashes, Tidy Boys, Darren Styles, Hixxy, Showtek, Andy C, Friction, Hype, and Chase & Status also confirmed. Expect to find the usual bars, fairground rides, market stalls and catering serving worldwide cuisine.
Sunday
Bristol GRASSROOTS. Elbow Room. 64 Park Street, BS1 5JN. £Free – till 2am. Reggae and the like. theelbowroom.co.uk MONO TONIC. The Lab (formerly Arc Bar). 27 Broad Street, £2 before 6pm, £3 after. 3pm till late. Soothing Sunday sounds on an eclectic tip. TAPE DJ’s plus special guest Appleblim.
Cardiff
10 FOOT CWTCH. 10 Feet Tall. 11a - 12 Church St. CF10 1BG. £3. 8 3am. Open mic session held together by Rowan Ligget. 14th T.I.T.S. (UPSET THE RHYTHM) FREE SHOW! Buffalo Bar. 11 Windsor Pl. CF10 3BY. Three Syllables presents T.I.T.S. (Upset the Rhythm) FREE SHOW!!!!!!!!!! FREE. 8pm. 02920 310312. threesyllables.com
We like Bristol, and all the interesting, creative characters that put on events like Carny Ville, this year held at the beginning of May. Taking over the old Bridwell Police and Fire station, they created a full on carnival for over 1,000 people, complete with circus acts and ghosts walking DOWN the side of buildings. It only happens once a year during Mayfest, if you haven’t been yet, here’s a favour of what it’s all about...
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