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Issue 168 | August 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 Andy Nelson sales@outofhand.co.uk Cover: Image by Mathias Fennetaux Contents: Illustration by David Whittle

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The F Word 11 Farewell dear wellies

Glasvegas 12

Ready to rock Cardiff with U2

The Wombats 14

Love, loss and growing up

Mankala 16

Action through music

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ILLUSTRATION BY DAVID WHITTLE David Whittle studied Illustration at Hull, and graduated in 2001. He now lives in sunny Bristol and since graduating, he’s worked as a freelance illustrator, animator and designer on everything from kids books to TV shows for the likes of FHM, The Independent, The Times, Channel 4, and Collision Films (doing music videos for bands like Elbow and Milo). He’s inspired by friends, other artists like Will Barras, Doze Green, Shepard Fairey, and old 50s adverts. He hopes to keep working on a wide variety of things, and gets restless doing one thing for too long. The work he most enjoys doing is painting, and he hopes to be able to get more of his paintings out and about soon…

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Big Free Bristol Gig …feeling rather stunned as time seems to be flying by rather quickly – but we’re also very excited because it’s finally time for Boardmasters!

Arguably the biggest event in the South West all summer, this year the organisers have pulled out all the stops for a truly spectacular event with a stunning line up (Cypress Hill in Kernow!

Awesome!) so head down to Cornwall from 5 - 9 Aug. In this issue, we caught up with Glasvegas, who have just been nominated for the Mercury Music Awards and are set to support U2 in Cardiff check out the interview for an interesting revelation about their drummer, Caroline!

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Colston Hall is throwing open it’s doors on Sat 15 Aug for a big free 8 band show, featuring four piece guitar band, New Rhodes, Yes Rebels (formerly Fortune Drive), Bizali, N.U.M.B, Gavin Thorpe, Hazel Mills, The New Root and The Gala Band amongst others, spread across the two main halls, alongside other acts performing in the café/bar. The free show is part of Colston Halls Soft Launch programme to introduce people to the new foyer, cafe and bars and is the first of three ‘Soft launch’ events to be held in August, which will allow staff to get used to managing the new building under real conditions. Doors open 7pm, bands on stage from 7.30pm, tickets are free in person direct from the venue, or for a small postage surcharge via 0117 922 3686 or colstonhall.org

Westfest Confirmed

Westfest have confirmed the date for the South West’s biggest dance event of the year. Taking place on Sat 31 Oct at the Royal Bath and West Showground, nr Shepton Mallet, the event will see the biggest names in hard dance, old skool, hardcore and D’n’B playing to over 10,000 people at this all night event.

Westfest also hosts the annual Hardcore Heaven Awards, where the best hardcore DJs, MC’s and producers are recognized. Gammer and MC Whizzkid will be defending their titles, vote at slamminvinyl. com for who you want to win.

Adult Sandcastles!

When you were a kid, if you went to the seaside, you always had to have a bucket and spade so you could build a sandcastle, or if there was a stream, do the impossible and build the biggest dam possible to stop the water reaching the sea. Fast forward a few years and a bunch of 40 somethings have taken that to a different level with the annual sand sculpture festival at Weston Super Mare where they recreate mad buildings and sure like. Egyptian pyramids on the beach? They’re here! Buckingham Palace, here too – you get the idea! Sculptures are being built until 6 Sept on Weston beach, entry £3, see westonsandsculpture.co.uk for more info.

THE EDGE Email news to: 247@outofhand.co.uk HELP BRISTOL DJ WIN HED KANDI RESIDENCY! Bristol based house DJ, Kacey is bidding to become the next Hed Kandi resident in their national competition.

Now, we’re all up for giving people a helping hand, so check out her style here myspace.com/djkaceybristol and if your think she’s up for the job, show your support and vote for her! Votes close 31 Aug. OPEN MIC UK – the national competition for singers, songwriters and vocalists is coming to St Georges Hall.

Bristol on Sat 22 August. The national talent competition is set up to search for the UK’s best singers, singer/ songwriters, rappers and vocalists of all genres who perform either covers or original material. Winners will have the opportunity to win a recording contract to release their single, for more info, go to openmicuk.co.uk Heads up for all you BASSHUNTER fans – there must be some out there considering he’s been Number 1 in the charts on numerous occasions! He’s out on tour this autumn Bass Generation Live 09 and hits the O2 Academy on Wed 14 Oct. His new single and album out is due out in September so you can be sure his live show will include lots of new material. For tickets, call 0844 477 2000 or visit gigsandtours.co.uk There will be live music in IMPERIAL GARDENS, CHELTENHAM every Saturday at 2-4pm throughout August. Soak up the summer weather, relax with a drink and enjoy performances from some of Gloucestershire’s finest musicians. Artists selected by Kiss My Face Music. Details of performers will be published at kissmyfacemusic.com EDDIE IZZARD, the man who turned talking bollocks into an art form has announced he will tour the UK with STRIPPED. This will be Eddie’s first UK tour in six years and he has just confirmed a third date at Cardiff’s CIA, now also appearing on Fri 6 Nov. Tickets only £30 + booking fee from CIA Box Office 029 20 22 44 88.

After 12months off, NYCE1 UNLEASHED – Bristol’s self claimed ‘best hard dance event’ dusts itself down and returns for another season of

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Over 100,000 see Banksy show so far The biggest ever Banksy show featuring over 100 of his works at the Bristol City Museum is still drawing in huge numbers on a daily basis. The museum confirmed that over 100,000 people have visited the exhibition so far - making it the most popular show in the museums history. They have now revised their estimates and expect over 350,000 to see the show by the time it closes at the end of August. The director of the museum, Kate Brindley, said, “They’re increasing every day so we’re having queues all the way past the university building. We’re having 5,500 per day - I’m sure it’ll go up. We’re thinking about doing some late nights as well to help get enough people through.” Ms Brindley added the museum was having to limit the numbers of people allowed in at once. “There’s no sign that the interest is waning - it’s growing - so we’ve got to ask for people’s patience because the building can take only so many. We’re having to be a bit careful about crowds. We’re getting people through as fast as possible.” Banksy is now to donate one of the works to the museum when the exhibition closes at the end of August. The show runs until Mon 31 Aug and is open daily between 10am-5pm (last entry 4pm).

Bristol Festival confirmed

Learn to be a DJ

Swansea’s Escape nightclub recently opened their exclusive new DJ Academy and announced dates for this month. Running at the club on 8 Aug, students get a full day of tuition which will cover the whole spectrum of the DJ business and is suitable for both beginners and more advanced people who are looking to develop their skills into other fields includings Abelton or scratching. Cost is only £100 per student, to book, call 07941 992232 or email j-me@escapeswansea.com

Now in its second year, Bristol’s new community festival, which showcases South West talent from music and theatre to circus and art across three days, seven outdoor stages and ten city centre venues, is all confirmed for 18-20 Sept. Based at the Lloyds Amphitheatre and ten city centre venues, this is an exciting festival with Glastonbury vibes in the heart of the city centre. Building upon the success of last year, the organisers have extended the festival so it now starts on Friday night with an Audio-Visual extravaganza dubbed ‘AV’it!’, followed by the hugely popular ‘Rave on Avon’ across ten venues including Lab, Start the Bus, Mr Wolfs, Timbuk2, Attik, Blue Mountain, The Croft and Lakota on Sat night. Expect large scale light projections, digital graffiti, interactive music machines, GPS location activated poetry, films, fire displays, new media theatre, digital art, internationally renowned street art exhibition, bands, DJ’s, crazy walkabouts, and a silent disco featuring the cream of the clubbing crop.

Over the weekend, bands and DJ s playing so far include Babel, Babyhead, Bashema, Blackout, The Swamps, Turbowolf, Freefall Collective, DJ Die, Deepgroove, Joker, Lomax, TC & Jakes and many, many more. Check out thebristolfestival.org for details to pre-register for participation in art projects, and purchase advance tickets from just £5 a day.

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Nyce1 Shenanigans at the Blue Mountain Club, Bristol.

With two rooms of hardness, including guests James Ellis & Tom Berry from 3 Phase Records, check nyce1. moonfruit.com for more info ROCK THE RIVER, the Welsh Wakeboard and Music festival takes place on 7 – 9 Aug at Conwy Quay in North Wales. The Dub Pistols Sound System, Rodney P and Aim headline the music side of things in the evening, whilst the wakeboard comps take place during the day. More info at rocktheriver.co.uk

Bimm Bristol Total Guitar School Ready To Rock And Roll

Wanna play a guitar like a rock god? Think you’re too good on Guitar Hero and want to give the real thing a go? Well, now is your chance and you can win some great kit along the way too. The Bristol Institute of Modern Music (BIMM) are running a special summer school from 17 – 20 Aug, focusing on vocals, bass, drums, keyboards and guitar work, studying and playing pop, indie, blues and funk. The summer school will give players the opportunity to improve technique and styles whilst rubbing shoulders with the stars. Students will study the technical development and live performance skills using industry standard equipment modern and vintage under the guidance of the biggest names in music. Between them the college tutors and guests have sold hundreds of thousands of albums signed to major and independent record labels, had chart hits, toured the world at stadium level (including Australia, Japan, USA), played main stage at Download, Glastonbury, Reading, Vans Warped Tour and Ozzfest, recorded dozens of Radio One sessions as well as having their music placed into films onto television and in video games. To book your place, call 08442 646 666 or visit bimm.co.uk

Teenage Rampage Tour

Skate Short Film Contest of the year hits Bristol Take 15 teams of three skaters, complete with a video camera, throw in a skate plaza in the centre of Bristol and give them 40hrs to create a 2minute skate film. Skate, film, edit. This is a new take on a short film competition and really steps things up a level, as in not only does the footage need to be good, the editing needs to be spot on, with the added time pressure thrown into the mix too. The final films will be shown on Sun 23 Aug at the Cube Cinema, Stokes Croft from 7.30pm. The comp takes place at Lloyds Amphitheatre on 21-23 Aug. For more info and to enter, either drop into 50:50 skate shop in Park St, Bristol or visit olliewood.tv

The search for the UK’s best young musicians continues across the South West throughout August with The Teenage Rampage Tour 2009. Bristol, Bath, Taunton, Gloucester and Exeter have already seen bands compete for a place in the finals, and the tour hits Swindon’s Furnace on 14 Aug. Run by Bristol Music Foundation and in partnership with Colston Hall and Youth Music the summer tour will see the finest teenage bands and artists from the area competing at the regions top music venues in front of local audiences and music industry figureheads including Conal Dodds, Oasis’ promoter, and Chris Morrison, Blur’s manager. Industry professionals will decide on the best four acts from each regional heat to play at the final on 19 Sept in Bristol, where the bands will have the opportunity to perform alongside a national headline act at the newly developed Colston Hall. As well as the opportunity to play at the final event the Teenage Rampage Tour is also offering selected South West teens a chance to win studio time to lay down a track, have their songs featured on the official “Teenage Rampage Tour 2009” compilation CD and have the chance to be assigned an industry mentor and team built around their act. The Teenage Rampage Tour is also providing free Industry Insight Sessions at the regional heats. Run by experienced professionals, they are a must for any young people interested in a musical career. Full times and details of all Teenage Rampage gigs, venues, tickets Industry Insight sessions, and more can be found at bristolmusicfoundation.com/teenagerampage.

Fancy something different?

Then MANCHESTER’S WAREHOUSE PROJECT is for you. Three months of awesome parties, in the heart of Manchester in an underground car-park, with space for 2,000 people. Only open Fri & Sat nights, the venue is converted back in to a car park during the week and is directly underneath the main train station. Acts playing include Fat Boy Slim, Pete Tong, Andy C, Sasha, Digweed, and loads more.

Full line-up and tickets at thewarehouseproject.com The BIG GREEN GATHERING has been cancelled due to pressure from authorities, ticket holders can go to The Big Chill instead, just pay the difference – see big-greengathering.co.uk for more details.

The GREENMAN FESTIVAL returns on 21-23 Aug at Glanusk Park in the Brecon Beacons, Wales. Three days of bands including British Sea Power, Noah and the Whale, Jarvis Cocker, Hawkwind and Scott Matthews amongst others, alongside comedy, DJ’s, film and literature tents. Tickets are £115 from thegreenmanfestival.co.uk The BRISTOL INTERNATIONAL BALLOON FIESTA takes place on 6-9 Aug at Ashton Court, expect lots of hot air and the infamous night glows on Thurs 6 and Sat 8 Aug. Other highlights include the Red Arrows display on Sat 8 at 5pm. Free entry all weekend, more info at bristolfiesta. co.uk Lab, Bristol are hosting the OLD DUKE JAZZ FESTIVAL afterparty on 28 – 30 Aug with a selection of the festival performers playing exclusive sets at the late after hours sessions. Artists playing includes Los Albertos, Eden Height, Mango Factory, The Insoulvents, Djute & Cueball8. magazine | 9

If you’ve still got the Glasto blues, then you need more festival frolics to pull you out of the doom. This should do the trick…

Kicking things off, we’ve got Relentless NASS, the most action packed festival ever – this one’s for the adrenalin junkies.

YOUR OFFICIAL GUIDE TO SUMMER FESTIVAL MADNESS

WHO: The Streets, Cypress

Hill, Calvin Harris, The King Blues, CKY, Super Furry Animals, Roots Manuva, Kissy Sell Out, Pendulum, Freeland, Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip, wquay WHERE: Ne Filthy Dukes, Brakes, Ghost of 9 August – 5 : N E a Thousand, My Elvis Blackout, WH Backbeat Soundsystem, and loads more.

HOW MUCH: Watergate weekend ticket £54.99, Watergate day ticket £29.99, Weekend VIP £165, Day VIP £90, Beach Sessions tickets £14.50 WHY: The Relentless Boardmasters in association with Vans takes over Newquay for five days of live music, surf, skate, bmx, fmx and partying. With the big music festival held at Watergate Bay on the Friday and Saturday, and the Beach Sessions being held at Fistral Beach on Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday, there’s a wide range of top artists to enjoy. You also get the chance to watch the Men’s Pro 5star World Qualifying Series surf comp (that means some of the worlds best surfers will be hanging out around Newquay…)

WEB: relentlessboardmasters.com

WHERE:

Chepstow Ra cecourse

WHEN:

14 – 16 Augu st

WHO: Rico Tubbs, Noah and the Whale, The Whip, Jack Beats, Utah Saints, Filthy Dukes, Tom Middleton, Speech Debelle, Finley Quaye, Kid Fiesta, Mankala and many more.

How muCH: £75, Kids weekend £25 (5 – 15 yrs), under 5s go free, Adult day £30, Kid day £15 WHY: Camp in a gypsy caravan, listen to amazing music across six music arenas, enjoy food from ethical local caterers, chill out with an Indian head massage, watch graff writers creating art and generally enjoy the atmosphere at another of the UK’s best boutique festivals.

WEB: bloomfestival.com

WHO: The Bays, The Bees and The Egg have been announced - the line up is mostly kept secret but ranges from funk and soul to dubstep and electro across four arenas.

