Issue 131 | March 2012 Publishing Nigel Muntz Director: nigel@outofhand.co.uk Editor: Rachael D’Cruze rachael.dcruze@outofhand.co.uk Design: Lucy Reynolds lucy@outofhand.co.uk Advertising: Grant Harrison & Josh Raynor at Zara Media & Design / 01392 201227 grant@zaramedia.co.uk // josh@zaramedia.co.uk Nigel Muntz at 247 Magazine 01752 294130 // nigel@outofhand.co.uk Contributing Rob Sleigh, Hannah Giles, Frances Allan, Amy Writers: Berry, Backbone, Arash Torabi, Laura Malarkey Aldo Vanucci, Louk, Alan Butler, John Barker Contributing Thom Bleasdale, Angie Knight, Amy Piner Photographers: Jessica Augarde, Robert Elford
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Features Noah and the Whale
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Indie stars come to the South West
Maverick Sabre
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‘Lonely Are The Brave’ solo artist
Band of Skulls
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Southampton rockers come to Exeter
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The Breaks Collective Devon hip-hoppers spread rap love
Sarah RK
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Meet Falmouth based singer/songwriter
Regulars Listings 04 News
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13 Fashion
27 Film
16 Style Hunter
29 Live
17 Retail Therapy
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18 Action Sports 20 Food 21 Street Art 22 Music Reviews Contents : Nathan Blaker is the brains behind Exeter shop No
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Guts No Glory, which is full of Limited Edition Organic T-Shirts, Jumpers and Totes, which are all designed exclusively for No Guts No Glory by a range of great illustrators and designers. He also stocks various Prints, Zines, Greetings Cards and hand-made creations. The image that we see here, The Deer, is designed by very talented Philip Harris and available through No Guts No Glory on a t-shirt. We had a little chat with Nathan about how No Guts No Glory came about. “When I left College I found that myself, and others around me were struggling to get there work out there; so determined to do something, I began working to create a local outlet for aspiring illustrators, photographers EDITORS LETTER:and designers from the South West and all over the UK,” says Nathan who completed a foundation degree in photography at Exeter College. “The whole project came together in the space of three months – it’s now in it’s third year!” he continues. In a month or No Guts No Glory is upping sticks and moving the shop to another space in McCoys Arcade. “it’s a bit bigger and will allow us to stock more things made by local creatives, as well as a range of specialist arts and culture books and magazines,” says Nathan. Together with friend Hayley, they’re planning a monthly Indie Arts and Makers Fair in the Arcade, as well as movie nights and a range of workshops. Oh, and they’ll be a new kick-ass website gracing the web in a few weeks too – watch this space! See www.ngngdesign.com and check out more of Jack Teagle’s work at www.jackteagle.co.uk.
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Nathan Blaker is the brains behind Exeter shop No Guts No Glory, which is full of Limited Edition Organic T-Shirts, Jumpers and Totes, which are all designed exclusively for No Guts No Glory by a range of great illustrators and designers. He also stocks various Prints, Zines, Greetings Cards and hand-made creations. The image that we see here, The Deer, is designed by very talented Philip Harris and available through No Guts No Glory on a t-shirt. See www.ngngdesign.com and check out more of Phillip Harris’ work at www.philipharrisillustration.co.uk.
Editors Letter:
There is soooo much going on in the South West this month, it was tough gig deciding what to put in the mag – we hope you’ll think we’ve done a good job! Loads of big acts are visiting our sunny shores this month – we interviewed covers stars; Noah and the Whale (page 13), met Southampton rockers; Band of Skulls (page 6) and had a good old chin wag with hugely popular sing/songwriter; Maverick Sabre (page 9). As Always, we’ve got loads of home grown talent for you too – see pages 7 & 8 for our interview with Devon hip-hoppers; The Breaks Collective, meet Falmouth-based singer/songwriter Sarah RK (page 10) and check out the work of Truro-based photographer, Jessica Augarde, in this month’s retro-inspired fashion shoot (page 14). We’ve got all the usual music reviews, action sport, food, culture and film too. If you’d like to appear in the magazine, or contribute to 247 – drop me an email to rachael@outofhand.co.uk
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Contemporary Painting in Torbay Torbay-based painter, Reece Whitehead, has a new exhibition on show at South Devon College (main campus, 9am-6pm MonFri), Torbay. As part of a onemonth artist in residency at the college, of which Reece is a former student, he mentored the students as well as producing new work. The work is contemporary and includes 3-meter long paintings - the first time such an exhibition has been seen in Torbay. It’ll be up until Easter, so pop along. MonGays A new gay night, MonGays, opens Monday 5th March at Varsity, Plymouth. The night kicks off at 8pm with entertainment from 2 drag hosts, a Lady Gaga act, the Eddystone Trust as well as a DJ that will be playing throughout the night. The night aims to promote the South West gay scene, the event will become weekly at the same venue. Newton Faulkner at Oceanfest Having played at North Devon’s Goldcoast Oceanfest in 2009, Newton is back at the festival this year as headline act for Friday night. He will be performing off the back of his UK Spring tour, see him on June 15. Weekend tickets £40 from www. goldcoastoceanfest.co.uk Plymouth Record Fair On Saturday 17th March, Lower Guild Hall, Plymouth, will host the largest gathering of rare and collectable music in the South West. The record fair features sellers from across the UK specialising in everything from tea dance to techno. Entry is £1 between 10 and 11am and 50p thereafter – a must visit event for keen music fans! Vibraphonic This year’s Vibraphonic Festival runs from March 9th to 24th, taking over 15 venues across Exeter to host over 50 events Highlights include 16Bit and Funtcase, The Magic Band, Zen Hussies, James Taylor Quartet, the amazing
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The Big Cornish Picture
Cornish photography enthusiasts are invited to take part and showcase their images in this competition - The Big Cornish Picture - which aims to promote tourism and connect people with the same passion. Fotomaze are to host the images on their brand new website, which is also where you will be able to download the images. Photos can also be used by local businesses for marketing and promotional work across the county as well as benefiting the photographers by giving them a creative platform to sell and display their work. There will be five categories for entrants to submit their entries into; lifestyle, farming, landscapes, portraits and sports. There will be a 1st, 2nd and 3rd place from each category with the prizes ranging from a 20 x 30 inch canvas print to a cosy weekend away for 2 at a Cornish Farmhouse and of course, plenty of Cornish mead and pasties. The competition opens on March 1 and closes November 1. For more info visit www. fotomaze.com Get your hands on a pair of tickets for Electro Kif! The Blanca Li Dance Company’s new show is about the hopes and fears, friendships, fights and rivalries of an all male cast of eight young electro dancers and takes the urban streetdance style electro, a mix of breaking, disco, vogue, popping and locking, off the streets of Paris and mixes it up with some theatre, contemporary dance with an amazing soundtrack. It will be at Hall for Cornwall on Friday 30 and Saturday 31 March at 8pm. To enter head to www.247magazine.co.uk
Watergate Bay Announce 2012 Beach Events
There are many action packed events at the bay this year, but this time two new events feature in the beach action bonanza. Kitesurfers will be showing off their wave-riding skills with the addition of a new Wavejam competition to the British Kitesurfing Association’s seasonopening course racing championships. A new surf powerboat race series also comes to Cornwall for the first time, with the Extreme Academy hosting the opening rounds of the Thundercat Racing Series in May. This is also a special year as English surfers will be celebrating an anniversary year as they compete in the 40th edition of the English National Surfing Championships. Other events include; The Big Sing, Surf Rowers League Summer Series, military style circuit workouts, Polo on the Beach, European Pro Longboard Tour and the stand up paddle surfing tournament. For more info visit http://www.watergatebay.co.uk/extremeacademy.htm
Mercedes Charity event Music For Mercedes event on 1st April at the Ritz Penzance is one-day indoor festival in support of The Mercedes Curnow Foundation For the Early Detection of Cervical Cancer. Mercedes tragically died of the disease at the age of 23, after a late diagnoses and heavy treatment. The all day event celebrates the life of the well loved and popular photography student with a great variety of music, entertainment and fundraising concessions. The line up will include iPony, Broken, Flava, Petite Debauche, Biere De Luxe, Suitenoir, Blue Horyzon, The Mighty Pigshed, Gary And The Minefield, Jeffrey Nuthin, Sinpusher, Bowline, Push, Liam Jordan, Terri-Jane (Mercedes Sister), Carly and the Dirty Alternative, Epoch Six, Slap Dash Trio, Samba Band and DJ’s. Tickets are £5/£3, more info at www.mercedescurnow. wordpress.com/
News Devon Designer Debuts SS12 Collection
Kim Mckellar has been designing clothes since she was a child and her first new label ‘abide’ for a year, and she is fast emerging with her designs debuting this month on her very own website. Abide is one of the few fiercely patriotic brands that are putting their efforts into saving ‘made in Britain’. Devon born designer prides her designs on being inspired by, designed in and handmade in England. Each collection is inspired by the English countryside and the debut SS12 collection ‘Meadow Girls’ is handmade with English-soured materials. Kim describes her work as ‘ultra-feminine’ and says “My collections are made for women who desire garments without the mass produced look or the homogenized approach of the high street.” See her new collection and label launch this month at www. abideclothing.co.uk.
The Hippo to be re-opened for one night A new local music promotion company, Stage Clear! Promotions, is set to re-open the Hippo in Plymouth March 31 for a night of alternative indie music. The company, founded by Geoff Heap in 2011, holds monthly events at Roundabout in Plymouth and always draws in crowds. Initially set up as a dissertation project the company aims to broaden Plymouth’s music scene and help promote local bands. With the doors opening at six, the event at the Hippo is set to include numerous local bands and is a night not to be missed. To find out more about the event search ‘The Hippo’s One Night Stand!’ on Facebook.
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KERNOWSPA @KERNOWSPA Ladies Evening 1st March 6.30-9.00pm in the salon/spa at @morgans_truro. £2 a ticket for Cornwall Hospice Care. Ladies bring your friends! Girls’ night out at a great price, whilst supporting a local charity! Fab! SoS_nm @sos_nm ANNIE MAC .... Plymouth University ..... Sat March 31st - Tickets:http://bit.ly/z4irql - http:// bit.ly/tUCSHB - #pusuhttp://pic.twitter.com/VzjL75Wv atlantic.fm/star. Radio 1 DJ heads to the South West... be there! Cornwalls Coolest @CornwallsCool Did you know International Cricket is coming to Cornwall this summer? fb.me/1oRI8pEPd An exciting event not to be missed! Matt Deakin @MattDeakinArt Live in Cornwall and like glass work? Then if you can, go along and view the beautiful glasswork on show in March. fb.me/zfjNC1gm Try something different, what’s not to like?
D-Rymez @DRymez Good news! Performing In Northampton this month then Brighton and Plymouth in March! Rymez take over!. We’ll be watching out for this hot new talent.. FalmouthBID @FalmouthBID Zestifal 24 March we aim to be the biggest open air dance event in Cornwall http:// yfrog.com/obd8cxjj Yep, we think Cornwall is the place to be this month Exeter Picturehouse @exepicturehouse Adrenaline junkies will love this extreme sports movie in stunning 3D on the big screen on 20 March. http://bit.ly/y21DDm It’s got our adrenaline running just thinking about it! Eden Project @edenproject Do you fancy being crowned World Pasty Champion? Enter your best pasty in our contest on Sat 3 Mar http://bit.ly/wk85EN We do...yum!
Web Watch
www.entershikari.com Enter Shikari return to Plymouth to play live at Plymouth Pavilions on the 22nd March! The supporting acts confirmed as Young Guns and Tek One.
www.mattcardlemusic.com 2010’s X-factor champion Matt Cardle is to play Plymouth Pavilions on 26th March, as part of his UK tour. Grab tickets while they are still available!
www.mavericksabre.com Soul and Reggae fusion artist Maverick Sabre is to play at Princess Pavilion in Falmouth on 11 March, tickets available here.
www.carrickdance.weebly.com Millennium Manoeuvres XIII will feature all five Carrick secondary schools in its 11th performance at Hall for Cornwall, Wednesday 7th March.
Submotion Orchestra and The Haggis Horns – so there is something for most musical tastes! More info and book tickets at www. vibraphonic.co.uk Plymouth Environmental Action Plymouth Environmental Action (PEA) is a youth led environmental action project for young people aged 16 to 25 years. The aim of the project is to enable young people from all backgrounds and abilities to get outside and enjoy our local heritage whilst doing some good for the environment. It is funded by the Heritage Lottery Young Roots fund. The projects are run each weekend, mostly Saturdays but the occasional Sunday. It is completely free and travel is arranged from Plymouth to the project. They are practical conservation projects such as; tree-planting, coppicing, headgelaying, biological surveys, beach cleans and rocky shore surveys, pond management, heathland management, bushcraft, invasive species removal and much more. If you are interested in joining, call 01752 301445 or visit http://btcv-pea.blogspot. com/ Plymouth rapper supports Labrinth 19 year old Hayden Wright from Plymouth is to support chart star Labrinth this month. Dubbed as ‘the next Eminem’, Hayden is hot news and certainly one to watch. Catch Hayden at Oceana supporting Labrinth on March 15. Tickets are £10 and available from www. seetickets.com, www. undergroundtickets.net and www.fatsoma.com CMYK Launches New Gallery CMYK is a new independent gallery which exhibits only artists and photographers that live or study in the South West. Specialising in digital art, illustration, and photography, they have a lot of interesting work to show including Andy Council, Bristol’s Premier Dinosaur Illustrator and oddball Street Artist as well as Jess John, Steve Brownhill and Mike Raven, plus more. A launch event is to take place later this month in Plymouth with the venue still to be confirmed. For more info or an invite to the launch pop Chris an email at chris@ cmykgallery.co.uk or see www.cmykgallery.co.uk magazine | 5
Noah and the Whale are the four-piece indie band whose hits include L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N and Tonight’s the Kind of Night. After touring America and Mexico in 2011, they are about to embark on a UK tour, which includes a date at Plymouth Pavilions. Here, front man Charlie Fink talks music and films to 247’s Frances Allan
You are going on tour again this spring, how are rehearsals going? Rehearsals? We haven’t started yet! We’ve been on tour for all of last year, so hopefully we know the set and all of our songs by now.
drove me to write songs that have a euphoric chorus, so that people could sing along when they are driving.
You were on tour in America and Mexico last year, what was the reception there like? It was brilliant. We have been in America a lot over the last year and the support is growing really nicely. It was our first time going to Mexico and we really had no idea what to expect, but people were going crazy for us.
When you go on tour, what are the things that you really look forward to doing? There are a lot of things that I enjoy about being on tour, but my main passion is film - I love film and I’m watching films the whole time. Going on tour is a great opportunity to watch lots of movies and I think that I might be the person who has been to the most cinemas around the world! Every place that we go, I go to the cinema; I doubt that there will be very many people who can have been to more cinemas than me!
When you come down to Plymouth this month, it’s roughly half way through your tour – does your show evolve and change as you go through the tour? It definitely changes because that’s the only way to stop us, and the crowds, from getting bored. It helps to make every show exciting and unique. We’ve been a band for around five years now, but this is the longest time that we’ve had the same line-up. It really helps when you share a stage every night with someone for a year and you become a bit like twins who have a natural intuition about what each other will do, which you only get from playing together so much.
