Issue 178 | August 2010 Publishing Director: Editor: Design: Production: Advertising: Cover: Contributing Writers: Contributing Photographers:
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FEATURES It Some Welly 07 Give Our guide to the region’s best festivals - including Boomtown Fair, Green Man and End of the Road.
08 How to Run a Festival
Festvial impressario Fiona Stewart (from the Green Man and Big Chill) reveals the secret to her success.
10 Voodoo Vegas
As her band prepares to play several festivals and gigs, Voodoo Vegas guitarist Meryl Hamilton tells us why anyone can play guitar.
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CONTENTS IMAGERY: SAUSAGEFEST AND SQUERG PANTS THE SQUIRREL BY PEANUT SNAKE
Peanut Snake (aka Paul N) enjoyed three months at the Lahti Institute of Design in Finland as part of his BA Illustration course at the Arts University College Bournemouth. The Bristol regular draws his inspiration from colours in nature, dogs with funny faces/walks, music and his friends. Recently he has found himself using a lot of waveforms, including the sausages in this image. Peanut Snake has had his work featured in the Old Brewery in London and as part of Fence Collective events and has also penned a free zine – the Peanut Snake Summer Catalogue. As a musician as well, Peanut Snake is looking forward to doing more CD and LP covers and exploring the audio-visual experience. Contact: info@peanutsnake.com Portfolio: www.peanutsnake.com www.247magazine.co.uk
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THE EDGE BRISTOL PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION You’ve gotta love city living – so much to see and do. But what about the things we miss? Well, phototgraphers in Bristol have been busy capturing those less popular sites for the Second Look exhibition. You won’t find the Clifton Suspension Bridge, SS Great Britain or Cabot Circus in here but the more unusual and arguably much more beautiful scenes. The competition is free to enter and will be open for the whole of August. A 16-strong shortlist will then be drawn up with the public voting on the overall winner during an at Photographique in September. For more info go to www. secondlook.org.uk OXJAM NEEDS YOU Oxfam’s Oxjam Music Festival is back for 2010. Oxjam events are organised by people who know and love their local music scene. Since 2006, around 3,000 events have raised more than a million pounds for Oxjam. If you fancy becoming an Oxjammer this year then get your thinking caps on, throw a party, go busking, hold a club night, ‘tag’ on to an existing event, get sponsored, or organise a public event. You can sign up to become a Music Event Organiser on the Oxjam website www.oxfam.org.uk/oxjam ALL CHANGE AT BRISTOL FLEECE Rewind 10 years and Bristol’s Fleece and Firkin was regularly pulling in some top indie names such as Mansun and PJ Harvey. But in recent years is has carved a niche for itself as a tribute act venue. Despite this it did throw the odd original gig – all of which proved a great success (Idlewild/ Terrorvision/Dan Sartain) so we applaud the management’s decision to stop filling its diary with tribute acts to focus on the real thing. Existing bookings will be honoured (so expect The Rolling Zones and U2-2) but we’re likely to see much more of exciting new acts.
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Led Tickets
Three giants of live music, Cream, Goldenvoice and Loudsound, have joined forces to create what is destined to become one of the most exciting outdoor electronic dance festivals in the UK – LED Festival – and you and a friend could be there too, courtesy of 247 Magazine. Taking place in London’s Victoria Park on the 27 – 28 August Weekend, L.E.D. festival is a Bank Holiday Banger not to be missed. With a line up that includes some of dance music’s biggest artists. Headlined by the one and only David Guetta, this will be the French house superstar DJ/producer’s only London show this summer. Other acts include Leftfield, Goldfrapp, Aphex Twin, Friendly Fires, Annie Mac, Calvin Harris and Soulwax. For information of how to enter please visit www.247magazine.co.uk
THE EDGE CARDIFF BATTLE OF THE BANDS Now in its second year, the CLIC Battle of the Bands (part of the annual Skills Cymru event) will see five finalists play in the 250-capacity Presidents’ Lounge at the massive Millennium Stadium. The overall winner will tread the boards on the main stage, playing in front of thousands of visitors, studio time with an established producer, pressed demo with worldwide MP3 distribution of tracks, filming of a music video and a professional photo shoot. Voting takes place throughoput August at www.cliconline.co.uk/botb EXPANSION FOR TWO WEST BARS It’s clear that the credit crunch is starting to loosen its grip and testament to this is the expansion of two bars in Bristol and Cardiff. In Bristol it is the relatively new Big Chill which has opened a new roof terrace and study room, available for private hire. The launch party which was attended by Bez, from the Happy Mondays, was a fitting welcome for the shit hot roof terrace – what better way to spend a summers day than supping back a cold cider on a Bristol rooftop? And across the bridge in Cardiff, O’Neills in St Mary’s Street (the nicer one!) has opened a new 550 capacity upstairs area for drinking, eating and for private hire. CARDIFF ILLUSTRATION PARTY Some of the best Illustrators in the country - including Godmachine and Mr Gauky and Drew Millward - will be drawing live in the Milgi warehouse in Cardiff on 14 August. Brought to you by Cardiff Art Club and Designer Violence, these guys are some of the biggest names in the Merch industry working for a massive range of clients (including Tony Hawk. Disney and Sonic Youth). Disturbia Clothing will be in attendance dishing out freebies to visitors and expect a banging after show party till 4am at the Cardiff Art Institute. All who attend the event get discounted entry to the party.