HOW MUCH: Adult £99, Teen £59 (15 – 17yrs), Child £25 (5-14yrs) : E R WHE nshire WHY: Described as a warm, diverse and Northampto lively festival, Shambala is also well known WHEN:st for it’s unexpected surprises. Held in a 27 – 30 Augu secret location (the location is revealed when you buy your tickets…), Shambala’s now in its tenth year, and last year it was named as the UK’s most sustainable festival. From the delights of the sophisticated Bedouin Cocktail Lounge to the geeks brewing up drinks in the Kamikaze Laboratory, and the Carribean vibes in the Roots Yard, there’s loads of amazing stuff to discover. Also, this year, Shambala has teamed up with Sustrans to offer free guided cycle rides to the festival from five cities to encourage festival goers to leave their cars at home.

WEB: shambalafestival.org

WHO: Fleet Foxes, Explosions In The Sky, The Hold Steady, The Horrors, Okkervil River, WHERE: The Boy Least Likely To, The Larmer Tree Gardens, Dorset Mummers, Mumford & Sons, and WHEN: many more.

11 – 13 September HOW MUCH: Adult weekend £115, Youth weekend £115 (13 – 16 yrs) WHY: A friendly and relaxed festival with an intimate feel, End Of The Road takes place in the beautiful setting of Larmer Tree Gardens. With a wide range of local artists taking part alongside a top notch line up, this festy also has comedy, cinema, an enchanted forest, a healing field, real ales, organic food and lots more…

WEB: endoftheroadfestival.com

WHO: The Doves, Biffy Clyro, The

Cribs, White Lies, British Sea Power, Natty, The Boxer Rebellion, Doll & The Kicks, Sky Larkin, Flood of Red, Lyrebirds, Ben Howard, The Perils, WHERE: White Belt Yellow Tag and more…

Brighton How muCH: Adult weekend £65 WHEN: (VIP £95), NUS/YOUTH weekend £60 18 – 20 Septe (VIP £85), Family weekend £195 (VIP mber £290). Adult day from £15, NUS/youth day from £14.

WHY: White Air has been going for 12 years now, but for the first time ever, Brighton plays host this huge extreme sport and music festival – Brighton Beach will be the venue for sets from the likes of Doves and Biffy Clyro, whilst the Extreme Sports village has everything from martial arts to stand up paddle boarding to World High Diving displays.

WEB: whiteair.co.uk WHO: Yeah Yeah Yeahs,

Modest Mouse, The Breeders, Explosions In The Sky, Battles, Stephen Malkmus WHERE: Bu And The Jicks, Dirty Three, tlin Tortoise, Shellac, Mudhoney, WHEN:11 – s, Minehead 13 December J Mascis And The Fog, The For Carnation, Papa M, Sunn O))), Deerhoof, The Drones, Sleepy Sun, Bardo Pond, Fuck Buttons, Apse, Alexander Tucker & Decomposed Orchestra. hOW MUCH: Room only accomm £160, Self catering £170 WHY: The concept of ATP is that a single band chooses the line up for each festival – but this December, to celebrate their tenth year, they’re bringing together a whole load of their favourite artists, past festival curators and ATP recording artists. Taking place at Butlins resort in Minehead, you rent a room rather than stay in a tent (yeah, the idea of camping in December had us shivering too) so you get all the benefits of a resort (sandy beach, Splash Water World, ten pin bowling, amusement arcade, real toilets, restaurants and so on) with an amazing festival line up.

There is another ATP festival on 4 – 6 Dec at the same site curated

by My Bloody Valentine and there is some limited accommodation available for those who want to stay on site between the two festivals so you can stay for a whole nine days!

WEB: bestival.net magazine | 11

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Glasvegas have added to the list of the many exceptional bands from Glasgow. Their sound is powerful with moving songs that ooze with rock and roll attitude, and they’ve also come a long way in the last year. From self-released singles to a record deal with Columbia, a Mercury nomination and being called ‘the best band in the world’ by Alan McGee (formerly the boss of Creation Records), the band have stamped their unique trademark on the musical map, globally. Glasvegas is James Allan on vocals and guitar, Rab Allan on guitar, Paul Donoghue on bass and Caroline McKay on drums. Rab talks to 247 about his band’s rise in popularity, his cousin and band vocalist James and being mates with Oasis.

Did you and James listen to a lot of the same records when you were growing up?

Yeah, and I think because James is the older cousin, a lot of the things he got into, I’d listen to as well. And I guess as I developed my own taste, I’d recommend things to him. As a band we all have an influence on each other. We’ve been playing together for about four years, but we were all friends for years before that.

Are you Velvet Underground fans? I’m thinking female drummer playing stand-up drums…?

Yeah, James is a fan and I think Caroline is too. At first, Caroline couldn’t play the drums, so when we played live she would just play one drum and we used a drum machine.

Then she moved to two drums, and that became the sound of the band. To be honest, I think if we had a full drum kit, it wouldn’t work.

Did you expect to get this kind of recognition when you started out?

I always knew the songs were good enough, but a lot of what can happen is down to luck and timing. I thought we’d be successful, but not to this level, to be quite honest. It’s already exceeded all of our expectations, and the album’s not even been out for a year yet.

Does this put you under pressure to come up with a follow up?

Not really, but I can see why people might think that.

James has written half of the next album already, and it’s phenomenal. It’s quite a change from the first one.

In terms of the sound or the songs?

The songs are equally as good if not better, and there’s gonna be some changes to the sound of the band: just trying to progress and become better. When we recorded the Christmas EP, there was no pressure there: we just went and did it.

Tell us about the (highly collectable) records you released before getting signed to Columbia.

We put out three or four limited edition singles, which we rerecorded later for the album. They were recorded in a little studio in Glasgow, in one day, just because we didn’t have any money. The guy who does our sound at the live shows engineered them.

With the music industry the way it is these days, is it harder for bands to start out?

I’d say yeah, it’s a lot more difficult. The record companies are probably getting scared right now, in terms of money. That means that they take less chances with bands. A few years ago they’d let bands develop, but nowadays, if you don’t do it with your first album, you’re out. We’ve been the lucky ones – there’s a few bands each year that will have an album that’s pretty strong. But it’s a shame for the other bands.

One of your biggest fans is Alan McGee, who previously signed Primal Scream and Oasis. Did he help you out when you were starting out?

Alan gave us a lot of support and encouragement; when people were saying that we were terrible, he was saying that we were the best band in the world. That meant a lot, especially to James because he writes the songs. It was a confidence builder. But we’ve never really been involved with Alan business-wise.

“At first, Caroline couldn’t play the drums, so when we played live she would just play one drum and we used a drum machine.”

You’ve cited Creation Records as an influence.

Well, Oasis were the reason we started the band, and now we’re friends with them. We’ve toured and played festivals with them. We were with them a couple of days ago, watching them play from the stage. It was absolutely incredible.

How does it feel to have come this far, doing gigs with Oasis and U2?

It’s really bizarre because these were the bands we were listening to, who were exciting us about music. Now they’re telling us we excite them! Although it feels good, the level of craziness probably won’t sink in for a while yet. It’s very flattering and they’re all lovely guys.

You’ve been touring extensively. Tell us about any standout shows.

Probably Barrowlands in Glasgow. We did a gig in Rome, which blew me away. It was probably as good as a crowd in Glasgow and I really didn’t expect that. And also the London gig of the NME Awards Tour.

Is any new material likely to surface soon?

James is actually recording some demos just now, but I don’t think we’ll be playing any of it live yet. We’ll start recording the next album towards the end of this year, and it should be out before the festivals next year. That’s the plan, but obviously things can change. We’ll be recording it in Los Angeles – James is buying a house there, so we’ll set up shop there and build a studio. Rich Costey, who co-produced the first album with James, wants to do it again.

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The Wombats bounded gleefully onto the music scene three years ago, with their bouncy, joy filled tunes of nightclub shenanigans and girl troubles.

The three-strong band hails from Liverpool and comprises native Liverpudlians Matt “Murph” Murphy on guitar, vocals and songwriting duties, multi talented drummer/singer Dan Haggis and Norwegian Tord Øverland-Knudsen on bass and vocals. The trio met whilst studying at Paul McCartney’s Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts (LIPA) in 2003, and have gone from touring around courting the attention of A&R men to playing festivals and gigs all over the world (and they’ve even appeared on Neighbours). Their debut album, ‘A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation’, reached number 11 in the UK album chart when it was released back in October 2007, and spawned radio friendly dancefloor fillers like ‘Lets Dance To Joy Division’ and ‘Backfire At The Disco’. They’re currently working on their second album, and putting a lot of effort into not growing up. We chatted to a slightly hungover Murph, at home in London, ahead of their headline slot at the very first Falmouth Sound event, due to take place in Falmouth at the end of this month.

leave all that stuff behind…” He adds, “I don’t want to do a grown up second album – even though the lyrics are slightly darker it’s not going to sound overly grown up when we all start screaming and shouting down the microphone. I don’t like it when bands bring out a second album and they’re all serious. I’ve already got an idea for one of the songs that I want to do, with us all being horrendous vampires with blood dripping down our necks…”

“Studying at LIPA was a bit like being in Fame,” drawls Murph, in his soft Liverpudlian accent. “It was a weird place.

I literally saw people doing cartwheels down the corridors.”

He pauses for a moment. “I never really settled in. I went there because it had a cool reputation, and I could spend my time being creative. I didn’t make many friends, apart from Dan and Tord.” He goes on to explain, “You feel wrapped up when you’re [studying] there. There’s quite a lot of pretense and a lot of students feel like they’ve made it already. And when they leave, and the job in Burger King arises, that can be a pretty dark moment.”

It’s times like these, after the initial hype has died down and before that difficult second album is released, that test a band’s capability to come up with the goods. “We’re halfway through writing the second album, and for the first few songs, I was like, oh God…” admits Murph. “You feel the pressure because of how well the first album did and the success we had. But now that I’m halfway through writing it, the pressure has kind of disappeared and I’m all excited again. So at the moment, we’ve just got to concentrate on making a better album than our first one. And we’ll give it a damn good effort.

At the moment, I’m not really thinking about anything else.”

Since releasing their first record in 2006, the band have seen a good deal of success and have travelled the world – have they lived the rock and roll dream, we ask? “Touring can be tough,” says Murph. “You get a bit low, and you get cabin fever… We love the job but it actually can be quite a dull lifestyle, apart from the real highlights like being on stage, or going to awards… The rest of it is just not rock and roll at all.” So does the pressure of being in the music industry ever get too much? “Occasionally, yeah,” he says. “We played on stage at the MTV Europe Awards, and the amount of people and all the TV cameras being shoved in your face was a bit much… I was exceptionally nervous before we went on, and I’m never really nervous. You can kind of feel the pressure mounting,” he explains, “but if you ignore it, it just kind of goes away. We don’t usually worry about getting it right on stage,” he laughs. “Our performances are always different.”

“there are only so many songs you can sing about being slapped in a disco, so we had to kind of leave all that stuff behind...”

Luckily, there don’t seem to be any of those moments on the horizon for The Wombats. When they started out, they were happy go lucky, maybe even a bit silly. It worked like a charm and dancefloors went crazy for their indie pop madness.

Murph tells us, “I think that stage of the band died a death pretty early, but we still maintain that same attitude. We’re really passionate about the music, but we’re carefree…”

With their new album in the process of being written, it’s only natural that fans and the music press will be waiting to see just how (and indeed, if) The Wombats have matured.

When asked what their new material is like, Murph explains, “Everything sounds a bit heavier, and more synthy. It’s still got elements of joy that the first record had. I guess the lyrics are a bit darker – I had to really think about what I wanted to write about, because there are only so many songs you can sing about being slapped in a disco, so we had to kind of Words: Lauren Tavetrner Brown

But what’s in store for the future? Rumours that Murph and Tord will be touring with Panic At The Disco this summer are completely untrue, he exclaims; “That’s on our Wikipedia page but it’s not true. Imagine if we did do that! I don’t think that would be very good for our career. But then again Wikipedia said that Tord was going out with Michelle McManus. It’s not always a reliable source of information...”

The Wombats headline Falmouth Sound on 29 August at Events Square, Discovery Quay, Falmouth. They’re joined

by The Boxer Rebellion, Fink, Foy Vance and Melo Park. On 30 August there will be performances from The Wailers, The Neville Staple Band, Gabbidon and Pete King. For more information and ticket details, go to falmouthsound.co.uk or call 0844 209 2020. thewombats.co.uk

Mixing the sunny flavours of Martinique, Zambia and the Canary Islands with the exciting creativity and diversity of Bristol, Mankala create a “high energy Afro-Caribbean fusion groove” that gets even the most dreary English introverts busting out their moves. Infectiously happy and unavoidably uplifting, Mankala play gigs up and down the country, injecting a bit of sun into the otherwise grumpy weather. Ahead of their busy summer schedule of festivals and gigs, I chatted to Mankala about their ‘action through music’.

You are based in Bristol but the band is very multicultural; was this a conscious decision to promote diversity?

We have members from Zambia, Martinique, Canary Islands and of course England – Bristol, Cornwall and Bath to be more precise! Promoting diversity wasn’t our aim, there was no conscious decision in that sense. It was all about creating music and being part of a band. That’s what brought us together. Bristol is a great multicultural city and diversity is part of everyday life so it’s the right kind of place for musicians of different backgrounds and nationalities to come together with one common goal. Back in 2002 Christian de Juan (Tenerife/Bristol) met Omer Makessa (originally from Martinique) through friend/musician Alphonse Daudet (from Cameroon) and from there Mankala was born. The first year of Mankala saw many changes in the line-up, then came Simwinji Zeko (from Zambia), Sol Ahmed (from Bristol), Jason Newman (from Cornwall/ Bristol) and more recently Ben Plocki (from London/Bath), Dale Hambridge (from Bath)... and it’s still evolving! Right now we’ve just about settled as an eight piece band, which is the line up we need to reproduce our full sound.

You are working with Bristolian producers and DJs to create a ‘Mankala Remixes’ album. How did this come about?

Our bass player Sol Ahmed first mentioned the word “remix” about two years ago and then through our drummer Jason Newman we got in touch with Bristol based musician/ producer Jonni Kent - musically known as Krantz. Krantz was the first producer to remix some of our tracks and it was such a great feeling to listen to somebody else’s creative take on our music. We’re currently working with various other local producers and the aim is to release “The Mankala Remixes Album” sometime in the near future. But we have to take one thing at a time: first the second album, then the remix album!

The words ‘action through music’ appear on your website – can you explain what action it is that you support?

“Action through music” has a very personal meaning to all of us in Mankala who are trying to take action in our own lives by following our dreams and doing what we love most, despite the sacrifices that have to be made. Of course, the line “action through music” also has a more practical meaning, which is that through our music we can take positive actions like helping to raise funds for noble causes. A good example of this is the Blazaza Farm Festival which will take place on 5 Sept at The Farm in St Werburghs in Bristol.

The event will run for two days and will raise money for the victims and survivors of the ongoing atrocities being carried out in Gaza.

Bristol is a great multicultural city and diversity is part of everyday life.”

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Find out more about Mankala at mankalabeat.com and catch their performance at Bloom Festival, which takes place from 14 - 16 August at Chepstow Racecourse, nr Monmouthshire in Wales. Other acts performing include Noah and the Whale, Rico Tubbs, Scratch Perverts, Tom Middleton, Utah Saints, The Whip and many more. Go to bloomfestival.com for more info and to get tickets!

Want more? Read an extended version of this interview at 247magazine.co.uk

Words: Zoe Bridger // Photo: OKE OGALI 2009 kchuk.co.uk

You are playing Bloom festival in August; how do you think that will compare to playing the Jazz World Stage at Glastonbury in 2008?