Wow, that is impressive! Do you think that film and music are intrinsically linked? Well, they are, and they aren’t. There are great films that have been made with very little music, and sometimes it takes a film to make you realise how great a song is. I can’t remember who said it but someone said that ‘cinema is the greatest art because it encompasses all others’. I think that a great film should draw from great music, great art and great photography. Sometimes the beauty of a film with regards to music is that it can provide context for you to appreciate it. You can hear a song that you never liked in a film and it can give it new life.
The album is full of really strong, catchy hooks, is that something that you intended when you were writing the songs, so that people can sing along at your concerts? I remember when we were writing this album and we were rehearsing in Bethnal Green in London. We were driving home and the five of us were in the car, someone put on We Didn’t Start the Fire by Billy Joel. I remember that certain feeling you get when you’re driving in a car at night and listening to really good songs. The idea that there might be people out there, who could have a moment like that with our songs, www.247magazine.co.uk
Noah and The Whale will be at Plymouth Pavilions on 28 March and their album, Last Night on Earth, is out now. See www.noahandthewhale.com
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Sabre
Maverick
This month, singer-songwriter Maverick Sabre will be rounding off his current UK tour with a date in the South West to the follow last month’s release of ‘Lonely Are The Brave’. 247’s Rob Sleigh caught up with the young solo artist to find out more about his impressive career so far… After an incredible couple of years, which have seen him collaborate with the likes of Chase & Status and Professor Green, rapper-cumsoul singer Maverick Sabre concluded an enviable introduction to his career last month with the release of his debut album ‘Lonely Are The Brave’. Speaking about his first solo offering, Maverick describes how the songs have developed since he started on it: “It really represents a certain period of my life up to now. There’s one song called ‘Sometimes’ that I wrote in my bedroom in Ireland when I was about 17. On that track, I’ve got a one-string violin that was my grandad’s, which he’d never restrung. Then, when you get to the more recent tracks, there are full string quartets and stuff like that.” Many people will recognise the title ‘Lonely Are The Brave’ as the name of a 1960s Western. Maverick explains why it seemed like the obvious choice for his album: “When I first heard the title, I thought it was a fantastic little phrase because it connects with everybody. Everyone goes through lonely periods in life and everyone has to be brave to get through it. It became the undertone of the album.” He goes on to reveal why this need to connect with people is such an important part of his music: “People feel like you need to be a specific age or be a specific type of person to listen to a certain type of music, which is rubbish. Music’s for everyone. That’s why people like Bob Marley and Bob Dylan are so loved around the world because they connect with everyone. I feel like there’s too much music that’s kind of pushing an idea on people rather than speaking for people and what they actually go through.”
Growing up in Ireland, Maverick was introduced to a mixture of blues, soul and folk music by his father before becoming interested in hip-hop as he got a bit older. He admits that the broad range of influences that can be heard throughout ‘Lonely Are The Brave’ are inspired by his earlier acquaintance with music: “It’s an education to listen to so many different types of music. You learn things about different cultures, different people and different emotions and it brings out different raw emotions within you. I allow that to come through in my music.” Ahead of this month’s show in Falmouth, Maverick lets us know what we can look forward to: “Expect a simple night of good music. I’m not flashy – I don’t come out with big, mad lights or a big get-up with a flashy hat or anything like that. My band are fantastic musicians and I love performing with them.” So, with a well-received debut album under his belt as well as a host of other successful projects and releases, how does he feel about the response he has gained over the past couple of years? “In a way, it was so overwhelming that nothing ever sunk in. This is what I always loved doing so I always kind of pushed for that. To see the work I’ve put in pay off and people really appreciating the music - it’s just a really nice feeling.”
See Maverick Sabre at Falmouth Princess Pavilion on Sunday March 11. See www.mavericksabre.com
Interview by Rachael D’Cruze
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After three years of touring, festivaling and generally rocking all over the world, Southampton’s Band of Skulls are back with the follow-up to their debut album ‘Baby Darling Doll Face Honey’. Ahead of the trio’s first visit to the South West, singer and guitarist Russell Marsden spoke to 247’s Rob Sleigh about the band’s latest effort ‘Sweet Sour’… “I look back now and I don’t really remember,” laughs Russell, attempting to explain the inspiration behind some of his band’s intriguing lyrics. “They’re always a little bit playful. If we meet someone in a strange country and they’ve got some catchphrase that sticks in your mind, you think: ‘That’s just so good, it would be a crime if it wasn’t shared.’ If we find some little gem like that, we often use it as a starting point.” Speaking about some of the tracks on ‘Sweet Sour’, the frontman offers an example of their unique approach to songwriting: “There’s a song on the record called ‘You’re Not Pretty But You Got It Goin On’. I think that sums up the band’s lyrics. It’s a little bit funny and a little bit dark and it makes you think. Rather than singing ‘ooh yeah, baby’, if you make the cogs in your mind look twice, it’s a whole other string to the bow. We like to have fun with it now and again.” Since the release of their first offering back in early 2009, the three Skulls have spent each and every opportunity, on and off the road, piecing together what would eventually become their second album. “We earmarked the songs that we thought were going to make it,” says Russell, “and then spent a few months tearing them apart and putting them back together again until something happened. It’s a bit chaotic, the way we work, but I think it’s to the benefit of the music. We like to do millions of rehearsal takes and millions of adjustments and then, at the end, you get this weird song [Laughs].” With 10 weird – not to mention wonderful – songs finally committed to disc, Russell admits that the trio were feeling the pressure this time
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around: “Making a first record, you don’t really know who you’re making it for. Our audience was us and a couple of our friends, so it was a bit more of a stab in the dark. With the second record, you’ve toured around, done lots of shows and you feel a responsibility to not fuck it up.” The good news, he assures us, is that after two albums, Band of Skulls are now fully aware of their true sound: “They say ‘difficult second album’, but I think making albums in general is difficult enough. We know what we do now and, hopefully, we’ve carved out a little niche for ourselves to occupy.” This month, Band of Skulls will be heading out on the road in support of ‘Sweet Sour’ for their first proper UK tour to date. With a date lined up in the South West, Russell confirms that they’re eager to make it a good night: “I don’t know what to expect because we’ve never been, but I hope it’s going to be good. We’re bringing a big rock show, so I hope everyone’s going to be up for it. I’m sure they will. I think we’re going to have a good time.”
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The Breaks Collective
We catch up with Matt Whitley from the Barnstaple based hip-hop band, The Breaks Collective, to talk rap for people who don’t like rap music, British pride, their new album and donating their profits to local charities Tell us about The Breaks Collective: how did you form and are you all from sunny Barnstaple? Sunny? Ha! Barnstaple is rarely sunny. We all live in Devon and rehearse near Barnstaple, close to a pub where they invented the Jack Russell dog. The band has undergone a lot of changes since its formation in 2005, starting with a collection of 12 musicians. For the past 18 months the band has been in its current form and going strong, of the seven there are four original members and the three newer members. We heard you were the rappers for people who don’t like rap music - how does that work? Rap music is as wide and varied as other music genres and - it’s got it’s roots in jazz/funk/soul music, but some grime and rap in the mainstream market has swayed many people’s opinion of what rap is and who rappers are. Lyrics of any genre have to be relatable and often commercial rap isn’t, if you ask our two rappers they are always conscious that people need to understand their lyrics and enjoy them. We like to think our music is a blend of many influences glued together by a love for hip-hop beats so hopefully people love the music, and then the rap over the top is basically poetry to the music.
“Hopefully people love the music, and then the rap over the top is basically poetry to the music” You’re known for your spontaneous performances - is performing live the most important thing to you guys as a collective? We get a huge buzz from playing live, pushing to improvise new music and we want those who are in the audience to be part of it, mainly from getting a whiteboard out, getting some topics/ words written down and getting our to MCs to freestyle their words. Performing live should be important for anyone who wants to make/ produce music for other people, music has got to work to a live audience whether it’s one man and his dog, or a festival. 2012 looks set to be a big year for the Breaks Collective - tell us about the tracks you are releasing next month. April 16th we’re releasing a double A-side single with Great Britain and Mic Check. Great Britain is the lead track, it’s about having pride for being British which we think a lot of people have but for some reason
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they don’t say it. 2012 is a big year to be proud with the Jubilee and Olympics etc, and we hope to raise some patriotic pride, especially in the wake of last year’s riots. Mic Check is what some bands go through, supporting a big act of your dreams and thinking it will help you to progress your musical career but then it not turning out how you hoped. And you’re donating the profits from this to charity, right? Yeah, we’ve given away tracks for free in the past, and so many bands give away music to get noticed. The band still see it as a free give-away for us, but the cost of the single goes towards The C Group which is a Royal Marine rehabilitation charity for those injured in service. Then there’s a follow up event later this year working with the RNLI where we’re releasing another double A-side single Poetry and Verbal Breakdown due for release in June (there’s a strong south west link and Matt works as a lifeguard supervisor for them too). We feel both charities are locally and nationally important, so it makes sense to support them. You’re ready to release a new album this year too - what’s in store and when will it be out? Finishing the album at the moment in our own recording studio, hoping to release in the early autumn. It’s turning out to be quite a task to decide what is going to be on it; at the moment the feel of our music changes throughout the seasons, it seems that when we get in the studio in the summer everything is up beat and the winter tracks seem to be a bit more moody. Our goal is to make an album that shows all facets of the band. You’ve played some great festivals and shared the stage with some real legends including Toots and The Maytals, Courtney Pine and Scratch Perverts - what have you got booked for this year? So far we’re booked in for Aeon, and Exmouth festivals and we’re currently sorting out a few more. We’re working with the two charities so we’ll have a few gigs where people can come and support us and the charities. See The Breaks Collective live at The Queens Hall Theatre, Barnstaple with Dizraeli and the Small Gods on March 2, at The Phoenix, Exeter with N.U.M.B. on March 23, with N.U.M.B. Ckeck out www.thebreakscollective.com too. Interview: Rachael D’Cruze Photo credits: Studio photos: Thom Bleasdale
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Introducing:
Sarah R-K
247’s Hannah Giles pops in for tea and crumpets with singer/songwriter Sarah R-K to talk Bon Iver, cats and the inspiration that comes from a broken heart Cornwall based Sarah R-K is a singer/songwriter. “Sometimes I wish I wasn’t seen as that but really I am. I’m very aware of the connotations of that phrase, especially as a girl as well, because all of a sudden you’re there just playing acoustic guitar, wearing lovely dresses, and just singing songs about flowers, and birds. I’m in denial about what I am. I’m a singer and I write songs”. With influences ranging from Billie Holiday to The National, she describes her sound as “soulful, simplistic and warm. I find this the hardest part, how many forward slashes can you put in? And my genre definitely changes when I’ve got a band. So I’m normally like ‘What do YOU think that my genre is?’”
number one album right there. I’m a complete and utter hopeless romantic but to put it plainly I just always seem to fuck myself over when it comes to romantic situations. Sometimes the best songs are the sad songs, about heartbreak and loss. It’s always when I’m at my happiest when I’m singing stuff like that. I think I’m always going to wish I wrote about other stuff, but it’s in my heart, it’s what flows out of me”. Apart from music, her other passions? “Cats. Literally first thing that comes into… it’s awful. Cats, gin, tea and baking. I really have to think of some… origami, I love origami! I do like weird things. I’m a hoarder and a collector of lots of stuff. I’ve got collections of like old bits of glass, I’ve got a collection of rocks. I keep a lot of stuff, addresses and rail tickets and coasters, and doodlings [sic] I guess it’s also why I write songs as well because it’s like, you sort of immortalize a moment in a song”.
When asked who she’d love to work with, it wasn’t difficult to name names: “Bon Iver, my future husband. I’d love to support Bon Iver. My obsession is ridiculous. I’d love to feature on a track with Bon Iver. I’d love to work with him. Or Elbow. Good northern boys. I really love Guy Garvey’s way of approaching lyrics. He will really hone his lyrics, and What’s in the pipeline for 2012? “I’d be adopting a cat if anything. I’d each word has been carefully thought out”. be adopting two cats and naming them Fred and George. I hope this year everything just keeps growing and keeps doing well. Getting Of all the places Sarah has played around the country, Falmouth is signed would be great, but then I don’t know whether I’d want it just high on her list. She remembers a particular gig in The King’s Head, yet. I’m sort of enjoying that freedom that comes with independence”. “there was me playing guitar with the sofas set up and I think the fire might have been on, and the landlord was like ‘everyone was just sat there watching, and just quiet and listening’. It just felt really nice to have people come and see you and want to come and see you and Keep tabs on Sarah at www.acrossthebigbluepond. actually sit there and listen to you and sing stuff back at you”. tumblr.com, Soundcloud.com/sarahr-k and connect at So what inspires her to write? “I always say I just need to fall in love with someone who’s going to break my heart and then I’ll have a
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Style Hunter
Looking trendy in Truro this month
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Action Sports
Formula 1 Dream Aspiring racing driver, Harry Tincknell, 20, from Exeter, tells 247’s Amy Berry about his driving career so far and his hopes for a big future
How did you first get involved with racing? It began when I went on a family holiday to Sardinia when I was seven - the hotel we were staying in had a car track opposite and I spent every day there - I definitely had a natural talent on the track. I’ve also been watching Formula 1 racing ever since I was about four-years-old, so I have always had the interest there. I got my first go kart when I was eight and I began competing locally, nationally and then internationally.
on the podium four times. I’m feeling very confident now as I have a year’s more experience under my belt and have learnt a lot during that time.
Are you inspired or influenced by anyone? From a young age I have been inspired by Mika Häkkinen, who is a previous Formula 1 champion: he’s my hero. Today there is Jenson Button, who I definitely look up to.
We see you broke your hand at the beginning of November and having physiotherapy therapy, will this affect your season this year? No not at all. I am nearly fully recovered and will be participating in the test races at the end of February and March. When it happened, I got out the car and my hand was pointing out at a right angle, I thought to myself, that’s not right, and it wasn’t! I wasn’t scared though, I don’t think you can have fear at that level.
What is it about the sport that appeals to you? The main thing would have to be the adrenaline rush which you get from it. You are travelling at 160mph with cars inches away from you: it’s pretty exciting and as you can imagine. The adrenaline rush and thrill is huge and you also get the excitement of competitiveness. What does racing mean to you? Everything. It has always been a massive part of my life and I just can’t imagine what it would be like without it. How do you prepare for a race? Well, at the moment, I’m on a strict regime at Red Bull racing which involves a strict healthy diet and fitness. A week before the race I go to a factory simulator, which is basically an amazing PlayStation game, where it feels exactly like driving a racing car. It gets me back into it. I also have test races on the Friday night, before the race on Sunday. Are you feeling confident about competing in the British Formula 3 Series? Yeah, I came first last year, which was amazing, as I was competing against drivers with far more experience. I also finished
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Where do you see yourself in five years time? Racing in Formula 1, that’s the dream. I hope to progress to Formula 2 next year and then hopefully end up at Formula 1 where I can be a professional paid racing driver.
