Issue 125 | August 2011 Publishing Nigel Muntz / Director: nigel@outofhand.co.uk Editor: Rachael D’Cruze / rachael. dcruze@outofhand.co.uk Design: Lucy Reynolds lucy@outofhand.co.uk Rob Pearce mail@designbyrobpearce. co.uk Production: Nigel Muntz, Andy Nelson & Advertising: Nick Tuckfield sales@outofhand.co.uk Contributing Nigel Muntz, Laura Williams, Writers: Ben Perks, John Barker, Backbone, Alan Butler, Arash Torabi, UK Rocka, Aldo Vanucci, Hannah Giles, Neil Dodd, Sam Hughes, Rob Sleigh, Carly Squires, Jamie Atkins Contributing Front cover and fashion Photographers: by Oz Owen. Other photographers: Nigel Muntz, Hannah Giles, Neil Dodd, Ben Perks, Thom Bleasdale, Ami Barwell
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EDITORS LETTER:
Welcome to the August edition of 247 magazine! Personally, having just some back from NASS (see this month’s Snapped page for a feel of what went down and Style Hunter for who-wore-what) I’m now preparing for Boardmasters and can’t wait to see The Bombay Bicycle Club (interview on page 11). We’ve got loads of great artists and features for you this month including extreme scooters (page 22) extreme burger scoffing (page 27) and clothes good enough to make you reach for the plastic (page 17). Talking of clothes, if you’re a fashionist and would like to help style one of our fashion shoots, or if you’re a photographer hungry for a shoot, please do get in touch: rachael@outofhand.co.uk Rachael D’Cruze, Editor.
Features 11 13
Bombay Bicycle Club
London-based Indie folksters come to town
DJ Demonise
Drum n Bass vinyalist from Newquay
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Ginger
Wildhearts frontman plays acoustic gig
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Press Pack Sessions
Meet James Robinson of Two Spot Gobbi
Listings 30 Culture 31 Film 33 Live 41 Clubs
Regulars 06 News 16 Style Hunter 17 Fashion 20 Retail Therapy 22 Action Sports 23 Street Art 24 Music Reviews 27 Food 34 Racket from the pit 46 Snapped
Contents illustration by Rhi Wills
“I’m not afraid to admit that I am a complete Manga-geek,” says illustrator, Rhi Wills, who is also a Final Fantasy nut and inspired by any sort of Japanese media. Rhi has a Foundation Degree in Multimedia Design at Cornwall College, Cambourne and a BA in Illustration & Print from Plymouth College of Art. “After exhibiting in London during my year at Plymouth College of Art, I got scouted by an Art agency in London, which helped give me something to start with when I left uni,“ says Rhi modestly. As well as that work, Rhi has been selling her prints, designing bespoke Illustrations for clients and offering simple web design for local artists, musicians and businesses. www.247magazine.co.uk
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Little Dreamer Singer songwriter Beth Rowley of ‘Little Dreamer’ fame, who was nominated for a Brit award as best female singer, is to play a few one-off shows to showcase new material. This month see her play St Agnes’ Taphouse and Truro’s B-Side at Bunters. See her at The Taphouse, St Agnes on 11 August and B-Side at Bunters, Truro (supporting Crowns). Entry to both nights is free, see www.myspace. com/bethrowley Brad Pitt zombie movie to be filmed in Falmouth This month, Brad Pitt will be in Falmouth, shooting scenes for his new film ‘World War Z’, a postapocalyptic zombie job, alongside local people, who have been cast as extra zombies, for the film. Filming is due to take place off the coast of Falmouth from 2 – 14 August, during the already very busy Henry Lloyd Falmouth Week. It’s expected that the filming for one of next year’s big Hollywood blockbusters will attract thousands of extra visitors, especially if Angelina and the couple’s brood are also in town. Local councillors are hoping the filming will help to boost the town’s profile and economy. Live music at the Mutley Crown launch Live music promo/ management company, ‘Scene n Heard’, are relaunching the live music at Plymouth’s Mutley Crown. The launch evening will take place on September 2, from 8pm, with music from local bands; The Crossing, Supersonic (Plymouth’s very own Oasis tribute band), Rusty Angels and And The Rising. Entry is free and there’ll be a BBQ and drinks promos. Proceeds will go to ‘Independence South West’ a Plymstock based charity who provide a Day and Respite Centre for adults with profound disabilities. Following the launch they’ll be live music every Friday and coming band nights on a Thursday, with prices from £1.50 a pint. See www. themutleycrown.co.uk
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A weekend camping ticket for four to Ivylive Festival 2011
Set in the stunning South Devon countryside near Plymouth; IVYLIVE is a brilliant three day music festival. Don’t miss out on the chance to see the newly-reformed and stronger-than-ever ‘Reef’ who will be tearing up the Main Stage on Friday night supported by ‘Clement Marfo and the Frontline’ and ‘Hyper’. Saturday night headliners are ‘The King Blues’ who are sure to get the crowd buzzing with their boundless energy and mix of folk-ska-punk-poetry. The band has enjoyed massive success with recent live shows, their latest album and national radio airplay. ‘The King Blues’ will be supported by the limitless talent and lyrical genius of IVYLIVE stalwart ‘Cosmo Jarvis’ and the elegantly-crafted pop of newly reformed ‘The Days’. For your chance to win this fantastic prize; simply go to the IVYLIVE website www.ivylive.co.uk and find their roaming promo vehicle Tony the Trailer. Enter by August 31.
Grandmaster Flash tickets
The legendary hip hop DJ, and one of the earliest DJ’s Grandmaster Flash is heading to Newton Abbot on Friday 9th September for an exclusive gig at the all new Yellow Room – Hannahs at Seale Hayne, ahead of his Bestival show on the Isle of Wight the following day. If you know Hip Hop then you know what a big deal this is. He is the original deal, the first to use decks as a musical instrument. And along the way become the inventor of a new
musical genre. There are not many musicians who have that claim to fame. Grandmaster Flash last played at the Dance Academy, Plymouth back in the late nineties/early noughties – we can’t remember the exact date as it was so long ago! He is amazing to watch, we have never seen a DJ play so many tunes in such a short space of time, and he totally commands the crowd – we strongly urge you to check this guy out – a true master of the decks. Tickets are £17, doors openat 7pm, Grandmaster Flash on stage at 9.30pm, only 700 tickets available, and it’s an over 14’s show too. See www.grandmasterflash.com
Jubilee Sessions pool party
Nothing says summer like a pool party and Zero Lounge have four cracking nights lined up at Penzance’s Jubilee Pool. They have secured an exclusive DJ set from the Lost Prophets on Weds 6 August, whilst on the Sat 27 August, Bloc Party play a headline DJ set. Both nights are supported by local DJ’s from Love Riot and other nights, bring your swimwear as it’s a proper pool party, and hopefully the first in a series of many to come, so show your support. The series finishes with a weekender on Fri 9 and Sat 10 Sept with acts to be confirmed. See www.jubileepool.co.uk for more details and get your tickets from jubileesessions.eventbrite.com/
Tickets to Watchet Live 2011
Watchet Live Festival 2011, which takes place on August Bank Holiday weekend, has just secured X-Factor winner Leon Jackson as its headliner and we’ve teamed up with them to give away a family ticket. Leon, who won the 2007 show, has since been dividing his time between, Glasgow, London and LA writing and developing a new acoustic driven sound. Working with producers and song-writers on the LA music scene whilst incorporating a Scottish folk twist, a nod to his roots, has really opened Leon’s eyes to the potential sound he can now craft. Watchet Live 2011 features its biggest-ever line up, largest ever site and a host of new activities and events. 3 internationally renowned acts have been announced as headliners; legendary festival veterans Dreadzone; Britpop heroes Dodgy, and infamous Somerset cider drinkers The Wurzels (who make a triumphant return to Watchet after their rip-roaring performance in 2009.) More information and tickets (£50) from www.watchetfestival.co.uk Or to enter our competition see www.247magazine.co.uk
News King of the Groms
Newquay’s fistral beach is to host to both the European King of the Groms final and the 4* ASP Quiksilver Pro Junior events. The August bank holiday weekend (25 – 29) event kicks off on Thursday morning, with the King of the Grom’s European final. The King of the Groms contests are held all over the world in order to find the best under-16 surfers, who will compete at the international final during the Quiksilver Pro France in October. The Quiksilver Pro Junior gets underway on Saturday August 27 when over 96 of the world’s best junior surfers will descend on Fistral beach to compete for the title and £20k prize money. As well as the surfing, spectators can expect some great music; already confirmed are local talents ‘Auction for the Promise Club’ and ‘The Last Gentlemen’ with more being confirmed at time of going to press.
Freestyle Motocross charity fundraiser
(who recently supported Pendulum at this years Eden Sessions) and the Freestyle Moto X display runs from 5.30pm. There’s a free after party from 9pm at The Office Nightclub, all the riders will be Three of the UK’s finest Freestyle Motocross riders there to chill out and and sign autographs too. The will be performing in Truro on Sunday 14 August event is in aid of The Lauren & Rosie Foundation with a big air Moto X display in aid of LARF Cornwall. (LARF) charity that improves the care and treatment Jamie Squibb, Kona Hellier and guest rider Dave of teenagers who are suffering from Cancer and is Wiggins from the Bulldog Freestyle Team will in memory of Lauren Hoare & Rosie Howis. More combine power, skill, and cheeky showmanship event info at www.larfcornwall.co.uk or www. to perform gravity defying tricks on Lemon Quay. theofficenightclub.co.uk or call 01872 223163. To Things kick off from 3pm with live music from check out Jamie Squibb’s riding skills go to Penzance based Sinpusher and Sandfire Siren www.squibbfreestyle.co.uk
Exclusive Maccabees gigs
The Brighton based rock band have announced two exclusive warm-up shows in the South West before they head over to perform at the hugely popular end of season festival, Bestival on the Isle of Wight. The band are playing at Lusty Glaze Beach, Newquay on Thurs 8 Sept, and Exeter Phoenix on Fri 9 Sept and it’s going to be the first opportunity to hear them play new material from they’r e third album, due out in the Autumn. The Newquay gig is an all ages show, while the Exeter show is over 14+ show. Tickets on sale now at www.themaccabees.co.uk
Shelter Box Praa Sands Weekender Get your groove on at the Sandbar, Praa Sands: at Raft Race Pirate’s Party (fancy dress is a must), on Saturday August 20, from 9pm. Expect funky house DJs with Captn’ Kristoff and Landlubber Butter, wild Pirates and much more! And the day after, join in the raft race! Again, Pirate fancy dress essential, they’ll be food and craft stalls, bouncy castle, volley ball. Live music from Ocean Fever, Praa Sands boy band, Bugga, and more, plus DJs on the beach throughout the day, finishing with a beach party and bonfire. All proceeds will go to Shelter Box charity. For raft entries email carolseameads@ hotmail.co.uk, or call 07968 818664 for more info. Brothers (cider, not siblings...) They are generous guys, those Brother’s cider lot. Not only are they sponsoring the DeluxX Boardmasters closing party again: August 14, at Fistral Blu, (if you’re going to Boardmasters don’t miss it, it was rad last year) but they’ve given us a ton of their special Festival Cider for you to win too! Head to www.247magazine. co.uk to enter and win them apples....
We follow them, so you don’t have too. However you can follow us at www.twitter.com/247magazine DrSketchysFal Models and performers wanted!!!!: Are you a model, performer or just a general wierdo? Well we want you...http://fb.me/A9ygwLt8 Get yer nipple tassles out. Falmouth’s life drawing/burlesque night needs you! Animal_Team Love the Animal Bike Tour?? Win it for the day + a @Kodak_UK Playsport video camera to capture the action!!! bit.ly/qpceQJ We love the tour, if we win we’ll have the whole thing plonked in our Plymouth office please. Gingerny Wow, this feels like how I used to write Wildhearts tunes back in 1994/5. Done chasing, just gonna let this one come to me. This is great! Such a great guy – read our interview on page 9.
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Web Watch - This Month We’re Loving
www.grandmasterflash.com Get ready for next month’s Newton Abbot gig and watch some Grandmaster Flash videos on his website. Not that we’re excited or anything...
www.surfchecklive.com Access loads of free webcams, covering the best surfing beaches (whole of the UK), plus weather, tide and wave information. Easy to use and err...useful!
www.slut.co.uk Featured in this month’s fashion shoot, Cornish brand Slut have got some good reductions on cool tees this month. Treat yourself.
www.boardmasters.co.uk Amazingly, there are still tickets left for this month’s Boardmasters Festival. If you haven’t got one get on the website, take a look a the line-up and get one.
Crazy Arm single Devon roots-punks, Crazy Arm, release their new single, ‘Tribes/Animals’, this month: the first release ahead of their imminent new album, ‘Union City Breath’, out in September Already a live favourite, ‘Tribes/ Animals’, is a song of two distinct parts, combining the band’s love of Springsteen, gospel and honest punk rock. The single is out now on Xtra Mile Recordings, available as a 7” vinyl and digital download. You can see Crazy Arm live this month too: Sat Aug 6 at Jack Chams, Plymouth (acoustic show) and Fri Aug 12 at Boardmasters Festival. See www.myspace.com/ crazyarm magazine | 9
Bicycle races are coming your way This month, London-based indie folksters Bombay Bicycle Club will be hitting our South-Westerly shores (literally) with a performance at Newquay’s Relentless Boardmasters festival, bringing their new album ‘A Different Kind of Fix’ along with them. 247’s Rob Sleigh recently caught up with the band’s drummer; Suren de Saram… Most bands don’t like to rush things when it’s time to start thinking about making their next album, preferring instead to take a short rest period before getting on with the difficult task ahead. However, it’s probably fair to say that, during Bombay Bicycle Club’s rather short history, they’ve chosen to do things quite differently. Following the release of the band’s 2009 debut ‘I Had the Blues but I Shook Them Loose’, all four members were practically champing at the bit to get going with its successor. Twelve months later, their second album ‘Flaws’ entered the Top 10 of the UK Albums Chart within a week of its release. “We never expected it to do as well as it did,” says Suren. “We had only planned for it to be a sort of small side-project and, at first, our label weren’t even sure about releasing it.” Just one year on and the band are already preparing to unveil their not-so-long-awaited third album ‘A Different Kind of Fix’, which is due out later this month. Suren explains why Bombay Bicycle Club prefer not to waste too much time in between albums: “We never really planned it to happen like that. We’ve just put an album out when we have enough songs to put one together. It’s as simple as that.” He goes on to admit that the band’s recording schedule has not been quite as frantic as it may have appeared: “There are periods of high intensity when we are recording or touring, but in between those we like to take things easy. We’ll meet up for a practise every so often.” Going from forming the band just a few years ago to playing their first shows in the US and releasing three albums in three
years, it would seem that things have moved quite swiftly for Bombay Bicycle Club since their creation. However, Suren continues to downplay this impression: “The first few years for the band were actually quite slow because we were still at school and thought there wasn’t much point trying to really go for it until we had finished. I guess in the last year or two, it has felt like things have really started to take off, with ‘Flaws’ getting to Number Eight and playing to the biggest audiences we’ve ever played to at Glastonbury this year and last.” Ahead of a full headlining tour in October, Bombay Bicycle Club will be performing at a few more European festivals this month, including a rare appearance in Cornwall for Newquay’s Relentless Boardmasters. “We haven’t actually played in the South West all that much,” admits Suren. “We played in a mineshaft in Devon on a short acoustic tour we did a couple of years ago, which was an interesting experience.” He goes on to reveal what he is looking forward to most about the trip: “I’m looking forward to checking out some nice coastal scenery and maybe sampling a Cornish pasty or two.” Good man.