The Jazz World gig at Glastonbury 2008 was definitively one of our most important gigs so far, together with the main stage at the River Festival 2007 in Bordeaux, France, but we don’t like to make comparisons. Every gig is a special occasion where we go out there and hopefully make people happy and make people dance. In that sense there won’t be much difference between that Jazz World Stage at Glastonbury and the Bloom festival.

Have you done any gigs in Africa or the Caribbean? Would you like to?

No we haven’t – that would be like a dream come true! We did talk about trying to get a gig at the desert festival in Mali, but haven’t yet taken the actions to make this idea a reality. Maybe this should be our next action through music!

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PROFILE:JODY Bristol native Jody began painting at the now infamous Barton Hill Youth Club under the wing of the legendary John Nation in the late 1980’s. After a long break from the graffiti scene he has resurfaced following the success of Felix Braun’s Children of the Can book launched last year.

Returning to the Bristol scene refreshed and reinvented, Jody’s first solo show draws inspiration from the barrage of slick and cynical imagery portrayed through fashion and advertising. No picture can be truly trusted - we are subjected daily to hyper retouched, overly sexualised and false imagery, making us feel aspirational, but at the same time, insecure about own selves.

Jody digs just below the polished surface of magazine spreads, movie posters and advertising to uncover a sinister world of false idols and hopes.

Blank and hollow eyes stare back where once perfectly made up faces once did – imagery that was meant to be flawless is subverted, changing the intended meaning into something darker, disturbing and more powerful.

The show opens at the Weapon of Choice Gallery, St Michaels Hill, Bristol on the 14 August and runs until 13 Sept 2009.

Preview show Fri 14 Aug 6-10PM. Free entry. Drinks provided

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Music Breaks & Beats

Rock/Indie

Jazz / Funk

La Coka Nostra

A Brand You Can Trust (Uncle Howie Records)

A rap group comprised of Ill Bill, Slaine, Everlast, Danny Boy and DJ Lethal, which to me sounds like House Of Pain 2, and whilst my initial impression was “it’s all 1992 again,” this album sounds fresh and current.

With guests like Snoop Dogg and B Real from Cypress Hill, and production by the ever on-point Alchemist, this is an essential purchase for anyone that likes their hip hop dark, head nodding and non jiggy.

Aldo Vanucci

Various Artists Tru Thoughts Covers (Unfold)

This is a collection of cover versions from the last ten years of Tru Thoughts releases and is a funky, soul filled jam from some of the best artists around. Highlights include Alice Russell and Nostalgia 77’s searing version of White Stripe’s Seven Nation Army, TM Juke and the Jack Baker Trio’s cover of Fedde Le Grand’s Put Your Hands Up For Detroit, and Jumbonic’s interpretation of The Stroke’s classic Last Nite. And did we mention that Plymouth’s 14th Best DJ Aldo Vanucci makes an appearance, with fellow Plymouthian songstress Amie J on the vocals of The Kooks Naïve? Fabulous.

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Dialog>

Run Silent Run Deep (Lo-Tek)

This is a move away from Dialog>’s Plump DJs-favoured deep house debut album, ‘Music For Imaginary Movies’. Spacey, ambient and cinematic capture the general vibe here. The title track creates a similar mood to FSOL’s ambient classic, ‘Papua New Guinea’. But a lot of different musical influences are weaved together on this album, and he doesn’t just stick to one tempo. Sometimes dark in places, but chilled all the way.

Arash Torabi

Rob Sparx Trooper

(Z Audio) Former D&B producer (with releases on Grid, Zombie & Up Yours), Rob Sparx has more recently been dropping dubstep.

Forget his bass banger, ‘Sludge’ (Audio Phreaks) – ‘Trooper’ has a more textured, dubbed-out and laid back approach.

‘Messiah Dub’ comes with melodica and reggae vocals, and there’s more dub with ‘The Prayer Re-Dub’. Sparx shows that he’s not afraid to experiment, giving ‘Trooper’ an

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Urban / Hip Hop

Dance / Electronica

Reggae / Dubstep

album feel. Highlight: ‘The Stroller’, which cuts jungle snares with a smooth reggae vocal sample. Job’s a good’un.

Arash Torabi

Cornershop

Judy Sucks A Lemon For Breakfast (Ample Play)

Like Morrissey, Cornershop’s Tjinder often comes up with great lyrics and song titles.

Album opener ‘Who Fingered Rock & Roll’ is one example. He isn’t always quite so adventurous with his vocal melodies though, but the songs on the album still stand out, thanks to great arrangements and creative production methods. I’m a sucker for the sitar, and you can’t argue with a shit-hot rhythm section. Highlight: the psychedelic-come-Bollywood funk-out of ‘Free Love’. A welcome return.

Arash Torabi

Cotti/Hackman

Warrior Charge/Loophole (Studio Rockers)

Drum & Bass

Random

Florence And The Machine Lungs (Island)

Everyone’s heard of her but no-one’s listening, right? Well pin ‘em back, indie cynic, ‘Lungs’ is an, at times, masterful collage of timeless pomp-pop, with echoes of Kate Bush and Enya. Unfortunately, it’s tempered by a tendency to overdo things, Winehouse style, in the misguided belief that normal people live out their excesses, vicariously, through other people’s songs.

No matter, because like all self-absorbed popstarlets, she’ll take it all in her lofty stride.

Backbone

Lovvers

OCD Go Go Go Girls (Wichita) If you thought that Nottingham’s Lovvers might crawl out of the none-more lo-fi dustbin for their debut album proper, you’re sadly mistaken. ‘OCD…’ picks up where mini-album, ‘Think’, left off: scraping riffs off the bottom of their shitty hi-top trainers and turning them into songs that make first-wave US punks like The Voidoids and The Germs sound like Yes. And if the unholy strata of distortion don’t get you, the effortlessly cool new wave tuneage will.

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2 kick-ass vinyl EPs from the ever-eclectic London dubstep label, Studio Rockers, with releases now into double figures. Cotti & 2Nice come through with a nice reggae rumbler, featuring two mixes of the title track, and the more electronic ‘Lost & Found’ on the flip. Hackman deliver a couple of meaty Mariachi El Bronx double-time tracks on the A side, the second of which, ‘Illusionz’ uses an inventive piano High Contrast Confidential line with a garage bass that throbs over a (Wichita) busy snare pattern. ‘Nocturne’ on the other side keeps the bass steady and wobbly over Don’t laugh. It’s not a joke. It’s not ironic. pounding halftime drums. We like.

It’s Mexican folk music appropriated by LA Arash Torabi punks. And they mean it. Man. The only thing that gives the game away, and lets the side down a touch, is the Californian crooning. But it would have been terribly CHALI 2NA ill-advised for Matt Caughthran and co to Fish Outta Water put on Cheech & Chong accents. Thankfully (Decon) the band’s complete command of Mariachi mannerisms, as heard on the likes of Fish Outta Water marks the long awaited ‘Quinceniera’, shines through. Chido! solo debut album from former Jurassic 5 Backbone MC and artist associated with the group Ozomatli. Chali 2na has evolved into an artist with depth, and this album shows it, The Cave Singers where in the Jurassic 5 albums we never Welcome Joy got hear his life stories in so much detail.

(Matador) Righteous Way demonstrates just this, as Chali reflects on his parent’s relationship Second album in and Seattle post-folk trio, and tough decisions they had to make The Cave Singers, find themselves in good, during his childhood, to his own personal retrogressive company. All the current, choices he had to make as a father to revered talk of Bon Iver, Fleet Foxes and his own child. Other stand out tracks are Midlake has thrust Pete Quirk and co into When Will I See You Again featuring Elzhi a celebratory coterie that cherry picks from from Slum Village, also uplifting vibes from the folk-rock mid-‘60s to the mid-‘70s in Don’t Stop featuring Anthony Hamilton, a haze of Led Zep prairie jams and hippy and Keep Goin featuring Choklate. On this album there is enough to keep the die hard ethics. Nothing wrong with that as long as the results are as resplendent and Jurassic 5 fans happy and enough to gain suggestive as ‘Summer Light’ and ‘Shrine’. the attention of new audiences for Chali.

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DEMOS

Midlands’ DARK SPARKS return with two songs that serve as an instructional tool to other budding, independent bands on how to endear yourselves to reviewers without appearing desperate or smug. Eschewing the need for label assistance, the band instead focus all their energies on trying to write songs that will resonate far beyond the inevitable influences that attach themselves to new musicians.

They succeed. With bells on. ‘We Are Just Flies’ and ‘Crying In The Spotlight’ are both exemplary slices of dramatic indie-rock that any of their contemporaries – The Editors, Franz Ferdinand, The Killers – would be proud to put their names to. High praise?

Deservedly so. ilovedarksparks.com Backbone

Bolton based pop, electronic, acoustic folk gear here from DENISE MORGAN. She has some great vocal talent and pretty solid song writing ability. It’s a bit Lily Allen and a bit Tenacious D on the acoustic side. I think this would sit nicely at an open mic night and if a prize be at stake she may indeed take it...

Production is tight and the range of songs is ample for a demo sampler. Can’t fault this gear for what it is, solid!! myspace.com/denisemorgan Jon Kennedy

Portsmouth’s THE DAWN CHORUS are one of that rare breed of bands with a songwriter much like, say, Cursive, who understands the inherent beauty of words when they’re written in the right order. The melancholy-soaked folk-pop on debut album ‘The Big Adventure’ (released through Jelly Maid Recs) is the stuff of roots legend: the opening salvo of the title track (Parts 1 and 2) honouring the tradition of songs that paint lucid pictures designed to pull at your heart-strings without resorting to sentimentalism. When Kyle Euans sings “As I kick these boot heels I can finally fly / Over valleys and hills where my dear mother died” or when the gorgeous Arcade Fire-esque outtro to ‘I Can Be Anything’ drops, it’s hard to hold back the tears.

Majestic. thedawnchorus.com Backbone

TIN DOGS have a full length LP demo to showcase their talents, entitled Bible John.

Vocally inspired by Sid Vicious in my opinion.

Musically punk rock with tight power riffs and tough, tough drums. I fucking love this gear and want to check them live to appreciate just how heavy their riffs are on a large system!

Local to Bristol, you can catch this lot rocking pretty regularly around town! myspace.com/tindogs Jon Kennedy

Some honest ramblings from Adam Parsons aka CAPTAIN ACCIDENT here. The demo, named Another Catastrophe Courtesy Of… makes me think he’s got things on his mind, a guitar, a bit of reggae in him and a super hero cape! I’m getting a taste of early Police and that annoying, huge-headed twit that every wannabe surfer was listening to last year, what’s his name… John Jackson,

Jack Johnson… whatever. Anyway Cpt Accident is not quite as annoying as him and creates good, acoustic, reggae gear. myspace.com/captainaccident Jon Kennedy

Bristol solo singer/songwriter, OXYGEN THIEF, clearly mourns the day that Reuben split up, to the point where he attempts to recreate the band via one acoustic guitar and the layering of frenetic vocals. To be fair, it’s not bad but the likes of ‘Camera Shy’ are a difficult listen, ravaged with atonal chords and shoe-horned rock dynamics to the point where you wish he would just recruit a drummer and bassist and be done with it. Things make more sense when he works within acoustic limits and introduces some digi-percussive elements (‘Ours’) to create something, at once, more rounded and listenable. Nine songs in, though, and it becomes something of an endurance test. oxygenthiefmusic.com Backbone

Vocally this stuff sounds very forced. CHINA WHITE’s lead rapper/whisperer/seducer Liam Croker just sounds wrong to me. On Kitchen Sessions, the music is mediocre with wet drums, wet orchestral hits and a bassline that does no wig-flapping for me. There’s just nothing here to get your teeth into. I mean, it’s harmless and very, very clean. I can imagine this being big in Greece at some restaurant/beach bar or similar. myspace.com/chinawhitemusic Jon Kennedy Having supported bands such as Twisted Sister, Saxon and UFO, it’s fair to say that the BRABAZON boys rock almighty in the live arena where a CD demo can never show the true potential! As for musical content, as you can imagine it’s rock music but not as heavy as I’d have liked after reading all their own hype. It’s actually pretty wet but I fear the demo production has done their gear NO justice at all.

It sounds like the drums are being played through a keyboard with no punch in the snares or booom in the kick. The Vocals are completely thin and wimpy. Whoever engineered this needs to stay away from HEAVY METAL music! myspace.com/brabazon05 Jon Kennedy

Plymouth indie-rockers, THE QUANTIZE, are another bunch to add to the list of city musicians whom you sense will go onto greater things, within or without the band.

Encouragingly, on their two Myspace songs, vocalist, Matt Olver, understands the concept of working within your limits, proffering a fragile yet weighty croon. Equally, the band don’t try hard to be something they’re not, keeping things solid and believable. Good work. myspace.com/thequantize Backbone

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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Throughout Aug Bristol

latex and street theatre to celluloid. With a range of performances, workshops, films and exhibitions featuring the best of local, national and international talent, the Tobacco Factory will be transformed into a Puppet Place, filled with shows, installations and events – all designed to inspire, provoke and entertain.

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FRIEND & CO ARTWORKS, 8 The Promenade, Gloucester Road, friend-and-co.com Friends & co showcase a load of really cool original art in their teeny tiny gallery, with limited edition prints and all that jazz… See their blog for upcoming exhibition details.

1 Aug Bristol

MAX AND BETH, Tobacco Factory, Raleigh Road, Southville, BS3 1TF, tobaccofactorytheatre. com, 7pm/9pm, £6/£8 Lord of the Flies meets Shakespeare in this unflinching tale of teenage drug pushers and knife-crime in an adultless world. Performed by the egg’s “trail-blazing” Urban Arts fusion of street-dance and modern rhyme, Max & Beth is the debut play from controversial British-Arab rapper Lowkey, with dramaturgy from awardwinning playwright Fin Kennedy (Locked In).

There is also a FREE pre-show performance where Hi-Road Music Studios present a 20 minute live set by Bristol’s best young MCs and singers. (Times: 6.30pm and 8.30pm.)

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Saturdays in Aug Bath

KRATER COMEDY CLUB, Komedia Bath, 22-23 Westgate Street, komedia.co.uk/bath, 8.30pm, £various Award winning comedy every Saturday (and due to demand on selected Fridays), Komedia in Bath has been described as THE place to catch stand up comedy. There are meal deal tickets available – see the website for details on acts and prices.

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24 – 29 Aug Until 9 Aug

EL CHUPACABRA, Weapon of Choice Gallery, 14 St Michael’s Hill, Bristol BS2 8DT, weaponofchoicegallery.co.uk A solo exhibition by Stanley Donwood (one of the UK’s popular contemporary artists and the semi-official sixth member of Radiohead) featuring 13 fictional characters – Pandemons – which Stanley describes as feral carnivorous parasites who are feasting ingloriously on the foully smoldering remains of late-period Western consumer capitalism.

Wearing suit and tie, these Pandemons represent white-collar criminal/politicians.

Stanley’s title ‘El Chupacabra’, means ‘the goat sucker’ in Spanish, and is his response to suffering a long fixation with the horned gods and having to live amongst some of the most mendacious economic times he can remember.

7 & 21 Aug Cardiff

THE DRONES COMEDY CLUB, Chapter Arts, Market Road, Canton, CF5 1QE, chapter.org, 8.30pm, £3 Resident hosts Clint Edwards and Dan Thomas are joined by special guests to showcase the very best in new stand up comedy.