What advice would you give aspiring racing drivers in the South West? Success stems from how much you put in and how hard you work. I believe that you can’t always improve one area by 20%, but you can improve 20 areas by 1%. Improve every aspect of the sport you can and keep a healthy diet and a high fitness level. I think that when you reach a certain level, you can’t improve, so when you’re still learning, give it everything you’ve got.
Find out more about Harry and details on his upcoming races at www.harrytincknellracing.com. Feeling social? Connect on Facebook – type in ‘Harry Tincknell’ and follow him on twitter - @HarryTincknell
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Food
This month we review four restaurants who boast a locally sourced menu
PLYMOUTH
Falmouth
Exeter
The B-Bar
Thai Orchid
Tiger Bills
Housed within the imposing Barbican Theatre building itself, The B-Bar is undoubtedly a hip eatery. The interior of this Thai noodle bar has a creative, arty feel with exposed industrial pipes contrasted against velvet curtains, kitsch chandeliers, candles and bistro style tables, completed with a range of contemporary artwork. We visited on a Saturday night, when the bar was full, however service was incredibly fast and the staff were friendly and polite. To start I had chicken satay, which was lovely and moist with a wonderful peanut sauce. My fellow diner had the slightly more adventurous spicy pork cakes, which were very light and exceptionally tasty with just the right amount of heat. Thai green curry is one of my favorites all time dishes, so I couldn’t resist - luckily I wasn’t disappointed - it was fragrant, creamy and incredibly fresh tasting, served with a perfect portion of perfectly cooked rice. Just as it should, my curry tasted exotic and spicy – authentic if you like. Main meals are all served in funky cardboard takeaway style boxes with adds to the B-Bars kitsch, fun appeal. Prices are incredibly reasonable, with mains from £4.50 £6.95. From comedy nights to themed parties and acoustic music, there are lots of events taking place at The B-Bar - why not combine your Thai feast with one of them? See www. theb-bar.blogspot.com for details. Rachael D’Cruze
for refurbishment, but it now looks cosy and ‘authentic’, filled with rugs, cushions, and candlelight. For someone not that familiar with Thai food, the menu is not an easy feat at first glance. It has been categorised into a familiar format, which helps if you half know what you want. Also, it would have been helpful if there had been a level of spice indicator. We started with Thai fishcakes, made with cod fillets and Thai herbs, served with sweet chilli sauce. Small, simple, and tasty, a good start. For the main I opted for Pad Phed, stir-fried chicken, pork, or beef, with red curry paste, bamboo shoots, lime leaves, peppers and Thai basil. Delicious, although the beef I requested looked and tasted a lot like chicken. My guest chose Ped Louie Fie (or “duck on fire”), duck breast with onion, cashew nuts, raisins, and Thai spices, presented in a foil basket in a dish that was literally on fire. Impressive! We had Pad Thai with our mains, would have been rude not to. Thai style fried noodles with tiger prawns, spring onions, bean sprouts, and peanuts, honestly the best part about our meal, and probably the main reason I will return. Service is polite and helpful but they leave you alone enough to enjoy your food and the company you are dining with. Prices are reasonable. The restaurant is open every day from 5pm; they also do take-away. Hannah Giles
At this smart, modern and stylish Exeter restaurant, you get a choice of American grill or Thai food, depending on which side of the menu you prefer on the day. There’s so much to choose from, and it’s authentic Thai food, cooked by Thai chefs. If you’re vegetarian, you get more variety than you would in most places, because many of the dishes can be made meat-free, rather than having a few vegetarian options. These dishes can also be made with either pork, beef, chicken, duck or prawn. I chose the King Par Jungle Curry, which is cooked in red curry paste with baby corn and vegetables. The curry is quite runny, so you can sip the sauce with your spoon, like soup, and then add the chicken and vegetables to your rice afterwards as your main. The vegetables taste extremely fresh, and the rice is very fluffy with a fat-free and un-greasy taste. The meat is cooked to perfection, and you get a delicious sweet chilli dip with the prawn crackers. You can also upgrade your rice from regular egg fried; to Khao Kati (coconut) or Khao Pad Kra-Tiem (egg fried rice with golden brown chopped garlic). The value for money goes hand in hand with the high quality of the food. Most of the mains are under a tenner, with nearly all of the stir fry, curry and noodle choices for under £8. A tasty bargain and you can eat in privacy, given the restaurant’s spacious setting. Arash Torabi
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Street Art Meet Tom L
24-year-old Tom L grew up in Plymouth, where he was influenced by the local graffiti around the city. “A couple people I knew at school and then college used to write graffiti and I started talking to them more about it then eventually started painting myself in around 2004” says Tom. Being able to print on a larger scale in publicly accessible areas appealed to Tom, who thinks that art and creative practice in general shouldn’t be confined to gallery spaces. Tom’s inspirations come from a lot of different styles and forms of art, but David Choe, (www. davidchoe.com) stands out as someone to look up to - not only for his amazing work but also by his attitude towards painting, creativity and life. Tom is currently trying to pull away from just painting letters and push himself more artistically and improve his illustration work. See more of his work at www.tom-l.co.uk.
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Music Backbone
Ceremony Zoo
(Matador) Much to some fans’ disgust, Ceremony have now completely regressed to sound like they’ve just crawled out of the primordial punk soup armed with brutally simple conceits and a teen perspective. See, mid-life crisis can be fun! The Cali punks have fully embraced the old school set which they heralded on ‘Rohnert Park’. So, at every turn your mind is racing with images of The Crucifucks, Adolescents, Flipper, Circle Jerks et al: gutterpunks who struggled on the edge. Occasionally, ‘Zoo’ hits on the perfect explosion of menace and revivalism – the beginning of ‘Brace Yourself’, the wretched ‘Ordinary People’ – but, frustratingly, the band can’t maintain such prowess over all twelve songs. To paraphrase Ian Mackaye: at least they’re fucking trying.
Dry The River Shallow Bed (Townsend)
There are moments during this debut where you can imagine a time, in the not-too-distant future, when the London indie quintet are being discussed with the same hushed reverence as Bon Iver. It’s all to do with the intelligence at the heart of the band (they name as many authors as musos on their list of influences), and the falsetto vocals, of course. They’ve certainly got passion in spades, but then so did GG Allin. What DTR do is harness that primal urge with a laudable command of structure and counterpoint; where songs like ‘Demons’, ‘No Rest’ and ‘Weights & Measures’ are potent musical manifestations of life, love and wretched longing. Hyperbole? You decide. As long as you’re listening.
Above Them
Are We A Danger To Ourselves? (Specialist Subject)
Pontefract. Rock’n’roll centre of the universe. Well, it would be if blue-collar trio, Above Them, had anything to do with it. The quartet have steadily evolved at their own pace, drawing on the honest-to-goodness spirit of ‘90s punk rock (on both sides of the Atlantic) with a clarity and maturity that serves them well. Songs like ‘A New Year’ and the gorgeous ‘Feel Alive’ don’t bully or bedazzle, despite Oli Wood’s grizzly bear vocal timbre. They gently coax your ears into acceptance with perfectly conceived choruses and clever guitar touches – not a million miles from Leatherface at their most sensitive. They may not be slicing through uncharted territory but these songs resonate with honesty and compassion. That’ll do for now.
The Menzingers
On The Impossible Past
(Epitaph) As opening gambits go, “I’ve been having a horrible time” is certainly a mood setter (but maybe not quite as effective as Arab Strap’s “It was the biggest cock you’d ever seen”). The Pennsylvania quartet have been steadily reinventing the punk rock wheel for the last five years, returning to a US-specific brand of honest, mid-tempo ‘90s punk with an emotionally sensitive core. ‘Sun Hotel’ consolidates all of their strengths, starting off like Against Me! and building into an anthemic torch song; while ‘Mexican Guitars’ takes the Lawrence Arms template and improves upon it.
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Lee Renaldo
Between the Times and the Tides (Matador) Sonic Youth’s co-singer/co-vocalist’s new solo album, with help from fellow band member, Steve Shelley on drums. It’s more accessible than the bulk of Sonic Youth’s work, with more emphasis on songs played by a rock & roll band, rather than reliance on noise and experimentation. But being who he is, Renaldo is hardly likely to make a meat’n’potatoes rock record, therefore this is fresh and inviting to listen to. Waiting On A Dream is in the style of Sonic Youth’s Dirty Boots, and much of the album is played at mid to low tempo, including a couple of ballads. One of the highlights is the haunting Xtina As I Knew Her, with many more, including the up-tempo Lost. Like.
Phantogram Nightlife
(Barsuk Records) Career-spanning 47 song collection on two discs, marking 25 years of Evan Dando and his ever-changing line-up of co-stars. Earlier songs like Shame About Ray and Into Your Arms have stood the test of time, so judge them not for their annoying covers, like Mrs Robinson, or Step By Step by New Kids on the Block! The Gram Parsons cover, Brass Buttons makes a lot more sense. This set shows what The Lemonheads always did best, which is utilising their punk rock, country and pop influences, to deliver melody-driven songs time after time. Dando has been at it again recently, touring the band’s ‘92 album, It’s A Shame About Ray.
Various Artists
Belle & Sebastian: LateNightTales Volume 2
(LateNightTales) Belle and Sebastian play DJ for the second time, for the latest in the popular LNT series. The result is a patchy affair, with some highs and some yawn-inducing lows. Their own track is a cover version of The Primitives’ Crash, which is mildly amusing, if a little pointless. This could have been a great compilation if they’d selected more songs like Broadcast’s beautiful Ominous Cloud, instead of trying to impress us with an endless stream of deeply boring jazz funk instrumentals. And obscure Brazilian and French songs. OK guys, we get it: you’re proper sophisticated. But Pete Shelley’s (Buzzcocks) electro-pop Homosapien is the light at the end of a largely mediocre tunnel. For LateNightTales brilliance, check out Midlake’s selection, or MGMT’s.
Beth Jeans Houghton & The Hooves of Destiny Yours Truly, Cellophane Nose
(Mute) She’s puts a lot into her sound, does our Beth. Most of this, her debut album, which is produced by Ben Hiller of Blur and Elbow fame, features a full band, as well as a choir. But she can also be the ghostly folk singer like on The Barely Skinny Bone Tree (which sounds a lot like Marissa Nadler). And she can be joyous and thrilling, on Sweet Tooth Bird. With charging drums, trumpets and an orchestra, this album is a good companion to Leisure Society’s Into The Murky Water, one of my favourite albums from last year. Let’s hope Beth and her band stick around for a lot more albums to come.
Laura Malarkey
The Magnetic Fields
Love At The Bottom Of The Sea
(Domino) After almost wearing out my copy of the bargainous 3-disc 1999 CD, 69 Love Songs, The Magnetic Fields kinda slipped off my radar…until now. Stephen Merritt and co return here will a sporadic selection of songs. Opening with a happy beat and some proper American vocals (think Fall Out Boy meets Ben Folds, if you can *shudders). Thankfully track two changes the pace with some much more easy on the ear baritone vocals and humourous lyrics centred around the title ‘Andrew In Drag’. ‘I’d Go Anywhere With Hugh’ is a Beach Boys-esque ballad, which verges on the psychadelic while. ‘Going Back To The Country’ has sniffs of Fleet Foxes about it, making it one of the most tuneful songs on this album.
Dodgy
Stand Upright In A Cool Place
(Strike Back Records) Dodgy were one of the first bands I remember falling for back in the 90s, with their catchy, radio-friendly indie pop blasting out from the stereo in what was a much simpler time. With a tendancy for old hasbeens to release new material, I wasn’t expecting much from this album but it blew my stripey, 90s knee-length socks right off! An older wiser fare of Americanatinged beauty, think Druve By Truckers/Wilco and perfectly at home among the pages of Mojo, Uncut and Word magazine. These guys should be viewed for their merits here and now, and it’s merely a bonus that they wrote some cracking tracks back in the Britpop days.
The Ting Tings
Stand Upright In A Cool Place (Strike Back Records) After the monstrosity that was 2008’s That’s Not My Name, I was not looking forward to abusing my eardrums with this release but I needn’t have worried. It appears these guys have grown up too (hell, that was four years ago!). Their grand sounding opening to this album has the soaring vibe of the Temper Trap or White Lies before progressing into a grunge/rock flavoured backbeat, combined with far less irritating vocals than before – like The Kills if Alison was hanging around in a school playground, hands on hips, giving it some. OK, it is still annoying. And by the end of the album you’ll be reaching for the paracetamol.
Goldfrapp The Singles (Mute)
Remember Goldfrapp – those glamourous ladies pumping out some seriously cool dancefloor fillers a few years back? Yeah, well they are back with this must have CD – a collection of the singles. Opening with the woozy Ooh La La, the vocals are reminiscent of the late, great Amy Winehouse. This eases you into the wonderfully breathy/sexy Number 1, which paves the way for their most famous hit Strict Machine. If you forgot how good this was, this will instantly remind you. This whole collection is a sonic treat – so whether you’re a Goldfrapp fan already or a newcomer, you can get something from this – as they’ve added two new songs, Yellow Halo and Melancholy Sky. Boom.
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Music Aldo Vanucci
Gentlemen’s Dub Club Open Your Eyes
((Ranking Records) Second outing from these guys, and once more walking that line between the old kind of dub, effects, skanking and echo, echo echo and the new kind of dub step and all recreated in their live shows too. These guys have been getting a real buzz behind them for a while now and maybe this will be the release to break them. You can hear the influence of the Clash on the vocal and the horns really shine through on these tracks. I’m sure they’ll be hitting every major festival so if you like a skank to a live band and not just on a retro tip then this is for you.
LHF
Keepers of the Light
(Keysound Recordings) If music was holidays, then my DJ sets would be from Thomas Cook, advertised in the window and the price written in big fat red marker pen, this album would be far, far from it. This album would be the kind of holiday that you only found out about when you are in a bar you never frequent normally, a weird looking guy beckons you over and whispers the resorts name in your ear, you Google it and find it is only accessible by an unused goat track on the second Tuesday of each month. Once you’ve been you know you’ll never forget it and whilst you wouldn’t tell everyone you know, you would tell a more adventurous friend to check it. minimalist, electronic, sparse.
Deeder Zaman
Pride of the Underdog
(Modulor) Another album that echoes the old style dub of king tubby rather than chase & status. Deeder comes from Asian Dub Foundation who had a public enemy style assault of reggae, hip hop, and drum n bass. Maybe it’s an age thing or down to smoking more but this album is far more chilled, dub, spoken word all over some absolutely killer basslines and killer productions. Brilliant guest spots by Slip McDonald and The Crispy Horns Section and all with the magic ears and hands of Adrian Sherwood of the On U Soundsystem. If you like Dreadzone and Zion Train then this will be essential for you.
Various Artists Tectonic Plates 3
(Tectonic) *airhorn* *rewind* *airhorn* This is major. One of the biggest dubstep labels ever drop a new installment of their Plates series. This isn’t the kind of dubstep you’ll hear on daytime radio one with a female emotive vocal all over it but it is the kind you’ll hear shacking sound systems to the ground in a dark and dingy club where people care about the music more than how they dress. There’s non more credible than Tectonics and this has some new kids on the block as well as established names, personal faces are Ginz, Pinch and Clue Kid. If you like forward thinking bass music then this is for you.