Bombay Bicycle Club are: Jack Steadman: Vocals/Guitars Jamie MacColl: Guitars Suren de Saram: Drums Ed Nash: Bass
See Bombay Bicycle Club on the Main Stage at Relentless Boardmasters festival in Newquay on Fri 12 August www.247magazine.co.uk
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DJ Demonise At just seventeen years old DJ Demonise is causing giant waves in Newquay. 247’s Carly Squires caught up with him to discuss the local DnB Scene. At seventeen you are causing a stir amongst the mixing industry: what age did you begin DJing and what got you into it? I started DJing last year. From the age of four I have grown up surrounded by drum and bass and feel I have a great understanding of it. I also enjoy reggae, dance-hall, hip hop, grime, garage and dubstep but my true passion is drum and bass – and it’s this passion for drum and bass which has motivated me to DJ. So, where does the name DJ Demonise come from? The name came from a night out after a gig at Tall Trees in Newquay. I was looking at some pictures with my mate and one of the DJs, DJ Grudge, had red eyes in his picture. My mate said ‘look, he has demon eyes’ and I thought that would make a good DJ name so I changed my name to DJ Demonise. On your SoundCloud you explain that you are a ‘pure vinylist’. What is it about vinyl that you love? Vinylist? Well, it’s all about keeping the music industry up there and not letting it fall to the ground – there are a lot of people downloading records illegally, but I prefer to show my appreciation to the artist by buying vinyl instead. I also love the concept of vinyl like fighting with the pitch control, juggling it about and then rushing to get the next vinyl on to the beat and drop it in. Using vinyl is a lot harder to use as you don’t have an LCD display like you do with CDs and I enjoy that challenge. I have only ever used CDs as a last resort, vinyl would always be my first choice. Who are your biggest musical influences? My musical influences have to be LTJ Bukem, Mc Conrad,
Chase and Status, Goldie and Benga, but I grew up listening to the likes of LTJ Bukem and MC conrad. I had a tape cassette and would listen to them over and over again. They are legends. How has growing up in Newquay influenced your music? Newquay has influenced me as a DJ, as all the nightclubs support my style of music. When I am eighteen I would like the opportunity to possibly DJ at Red Square’s Code Red night. I’m part of the CSC Academy (Critical Sounds Cornwall) which is a youth scheme to help young people get the skills to be a good and confident DJ, which is run by a local Code Red – DJ Re-Defeat. He has been a big part in my DJ career so far by getting me gigs at Tall Trees, Relentless Boardmasters at Fistral Beach last year and the Eden Project. Big-ups to this guy. Do you enjoy performing locally? And can you explain a little bit more about ‘Code Red’? I do enjoy performing locally; I think Newquay has an excellent vibe which is great for performing. Dubstep and Drum and Bass are a very big scene in Cornwall due to the success of Code Red for example, a techno night at Red Square which is the hub of for the performance of drum and bass in Newquay. It’s definitely created a larger profile for Drum and Bass amongst Newquay and Cornwall in general. What are your aspirations for your musical career? I would like to perform, travel and produce some DnB and Dubstep and become incredibly successful within the industry. Ultimately I want to make something of my life to maybe show the next generation that anything can happen if you work hard for it.
Check out DJ Demonise on SoundCloud http://soundcloud.com/dj-demonise and look him up on Facebook.
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Ginger at theRabbit As part of his new acoustic solo tour, Ginger of the Wildhearts is heading to Plymouth’s White Rabbit this month for some fun and games. Rachael D’Cruze catches up with him beforehand...
So, you’re heading to the mighty White Rabbit in Plymouth, at the end of this month, as part of your Acoustic Tour – have you played there before? I’ve played so many shows it’s pretty hard to remember exactly where I’ve played before. But if I have played there it was a fucking magical experience that I will never forget. Tell us about your Acoustic Tour – this is part II right? Is anyone touring with you? Yes, I’ll be joined by Chris Catalyst and Jon Poole, with Jackdaw 4 coming along as special guests. And the appearance of various hangers on and barely believable characters throughout the show should be expected. We downloaded your 16 track acoustic album, Potatoes And You (from http://gingerwildheart. bandcamp.com) for FREE. What’s the deal with this, have you always been so generous? We also released the second version of the ‘Best Of...’ album TEN for free, previous to this release, with completely different songs to the version available generally. I guess we’re just generous guys who love our fans.
believe in leaving a legacy behind that I’d be proud of, and that doesn’t happen by making things easy or being lazy, so I work hard. Is it important for you to play without The Wildhearts from time to time? It is important for me to play regularly. If The Wildhearts don’t want to play then I’ll play with someone else. I won’t be beholden to anyone to be active. I like to keep going. You’ve been touring a lot this summer and stormin’ plenty of festies – any highlights? Sonisphere was a definite highlight. The crowd were amazing and the musicians played a blinder. And the rest of the festival was pure joy. We had the best time imaginable.
“I believe in leaving a legacy behind that I’d be proud of, and that doesn’t happen by making things easy or being lazy, so I work hard”
Earlier this year you auctioned your Gibson Les Paul for charity, right? Well, y’know, I’m not a rich enough man to just give £17,000 out of my own pocket but I really wanted to help the people of Japan. I knew the guitar was an iconic piece that would have been very valuable to someone so I decided to sell that. I was delighted at how much it raised. You signed my t-shirt outside Wolves Civic about 15 years ago: The Wildhearts have been together for a long time – what’s your secret? My secret is, I guess, the fact that I love music. This never got predictable for me, or if it did I changed my surroundings. I
Are you writing/recording any new material at the moment – tell us what we’ve got to look forward to? Right now I’m mixing my new solo project album. The project is called Ginger Wildheart Mutation and the album is called ‘The Frankenstein Effect’, and it’s very heavy, very noisy and very challenging. I’ll be really happy when that one is in the bag. You’ve got a really great fan-base, but you give a lot back too and seem to make really good use of your website and social media. Are you, (like me) a bit of a technology geek? I’m woefully crap at all things technological but I love the supporters of my music. I believe in keeping in touch and being accessible. I’m easy to find and I reply to 99% of the questions given to me onhttp://www.formspring.me/ gingernyc So, we’re coming to see you. What can we expect in three words: Nothing but fun.
See Ginger play at the White Rabbbit, Plymouth on August 25th. Tickets from See Tickets (www.seetickets.com). See www.thewildhearts.com
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Press Pack Sessions Presents
James Robinson Two Spot Gobi, a six-piece band who over the past five years have offered us an eclectic mix of rock guitar and brazen brass to create upbeat hits are back on the road again after the release of ‘The Sun Will Rise’. Loyal Plymouth boy and lead singer James Robinson joined Joe Biddle to discuss the bands increasing success, their good friend Jason Mraz and some exciting upcoming projects. We are excited to hear your feelings about the success of your second album, ‘The Sun Will Rise’: Our first album was rushed as we had date offers in the states and we needed a product to sell to try and make some money, so we recorded songs that we felt were at a good level and we were happy with it and it had lovely artwork. The second album, The Sun Will Rise, was recorded at the home of Jason Mrz in San Diego, California the year before last and it was a really wonderful experience. We had an awful lot of time in the studio on our own with the producer Niko Bolas coming and going to let us know if what we were doing was any good or total rubbish and he would then leave us with his comments. It was inspirational. So how did the bands relationship with Jason Mraz begin? It was one of his first few tours in the UK and he was supporting James Blunt at Plymouth Pavilions and he his night off happened to be the night that we had a gig at the venue behind Plymouth Pavilions formally known as The Hub. He strolled in and watched the whole gig and loved it and so we then went for a night out with him and we have been in touch ever since. He has done a lot of amazing things for us. I heard that he would also join you on stage for your live gigs. Well, he was recording his album at Kensal Town Studios in London at the time so if we had a London gig he’d jump on stage with us. Then when he released the album he extended the offer to touring the states. It was a beautiful thing for us because we had never done shows any bigger than two or three hundred people whom then grew to 6000 Americans. It was a priceless live experience. www.247magazine.co.uk
And what are your future plans? Well, our album has been a long time coming and we are really happy of it so we’re putting on launch parties wherever we can mainly along the South Coast. As well as that we have also launched a School Project. We are taking interactive workshops with kids of 14 years of age upwards, in which we go in and play, talk about ourselves for a bit and then we get them involved with playing music. The aim is because we have a cello and a trumpet and a band line up is that people that are at school playing those classical instruments can then relate them to a contemporary setting. We want to teach them all sorts of different styles of music and the importance of music at a time where the Government is slashing music and performance budgets. We are trying to make it clear to children that they can have a career through music and what is available to them. We have had amazing feedback from teachers and students, we have funding and we’re planning to take it to the states also. Does this relate to the modern music industry? I think that the beautiful thing about the current musical age is that there are so many challenges that drive us now to be that little bit better because there are so many bands to compete against and so many more platforms, such as Youtube, to express your creativity on. The DIY way is a cool thing. Two Spot Gobi will be playing at Mamma Stones, Exeter on the 27th September and Ride Café, Plymouth on the 29th September. For more information on Two Spot Gobi’s upcoming gigs please visit their website www.twospot. co.uk or for more information about the School Project please visit www.musicsetfree.com. Watch the full video interview at www.247magazine.co.uk magazine | 15
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Vanessa Udriot Slayer band T-shirt, Shorts: Primark, Shoes: Globe, Hat: Independent Trucks
Nicky Cornell Slayer band T-shirt, Shorts: Primark, Shoes: Globe, Hat: Independent Trucks
Molly Hyde Cardigan: Club Uodo, Top: Top shop, Skirt: H+M, socks: Dorothy Perkins, boots: Storm
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Style Hunter
Skate style rules: good lookin’ guys ‘n’ gals snapped at the National Adventure Sports Show
Are you a budding photographer with an eye for stylish peeps?
We’re looking for new contributors for both our Style Hunter and Fashion sections. Interested? Email rachael.dcruze@ outofhand.co.uk with low res examples of work or a website link.
Photos: Thom Bleasdale
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Park Life
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Retail Therapy Cool unique summer gadgets worth forking out for… 1.
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We’ve all got phones, iPods, MP3 players etc, which have a tendency to get scratched or worn right? Well, worry no more for these fun design gadget covers are here to protect your investment. Made with recycled cotton canvas they will help stop the usual wear and tear caused by less substantial gadget covers.
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In recent years we’ve all grown to love the convenience of the disposable BBQ. They cost a few quid and are pretty portable but you have to wait til they cool down to throw them away and you only get about half an hours grilling time. Why not upgrade to one of these? It’s still portable but is a bit more substantial.
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You’d be forgiven for thinking we’d become obsessed with buckets here at 247 Magazine, and you wouldn’t be far off. This here does what it says on the tin – with all you need for a series of outdoor games there’s hours of fun here. Items include whistle, bean bags, eggs and spoons, three-legged-race ties, Frisbee and even a score card for those competitive types.
It’s one of those tricks of the trade shared between seasoned festival goers – a hip flask is a must. While security aren’t gonna let you wander through the gates with a gert big bottle of spirits on display, you should be able to sneak in a slurp (4oz) of booze in this stylish vessel.
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With so many decent beaches in the South West and the odd good wave, you cannot escape the appeal of surfing and body boarding and here we have some simple but stylish body boards to help you along your way. These were the original British surfboards from the 1950s and are 4ft tall and one foot wide. Stat.
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Action Sports
Taking it to the Extreme Move over skaters there is a new hardcore hobby invading the ramps of the nation, writes Sam Hughes. It’s fast-paced, difficult and dangerous but it’s a craze that’s getting thrill seekers in a frenzy. With tricks reminiscent of moves derived from freestyle bmx and skateboarding, ‘Extreme Scootering’ is taking scooter riding to a whole new level. You only have to type extreme scootering into YouTube to see the abundance of people taking part in the sport, which has grown in popularity over the last few years.
One group of lads in particular have been increasing their repertoire of difficult tricks and stunts. Grip - a team of four youngsters from Helston in Cornwall, with ages ranging from 11 to 17, have been showing off their skills and making a name for themselves at competitions across the region, and one team member has even been named as the first rider in Cornwall to pull off a dangerous air-trick.
It is hard to say when the first scooter made an appearance but there are records of patents dating back to as early as the 1920s. Since then there have been many advancements in design and technology to make kick scooters more compact, lighter, stronger and more durable than their predecessors.
Riding as a team since September 2010, Ben Wilkinson, 17, Matt ‘Smiley’ Brown, 16, Jack Richards, 12, and Finn Timmins, 11, regularly practise their moves at Helston Skatepark, Mount Hawke Indoor Park or The Track in Portreath. The team is sponsored by shop of the same name ‘Grip’ in Meneage Street, Helston, which offers a large range of men and women’s clothing and has a dedicated scooter and skate department. Steve said: ‘The scooter team competes at every event in the South West. The most recent was the Xtreme Competition held at Mount Hawke. Matt was placed third, with Ben and Jack both placed in the top ten.
In the late 1990s the Micro Mobility Systems in Switzerland and the JD Corporation in Taiwan released the first collapsible scooter as micro-skate scooter, JDBug MS-130A. Other similar models started popping up, and across the globe riders were enjoying them in a new way developing new styles and tricks, leading to what we know now as freestyle scootering. But simple moves seemed not enough for some riders who were keen to push their scootering abilities to the limits, perfecting dramatic and dangerous stunts and creating the phenomenon of ‘Extreme Scootering’. Scootering enthusiasts use most skate park structures, including ramps, rails and boxes, but many also utilise street structures like steps, ledges, railings and gaps to pull off various tricks. Some riders concentrate on pushing their trick levels to the limit, while others enjoy more freestyle moves. And this increase in popularity for extreme scootering has not escaped us here in the South West.
‘Finn is on the Mutts Flow team which means he receives products from Mutts to further his scooter riding. Matt was on the flow team of Grit but because he has been performing so well, they have added him to the Grit Pro UK team.’ At 16 this is quite an achievement. Matt has been riding for three years and recently increased his repertoire of moves by pulling off a dangerous stunt... ‘Matt performed the first forward front-flip in Cornwall,’ said Steve. ‘He had been practising for many months and perfected it at the Portreath Track.’ Ben, Jack and Finn have all been riding for a year now and don’t look to be giving up the sport anytime soon — it looks as though this thrill seeking phenomenon is set to stay. Photo top right: Shane Goldberg
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Street Art
See No Evil
Instead of profiling the latest work on the streets or speaking to local artists, this month we are previewing what is set to be the biggest urban street art project ever undertaken in the South West, or indeed the UK. See No Evil is one of the most ambitious street art projects in Europe, set to transforg Bristol City Centre’s Nelson Street into one of the world’s largest street art exhibitions. Taking place from 14-20 August, the project has been 12 months in planning, and is all down to Bristolian street artist, Inkie. He said: “We have spent nearly 12 months negotiating and planning this major project, which will be the jewel in the crown of the city’s already buzzing art scene. We have invited some of the world’s most talented graffiti artists to bring their skills to city, and we have a number
of returning Bristolians’ to head up proceedings.” The artists will spend a week on their murals that will cover ten participating buildings on the street, concluding on the 20 August with the entire street being closed for a party to celebrate Bristol’s iconic street art and cultural status with various musical acts, animations and workshops. Although the artist list is still secret, we do know that New York veterans, Tats Cru and LA based photorealist designer El Mac are among those few announced as taking part so far, as well as local Bristol artists Mr Jago and Amsterdam based artist, Shoe. Will local hero Banksy be there too? You’ll have to check out the finished works at the free street party on 20 August to find out! More info at www.seenoevil-bristol.com or search ‘See No Evil’ on Facebook Images of previous work of the participating artists…
Image: AME72 at Upfest’10
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Music Arash Torabi
Backbone
Thee Faction Up The Workers
(Soviet Beret) Remember Dr Feelgood? Remember Karl Marx? Thee Faction certainly do. And the Surrey sextet see no reason why they can’t shove them both into a meat grinder and lovingly gorge on the militant mince. Of course there’s a danger of edging towards parody on ‘Marx My Main Man’ and ‘Join The Party’ but a little bit of comic relief never did The Flying Pickets any harm. ‘Customer’ and ‘Conservative Friend’ are far more convincing: R&B boot-swingers that could soundtrack any social revolution worth its weight. Incidentally, ‘Capitalism Is Good For Corporations, That’s Why You’ve Been Told Socialism Is Bad All Your Life’ is the alternative title to this album. That’s worth the entry fee alone, surely?