Until 8 Aug Bristol 8 Aug – 12 Sept

FOR SALE: BABY SHOES, NEVER WORN g39, Wyndham Arcade, Mill Lane, Cardiff, 029 2025 5541, g39.org G39 continues its distinctive presentation of new work with a group exhibition arranged around the theme of fragmented narrative. This short story by Ernest Hemingway was written in response to a bar bet that he couldn’t write a complete piece of fiction in six words or less.

Hemingway is said to have considered it his best work. This micro-narrative plays over and over again in the mind of the reader with possible interpretations. The story is based on what is left unsaid. The artists selected for this show all deal with micro-narratives in a variety of forms.

There is a minimal use of materials and content that hints at much larger themes.

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THE JOYFUL BEWILDERMENT, Here Gallery, 108 Stokes Croft, BS1 3RU, 0117 9422 222, thingsfromhere.co.uk The Joyful Bewilderment is an international group exhibition curated by The Outcrowd Collective (Simon Peplow, Lawrence Roper, Marcus Oakley, Holly Wales), showcasing the outpourings of over 100 like-minded imagemakers who all possess a strong craft based aesthetic. Works in pencil, paint, ink and photography express a “hope tinged anxiety”.

9 Aug Cardiff

ANIMAL FARM, Wales Millennium Centre, Bute Place, Cardiff Bay, CF10 5AL, 08700 40 2000 wmc. org.uk, 7pm, £7 Mistreated and exploited by humankind, the animals of Manor Farm rebel and take control.

The animals prosper in utopian bliss until the

BILL BAILEY LIVE, The Bristol Hippodrome, St Augustines Parade, Bristol, BS1 4UZ 0844 847 2341, bristolhippodrome. org.uk, 8pm, £25/£27 Instead of braving the elements by performing at festivals this year, Bill has decided to move indoors where the acoustics are better and the Tibetan Hat stalls are less frequent. Coinciding with the 150th anniversary of the publication of Darwin’s seminal work, ‘On the Origin of Species’, Bill will continue to provide the masses with his comedic take on the world, showing us all that he is really is one of a kind. pigs, elected leaders due to their superior intelligence, demonstrate signs of sinister behaviour. This new adaptation of George Orwell’s classic is brought you by an exciting cast of new young actors as part of Black RAT Productions’ Theatre Summer School ’09.

9 Aug – 19 Sept Bristol

7TH RWA OPEN PRINT EXHIBITION, Royal West of England Academy, Queen’s Road Clifton, Bristol, BS8 1PX, 0117 973 5129, rwa.org.uk Contemporary printmaking selected from The Royal West of England Academy’s open submission for one of their annual open exhibitions. The exhibition will also include examples of recent works by invited artists from Japan, Russia and Poland.

Until 12 Aug Cardiff

SUZANNE AND JULIA BROOKER, Off the Wall Gallery, The Old Probate Registry, Cardiff Road, Llandaff, CF5 2DQ, galleryoffthewall.com A combined show from mother and daughter, Suzanne and Julia Brooker who share a love of colour. Their beautiful paintings on paper and aluminium glow with sensuous beauty.

28 Aug – 6 Sept Bristol

BRISTOL FESTIVAL OF PUPPETRY, Tobacco Factory, Raleigh Road, Southville, BS3 1TF, tobaccofactorytheatre.com Tobacco Factory, Bristol City Council, Aardman Animations, and Puppet Place present Bristol’s first ever festival dedicated to puppetry in all its forms, from socks to

Until 31 Aug Bristol

TOMMY STØCKEL’S ART OF TOMORROW, Arnolfini, 16 Narrow Quay, 0117 9172 300, arnolfini.org.uk, £free Geometry, scale and perspective are essential to the work of Tommy Støckel. His fascination with modernism and science fiction novels from both the 19th and 20th centuries are reflected in his installations. Tommy Støckel is the second in the Futurology series of exhibitions investigating how representations of the future affect the present.

Until 13 Sept Bristol

SHE WHO PRESENTS, Spike island, 133 Cumberland Road, Bristol BS1, 0117 929 2266, spikeisland.org.uk Spike Island has commissioned Glasgow based artist Clare Stephenson to develop a new installation for summer 2009. This will be Stephenson’s first major solo show in a public gallery. The artist has created a series of monumentally scaled, collaged drag queens that vie for the attention of the viewer.

Until 31 Aug BANKSY TAKES ON BRISTOL

City Museum And Art Gallery, Queens Road, Clifton, Bristol, daily 10am to 5pm, free. Tel: 0117 922 3571. bristol-city.gov. uk/museums So shrouded in secrecy was Banksy’s largest project to date that most of the museum’s staff were unaware of it until it was up. Many of the works have never been seen on UK shores, and as with much of the graffiti artist’s work, its caustic social and political comment is steeped in humour. The reception area of the museum, transformed by a burnt-out ice cream van with a sorry-sounding jingle and deflated tyres, symbolises a society gone to pot. With Banksy fakes dotted amid the museum’s classic relics, Bristol’s wayward scamp delights in subverting the mundane. Highly recommended – seen by over 10,000 people at the time of going to press and well worth the queues…

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1 – 6 Aug: Chapter Arts

Centre, Cardiff, 029 2031 1050, chapter.org. Dir: Lars Von Trier, starring Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg.

2009/ Denmark/100 mins Dividing the critics, Von Trier’s visceral and uncompromising latest feature is not for the faint hearted. After the loss of their child, a grieving couple retreat to their cabin ‘Eden’ in the woods hoping to overcome their loss and repair their broken hearts and marriage. However, when Dafoe’s character, as a relentless and overbearing talk therapist, suggests that she should relinquish her medication and have the courage to stay in the situation that frightens her, he seriously underestimates the power of their absolute and all encompassing grief. Go and see it and make up your own mind.

Frozen River (TBC)

1 – 6 Aug: Chapter Arts

Centre, Cardiff, 029 2031 1050, chapter.org. Dir: Courtney Hunt, starring Melissa Leo, Misty Upham, Michael O’Keefe USA/2008/97mins Ray Eddy’s husband abandons his car at a Mohawk bingo parlour and disappears, leaving her penniless but determined to do anything possible to keep her family on the rails. For Lila, a Mohawk single mother, this abandoned car is her opportunity to make the money she needs to get her young son back from her mother-in-law who has “stolen” him.

Thrown together by circumstance, the two women make hazardous car trips across the ice of a frozen river to smuggle Chinese and Pakistani immigrants across the border into the US. While this is the stuff of action thrillers, first-time writer/director Hunt’s naturalistic style keeps it grounded in the struggle for economic survival and has received critical acclaim in festivals around the world.

Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince (12a) 21 – 27 Aug: The Welfare, Swansea, 01639 843163, thewelfare.co.uk. Dir: David Yates, starring Daniel Radcliffe, Michael Gambon and Jim Broadbent. 2008/US/153mins Harry begins his sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

However when he finds a mysterious book marked as the property of the Half-Blood Prince, he begins to unearth dark secrets about Lord Voldemort’s shadowy past, that would be best left undiscovered. The incredible actionpacked climax is sure to leave the audience stunned and, inevitably, prove that you shouldn’t trust everybody who you think is good and also prove that not everyone can manage to survive.

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2 – 6 Aug: The Cube Microplex,

Bristol, 0117 907 4190, microplex. cubecinema.com. Dir. Armando Iannucci, starring Peter Capaldi, James Gandolfini, and Tom Hollander . 2008/UK/105 mins The US President and UK Prime Minister suddenly fancy a war. But it’ll be quick this time. The US General Miller (Gandolfini) doesn’t think so and the British Secretary of State for International Development, Simon Foster (Hollander), agrees with him. But, after Simon accidentally backs military action on television, he suddenly has a lot of friends in Washington DC. If Simon can get in with the right DC people, if his entourage of one (Chris Addison) can sleep with the right intern and if they can both stop the PM’s chief strategist Malcolm Tucker (Peter Capaldi) rigging the vote at the UN, they can halt the war. From Armando Iannucci, the comic-genius behind The Thick Of It comes this biting satire on British-US relations and the lunacy of war. Dark, very funny, and potty-mouthed – and directed at relentless pace.

Monsters Vs Aliens (PG) 1 – 3 Aug: Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff, 029 2031 1050, chapter.org. Dir: Rob Letterman and Conrad Vernon, starring Seth Rogen and Reese Witherspoon. 2008/US/94 mins

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When a meteorite from outer space hits a young California girl named Susan Murphy and turns her into a giant monster, she is taken to a secret government compound where she meets a ragtag group of monsters also rounded up over the years. As a last resort, under the guidance of General W.R. Monger, on a desperate order from The President, the motley crew of Monsters is called into action to combat the aliens and save the world from imminent destruction! Great fun for all the kids.

Slaughterhouse–Five (15)

23 Aug: Arnolfini, Bristol, 0117

9172300, arnolfini.org.uk Dir. George Roy Hill, starring Michael Sacks, Billy Pilgrim, and Ron Leibman. 1972/US/104 mins The story of Slaughterhouse-Five is the story of a man who, emotionally scarred by his experience in WWII, believes that he has come unstuck in time. And perhaps he has, for Billy Pilgrim never knows where or when he will find himself next. Along the way, Billy survives the war (after being held prisoner in an old abandoned slaughterhouse converted to a POW camp by the Germans), finds a wife (Holly Near), and on his daughter’s wedding day, gets kidnapped by aliens. Billy becomes an exhibit in a zoo on the alien planet Tralfamador, where his captors provide him with a mate, who is a former adult movie star Montana Wildhack (Valerie Perrine). All in all, Billy floats acceptingly through his unpredictable existence as Kurt Vonnegut (author) and George Roy Hill (director) point out the absurdities of war and its effects on a human life.

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Soul Power (12A)

14 – 16 Aug: Arnolfini, Bristol,

0117 9172300, arnolfini.org.uk Dir: Jeffrey Levy-Hinte Starring: Muhammed Ali, James Brown, and B.B. King. 2008/US/92 mins Muhammed Ali and George Foreman’s 1974 fight in Kinshasa, Zaire (aka the “Rumble in the Jungle”) is legendary, but no less momentous was the music festival which took place alongside it. A forceful and exuberant declaration of empowerment, Zaire ‘74 brought together some of the best African-American and native African soul musicians – James Brown, B.B. King, Bill Withers, Miriam Makeba, Celia Cruz, The Crusaders, Sister Sledge, and many others – for three days of electrifying and explosive performances. A reminder of an era & movement that shaped history and a celebration of the sheer power of music.

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14 – 20 Aug: The Welfare,

Swansea, 01639 843163, thewelfare.co.uk. Dir: Harold Ramis, starring Jack Black and Michael Cera. 2008/US/97 mins Black and Cera play Zed and Oh, an Old Testament hunter and gatherer respectively who are cast out of their tribe when Zed eats a forbidden fruit. It becomes something of an ancient road movie as they wander through biblical times, encountering Cain and Abel, Sodom and a host of warring tribes.

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Dir: Mark Neveldine/Brian Taylor, starring Gerard Butler, Milo Ventimiglia, John Leguizamo Gamer is set in the near-future in a world where mind-control technology has taken society by storm and a multiplayer on-line game called Slayers allows gamers to control human death row prisoners in mass-scale deathmatches. If an inmate lives through 30 matches then he wins his freedom. Prisoner Kable (Butler) is the online champ, having won 27 matches. He must fight to regain his identity and independence by launching an attack on the system that has imprisoned him.

Released: 21 August

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0117 9172300, arnolfini.org.uk Dir: Zach Snyder, starring Jackie Earle Haley and Patrick Wilson.

2008/US/163 mins Set in an alternate 1985, the film follows a group of former vigilantes as tensions heighten between the United States and the Soviet Union. The story is set in an alternate reality where superheroes exist, Richard Nixon is still president, Vietnam was won by the South, and tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union are at an all-time high. The vigilante Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley) is investigating the murder of a former superhero, the Comedian (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), and uncovers a plot to discredit and murder various heroes. Rorschach discovers a far wider-ranging conspiracy involving his colleagues’ past which could completely change the course of history. This is intelligent, adult, blockbuster cinema that should satisfy both fans of the graphic novel, and those who want to enjoy the pleasures of a good film.

Dir: Quentin Tarantino, starring: Brad Pitt, Paul Rust and Michael Fassbinder. 2009/US/TBC In 1940s Nazi-Occupied France, Lt. Aldo Raine (Pitt) and his Basterds, a squadron of ruthless Jewish soldiers, must help the Allies wipe out the German High Command at a film premiere. The cinema, however, is owned by a vengeful Jewish survivor with plans of her own. As this is Quentin Tarantino’s take on the war movie expect references to the Dirty Dozen and any number of obscure genre films in amongst the snappy dialogue, and ultra-violence. Should be gloriously entertaining.

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BOYS. The Globe. 125 Albany Road. Bristol Roath. 7.30pm. £14adv / £16otd.

THE BRAINS. The Bierkeller. All Saints Street, BS1 2NA. 8pm.

Bath £6adv/£7.50 otd. Alonside The Pain & JOOLS HOLLAND AND HIS The Cheaterslicks.

RHYTHM & BLUES ORCHESTRA. Bristol SNFU. The Croft. 117 – 119 Stokes Dyrham Park. Adult £32.50 (on the Croft BS1 3RW. £8. Support from HARBOURSIDE FESTIVAL. gate £37.50) Child £15 for ages Amphitheatre Stage. £free. 11.30am; Valdez 5-15 (on the gate £20). Under 5 Chain Chomp & The Shy Guys: 12.30pm; EVERYONE TO THE ANDERSON. years - free entry. Gates open 5pm The Mothers Ruin. St Nicholas The Scribes: 1.30pm; Dark Horse: 2.30; Programme from 7.30pm. Estimated We Will Rock You: 3.15; The Hit Ups: 4.15; Street BS1 1UE. 8pm. £3. Alongside finish: 10.30pm. With Special Guests Cove & Birdbath.

First Degree Burns: 5.15pm; Smerins Dave Edmunds, Ruby Turner and Louise Anti-Social Club: 6.15; Transglobal Cardiff Marshall. This is a picnic-style concert Underground. with no seating or cover provided. You are HARBOURSIDE FESTIVAL. Queen 10 FEET TALL IN SESSION welcome to bring your own food & drink PRESENTS...TRADER & WILL IT Square Stage. £free. 12pm; The onto the premises; there will be additional FLY. 10 Feet Tall. 11a - 12 Church Duckworths: 1pm; Claudia Aurora’s catering on site as well as a bar selling a Street. CF10 1BG. 9–3am // £3.

Bossa Nova Project: 2pm; Polly & The full range of drinks Billets Doux: 3pm; Kev & Mikes Groovy Thing: 4pm; Phil King: 5pm; Bizali: 6pm; Bristol Daby Balde.

HARBOUR FESTIVAL. HARBOURSIDE FESTIVAL.Cascade Amphitheatre Stage. £free. 11am: Bristol Steps. £free. 12pm; Gasworks Singers: Farthing Wood; 12pm: Aaron Slater: 12.45pm; Hollowbody: 1.25pm; Elizabeth GLINT. 02 Academy. Frogmore 1pm; Remnants: 2pm; The Volt: 3pm; Street. BS1 5NA. 7pm. £5.50 Groenwald: 1.45; Mr Bennett: 2.30pm; Kyte: 4.10pm; Let’s Tea Party: 5.25pm; VOODOO GLOW SKULLS. The Turbowolf: 6.40; Malakai: 7.55; Dan Black: Darker Dogs: 3.10pm; Jennifer Walter: Bierkeller. All Saints Street, BS1 3.30pm; The Doubtful Guest: 4.10; 9.10pm; VV Brown.