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Louk
Nick The Kid + Jonez + Smile-E
Honesty (Hindsight) This was actually the second track on a two tracker of Collaborations from Hindsight’s main man Nick The Kid, and here he has teamed up with local DJing legends and fellow Hindsight residents Jonez + Smile-E. The two have DJ’d extensively around the South West and are now seriously finding their feet in the world of production. With ‘Honesty’, we are treated to a rather smashing hard trancer which oozes energy from the word go. With twisted 303 riffs, layer upon layer of quirky synth work and a sinister vocal, this is set for the peak time. It’s nice to see something local that can easily rival some of the biggest European tracks out there, fair play guys!
David Rust
Paradox (Virus Audio) Looe’s Virus Audio signs another particularly inspiring track, this time from Scotland’s David Rust, who plays all over the North of the UK with his Techno driven harder sound. On ‘Paradox’, the wise decision was taken to find a remix by Germany’s ‘Audiowarp’, who twist the original right up, and create a monstrous thundering groove. What can only be described as a meeting of minds between Vitalic and D.A.V.E The Drummer, this is something really enigmatic that is the perfect track to bridge the gap when transforming from techno into trance in a set. This has already had some leading taste maker support around Europe and will been rocking my world for quite some time.
DJ Preach
Dunia (Planet Rhythm) I picked up this four track EP from Bigga Record on their closing day, and it has had a pride of place in my record box since, though that’s usually the case with material from Preach, who’s DJ sets are also worth checking out . Title track ‘Dunia’ is relentless from the offset, with a chunky tribal loop and cut up vocal stabs, before unleashing hell with a dark pitch bent bassline. On remix duties Portugal’s A Paul delivers one of his finest remixes yet and adds a slice of funk to the proceedings. If you are looking for something accessible, with lots of drive and perfect for warming up a crowd, then this is worth checking.
6Head Slug
Moving Forward (Global Hardtechno) This is a very interesting release, taken from a twelve track sampler from the Techno enthusiasts at www.globalhardtechno.com. Melbourne’s 6Head Slug provides the track which took my fancy the most with ‘Moving Forward’. I’ve been playing material of his for quite some time, and what always appeals is the fact his production has such a crisp bottom end to it, even though he adds masses of percussion on top. Somehow, It gels together nicely and the results are something which is best suited to a festival on a large rig! From the press release, it seems that others have picked this up as the highlight track of the EP, but some of the others are also worth a play.
Backbone
Goan Dogs
www.facebook.com/goandogsband Bristol’s Goan Dogs are very, very good. Not demo column good. Not local band good. Proper music biz good. Just a cursory listen to their wide-screen dust-bowl guitars, voodoo pulses and gentle vocal flutterings will make you want to emigrate to the Arizona desert and live in a dilapidated Airstream, guzzling bourbon and diesel for the rest of your life. Pick of the bunch, ‘Hotel Rooms’, is a masterstroke of understated Morricone melodies and verdant harmonies with an authentic brotherly glow. Alongside new bands such as Kill It Kid and Dry The River, Goan Dogs should soon be riding the crest of an impressive wave of homegrown, blues-inflected mood-music. Welcome them ashore with open arms.
T.O.T.S.O.
www.facebook.com/totsoband Swansea quasi-punks, TOTSO, say that they don’t take themselves seriously but they’re so much better than a lot of bands who do. They’re pretty fucking awesome, if truth be told. Their demo EP, ‘Slippin’ Out Since ‘83’, showcases a talented band with manifold strengths, especially when it comes to muscular and melody-strewn rock. They may draw from a lot of influences but they do so with class and character. ‘Wolf Whistle’ is Presidents Of The USA with a hefty nihilist kick, ‘Something Kinda Mexican’ is an exhilarating mesh of Hot Snakes and Wire, while ‘Bambi’ starts off sounding like a tooled-up Blur and kisses off with a truly sublime, Johnny Thunders-esque coda. Outstanding on all levels.
Thistledown
www.soundcloud.com/user8933242 Swansea acoustic-rockers, Thistledown, may employ the likes of mandola and fiddle but they don’t really sound like a bona fide folk-rock band. That’s because the essence of folk music is contained within the songs, not the instruments. Woody Guthrie could’ve strummed on a coyote’s frenulum and it would still have sounded like the troubles of the common man. Having said that, ‘The Girl In The Ink’ is pretty sweet, with its Irish lilt and flute breaks. But, the ever-common criticism, there’s a distinct lack of bite to songs like ‘Rags And Riches’, coupled with a dire lack of attention to the vocals. If The Levellers played songs on Valium, I wager that this is how they would sound.
Dead Poets
www.facebook.com/ DeadPoetsOfficial There’s a real sense of purpose to Dead Poets that you can’t help but admire. And it’s probably why so many people identify with their forthright and focussed take on modern hardcore. Their new EP, ‘Break The Walls’, showcases a band on top of their game, with a meaty production job that complements their visceral live performance. All five songs proffer uncomplicated yet smart riffs, politically vehement and compassionate yelping, a keen eye for suspense, and a smattering of melody when the mood necessitates. But it’s the twin peaks of ‘Our Last Stand’ and ‘How Should I Put This...’ that portray the Plymouth quartet in the brightest light. No airs and graces, no bullshit, just passion and dedication. Result. magazine | 23
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2 March AT SWIM TWO BOYS EARTHFALL
Theatre 1, Roland Levinsky Building, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, 01752 585050, peninsula-arts.co.uk7pm, £8 To coincide with the 10th anniversary of the novel by Jamie O’Neill, Earthfall revive their award-winning production. Staged entirely in water, set against the backdrop of the Easter Rising in Ireland in 1916. The work juxtaposes the developing love affair between two young men with political turmoil in Ireland and the slaughter on the Western Front – contrasting the dream of national liberation and the search for personal freedom. The production is a fusion of extreme physicality, live music and film.
6 March SURVIVAL TACTICS
Theatre 1, Roland Levinsky Building, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, 01752 585050, peninsula-arts.co.uk7.30pm, £8 From a glamorous, blonde bombshell in high-heels to a pigeon-toed, bow-legged, oddball in big pants - Survival Tactics upturns the usual perception of the female stage body on its head. Inspired by Ausdruckstanz, with a fascination for grotesque dance, Liz Aggiss pays homage to her historical mentors - and to herself - through a fusion of text and movement, film and reconstruction. Followed by a screening of her latest film: Beach Party Animals Running time: 20 minutes
7 March JENNY ECLAIR: OLD DOG NEW TRICKS
Exeter Phoenix, Bradninch Place, Exeter, 01392 667080, exeterphoenix.org.uk8pm, £15 Jenny Eclair is fifty years old which in dog years would qualify for The Guinness Book of records, having recently been de-wormed and with her teeth newly bleached, she’ll be prancing around the regions, doing her comedy tricks for a ‘nice biscuit and maybe a glass of Chardonnay’. Don’t expect anything that involves jumping through hoops, her hips are too big and she has a tendency to fall over.However do expect a Lady Gaga tribute and some dancing on her back legs. Good Dog Jenny!
8 March RIOT
Hall for Cornwall, Black Quay, TR1 2LL, 01872 262466, hallforcornwall. co.uk8pm, £12
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10 February 2005. At the stroke of midnight the British public punch, kick, strangle and stab their way to £45 sofas and £35 bed frames at the opening of their favourite Swedish furniture store. Riot is a true story set in a flatpack universe bursting with violence, chaos and more characters than you can throw a meatball at. Hammered together with physical theatre and music, The Wardrobe Ensemble tear up the instructions and disregard the diagrams to construct a comedic tragedy of a thoroughly modern kind.
8 March NDT2
Hall for Cornwall, Black Quay, TR1 2LL, 01872 262466, hallforcornwall. co.uk8pm, £12 One of the most popular contemporary dance companies is making a welcome return to Cornwall with a triple bill of world class dance. These are God and Dogs, choreographed by 20th century dance legend Jiri Kylian was described by Dance Europe magazine as ‘a work of rare beauty’ with an ‘incredibly striking set where a curtain assumes a life of its own as it is made to shimmy and sway to the music’. Also, Deja vu & Solo, two witty, silly and very fast pieces by NDT2’s new Artistic Director Hans van Manen.
Until 10 March HORSE PISS FOR BLOOD
Drum Theatre, Royal Parade, 01752 267222, theatreroyal.com, 7.45pm, £13 Cornish conspiracy theorist Virgil Ploy is paranoid. He thinks that everyone’s out to get him – that includes his mother and her new husband, Dusty. He might be right. But then, living on top of a secret M.O.D. chemical weapons plant can do strange things to you. Horse Piss For Blood is a bizarre and darkly funny new play about family, madness and Cornwall’s darkest secret
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13 - 17 March GRAVITY
Drum Theatre, Royal Parade, 01752 267222, theatreroyal.com, 7.45pm, £13 If you could only go back and change things. That’s all he wanted. David teaches Science, with a passion for physics. Struggling to stay afloat in the stressful world of secondary education and doing his best to keep his life on track, he immerses himself in his subject. He’s keen to keep up with the latest data collected at the Large Hadron Collider, a place where some of the most fundamental questions of physics are posed, and desperate for his students to share his enthusiasm. There’s one boy, Kyle, who takes an interest in science. However, when Kyle is picked on by his troublemaking classmates, all of David’s good work starts to unravel. Their disruptive behaviour is a catalyst for colliding personalities, resulting in an explosive reaction.
23 March NAPOLEON: A DEFENCE Barbican Theatre, Castle Street, 01752 267131, barbicantheatre. co.uk, 7.30pm, £5 But, Who will finally get to play Napoleon? Is that a real chicken? Where did they get those suits made? And What does Winston Churchill have to do with any of this....? A hilarious, roller-coaster ride through actual and imaginary history, it will take you to places you thought you knew.
27 - 31 March MUSTAFA
Drum Theatre, Royal Parade, 01752 267222, theatreroyal.com, 7.45pm, £13 Supernatural thriller with a modern twist. Mustafa is in prison for the death of an innocent teenage boy during an exorcism. Racked with guilt and isolated in a world where his beliefs are constantly challenged, he tries to 19 – 24 March avoid trouble. But when prisoners who taunt him suffer mysterious injuries and DREAMBOATS AND prison officers start behaving strangely, Mustafa realises the djinn (evil spirit) he PETTICOATS Princess Theatre, Torbay Road, tried to banish from the young victim’s 01803 290228, princesstheatre.org. body is still with him and he must face uk, 7.30pm, £15.50 - £33.50 it once more... Is Mustafa the killer or a Inspired by the smash hit Dreamboats brave innocent man who risked his life to and Petticoats One, Two and Three, deliver the boy from a dangerous entity? comes the sell out sensation Dreamboats This compelling and vivid thriller, will and PetticoatsThe Musical, featuring keep you on the edge of your seat. some of the greatest songs of the Rock ‘n’ Roll era. Written by Laurence Marks 30 March and Maurice Gran, this new feel-good musical production will give you ‘the JACK DEAN PRESENTS greatest time of your life’. In 1961 UNDER STOKE CROSS emotions run high as young musicians Barbican Theatre, Castle Street, Norman and Bobby compete to win 01752 267131, barbicantheatre. a national song writing competition – co.uk, 7.30pm, £5 and, more importantly, the attention Unknown to most, there is a large, furry of the gorgeous Sue! But when Bobby orange monster living in Stokes Croft, discovers that shy Laura is no slouch Bristol’s graffiti-scrawled cultural quarter. on the piano, love and rock ‘n’ roll fame By day, he watches over its people beckons… and records their stories. By night, he wanders alone and paints their dreams. 20 - 24 March Or nightmares.
TALES FROM A SEA JOURNEY
Drum Theatre, Royal Parade, 01752 267222, theatreroyal.com, Exeter Northcott, Stocker 7.45pm, £13 Road, Exeter, 01392 493493, Spellbinding stories from the world’s exeternorthcott.com 7.30pm, £15 saltiest stage... In November 2009, eight - £20.50 One of the seminal plays of the twentieth performers from award winning theatre century,Top Girls flashes with razor-sharp company New International Encounter wit and ingenious theatricality. Thatcher’s (NIE) embarked on a 3500 mile voyage across the Atlantic Ocean from France to England: hard-nosed, go-getting Guadeloupe aboard a cargo ship. businesswoman Marlene is hosting a With the help of Icelandic novelist, poet dinner party to celebrate her promotion and Björk lyricist Sjón, their experiences to MD of the Top Girls Employment on the voyage are intertwined with Agency. Her guests, all powerful seafaring tales from around the world. women from myth and history, make NIE return to the Drum Theatre after the for an extraordinary gathering. Top Girls success of My Life with the Dogs in becomes a muscular, moving study of success – the compromises Marlene has 2009, combining their mix of storytelling, physical theatre, live music, multiple made and, chillingly, what happens to languages and a European ensemble to those left behind. create this lyrical and funny theatre show.
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Until 31 March THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA 2012
Theatre Royal, Royal Parade, 01752 267222, theatreroyal.com, 7.30pm, £20 - £49 Cameron Mackintosh’s spectacular new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s phenomenal musical success The Phantom of the Opera will be unveiled at the Theatre Royal Plymouth in February 2012 ahead of a national tour. The production will star John Owen-Jones in the role of ‘The Phantom’ and Katie Hall as ‘Christine’. With a brilliant new design by Paul Brown, costumes by Maria Björnson, a new staging by Laurence Connor, and new choreography by Scott Ambler. Lighting design is by Paule Constable and sound design by Mick Potter.
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THE RAVEN (15)
Released: 9 March Dir: James McTeigue Starring: John Cusack, Luke Evans, and Alice Eve 2011/US/111 min This film is a fictionalized account of the last days of Edgar Allan Poe’s life. Sexed-up to the max, this film uses the last days of the poet’s life to tell a tall tale of how he pursues a serial killer whose murders mirror those in the writer’s stories. This copycat thriller features a wonderful performance from John Cusack as Poe and intriguing direction from James McTeigue who previously directed V for Vendetta.
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The Best of the Rest.... CONTRABAND (15) Released: 16 March Dir: Baltasar Kormákur Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Giovanni Ribisi and Kate Beckinsale 2011/US/109 min To protect his brother-in-law from a drug lord, a former smuggler heads to Panama to score millions of dollars in counterfeit bills. Despite being a crook with a heart of gold, Chris Farraday (Mark Wahlberg) ends up in a murky situation involving rather a large amount of cocaine. The film is based on a Scandinavian crime drama and should provide some cheap thrills for those who enjoyed the recent remake of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
Liam Hemsworth Set in the future, the government selects a boy and girl from the twelve districts to fight to the death on live television. Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) volunteers to take her younger sister’s place for the latest match. If you’re a fan of Battle Royale or Running Man this could be right up your street, as this comical swipe at reality TV will leave you begging for a quiet episode of Big Brother.