Chief
Apply Within
(Household Name) Political hardcore doesn’t have too many patrons in the British Isles, which is why we should be thankful for Liverpool’s hard-working Chief. ‘Apply Within’ sees the band covering all radical bases and beyond with volatile, melodic punk rock and unifying refrains, flying off on tangents at will (even into Sonic Boom Six territory on ‘A Place To Go’). ‘In The Name Of Life’ is a blistering defence of a woman’s right to choose, ‘Bevan Sent’ laments the privatisation of the NHS, ‘This Island’ warns of the rise of the far right, while ‘Exposures’ takes the police to task over their propensity for violence. Solid music, transparent opinions, all-inclusive ethos. What’s not to like?
Getting Over Being Under (Big Potato Records)
The music industry is cruel and unjust. The label (Heavenly) that propelled the dull & dreary Cherry Ghost into the Top 10, denied the same opportunity for its most exciting band, by dropping them. But the semi-Cornish/ part-London Loose Salute are now back on another label, with Getting Over… It builds on their debut, offering more folked-out bliss with a gentle country edge, topped-off with genius melodies and harmonies galore. Lisa’s lush vocals on Perhaps She’ll Fly, one of the album’s singles, have the power to melt. Ian’s serene voice shines on It’s A Beautiful Thing, the album’s opener. Every track is a winner, with strong songwriting, brilliant production and soothing string arrangements. An artistic triumph, like its predecessor.
Viva Brother
Famous First Words
Bodies of Water (Thousand Tongues)
Dave Pepper The Ram Project
(City Slang) Recreating someone else’s album – especially that of a proto-pop legend – from scratch may seem like the workings of a madman but that’s exactly what Dave Pepper has done with Paul McCartney’s 1971 opus, ‘Ram’. Meticulously recorded at home over a 30 day stretch, ‘The Ram Project’ is a note-for-note facsimile (replete with a loyal album sleeve parody) that exudes a wonderful pointlessness which is impossible not to warm to. Of course it helps that it sounds pretty damn great. Reinventing ‘Ram’ for the post-modern nu-folk generation may be the best or worst decision of Dave Pepper’s musical journey but that’s for him to fret over. For us, it’s an indulgence that proves too hard to resist.
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Destroy It Yourself (Broken Tail Records)
Bristol singer/songwriter Barry Dolan is one of those hardworking acts, always on the road or writing new material – the best of which is showcased in this debut album. With obvious comparisons to Frank Turner and Chris TT, it is a wonder that Oxygen Thief cuts a lonelu figure in the angsty punk world of the South West. His frantic guitar and raw vocals capture the honest emotion poured into each song. Words On Walls has sniffs of Tellison and ends with the most impressive long note I’ve heard in a while. He racks things up another notch with Makoto Nagono, where his vocals and lyrics reach out to Rage fans. Lyrically, it’s a good mix of politics and feelings, though Modesty is Dead is a bit metaphor heavy mind.
Hard Fi
Killer Sounds
(Atlantic) It’s been a while since we heard from Hard Fi Imagination is clearly not high on the agenda, and you would be forgiven for thinking they’d for the band formerly known simply as split up but no. Riding on the wave of a headline “Brother”. They recently had to change their slot at this year’s Glastonbury festival, the name, after a court case involving another band Staines troupe have released their third album. with the same name. Lack of imagination also While there are hints of the typical staccato indie extends to the content of their debut album, rock with a side order of street Hard Fi sound with lazy writing and mainstream blandness (particularly in Stay Alive), this album embraces oozing out of every song. New Years Day not electro techniques to give it that 90s New Order only shares its title with the awful song by U2, vibe. Which kinda works. The problem we have but also a similar falsetto hook to Blur’s Girls & here is a lack of identity and songs like Fire In Boys. And his voice, complete with fake attitude, The House, for example, would not be out of is almost identical to Richard Archer’s (Hard-Fi). place on Take That’s next album. The lyrics are Like a factory, they churn out that dreaded indie- also a tad cringeworthy in places, especially the by-numbers music. unimaginatively titled Love Song.
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Bristol pop-punk trio, Caves, have been making waves by touring themselves stupid around the UK and mainland Europe, which bodes well for debut album ‘Homeward Bound’. Reminiscent of Superchunk in style and delivery, the likes of ‘Taking On The World’ and ‘I’m Not Sorry’ are passionate and wiry paeans to friendship and inspiration, love and despair, with a wide-eyed sense of hope at every turn. On the downside, Louise Hanman’s voice has been mixed way too dry and feels disconnected from the music, resulting in a mix that lacks cohesion. Which is a real shame because they deserve better. Still, debut albums are supposed to be slightly awry affairs so just jump in and relish the emotional ride.
Oxygen Thief
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Laura Williams
Twist Again
LA band drop a third album, influenced by sophisticated ‘60s pop, similar to Scott Walker, Lee Hazelwood or Shangri-Las. ‘Influence’ is the key word- this is no pastiche. Their sense of adventure is blatantly obvious, and they colour the songs without resorting to any clichés. Vocals are shared between Meredith and David, with much of the sound powered by pianos, trumpets and strings. They create drama with One Hand Loves The Other, and tension with Mary Don’t You Weep. The drums are simple and direct, with floor tom, snare and tambourine creating a classic ‘60s feel. Soothing, deep and extremely enjoyable.
The Wild Swans
The Sound of Sunshine (Occultation)
Long-term member, Paul Simpson has a poetic, storytelling approach to lyrics, and he paints vivid pictures of his hometown and the world around him. His rich vocal tones sit on a widescreen landscape of guitars & piano, backed with powerful and slick drumming. The band is an important part of the British postpunk movement that created (amongst many), Echo & the Bunnymen. This album features two Bunnymen: Les Pattinson (bass) and Will Sergeant on guitar for one song. Also onboard is Ricky Maymi from Brian Jonestown Massacre. The album features recent singles, English Electric Lightning and Liquid Mercury. A timeless sound, beautifully produced.
Charlie Simpson Young Pilgrim (Nusic)
I tried to approach this album with no preconceptions, but as I popped the CD in the drive all I could hear in my head was ‘What I Go To School For’. Nevertheless, Simpson’s surprisingly mature vocals, coupled with a much less poppy indie-folk sound and some commendable lyrics managed to quash my preconceptions, almost entirely. Until, right at the end of the album when his vocals lost their way a bit and returned to the more established Simpson - whiney US teen punk pop ahoy. The press notes compare him to The National, which is laughable really, but there is definitely a lot more substance – along the lines of Travis, Neil Finn or Dave Grohl.
REM
Life’s Rich Pageant (25th Anniversary Edition)
(Capitol/I.R.S) It doesn’t seem that long ago I was gushing about the Nick Cave remasters and now I’m going to do the same with this. When you’ve got dusty old albums from yesteryear they have a tendency to sit on the shelf and it can take a beautiful shiny reissue like this for you to fall in love again. Originally released in 1986, Life’s Rich Pageant marked the beginning of an era for REM and it’s easy to see why. Iconic songs such as Fall On Me pack a youthful punch and spit in the face of those critics who dub REM MoR radio-friendly dirge. In fact, there’s not a bad song on the album. Ignore the tracklisting though cos the number’s don’t tally up. www.247magazine.co.uk
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Grandaddy
The Sophtware Slump: Deluxe Edition
(Universal/V2) A monumental leap from the perfectly likeable fuzz-pop leanings of debut Under The Western Freeway, this deluxe edition of 2000’s The Sophtware Slump is a welcome opportunity for reappraisal of one of the decades landmark indie albums. Painstakingly recorded and produced by main man Jason Lytle, the Sophtware Slump’s themes of technological decay, the beauty of nature and alienation had been hinted at in Grandaddy’s previous work but here were rendered in Technicolor; radiant and often beautifully, desperately sad. This reissue boasts a second disc packed with demos, b-sides and unreleased songs - some real gems that fans of the parent album will lap up.
Washed Out
Within and Without (Sub Pop)
One man band, Ernest Greene’s debut full length finally sees that light of day after a trickle of well-received EP’s and singles. Despite the promise of those early releases it becomes apparent over the course of an album that Greene’s nom de plume is unfortunately apt. Whilst in small doses the sun-dazed, synthdoziness is appealing, here it’s just too samey and there’s nothing to really match any of the highlights of his earlier EP’s. However, given time details emerge; subtleties which genuinely enrich Greene’s material and make it stand slightly apart from his previous work. Still perhaps, too little too late for Washed Out to truly ride the momentum of their previous hype.
The Thrills 2002-2007
(EMI Catalogue) The career of The Thrills sums up the fortunes of any number of young guitar based bands to whom the world was promised around a decade ago. An initial surge of hype and then a best-selling debut album, a second record that underwhelmed followed by a third effort that barely registered. On their best known work, the Motown flavoured One Horse Town and Santa Cruz (You’re Not That Far) and Big Sur’s unashamed bash at Lovin’ Spoonful/Monkees West Coast Pop, they still sound thoroughly average. The lyrical content seems to mainly consist of singer Conor Deasy yelping a string of American place names and references to ‘the kids’ and the like.
Beirut
The Rip Tide
(Pompeii Records) Over the last five years Beirut has grown from Zach Condon’s flugelhorn and uke-strewn, Balkan folk-aping bedroom project into an internationally popular, influential indie force. The Rip Tide, his strongest effort yet, suggests that his phone isn’t about to stop ringing any time soon. There is a maturity to The Rip Tide as a whole in that for the first time it does not feel as if Condon is in the business of simply araphrasing his current musical infatuation. Here rather, is a collection of sumptuously arranged, beautifully played songs that suggest that his influences have been assimilated and manifested themselves as something glorious and peculiar to Condon himself. www.247magazine.co.uk
Pete Rock and Smif n Wessun Monumental
(Duck Down Music) There was a time when anything Pete Rock touched was massive and Smif n Wessun had the underground cats buzzin, time sure have changed. Pete is still the man on the boards, tight beats and well chosen loops and my head is nodding more than it has all week, this feels like a good album but not a great one. Smif n Wessun are on point and there are enough decent collabo’s, good to see Memphis Bleek and Black Rob doing something again, I must say though that Pete needs someone to dig him some new samples, the beats are fine but it’s 2011, surely someone of his status shouldn’t be using double barrel and Mikey Dread soundclips.
Wu Tang Clan
Legendary Weapons (E1 records)
From the first track this album has set itself up to take you on with your misconceptions, Wu Tang still ain’t nuthin to frack with. The last Wu collabo album used a sample that I also used on my Amie J track but they had it replayed. This whole album seems the same, take a great soul sample, get it replayed and keep the publishing, to be honest though when it bangs like this, who cares. Like all Wu albums the level of greatness is usually a direct relation to which clan members are present, Raekwon, Rza, Ghostface Killah, Method Man, Cappadonna, Inspectah Deck and U god, good enough for ya? Throw in M.O.P., Terminalogy and even AZ and this amounts to an album that won’t put NY back in the game but at least doesn’t make you shake your head in despair.
Classified
Hand Shakes and Middle Fingers
(Tectonic Recordings) Decon records are on form right now, putting out different levels of hip hop and mostly on point. First track is an anthem waiting to happen, other tracks just add more and more notches, in a month where I’ve reviewed hip hop icons for this to stand head and shoulders above them tells you a whole lot more. Tight beats, crossover tracks, club bangers of the non jiggy kind, and even a collabo with the legendary Brother Ali where classified holds his own. This guy deserves to blow on this one.
Sully
Carrier
(Keysound Recordings) It’s been a long time since I’ve heard a dubstep track makes me think back to Archangel by Burial rather than all the wubububwubwubwubububstep. The feel of this album is like the sun setting, it’s not dark like night but evokes a certain sadness, not to say that this album is a disappointment. I was taken back by the skill of the jump from funky as in uk funky to dubstep rhythms to almost jungle like but beats but with a light feel rather than a club bang. What stands heads and shoulders above everything though is intricate use of sounds blended and cut together to build an emotional landscape that fills you with a sense of melancholy, beautiful melancholy at that. An album to wallow in, an album to watch the sun set and an album to smoke to.
UK Rocka
Various
Skanky Panky Vol. 3 (Skanky Records)
This collection of tunes is full of glitch and loaded with bass. My personal favourite is track 3, a tune by an artist called Stickybuds, the tune being named Boh Riddim! It fuses a familiar ragga vocal with big, heavy glitch hop until the final leg of the track when the anti is upped by rolling into a heavy rolling D&B beat that will not fail to get you stomping. Track 4 is brought to you by Son of A Glitch featuring Adam Rowdyman. The track named Together has a nice bass sound to it along with a vocal giving it more of a glitch pop feel. Well worth a listen, you may find yourself surprised.
The Count and Sinden Mega Mega Remix
(Domino Recordings) The Count and Sinden have firmly stamped their print on the industry, hitting out with some dance-floor bangers that would get anyone jigging in the rave. Track 5 stands out to me, the bass on this track rolls out in abundance along with a garage style beat, in fact the track is actually called Roll Out as well which is very suited. Elephant 1234 also hits some garage styles with the beat as well as the odd garage sounding samples along with a contrasting darkness taking down a unique route. Track 8, Mega is just that, it is quite simply a massive tune that you need to hear, especially if old skool UKG is your thing.
Various
Superclub Ibiza
(EMI) For all of you Ibiza enthusiasts out there, this is one that will keep you happy for hours. Cream, Pacha and Gatecrasher have teamed up to bring you this mega collection of tunes. Cream takes care of disc 1 celebrating 17 years on the island. You will find tunes from heavyweights like Swedish House Mafia, Deadmau5, Eddie Halliwell, Laidback Luke plus more. Disc 2 is Pasha’s with some big hitters like Badman Riddim by Vato Gonzalez and The Trumpeter by Ray Foxx. Not to mention the remix of the classic King of my Castle. Gatecrasher is on top of disc 3 with more anthems than you can shake at stick at, well worth checking out.
Kech and Charlie Kane
Satan Stole My Y Fronts (Bleach
Feast Records) This EP brings you house in a progressive style as well as with some chunkier sounds for the bass fanatics. The title track, Satan Stole My Y Fronts handles a chunkier side of things along with some nice piano stabs in the lead up. Some of the others are not so bass heavy but they key into a sound of their own. Track one is progressive building up nicely throughout. Track 3, Control Me is on more of a chilled vibe whilst track 4 gets back to more of a stomp. The final track finishes off the EP nicely with a remix of Spiral Tribe’s - Criminal Drug. If you are into your house, you can’t go too far wrong
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Andreas Kraemer + Thomas Pogadl + DJ Update
www.wildbite-music.com This duo have produced over two hundred releases in the last decade under their various aliases (such as Schwarze Puppen, Solid Sleep, Junk Project, Skysurfer) and many more. Here they team up with Dutch DJ/Producer legend Dano under his ‘DJ Update’ name and deliver this monster of a techno release, ‘Highly Addictive’ is my pick, a cut that’s not too pacey but definitely packs a mean punch to it! It has been my set opener on a couple recent plays and mixes and is perfect for setting the mood for something dark and twisted just how we like it!