2NA. 7.30pm. £9adv. Support from Agatha Knowles: 4.30pm; The Wraiths: HARBOURSIDE FESTIVAL. Queen Random Hand & The Bolsheviks 5.15pm; Rachel Dadd: 6.05; Molly Case: Square Stage. £free. 12pm; The A DAY AT THE RACES. The 6.25pm; Spiro.

Renewal Choir: 1pm; Habana Flex: 2pm; Louisiana. Wapping Road, Bathurst HARBOURSIDE FESTIVAL. Sweet Loreda: 3pm; Shad & the Root Terrace. BS1 6UA. £4adv.

Redcliffe Wharf. £free.

The Remix Elevation: 4pm; Jamileh Lee: 5pm; Jazz CPS. SOLO ACOUSTIC. The Old Reggae Sessions: 6pm; Justin Adams: 7pm; Stage on Redcliffe Wharf will showcase Tavern. Fishponds. Blackberry Hill. young musicians who have come through Swami: 8.30; Encounters Short Films.

BS16. £free from 9pm. Open Mic. REMIX programmes, as well as featuring HARBOURSIDE FESTIVAL. established headliners.

Featuring: Frenzee, Cardiff Cascade Steps. £free. 12pm; Gecko and In Your Honour.

Troubadour Hook: 12.45pm; Jump Back SONIC BOOM SIX. Barfly.

BELLADONNA. The Bierkeller. All Boogie Band: 1.25pm; Molly Case: Kingsway. CF10 3FD. £8/£7 with 1.45pm; Bashema: 2.30pm; The Breathers: Saints Street, BS1 2NA. 7.30pm. flyer. 7.30pm. £6adv.

3.10pm; Agatha Knowles: 3.30; Beth + Support from Kevin Seconds (75 HARBOURSIDE FESTIVAL. The Porter: 4.10pm; Jennifer Walton: 4.30pm; Seconds) + Captain Accident - myspace.

Louisiana. Wapping Road, Bathurst The Mandibles: 5.15pm; Jukes: 6.05; com/captainaccident Terrace. BS1 6UA. £free. 12.00 - 6.00 Elizabeth Groenveld: 6.25; Mankala.

All Ages / 6.00 - 12.00 Over 18’s Only.

HARBOURSIDE FESTIVAL. 21.45 - 22.30: Riot:Noise: 21.30 - 22.00: Redcliffe Wharf. £free. The Remix Pete Stillwell (Acoustic Downstairs Bar): Stage on Redcliffe Wharf will showcase Bath young musicians who have come through 20.45 - 21.15: Kill Cassidy: 20.30 - 21.00: HALF MAN HALF BISCUIT. Santa Dog (Acoustic Downstairs Bar): REMIX programmes, as well as featuring 19.45 - 20.15: The Fauns: 19.30 - 20.00: Komedia. 22-23 Westgate Street. established headliners. Featuring: Paper BA1 1EP. 8pm. £15. Half Man Half Gerard Starkey (Acoustic Downstairs Bar); Plane Pilots, Gemmy & Frilla and Blackout.

Biscuit, often abbreviated to HMHB, is 19.00 - 19.30: Seagull Strange: 18.30 ZUN ZUN EGUI. The Croft. 117-119 a UK rock band from Birkenhead, active 19.00: Daytona (Acoustic Downstairs Stokes Croft. BS1 3RW. £5. Support sporadically since the mid-1980s, known Bar): 18.00 - 18.30: Mcdowell: 17.30 from Hackney Empire, Arctic Circle & for its satirical, sardonic, and sometimes 18.00: Eyebrow (Downstairs Bar): 17.00 DJ’s A.J Holmes, Young Master, Randek surreal songs.

17.30: Last Orderz: 16.30 17.00: Ellie & The Janitor (Acoustic Downstairs Bar): 16.00 - 16.30: Bristol JOEY THE LIPS. The Fleece. 12 St The Kick Inside: 15.30 16.00: Light Of Thomas Street. BS1 6JJ. £8adv.

SEREGON. The Bierkeller. All Saints Words (Acoustic Downstairs Bar): 15.00 HARBOURSIDE FESTIVAL. - 15.30: The Bombardiers: 14.00 - 14.30: Street, BS1 2NA. 7.30pm. £6adv.

The Louisiana. Wapping Road, LANGUR. The Croft. 117 – 119 Lady Nades Messy Subjects: 13.00 Bathurst Terrace. BS1 6UA. £free.

Stokes Croft BS1 3RW. £2. Supported 13.30: Call The Doctor 12.00 - 6.00 All Ages / 6.00 - 2.00

by Los Conios & Broken Arm of Love Over 18’s Only. 22.30 - 2.00: Dj Private Cardiff Britton (Espionage): 22.15 - 23.00: Yes BETHAN ELFYN & LOOSE Rebels: 21.15 - 21.45: Hinkley Veltones: Bristol PRESENTS...THE VOLUNTARY 20.15 - 20.45: Saturation Point: 19.15 BUTLER SCHEME. Buffalo Bar. 11 - 19.45: Amelia Tucker: 18.15 - 18.45: THE ADOLESCENTS. The Windsor Place. £5 // 7.30pm – 11pm.

Scarlet Rascal & The Trainwreck: 17.15 Bierkeller. All Saints Street, BS1 Supported by Monster Bobby - 17.45: Countryside: 16.15 - 16.45: 2NA. 7.30pm, £10. Support from The KOOPA. Clwb Ifor Bach. 11.

The Goodness: 15.15 - 15.45: The Fuel: Ramoans 14.15 - 14.45: Parrington Jackson: 13.15 GROOVE METAL PUNK. The Croft. Womanby Street. 7.30pm. £5/£6.

- 13.45: Emphatica 117-119 Stokes Croft. BS1 3RW. £3. Supported by Death of an Icon & A470.

ON THE ROCKS. 10 Feet Tall. 11a THE MUDHEADS. The Thunderbold, Support from Gullet Punch & Blue Moth 12 Church Street. CF10 1BG. 10pmThe Olde Turnpike, 124 Bath Road, Cardiff 3am // free entry!! ‘This is your music’ BS4 3ED. £free. 9pm LATE NIGHT LIVE PRESENTS...

Classic Rock, Guitar Anthems, Party Riffs, Cardiff BELLADONNA. 10 Feet Tall. 11a - 12 pop Punk Headbangers! One Off Tribute HOMETOWN HEROES MONTH. Church Street. CF10 1BG. 9–3am // Acts, Rockaokie, Air Guitar Comps, JD Buffalo Bar. 11 Windsor Place. £3 // £3. Support from Morning Star.

Give Aways, Guitar Hero Comps...Plus, 6pm - 10pm. Subtle Records Presents...

Photo opportunity rock star cut outs. Pose Kyoto, Death Before Sunrise & support. alongside rock legends Slash and Jack KING PLEASURE & THE BISCUIT White! DJS Eddie Monster, Graham The

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HAMSWELL FESTIVAL. Hamswell Farm. Hamswell Farm, Hamswell, BA1 9DG. £35. Midday Friday 7/8/09 - 6pm Sunday 9/8/09. Three days of eclectic music and arts in a West Country field. Featuring everything from electro to rock, DJs, VJs, circus acts, local food, ciders, ales and loads more... 07792 775012. hamswellfestival.com BASEMENT. Moles Club. 14 George Street. BA1 2EN. £5 B4 11pm / £6 Thereafter. 9pm - 4am. Pt. II returns with SCUBAROOTS and their 10 piece live show. Stonegruve Social to support on 4 decks and 2 mixers. Roots, Dubstep, Hiphop & Dance throughout.

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THE FAUNS. The Croft. 117 – 119 Stokes Croft BS1 3RW. £5.

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HAUNTS. Barfly. Kingsway. CF10 3FD. 7.30pm. £6/£5 with flyer.

Support from Sharks & Accident Music HARVEST. The Globe. 125 Albany Road. Roath. 7.30pm. £5. A night of psychedelia featuring live music from White Noise Sound plus DJS.

Sat. 08 Bath

MISH MASH. Moles Club.

14 George Street. BA1 2EN. Members-£4.00 Concessions-£4/ Guests-£6. Early Bird ticket holders must arrive before 10.30pm or pay the difference. An eclectic mix of national bands and top dance djs.

Featuring: Victorian English Gentlemens Club & Lego Castles

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BUFFALOLIVE PRESENTS… THE SOULVENTS. Buffalo Bar. 11 Windsor Place. £tbc // 8pm – 10pm.

FUNKSHIFT. The Globe. 125 Albany Road. Roath. 7.30pm. £5. Rare Grooves from live band plus Djs

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BATTLE OF THE BANDS GRAND FINAL. Cheese & Grain. Market Yard, BA11 1BE. £tbc.

Somerset Standard sponsored final of this exciting annual competition.

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BobKatZ. VINTAGE. 24 Fore Street, TA21 8AQ - 01823 662369. 9.30pm – 11.30pm.

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THE CREEPSHOW. The Bierkeller.

All Saints Street, BS1 2NA. 7.30pm. £8adv.

THE COMMITTED. The Fleece. 12 St Thomas Street. BS1 6JJ. 8pm. £4 door / £3 NUS / £3 adv. Support from The Undivided

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Buffalo Bar. 11 Windsor OWLS. Place. £3 // 7.30pm – 3.00am + No

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H20. The Croft. 117 – 119 Stokes Croft BS1 3RW. £10. Support from Our Time Down Here & True Valiance DRIVECHAIN The Fleece. 12 St Thomas Street, BS1 6JJ. 8pm.

Support from Zero Pilot.

Thee No Ess+ Dufraine BETHAN ELFYN & FRIENDS PRESENTS: Buffalo Bar. 11 Windsor Place. £TBA // 7pm – 11pm Museum Special Presents...Quintamity + Silence At Sea + Circa Regan Tonat.

ON THE ROCKS. 10 Feet Tall. 11a 12 Church Street. CF10 1BG. 10pm3am // free entry!! ‘This is your music’ Classic Rock, Guitar Anthems, Party Riffs, pop Punk Headbangers! One Off Tribute Acts, Rockaokie, Air Guitar Comps, JD Give Aways, Guitar Hero Comps...Plus, Photo opportunity rock star cut outs. Pose alongside rock legends Slash and Jack White! DJS Eddie Monster, Graham The bear (Tenants Supermen). DJ DREW & GREG RAMSHACKLE in the bar.

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10 FEET TALL: LATE NIGHT LIVE PRESENTS...SOUND THE ATTACK, DEATH BEFORE SUNRISE & SUPPORT TBC. 10 Feet Tall. 11a - 12 Church Street. CF10 1BG. 9–3am // £3.

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THE AGGROLITES. The Croft. 117 – 119 Stokes Croft BS1 3RW. 8pm. £10adv. Support from Chris Murray & The Skints R.P.G. The Fleece. 12 St Thomas Street. BS1 6JJ. 8pm. £3adv. Support from Sworn to Oath & Wild Messiah.

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FATTYBOOMBASSTIC LIVE! The Prom. 26 The Prom, Gloucester Rd. BS7 8AL. £3 before 9pm / students; £4 after 9pm. 8pm ‘til late. Live 4-piece funk band featuring hot female vocals, and Cardiff tight grooving rhythm section... 0117 942 BEBOP & ROCKSTEADY. Barfly.

Kingsway. CF10 3FD. 7.30pm £5adv. 7319. myspace.com/fattyboombasstic LAST ORDERZ. The Louisiana.

Set in Motion, Go-X & DJ Pdex Wapping Road, Bathurst Terrace.

BUFFALO LIVE PRESENTS… BS1 6UA. £4adv. myspace.com/ BEBOP & ROCKSTEADY. Buffalo lastorderzband Bar. 11 Windsor Place. £3 // 8pm – 3am. + From Hard Pursuit Swindon 10 FEET IN SESSION: 10 Feet Tall.

TEENAGE RAMPAGE. The Furnace.

11a - 12 Church Street. CF10 1BG. Teenagers are set to go on the ‘Rampage’ 9-3am // £3-6 upstairs, free entry as the ultimate search for the UK’s best downstairs. Live music upstairs in the young musicians travels around the rock room (available for private hire), with South West DJ Clare Robbo on the decks in the bar playing the best in new music, indie & electro till 3am!

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MANGO FACTORY. One World Festival. 8pm.

Colston Hall. 7.00pm – 11pm. £free. Main Hall:. A real mix of Garage Rock, Hip Hop, Electro & Pop: 10.20pm – 10.55pm – New Rhodes – myspace. com/newrhodes 9.30pm – 10.00pm – Yes Rebels (Fortune Drive) -myspace.com/ yesrebels 8.45pm – 9.15pm – Bizali myspace.com/bizali 8.00pm – 8.30pm – N.U.M.B. myspace.com/numbmusic.

Hall 2: Semi Acoustic Singer songwriter & Alternative Pop, 10.05pm – 10.45pm – Gavin Thorpe - myspace.com/ gavinthorpe 9.15pm - 9.45pm – Hazel Mills – myspace.com/hazelmills 8.30pm – 9.00pm –The New Root - myspace.com/ thenewroot 7.45pm – 8.15pm – The Gala Band - myspace.com/thegalaband Café/ Foyer: World Jazz & Soul 7pm – 7.30pm – Vamos Band - myspace.com/vamosband 7.45pm – 8.15pm – Sweet Laredo -myspace.com/sweetlaredo ROXYS WARDROBE. The Croft.

117–119 Stokes Croft BS1 3RW. £5. myspace.com/roxyswardrobe THE BOLSHEVIKS Space 72. 72 Old Market Street, BS2 0EJ. 9pm. £5 / £4nus. myspace.com/bolsheviksuk + Support.

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SHACKLETON. The Croft. 117 – 119 Stokes Croft BS1 3RW. DUB SYNDICATE. The Thekla. The Grove, East Mud Dock BS1 4RB. 8pm. £15adv. Featuring Style Scott & Adrian Sherwood

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THE WORLD INFERNO FRIENDSHIP SOCIETY. The Bierkeller. All Saints Street, BS1 2NA. 8pm. £7.

ANIMALS AND MEN. The Fleece.

12 St Thomas Street. BS1 6JJ. 8pm. £4 door / £3 NUS / £3 adv. Support from Rita Lynch

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NOT ADVISED. Barfly. Kingsway.

CF10 3FD. 7pm. £5/£4 with flyer. myspace.com/notadvised + The Auteur - myspace.com/theauteuruk + Eric Unseen - myspace.com/ericunseen + Stereo by the Shore - myspace.com/ stereobytheshore BUFFALO LIVE PRESENTS…

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MARSHALSEA. The Louisiana.

myspace.com/cdifford

Wapping Road, Bathurst Terrace.

BS1 6UA. £4adv. myspace.com/ marshalsea + Cajita - myspace.com/ cajita

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FEELS LIKE HOME RECORDS SPECIAL FEAT: LEONARD KAAGE, DAVID MACKAY & BRAD TILBE. 10 Feet Tall. 11a - 12 Church Street. CF10 1BG. 9-3am // £tbc.