THE DEVIL INSIDE (15) Released: 2 March Dir: William Brent Ball Starring: Fernanda Andrade and Simon Quarterman 2011/US/83 min Set in Italy, a woman becomes involved in a series of unauthorized exorcisms during her mission to discover what happened to her mother, who allegedly murdered three people during her own exorcism. This scary, supernatural, fright-fest could prove to be a scream at the box office.
THE HUNGER GAMES (TBC) Released: 23 March Dir: Gary Ross Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and
THE PIRATES! IN AN ADVENTURE WITH SCIENTISTS 3D (TBC) Released: March 28 Dir: Peter Lord and Jeff Newitt Starring: Hugh Grant, Martin Freeman, and Salma Hayek 2010/UK/TBC Pirate Captain sets out on a mission to defeat his rivals Black Bellamy and Cutlass Liz for the Pirate of the year Award. The quest takes Captain and his crew from the shores of Blood Island to the foggy streets of Victorian London. Having seen a preview, we think it’s safe to say that this will be a treasure trove of comic delight from the creators of Chicken Run and Wallace and Gromit.
WANDERLUST (15) JOHN CARTER 3D (TBC) Released: 9 March Dir: Andrew Stanton Stars: Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins and Willem Dafoe 2011/US/TBC This new Disney film, have spent big, $200 million to be precise. In this Avatar clone, a Civil War vet, who has been sent to Mars, discovers a lush planet inhabited by 12-foot tall barbarians. Finding himself a prisoner of these creatures, he escapes, only to encounter a princess who is in desperate need of a saviour.
Released: 2 March Dir: David Wain Starring: Paul Rudd, Jennifer Aniston, and Justin Theroux 2011/US/98 min Rattled by sudden unemployment, a Manhattan couple surveys alternative living options, ultimately deciding to experiment with living on a rural commune where free love rules. This freegan comedy provides some light relief for those of us facing redundancy in the current financial downturn, and Paul Rudd is always worth a watch.
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Live Thurs 1 Exeter FREAKSCENE UNDERGROUND BAND SHOWCASE The Cavern, Queen St, 8pm-1am, £3. A night of the best in alternative sounds from the South West Underground. OPEN MIC NIGHT, Angel Bar, 32 Queen Street, £free. Hosted by local heroes Roger styles & Richard James. LIVE MUSIC AT THE PICTURE HOUSE Exeter Picturehouse, 8.30pm, £free. Guests Moor Reason, Jas Walker & Jess Brown.
Falmouth
GREAT WESTERN JAZZ COMPANY Five Degrees West 8.45pm. £free Live Jazz and Swing every week.
Liskeard
Barley Sheaf, Church St, 9.30pm, £free.
Plymouth
ACOUSTIC CAFÉ The Cellar Bar, The Fortesque, Mutley Plain 8.30pm-12am, £1. Four live acts each week. RIDE LIVE, Ride Café, 45-46 Tavistock Place 9pm–12am, £2. A selection of the most exciting live Rock/ Dub/Ska/Hip Hop/Roots & Reggae acts.
Truro
LIVE BANDS Bunters Bar, Little Castle St, 9pm, £free. Showcasing some of the best local musicians, see www.buntersbar.co.uk for more details.
Fri 2 Bideford ZAMBA The Palladium Club, 8pm, £tbc. Ska & reggae
Bodmin
THE BEUTONS Shiners 9pm12am, £free
Exeter
DAVID CELIA BAND Old Fire House, 10.30pm-1am, £1.
Plymouth
HAMER & ISAACS GYPSY SWING BAND Millbridge Inn, Stoke, 9pm11pm, £free. NUALA & THOMAS FORD B-Bar, The Barbican,9pm, £3. Resident bluesman (playing harmonica and slide guitar) duets with his vocalist pal Nuala for a night of earthy blues and soul.
St Austell
THE DAVID GOO VARIETY BAND Eden Café, White River Place, £5/£4 members, 8pm. This is really all about the live performance - the music is a whirlpool of rock, ska, funk, klezmer, humour, classical, metal, dance, hip-hop; think Frank Zappa’s legendary Halloween concert in NYC, 1977, as filmed in ‘Baby Snakes’.
Truro
B-SIDE Bunters Bar, Little Castle St, 7pm, £3. Weekly indie night with bands and DJ’s, guests are Peoples String Foundation, Matthew & Me, Gabriel & The Honud and Mark Nichols. THE ONLY WAY IS VERTIGO Vertigo, St Mary St, 9pm-3am, £free. Third year anniversary party.
Sat 3 Bideford
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Queen Street, £free. Hosted by local heroes Roger styles & Richard James. LIVE MUSIC AT THE PICTURE HOUSE Exeter Picturehouse, 8.30pm, £free. Guests Tim Bland, Adrian Maxwell & Ec Dawson.
BOBKATZ Prospect The Quay, 9.30pm, £free. Pop Punk Classics MANGO FACTORY Old Fire House, 10.30pm-1am, £1.
GREAT WESTERN JAZZ COMPANY Five Degrees West 8.45pm. £free Live Jazz and Swing every week.
AUCTION FOR THE PROMISE CLUB Landmark Theater, 10pm, £3.
ACOUSTIC CAFÉ The Cellar Bar, The Fortesque, Mutley Plain 8.30pm-12am, £1. Four live acts each week. FLO BONNER & DAVID COTTER B-Bar, The Barbican, 9pm, £2. Saltash based teen performers Flo Bonner and David Cotter take to the stage to make their B-Bar debut RIDE LIVE, Ride Café, 45-46 Tavistock Place 9pm–12am, £2. A selection of the most exciting live Rock/ Dub/Ska/Hip Hop/Roots & Reggae acts.
WENDY MAYS BOOM BOOM ROOM The Palladium Club, 8pm, £tbc. Cool dj playing soul and ska.
Bude
Exeter
Ilfracombe
Penryn
THE DAVID GOO VARIETY BAND Miss Peapods, £5, 8pm. This is really all about the live performance - the music is a whirlpool of rock, ska, funk, klezmer, humour, classical, metal, dance, hip-hop; think Frank Zappa’s legendary Halloween concert in NYC, 1977, as filmed in ‘Baby Snakes’.
Plymouth
FREE CUBA PARTY B-Bar, The Barbican, 9pm, £free. Latin tunes and cocktails with our resident DJ playing the best in salsa, merengue, bachata, son and more. QUO-INCIDENCE The Matchroom Suite, Plympton, 8pm, £tbc. Status Quo tribute
Torquay
HAMER & ISAACS GYPSY SWING BAND John Bull, 9pm-11pm, £free.
Sun 4 Plymouth ACOUSTIC WINE DOWN Ride Café, Tavistock Place, 9pm, £free. Live acoustic acts, deals on house wines, free cheese and crackers!
Falmouth
Plymouth
Liskeard
RYTHYM ROOM Barley Sheaf Church St, 9pm, £free. Yep, more new talent for you. Great blues/rock 5 piece from Bristol
Truro
LIVE BANDS Bunters Bar, Little Castle St, 9pm, £free. Showcasing some of the best local musicians, see www.buntersbar.co.uk for more details.
Fri 9 Bideford ROUGHNECKS The Palladium Club, 8pm, £tbc Rock covers
Exeter
THE HAMSTERS Exeter Corn Exchange, 7.30pm, £19 /£17.50 in adv. After 25 years together The Mon 5 Hamsters play their final show in Exeter. So it’s goodbye to a band that has long Truro been established as one the region’s top KAJ AND FRIENDS LIVE Vertigo, live attractions playing their own brand of rock, blues and Americana. St Mary St, 9pm-12am, £free. PHONIC FM FUNDRAISER Tue 6 WITH THE MAGIC BAND Exeter Phoenix, 8pm, Tickets £17 (£15 Bideford JAM NIGHT, Palladium Club, Lower conc.) This is a real coup for Phonic to have as a fundraiser! The Magic Band Gunstone, £free. played alongside the legendary Captain Liskeard Beefheart and revolutionised the way we preceive modern music with their unique ACOUSTIC JAM Barley Sheaf, genre-defying take on the blues, jazz, rock 9pm, £free All musicians welcome and more besides. Support from Secrets Plymouth for September and all profits go to Exeter’s FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE White community station, Phonic FM. Rabbit, Bretonside Bus Station, THE ZEN HUSSIES Cavern Club, 7pm, £10. Queen St, 9pm–2am, £5. The Zen OPEN MIC Ride Café, Tavistock Hussies’ horn heavy riffs blow hot and Place, 9pm, £free. heavy to the rhythm section of double bass and drums for front man Jules Landau’s prowling stage antics. Support Wed 7 from Cabaret Voltaire DJs playing electroRedruth swing and The Patchwork Spinning OPEN MIC / JAM NIGHT Gaslights Collective and visuals from DJ Dodgy Bar, £free, 9pm Open to all performers, Style and a 1920’s fancy-dress theme. Plymouth turn up and play! MANANA B-Bar, The Barbican, Thurs 8 9pm, £3, 4-piece Latin-Jazz band. STARS IN THEIR EYES White Exeter Rabbit, Bretonside Bus Station, FREAKSCENE PRESENTS...DAN 7pm – 10pm, £3. Bands laying include WEBB AND THE SPIDERS The Envy The Fallen, Elithia, Temerus, The Cavern, Queen St, 8pm, £4 in adv. Incredible garage punk from Boston, MA. Moscow Massacre & Into Valhalla. Supported by Los Broncos, Great Cynics THE WIRELESS The Millbridge, 9pm, £free. & The Hold Up. OPEN MIC NIGHT, Angel Bar, 32
St Austell KIRSTY MCGEE Eden Café, White River Place, £5/£4 members, 8pm. Currently working on her sixth studio album, Kirsty Mcgee’s last album no.5 with her band the hobopop collective won the independent music awards vox pop for best live performance album 2011. Support from Julian Gaskell
Totnes
RUARRI JOSEPH The Barrel House, High St, 8pm, £7 in adv. Great intimate gig with this homegrown SW raising star! Support from Kola.
Truro
B-SIDE Bunters Bar, Little Castle St, 7pm, £3. Showcasing some of the best local musicians. Tonight they celebrate their first birthday with Patrickjamespearson Band, The Antlered Man, Wild Mercury Sun & Hold the Sun.
Woolacombe
MAYBE NAKED Red Barn. 9pm, £free. Rock Covers band
Sat 10 Bideford FOS BROTHERS The Palladium Club, 8pm, £tbc Traditional celtic psychedelic folk
Bude
THE MAFIA BABIES Bar 38, 9pm, £free. Acoustic duo with originals and spot on covers
Exeter
HAZAAR! Old Fire House, 10.30pm-1am, £1. JAMES TAYLOR QUARTET Exeter Phoenix, 8.30pm, £13/£12. Famed for their trademark howling Hammond organ sound, their relentlessly entertaining tunes take inspiration from the rare-groove style and boogaloo funk of the 60’s and 70’s and the band is, without doubt, one of the most important jazz-pop crossover outfits in British live music today.
Falmouth
RIZZLE KICKS, Princess Pavilions – SOLD OUT
Horrabridge
HAMER & ISAACS GYPSY SWING BAND Leaping Salmon, 9pm11pm, £free.
Honiton
BOBKATZ Volunter Inn 177 High St, 9pm, £free. Pop Punk Classics
Kingsbridge
THE WIRELESS The Creeks End, 9.30pm, £free.
Penryn
KIRSTY MCGEE Miss Peapods, £5, 8pm. Currently working on her sixth studio album, Kirsty Mcgee’s last album no.5 with her band the hobopop collective won the independent music awards vox pop for best live performance album 2011. Support from Julian Gaskell
Plymouth
BLUE ORCHID Live Lounge The Barbican, 10pm, £free B4 10pm. FREE CUBA PARTY B-Bar, The Barbican, 9pm, £3. Acoustic guitar and vocal duo playing high energy modern soul,funk and pop.
Sun 11 Falmouth MAVERICK SABRE Princess Pavilions – SOLD OUT
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‘Moses smell the roses’
ACOUSTIC WINE DOWN Ride Café, Tavistock Place, 9pm, £free. Live acoustic acts, deals on house wines, free cheese and crackers!
Tue 13
First gig of 2K12 saw a glut of rambunctious punkoids setting it off up The Junction (Plymouth, 11th Jan). From Kernow, RED ON YOU made a spirited guitar-fuelled noise but the keyboards were underpowered; which is a shame because a bit of new wave synth-skronk always tickles these tastebuds. Perennial Plymo punk trio, BEARFIGHT, upped the ante with menacing and meaty riffs’n’growls that sounded like a marauding gang of teenage thieves. Exeter’s MUNCIE GIRLS delighted with scrumptious powerpop that doffed its cap to the likes of Lemuria combined with a crafty line in tortuous guitar hooks; while THE BLOWOUTS rounded things off with plucky, needling rock’n’roll. Same venue, four weeks later, we’re being treated to another dose of hearty punk rock therapy (8th Feb). Erstwhile South West trio, AS WE SINK, have become a popular mainstay of late and their pristine, red knuckle wares proved why. Muncie Girls put in another great show, with Aiden from Computers filling in on drums; while Pompey punks, ED WOOD, opted for the Negative Approach, erm, approach, with a tsunami of restless riffs and verbal explosions. The wonderfully named GNARWOLVES – three Cornishmen exiled in Brighton – played fast, hard and full of positive fury; straddling that melody-rich divide between Bangers and The Steal. Which left drum’n’guitar duo, CYCLE SCHMEICHEL, to dazzle with their hectic hooks and primal yelps; like early Hüsker Dü filtered through the cheery clutter of Algernon Cadwallader. Does Vince Lee ever have an off night? And if he did, would anyone notice? So it went that THE WILDCARDS displayed their bluesabilly prowess once more, with a shiny-suited and wingtip-footed Vince in playful and incandescent form (Annabel’s, Plymouth, 10th Feb). Plymouth hardcore quartet, DEAD POETS, commanded a very impressive crowd for their EP launch (White Rabbit, Plymouth, 17th Feb) and rightly so. There were times during their 45 minutes of crafted, streamlined noise when you could imagine them comfortably sharing stage space with the big hitters. Before them, the wonderfully incongruous HEAD OF PROGRAMMES played to their strengths, namely: baritone confessionals and swathes of dark country moodscapery. Punk rock all-dayers. Hard work, right? Balderdash! They’re a veritable, multi-sensual treat and this one was no different (Voodoo Lounge, Plymouth, 19th Feb). Muncie Girls (hat-trick!) kicked things off with their glorious noo-wave chops, followed by the scruffy, Iron Chic-ish sonics of YOUNG ATTENBOROUGH. Dorking’s WEGROWBEARDS were a passable variation on the same dog-eared pop-punk theme; homeboys, Bearfight, were a seething mass of frenetic aggression; DREXL got their Rage Against The Machine schizo-groove on; while Brighton quartet, FIGHTING FICTION, powered through indie-punk anthems with wideeyed conviction. So when your nan asks you, “What’s the name of your band now then?”, it must be pretty galling to have to say, “FOR THIS WORLD IS HOLLOW AND THESE HANDS HAVE TOUCHED THE SKY”. At least the Southampton screamozoans had the decency to wail like wretched sociopaths. Fellow Sotonites, THE LONG HAUL, played the progressive hardcore card to great, synchronised head-nodding effect, while As We Sink! were greeted like champions. With a newfound confidence, SOME SORT OF THREAT aka Exeter acoustic songsmith Rory Matthews’ personal-as-political observations and speed-verse delivery were a welcome respite from all the noise. And then more noise. Aberdeen’s CAVALCADES gave shouty angst a shot in the arm, and OUR TIME DOWN HERE proffered a slice of animated yet ultimately lumpen hardcore. Which left über-loveable Cornish exiles, BANGERS, to clean up via their perfectly honed combination of mid-tempo melodic punk, heartwarming singalong refrains and goofball personalities. Nobody does it better, at least not in these fair Isles. Footnote: 40 people onstage over eight hours – 39 men, one woman. Just putting it out there. See-ya bye. Backbone (johnsycash@yahoo.co.uk)
Castle St, 9pm, £free. Showcasing some of the best local musicians, see www.buntersbar.co.uk for more details.