Human Resouce Dominator (Swartz + Schulner Mix) www.myspace.com/ unitecrecordings
It’s been remixed to death, but not many have taken the classic Dominator by Human Resource and turned in a version that still retains the charm of the original track but with fresh modern production twists. Dutch supremo’s Swartz + Schulner however have done exactly this, with frenetic percussion, lots of intricate fills and edits and featuring the vocals and hoover stabs that made this 1991 classic on 80 AUM so popular. This track was the opening track for my set at Defqon 1 in Holland last month and it certainly did the damage, look out for this as it should move from white label to an official release very soon.
Hardforze Meets Suae Inception (Nomad Mix)
www.hardforze.com.au Australia’s Nomad has had myself and Wragg pretty much foaming at the mouth whenever we hear his productions and neither of us had any hesitation in signing him up to Compulzion or Atmosphere. What’s so classy about his production is the fact he manages to take all the popular elements of classic hard trance and add new depths resulting in something that crosses over and sounds rocking on the loudest of speakers. His remix of fellow ‘Australians Hardforze + Suae is exactly this, featuring a rather dark introduction before letting loose with a gorgeous uplifting melody and a piercing kick and bassline which has proven its worth at festivals and big rooms.
Dirty Demons
Dark Reflection www.nuttytrance.co.uk Dirty Demons are the pairing of Blutonium Records ‘Nutty T’ and Luca DHF (aka Candyman01), who is promoter of the successful ‘DHF’ nights in London (one hell of a party that is definitely worth checking out!). The original of this is quite a sinister number and has remixes from Nutty T himself and also Newquay’s very own Dave J (from Insurrection) who turns in a hard reworking. However the mix of this that does it for me the most the Antolini and Montorsi remix. This takes the original and adds lots of hardstyle influenced elements but still retains the trancey vibe of the original. This has done the damage for me when played out and is more than worthy of a spin.
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The Horn The Hunt www.thehornthehunt.com
The Horn The Hunt don’t just stop at weird, obtuse names for their act. Strangeness and experimentation appears throughout their excellent album. Depressor Jolie is a trip-hop album of sorts, taking in influences from the ancient sounds of the Far East to modern acts like Bjork in “Harpoon”, then recalling memories of English folk in “Old Town Cow”. Clare Carter’s vocal is a close match to that of Shirley Manson in “Pleasureland” or Nina Persson in “Be The One”. The result is a dark mix of swooping, breathy vocals over imaginative beats and complex synthetic sounds. This is the unnerving point where chill out becomes chilling. Spooky, clever and strangely alluring.
Electric Skies
www.electricskiesmusic.com Exeter’s four piece Electric Skies have an indie pop sound much like that of the Warm Jets, Athlete and, at times, Idlewild. “Youth Is Everything” is a bland transatlantic affair with songs like “Hello Friend” casting their eye on the US teen party market. The record’s lyrics are inconsequential and inoffensive enough: all clichés about the “long road home”, watching “the sun rise too far” and “staring in the mirror”. Your standard dreams versus regrets fare, really. This doesn’t make Electric Skies a bad band as such. At a time when Coldplay can still beat off naysayers with a headlining Glastonbury set, there will always be space for bands such as Electric Skies. Mediocre.
Thomas Heath
www.thomheath.co.uk/music Thomas Heath has broken away from his alter ego, “How Biology Works”, to showcase material from three EPs he released under that name. This self-titled collection of songs is as eclectic as it is good. Album opener, the heartbreaking “What We Could Be” might as well be Thom Yorke with an acoustic, while “Just A Child” could be Hot Chip and Muse duetting Nina Simone’s “Please Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood”. Elsewhere “A Song About Robots” is nothing short of a love song to an automaton. This is a pick and mix selection of songs. One minute there are ukuleles, the next it’s all distorted keyboard sounds. Sometimes silly, sometimes poignant - always fascinating.
Hollowed Out The Sea www.myspace.com/ hollowedoutthesea
If you can wrap your head round the concept of hollowing out the sea, as it seems the Jonathan Francis (aka Hollowed Out the Sea) has, his rather odd little double A-sider may be just your thing. The “City Surf/Space Money” single is filled with electronic interpretations of garage band experimentalism with a hint of the orient. Which isn’t a sentence I was expecting to type when I got up this morning. Exactly what space money is or how you would surf in the city, no one can be sure. Nevertheless, these two songs remain oddly charming, hinting at the experimentalism of Gorillaz and Lemon Jelly and then some.
Backbone
Mama Tokus & the Sons of Bitches
www.mamatokus.com Press reporter, funk soul sister, face about town and champion of swing with a swing, Mama (Katie) Tokus is a Plymouth legend. Her debut solo offering, ‘On The Ragtime’, is a triumph of modern-day feminism set against a backdrop of olden-day sounds (courtesy of the SOBs) laced with humour and heart. Music hall, blues and gospel all get a look-in as Tokus sets out her spicy stall on the likes of ‘(Too Busy To) Reproduce’ and ‘Wifebeater’: a righteous retort to a misogynistic Lee Dorsey number. From Barrelhouse Annie via the Sex Pistols to Curtis Mayfield and Dinah Washington, MT covers all unpredictable bases with gusto and guts aplenty. Just what the soul doctor ordered.
Sons of Sirus
www.facebook.com/sonsofsirius For Newquay-based grebos, Sons Of Sirius, it’s all about the Retro Riff. Their three song demo kicks off with ‘Reason For Reason’, a psycherock head-shaker that has all the makings of a Led Zep-pilfering anthem, relying on simplicity, sweet vocal layers and early-‘70s sensibilities. ‘Neptune’s Concubine’ updates the template with a quasi-grunge stomp a la Screaming Trees; while ‘Lay Me Down’ drags SOS back to the past with a blooz-rock motif straight out of the Clutch School Of Rock Pedigree. The only thing that lets the side down a little is the lead vocalist’s tendency to keep things ‘authentic’ at the expense of inventiveness.
Head of Programmes www.myspace.com/ headofprogrammes
Plymouth’s Head Of Programmes are always welcome at 247 Towers and ‘Spring’ is no exception. Released through the venerable onec Records, this mini-album of death and rebirth has all the hallmarks of James MacGregor’s signature sound: desolate chords, baritone despair, plaintive guitars and Nick Cave tempos. ‘Break’ in particular is a song wrung from overwhelming emotional suffering to the point where the hi-hats could be the drip-dripping of tears, if you were given to such cheesy prose. The spectre of Bill Calahan still looms large in MacGregor’s clipped baritone confessions but I’m beginning to hear it the other way around. Which can only mean that, through persistence and quality control, HOP are coming into their own.
Pocket Magnetic
www.pocketmagnetic.com The new single from Plymouth’s leftfield, Krautrock aficionado, Pocket Magnetic, is a very peculiar poodle. First song, ‘Lodestar’, is a slice of melancholic electronica that sounds like Hot Chip being courted by Neil Tennant. Or is it Kraftwerk necking with a softly-spoken Paul Weller? Conversely, ‘Body On The Beach’ is a curious Kraut-pop ditty that sounds like Man Or Astroman? strolling through the forest with Depeche Mode. Or is it the B52s holding hands with Marc Almond? It’s all too close to call. But I like it a lot. Anyone with this much interest in replicating sounds from an overlooked era of synthedelica deserves a wider audience. And, you never know, you may learn something too. www.247magazine.co.uk
Food
Grab a great British burger Exeter Sausage & Grill
44 Queen Street, Exeter EX4 3SR / 01392 422999 www.exetersausageandgrill.com
All sausages, and even the sauces and condiments, at Exeter Sausage & Grill are created in-house, and all food & drinks come from local suppliers (the meat and dairy products are all free-range). The restaurant and bar areas have an arty and modernistic feel – the basement even serves as a nightclub, with recent DJ sets from Brandon Block and Alex P... The ES&G BBQ is the mother of all BBQ dishes, and it’s beautifully presented on a wooden chopping block. It consists of one of their own tasty pork sausages, a mini beef burger (complete with bun and salad), a large tiger prawn, a stack of thick and tasty chips, coleslaw, lamb kebab, couscous, corn on the bob and a pot of freshly-made BBQ sauce. It’s easy to see why this restaurant has been awarded a Bronze Medal by the Taste of the West Awards 2010. Vegetarian food is available too, and there’s also plenty of choice on the pudding menu. Buy their in-house sausages to take home, for your own BBQ. Lunch is served from 12pm – 2.30pm (closed Monday lunchtime), dinner from 5pm – 10.00pm (Mon – Fri) and 6pm –10.00pm on Saturday and to 9pm on Sundays. Brunch: Sat & Sun from 11.00am. Sunday Lunch: 12pm – 3pm. Arash Torabi
FALMOUTH The Shed
6/7 Tidemill House, Discovery Quay, Falmouth, TR11 3XP / 01326 318502 Where the most iconic American dish of all time is concerned, in Falmouth, if quality, value for money, and taste are what you’re after, there’s only one place to go for a burger: The Shed. If you’re after a classic, The Shed burger is made from quality Cornish beef, succulent and full of flavour. It comes served in a bun with salad and a delicious red onion marmalade, topped with bacon and mozzarella, and accompanied by some of the best French fries Cornwall has to offer; a very satisfying fare. For the burger without the beef, as part of their newly unveiled summer menu, try the new Hallumi and marinated pepper burger with hummus; I cannot rave about this burger enough, it is culinary genius. For me the only thing that could follow a burger of such distinction is The Shed Sundae, vanilla and chocolate ice cream, with clotted cream and lashings of chocolate sauce, maple syrup and nuts. Or if you’re feeling a little full, perhaps have a browse of their extensive cocktail list instead. Tucked away in Discovery Quay, The Shed’s kitsch décor provides a pleasant atmosphere to sit and dine under cover. If the sun is out, enjoy the outdoor seating with views of the marina, for a coffee or a cold beer. Open everyday from 9.30am – midnight (Sunday to 11pm) Hannah Giles www.247magazine.co.uk
PLYMOUTH Blues Bar and Grill
8 The Parade, The Barbican, Plymouth / 01752 257345 www.bluesbarandgrill.co.uk The Blues Bar and Grill on the Barbican, Plymouth is the epitome of BBQ and Grill food and is at the forefront of Plymouth entertainment too. The menu is choc full of BBQ favourites, all with a southern USA drawl. From the Cajun blackened chicken taking care of New Orleans, to the Texan BBQ chicken wings, the authentic cooking is backed up by a soundtrack that is second to none. The Burgers on the menu are really where the Blues Bar and Grill shines though. Huge thick meat burgers, smothered with your choice of toppings served with home made slaw and the perfectly crisp skinny fries make for a real treat and the vege burgers are also of a very high quality. Blues Bar and Grill isn’t what you would call cheap, what with some establishments offering beer and a burger for half the price, but in all seriousness, smash the piggy bank and work up an appetite because you will want to come back time and time again! Expect daily entertainment from the greatest local blues talent, and a history of blues literally plastering the walls, one could be forgiven for trying to stay long past drinking up time. Check out the website for what’s on and when. Open everyday noon until late. Neil Dodd
TRURO One Eyed Cat
116 Kenwyn Street, Truro, Cornwall TR1 3DJ / www.oneeyedcat.co.uk The One Eyed Cat in Truro delivers BBQ faves such as meaty burgers and king prawns, as well as an abundance of other delights in a relaxed, swanky setting. The eatery boasts a gigantic menu and gigantic portions – this is reflected in the price of some of the mains. However, the food and friendly atmosphere warrant the slightly high price tag, and if you’re trying to save the pennies there’s an array of light bites on offer that won’t break the bank. Although, you might be tempted to delve into your wallet/purse to sample the wonderful selection of European lagers and intriguing cocktails. Us Brits are quite mad for a good burger, and there’s nothing more disappointing than being handed a charred puck of carbon in a bun. Thankfully the beef burger served with blue cheese, zingy relish, skinny fries and salad, was juicy, flavoursome and didn’t disappoint. This charismatic restaurant is a must for the summer months; whether it’s dining outside, or taking sanctuary from the usual British summer nestled in the comfy lounge. Open Sunday to Thursday, 10am – 12pm, Friday to Saturday 10am – 2am. Ben Perks magazine | 27
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Film 31 Live 33 Featured Venues 38 Clubs 43 For the latest event information, check www.247magazine.co.uk or follow us on Twitter.com/247magazine or Facebook – Search 247 Magazine Please send all listings information to 247@outofhand.co.uk with LISTINGS in the subject line Post to: 247 Magazine, Grosvenor House, Belgrave Lane, Plymouth, PL4 7DA September Deadline: Saturday 12th August. Please DON’T message event info via myspace or Facebook – we get so many messages and event requests via these social networks, it’s likely to get lost! Please note: Event information is correct at the time of going to print, but can change, please double check direct with venue before heading out! www.247magazine.co.uk
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1 August Joe Pasquale
PULL MY FINGER TOUR, Hall for Cornwall, Black Quay, TR1 2LL, 01872 262466, hallforcornwall. co.uk 7.30pm, £15 - £17 Joe Pasquale is back, from outer space, he’s just walked in to find you here with that sad look upon your face! Well there’s no need to look sad anymore. Its time for the pull my finger tour. But it’s not just any finger! Is it a chocolate finger? I hear you ask, is it an iced finger? Or is it a long thin thumb that looks like a finger? No, it’s the fickle finger of fate, and we dare you to pull it.
5 August Jimmy Carr – Laughter Therapy
Princess Theatre, Torbay Road, 01803 290228, princesstheatre.org. uk, 7.30pm, £25 Since the turn of the century Jimmy has been a ‘fun slinger’ of international repute. ‘Laughter Therapy’ is his ninth solo show. It’ll be an evening of none stop jokes, gags and banter. If you’ve got a sick sense of humour then maybe laughter is the best medicine.
Until 7 August Listed Lido – A Play In a Pool
Tinside Lido via Theatre Royal, Royal Parade, 01752 267222, theatreroyal.com, 8pm, £9.50 Listed Theatre is getting ready this Summer to take you on a unique, watery romp through the thrills and chills of one of Britain’s best loved lidos. Listed Lido is a play based on, and performed in, the iconic Tinside Lido in Plymouth - telling the story of Tinside Lido and the people who use it, the people who saved it, and the people who love it. Listed Theatre uses unusual and sometimes unorthodox techniques to bring to life community memories and experiences. To learn about Tinside Lido, we have worked with local community groups in Plymouth to get personal insights about Tinside, and its importance in people’s everyday lives.
8 – 13 August Running On Air
The Drum Theatre, Royal Parade, 01752 267222, theatreroyal.com, 1pm, 5.30pm & 7.30pm, £12 Performed in a vintage, yellow VW campervan called ‘Joni’ parked outside the Theatre Royal, Running On Air is
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an award winning show by comedian Laura Mugridge, performed for just five audience members at a time. Recreating the beauty of the great outdoors inside the campervan, Laura invites you on an intimate journey from Lands End to Edinburgh, sharing her experience of marriage, camping and her love of the good life.
Dance
SUPER TROUPER returns to the UK to bring ABBA fans old and new a night not to be missed. Join in and enjoy all of your favourites including: ‘Mamma Mia’, ‘Voulez Vous’, ‘Dancing Queen’, ‘Winner Takes It All’, ‘Super Trouper’ and many more. So dig out those platforms, dust down those flares and thank ABBA for the music.
With her own brand of quirky and charming comedy, Laura describes a journey that involves fell running and a performance in front of three kestrels: a joyful investigation into the beauty and complexity of domestic life.