The American label, FEELS LIKE HOME RECORDS, host a night with 3 of their top acts. myspace.com/leonardkage + myspace.com/davidmackayproductions + myspace.com/bradtilbecom

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STARVING ARTISTS & BUFFALOLIVE PRESENTS… THE LOUIE BOSTON BAND. Buffalo Bar. 11 Windsor Place. £TBA // 8pm – 3am.

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STRAIGHT LINES. Barfly. Kingsway.

CF10 3FD. 7pm. £5adv. Support from To Catch a Thief 10 FEET IN SESSION PRESENTS...

RIDING GIANTS, JIVECATS & CHRIS DAVIES. 10 Feet Tall. 11a - 12 Church Street. CF10 1BG. 9-3am // £4.

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ONEIDA. The Croft. 117–119 Stokes Croft BS1 3RW. £7.

SILHOUETTE SHOWGIRLS. The Louisiana. Wapping Road, Bathurst Terrace. BS1 6UA. £4adv.

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FULL FAT PRESENTS… COPY HAHO. Buffalo Bar. 11 Windsor Place. £6 adv // 8pm – 3am + Wonderswan + Muscle Club + Followed by a Muscle Club Dj Set. POP TART! 10 Feet Tall. 11a - 12 Church Street. CF10 1BG. 10-3pm // FREE BEFORE 11 £3 after (free with flyer) Pop Tart Djs playing the best in cool pop, alternative chart bangers and all time classic hits! Expect to hear: Santogold, Ladyhawk, Rhianna, Chaka Khan, Dizzie Rascal, Britney Spears, La Roux, Nelly Furtardo, Wham, MIA, Hot Chip, Lady Ga Ga, Girls Aloud, Madonna, MGMT, Bowie, Dan Black, Calvin Harris, Mark Ronson.

New 2 for 1 Poptail Menu, Plus Free Popshots with Flyer! Giant pop tart logos!

Poptart toaster monster! Visuals!

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CHRIS DIFFORD. Komedia.

22-23 Westgate Street. BA1 1EP. 8pm. £10/£15. Co-founder of the legendary Squeeze. Firmly established and recognized as one of the UK’s most respected and loved singer songwriters, Chris will be dipping into a large repertoire of solo material, as well as new takes on some Squeeze classics.+ Special Guests.

SUBSTATIC. The Croft. 117–119 Stokes Croft BS1 3RW. £3. myspace. com/substatic + The Evil Beat - myspace. com/theevilbeatband

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UNICORN KID. Barfly. Kingsway.

CF10 3FD. 7.30pm. £5adv. myspace. com/unicornkid + Soft Toy Emergency - myspace.com/softtoyemergency + Dreamer BETHAN ELFYN & FRIENDS PRESENTS... Buffalo Bar. 11 Windsor Place. £5 // 8pm - 11pm + Bird Records Greenman Warmup + Emma Tricca + Le B. Followed By Bethan Elfyn & Friends In The Bar Mixing The Best In New Music And Old Classics Until The Small Hours.

10 FEET TALL LIVE PRESENTS....

WILLIAM FITZSIMMONS plus support from Cat Mouse Cat. 10 Feet Tall. 11a - 12 Church Street.

CF10 1BG. 7.30-10pm // £5 adv. £6 otd

Fri.21 Bristol

START OF NOTHING. The Croft.

117–119 Stokes Croft BS1 3RW. £4.

Support from True Valiance, Chains of Hate, Through the Abyss & One Last Hour THE WILD GULLOOTS. 02 Academy. Frogmore Street. BS1 5NA. Doors: 6.30pm - 9.45pm. + Last Orderz - myspace.com/ lastorderzband + Moreton Vue myspace.com/moretonvue

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BUFFALO LIVE PRESENTS… Buffalo Bar. 11 Windsor Place. £TBA // 8pm – 4am. + Draw Me Stories Ep Launch + Support from Elephant & Soldier.

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SUMO SATURDAY ft THE HIT UPS. The Croft. 117–119 Stokes Croft BS1 3RW. £free. + The Big Naturals + Loads more.

Swindon

MANGO FACTORY. The Vic. 88 Victoria Road. SN1 3BD. 8pm. £3. myspace.com/themangofactory

Sun.23

Bristol

BLACK CHALK. The Croft. 117–119 Stokes Croft BS1 3RW. £5. + Ready or Not - myspace.com/readyornotuk + I am Forever - myspace.com/ iamforeverband + Downhill + Maycomb

Mon.24 Bristol

HARPTALLICA. The Croft. 117–119 Stokes Croft BS1 3RW. £6. Tribute to Metallica, Black Sabbath & other Metal legends played on the Harp.

Cardiff

LIVE LATE NIGHT LIVE PRESENTS...

LEWIS LARKE PLUS SUPPORT TBC. 10 Feet Tall. 11a - 12 Church Street. CF10 1BG. 9-3am // £3.

Tues.25 Bristol

BS1 6UA. £4.

Cardiff

CLUB

LEFTOVER CRACK. The Croft.

117–119 Stokes Croft BS1 3RW. £9. + Killed by Hollywood.

Cardiff

WORKING CLASS HEROES. Barfly.

Kingsway. CF10 3FD. 7pm. £5.

Support from A New Day. BUFFALOLIVE PRESENTS... Buffalo Bar. 11 Windsor Place. £TBA // 8.00pm – 3.00am. The Designer Violence Takeover 10 FEET IN SESSION: 10 Feet Tall.

11a - 12 Church Street. CF10 1BG. 9-3am // £3-6 upstairs, free entry downstairs. Live music upstairs in the rock room (available for private hire), with DJ Clare Robbo on the decks in the bar playing the best in new music, indie & electro till 3am!

Wed.26

Bristol

CARS ON FIRE. The Croft. 117–119 Stokes Croft BS1 3RW. £4. Support from Here There Be Monsters, Spirytus & Zero Pilot BILL CALLAHAN. The Thekla. The Grove, East Mud Dock BS1 4RB. 7.30pm. £12.50adv.

Thu.27

ANGRY PANDA. The Louisiana.

Wapping Road, Bathurst Terrace.

BS1 6UA. EP Launch.

Cardiff

ME AND YOU CLUB TENT PRESENTS...BANK HOLIDAY ROCK & ROLL PARTY. 10 Feet Tall.

11a - 12 Church Street. CF10 1BG. 8pm-4am // £free before 10pm, £4/5 after. 10 Feet Tall presents a night of “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.

DJ Mike TV all night.

Sun.30

MANGO FACTORY. Old Duke Jazz Festival after Party. The Lab. 8pm.

MONKEY CHUCKLE. The Croft.

117–119 Stokes Croft BS1 3RW. £2.

SPINNERETTE. The Thekla. The Grove, East Mud Dock BS1 4RB. 7pm. £11adv.

Cardiff

BETHAN ELFYN & FRIENDS PRESENTS... Buffalo Bar. 11 Windsor Place. £TBA // 8pm - 11pm Full Fat Mixtape Pt 2 Launch.

Cardiff

SMIRNOFF ON THE ROCKS TENT PRESENTS... SUMMER BANK HOLIDAY PUNK ROCK BLOW OUT! 10 Feet Tall. 11a - 12 Church Street. CF10 1BG. 10-3am // £free.

Start the bank holiday 10 Feet Rock Festival weekend with a bang. On the Rocks resident Djs play the best PUNK ROCK hits. DJS Eddie Monster, Graham The bear (Tenants Supermen). Greg Ramshackle and DJ DREW in the bar. One Off Tribute Acts, Rockaokie, Air Guitar Comps, JD Give Aways, Guitar Hero Comps......Plus, Photo opportunity rock star cut outs. Pose alongside rock legends Slash and Jack White! Expect to hear, The Clash, Ramones, Gang of Four, The Jam, Sex Pistols, The Undertones, The Slits, Buzzcocks Blondie.

Bristol

Sat.29 Bristol

Bristol

Bristol

Fri.28

HUSTLE TENT PRESENTS....

DJ JAFFA 6 hour set + MARK GOPSHIL. 10 Feet Tall. 11a - 12 Church Street. CF10 1BG. 8pm-4am // £free before 10pm, £4/5 after.

HUSTLE brings you Classic Funk, Soul, Future Jazz, Roots, Motown, Disco & best new releases. Expect the finest: Grand Master Flash, Stevie Wonder, Del la Soul, Kenny Dope, Soul 2 Soul, Adele, Outkast, Chromeo, James Brown, Mr Scruff, The Roots, Gorillaz, Mark Ronson, Amy Winehouse. DJ Jaffa all night long & Mark Gopshill 6 – 10pm in the bar

THE BRENT FLOOD. The Louisiana.

Wapping Road, Bathurst Terrace.

Cardiff

HIGH SOCIETY PRESENTS... 50S DRIVE THROUGH ROCK AND ROLL CINEMA PARTY (10 FEET COCKTAIL BAR). 10 Feet Tall.

11a - 12 Church Street. CF10 1BG. Celebrate the bank holiday in Rock N Roll Style, in the bar the high Society Residents will be playing the funkiest jive, Rockabilly and Rock n Roll hits all night HIGH SOCIETY DANCE TENT: 10-3AM // £4 ENTRY OR £3 WITH A HIGH SOCIETY CARD DJS KAPTIN + ASTROSNOOZE ANTI ROCK PARTY. Classic Dance Floor Anthems Remixes Bootlegs And Bangers.

Swansea

MARVEL. Bank Holiday Special.

Monkey Cafe. 13 Castle Street. SA1 1JF. Live Bands, DJ’s, FREE before 10pm with Noah, Jared and more special guests. £5 all night.

Mon.31

Bristol

NEKTAR. The Thekla. The Grove, East Mud Dock BS1 4RB. 7.30pm. £12.50adv.

Cardiff

10 FEET TALL LIVE PRESENTS.....

BANK HOLIDAY SPECIAL!! 10 Feet Tall. 11a - 12 Church Street. CF10 1BG. 8 – 3am. £3 Entry. Acts Tbc

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24th BUFFALOLIVE

Bach is a brand new clubnight with one simple mission... to get you dancing all night long. No gimmicks, no false promises... Just cheap entry, bargainous drinks prices and great GREAT tunes.

PRESENTS...SCRATCH ATTACK. Buffalo Bar. 11 Windsor Place. £TBA // 8pm – 3am. Featuring Killer Tomato (DMC) & More.

Tuesday Bath

Newport

TORN LAUNCH PARTY! Meze Lounge. 6 Market St. NP201FU. £free. 9-3am. Brand new metal night, Absolutely free so you come check it out, Metal and Hardcore residents downstairs and the F’NK crew take over the Attic

BACK TO MINE. 7 Bladud Buildings. The Paragon. £free. Dj’s playing everything from funk, reggae, RnB, Hip-hop & breakbeat.

Bristol

BEAR NAKED. Lab (formerly Arc Bar). 27 Broad St. Bristol. 10pm3am, £4/£3 NUS. Alternative Student night with Dave Remix & Josh Purnell Monday

(Indie Alternative Dance Beats) Ben Parker (Funk, Hip Hop, Soul & Reggae).

Bath PLEASE DONT FEED THE BEARS. MONDAY’S STUDENT NIGHT. Back To Mine. 7 Bladud Buildings. Elbow Room. 64 Park Street, £Free.

Indie, Dance and Electro.

The Paragon. FREE ENTRY all RETRO. mbargo. The triangle, night Dj Asian Hawk. Uk DMC Clifton, BS8 1ER. 8pm – 2am.

Turntable champ 06 & 07. Turntable Retro sounds from the 70’s, 80’s and wiz kid mixing funk, soul, RnB, hip Classics. mbargo.net hop, jazz, DnB, reggae & more.

SMOOCH. ClubXL. Walcott Street, RUN. Native. Small St, 10pm-2am, £5/£4 NUS. Over the past two years BA1 5BG. £2 b4 9.30pm. £3 b4 10.20pm. Or £3.50 thereafter. Baths RUN has quickly established itself as Biggest student night with resident DJ one of the city’s premier Drum and Bass nights and must lay claim to being the Mister Bibby + guest DJ’s best Tuesday night club night in the Bristol country.

HAPPY MONDAYS. The Lab Residents: D*Minds, TC, Hazard, Clipz, (formerly Arc Bar) 27, Broad Street. Die, Xample, Grooverider, Pascal, Fierce, £free. Freestyle DJ’s get in the groove.

Gerard, Dazee, The Force, Eddie K, DJ Skint (Spill the Beans) Eclectic crates Interface, Adrok. Hosted by JAKES of Funk, Soul, Hip Hop and Reggae.

STUDENT NIGHT. Lizard Lounge.

Weekly DJ Rotation.

66 Queens Road. 9pm – late.

SLAM ON THE BREAKS. mbargo.

Start off the week in the best way The Triangle, Clifton. 8pm -2am. possible, drinks offers. Party Classics Audio and Visual mix of Electro, Breaks and Dance. DJ’s Milky & Anthony Li. and House. Happy hour all night. lizardloungebristol.co.uk mbargo.net WEAPON OF CHOICE. Mr Wolfs.

St Stevens Street, £3. 9-3am. Cool Cardiff graff night with guest DJ’and artists.

FATPOPPADADDYS. Glam. 2 Greyfriars Rd, 10pm-3am, £3/NUS Cardiff free b4 11pm. Alternative student AESTHETICS. Buffalo Bar. 11 night with special guests.

Windsor Pl. 8pm-3am. £2/3. Strictly 10 FEET TALL LIVE. 10 Feet Tall. the finest hip-hop from old to new 11a / 12 Church St, 9pm – 3am.

Hosted by KL, Veto and Kay. Local, new and upcoming bands Plus ROYAL VARIETY CLUB. 10 Feet Djs until until late.

Tall. 11a / 12 Church St. £3.

Wednesday Bath

Kool Waters

Dellars Wharf, Taunton, 7 Aug Celebrating 9yrs of parties, Kool Waters (KW) returns to it’s spiritual home where it all started in Taunton back in 2000. Guests at their birthday party include Birmingham based bad boy Mickey Slim who gatecrashed into the house scene only three years to bag himself numerous residencies and production credits. Support comes from Kiss FM’s Steve Smart and KW founder, Marc Vedo. The back room hosts a Babyshambles dJ set from Adam Fleck. Doors 9pm, tickets £8 in adv.

8pm- 3am. Featuring the best in musicians and performers each week.

Entertainment varies from Comedy, burlesque , Belly Dancing, music, live performances and sketch shows HAMMERTIME. Barfly. Kingsway, Cardiff, CF10 3FD. £3/£2NUS, 10.30pm - late. Yes Folks! 90’s night is here at Cardiff Barfly! Well dust off your inline and skate your way down to Barfly where we’ll be mixing it up with the very best in cheesy pop anthems.

JUST DANCE. Club Ifor Bach. 11 Womanby Street. CF10 1BR. £2 (nus) /£3 – (downstairs) 10.30pm2am. Every Tuesday night at Clwb Ifor

BACK TO MINE. 7 Bladud Buildings. The Paragon. £free. Dj’s playing everything from funk, reggae, RnB, Hip-hop & breakbeat.

CLUB MOJITO. Second Bridge.

10 Manvers Street. BA1 1JQ. £4 / £3 NUS or before 11. 10pm - 2am.

Bath’s leading International club night.

Club Mojito showcases the very best in International music, uplifting Latin House music and live percussion. On the dexx Jake Gabai & friends. 01225 464 449. secondbridge.co.uk

Bristol

A BRONX TALE. mbargo. The Triangle, Clifton, £free, 8pm – 2am.