Fri 16 Bideford
I FUNK The Palladium Club, 8pm, £tbc Funk & soul covers. JAM NIGHT, Palladium Club, Lower Camborne MAD HATTER 2.0 AND CAMBION Gunstone, £free. The Clipper Bar, £free. Supported by Wed 14 guests Kernuyck.
Bideford
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WILD BEATS Exeter Phoenix, 8pm, £13. Wild Beasts write beautiful, intriguing, slightly offbeat but incredibly catchy pop songs. They signed to Domino Records in 2007 and released their debut album Two Dancers to critical acclaim. In 2011 they released their hugely anticipated follow up Smother. They are one of those rarest of animals; true, untamed originals.
WOODFORD GREEN Old Fire House, 10.30pm-1am, £1.
CAFE ACOUSTICA B-Bar, The Barbican, 8.30pm, £free. Our fortnightly showcase of unplugged talent, hosted by singer-songwriter Jessie Mullen.
Plymouth
Plymouth
Redruth
OPEN MIC / JAM NIGHT Gaslights Bar, £free, 9pm Open to all performers, turn up and play!
Thurs 15 Exeter LIVE MUSIC AT THE PICTURE HOUSE Exeter Picturehouse, 8.30pm, £free. Guests The Morrisons, Falling Trees & Michael Sykes. OPEN MIC NIGHT, Angel Bar, 32 Queen Street, £free. Hosted by local heroes Roger styles & Richard James.
Falmouth
GREAT WESTERN JAZZ COMPANY Five Degrees West 8.45pm. £free Live Jazz and Swing every week. WILD BEASTS, Princess Pavilions, 8pm, £13. These are four young men from Kendal who, despite journeying towards the centre of things, on a trajectory that took them from Kendal to Leeds to London, still make music that retains the outsiderdom and intimacy a childhood spent in the Lake District informed.
Liskeard
SOUTHERN JELLY Barley Sheaf Church St, 9pm, £free. Second visit from this great rock covers band
Plymouth
ACOUSTIC CAFÉ The Cellar Bar, The Fortesque, Mutley Plain 8.30pm-12am, £1. Four live acts each week. GREG TROOPER B-Bar, The Barbican, 8pm, £8. Greg Trooper is a singer/songwriter who has released 11 albums since 1986. Raised in the shore town of Little Silver, New Jersey he became enthralled by the greater New York area’s rich music scene. RIDE LIVE, Ride Café, 45-46 Tavistock Place, 9pm–12am, £2. A selection of the most exciting live Rock/Dub/Ska/Hip Hop/ Roots & Reggae acts. Guest tonight is Bristol band, Phantom Limb who has just released there new album The Pines.
Truro
BEN SUTCLIFFE LIVE Vertigo, St Mary St, 9pm-1am, £free. LIVE BANDS Bunters Bar, Little
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MAD DOG MCREA - The Whirling Dervish Tour, Princess Pavilions, 8pm, £4/£14 inadv. With a fresh 6 piece and 3 albums, Mad Dog Mcrea blend a unique mixture of folk rock, pop, gypsy jazz, bluegrass and ‘shake your ass’ music. CHARTWELL DUTIRO B-Bar, The Barbican, 9pm, £3. Chartwell Dutiro is a world class Mbira player who plays and sings traditional Mbira music from Zimbabwe. SUFFOCATION White Rabbit, Bretonside Bus Station, 7pm, £tbc. Other bands playing include Cerebral Bore, Cattle Decapitation, Hate, Blood Red Thorne & Sephirah.
Totnes
PHANTOM LIMB The Barrel House, High St, 8pm, £7 in adv. Bristol band on the rise.
Truro
B-SIDE Bunters Bar, Little Castle St, 8pm, £free. Weekly indie night with bands and DJ’s. Special guest Rosie Vanier supported my DJ Kevin G.
Sat 17 Bideford LUKE DOHERTY BAND The Palladium Club, 8pm, £tbc Blues rock.
Bude
ST PATRICKS DAY JAM Bar 38, 9pm, £free. Jam style performance with some top Irish musicians from Ireland and Cornwall, bring an instrument and join in.
Exeter
CYGNETS Old Fire House, 10.30pm-1am, £1. MAD DOG MCREA Exeter Phoenix, Bradninch Place, Gandy St. £10, 8pm. With a fresh six piece and 3 albums, Mad Dog Mcrea blend a unique mixture of folk rock, pop, gypsy jazz, bluegrass and ‘shake your ass’ music into their ever bubbling cauldron of kaleidoscopic orchestrations. Support from Hobo Jones & the Junkyard Dogs.
Liskeard
STEVE HUNT & THE SHAMROCK PICKERS Barley Sheaf Church St, 9pm, £free. Celebrate St Patrick’s Day with Swifty and the crew and help the Guinness flow
Plymouth
FREE CUBA PARTY B-Bar, The Barbican, 10pm, £free. Latin tunes and cocktails with our resident DJ playing the best in salsa, merengue, bachata, son and more.
St Austell
MAD HATTER 2.0 AND CAMBION The Band Club, £3. Supported by
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Tavistock
THE LOST BOYS The Halfway House Grenofen, Nr Tavistock, 8.30pm, £free. Supported by Three’s a crowd.
Sun 18 Plymouth ACOUSTIC WINE DOWN Ride Café, Tavistock Place, 9pm, £free. Live acoustic acts, deals on house wines, free cheese and crackers!
Exeter
JIM MORAY Exeter Phoenix, Bradninch Place, 8pm, £12.50 in adv. Jim Moray is one of the most consistently inventive musicians working in traditional folk music today. Support from Maz Totterdell.
Saltash
Plymouth ENTER SHIKARI Plymouth Pavilions, Millbay Rd, 7pm, £tbc. On the road for their Spring tour, they have a new single out called Arguing with Thermometers, tackling the unlikely (for a musical context) subjects of climate change denial and Arctic continental shelf mapping and is the second release taken from their latest album ‘A Flash Flood Of Colour’. FORKED B-Bar, The Barbican, 8.30pm, £7/£5. Forked presents premium performance poetry and spoken word entertainment, courtesy of Apples & Snakes, England’s leading organisation for performance poetry. Featuring: Hip Yak Poetry Shack with Chris Redmond, Jonny Fluffypunk and Liv Torc. RIDE LIVE, Ride Café, 45-46 Tavistock Place 9pm–12am, £2. A selection of the most exciting live Rock/ Dub/Ska/Hip Hop/Roots & Reggae acts.
HAMER & ISAACS GYPSY SWING Truro BAND Cecil Arms, 5pm-7pm, £free. LIVE BANDS Bunters Bar, Little Castle St, 9pm, £free. Showcasing Mon 19 some of the best local musicians, see www.buntersbar.co.uk for more details. Exeter METAL MONDAYS - MAD HATTER Fri 23 2.0 AND CAMBION The Cavern Club, £3. Supported by guests Furyborn Bideford & Out of Enemies ROUGHCUT The Palladium Club, 8pm, £tbc Rock
Tue 20 Bideford
Exeter
COUNT TO FIRE Old Fire House, JAM NIGHT, Palladium Club, Lower 10.30pm-1am, £1. LIZ GREEN Cavern, Queen St, Gunstone, £free. 8pm, £7 in adv. Liz Green’s delicate Plymouth songs are a perfect blend of grassroots OPEN MIC Ride Café, Tavistock jazz, muddy blues and homespun folk, Place, 9pm, £free. with vocals which are a bittersweet lamentation with a gritty soul and pathos, Wed 21 likened with Billie Holliday and Nina Simone, all topped off with a street-smart Redruth snarl and disdain that is unmistakably OPEN MIC / JAM NIGHT Gaslights home-hewn. Support from Alabaster Bar, £free, 9pm Open to all performers, DePlume turn up and play! PHILIP CLOUTS TRIO Bikeshed Truro Theatre Bar, 10pm, £1 B-SIDE Bunters Bar, Little Castle SOUTH WEST LIVE, Angel Bar, 32 St, 9pm, £free. Weekly indie night with Queen Street, 9pm, £free. Boasting bands and DJ’s. some of the best up-&-coming & already well established bands in the South West. Thurs 22 Expect a lively atmosphere Funk/Ska/ Blues/Acoustic in fact anything goes. Exeter THE BREAKS COLLECTIVE The LIVE MUSIC AT THE PICTURE Phoenix, Bradninch Place, 8pm, HOUSE Exeter Picturehouse, £tbc. Supported by N.U.M.B. 8.30pm, £free. Guests Jim Causley, Truro Jake the Dog & Alex Gregory. B-SIDE Bunters Bar, Little Castle OPEN MIC NIGHT, Angel Bar, 32 St, 7pm, £tbc. Weekly indie night with Queen Street, £free. Hosted by local bands and DJ’s. Special guests Wet Nuns heroes Roger styles & Richard James. and support. YASHIN The Cavern Club, Queen St, £8.50, 8pm. Yashin may still be a Sat 24 young band. However, they have graced Bideford the stage with many great bands and Yashin previously were selected by Daniel WHOLE LOTTA LED The Palladium P Carter’s BBC Radio 1 Rock show for Club, 8pm, £tbc UK’s no1 Led Zeplin Unsigned Song of the week and also tribute act Yashin’s most recent single ‘Stand Up’ Bude was featured as video of the week on THE ADVENTURES OF Bar 38, Kerrang TV. Falmouth 9pm, £free. Farewell party before the big time! Amazing local 3 piece live band with GREAT WESTERN JAZZ originals and covers. COMPANY Five Degrees West Exeter 8.45pm. £free Live Jazz and Swing THE HAGGIS HORNS Exeter every week. Liskeard Phoenix 8.30pm, £7/£6. This eight piece band are one of the best live BLUE ON BLACK Barley Sheaf bands in the game; a brass-heavy funk Church St, 9pm, £free. Awesome old powerhouse, combining breakbeat style R&B We look forward to the return of funk, soul, hip-hop and afrobeat with the this solid 3 piece virtuosity of trained jazz musicians.
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MURRUMBIDGEE Old Fire House, 10.30pm-1am, £1.
Liskeard
THE JUBILEE BOYS Barley Sheaf Church St, 9pm, £free. Its MODS night. New band playing The Jam and the Who covers. CARNGLAZE 10th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS with RICK WAKEMAN Carnglaze Caverns, St Neot, Liskeard, Tickets £27.50 / £26. Be prepared to laugh lots & be truly mesmerized by this iconic star.
Plymouth
FREE CUBA PARTY B-Bar, Barbican Theatre, 9pm, £free. Latin tunes and cocktails with our resident DJ playing the best in salsa, merengue, bachata, son and more. GOLDEN FABLE & FELT HAMMERS Devonport Guildhall, 8pm, £tbc. After a recent Radio One session with Rob Da Bank and the release of their second single and prior to the album release later in the year, support comes from Plymouth newcomers Felt Hammers for some truly innovative musical arrangements. MAD HATTER 2.0 AND CAMBION The Junction, Mutley Plain, £free. Supported by guests Thirty One & Mutant Lion Massacre.
St Agnes
AUCTION FOR THE PROMISE CLUB Driftwood Spa, 9pm, £3.
Truro
BLUE ORCHID The Old Ale House, 9pm, £free. The first live music to appear at The Old Ale house since being re-opened & run by local brewery Skinners.
Sun 25 Plymouth MERCEDES The Cider Press, The Barbican, 9pm, £free.
Mon 26 Truro MR. TOM LIVE Vertigo, St Mary St, 9pm-1am, £free. Support from The Klicks.
Tue 27 Exeter THE DISFIGURED The Cavern Club, Queen St, £3, 8pm. Support from Unnamed Heros, Bad Wolf and more.
Plymouth
OPEN MIC Ride Café, Tavistock Place, 9pm, £free.
Wed 28 Plymouth CAFE ACOUSTICA B-Bar, The Barbican, 8.30pm, £free. Our fortnightly showcase of unplugged talent, hosted by singer-songwriter Jessie Mullen.
Thu 29 Exeter ALL EYES WEST The Cavern Club, Queen St, £4, 8pm. Chicago punkrock veterans who just supported Alkaline Trio . They play Jawbox meets Husker Duesque post-hardcore, featuring Jeff Dean (from The Bomb, and Noise By Numbers).
BLUE ORCHID Mama Stones, 10pm, £tbc MADE IN BRITAIN’ UK TOUR 2012 Exeter Phoenix, Bradninch Place, Gandy St. £15, 8pm. The Selector feat. Pauline Black & Gaps Hendrickson and supported by Talisman. Seminal 2-tone band The Selecter pioneered the ska revival movement alongside labelmates, The Specials & Madness, and were responsible for some of the scene’s classic hits, including On My Radio, Three Minute Hero, Missing Words & Too Much Pressure. LIVE MUSIC AT THE PICTURE HOUSE Exeter Picturehouse, 8.30pm, £free. Guests So What? & Graham Butterfield.
Plymouth
EXIT TEN White Rabbit, Bretonside Bus Station, 8.30pm, £5. Exit Ten are five-piece rock/metal band from Reading in the UK. THOMAS FORD B-Bar, The Barbican, 9pm, £2. Electrifying blues talent in the form of this harp-playing, hard blues singing solo performer.
Fri 30 Bideford BLACK HOLE PROMOTIONS NIGHT The Palladium Club, 8pm, £tbc New and up and coming young bands night.
Exeter
DUMBER THAN AVERAGE BEAR Old Fire House, 10.30pm-1am, £1.
Plymouth
CONGA BONGO AY! B-Bar, The Barbican, 9pm, £3. Louise Parker and her musicians fuse latin and jazz to create a mellow evening of music drawing inspiration from the continent of South America. MAMA TOKUS Barbican Theatre, The Barbican, 9pm, £5. Mama Tokus in her one-woman-show fusing laughs, autobiography, life-affirmations. The show is a sing-a-longa-pray-a-longa, happy-clappy ecumenical expedition into faith, spirituality and belief-systems: from Satanism to Scientology.
St Austell
GREN BARTLEY & MATT WOOSEY Eden Café, White River Place, £4/£3 members, 8pm. Gren Bartley sits on the edge of the ever growing link between English and American folk music whilst Matt combines an explosive slap-and-pick right hand guitar technique and a big-range blues shout, this sort of charismatic performer stops chat in the noisiest bar.