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Wales Crew Wow with Jay-Z Spoof
Whether you love or hate rapper Jay-Z (though how can anyone hate him?) you must be able to appreciate the beauty of the song Empire State of Mind, which pays tribute to the virtues of living in New York. Now a crew from Wales have come up with their own version – changing New York to Newport for Newport (Ymerodraeth State of Mind). At the time of going to print the spoof video had racked up more than 2 million hits on Youtube (almost 10,000 times the number of hits that when we first watched it last week!) and was in the top 20 most watched videos in the World. Made by MJ Delaney Films and featuring Alex Warren and Terema Wainwright , the team are now in talks with Universal Music about bringing their masterpiece out as a single. If you haven’t seen it already check it out: http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=aNfbX6uvA6s
Hot New Dance Albums
You’ve gotta love that Ibiza sound during the summer months and you cannot go wrong with a bit of Hed Kandi so we’re giving readers a chance to get their hands on the latest Ibiza and Hed Kandi releases. Ibiza Underground (by Ministry of Sound) is a triple CD of sun soaked bangers in their full length unmixed DJ friendly glory. Hed Kandi Disco Heaven features the most delectable feel-good house music and latest floor fillers, Hed Kandi was celebrating the launch of the new compilation, Disco Heaven. More details at www.247magazine.co.uk
Bristol Pride
Brighton’s got it, Manchester’s got it hell even Bournemouth has it so why has Bristol been lagging behind when it comes to epic pride celebrations? But that’s all set to change thanks to the efforts of the organisers of this year’s Bristol Pride (15-22 August). Events are taking place across the city with clubnights, film screenings and lesbian comedian Rhona Cameron playing a gig at Metropolis on 19 August. Never The Bride take to the stage at the Fleece on 17 August for some hardcore girl rock. The week ends with a Pride Day march in Castle Park. For further info please see www.pridebristol.com
Pop Confessional Launches at Bristol Thekla
It’s all change on board our favourite Bristol boat venue with Saturday nights becoming Pop Confessional. The new night, which launched on 31 July, was hosted by Father Valentine Spinoza…with help from the hilariously named Sharpe Pat (anyone over the age of 25 knows exactly what I’m talking about!) Music wise it’s a proper cheese fest but it ain’t confined to just one era – no siree – at Pop Confessional you can expect to hear anything from Hall and Oates and David Essex to Foreigner, Five and Craig David. And just for fun there will be a video confessional booth where clubbers will be able to unburden themselves of sins commited. The best will go up on Youtube and will win some poptastic prizes. For more information see www.popconfessional.co.uk
Swindon Invincible Festival
Let’s face it, Swindon ain’t top of the list when it comes to the place to head for kick-ass festivals but that could all be about to change with the first ever two-day Invincible Festival on 21-22 August. The festival will feature DJ Zane Lowe, Scratch Perverts, Beardyman and the brilliant Cuban Brothers as well as Stanton Warriors, Dub Pistols and local heros Beatbullyz. After two successful, sell-out years of a one day festival at the Old Town Bowl, Swindon can now look forward to twice as much music and twice as much time to party as Invincible blossoms into a fully fledged weekender festival. Tickets are £35 (£20 for a day ticket) from www. swindontickets.co.uk or from Swin City Comics. More info: www.swindoninvincible.co.uk
The days are getting shorter and the nights are getting darker but that doesn’t mean the summer festival circuit is slowing down, August sees some of the best festivals of the year. And what better way to end the season than with the amazing End of the Road Festival in September?