11 – 12 August Love And Madness
The Barbican Theatre, Castle Street, Plymouth 01752 267131, barbicantheatre.co.uk, 2pm & 8pm, £7 “Love that is not madness is not love.” A father takes his daughter to a strange city. She is to be married. But she feigns madness to avoid this fate. Unwittingly this starts a chain reaction involving her first true love…
16 August Super Trouper
Princess Theatre, Torbay Road, 01803 290228, princesstheatre.org. uk, 7.30pm, £27.75 SUPER TROUPER formerly ABBA MANIA, is now accepted as the world’s number one touring production. Featuring a special concert presentation, which celebrates the music of ABBA in a respectful and enjoyable way, reviving special memories of when ABBA ruled the airwaves. Fresh from a smash hit tour of the USA
The Drum Theatre, Royal Parade, 01752 267222, theatreroyal.com, 7.45pm, £4 - £7 AJ is the best athlete St Bart’s Comprehensive has ever seen; his brother, Dan, wants to push him to the limit. Amber has other ideas: desperate to settle down with AJ, have kids, get fat and watch daytime TV. AJ, however, has only got eyes for Ellie, a geek with a heart of gold and a lethal set of dental braces.
Alan Carr
Rock Around The Clock
Featuring a phenomenal cast of singers, dancers and musicians, Rock Around the Clock is a non-stop hit parade of Rock and Roll classics that is guaranteed to leave you dancing into the night! This American Jukebox sensation has already wowed audiences all over the world and includes music made famous by Buddy Holly, Bill Haley and His Comets, Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, Elvis Presley, The Platters, Jerry Lee Lewis and featuring unforgettable songs such as Great Balls of Fire, Jail House Rock, Blueberry Hill, Shake Rattle and Roll, Good Golly Miss Molly, Johnny B. Goode and many more.
23 – 27 August Heartbreak Beautiful
28 August
9 – 10 August Princess Theatre, Torbay Road, 01803 290228, princesstheatre.org. uk, 7.30pm, £27.75 Its time to Shake, Rattle and Roll all the way back to the fantastic 50’s! Travel back to the time of Teddy Boys, quiffs, Brylcreem, poodle skirts and blue suede shoes.
Events
27 - 28 August Mr Benn
Exeter Northcott, Stocker Road, Exeter, 01392 493493, exeternorthcott.com 10.30 & 1.30pm, £9.50 Tall Stories are proud to present a brand new production celebrating 40 years of David McKee’s much-loved TV character. Mr Benn springs to life on stage in this magical, musical show for children of all ages.
18 August The Death Of Sherlock Homes
Penlee Open Air Theatre, Morrab Road, Penzance, TR18 4HE 01736 363625, penleehouse.org.uk 7.30pm, £10 It’s a dangerous time for Sherlock Holmes: preparing for his final battle with the criminal mastermind Moriarty, he stumbles upon a most ingenious crime. Miracle Theatre stirs up all the ingredients of the best Sherlock Holmes mystery with a large measure of comedy to bring audiences of all ages a period thriller with a sting in its tail!
22 – 27 August Blood Brothers
Hall for Cornwall, Black Quay, TR1 2LL, 01872 262466, hallforcornwall. co.uk 7.30pm, £9 - £28.50 Written by Willy Russell, the legendary BLOOD BROTHERS tells the captivating and moving tale of twins who, separated at birth, grow up on opposite sides of the tracks, only to meet again with tragic consequences.
Princess Theatre, Torbay Road, 01803 290228, princesstheatre.org. uk, 7.30pm, £27.75 Alan Carr’s Work-In-Progress. The star of Channel 4’s ‘Alan Carr Chatty Man’ returns to the road for his first UK Tour in over 4 years. Come and join Alan as he tries out new material for his forthcoming 33 date UK and Ireland arena tour. Recommended Age 15+
28 Aug – 4 Sept Drawn To The Valley
Calstock Arts, The Old Chapel, Calstock, 01822 833183, calstockarts.org.uk An exhibition featuring local artists Sophie Fordham, Lynne Ong and Anita Townsend. Calstock Arts is delighted to be a new venue for the annual Drawn to the Valley event. Our exhibition will feature local artists Sophie Fordham, Lynne Ong and Anita Townsend. Come and see some lovely artwork in the beautiful surroundings of The Old Chapel
30 Aug – 6 Sept Grease
Princess Theatre, Torbay Road, 01803 290228, princesstheatre.org. uk, 7.30pm, £13.75 - £39.25 Dust off your leather jackets, pull on your bobby-socks and get ready for the most fun-filled, high octane Rock’n’Roll party of the year. It’s the original High-School musical, featuring all the unforgettable songs from the hit movie including You’re The One That I Want, Grease Is The Word, Summer Nights, Hopelessly Devoted To You, Sandy, Greased Lightnin’ and many more.
Until 1 September A Collection Of Gaps
Exeter Phoenix, Bradninch Place, Exeter, 01392 667080, exeterphoenix.org.uk 8pm, £10 This solo exhibition brings together recent work by Darren Harvey-Regan which explores the interplay between image, object and meaning and often blurs the distinction between photography and installation.
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RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (TBC)
Released 11 August Dir: Rupert Wyatt Starring: James Franco, Freida Pinto, John Lithgowm Brian Cox, Andy Serkis, Tom Felton 2011/US/TBC Everyone’s heard of Planet of the Apes right? That iconic, classic film which tells of a time when apes take over the planet – to the detriment of humanity. Here we have the back story to that (in a similar vein to X-Men: First Class, which we previewed a couple of months back), Rise of the Planet of the Apes is a reality-based cautionary tale that blends science fiction and science fact, which depicts how mankind’s hubris leads to the development of intelligence in apes and the onset of a war for supremacy. Oscarwinning visual effects house Weta Digital – employing certain of the groundbreaking technologies developed for “Avatar” – will render, for the first time ever in the film series, photo-realistic apes rather than costumed actors – making this a must-see film We’ve teamed up with Twentieth Century Fox to give away five Rise of the Planet of the Apes goodie packs. To be in with a chance of winning visit www.247magazine.co.uk for details.
The Best of the Rest.... CONAN:THE BARBARIAN
THE FINAL DESTINATION 5
SUPER 8Released: 31 July
Released 26 August Dir: Marcus Nispel Starring: Rachel Nichols, Jason Momoa, Ron Perlman, Rose McGowan 2011/US/TBC In this 3D remake of the seminal John Milus film the raw masculinity of Arnold Swartzenegger is replaced by Jason Momoa whose is more metro-sexual that the Governator. In this reworking Conan is after revenge for the death of his father. If this is anything like the original it should be great fun. Decapitations and limbs flying towards the audience in glorious 3D should make for a fun fuelled experience. Let’s hope they keep the slightly odd Nietzschian philosophy and psychedelic settings from the original.
Dir: Steven Quale Starring: Nicholas D’Agosto, Emma Bell, and Arlen Escarpeta 2011/US/TBC They’ve made another one! Not content with stalking fatalistic teenagers in the previous 4 instalments, Death returns for another crack at some hapless Americans. This time it’s a group of people who survive a bridge collapsing when they all should have fallen to their deaths. Just as in the previous film, which was supposedly The Final Destination, it has been shot in 3D which should keep the series’ discerning fan-base happy.
Dir: J.J Abrams Starring: Elle Fanning, Kyle Chandler, Ron Eldard and Amanda Michalka 2011/US/112 min The creative mind behind Cloverfield and producer Steven Spielberg join forces to create a thriller shrouded in secrecy. Set in the 1970s the film centres around a group of teenage filmmakers witnessing a devastating train crash, which they capture the action on Super 8 cameras, hence the title. The characters soon learn that something or someone in the train wreck could cause bigger damage to the whole of their town... It’s got hit written all over it.
COWBOYS AND ALIENS
THE INBETWEENERS MOVIE
THE SMURFS 3D Released:
Released: 19 August Dir: Jon Favreau Starring: Daniel Craig, Paul Dano, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde, and Sam Rockwell 2011/US/TBC This interesting genre mixer sees a bunch of cowboys, fresh from taking on the Apache, who decide to mess with a burly bunch of extra-terrestrials.The blonde-Bond Daniel Craig plays an amnesiac gunslinger, who strolls into a town called Absolution (why not call it Lowerstoft?).He finds that his past troubles with “the law” disappear when he and the other occupants of the town come under attack from aliens. It also stars Harrison Ford who crops up as a tough as nails Colonel.
Released: 19 August Dir: Ben Palmer Starring: Simon Bird, James Buckley and Blake Harrison 2011/UK/TBC Will, Neil, Simon and Jay, are back but this time on the big screen. In this adventure the quartet have finished school and are off for a lad’s holiday in Crete. Pubescent jokes and drinking will be top of the agenda. The Inbetweeners has been classic comedy on the small screen, but will it convert to the multiplex? Harry Enfield in Kevin and Perry Go Large underwent the same transition and that was pretty unsuccessful, but there is always hope.
Released: 10 August Dir: Raja Gosnell Starring: Neil Patrick Harris, Katy Perry, and Kevin James 2011/US/TBC The little, cutesy, blue creations are off for a big screen adventure and this time it’s in 3D. Good kiddie friendly fun involving some bonkers plot about an ancient evil coming back to bother the Smurfs – maybe it didn’t like the colour blue! Anyway should give the kids some welcome entertainment and hopefully the 3D will be more eye-popping than headache inducing. Words: John Barker
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Live Tues 2 Bideford JAM NIGHT Palladium Club, £free.
Penzance
OPEN MIC NIGHT Studio Bar, 9pm, £free.
Plymouth
CHRIS GOOD (OF THE DEVIL’S DUO), Bar Rakuda, 8pm-10.30pm. Popular covers & folky originals.
Weds 3 Bideford JAM NIGHT Palladium Club, £free. THE ANGEL ACOUSTIC OPEN MIC, The Angel, Opp Central Station, 8pm, £free. Hosted by Billy Bottle – expect Folk, soul, jazz, song writers, reggae, poetry & comedy.
Exeter
LIVE ACOUSTIC MUSIC, Mama Stone’s, 1 Mary Arches Street. From House Band Musicians.
Plymouth
HAMER & ISAACS, Blues Bar & Grill, 8 The Parade, 9.30pm, £free. Gypsy Jazz Guitarists.
Thurs 4 Exeter RONI + SAM MADDOCKS + NIKKI LOY + RUPERT BATH, Exeter Picturehouse, 51, Bartholomew Street West, 8.30pm, £free. ABOVE THEM/LINEKER/YEARS/ THE 255S, Cavern Club, 83-84 Queen Street, 8pm, £4. Although popular in their native land, English trio Above Them’s American punk rock influences & British guitar rock roots have ensured them a steady fanbase stateside. DJ MOJO, Mama Stone’s, 1 Mary Arches Street.
Liskeard
DEVILS CREEK, Barley Sheaf, Church St. 9pm, £free. A Blues fans delight. First class guitar work from Guy Rosewall.
Plymouth
THE ACOUSTIC CAFÉ The Cellar Bar, the Fortescue, Mutley Plain 8.30pm-12am, £1. Jimmy Buddha Om plus three guests each week, info 01752 66067. LIVE THURSDAYS, Ride Café, Tavistock Place 9pm – 12am £free A selection of the most exciting live rock/ dub/ska/hip hop/roots and reggae acts from across the nation and beyond. JEFF HORSEY, The B-bar, Barbican Theatre, Castle Street, 9pm, £2 or free to B-Card holders. Solo bluesman rips it up with guitar & harmonica.
Penzance
TA KEMP, Studio Bar, 9pm, £free.
Torquay
JAM NIGHT Chaplins Bar, £free. Hosted by Unstrung Entertainments
Truro
LIVE BANDS Bunters Bar, Little Castle St, 9pm, £free. Bands TBC, see www.buntersbar.co.uk for more details.
Fri 5 Bideford FOREVER YOUNG, Palladium
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CUBA NIGHT B-Bar, The Barbican, 10pm, £free. THE CREEPSHOW, White Rabbit, Bretonside Bus Station, Breton Side, 8pm, £7. Exeter SKIN TIGHT, Mama Stone’s, 1 Mary THE WIRELESS, The Millbridge, 23 Molesworth Road, Stoke, Arches Street. Funk. 9–11.30pm, £free. Falmouth Tiverton AND FINALLY PHIL COLLINS, Princess Pavilion, 41 Melvill Road, MAD HATTER 2.0, Seven Stars, 7.30pm, £13-£15. An 11 piece band Bridge Street. The Triple Slit Fist UK Tour. recreating the ‘First Final Farewell Tour 2004’, including hits: Against Sun 7 All Odds, Don’t Lose My Number, One More Night & many more. Plymouth Plymouth STREET DOGS, White Rabbit, TDEVIL’S DUO, Boomerangs, 1-3 Bretonside Bus Station, Breton Mutley Plain, 10pm-12pm. A two Side, 8pm, £8. Thrilling punk rock piece folk act, playing originals & from the experts fronted by ex-Dropkick popular covers. Murphy’s vocalist Mike McColgan. THE WIRELESS, Kitty O’Hanlons, Mon 8 5 St. Andrew Street, 9–11.30pm, £free. Exeter HAMER & ISAACS, The B-bar, ODDFELLOWS OPEN MIC The Barbican Theatre, Castle Street, Oddfellows, 60 New North Rd 7pm9pm, £3. 5-piece gypsy jazz band late, £free. Open Mic Night with drinks including vocals, violin, two guitars deals – turn up and play! & double bass.
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FOREVER YOUNG, Palladium Club. Rock Covers.
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iFUNK, The Union Inn, Stibb Cross, 9pm, £free. Funky pop covers band.
Bideford
MAD HATTER 2.0, Live Bar, 9a River Street. The Triple Slit Fist UK Tour. NOTHING BUT BLUES, B-Side, Bunters Bar, 58 Little Castle Street, £free. The critically acclaimed Giles Robson & The Dirty Aces headline the event which also features local blues rockers Big Guns & acoustic blues supremo Tom Cary.
Plymouth
Truro
Sat 6 Barnstaple iFUNK, The Old Bus Station, The Strand, 9pm, £free. Funky pop covers band.
Bideford
iFUNK, The Old Bus Station, The Strand, 9pm, £free. Funky pop covers band.
Exeter
LOONALOOP, Old Firehouse, 50 New North Road, 10:30pm- 1am, £1/£free B4 8:30pm. Loonaloop’s distinctive sound is driven by a combination of traditional instruments fused with contemporary programming, synths and samples. MAMA’S HOUSE BAND, Mama Stone’s, 1 Mary Arches Street. ft. Johnny Mars (Blues/Funk).
Penryn
LOUISE PARKER, Miss Peapod’s Cafe, Jubilee Wharf, 8pm, £4. Smooth vocal jazz from a Plymouth singer hotly tipped by Humphrey Littleton. Performing a mixture of jazz standards, blues, a little funk & a whole lot of soul.
Plymouth
CRAZY ARM, Jack Chams, Ebrington Street. The band have developed a distinctly progressive & aggressive style, shot through with a healthy dose of grass-roots politics. They rely chiefly on folk/country open tunings & slide guitars to evoke moods that are at odds with the punk orthodoxy.
OPEN MIC JAM NIGHT, Palladium Club, £free. OPEN MIC Bac Bar, North Hill 10.30pm – late, £tbc. Turn up & perform, simple as that! CHRIS GOOD (OF THE DEVIL’S DUO), Bar Rakuda, 8pm-10.30pm. Popular covers & folky originals.
Penzanze
OPEN MIC NIGHT The Studio Bar, 9pm, £free
Weds 10 Exeter THE ANGEL ACOUSTIC OPEN MIC The Angel, Opp Central Station, 8pm, £free. Hosted by Billy Bottle – expect Folk, soul, jazz, song writers, reggae, poetry & comedy.. TOOTS AND THE MAYTALS, Exeter Phoenix, Bradninch Place, Gandy Street, 8pm, £23. Celebrating 50 years as one of the world’s best loved Ska & Reggae groups, the legendary Toots and The Maytals are set to play the biggest UK tour of their illustrious career. DAYLIGHT LIVE, Mama Stone’s, 1 Mary Arches Street. Academy of Music and Sound.