Truro
B-SIDE Bunters Bar, Little Castle St, 7pm, £tbc. Weekly indie night with bands and DJ’s. Special guests The Wave Picture and support tbc. THE BEUTONS Zafiro’s 9pm-12am, £free
Sat 31 Bude COMPANY B Bar 38, 9pm-2am, £2. Amazing 6 piece swing band from Cornwall.
Exeter
FUNKY TOWN Old Fire House, 10.30pm-1am, £1.
Plymouth
MATT LONSDALE White Rabbit, Bretonside Bus Station, 7.30pm, www.247magazine.co.uk
Clubs MONDAYS Exeter
MONDAY NIGHT MADNESS. Arena. Summerland St. 10pm2.30am. £4.50/£2adv available from reps and the student guild. Exeters biggest and best student night, every week is themed, check out the weekly themes on our facebook group - Monday Madness at Arena MONDAYS. Timepiece. Little Castle St. 7.30pm-1am. £free. Cheesy pop mash up!
Falmouth
STUDENT NIGHT. Toast. 18 Church St. until 1am. £free. Monday night is student night at toast with lots of £2 drink deals! STUDENT NIGHT. Q Bar. 15a Killigrew St. 8pm-late. £free. Monkey T of Simian Sound playing guilty pleasures on the decks.
Newquay
SUPER CHY MONDAYS. The Chy & Koola. 12 Beach Road. 10pm3.30am, £4/£2. DJ’s Robin Parris & Proof playing hip hop, funk, party, breaks, indie, rock, dance, grime, R’n’B, reggae, D’n’B, gypsy swing kinda thing & cheap booze for locals! SUMMER SESSIONS. Level 3. 45. 9pm-2am. £free all night. Luke Gledhill & Tim Nice & Friends, Playing Funk, Disco, House, Electronica & DnB. THAI BEACH PARTY. Berties. 10pm-late, £4 in adv. Party tunes, free glowsticks, UV paint, retro shades and drink deals.
Plymouth
DROP THE BOMB. Ride Cafe. 45 Tavistock Place. 9pm-2am. £free all night. Featuring DJ Wonkey Ben bringing a totally new night of House and Electro. Bombs from £2! FUZZY LOGIC. Oceana. Barbican Leisure Park, 9pm-3am, £tbc. Student night, big tunes, cheap drinks and loads of fellow studnets - what’s not to like about this?! WONKEYLEGS. Bang Bang. 2 Sherwell Arcade. 10pm– 4am. £tbc. The 10 year old club night rocks on every Monday with DJ Aldo Vanucci playing the biggest and best drum n bass and dubstep.
St Austell
BIG STUDENT NIGHT. The Club. 14 High Cross St. 10pm-2am. £4/£2 NUS. DJ Dean playing the party classics. All drinks £1.50.
Truro
STUDENT NIGHT. L2 Nightclub. Calenick St. 10pm-2.30am. £free B4 11pm/£3 after. DJ Matt Wing + Guests playing Chart, Commerical, Dance ,HipHop, Dubstep and more.
TUESDAYS Exeter
CAFE SABROSO/WONKEY LEGS & T.O.T.T.Y. Timepiece, Little Castle St. 7.30pm-1.30am, £free. Salsa, Samba and Merengue with DJ Ricardo in the bar, Wonkey Legs in the main room with dubstep and D’n’B from Aldo Vanucci and the balcony bar is hosted by Take Over
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Timepiece Tuesdays with chart, R’n’B and cheesey anthems. CHEESY TUESDAYS. Arena. Summerland St. 10pm-2.30am. £4.50 A huge slice of cheese from the 80’s, 90’s & 00’s sandwiched in between all the biggest student anthems.
Exmouth
OFFICE PARTY. Fahrenheit, The Parade. 10pm-2.30am, £2/free B4 11pm. Commercial night.
Penzance
£2 TUESDAY Sound Nightclub. Branwell Mill, Market Jew Street 11pm-3am. £free before midnight if you collect a wristband from Bar One and £4 after DJs Boris & DS playing chart and commercial bangers!
Plymouth
DUBSTEP TUESDAY White Rabbit, Bretonside Bus Station 11pm-4am. £2 Night of dubstep with residents Big Moff, Deano G, Antix, Masterstatus, Ramos, Blotta, Nakes and many more. MASH HITS Voodoo Lounge 8pm-2am. £free Night of mashed up musical mayhem.
WEDNESDAYS Bude
RENAISSANCE. Rogue Nightclub. 38 The Strand. 10pm-2.30am, £3. Chart hits & club classics.
Exeter
STUDENT NIGHT. Timepiece. Little Castle St. 7.30pm-1.30am. £free. In the main room they go bananas to all the student disco classics and current cheesey faves. In the Balcony Bar they get down to the very latest urban sounds with JSR. This is a night run by students for students and proceed go to support student societies. EXETER MIDWEEK MINCE. Club Roccoco. 8pm-late, £free. New weekly LGBT night starting on 8th June. LIVE MUSIC - OPEN MIC NIGHT. Angel Bar. 32 Queen St. 8pm-late, £free. Hosted by Billy Bottle. NO SLEEP. Cellar Door, 4 The Quay. 9pm-2am, £free. Classic funk, soul and old skool hip hop beats, with some added D’n’B, dubstep, electro and breaks.
Falmouth
OPEN DECKS. Q Bar. 15a Killigrew St. 9pm-late. £free. Hosted by Selecta Demo. All aspiring DJs welcome. SOUL FUNK & JUNK. Five Degrees West, 7 Grove Place. 9pm-late. £free. As it says on the tin!
all are welcome to join in the fun. NON-STOP MUSIC. Zero’s. 24 Lockyer St. 10.30pm-1am. £free. VIBE. Oceana. Barbican Leisure Park, 9pm-3am, £free with flyer B4 11pm/£3. All your urban favourites from old-skool to new-skool, courtesy of your resident, DJ Jonezy Disco - Cheese and Party tunes all night long with John C With £1.60 drinks all night.
THURSDAYS Bude
REVERT. Rogue Nightclub. 38 The Strand. 10pm - 2am. £5. Student/local night with all drinks £1.50 all night!
Exeter
HELLZAPOPPIN! Cellar Door, 4 The Quay. 9pm-2am, £2/free B4 11pm. Funk, jazz and electro swing with DJ Dodgy Style. HOLD IT DOWN. Angel Bar. 32 Queen St. 9pm-1am. £free. Funk, Soul, Jazz, Latin, Rare Groove and bits inbetween with Mr Onion Matt Anderson. FUZZY LOGIC. Arena Nightclub, Summerland St. 9.30pm-2.30am. £5.Without doubt the busiest student night in Exeter. Playing the biggest and best tunes, with some great drink deals!! SCANDALOUS. Timepiece. Little Castle St. 10pm-2am, £2 B4 11pm with flyer/£3. DJ JSR provides the upfront freshness and youthful vigour while Aldo Vanucci brings you the biggest and best joints around. 15th JOE BLOGGERS Cavern Club, 7.30pm-late £7 in adv. The premise is simple, influential bloggers are chosen to curate, DJ & promote. Guests include 14th, Stills, My Chloroform and The Caulfield. More info and tickets from joebloggers.net
Falmouth
THURSDAYS. Q Bar. 15a Killigrew St. 8pm-late. £free. The best local D.J’s & Live Bands. MANGLED THURSDAYS. Upstairs at Mango Tango. 15a Killigrew St. 9pm-2am. £1. Hip Hop, Drum ‘n’ Bass, House, Techno, Electro & Breaks with DJ T3chnical, DJ Jezza and Green Renegade. STUDENT NIGHT. Toast. 18 Church St. until 1am. £free. Monday night is student night at toast with lots of £2 drink deals!
Plymouth
Plymouth
BIG WEDNESDAY. Ride Cafe. 45 Tavistock Place. 9pm-2am. £2. Hook up, kick back, rock out. £1 drinks deals; this night is rammed every week! The ultimate antidote to mid week blues! BOOGIE NIGHTS C103, Union St, 9pm - late, £3 NUS. Plymouth’s long running and most successful WEds studnet night is back for it’s 9th year. Founded by the legendery Kenny St James (RIP), expect theme nights, party games, and full on, no holds barred entertainment! COWPOW. The Dairy, 25 Bretonside. 6pm-late. Student night, chart popping classics, great student deals,
15th LABRINTH Oceana, Barbican Leisure Park, Coxside, 10pm-3am. £10/£8 Four rooms of grime, R&B, Drum and Bass, dubstep and house with Labrinth, supported by Lady Leshurr and guests.
Taunton
BLISS THURSDAYS. 43/45 East St. 10pm-3am. £5. DJs will be playing all the floor-filling tunes!
Truro
PUB STAR. Zafiro’s. River St. 7.30pm-late. £2 donation. Sing your heart out with some classic karaoke. WEEKEND WARM-UP. L2 Nightclub, Calenick St. 10pm2.30am. £free. Start the weekend early, special drink deals and resident DJ.
FRIDAYS Barnstaple
VENUE. The Venue. The Strand. 10pm-3am. £tbc. Party the weekend away with this commercial night of dance and chart tunes.
Bideford
FUNKY FRIDAYS. Caesar’s Palace. King St. 11pm. £4. All the classics, a DJ and no rules whatsoever.
Bodmin
BACK TO THE CLASSICS Eclipse Nightclub. Victoria Square 10pm3am. £5/£3 B4 11pm. 80’s & 90’s night, over 25’s but mature over 18’s welcome.
Bude
Rogue Nightclub. 38 The Strand. 10.30-3.30am. £5. North Cornwall’s leading night spot with a capacity of 350 people and resident DJs Steve O...Smiffy and Wayne playing wide range of music from chart to dubstep and hip hop to house. 23rd ROGUE Rogue Nightclub. 38 The Strand. 10.30-3.30am. £5. North Cornwall’s leading night spot with a capacity of 350 people and resident DJs Steve O.V’s Connerz playing old skool house and garage v’s Nu skool house & gargae.
Exeter
COLLISION. Timepiece. Little Castle St. 7.30pm-2am. £3. Expect everything from Indie anthems, alt Rock, Punk to Electro.... BUNGALOWED. Timepiece Balcony Bar. Little Castle St. 10.30pm-2am. £3 B4 12pm. Student night. Hip Hop, House, Electro, Dub Step. FRIDAY NIGHT FEVER. Arena. Summerland St. 10pm-3am. £free entry with sticker/wristband. Feel good party atmosphere, get down and party on the dancefloor with all your favourite music - the very best dance, chart, party and RnB - and all your shouts, birthdays and requests! ANGEL PRESENTS... Angel Bar. 32 Queen St. 10pm-2am. £free. Different guests playing each week, check with bar for details. 2nd MAGIC HAT STAND Cavern Club, 9pm-3am £5 The Magic Hatstand is all about good soulful, connected, deep funky house with a little dash of the bizarre or unexpected. Ultimately it is not just about the sound- The magic hatstand is all about the people who attend it! 24th CABARET VOLTAIRE magazine | 35
Clubs Cavern Club, 9pm-2am £6 in adv. Guests Laid Blak who are an eight piece new wave reggae act from Bristol. Their anthem ‘My Eyes are Red’ has established them as urban heavyweights. Support from Cabaret Voltaire residents playing moombahton, funky, ragga house and more. 30th ENTER PRESENTS RCFF TOUR Cavern, Queen St 8.30pm2.30am, £5 D’n’B with UncleDugs Rinse FM, Mr Nice, Maxxi P, King Farmer and Ollie Freshold.
Nightclub. Branwell Mill. 11pm4am. £5. DJ Boris & CQ take over the main room, special guests in room 2. 9th DYNAMITE HIP HOP Sound Nightclub. Branwell Mill. 11pm4am. £5. Special guest Souls of Mischief, The Scribes, Tanya Morgan and Bodega Brovas. Support from FKR (Financial Kollapse Records), Dj Louis J (FYP), Inkespillaz. Main room is usual commercial tunes with DJ Boris & DS.
and club classic’s. Tickets and info at http://80sneonfancydress.com/RollerDiscos-in-Cornwall-2011-W10569.aspx
Taunton 2nd HOUSEWORK, Ookok 9pm3am. £5/£3 B4 10pm. The return of this popular house night, with Marcus Gauntlett, Sugarshaker and many more.