BOOMTOWN FAIR WHERE: Secret location, Buckinghamshire WHEN: 13-15 August WHO: Toots and the Maytals, Badmanners, David Rodigan, Trojan
Soundsystem. Dub Pistols, The Wurzels, Mad Professor, Babyhead, Parma International and more. WONGA: £105 WHY: Organised by a crew from Bristol, this festival takes the best things about the city and plonks them in a field for a few days. Not only do you have the main stage hosting the Ska ledgends Toots and the Maytals and other awesome bands but you have the crazy DownTown area with six new mini venues (rundown pubs, rotten restaurants, corrupt casinos and backstreet zombie balls.) WEB: www.boomtownfair.com
CROISSANT NEUF SUMMER PARTY WHERE: Usk, Wales WHEN: 13-15 August WHO: The Magic Numbers, Sheelanagig, Martha Tilston, Show of
Hands, Stan Webbs Chicken Shack, Max Pashm, Rankin Roger, The Boat Band, Biggles Wartime Band and more. WONGA: £80 WHY: Another good example from the green festival troupe. Let’s face it, climate change is a concern and while we wanna carry on having fun we also don’t want it to cost the earth, literally. And thanks to the organisers of Croissant Neuf, we don’t have to. Last year the small festival scooped three awards for sustainability by powering the site using solar panels, championing recycling and embracing fair trade. WEB: www.partyneuf.co.uk
GREEN MAN FESTIVAL WHERE: Glanusk Park, Brecon Beacons, Wales WHEN: 20-22 August WHO: Doves, Flaming Lips, Joanna Newsom, Beiruit, Billy Bragg,
Tindersticks, Mumford and Sons, Fuck Buttons, Efterklang, Laura Marling, Wild Beasts, The Unthanks, Johnny Flynn, Avi Buffalo, Silver Columns, DJ Yoda and more. WONGA: SOLD OUT WHY: One of the best small festivals in the UK, which doesn’t compromise on music. Green Man is truly independent, meaning it serves lush local ales and ciders (none of this Stella and Strongbow crap). Nestled in the spectacular Brecon Beacons there cannot be a more beautiful festival and watch out for the Wickerman-esque ending – the burning of a giant Green Man. Awesome. WEB: www.greenman.net
END OF THE ROAD FESTIVAL WHERE: Larmer Tree Gardens, Dorset/Wiltshire border WHEN: 9 -12 September WHO: Modest Mouse, Yo La Tengo. Wilco, Mumford and Sons,
Joanna Newsom, Iron and Wine, The Mountain Goats, The Felice Brothers, Edwyn Collins, Adam Green, Woodpigeon, The Unthanks, Allo Darlin’, Deer Tick, Django Django, Singing Adams, Wintersleep, AA Bondy and more. WONGA: £130 WHY: Quite simply the best festival for indie folk ever. Small enough that you can dart from stage to stage catching all the hand-picked music and large enough that you can lose yourself in the enchanted woods or play hide and seek in the bushes. Make sure you head to the twee piano in the woods too as acts from the magnificent main stage often do impromptu sets there. WEB: www.endoftheroadfestival.com
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FIONA STEWART FESTIVAL ORGANISER
Music festivals are ten a penny nowadays but while some grow and thrive, others wilt and die – so what is the secret to festival success? We caught up with Fiona Stewart, who has helped secure the future of some of the most awesome festivals including the Big Chill and the Green Man festival in Wales. If only she’d been involved in the poorly organised Love Parade festival in Germany maybe 19 people wouldn’t have had to die. If you’ve ever been to a smaller boutique festival like the Big Chill or Green Man festival, chances are you’ll never bother with the big boys again. Why get caught in a 60,000-strong Glastonbury crowd miles away from the stage when you can enjoy your favourite artists in a laid back, intimate setting without having to put up with a bunch of chavs? But while that is a massive part of the appeal of smaller festivals there is a lot more to it than that.
“Glastonbury was the festival that made me realise what I wanted to do.” “I’m just a funny old lady who likes to run a festival,” said Fiona, who has been working for festivals for more than a decade. “The people I work with all bring very unique, incredible skills. The worst mistake ever is not allowing new talent in.” After specialising in crowd behaviour, Fiona started 8|
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off her festival career as a crowd advisor (before the great wall of Glastonbury went up!). She said: “I was there in 2000 so I’ve seen the worst year. It had a license for 70,000 people and 200,000 turned up. There weren’t enough ambulances, children were ill, people were burning themselves on BBQs and no-one could get in or out because the crowds were so big. David Bowie was meant to be flying in by helicopter but there wasn’t enough room for him to land. Major incidents were coming in all the time and there weren’t enough people to deal with it. It was literally like a war zone –exciting in a way but also really scary. Glastonbury was the festival that made me realise what I wanted to do.” It was after this that the Fiona became involved with the Big Chill festival, which was having real licensing problems in its original Dorset home. While the Larmer Tree Gardens, on the Dorset/Wiltshire border, is now home to many amazing little festivals – including End of the Road – it was not always so festival friendly. In fact, while the council in Wiltshire was happy with the Big Chill at the Larmer Tree Gardens, Dorset www.247magazine.co.uk
Council (which half the site fell under) was less welcoming. Even when they moved it south of the county to Lulworth Castle (which is now home to Camp Bestival) Fiona had her work cut out. She said: “Things have changed a lot in recent years. Local councils used to try and stop festivals happening so they had a ridiculously massive levy which festival organisers just couldn’t afford. They’ve bought that right down now. I remember being chased up the village green once, I don’t know what they thought I was going to be doing, they even emptied the church once because they thought we were going to steal things.” “The rave and pre party scene did a certain amount of damage to the rural communities’ perception of festivals, which I’m very sympathetic with, and it took a long time to get over that prejudice. You’ve just got to find out what they are worried about and do something about it and try and create a situation where locals can make money out of the festival. This is where we’ve had great success at Eastnor Castle (Big Chill) and Glanusk Park (Green Man).”