RnB, Hip Hop, Soul with DJ’s Benny Cane & The Urban Knights. mbargo.net Propaganda. Syndicate. Nelson St. Indie, rock, alternative in the main room, Sabotage in room 2 with emo, goth and metal. ID required. Weekly, £5 entry, £4 nus. £4 entry, £3 with a flyer.

Info: bristol.thesyndicate.com 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 TREATS URBAN NYTS CREDIT CRUNCH PARTY. Buddha Lounge, Nelson Street. 9pm-late, £3. Urban night with guests.

WEDGIES. Warehouse. 57 Prince Street, BS1 4QH. 10pm-3am.

Legendary Bristol Student Night.

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Bath

UP THE RACKET. Elbow Room.

64 Park Street, £Free till 2am. Indie, Alternative and 80’s. Drinks Offers.

Cardiff

POP TART. 10 Feet Tall. 11a / 12 Church St, £5. 10 - 3am. Playing new music, wonky pop and electro. Expect to hear: Santogold, Ladyhawk, MGMT, Bowie, Dan Black, Katie Perry, Crystal Castles, Calvin Harris, Mark Ronson, MIA, Magistrates, Lykke Li, Ebony Bones, Little Boots etc.

FUNKED UP. Monkey. Castle Street. Free b4 11. £2 after Funked Up Legendary funk night with residents Funky Ben and The Count playing funk, soul, old skool hip hop & dancefloor classics.

SHINFO. Bar Sigma. 2-4 The Kingsway. Weekly alternative DJ night featuring the best of punk, rock, metal, hip hop, ska, Electro and drum and bass old and new.

POP TART. 10 Feet Tall. 11a - 12 Church Street, CF10 1BG. Pop Tart Djs playing the best in cool pop, alternative chart bangers and all time classic pop hits!

5th HALLOWEEN ORANGE & CHIMNEY RED PRESENT THE ORIGINS OF BEDLAM.... Buffalo Bar. 11 Windsor Place. £3 // 10pm – 3am

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12th KICK OUT THE TRASH. BETHAN ELFYN & FRIENDS PRESENTS... Buffalo Bar. 11 Windsor Place.

5th & 12th LISTEN UP. Clwb

Ifor Bach. Womanby Street, £3/£2, 10pm – 2am. Pick and choose what music you want to hear with Cardiff’s best DJ’s playing classic indie / new releases on the top floor / guest DJ’s on the middle each week / and Motown and funk on the bottom.

26th HALLOWEEN ORANGE & CHIMNEY RED PRESENT....

Buffalo Bar. 11 Windsor Place. £3 // 10pm – 3am. The Origins of Bedlam Pt 2 26th 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

Newport

£7 ALL INCLUSIVE! Escapade.

Stow Hill, Newport. £5/7. 9pm3am. It’s just £7 to get in and pay nothing at the bar!!! Were not just drinks deals every week we’ll give you a night better than the last with plenty to keep you entertained.

01633250978. clubescapade.co.uk FLUX. Meze Lounge. 6 Market Street. 9-4am free before 12.

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Oxygen Hardcore Summer Slam

O2 Academy, Bristol, 8 Aug Bristol’s biggest summer hardcore party returns to the O2 Academy on Sat 8 August with a huge line-up reading like the who’s who of the hardcore scene. It’s been three years since Oxgyen first touched down in Bristol, since then they have gone on to produce some of the biggest hardcore parties in the city.

The Summer Slam 2 is their biggest event ever, spread over two rooms which sees Darren Styles and Lethal Theory LIVE, Hixxy, Scott Brown, Gammer, SY, Scorpio, Producer, Andy Vortex, Ribbz and Seuction amongst others. Tickets £18 in adv and the night runs 9pm-5am.

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.

HOSTED BY CARE & THE COMMUNITY. Back To Mine. 7 Bladud Buildings. The Paragon.

FREE ENTRY b4 11pm - £3/£2 after.

Two likely lads Dunc & Dave, they’re a mix of stand up comedy, spoken word & general tomfoolery. Together they host the evening comparing & have a variety of performances of cabaret, burlesque dancing, street dancing & live music.

27th RONNIE HEREL. The Second Bridge. 10 Manvers Street.

BA1 1JQ. 10pm-2am. £5/£4 before 11pm

Bristol

FLAWLESS. Dojo Lounge. Park Row. 10pm-2am £3/£3.50.

R’n’b, hip hop and urban grooves with K-Style and guests. Info: 0777 330 2818 FDM Syndicate. 10pm – 4am FHuge Student night with Matt Kirk and Here commerical night with special guests such as Ironik, Platnum, HtwoO play indie, hip hop, dubstep, drum and more. and bass in FRESH AS A DAISY. mbargo. The WEDNESDAY STUDENT NIGHT. Triangle, Clifton, BS8 1ER. 9pm – Mojo. Market St.NP20 1FU. £7 2am Funk, Hip Hop and funky House. students £8 others. 9-2am. All you mbargo.net can drink £7! Matt Kirk spins R’nB, hip KEEP IT FUNKY. Buddha Lounge.

Hop cool indie and student anthems Nelson Street,10pm – 3am. £5 b4 11pm more after. Funky House, Swansea MR MICHAEL MONSTER. Monkey R&B, Hip-Hop, Bashment, UKG, Cafe. 13 Castle Street,10pm till late. Bassline, Ol’Skool Classics.

RACK EM UP. Elbow Room. 64 £ Free. Weekly free night of electro and disco remixes. Cheap drinks and Park Street, BS1 5JN. £free till 2am.

DJ’s upstairs plays Chart, Dance and colouring in. monkeycafe.co.uk SHINFO. Bar Sigma. 2-4 Kingsway, Alternative.

WEDGIES. Warehouse. 57 Prince £2 After 10:30pm. 9pm-3am.

Street, BS1 4QH. 10pm-3am. From Alternative DJ’s bring the best in alt rock, punk, metal, indie, ska, hip hop the same crew that brings you Wednesdays at the Warehouse return and drum and bass. for more fun and madness.

Trowbridge

BOUNCE. THE SUMMER BURBLER @ Chicago Rock. Park Road off Silver Street, BA14 8AQ. 9 till late, last entry 12.30am. £4 before 10pm, £5 after. DJ G Child + Guest host – Mr Murdz. Residents: DJ Ghane, DJ Ninja, DJ Tempa.

Thursday

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 & Ruffstylz.

ON THE ROCKS. 10 Feet Tall. 11a / 12 Church St. 9pm-3am , £free.

Rock and indie night with different themes each week. Air Guitar parties on the 7th & 28th.

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

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

27th MORE TEA? Meze Lounge.

6 Market St. NP20 1FU. Newport’s home-grown Drum and bass/jungle/ Dubstep collective present another night of dirty filthy beats at the Meze check venue for details. 9-3am.

01633211432. Search More Tea? on facebook for the latest updates

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 Bath

BACK TO MINE. 7 Bladud Buildings. The Paragon. FREE ENTRY b4 11 £5/£3 mem. Dj’s playing everything from funk, breakbeat, tech house, RnB, old skool & nu skool classics.

Bristol

POINT B. The Croft, 117-119

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CLUB Insiders, Eddie K, Hobo / Jon5 & Paddy. Hosted by Mantmast & Redskin.

Room 2: Electro / Breaks / Dub / Hiphop. Trademark / Wanside / Josimar / Silly Tand / D3tox / And What? propertyofbristol.co.uk 7th THE RETURN OF NYCE1 UNLEASHED. Blue Mountain.

Stokes Croft. BS1. £8adv. 10pm - 6am. The mighty Nyce1 Unleashed returns to Bristol with 3 phase Records & Master ravers to deliver a night of hard house, bounce and hardcore!!

Main room: James Ellis & Tom Berry (3 Phase Records) Tuchet & Worm: Jennerate: Darrel White: Digital Konflict: Paul Cartright. Arena 2. Deny bsb Blend Nzime & Defy: Cruze; Mastervodkaman: Tyronster: PATCH B2B BURNOUT (Competition Winners) Dakota, Cheltenham, 21 Aug . MC’s Flo, Phoneix, Messiah, Vandal More hardcore messiness as Hixxy, & Action. Book On-line Now @ www.

MC Whizzkid an Supreme roll into nyce1.moonfruit.com town for some more high energy club14th FRESH. Lab. 27 Broad St. bing, alongside the residents. Doors BS1 2HG. £7. 10pm-4am. Upstairs 10pm – 3.30am, only £7 on the door.

BREAKFASTAZ CTRL-Z FRESH DJs & SNAFU downstairs Mr Beat Dan Marc Stokes Croft, BS1 3RW. £6. Dj’s Meet Joe Black 07971087788.

Kuoyah, Sully, Oslek, Scrambled Ed, DJ Damo, The Kelly Twins, The Yiddled 14th HOSPITALITY. Thekla. East Fiddler & Buckles.

Mud Dock. BS1 4RB. Early ticket COMFI FRIDAYS. CLUB COMFI. purchase advised £10 in advance/ 10-12 Triangle South, Clifton. 8-4.

MOTD. 10pm-4am. Hospitality bring £7-£8. Party classics, R’n’B, dance and you their 2nd part of the Summer more. Ffi clubcomfi.com Sessions Featuring DJ’s: Ed Rush, RAMSHACKLE. Carling Academy. Danny Byrd, Breakage, In:sight & Frogmore St, 10pm-3am. £3/5.

Boro plus MC’s: GQ, SP:MC & Texas.

Bristol’s biggest alternative night 0117 929 3301. myspace.com/ with resident DJ Dan, Steve Gerrard hospitality_bristol plus Carlton and Dave Remix playing 14th SHAKOOM. The Croft. alternative, indie, hip hop, beats and 117–119 Stokes Croft BS1 3RW. funky shit in the main room whilst £5. Featuring Pinch + Loads more.

Generation X play punk-rock and metal 21st CONCRETE BEAT. Dojos. anthems with DJ’s Link and Matt Park Rd Bristol. BS1 5LJ. 10pm till Setback. Info: ramshackle.org.uk 5am. £7/£8. Concrete beat present STREETLIFE. Elbow Room. 64 the summer sessions part2: dnb Park Street. £Free – open till & jungle: die, sigma, chrissy chris 4am. Chart and old skool classics. Ffi (1xtra) residents: illusive & enigma? theelbowrooms.co.uk THANK FUNK ITS FRIDAY. mbargo. special guest mc, sweet pea & remidy 07826541688.

The triangle, Clifton, 8pm – 2am.

New and oringal funk, disco and R’n’B 21st TOTAL SCIENCE. The Croft. 117–119 Stokes Croft BS1 with DJ’s Suisse Tony & Alex.

WEEKEND PARTY PART 1. Lizard 3RW. £4. + Arsequake + Task + Lounge. 66 Queens Road, BS8 Mensah + Icon Roller + Okay DJ’s + 1QU. 9pm – late.

Endo + Complex Current and classic party tunes with 28th – DR MEAKER. Timbuk 2. Small residents Big Daddy & Milky.

Street. 11pm-4am. £5 before midnight. night with Jehst and guests The DJ Set with live vocals by Lorna King Swamps (Bristol’s dankest), Doom & MC Redskin. And Cause & Effect Man, Ben One & The Doctor (Scratch (heavy rotation).

Club, Birmingham): Downstairs bar hosted by The ASBO Disco Feat. ASBO, Cardiff FUNKY FRIDAYS. Glam Nightclub Triplex & Macular (level2). 2 Greyfriars Rd, CF10 7th SIGNAL. Lab. 27 Broad St. 3AD, £2 b4 midnight / £5 after.

BS1 2HG. 10pm – 4am. £8 tickets 10pm - 3am. The dons of Cardiff’s + b4//more on the door. Noisia // urban scene Jigga, Veejay and Troopa Survival. Signal DJ’s // plus more. are joined every Friday by guests like 7th THE INSIDERS: Basement Dubmatt, Paz & Cluedo for a chic & 45. 8 Frogmore Street. £3 before sexy session. Hosted by the man in the 11pm/£5 after 11pm. 10pm-4am. white jacket....mc Gummi!

Property of Bristol present: Room GET YER ROCKS OFF. Barfly.

1: Drum & Bass / Dubstep: The Kingsway. CF10 3FD. 10.45pm.

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£5/£4nus.

THE DUDES ABIDE. Clwb Ifor Bach. 11 Womanby Street. CF10 1BR. 10.30. £3.50. The Dudes Abide is the weekend’s finest way to let your rock hair down, shake your indie fringe wildly or bounce your beehive madly to the best sounds around.

From the debauched cool of The Velvet Underground to The Bolan Boogie.

MARMALADE. 10 Feet Tall. 11a - 12 Church Street, CF10 1BG. 8.00pm – 4.00am. Free entry before 10.30pm, £4/5 after (Open over all 3 floors).

Marmalade brings you Classic Funk, Soul, Future Jazz, Roots, Motown, Disco & best new releases.

THE BEATBOX BALLROOM. Buffalo Bar. 11 Windsor Place. £Free B4 11pm £3/4 after // 8pm4am Resident Djs: Killer Tomato (Dmc)/ The Infamous Len (Renthouse Groove)/ Kaptain (Chrome Kids).

Special wicked weekender on the 21st and august Bank Holiday special on 28th with The Lawries + Jimmy Alexander & The Satellites.

7th THE DUDES ABIDE. Clwb Ifor Bach. 11. Womanby Street.

10.30pm. £3.50. From the debauched cool of The Velvet Underground to The Bolan Boogie, from the anthems of Joy Division to the twee joy of Belle and Sebastian and right up to modern day classics from the likes of The Cribs, The Klaxons and local aceness Los Campesinos.

21st DECADANCE CARDIFF Revolution, Castle Street. Club Room: Commercial & Turbo Funked Feel Good House to kick start the weekend in style. For more info clubindecadance.com 28th DECADANCE CARDIFF Exit Club, Charles Street. £4 b4 11pm,

£5after. Discount Available for members. Main Arena: Commercial & Cheese, Room 2: Turbo Funked House & Dirt Fuelled Electro. Madam Mayhem & Entertainment All Night Including Firespinners & More. For more info. clubindecadance.com 28th TWICE AS NICE. Glam Nightclub. 2 Greyfriars Rd, CF10 3AD. £10 adv / more on the door.

10pm - 3am. Sexy and stylish the world’s coolest urban brand presents the wicked DJ LUCK & MC NEAT with all the residents for a monster start to the bank holiday weekend.

Cheltenham

21st FULL THROTTLE. Dakota.

12-14 Bath Rd, GL53 7HA. £7/£8.

9pm - 3.30am. 100% Hardcore Hixxy, MC Whizzkid + More TBA! Room 2: Hustle Up - Wonky Electro & Twisted Tech House 07977555285. dakotclub.co.uk 28th BASSIX. Dakota. 12-14 Bath Rd, GL53 7HA. £8/£9. 9pm - 3.30am. Drum&Bass - DJ MARKY & MC STAMINA, Access, Kontagious + More TBA. Room 2: Hustle Up Wonky Electro & Twisted Tech House 07977555285. dakotclub.co.uk

Newport

THANK FUNK ITS FRIDAY £8 ALL YOU DRINK . Mojo. Market St. NP201FU. £8 . 9pm-2am. Thank Funk its Friday: all you can drink £8 and mojo residents spinning fresh party tunes and anything to put a smile on Yr Face!