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FRIDAYS. Bohemia Nightclub. 41 Torwood St. 11pm-3am. £4 B4 12pm/£5 after. DJs on rotation. LADIES NIGHT. The Venue. 13 CRISIS. White Rabbit. Bretonside Falmouth Torwood St. 9pm-1am. £3/ladies FRIDAY NIGHTS. Toast. 18 Church Bus Station. £1. 12am-5am. An eclectic hot mix of Indie/Punk/Rock/Hip-Hop/ £free all night. The biggest night in St. 6.30pm-2am. £free. Something the bay. Funk/80’s. Served to you by JC & OZ. different every week with Get Up To Get OPEN DECKS NIGHT. Blue Cargo / DJ APACHE. View 2. Vauxhall St. Down with DJ Boogaloo & The Reverend Club 7 Braddons Hill. 8.30pm-1am. £5/£4/£3/free B4 10.30pm, 9pmAl Bean from the Solo Collective on Fri £free. All styles welcome. With resident late. Playing RnB, Funk, House and Club 2nd, Mongolian Disco Show with DJ Ollie DJs DJ R and Corzeneffect. Call Dave on classics. Downstairs DJ Ryan Platts. Stratton ‘You gotta expect the expected and 07990 790 888 for a set. DOLLY MIXTURES. Zero’s, 24 the unexpected!’ on the 9th, Dante Gabriel Lockyer St. 10.30pm-4am, £free B4 2nd RINSE-IT, The Attic 9.30pmon 16th and a live music gig with Lost Dawn 11pm/£4 after. Gay night with resident 3am. £7/£5 in adv. A new project from on Fri 30th. DJs Stev-E & Juzzy B play Cheese, Chart, Exeter’s Rinseout crew, a night of D’n’B and FRIDAYS. Q Bar. 15a Killigrew St. R’n’B, Dance and Hard House. old skool with TC, Mr Nice, Maxxi P, Ollie 8pm-2am. Only the best DJs from the area FRIDAYS. Mutley Crown, Mutley Freshold and many more. playing for your aural pleasure. Plain from 8pm-late, £free Different 2nd SIMIAN SOUNDS The DJ each week playing a range of Trance, old Watermans, 10pm-2am £free. It’s skool, dubstep, house and urban. Morph’s Birthday so it’s gonna be a special FUNKY FRIDAYS. The Treasury. night, expect beats, breaks, dub, tech, glitch Royal Parade. 9pm-3am, £tbc. Funky and bass. DJ’s playing include Morphosis grooves. (Birthday Boy), Monkey, Digityl & Treazon. FUNKY FRIDAYS. Annabel’s 16th HONG KONG PING PONG Cabaret and Discotheque, Vauxhall St. 8.30pm-3pm. £tbc. Funky grooves The Watermans, 10pm-2am £free. all night. The guys have got something a bit special FUNKY FRESIAN FRIDAYS. The lined up for this night, hold tight and check Dairy. 25 Bretonside. their FB page for more info, search Hong PUNK ROCK DISCO. Jack Chams. Kong Ping Pong. 50 Ebrington St. £1.50 vodka and mixer Newquay all night. . I CANDY. Sailors. Fore St. 10.30pm- REDEEMER. C103. 103 Union St. 4am, £free entry with a handbag! 10pm-3.30am. £2/members £1. Newquays busiest Friday night with the best Rock, Indie and Punk with DJ K-Rad, Dy in Chart, RnB, Dance and Party. Synn, DJ JJ and Aides over three rooms. KOOLA ROCKS. The Koola. SUPER DUPER SOUND CLASH. Ride Cafe. 45 Tavistock Place. 9pm-3am, £free with VIP cards. All 3 rooms open / live music & DJ’s / Indie 9pm-2am. Featuring: Super Duper Dan’s Electro mash-ups / Latin spirit / live dancers block quaking five hour soundclash of 6th April REMIX L2 Nightclub. Calenick St. 10pm/ cocktail lounge / happy hour 6pm - 11pm dance floor mashups, megamixes & twisted 2.30am. £5. Drum and Bass with / special guests. basement noise. Leaping over dullness in a Roni Size and MC Jakes - big night single bound! 2nd-5th HARDCORE TIL I DIE for the Easter weekend! WEEKENDER Trevelgue Holiday 9th CONVERT & UNLEASHED Park. £80-£140 for the whole PRESENT ANDY C. White Rabbit, Bretonside Bus Station 10pm-4am, 9th DTI PARTIES PRESENT weekend. Three days and nights of hardcore raving action at this special holiday £10 The top D’n’B DJ in the UK, Andy C 1XTRA RONNIE HEREL Bohemia. park. Guests over the three days include makes a rare appearence in Plymouth, with 41 Torwood St. 11pm-3am, £10 in Hixxy, Darren Styles, Gammer, DJ SY, ReMC IC3 and supported by Loadstar. Support adv. The South West most glamourous Con, Squad E, Dougal and many more. See from Mr Nice, Darko, Dom Jay, Johnny G, party where only the most stylish people www.htidweekender.com for more detials Texas MC & Crisis MC. come out to play! Smooth R&b and Hip and tickets. 30th ROLL THE DRUMS. Crash hop classics from Dj Radio 1 Xtra Dj Ronnie 16th-19th GLOBAL ENERGY Manor 9pm-late, £free Two rooms of Herel and Residents Paul Bowden and Dec DRUM AND BASS WEEKENDER B. Catwalk hosted by Hoopers and Daisy ols kool, trance, house and dubstep with Trevelgue Holiday Park, £80-£140 Mae Hairdressers - Paul Mitchell, with Grand guests including Soundfixation, Biz Kids for the whole weekend. Three Launch of House Of Dereon© (by Beyonce). DJ’s, Loop Ki and many more. days and nights of Drum and Bass with 30th THIRST 4 CLUBBING hirst, Guarenteed goodie bag and welcome guests including LTJ Bukem, Conrad, cocktail. £1 goes to Orlando Rogers Trust. Vauxhall St, Barbican. 9pm-late. Marky, Fabio and Grooverider, Friction, £5. Big night, big name guests, check 30th TWISTED DESTINY Hazard, Origina Sin, Sub Zero, Brian Gee Bohemia. 41 Torwood St. 11pmFacebook for more info, brought to you by and many more. Alongside the parties at 3am, £tbc Marking their 3rd birthday with Aldo Vanucci.. day, there are daytimne pool parties and Hixxy, Recon MC, Storm and Wotsee. St Ives much more. Tickets and info from www. ROLLER DISCO. St Ives Guilhall. Totnes. globalenergyweekender.com 8.30pm-10.30pm. £6/£4 Back to 23rd JELLY JAZZ BOAT PARTY Penzance the 80’s theme, over 18’s session, Dj’s The River, 6pm-late, £tbc. Special SOUND FRIDAYS. Sound playing the Best 70s ,80s, soul, funk, disco boat party with resident Pete Isaac dropping
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FUNKY FRIDAYS. L2 Nightclub. Calenick St. 10pm-2.30am. £free all night. DJ Tom Wills playing all the best tunes. Lots of drink promotions inc. all shots £1.50. HEDOFFICE . The Office. 10.30pmlate. £free. Start the weekend as you mean to go on. Special 999 fancy dree party on 4th, £3 entry or £5 inc bus from Falmouth Tremough Campus. 2nd REMIX L2 Nightclub. Calenick St. 10pm-2.30am. £5. Drum and Bass comes back to L2 on a monthly basis with the launch of this new night. Guests kicking it all off are Sigma, Fred V & Grafix.
SATURDAYS Bodmin
Eclipse Nightclub. Victoria Square 10pm-late. £7/£5 B4 11pm. Chart and party tunes with guest DJ’s every week.
Bridgwater 24th TORN The New Market
Hotel, Bath Rd. 8pm-2am. £tbc. New D’n’B night for Somerset, with the first event hosting Mr Nice and Harry Shotta, supported by residents inc Splinta, La Luka, 4sight and more.
Bude 6th April D’n’B HEROS
PRESENT GROOVERIDER Rogue Nightclub. 38 The Strand. 10pm3.30am. £510/£8 in adv. Special D’n’B night with Radio 1 DJ Grooverider, supported by Steve O, Alex Cash & Connerz.
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KRIS NEBROSO, The Clipper, 9pm – 1am, £free. A night of Chart, Dance (inc. House, Dubstep, D’n’B), Cheese, Party, R’n’B, Oldies & Motown.
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ANGEL PRESENTS... Angel Bar. 32 Queen St. 10pm-2am. £free. Different guests playing each week, check with bar for details. ESSENTIAL SATURDAY. Arena. Summerland St. 10pm-3.30am. £6.50otd. Best in Dance, Chart, Party and RnB. INDIE CLUB. Cavern Club, 83-84 Queen St. 8pm-2.30am. £free B4 9pm. The best in Indie/Alternative & Electro Sounds from DJS Jake and Paddy. With live guests. SATURDAYS. The Amber Rooms. 161 Sidwell St. 9pm-3am. £free. Guest DJs dropping all things funky. WOBBLE. Timepiece. 7.30pm-2am, £3 B4 11pm with flyer. Mr. Onions lets rip, dropping everything anything from R’n’B to Indie, Jazz to Pop, Funk to Rock, Drum & Bass to House. 3rd COALITION PRESENT 16Bit & FUNTCASE Exeter Phoenix, 8pm2am £13 in adv. Dubstep and bass as this crew celebrate their first birthday with six headliners! Guests include 16Bit, Funtcase, Millions Like Us, Dark Elixir, Biometrix and a surprise guest to be announced on the night! Support comes from Dubl K, Ranja,
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Clubs Stokka, Houlden, Westman, Zenon, Critical, Convulsion, Subshine & Subjecht.
£free. Cocktails, Latin music, a steamy atmosphere and dancing until late. PARTY NIGHT. Walkabout. Derrys Falmouth Cross. 10pm-2am, £free. Latest chart TOAST. Toast. 10.30pm - 2am. & dance hits with DJ Darren Watts. £free. Sir Something different every week SATURDAYS. Mutley Crown, SATURDAY. Q Bar. 15a Killigrew St. 8pm-2am. Always a massive night@ Mutley Plain 9pm-late, £free. 60s/70s/80s/90s Rock and Pop with DJ Neil Q with the DJs spinning the best music for you to dance and drink to. See weekly invites and loads of drinks deals. SATURDAYS. Revolution. Derrys for line-ups! Cross. 8pm-2am, £free B4 11pm. A Hayle collection of party grooves, funky tunes, soul 10th PURE ENERGY PUBLAND & old skool beats, RnB, Funky house, House Cornubia 7.30pm-late, £free. Old & classic anthems over two floors. skool, hard house and techno in the pub SATURDAYS. Annabel’s Cabaret with Hektek, Radical, Ben Jammin and Dex and Discotheque. 8pm-3am. £tbc. 2 Offender. floors of entertainment with live cabaret and 24th PURE ENERGY PUBLAND discotheque. UNOFFICAL HTID WEEKENDER NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL THE REUNION Cornubia 7.30pm 90’S C103 Nightclub, Union St 12.30am, £free. Old skool, hard house 10pm-4am, £tbc. Two rooms of tunes and techno in the pub with Hektek, Radical, with chart, party and indie rock. Ben Jammin and Dex Offender. 3rd BIGGA RECORDS ‘END OF Newquay AN ERA PARTY’. White Rabbit, DJ EDGE. Belushi’s. Fore St. Till Bretonside Bus Station 10pm-4am, late. £free. A live DJ night with a selection £3 Plymouth’s best underground record of Hip Hop (mainly old school) , Funk, shop has now closed, and this party is to Electro, Soul, 80’s/90’s Pop. mark this sad ocassion and to show some SATURDAYS. Berties. East St. serious respect to Simon who ran it for over 11pm-4am Re-opening from 10th March 17yrs. 20 local DJ’s are involved, playing a with DJ Will.B mixing the best chart/RnB/ mix of D’n’B, dubstep, techno, breakbeat, Dance/Party/Indie and Old Skool. house, hip hop, trance, old skool and funk KUNG FUNKY. Level 3, 3-9 Beach over two rooms. Si loves a good party, so Rd 9pm-3am, £free. “House, Tech come and get involved! House & Electronica with Tim Nice, Evil 10th DJ ANDY HOWARD’s NOW Genius & Friends. This is not your average THAT’S WHAT I CALL THE 90’s Newquay Stag & Hen night out. This is C103, Union St, 10pm-3am, £4/£3 where the locals go to party, they are a B4 11pm. Launch night of this new night, music savvy crowd, there for the music. and this night is a special charity night Special guest on the 11th, Stephanie for C-Group, supporting injuried marines Sugarshaker. returning from the frontline. Expect tunes PASSION. Sailors. Fore St. from the 90’s, charity raffle, drink deals and 10.30pm-4am. £tbc. Chart, dance & more - show your support. retro tunes to shake your booty with John 3rd DISTORTION C103, 103 London Union St, 10.30pm-6am, £10/£8 in PARTY NIGHT. Koola, 12 Beach adv. The first hard dance event of the year Rd10.30pm-4am. £tbc. Party night, for the city, with special guests Tidy Boys with selected guests, see Chy Koola playing a 2hr set. Support from Tommie Facebook page for more details. Quick, Nokturnal, Aaron Jones, Dan Kelly, Penzance Sean Patrick & Guy Steere. Room 2 hosts SOUND SATURDAY. Sound Funkin Bass with various local DJ’s. Nightclub. Branwell Mill, Market 11th THEORY PROJECKT Jew Street. 11pm-4am. £5 (non Maggies, Bretonside Bus Station, special guest nights only). DJs 10pm-late, £tbc. Dj’s Leishman Boris & DS playing chart and commercial (exclusive techno set) , Kev Anderson, Andy bangers! Mcskimming & R.T.L.P. 24th DJ LUCK & MC NEAT 24th DISCO BIZ KIDS Voodoo Sound Nightclub. Branwell Mill, Market Jew Street. 11pm-4am. Lounge. 9pm-6am. £free. Old skool £5 all night. Garage classics from this business with this true fun loving party legendary duo, supported by DJ Boris, DS & crew. Expect CQ in the main room. 31st ANNIE MAC UPSU, Drake Circus, 10pm-3am, £12.50. Radio 1’s Plymouth SATURDAY FORUM. Jack Chams. queen of the underground, Annie Mac plays 50 Ebrington St. Live show and DJ sets. an exclusive show in Plymouth, expect a FRESH CITY. Crash Manor. Union road block. St. 10pm-4am. £4 B4 midnight with St Austell flyer. R&B, Hip Hop, Bashment and UK THE BIG ONE. The Club. 14 High Funky with residents DJ Jonezy, DJ Snake Cross St. 10pm-2am. £6. Massive and DJ Badness. party night with DJ Stevie G playing RnB, DJ APACHE. View 2. Vauxhall St. Dance, Hip Hop and DnB. £5/£4/£3/free B4 10.30pm, 9pmTaunton late. Playing RnB, Funk, House and Club SATURDAYS. Bliss. 43/45 East St. classics. Downstairs DJ Ryan Platts. 9pm-3am. £free B4 10.30pm with FREE CUBA PARTY. The B-bar. guestlist/£5 after 10pm. It’s the original Barbican Theatre, Castle St. 8pm.
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big night out, with the biggest mix of Party, Dance and R & B.
WORLD BEATS. Timepiece. Little Castle St, 8pm-1.30am, £free. Latin, Salsa, Afro Beat, Reggae, Arabic & Spanish. 18th DEEP END Timepiece,Little Castle St, 8pm-1am, £9/£7 in adv. Special guests Submotion Orchestra, Ruckspin & Planas. Support from Goojah, Mystery & Marvin Vital. 8th April RINSEOUT PRESENT SHOGUN AUDIO Exeter Pheonix, 9.30pm-4am, £14 in adv. D’n’B special for the Easter weekend with Friction, Alix Perez, Spectrasoul, Lenzman & Interface plus many more.
Torquay
KINDA FUNKY. Bohemia. 41 Torwood St. 10.30pm-4am, £4 B4 11pm/£6 after. Room 1 plays R&B, Hip Hop and smooth Grooves. Room 2 for uplifting House, Trance and Dance anthems. 10th KITCHEN DISKO IBIZIAN HEAT LAUNCH PARTY Bohemia. 41 Torwood St. 11pm-3am, £tbc. Launching this years trip in June, come and get a feel of what to expect, two rooms of house, progressive, tech, electro and ibiza classics with Nick the Kid and freinds. SATURDAYS. The Venue. 13 Torwood St. 10pm-3am. £free B4 12am for members/£2 B4 12am/£3.
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OPEN JAM. Q Bar. 15a Killigrew St. 6pm-late. £free. Hosted by Perry followed at 10pm with Titan Sound finishing off your weekend with PRESSURE DROP RootsRockReggae/Digital Dancehall.
Truro
SATURDAY SOCIAL. L2 Nightclub. Calenick St. 10pm-2.30am. £5/ free B4 11pm. DJ Matt Wing in Room 1 playing Chart & Commerical. DJ Jason M & Snatch the Wax in Room 2 playing House, Electro, Party Breaks. Special guests on the 3rd with Fenton Gee, Dane Bowers and friends. THE BIG NIGHT OUT. The Office. 1 River Walk. 10pm-late. £5. Weekend party for over 21’s, or over 18’s if in a big group.
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LEGENDAIRY. The Dairy. 25 Bretonside. 6pm-late. 80’s & 90’s music. SUNDAY SESSIONS. Revolution, Derrys Cross. 10pm-2am. £free. In the Club, DJ Jonezy (a premier south west Urban and RnB DJ) brings you his legendary ‘Sunday Session.’
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Snapped! After a couple of years The Green Ginger continues to be a favourite for Torquay’s clubbers. With their famous drinks deals, resident DJs and themed-nights this party venue is a popular destination, open until 3am at weekends and for the early-risers they even serve breakfast every morning from 7am! Photos: SHOTBYROB.COM
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