“I remember being chased up the village green once, I don’t know what they thought I was going to be doing, they even emptied the church once because they thought we were going to steal things!” During the six years Fiona spent working for the Big Chill, she saw the festival grow from a tiny 3,000 capacity event to a major 38,000 strong festival. In 2006, her last year with Big Chill, she also took on Green Man, which she has been working on ever since. “Both Green Man and the Big Chill are very family friendly, I used to take my son Ben along, who is now one of the festival co-ordinators at Green Man. He’s 27 now but has done his apprenticeship as a litter picker, steward and now festival co-ordinator.” she said
have a very loyal fanbase and people return every year, with almost one in ten coming from outside of the UK.” But even the Green Mzan proved a challenge when the global financial crisis was at its worst back in 2008. Fiona found herself without any financial backing and had to borrow money of her family to stop the festival from going bankrupt. She was also amazed by the generosity of the contractors who offered to give their services on credit. She said: “We thought the Green Man was going to go under but something amazing happened. Numerous events went under that year but we survived and came out stronger than ever and it was largely thanks to the loyalty of the people involved. That’s unique to smaller independent festivals like this and if anyone’s going to survive then we are. We were approached by big corporations and it was very tempting but the whole idea of working like that seemed so alien to me.” Which is hardly surprising given Fiona’s background as a punk in the 80s, sharing a squat with Boy George and going on Anti-Nazi rallies.
“Festivals should be about supporting the community, not destroying it.”
“I was a punk rocker with a Mohican when I was younger,” said Fiona. “I used to hang around with Michael Clark (a famous dancer from the 80s - Ed) and Leigh Bowery (famous club promoter: think Andy Warhol meets Vivienne Westwood – Ed). “I was in a band called Toasted Teacake, “Often people see other events and think they can have a go we were really rubbish. I remember we played a gig in Wales at it but what I do, if it’s done badly, is a dangerous thing. You to raise money for the miners strike. We were young and very silly – I was dressed as a scone, the other girl was an are creating a temporary town and you need to have certain éclair and the other a Chelsea bun (the costumes made out things in place to support that – hygiene and security for example – it’s a massive responsibility and I have never taken of chicken wire and papier mache). I remember them looking my eye off the ball. This year Green Man sold out earlier than at me in an embarrassed yet quite supportive way. It was there I had Welsh cakes for the first time and I fell in love with ever before so Wales. Although I live in London, a lot of my time is spent in we can do things which are going to a field in Wales. My heart is in Wales. Wales is more like the Eastern countries where there is less of a split between arts add to the event, and culture – where music, literature, comedy, satire, art and not because we need to sell more poetry all work together. Fiona has become so respected in her field that she has travelled the world carrying out the job tickets or have she loves. She said: “I was asked to help organise a festival any corporate in China but they were going to move people off the land sponsors to please. There are and the security was a fence of Red Guards. I didn’t want to so many festivals be involved with anything like that. Festivals should be about supporting the local community, not destroying it.” but a good festival has got its “Organising a festival is a real lifestyle job and I wouldn’t want own identity, its to do anything else,”. own niche - we www.247magazine.co.uk
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As South West rock band Voodoo Vegas prepare to play a wave of gigs and festivals across the region we caught up with their guitarist Meryl Hamilton, 27, to talk girls, guitars and living by the sea. Where are you from? I’m from London originally but live in the sunny town of Bournemouth now, where I’ve been for 10 years. When did you first get into music and what started you off playing guitar? I was 17 when I properly discovered rock music with bands like Led Zeppelin and the Doors. I decided I wanted to be a drummer when I finished Uni at the age of 21, however I was then bought an electric Ibanez guitar as a surprise birthday present, so I felt I had to learn it - since then I haven’t looked back and am very glad I’m a guitarist now instead of a drummer. So I basically fell into it by accident. What are your main influences? Bands like Led Zeppelin, Guns n Roses, ACDC, Black Sabbath, Metallica and Hendrix to name a few. Do you remember your first gig? Yes it was four years ago but I was on bass guitar playing in front of about 35 people. I was so scared my hand cramped up and I couldn’t play properly but we still went down well. What’s the biggest gig you’ve played? Last summer I played an outdoors festival called the Wroughton Carnival in front of 4,500 people. Voodoo Vegas often play in front crowds of up to 600. Over the last six months Voodoo Vegas have also played shows in Italy, France and Belgium. What’s the deal with the guitar sponsorship and how did it come about? I am sponsored by PRS, Daisy Rock and vintage guitars, which are the guitars I play. We have played a lot of the UK’s O2 Academies, so I guess they thought I’d be good advertising for them, I also have 200 guitar students which I think they also liked. Where do you want to be in five years? By then I would have liked Voodoo Vegas to of released two or three albums, touring loads, and to of built up a bigger