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-

1Xtra Showcase with Ronnie Herel

The Second Bridge, Bath, 27 Aug Bath’s leading urban night presents BBC 1Xtra DJ Ronnie Herel for an exclusive night of pure R’n’B urban grooves. The London based DJ hosts three shows on 1Xtra, including the massively popular Monday night ‘Uptown Anthems’ show.

Since bursting onto the urban scene back in 1989 and then hooking up with Trevor Nelson on the MTV Lick parties both in the UK and abroad, Rennie is the co-founder of Uptown Records and is one of the corner stones of the scene in the UK. Doors 10pm -2am, £4 B4 11pm.

LUB CLUB 5am. Info: 01633 243500 or space. com/mezenewport.

FUNDAMENTAL. Escapade .

Stow Hill, Newport. NP. £8 ALL INCLUSIVE. £10 adv. 9pm-4am

7th BIONIC. Escapade. Stow Hill, Newport, 9pm-5am. Hard style night, Bionic vs Contact feat. Da Tweekaz, Nino Pipito, Cally & Juice, Brian M vs McBunn, Jon the Baptist & Chuck-E, Matt Handy, Shock:Force plus many more. Hosted by Shocker Ł10 O.T.D. all night. 9pm - 5am.

07974 169012. myspace.com/ officialbionic 28th THE FEELYGOOD UV DISCO. Meze Lounge. 6 Market S. NP20 1FU, £3 early in the evening more later in the night. 9pm-5am.

The Feelygood DJ’s Take over Meze once a month for their 90’s UV rave-up!

Glosticks, Lasers old school dance, 90’s cheese and alternative and a big BBQ in the garden.

14th HOUSEWORK. The Perfect

Monkeys. Plus downstairs bar hosted by the baddest bodypoppers in town The Danceoff Crew 1st SWITCH. Timbuk2. 22 Small Street, BS1 1DW. £6. 11pm - 5am.

August for Switch brings Athens to Bristol with master DJ and producer LEMOS. The hugely talented Lemos blends futuristic house and techno grooves by infusing jazz and classical elements into his productions.

5th. High St. 9pm-3am. £5. Line up / details on night Marcus Gauntlett (birthday set), Sugarshaker, Matt Thorne, Tom Pearson, Live Sax.

Saturday Bath

BACK TO MINE. 7 Bladud Buildings. The Paragon. £free B4 11 £5/£3 members. Dj’s playing everything from funk, breakbeat, tech house, RnB, old skool & nu skool classics. The second Bounce summer free party on the 18th with residents Mark Davis and Dan Pearce playing jackin’ house and electro in room 1 with The wise guise offering classic and future sounds including hip hop, rare groove, nu funk, broken beats and reggae in room 2.

IVE LIVE Swansea

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 7th DECADANCE SWANSEA 2,Ten Club, 210 High Street, £5 all nite. Commercial & Turbo Funked Feel Good House to kick start the weekend in style. Madam Mayhem & Entertainment All Night Including Firespinners & More.

28th DIGITAL SESSIONS. Bar Co. 8-9 Wind Street, SA1 1DF. £free. 9pm till late. Quality Underground House music with residents and special guests. Quality Underground House music with residents and special guests. This month Digital Sessions presents Synthetic Dave Llewellyn & David Blake.

Bristol

BOUNCE. Basement 45. 8 Frogmore Street. 10pm – 4am. £5.

Jackin House and electro with Mark Davis & Dan Pearce & guests.

BY THE POOL. Elbow Room. 64 Park Street. £Free – open till 4am.

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

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CASSETTE PLAYER Suju. 28 High Street, 10pm-4am. All others £3 before 11pm / £5 after. Downstairs features the adventures of Rob the Mod & Phil Dirt with their Indielectrorocknrollsoulfunk-soundclash. Upstairs in the Lounge: Anything goes. suju. co.uk

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Karma, Chippenham, 28 Aug Hard to believe it’s been 15yrs since Devotion was unleashed into the rave scene and there have been big changes since. They hosted parties all over the UK, but tonight they are returning back in their hometown for this special reunion event. Expect old skool all the way with guests Slipmatt, Ramjack, Faydz, Wink & Clifty. Doora 10pm – 4am, tickets £8 in adv.

to the sound of soulful beats, hip-hop and funk plus rare treats from the whole musical spectrum be it jazz, reggae or disco 1st BASS FROM SPACE. Lakota.

6 Upper York Street, BS2 8QN. £5.

Room 1: Drum and Bass. Conduct, Dirty Harry, 2:G, Alibi, Mush, Sarge.

1st BASS KLEPH BOUNCE. Basement 45. £6/7 limited advance guest list £5. 10pm – 4am.

Support comes from Mark Davis and Eats Everything: Rm 2 Hosted by Pitchuresk Sam Pitch: Renny C: Phil Paske: Matt Crook 1st DANNY DYER. Syndicate Superclub. Nelson Street, Bristol.

BS1 2JY. £5 advance. 10pm4am. Danny Dyer will be performing an exclusive DJ set followed by a meet and greet from 01179450325. thesyndicate.com 1st HOT BUTTERED SOUL. The Park Bar. 37 Triangle West, Clifton, BS8 1ER. £free/£2. 10.30pm-4am.

Hot Buttered Soul’s first Saturday of every month residency continues to pack ‘em in @The Park. S Spinnin’ a no compromise mix of original vinyl Sister Funk 45s, Modern Soul, X-Over, Northern Soul and the occasional inspirational Disco tune 1st PAC-JAM. WONDERFULLY COURTEOUS GENTLEMEN. Lab. 27 Broad St, BS1 2HG. £5 adv. £6 o.t.d. 10pm-4am. myspace.com/ courteousgentlemen + The Gooch + Slutcrusher & Nemo + The Scratch

8th OXYGEN. 02 Academy.

Frogmore Street. BS1 5NA. 9pm - 5am. £18. Bristol’s biggest summer hardcore party is back with a monster line up ft. Darren Styles, Lethal Theory (Live), Hixxy, Scott Brown and many more. Oxygen Darren Styles Lethal Theory Live Hixxy Scott Brown Gammer Sy & Storm Seduction Vibes & Livelee Crash & Burn D-Ice Scorpio B2B Tones Producer Andy Vortex Ribbz D-Story Blaze The Riddler. oxygenevents.co.uk 15th BACK TO BASSICS.

The Croft. 117 – 119 Stokes Croft BS1 3RW. £5. Akira Kiteshi + Loops Haunt (live) + Rich Reason and Fantastic Mr Fox (live) + Phaeleh (live) + SNAFU + Hosted by Hey’Zeus + Bassic DJ’s + N/A b2b Rupcha b2b Mogley + Toman b2b Riggolous

22nd RUFFNEK DISKOTEK 4TH BIRTHDAY BASHMENT! Cosies.

Portland Sq, St Pauls, Bristol.

BS1. £2. 9pm-late. Bristol’s favourite bashment & bassmusic crew celebrate 4 years of skanking & waist winding with the mighty PEVERELIST (Punch Drunk) plus the full Ruffnek crew; Dub boy, Atki2, Stylatron et al 07967 196237. myspace.com/ruffnekdiskotek 29th SUMMER SUMMONS.

Dojo. Park Row. BS1. £5/7.

10.30pm - 7am. Guests Gecko & Kraymon (Kingpin) Placid (Under_ score) EFA house set (Pollen) Chris Farrell (Tape/Rooted Records) residents - The Bootyclappers & Bella Beatz.

Cardiff

BOOMSHAKABOOMTANG / VINYL VENDETTAS. Clwb Ifor Bach.

11 Womanby Street. CF10 1BR. 10pm. £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.

F.A.K.E. Buffalo Bar. 11 Windsor Place. Free B4 11pm £3/4 After // 8pm-4am. Resident Djs: The Towel (Size?)/ Tommyb (Creamfields)/ Gareth Sutton (Kotl) + More. 22nd is the Wicked Wekeend and on the 29th the August Bank Holiday special.

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

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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.

1st COOL HOUSE. Koko Gorrillaz. Miskin St, Cathays, £7.50.

9pm-3am. Cool House Present Lee Burridge We return to Koko’s after a superb NYE’s bash earlier in the year. As its Cardiff’s big weekend we have invited special guest Lee Burridge to the party. As usual, no gimmicks, just a night of wicked music across two rooms, with dirt cheap drinks, smoking terrace, full Funktion 1 sound and lighting. info@ cool-house.net 1st DAVE PEARCE TRANCE ANTHEMS. Glam Nightclub. 2 Greyfriars Rd, CF10 3AD. £10adv / more on the door. 10am - 4am.

Dave Pearce is back in the Capital of Wales with his cap on for another hands-in-the-air stormer at the City’s coolest venue. Plus Wales’ biggest funfair is in the city centre too!! 029 2022 9311. info@glamnightclub. co.uk

8th GLAMOROUS. Glam

Nightclub. 2 Greyfriars Rd, CF10 3AD. £3 b4 11pm / £5 after. 10pm - 3am. Kiss 101’s DJ Raheem settles in to his new Saturday night residency in Cardiff with the coolest urban licks first 100 ladies go free! 029 2022 9311. info@ glamnightclub.co.uk

Cheltenham

8th HED KANDI. Dakota. 12-

14 Bath Rd, GL53 7HA. Before Midnight Ł5 before Midnight / Ł7 After. 9pm - 3.30am. Hed Kandi - The Beach House Party! Sam Cannon, Russ Hopkins, Saul Bliss. Room 2: R’n’B / Chart / Party Anthems.

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!

MOJOS MASH UP/LADIES NIGHT. Mojo. Market St. NP201FU. Ladies pay £1 before 11 others pay £3 before 10 £4 B4 11 and everyone pays £5 afterwards. 9pm-2am.

Ladies night, R’nB real hip hop funk soul and all forms of electronic dance music to get you on the dancefloor.

SPIN. Meze Lounge. Market St. New & Classic Indie Anthems, Electro, Dance, Good Requests.

1st & 8th Resident & guest DJ’s. All meals BOOMSHAKABOOMTANG / VINYL £1.Drinks from £1 til 9pm.Open VENDETTAS. Clwb Ifor Bach. 11. til 5am. contact venue. 1pm-5am.

Womanby Street. 10pm. £5.

01633 259144.

Swindon

2nd CASSETTE QUALITY

15th DECADANCE SWINDON

The Mailcoach, 59 Fleet Street.

Commercial & Turbo Funked Feel Good House to kick start the weekend in style. Madam Mayhem & Entertainment All Night Including Firespinners & More. free all night.

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.

1st WONKA VISION. Monkey.

13 Castle Street. SA1 1JF. Breaks, Hiphop, drum n bass, electro, house, dubstep. Special Guests + downstairs: Syn/ Asbo Disco / Kasparov / Wonka / Ben Jamin / Survival Soundsystem. monkeycafe.co.uk

THE WICKER WEEKENDER. Buffalo Bar. 11 Windsor Place. £Tbc // All Weekend.

30th BUFFALO PRESENTS...

THE AUGUST BANK HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA. Buffalo Bar. 11 Windsor Place. £tba // 7.30pm 4am. Johnny Cave and the Voodoo Groove + What the Butler Saw Burlesque + Cassette Quality Garden Soundsystem.

30th HED KANDI. Glam Nightclub. 2 Greyfriars Rd, CF10 3AD. £10 advance / more on the door. 10pm - 4am. The world’s sexiest night stages a big bank holiday party at Wales’ sexiest club! 029 2022 9311. info@ glamnightclub.co.uk

Newport

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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.

BIG SUMMER BALL. Syndicate Superclub. Nelson Street, BS1 2JY. £10 adv. 9pm-4am. Markus Schulz, Cally & Juice, Brian M Vs McBunn, Ben Nicky, Joel D, Swankie DJ & Kashi, Mike Steventon & Dan Baker + more 07816310525. www. thesyndicate.com

30th GRANAREUNITED 15. The

Syndicate, Bristol, 30 Aug 9pm-4am After the hugely successful Global Gathering, Godskitchen can do no wrong and this event is set to be a huge bank holiday special, to round off the summer. Markus Schulz plays an exclusive 2hr set in the main room, whilst Welsh promoters, Bionic host the second room with Cally & Juice headlining with their energetic hard style set, supported by fellow partners in crime, Brian M & McBunn. Tickets £10 in adv, more info at thesyndicate.com

23rd BUFFALO PRESENTS…

LIVE LIV

30th GODSKITCHEN & BIONIC

Godskitchen Summer Ball

SILENT HEADPHONE PARTY. Buffalo Bar. 11 Windsor Place £Free// 8.00pm – 3.00am

Golden Lion. 244 Gloucester Road.

BS7 8NZ. FREE. 7.30pm - 12am.

40 years on since Bristol’s legendary Granary Club opened its doors to Rock music, original DJ’s - Al Read, Ed Newsom, Ade Copley & Adrian Coleman play non-stop classics. 0117 9247525. thegranaryclub.co.uk

Cardiff

HIGH SOCIETY. 10 Feet Tall. 11a - 12 Church Street. CF10 1BG. 10-3am // £3 Entry or Discounted Entry with A High Society Card.

High Society presents an alternative night of quality drinks and music for party people on a Sunday.

ALTERNATIVE TWIST. Meze Lounge. 6 Market St. NP201FU. Your weekly dose of Brilliance!

Acoustica/cocktails/films/board games/Verns Quiz/Art live guests and the perfect end to your week Free!.

Open till late. 01633211432. Check Meze on facebook for the Latest updates and guests FRESH JAMZ. Mojo . Market St.NP201FU, £free, 9-2am. DJ slider mixes the floorfillers/RnB/Real Hip/Hop/ dance and old school Funk.

30th MR IFSTA PRESENTS...

DANNY BYRD (Hospital Records) AND DR MEAKER LIVE!. Meze Lounge . 6 Market St. NP201FU. Massive Bank Holiday special Hospital records original Danny Byrd plus Bristol Favourites Dr Meaker Live as well as all the usual Meze residents’ Ł5 in advance more on door. 9-5am.

Swindon

8th KANDIFUNK CARNIVAL.

ALISTAIR WHITEHEAD. Suju. Old Town High St, SN1 3EP. 10-6am. £5 before 11.30 / £6 before 1am. DJ’s: Danny Kissane, Hannah Wild, Andy Caguelo and Brett Corvette. Danny Kissane on live percussion. Dress – Carnival and Masquerade.

Westbury 30th

SUMMER BUBBLER. Club Ice. 26a Quartermaster Road, Wiltshire Trading Estate. BA3 4JT. 10pm – 5am. £12otd till 11.30pm more after. Performing Live; Maxwell D, Flirta D, Slick Don. DJ’s: Marcus “Ayia Napa” Ramsey, Young Lion, Bassboy, Troopa. K Krush / Simba / Cluedo / Cannibus / Classic Wonder

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ItIt may may have have been been aa wet wet weekend weekend but but the the show show definitely definitely went went on on at at the the National National Adventure Adventure Sports Sports Show Show (NASS) (NASS) last month.

The Relentless Goliath was the centre last month. The Relentless Goliath was the centre of of the the action with skaters and BMX riders during crazy action with skaters and BMX riders during crazy tricks tricks on on the the huge huge ramps, ramps, by by night night bands bands including including NERD NERD and and Chase Chase and and Status Status ensured ensured the the music music hit hit the the spot. spot.

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