Plymouth
CAFÉ ACOUSTICA B-Bar, Barbican £free, 9pm. Fortnightly showcase of unplugged talent, hosted by Jessie Mullen. STRIFE, White Rabbit, Bretonside Bus Station, Breton Side, 8pm, £10. Los Angeles Hardcore band. REVOLUTION ACOUSTIC WEDNESDAY’S, Derrys Cross, £free, 9pm. Open Mic support slots, with showcased main acts.
Falmouth
RALPH MCTELL, Princess Pavilion, 41 Melvill Road, 7.30pm, £18.50. Best known for his ‘Streets Of London’ (and appearances on ‘Alphabet Zoo’), this singer/songwriter is a weaver
of narratives that are both significant & poignant.
Thurs 11 Exeter LIVE MUSIC IN THE BAR Exeter Picturehouse, 8.30pm, £free. DEVIN TOWNSEND, Cavern Club, 83-84 Queen Street, 8pm, £12. The vocalist and founder member of extreme metal band STRAPPING YOUNG LAD brings an acoustic set to the Cavern. DJ MOJO, Mama Stone’s, 1 Mary Arches Street.
Liskeard
COMPANY B Barley Sheaf Church St, 9pm, £free
Penzance
PUNK NIGHT The Studio Bar, 9pm, £free
Plymouth
THE ACOUSTIC CAFÉ The Cellar Bar, the Fortescue, Mutley Plain 8.30pm-12am, £1 Jimmy Buddha Om plus three guests each week, info 01752 660673. LIVE THURSDAYS Ride Café, Tavistock Place 9pm – 12am £free. A selection of the most exciting live rock/ dub/ska/hip hop/roots and reggae acts. JONATHAN POWELL, The B-bar, Barbican Theatre, Castle Street, 9pm, £2. Singer/songwriter & multi instrumentalist.
St Agnes
BETH ROWLEY, The Taphouse, Peterville Square, £free.
Torquay
JAM NIGHT Chaplins Bar, £free. Hosted by Unstrung Entertainments
Truro
LIVE BANDS Bunters Bar, Little Castle St, 9pm, £free. Bands TBC, see www.buntersbar.co.uk for more details
Fri 12 Barnstaple IGIRLFIXER, The Wrey Arms, Bickington Road, 7pm-11.30pm, £3. Support from The Dead Betas. Guests - Jackdaws, Dick Narnia, Scott Linn.
Bideford
iFUNK, The Palladium Club, 9pm, £3. Funky pop covers band.
Falmouth
HAWKWIND, Princess Pavilion, 41 Melvill Road, 8.30pm, £20. With the legendary Lord of space rock Dave Brock at the helm, Hawkwind bring their unmissable & spectacular stage show featuring dancers, stilt walkers, psychedelic lighting & projections to the road.
Penryn
EVEN NINE, Watering Hole, Perranporth Beach, 9pm. An energetic rock band, mix of original & cover songs!
Perranporth
EVEN NINE, Watering Hole, Perranporth Beach, 9pm. An energetic rock band, mix of original & cover songs!
Exeter
MiG, Mama Stone’s, 1 Mary Arches Street. Funk.
Plymouth
DEVIL’S DUO, Kings Arms, The Quay, 9pm-11pm. A two piece folk act, playing originals & popular covers.
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Redruth
Exeter
ACOUSTIC NIGHT Gaslights Bar 8pm, £free.
THE ANGEL ACOUSTIC OPEN MIC The Angel, Opp Central Station, 8pm, £free. Hosted by Billy Bottle – expect Folk, soul, jazz, song writers, reggae, poetry & comedy. EXEGUITARFESTIVAL PRESENTS THE MANDOLINQUENTS, Exeter Phoenix, Bradninch Place, Gandy Street, 8pm, £15 (£12). Virtuosic playing from the world famous multiple awarding winning Simon Mayor, Hilary James, Richard Collins & Gerald Garcia. ROSIE & TIM’S ACOUSTIC NIGHT, Mama Stone’s, 1 Mary Arches Street. JIM LOCKEY AND THE SOLEMN SUN, 83-84 Queen Street, 8pm, £4. Anarcho-anglo storytellers from Cheltenham, JL&tSS deliver their blend of country-folk/punk - the most energetic, poetic & engaging British folk music in the UK today.
Truro
BETH ROWLEY, B-Side at Bunters, £free. Supporting Crowns.
Sat 13 As befits their sonic demeanour, HEAD OF PROGRAMMES launched their new EP with a low-key show at Jack Chams (Plymouth, 19th June). But low-key doesn’t mean low-flow. Jim MacGregor’s country brio is made of stern, powerful stuff despite the melancholy that runs thickly through his songs. Dutch neo-folksters and strangers to the city, GOODWIN SANDS, had the crowd eating out of their hands within two songs – and if that isn’t a sign of innate goodness, I don’t know what is. Caught halfway between First Aid Kit’s earthly coo and the indie breeze of Laura Marling, the quartet rely on close vocal harmonies and understated instrumental thrum to soothe away the pains of being pure at heart. Lovely. The further away we move from the denim’n’patchouli splurge of ‘70s heavy rock, the better it sounds when new bands revisit it. Take the absurdly monikered (and attired) VALIENT THORR (White Rabbit, Plymouth, 20th June). Sure they look like the grizzled ghosts of Hawkwind – all hair and metal hilarity – but their balls-to-the-wall riff wielding is an exercise in expertise. Plymouth beercore quartet, RAPTOR PARTY, made a fine hardcore noise. Whether we ever see them again is another matter as they only formed to play this show. Biffer! Seattle’s FLEET FOXES may not be the most explosive of bands to bring this year’s Eden Sessions to a close but they’re certainly more conducive to the eco-righteous surroundings than most (Eden Project, Cornwall, 1st July). They shuffled onstage with a noticeable nonchalance but as soon as the opening salvo of ‘The Cascades’ and ‘Grown Ocean’ wrapped themselves gleefully around your heartstrings, it was only a matter of moments before you were wishing that all music sounded like this, not just Crosby, Stills & Nash. Vocalist Robin Pecknold’s social anxiety may be evident but it only added to the universal feeling of empathy. While the band, visually ineffective for the most part but brimming with confidence, imbued the songs with a deft touch not seen on these shores since the equally magnificent Midlake last waltzed into view. THE BEES opening set was a lacklustre and pedestrian affair, the band oblivious even to their own disinterest. Conor O’Brien’s VILLAGERS, on the other hand, were a revelation, especially when the harrowing lilt of ‘On A Sunlit Stage’ and the beguiling ‘Becoming A Jackal’ turned us all into gibbering wrecks. There’s something frustratingly underwhelming about SOCIAL DISTORTION that has kept me from falling for their Route 66 brand of punk rock for a lifetime (Shepherds Bush Empire, London, 7th July). It might be something to do with the fact that even their best songs sound like they could have been written in that brief period between wiping one’s arse and washing one’s hands. Rudimentary melodies, mediocre riffs, over-egged symbolism: if Mike Ness wasn’t a man of such good character and rock’n’roll notoriety, nobody would give a shit about these pedestrian vignettes. It’s official. The English Defence League are the laughing stock of Plymouth. Their piffling march through the city (but not the centre – Unite Against Fascism won the war of territories) was a pointless exercise in misinformed hate-mongering and thinly veiled racism (9th July). By contrast, the anti-EDL counter-protest was a celebratory, allinclusive affair that moved noisily through the high street, returning to Voodoo Lounge for live music (from KELLY KEMP, PATRICK JAMES PEARSON, us and more) and DJs. As expected, a handful of goons tried to gatecrash the party but an ever-vigilant throng of activists kept them at bay. The next time they visit with their crypto-patriotic poison, make sure you’re there to greet them See-ya bye. Backbone (johnsycash@yahoo.co.uk)
Exeter FRESHLY SQUEEZED, Mama Stone’s, 1 Mary Arches Street. Funk. EXEGUITARFESTIVAL PRESENTS VIDA GUITAR QUARTET, Exeter Phoenix, Bradninch Place, Gandy Street, 7:30pm, £15, (£12).
Pendryn
JONATHAN POWELL, Miss Peapod’s Cafe, Jubilee Wharf, 8pm, £4. Think of a Welsh Elbow. This singer/songwriter & multiinstrumentalist will soothe your mind & soul with insightful lyrics & catchy hooks.
Plymouth
DEVIL’S DUO, Lifeboat Inn, 9pm11pm. A two piece folk act, playing originals & popular covers.
REVOLUTION ACOUSTIC WEDNESDAY’S, Derrys Cross, £free, 9pm. Open Mic support slots, with showcased main acts. MAD HATTER 2.0, The Junction Underground, Mutley Plain. The Triple Slit Fist UK Tour. EDD LANE AND TOM NICHOLAS, The B-bar, Barbican Theatre, Castle Street, 9pm, £2. Acoustic duo. Edd lane is a solo folk/rock artist, Tom Nicholas is a folk/acoustic musician.
MAYBE NAKED, The Cavalier Inn, Well Street, 9pm, £free. Rock covers band.
Liskeard
Plymouth
CUBA NIGHT B-Bar, The Barbican, 10pm, £free. THE WIRELESS, Black Jacks, 8 Quay Road, 10pm-midnight, £free.
St Ives
Tavistock
Sun 14 Totnes HAMER & ISAACS, Dartington Ciderpress, The Elmhirst Centre, Dartington Hall,12 noon, £free. Gypsy Jazz Guitarists.
Mon 15 Exeter ODDFELLOWS OPEN MIC The Oddfellows, 60 New North Rd 7pmlate, £free. Open Mic Night with drinks deals – turn up & play!
Plymouth
TIDIOM, Cavern Club, 83-84 Queen Street, 8pm, £4. Up & coming Exeter based alternative Metal band. Expect a night of the best in rock. Support from We The Divide, Tear Aways & I Divide.
Tues 16 Bideford OPEN MIC JAM NIGHT Palladium Club £free
Exeter
ELVIS NIGHT, Mama Stone’s, 1 Mary Arches Street.
Penzance
OPEN MIC NIGHT The Studio Bar, 9pm, £free.
Plymouth
OPEN MIC Bac Bar, North Hill 10.30pm – late, £tbc. Turn up & perform, simple as that! CHRIS GOOD (OF THE DEVIL’S DUO), Bar Rakuda, 8pm-10.30pm. Popular covers & folky originals.
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Thurs 18 ROOSTER, Barley Sheaf, Church St. 9pm, £free. Jump Jive, Swing & Boogie Woogie.
Torquay
JAM NIGHT Chaplins Bar, £free. Hosted by Unstrung Entertainments.
Truro
LIVE BANDS. Bunters Bar, Little Castle St, 9pm, £free. Even Nine and guests, see www.buntersbar.co.uk for more details
St Agnes
RACHEL SERMANNI, The Taphouse, Peterville Square, £free.
Exeter
THE MORRISONS + TOMMIE FORD + HANNAH PARTRIDGE, Exeter Picturehouse, 51, Bartholomew Street West, 8.30pm, £free. DJ MOJO, Mama Stone’s, 1 Mary Arches Street. THE ACOUSTIC CAFÉ The Cellar Bar, the Fortescue, Mutley Plain 8.30pm-12am, £1. Jimmy Buddha Om plus three guests each week, info 01752 660673 LIVE THURSDAYS Ride Café, Tavistock Place 9pm – 12am £free. A selection of the most exciting live rock/ dub/ska/hip hop/roots and reggae acts from across the nation and beyond. Guest Jouis.
Liskeard
PAUL & THE HARPERWOODS HEROES Barley Sheaf Church St, 9pm, £free
Penzance
MESSENGER The Studio Bar, 9pm, £free
Plymouth
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Fri 19 Bideford BLACK HOLE HARDCORE MINI FEST, The Palladium Club, 7pm12.30pm, £4. Guests - Veils, Rosa Valle, Napoleon, Chapters of Eden, Cowards, She Called Shotgun, Bayonet.
Camborne
JONESTOWN, Tyacks Hotel, 27 Commercial Street, 9pm, £free.
Exeter
SESSION ONE, Mama Stone’s, 1 Mary Arches Street. Funk/Soul/ Disco/Pop.
Malborough
BLUE ORCHID, The Old Inn, Higher Town, 7pm-late. Fundraising event in aid of Marie Curie. Support from The Seamonkeys. BBQ outside.
Penzance
RACHEL SERMANNI, The Zero Lounge, Chapel Street, £free.
Plymouth
DEVIL’S DUO, Blues Bar and Grill, 8 The Parade 10pm-12.30pm. A two piece folk act, playing originals & popular covers. OUT TO GRASS, The B-bar, Barbican Theatre, Castle Street, 9pm, £5. Our favourite Bluegrass boys, like Plymouth’s Hayseed Dixie. But better!
Redruth
ACOUSTIC NIGHT, Gaslights Bar 8pm, £free. Saltash THE WIRELESS, The Union Inn, Tamar Street, 9–11.30pm, £free.
Sat 20 Bideford MAYBE NAKED, Palladium Club. Rock covers.
Exeter
MAMA’S HOUSE BAND, Mama Stone’s, 1 Mary Arches Street. ft. Adam Isaac (Funk/Rock/Pop).
Street, 8pm-late.
Mon 22
Salcombe BLUE ORCHID, Island Street Bar & Grill, Hannafords Landing, Island
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THE ACOUSTIC CAFÉ The Cellar Bar, the Fortescue, Mutley Plain Exeter 8.30pm-12am, £1. Jimmy Buddha Om ODDFELLOWS OPEN MIC The plus three guests each week, info 01752 Oddfellows, 60 New North Rd 7pm660673 late, £free. Open Mic Night with drinks GINGER (THE WILDHEARTS), deals – turn up and play! White Rabbit, Bretonside Bus Station, Breton Side, 7.30pm, £10. Tues 23 Wildhearts frontman does his solo thing Bideford with a far more acoustic vibe then the OPEN MIC JAM NIGHT, Palladium normal raucous rock he’s known for. Club, £free. LIVE THURSDAYS Ride Café, Exeter Tavistock Place 9pm – 12am £free. A selection of the most exciting live rock/ APOLLO’S ARROWS + SUFFER dub/ska/hip hop/roots and reggae acts LIKE G DID, 83-84 Queen Street, from across the nation and beyond. 8pm, £3. A night of the best in UK Torquay underground/post hardcore. Supports Adults, the Elderly and Children + Guests. JAM NIGHT Chaplins Bar, £free. Hosted by Unstrung Entertainments Penzance OPEN MIC NIGHT The Studio Bar, Truro LIVE BANDS Bunters Bar, Little 9pm, £free. Castle St, 9pm, £free. Bands TBC, see Plymouth www.buntersbar.co.uk for more details OPEN MIC Bac Bar, North Hill 10.30pm – late, £tbc Try up & perform, Fri 26 simple as that! CHRIS GOOD (OF THE DEVIL’S Barnstaple DUO), Bar Rakuda, 8pm-10.30pm. NEW BAND NIGHT, The Wrey Popular covers & folky originals. Arms, Bickington Road, 7pm11.30pm, £3. An array of local Weds 24 talent.
Exeter
THE ANGEL ACOUSTIC OPEN MIC The Angel, Opp Central Station, 8pm, £free. Hosted by Billy Bottle – expect Folk, soul, jazz, song writers, reggae, poetry & comedy. CELINE DOS SANTOS & MARC TAYLOR, Mama Stone’s, 1 Mary Arches Street. GINGER (THE WILDHEARTS) ACOUSTIC SET, 83-84 Queen Street, 8pm, £10. Ginger is a rock guitarist, singer and songwriter, best known for his band The Wildhearts... tonight he’ll be doing a special acoustic set.