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following. I would love to play in America. I can’t wait to get our first album released next year. It’s an exciting time for all of us. Are you happy in the South West or do you feel the need to move to London to really make it? Yes I’m very happy here, I love living by the beach. I don’t feel you need to move to London to make it, especially with the Internet. There are lots of dodgy promoters in London who are just out to make money, The idea of paying to play makes me sick. Voodoo Vegas often play out of town but London is definitely not the be all end all!! You teach guitar as well, any tips for budding guitarists out there? Don’t be put off by how hard it is at first, visualise yourself to where you want to be on guitar, work hard at it and keep that goal in mind to help motivate you. Even listening or watching your favourite bands can really help inspire you to want to practice. And if you need some help give me a call, I’ll come round and help you out!! Have you encountered much prejudice as a female guitarist? At gigs I get nothing but positive feedback, or some guys say ‘you’re quite good for a girl’. But when I first started teaching I did have a few sexist remarks until people gave me a chance. Finally, do you think there’s anything else we should know about you or Voodoo Vegas? I have flat feet, but seriously....Voodoo Vegas are one of the best UK rock bands out there, if you want to check us out please check out www.voodoovegas.com we have shows all over the UK, and we will be coming to a town near you soon.
Voodoo Vegas play Cardiff Coal Exchange on 7 August, at the Endorse It In Dorset festival on the Wiltshire/Dorset border on 8 August, at Mr Kyps in Poole on 28 August, VDub at the Pub festival in Dorset on 29 August and at Frome Cheese and Grain on 2 October.
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RETAIL THERAPY You might have guessed, but us folk here at 247 sure do love our festivals and here are some essentials for painfree outdoor living! Zebra top
£49
Fish eye camera
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www.designerdesirables.com The last thing you’re probably thinking about when you head to a summer festival is a jumper but you know that when the sun goes down you need more than a t-shirt to keep warm, so how Solid shampoo about grabbing one of these £4.65 beautiful zebra jumpers. www.lush.co.uk When you’re setting up camp in a field for a few days, one of the last things you want to lug with you is a gert big bottle of shampoo. Now you don’t need to, just grab this little green (in more ways than one) solid shampoo in a perfectly sized tin and check out those festival showers.
www.ripcurl.com Rip Curl has teamed up with The Lomographic Society to develop a special edition camera for adventurers, beach-goers, festival-lovers and travellers alike. Using Japanese fish eye optics the Fisheye 2X Rip Curl captured an 180 degree view in one shot. Hours of fun.
Catapult T-shirt
£14.99
www.catapult.co.uk While winter wardrobes are understandably all about dark colours, black, blue and brown, the summer equivalent should be brighter than that big ball of gas in the sky so this yellow Catapult t-shirt is perfect.
Trilby
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www.footasylum.com There was a time when sun hats were goddamn awful – a floral material Oasis wannabe affair. Now there is no shortage of headwear to keep your barnet safe from the suns rays, including this damn cool straw hat.
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GoBrush shields Sunshots
£1.50
www.sunshots.co.uk Against all odds we’ve had a pretty sunny summer so far and if this is set to continue then we’ll need a plentiful supply of suncream – but instead of using up valuable bag space with a giant bottle why not grab some of these cute little sun shots
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www.millets.co.uk If you’ve ever stayed away from home then you’ll appreciate the dilemna of what to do with your toothbrush. Not everyone has a travel brush but you don’t just wanna shove the brush that you clean your mouth with straight in your bag for it to get covered in crap. Well, that’s what GoBrush shields are for.
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Hola Chicas Top by Rip Curl £35 Caliente Bikini by Rip Curl £50 Blue necklace by Icon £8 Cream necklace by Icon £8
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Josephine dress by Rip Curl £55 Hola Chica belt by Rip Curl £33 AOTS Bikini by Rip Curl £45
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Music Breaks & Beats
Rock/Indie
Jazz / Funk
Micah P Hinson
And The Pioneer Saboteurs (Full Time Hobby)
Right now, I’m finding it very hard to reconcile the beautifully desolate country flicker of ‘The Cross That Stole This Heart Away’ with Micah P Hinson’s confused, myopic conservatism but I guess it doesn’t make much difference whether he’s a gun-toting redneck, a lily-livered liberal or a Native American spiritualist (or all three combined) as long as the songs resonate in the listener with some kind of universal hope and recognition. Which they do. Dark, dystopian but raddled with warm-blooded chutzpah.
Backbone
The RG Morrison Farewell My Lovely (Loose Music)
New folk and Americana-inspired second album from the South West collective that’s led by the talented Rupert Morrison- the man behind Drift Records (the label and indie record shop in Totnes). This time he’s taken his craft to the home of Danny and the Champions of the World and the Felice Brothers. Since the debut, their sound has progressed to fuller, richer pastures, maintaining the same warm vocals and organic instrumentation. There’s also a great deal of depth and space in the production. Fans of Midlake and Bella Union Records will not be disappointed.
Arash Torabi
The Men
Four Good Men and True (Heptown)
Third album from Mod-friendly Swedish quartet, with a nod to ‘60s British bands such as The Creation and Them. Although their sound centres on the retro, the actual songs themselves are not plagiarised from the era that has influenced them. There’s plenty of light & shade too, with Pack Up Your Troubles at the rock & soul end of the spectrum and Time To Cry as the mid-album tearjerker. The Men are a great example of a band who can bring originality to the table whilst recreating a sound from another time.
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Urban / Hip Hop
Dance / Electronica
Reggae / Dubstep
Gallagher-esque vocals, naive bass-driven riffs and cheesy synth melodies. Songwriting is evidently not their strong point, so most of this album sounds like a jam session. They rely far too much on the disco and electronics, which would be OK if the beats & basslines weren’t so stale and unimaginative. File under “Old Hat”
Arash Torabi
Don’t Get Painicked
(Jacket Pocket Records) Despite claiming to be “future disco”, the rock-meets-electronica hybrid of Neon Circus is an age-old formula, so this album could have been made any time over the last 30 years. But there’d be nothing wrong with that, if like Delphic, they had the songs to back it up. What you get instead is tuneless pseudo
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A tantalising debut then, from here she can go anywhere.
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Someone Still Loves You, Boris Yeltsin Let It Sway (Polyvinyl)
Truth
Puppets
(Aquatic Lab) New Zealand’s self-acclaimed “greatest dubstep export” drop a debut album, with big-ups from the likes of Skream, Hatcha and N Type. As dubstep has become more and more formulated, it’s harder to pin standout or trademark qualities to individual artists. But then, like with D&B, that isn’t the point. All the usual suspects are present: sub-bass, wobbly bass, spacey bits and dark bits. Plus a few interesting vocal samples thrown in for good measure. Yes, it’s dubstep alright.
Listening to SSLYBY is like being transported back to a more innocent time of late night Radio 1 indie. It is easy to imagine the sainted John Peel thoroughly approving of their ramshackle brand of power pop melodies and DIY sound, not to mention great titles such as All Hail Dracula! And Stuart Gets Lost Dans Le Metro. On this offering the band have embraced a slightly folkier side and where it not for their name and more perverse whims it would be easy to imagine them gaining a more substantial fan base, as it is on this evidence they are likely to remained revered by their cult following.
Jamie Atkins
Arash Torabi
Tired Pony Klaxons
The Place We Ran From (Polydor)
Surfing The Void (Universal)
According to the old adage, one should never judge a book by its cover. Well in this case you may be forgiven for doing so. Surfing The Void is, much like its cover image, space-obsessed, vapidly hip, batshit-crazy and in poor taste. The relentless touring the band embarked upon following their debut appears to have a muscular toughness to their sound. They now have more in common with American rock than new rave, whatever that may have been. Lyrically the album is largely obsessed with space travel, lasers and cosmology; which at least makes a change from traditional secondalbum themes. Ultimately though, Surfing The Void is a letdown, whilst the first record had hooks in abundance, there is little here that sticks in the memory. Unfortunately, one step backwards for Klaxon-kind!
Jamie Atkins
Janelle Monae The ArchAndroid (Atlantic)
Neon Circus
Drum & Bass
The last few months have seen Janelle Monae’s reputation soar; a guest spot on Outkast’s Big Boi’s debut solo record, feted by Prince and the new darling of the blogosphere. It’s a relief to report that on this occasion the hype is very nearly justified, The ArchAndroid is the kind of debut album that convinces the listener that the artist in question has a glittering future. The Kelis-like single Tightrope will draw casual listeners in but over the course of the record Monae covers a dizzying amount of ground, skipping between genres effortlessly.