Falmouth
ROB KINGSLEY, Princess Pavilion, 41 Melvill Road, 7.30pm, £15. Rob Hayle Kingsley & The Cadillac’s Band Live, Rob EVEN NINE, Copperhouse, 11 Fore is now recognized as the top Elvis Tribute in Europe. Street, 9pm. An energetic rock band, Plymouth mix of original & cover songs! CAFÉ ACOUSTICA B-Bar, Penzance Barbican £free, 9pm Fortnightly RAFT RACE PIRATE’S PARTY, showcase of unplugged talent, hosted by Sandbar, Praa Sands, 9pm-late. A Jessie Mullen. warm up for the annual Pirate Raft Race. REVOLUTION ACOUSTIC Expect funky house DJs with Captn’ WEDNESDAY’S, Derrys Cross, Kristoff & Landlubber Butter, Wild Pirates £free, 9pm. Open Mic support slots, & much more! with showcased main acts. Plymouth CUBA NIGHT B-Bar, The Barbican, DEVIL’S DUO, Kitty O Hanlons, 5 St. Andrew Street. A two piece folk act, 10pm, £free playing originals & popular covers. Redruth MAD HATTER 2.0, Gaslights, Thurs 25 Station Hill. The Triple Slit Fist Exeter UK Tour. MATT CALDER + ROGER Torrington HUNT, Exeter Picturehouse, 51, THE DEAD BETAS B-DAY BASH, Bartholomew Street West, 8.30pm, The Torrington Arms, 170 New £free. Street, 7pm-Late, £free. Guests – YES SIR BOSS, Mama Stone’s, 1 Jackdaws. Mary Arches Street.
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Camborne
THREE MINUTE WARNING, Tyacks Hotel, 27 Commercial Street, 9pm, £free.
Exeter
BOOGIE KNIGHTS, Mama Stone’s, 1 Mary Arches Street. 70′s Theme Night.
Falmouth
ALL THE FIRES, Toast, 18 Church Street, TR11 3DR, 9pm-late, £free.
Plymouth
MAMA TOKUS B-Bar, Barbican Theatre, £3, 9pm. Mama Tokus hosts a night of soul and blues, with special guests. PROFESSOR GREEN, Karma Nightclub, Mayflower Street, 11pm, £10. One of the UK’s best freestylers/ rappers, littering his lyrics with wry pop culture references, a sharp sense of humour & honesty. DEVIL’S DUO, Kings Arms, The Quay, 9pm-11pm. A two piece folk act, playing originals & popular covers. MAMA TOKUS, The B-bar, Barbican Theatre, Castle Street, 9pm, £3. Mama Tokus hosts a night of soul and blues, with special guests.
Redruth
ACOUSTIC NIGHT, Gaslights Bar 8pm, £free.
Sat 27 Bideford HAMER & ISAACS, Palladium Club. Gypsy Swing band.
Exeter
MAMA’S HOUSE BAND, Mama Stone’s, 1 Mary Arches Street. ft. Leigh Coleman(Soul/Funk).
Falmouth
JOEY THE LIPS, Princess Pavilion, JAM, Barley Sheaf, Church St. 41 Melvill Road, 7.30pm, £10. Joey 9pm, £free. All musicians welcome. The Lips play a diverse brand of music Please email swifty@thebarley. billed as ‘Funky Soul, Blues & Disco
Revue’ which belies their Commitments style soul band roots.
Liskeard
SERGEANT FLINT, Barley Sheaf, Church St. 9pm, £free. Classic rock covers.
Newquay
AUCTION FOR THE PROMISE CLUB, Quiksilver Pro, Fistral Beach, all day, £5. Guests – I Am Giant.
Plymouth
CUBA NIGHT B-Bar, The Barbican, 10pm, £free.
Sun 28 Barnstaple iFUNK, Lilicos Bar, Bridge Buildings, The Square 9pm, £free. Funky pop covers band.
Bideford
SPINLORDS OF SPINTANIA, Palladium Club. Prog.
Helston
EVEN NINE, Ship Inn, Mount Pleasant Road, 4pm. An energetic rock band, mix of original & cover songs!
Liskeard
GOOD TIME JAZZ, Barley Sheaf, Church St. 9pm, £free. Classy Jazz band. BBQ in the garden.
Penzance
PARTY IN THE PARK, Trereife Park, Newlyn, 1pm-late, £7adv. A showcase of the best of Cornwall’s live music scene, with acts such as Broken, Headluv and Passman, Punk boy band Bugga, Kabasa & Hanterhir. 16 bands across several genres.
Plymouth
HELEN MAUGHAN AND FRASER WEEKES, The B-bar, Barbican Theatre, Castle Street, 9pm, £free. Sunday music with jazz standards singer Helen Maughan & Fraser Weekes on guitar.
Mon 29 Totnes HAMER & ISAACS, Dartington Ciderpress, The Elmhirst Centre, Dartington Hall,12 noon, £free. Gypsy Jazz Guitarists.
Tues 30 Plymouth CHRIS GOOD (OF THE DEVIL’S DUO), Bar Rakuda, 8pm-10.30pm. Popular covers & folky originals. THE FLATLINERS + THE ARTERIES + OK PILOT, White Rabbit, Bretonside Bus Station, Breton Side, 8pm, £7. The Flatliners play punk rock/reggae/grime that makes you want to dance & punch.
Weds 31 Exeter ADAM ISAAC + BABYSNAKES, Mama Stone’s, 1 Mary Arches Street.
Plymouth
HELL ON EARTH TOUR, White Rabbit, Bretonside Bus Station, Breton Side, 7.30pm, £15. Ft. Unearth + Evergreen Terrace + Bane (2) + Nasty + Casey Jones.
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August listings: Mondays 8th Kissy Sell Out 9.30pm-2.30pm / £5 For the 2nd Monday in August we are joined by none other than Kissy Sellout from Radio 1. Supported by Snatch the Wax DJ’s. Rm 2 with Matt Wing (chart, R’n’B, hip hop and requests). Drinks from £1.50. 15th Modestep – student night dubstep special 9pm – 2.30am / £5 Modestep Come To Party For Dubstep Special, expect some big baselines! Support from Premise & Palm. Rm 2 with Matt Wing (chart, R’n’B, hip hop and requests). Drinks from £1.50. 22nd Plump DJ’s 9pm – 2.30am / £5 The Plump DJ’s and the Freerange DJ’s hit the L2 turntables for a massive night of breakbeat action! Rm 2 with Matt Wing (chart, R’n’B, hip hop and requests). Drinks from £1.50 THURSDAYS 18th Its All About The Banter Exam Results Party 9pm-1.30am / £5 Drown you sorrows or celebrate at the L2 It’s all about the Banter Exam Results Party 2011. The ultimate student party with DJ Matt Wing and drinks from £1.50. Fridays Fresh Fridays 9.30pm – 2.30am / £Free All Night DJ Tom Willz gets the weekend party stared with party tunes and requests. Drinks from £1.50 & weekly drink promos SATURDAYS Saturday Social - Truro’s Weekly Big Party Night 9:30pm till 2:30pm Free entry before 10:30pm / £5 after (Excluding Event Nights) Matt Wing plays all the best chart, hip hop and R’n’B, Jason M & Snatch the Wax with all the upfront house / electro / trance / party breaks.
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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 £1.50 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! WONKEYLEGS. Firefly. 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 1st ANNIE MAC. L2 Nightclub.
Calenick St. 9pm-2.30am. £7 in adv. Special student night with Annie Mac playing live, supported by Snatch the Wax & Matt Wing. 8th KISSY SELL OUT L2 Nightclub. Calenick St. 9.30pm2.30am. £5. The Kissy Club comes to Cornwall! Radio 1 DJ and generally alround party head, Kissy knows how to inject the energy into a party and keep it pumping. Support from Snatch the Wax DJ’s. 15th MODESTEP DUBSTEP NIGHT. L2 Nightclub. Calenick St. 9.30pm-2.30am. £5. Dubstep hots Cornwall big time with this 4-piece live band from London, they make a noise which makes your brain wobble! Supported by Premise & Palm. 22nd PLUMP DJ’S. L2 Nightclub. Calenick St. 9.30pm-2.30am. £5. Anotehr phat night with these breaks dons, suported by Cornwall’s own crew, Freerange who are making waves of their own with
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TUESDAYS Exeter
SANCHEZ Berties, East St 10pmlate, £tbc. Live show from Prichard v’s Dainton from MTV’s Dirty Sanchez.
Plymouth
BIG WEDNESDAY. Ride Cafe. 45 CAFE SABROSO. Timepiece, Tavistock Place. 9pm-2am. £2. Little Castle St. 7.30pm-1.30am, Wonky Ben - Hook up, kick back, rock £free. Salsa, Samba and Merengue with out. £1 drinks deals; this night is rammed DJ Ricardo come along to one of Exeter’s every week! The ultimate antidote to mid longest running salsa nights and see how week blues! they party on the continent! COWPOW. The Dairy, 25 CHEESY TUESDAYS. Arena. Bretonside. 6pm-late. Student night, Summerland St. 10pm-2.30am. £4.50 A huge slice of cheese from the 80’s, chart popping classics, great student deals, all are welcome to join in the fun. 90’s & 00’s sandwiched in between all the NON-STOP MUSIC. Zero’s. 24 biggest student anthems. Lockyer St. 10.30pm-1am. £free. Exmouth VIBE. Oceana. Barbican Leisure OFFICE PARTY. Fahrenheit, The Park, 9pm-3am, £free with flyer B4 Parade. 10pm-2.30am, £2/free B4 11pm/£3. All your urban favourites from 11pm. Commercial night. old-skool to new-skool, courtesy of your Falmouth resident, DJ Jonezy Disco - Cheese and TUESDAYS. Remedies. The Moor. Party tunes all night long with John C With 10pm-2am, £free. Indie music with £1.60 drinks all night. competitive drinks prices.
Newquay
HOT TUB BEACH PARTY. Sailors. 10.30pm-late. £free in Boardies or Bikini. Party night, win surf weekends, free surf lessons and beachwear. DJ John London gets the party going.
Penzance
£2 TUESDAY Sound Nightclub. Branwell Mill, Market Jew Street 11pm-3am. £free B4 12am/£4 after. DJs Boris & DS playing chart and commercial bangers!
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. LOFI HIFI. Cavern Club. 83-84 Queen St. 8pm-3am. £free. Indie/ Electro clubnight. LOFI HIFI bring you the best in Indie/Electro/Dubstep with resident DJs and live guests.
Falmouth
OPEN DECKS. Q Bar. 15a Killigrew St. 9pm-late. £free. Hosted by Selecta Demo. All aspiring DJs welcome. DUELLING KAZOOS. Toast. 18 Church St. from 7pm. £free. Occassional gigs, check with venue first. 10th TINCHY STRYDER. Event Square, Falmouth.. £18. Special live show as part of Falmouth Week, all ages show.
Newquay
AGWA WEDNESDAYS Fistral Beach Bar 2pm-late, £free. Presented by EatBeatz & Adski!, expect funk, breaks, 2step, dubstep, Drum and Bass, house, reggae, oldskool & hip-hop. 3rd / 10th / 24th DIRTY
THURSDAYS Bude
REVERT. Rogue Nightclub. 38 The Strand. 10pm - 2am. £5. Student/local night with all drinks £1.50 all night!
Exeter
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. SUMMER IN THE CITY Mama Stones 10pm-3am, £free Resident DJ Mojo plus Acoustic Artists and guest DJ’s
Falmouth
DJ DENO. Remedies. The Moor. 10pm-2am, £free. Chart music R&B Hip-Hop. STUDENT NIGHT. Toast. 18 Church St. Until 1am. Thursday night is student night at toast with lots of £1.50 drink deals! THURSDAYS. Q Bar. 15a Killigrew St. 8pm-late. £free. The best local D.J’s & Live Bands.
Newquay
HEAVEN & HELL. Sailors. Fore St. 10.30pm-4am, £free with loyalty card/£2 drinks. Chart, RnB, Urban, Dance and Party over 2 floors with VDJ Will B. HIP HOP FULL STEP. Red Square. 11pm-4am, £free.Hip hop with DJ’s M’Elle & Angel. MC’s Ill Fx & Kerygma plus special guests. T’n’T TRAFFIC LIGHT AND TEESHIRT PARTY. Berties. 9.30pm3am, £3/£6. As it says on the tin, it’s a traffic light party, pick your sticker colour and get it on, or not as the case may be! Free T-shirt with every ticket. 11th RED BULL MIDNIGHT SESSIONS. Sailors. Fore St. 10.30pm-4am, £free with loyalty card/£2 drinks. The first of 4 days of special Red Bulll fueled events, out on the famous decking we’ll be holding a Silent
disco and also screening Point Break and Big Wednesday on our giant custom screen.
Penzance 18th A-LEVEL RESULTS PARTY
Sound Nightclub. Branwell Mill. 9pm-2am. £free. Celebrate or down your sorrows, at least your freinds will be around you - party on!
Plymouth
BATTLE STATIONS. Voodoo Lounge. 1 The Money Centre. 9pm-2am. £2. 2nd Thursday of Every Month. Plymouth’s only night of TRUE hip-hop battles, representing all the elements in one massive session. Bboying, Graffiti, Turntablism, Beatboxing, MC-ing all under one roof, with bragging rights on the line.
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. 18th ITS ALL ABOUT THR BANTER EXAM RESULTS PARTY L2 Nightclub, Calenick St, 9.30pm1.30am, £5. The Ultimate studnet party in Truro, whatever your exam results are today!
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. Bude RETOX. Rogue Nightclub. 38 The Strand. 10pm-3am. £5. Alternative night featuring Funky/ Electro, House, live acts plus more!
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. 5th MAGIC HATSTAND The Cavern, Queen St 9pm-3am, £5. Good chunky underground house, if it makes people move and smile then we will play it. But ultimately it is not just about the sound; Magic Hatstand is all about the people who attend it!