On paper Tired Pony (who I keep calling Dead Pony by mistake) look like a dream group – Peter Buck from REM joining forces with Snow Patrol frontman Gary Lightbody and securing some top notch guest contributers including the gorgeous Zooey Deschanel She and Him partner M.Ward and the baritone Tom Smith from the Editors. Unsurprisingly, a lot of the songs were very Snow Patrol-esque but there are a few surprises in there, including the forthcoming single Dead American Writers, which has a bit more bite than the others, and the poetic The Good Book during which Smith can be heard crooning ‘This town’s like an empty box…’
Laura Williams
Sleigh Bells Treats
(Mom+Pop) It’s easy to imagine Sleigh Bells plugging that unenviable festival slot – the one in the early hours of the morning when everyone is completely twatted and just wants to dance to some dodgy electro beats. Putting on their album to listen to in the comfort of your own home/car/ears is a different matter altogether. Comparisons are easy to make with this band, partly because they appear to adopt some familiar riffs, vocals and sound techniques – from Lily Allen to the Flaming Lips and Gwen Steffani to the Beastie Boys. If you’re thinking that’s a good thing then think again. At times to album sounded like nothing more than white noise – forgettable at best and irritating at most.
Laura Williams
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DEMOS DEMO OF THE MONTH Plymouth acousto-punks,
SEE YELLOW, don’t like to hang around. 20 songs in fewer than 37 minutes attests to that. And this desire to not over-do things makes their album, ‘Change One Thing’, an instantly loveable artifact, especially when the songs themselves are shufflesome gems hovering somewhere in the new wave ether between the Violent Femmes, Wire and The Astronauts. As a tight rockabilly snare underpins the purposeful acoustic guitar strums, the likes of ‘If I Knew What I Know Now’ and the brilliant ‘Stockholm Syndrome’ offer a window into the workings of a mind that views the personal as the political, without forgetting that there’s a world of pain out there that needs tending to. Even their cover of The Clash’s ‘Safe European Home’ is skewered with the same homespun dynamics. Love it. www.seeyellow.co.uk Backbone
what they need to facilitate the writing of truly life-changing songs. You feel that they’ve got it in them. www.myspace.com/thewatermelonsuk Backbone
The lovely/terrible thing about reviewing demos is that I sometimes get to hear stuff that will never see the light of day. Step forward ROBIN VIZARD, whose lovely/terrible album, ‘Bloody Rubbish’, is so out of step with the rest of the world you can’t help but warm to its tacky genius. Every other song sounds like an ersatz version of ‘Cool For Cats’ by Squeeze: where couplets come thick, fast and drenched in realism. Indeed, if you get past the form, the content can be richly rewarding. ‘Easy Come, Easy Go’ – an ode to everyday social hazards – features nuggets like “So I walked to the café for a sarnie and some tea / There’s a geezer in the corner looking daggers at me / Uh-oh / That’s two sugars to go / I’ll be off in a mo / Cos this world is very mercenary”. Pretty banal, sure, but you’ll never hear it so what do you care? rnorrington@hotmail.co.uk Backbone
Named after an unsolved murder victim, Bristol quintet, PARRINGTON JACKSON, are angling for that mysterious, quasi-gothic persona that so many furrowed-brow musos have adopted before them. They do it well enough, for sure, Naming yourselves after a fruit could be disastrous but there are only so many over-delayed guitar but, thankfully, PINEAPPLE have opted for swirls I can hack before a brisk walk in the one of my favourites. On their demo EP, the park is required. Their new five song EP, ‘The Plymouth quartet don’t have any postmodern Beyond Within’, is awash with nocturnal atmospherics that play tricks up their sleeve, just a collection of simple hopscotch between Muse, Mansun and The Rasmus in a way that riffs, thrift-store melodies and a fondness for only people who take themselves way too seriously can achieve. grubby rock’n’roll that draws on the pre-punk But seeing as there’s enough frivolity in pop music, we need a strut of The Stooges (‘Brik-A-Brak’) and the few of these sullen, introspective types to redress the balance. post-punk manoeuvres of Killing Joke (‘Safe Just don’t move in next door, thank you. www.myspace.com/
House’) alongside an obvious penchant for three chord noise a la 1976. Fronted by Duncan Pope – moonlighting from erstwhile Devon combo, The Conspiracy – Pineapple aren’t trying to tear punk rock a new asshole but I don’t think they’re too bothered. Some people just wanna plug in and play. Who are we to deny them? www.myspace.com/pineappleuk Backbone