Falmouth
FRIDAY NIGHTS. Toast. 18 Church St. 6.30pm-2am. £free. Something different every week with Solo Collective on 5th, Dante Gabriel on the 12th, & 19th, and DJ Digitall on the 27th. magazine | 41
Clubs Royal Parade. 9pm-3am, £tbc. Funky grooves. FUNKY FRIDAYS. Annabel’s Cabaret and Discotheque, Vauxhall St. 8.30pm-3pm. £tbc. Funky grooves all night. FUNKY FRESIAN FRIDAYS. The Dairy. 25 Bretonside. PUNK ROCK DISCO. Jack Chams. 50 Ebrington St. £1.50 vodka and mixer all night. PULSE Karma Nightclub. 103 Launceston Mayflower St. 10.30pm–4am. £tbc Resident DJ’s playing D’n’B / Chart / HipHop 12th SEDUCTION Storm, / R’n’B / Dance / Electro & anything else you Pennygillam Way 10pm-3.30am, want in between. £7/£5 B4 11pm. Hard style night with Swankie DJ & Kash, supported by Funk DJ, REDEEMER. C103. 103 Union St. 10pm-3.30am. £2/members £1. Malice, OD-One, Ryan Reed, DJ Chronic Rock, Indie and Punk with DJ K-Rad, Dy and more. Synn, DJ JJ and Aides over three rooms. Newquay SUPER DUPER SOUND CLASH. FRIDAYS Fistral Beach Bar. 8pmRide Cafe. 45 Tavistock Place. late, £free. A night of soulful music and 9pm-2am. Featuring: Super Duper Dan’s good vibes with EatBeatz and Adski! Watch the sunset over Fistral Beach and boogie late block quaking five hour soundclash of dance floor mashups, megamixes & twisted into the night. I CANDY. Sailors. Fore St. 10.30pm- basement noise. Leaping over dullness in a single bound! 4am, £free entry with a handbag! Newquays busiest Friday night with the best 26th ROLL THE DRUMS 2 The Drake Drum, 19 Radford Park Rd, in Chart, RnB, Dance and Party. Plymstock £free Celebrating homegrown OMG! FOAM PARTY! Berties local talent and the tunes of yesteryear with Nightclub. East St. 10.30pm-4am. DJs Louk b2b Dantes (aka Soundfixation), £2 B4 12.30pm. In the main room our resident DJ Will.B mashes up the best Chart, Matt Edwards + Kev Thomas, Kev Hoskin + Paul Golding, Neil Castle (DJ Raze) + Dance, RnB, Indie and Party. KOOLA ROCKS. The Koola. Carl Austin, Future Impact, Daniel Green (Summit Festival DJ Competition Winner) 9pm-3am, £free with VIP cards. All 3 rooms open / live music & DJ’s / Indie and Stephen Smart (Bob Arms) Electro mash-ups / Latin spirit / live dancers Torquay / cocktail lounge / happy hour 6pm - 11pm FAT FREDDY’S BOAT PARTIES / special guests. Harbour Pier, by Living Coasts, 12th THE ONLY WAY IS ESSEX boat leaves at 7pm - 10pm, £15 inc Berties, East St 10pm-late, £tbc. Live entry into Bohemia B4 11.30pm. Different themed parties each week. appearence from Arg from this hit show. FRIDAYS. Bohemia Nightclub. Penzance 41 Torwood St. 11pm-3am. £4 B4 RETRO FRIDAYS. The Barn Club, 12pm/£5 after. DJs on rotation including Eastern Green 11pm-3am, £3/free DJ Hype, Coalition, MC Daddy Earl, Jordan B4 12am Party at the weekend in this Suckle, Lee Haslam, DJ Gammer, DJ newly refurbished club with resdient DJ’s Supreme, Ben Mcgowan and Jimmy P. taking you through from the 80’s & 90’s to LADIES NIGHT. The Venue. 13 presetn day. Drink deals too. Torwood St. 9pm-1am. £3/ladies SOUND FRIDAYS. Sound £free all night. The biggest night in Nightclub. Branwell Mill. 11pm4am. £5. DJ Boris & CQ take over the main the bay. OPEN DECKS NIGHT. Blue Cargo / room, special guests in room 2. Club 7 Braddons Hill. 8.30pm-1am. 5th STAMINA DUBSTEP Sound £free. All styles welcome. With resident Nightclub. Branwell Mill. 11pmDJs DJ R and Corzeneffect. Call Dave on 5am. £5. Special guest Trolley Snatcha 07990 790 888 for a set. on the Dubstep tip, supported by Dynamite 5th KITCHEN DISKO Bohemia, hip hop DJ’s. Torwood St, 10pm - 4am, £5 otd. Polzeath House music and residents and guests. 19th RIDDIM UP Carters 9pm12th HINDSIGHT SUMMER close. £free. Dj Tuskan & Steppin Razor MAIN EVENT Bohemia, Torwood playing dub, reggae, dancehall, bashment, St, 10pm - 4am, £10 otd. Hard style dubstep, jungle drum and bass with added night with Radio 1’s Kutski, supported by Kuccia Giveaways! Rob Davies, Nick the Kid, Jonez, Smile.E, Marcio, Yoshimitsu & DJ D.V.S. Plymouth CRISIS. White Rabbit. Bretonside 26th TWISTED DESTINY Bus Station. £1. 12am-5am. An Bohemia, Torwood St, 10pm - 4am, eclectic hot mix of Indie/Punk/Rock/Hip-Hop/ £7/£6 B4 midnight. Special Back tothe Funk/80’s. Served to you by JC & OZ. Future Hardcore night with Scott Brown & DJ APACHE. View 2. Vauxhall St. UFO, supported by Jimmy P, Spinner, Matt £5/£4/£3/free B4 10.30pm, 9pmEP, RPM, Dr D, Darkmethod, Spragfish, Mike late. Playing RnB, Funk, House and Club Armet, Tyrant and Noizy Boiz. classics. Downstairs DJ Ryan Platts. Truro DOLLY MIXTURES. Zero’s, 24 FRESH FRIDAYS. L2 Nightclub. Lockyer St. 10.30pm-4am, £free B4 Calenick St. 9.30pm-2.30am. £free. 11pm/£4 after. Gay night with resident DJ Tom Wills playing all the best party tunes. DJs Stev-E & Juzzy B play Cheese, Chart, Lots of drink promotions inc. all Draught R’n’B, Dance and Hard House. £2.50, Selected Spirits £1.50. FUNKY FRIDAYS. The Treasury. HEDOFFICE . The Office. 10.30pmWEEKEND WARM-UP. Remedies. The Moor. 10pm-2am. £3. 3 Bars, 2 Floors, 3 different DJs playing all sorts of different music from R&B to Cheese and Chart. FRIDAYS. Q Bar. 15a Killigrew St. 8pm-2am. Only the best DJs from the area playing for your aural pleasure. 12th 80’s v’s 90’s. Event Square, Falmouth..£14. Special old skool party night with Baby D & K-Klass playing live.
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SATURDAYS Bude
RENAISSANCE. Rogue Nightclub. 38 The Strand. 10pm-3.30am. £5. All the best Commercial Club Classics from the past two decades.
Camborne
KRIS NEBROSO, The Clipper, 9pm – 1am, £free. A night of Cheese + Chart Party, Dance, R’n’B, Oldies and Motown tunes.
Exeter
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. 20th DARK KNIGHTS Exeter Phoenix, Bradninch Place 9pm2am, £free. Playing a wide range of music but mainly house, tech house, techno and minimal.
Falmouth
TOAST. Toast. 10.30pm - 2am. £free. Sir Something different every week with guests DJ Sabrina spinning the soul and funk on 6th, Caribbean Night on 13th with Jennifer Jenni, Soul and Funk with DJ Sabrina on the 20th SATURDAY. Q Bar. 15a Killigrew St. 8pm-2am. Always a massive night @ Q with the DJs spinning the best music for you to dance and drink to. See weekly invites for line-ups! WEEKEND WARM-UP. Remedies. The Moor. 10pm-2am. £3. 3 Bars, 2 Floors, 3 different DJs playing all sorts of different music from R&B to Cheese and Chart.
Gwithian 20th PIRATE FANCY DRESS
NIGHTSandbar, Praa Sands. 9pm3am, £10 A warm up for the annual Pirate Raft Race. Expect funky house DJs with Captn’ Kristoff and Landlubber Butter, wild Pirates and much more! Call 07968 818664 for more info.
Newquay
DJ EDGE. Belushi’s. Fore St. Till late. £free. A live DJ night with a selection of Hip Hop (mainly old school) , Funk, Electro, Soul, 80’s/90’s Pop. GIRLS NIGHT OUT. Berties. East St. Ladies £free B4 1am with flyer/£2. DJ Will.B mixing the best chart/RnB/Dance/ Party/Indie and Old Skool. DJ proof keeps it Urban in Club 2. Guests Lauren from The Only Way is Essex on 30th July, Funda & Agne from Made in Chelsea on 6th August, and the legendary Judge Jules on 13th
August. KUNG FU-NKY. Level 3, 3-9 Beach Rd 9pm-3am, £free. “House, Tech House & Electronica with Tim Nice, Evil Genius & Friends. This is not your average Newquay Stag & Hen night out. This is where the locals go to party, they are a music savvy crowd, there for the music. Special guest on the 11th, Stephanie Sugarshaker. PASSION. Sailors. Fore St. 10.30pm-4am. £tbc. Chart, dance & retro tunes to shake your booty with John London PARTY NIGHT. Koola, 12 Beach Rd10.30pm-4am. £tbc. Party night, with selected guests, see Chy Koola Facebook page for more details. SATURDAYS. Red Square. Gover Lane. 10pm-4am. £free. An upfront mix of everything from Chart to Club, R&B to Dub... we have everything you’re looking for to make that ultimate Saturday night out in Newquay. 6th MADE IN CHELSEA Berties, East St 10pm-late, £tbc. Live appearence from Agne & Funda from this hit Chnnel 4 show. 13th JUDGE JULES Berties, East St 10pm-late, £tbc. Radio 1 dance DJ makes a welcome return to the summer party capital, you know it’s going to be a full on party! 27th MADE IN CHELSEA Berties, East St 10pm-late, £tbc. Live appearence from Agne & Funda from this hit Channel 4 show. 3rd Sept LUM PARTY ON THE BEACH Fistral Beach Bar, Fistral Beach, 12pm-8pm / 7.30p,-3am inside, £free until 8pm, £6.50 after. All day beach party with bands and DJ’s including Sons of Sirius, Back Harlow Road & The Crake all playing live. In the evening from 8pm, the party goes inside with DJ’s Bruno Rakin, DJ Angel, Trickalone, Deejay Proof, James Coles, Justin Harris, Klye Edwards, Jack Keo & Code Red.
Paignton
LADIES NIGHT Bar Deep. 9pm1am. £free. As it says on the tin, girls just wanna party, special drinks deals and cool tunes.
Penzance
PARTY NIGHT. The Barn Club, Eastern Green 10pm-4am. £4/£2 B4 12am. With guest and resident DJs Tom Blee & Tom Matthew playing the best club classics, chart toppers and anthems SOUND SATURDAY. Sound Nightclub. Branwell Mill, Market Jew Street. 11pm-4am. £2 1am. DJs Boris & DS playing chart and commercial bangers! Special Guest in Room 2 (check out facebook for more info). 13th HOLLYOAKS NIGHT Eastern Green 10pm-4am. £tbc Special night with Matt & Darren aka Max & OB from Hollyoaks, come and meet them and party too! 20th TONY VEGAS Sound Nightclub. Branwell Mill. 11pm4am. £5. One of the three Scratch Perverts performig live on the decks, supported by Snatch the Wax DJ Kristoff. 27th DAVE PEARCE Sound Nightclub. Branwell Mill. 11pm4am. £5. The king of dance anthems, now found on Radio 2, support from Ashley
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Plymouth
SUBHEAVY. Maggies. Bretonside Bus Station. 10pm-4am. ÂŁfree. Dubstep night playing UK Funky, Grime and Garage on a 10K subheavy sound. SATURDAY FORUM. Jack Chams. 50 Ebrington St. Live show and DJ sets. FRESH CITY. Crash Manor. Union St. 10pm-4am. ÂŁ4 B4 midnight with flyer. R&B, Hip Hop, Bashment and UK Funky with residents DJ Jonezy, DJ Snake and DJ Badness. DJ APACHE. View 2. Vauxhall St. ÂŁ5/ÂŁ4/ÂŁ3/free B4 10.30pm, 9pmlate. Playing RnB, Funk, House and Club classics. Downstairs DJ Ryan Platts. FREE CUBA PARTY. The B-bar. Barbican Theatre, Castle St. 8pm. ÂŁfree. Cocktails, Latin music, a steamy atmosphere and dancing until late. PARTY NIGHT. Walkabout. Derrys Cross. 10pm-2am, ÂŁfree. Latest chart & dance hits with DJ Darren Watts. SATURDAYS. Revolution. Derrys Cross. 8pm-2am, ÂŁfree B4 11pm. A collection of party grooves, funky tunes, soul & old skool beats, RnB, Funky house, House & classic anthems over two floors. SATURDAYS. Annabelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cabaret and Discotheque. 8pm-3am. ÂŁtbc. 2 floors of entertainment with live cabaret and discotheque.
St Ives 27th MY HEROS KILLED
COWBOYS The Balcony. 14 High Cross St. 9pm-3am. ÂŁ8ÂŁ7 in adv Same Shit, Different Date party with guests ZTG, Timbo Symons and more. More info at www.myheroeskilledcowboys.co.uk/blog
St Austell
THE BIG ONE. The Club. 14 High Cross St. 10pm-2am. ÂŁ6. Massive party night with DJ Stevie G playing RnB, Dance, Hip Hop and DnB.
Taunton
SATURDAYS. Bliss. 43/45 East St. 9pm-3am. ÂŁfree B4 10.30pm with guestlist/ÂŁ5 after 10pm. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the original big night out, with the biggest mix of Party, Dance and R & B.
Torquay
FAT FREDDYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BOAT PARTIES Harbour Pier, by Living Coasts, boat leaves at 6pm - 9pm, ÂŁ15 inc entry into Bohemia B4 11.30pm. Various theme nights each week.KINDA FUNKY. Bohemia. 41 Torwood St. 10.30pm-4am, ÂŁ4 B4 11pm/ÂŁ6 after. Room1 plays R&B, Hip Hop and smooth Grooves. Room 2 for uplifting House, Trance and Dance anthems. SATURDAYS. The Venue. 13 Torwood St. 10pm-3am. ÂŁfree B4 12am for members/ÂŁ2 B4 12am/ÂŁ3. 13th ACE & VIS Bohemia, Torwood St, 7pm - 4am, ÂŁ5 otd. Bohemia Nightclub have teamed up with Muscular Dysthrophy Campaign through local fundraisers Bertie23, cool tunes and Make up and Nail artists for the girls, Casino tables for the guys...
Truro
SATURDAY SOCIAL. L2 Nightclub.
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Calenick St. 9.30pm-2.30am. ÂŁfree B4 10pm/ÂŁ3 B4 11pm/ÂŁ5 after. DJ Matt Wing in Room 1 playing Chart, RnB, Hip Hop and Party Tunes. DJ Jason M in Room 2 playing House, Electro & Trance. Room 3 - Chillout Room. Room 4 - Lounge Bar. Special guest Mark Wright & DJ Fenton Gee on 23rd July. THE BIG NIGHT OUT. The Office. 1 River Walk. 10pm-late. ÂŁ5. Weekend party for over 21â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, or over 18â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s if in a big group.
SUNDAYS Bridgwater 28th FIREWALL - THE BABE
TAKEOVER. The Palace, 24-26 Penel Orleu, 9pm-3am, ÂŁ10. Special hard dance noght with a 100% girls line-up featuring Frisky, DJ Nasty, Hard Kitty, Lady K, Lady Dubbz, Miss SPecial K, Sc@r, Misteve, Klgt, Aura & Narcotic Zoe.
Exeter
WORLD BEATS. Timepiece. Little Castle St, 8pm-1.30am, ÂŁfree. Latin, Salsa, Afro Beat, Reggae, Arabic & Spanish.
Falmouth
OPEN JAM. Q Bar. 15a Killigrew St. 6pm-late. ÂŁfree. Hosted by Perry followed at 10pm with Titan Sound finishing off your weekend with PRESSURE DROP RootsRockReggae/Digital Dancehall.
Newquay
POLL PARTY Berties, East St 10pm4am, ÂŁtbc. Real pool party every week with dance tunes too. SINFULLY LOADED SUNDAYS. Sailors. 10.30pm-late. ÂŁtbc. Party night, with Pete Jordan - look out for Boardmasters Sundays with Utah Saints on 7th August. 14th DELUXX BOARDMASTERS CLOSING PARTY Fistral Beach Bar 9pm-2am, ÂŁfree. Deluxx and the boys close the festival for the second year in a row. 14th OFFICIAL RELENTLESS BOARDMASTERS CLOSING PARTY The Koola 9pm-2am, ÂŁtbc. Rounding off 4 days of surf and music with A-Skillz providing the breaks and the beats, get there early! 28th QUIKSILVER TOUR SPECIAL Fistral Beach Bar 9pm2am, ÂŁfree. Martin C, Lee Ellis and friends close the Quiksilver King of Groms Surf event.
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This years Relentless Energy Drink NASS festival was the biggest and best yet, and as the name implies there was no down time at all! With all the amazing music acts and the mind blowing performances from all the athletes in the world championships of street skateboarding, BMX and Inline, it was an epic event and an experience to remember. See you there next year... Photos: Thom Bleasdale
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