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You’ve gotta love bands which play on words (well some of them anyway – tribute acts aside) and HYMN FOR HER inject the same humour into their name and album artwork (a Courtney Love lookalike sat in front of a trailer There’s a lot of wistful nu-folk about these days but breastfeeding a kid and supping on a beer) Cornwall trio, MOONLET & THE LOVE-MONKS, as they do into their songs. Lucy and Wayne, are too happy in their faintly psychedelic-pop the duo behind the band, literally spend bubble to care about what anyone else is doing. their lives in a trailer and there’s no escaping that in the music. It The strength of their EP, ‘Mary The Snowdeer, I ain’t the kinda thing you listen to in your Cotswold mansion put it Hate You’, lies in its knowing vulnerability although that way! Their new album, The American Stream, was mixed by their slightly cringeworthy sense of the ridiculous Jim Diamond (former White Stripes producer) and it too has that may split the pack somewhat. Soft voices dart unmistakable, messy raw sound which is just on the right side of about each other and campfire guitars gently bristle, but songs like sounding crap. There are undertones of John Power and the odd ‘Dry Martini’ and ‘Made With Love’ betray a lyrical bathos that you’ll sniff of Neil Young but these guys have a long way to go before they either take to your heart or mock heartily. Me? I’d prefer more delicately make it this side of the pond where folk replaces that lo-fi country constructed, melodically charming gems like ‘Lillipad Lover’ (about vibe. www.hymnforher.com rutting frogs, naturally) but you can’t win ‘em all. www.moonlet.co.uk Backbone
More fruit! I may make a salad with this month’s demos. This time it’s Chichester quartet, WATERMELONS, whose self-titled EP is released this month via iTunes, Amazon etc. They’re clearly a band in love with melodies of the inoffensive and slightly melancholic form, which is fine by me if they continue to result in indie-pop tearjerkers like ‘Please Don’t Say’ and ‘My Tree’. There’s a slight nod to the ramshackle bounce of The Libertines on ‘Garden Path’ but you get the feeling that these boys are far too clean-cut to follow down that murky road, maybe too much so. Perhaps a good dose of existential angst is just
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1 - 10 August Bath
TRANSFORMATION Centrespace Gallery 11am-6pm £Free Self-expression at its best! A powerful insight into how life is affected by problematic drug use. Vibrant art created at Bristol Drugs Project, reflecting recovery; Symbolising change and transformation.
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25 - 26 August Michael McIntyre
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1 - 31 August Cardiff
WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR EXHIBITION National Museum Cardiff 029 2039 7951 www.museumwales.ac.uk £FREE This showcase of the best nature photography never fails to impress and after a well-visited stint at the Natural History Museum in London and another at the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, the jaw-dropping images from across the world are spending the summer in Cardiff. From tigers to eagles and ants to horses there is hardly a species untouched by this awe-inspiring collection. What’s more, read a bit about the photographers on the accompanying information cards and you’ll realise that some are probably half your age. Depressing or what?
5 - 8 August Various, Somerset/Dorset
MIRACLE THEATRE PRESENTS ROMEO AND JULIET Melbury Osmond Field, nr Yeovil (5 Aug) 01935 83410 Boveridge House, Cranborne (6 Aug) 01725 517028 Sandford Orcas, nr Sherborne (7 Aug) 01963 220208 and Kimmeridge Bay, nr Wareham (8 Aug) 01305 269512 www. miracletheatre.co.uk Miracle Theatre is touring the region with an open air production of the
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classic Shakespeare tale Romeo and Juliet. There will be four shows in Somerset and Dorset before the touring company heads down to Cornwall for the end of the summer. What better way to watch timeless Shakespeare than under a clear blue sky with a picnic?
1 - 11 August JOHN SQUIRE: APERTURES The Square Gallery www.thesquaregallery.com You may recognize the name John Squire from somewhere other than the art world…that’s because he used to be in the epic Stone Roses. This is him with his other hat on though, an exhibition of his paintings and drawings explorting negative space, consumer packaging and the way images stay burned in to your retina after you break your gaze. Interesting.
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6 - 18 August
Post Photography by Alec Jackson
The Photo Gallery, Photographique, Bristol. www.thephotogallery.org.uk, £FREE Within the confines of his darkroom Alec subverts traditional and modern technologies to challenge preconceptions of what photography is, in the constant search for a new photographic vocabulary. Forget about cameras and f-stops this work engages with photography at its elemental level, whether it’s painting with light directly on to a light sensitive surfaces or collecting and printing the discarded ends of films, each piece of work confronts our beliefs of what a photograph is and asks us to question them.
9 - 13 August Bristol
Tobacco Factory, Bristol, 8pm SOLD OUT You’ve got to love the fact that every so often award-winning comedians play one off gigs at much smaller venues but you had better be quick of the mark cos £10 tickets for a top draw act like Michael McIntyre aren’t going to hang around very long – in this instance they sold out within days. Anyhow, those fortunate to have bagged a ticket are in for a treat with the posh funnyman showcasing material for his new comedy roadshow as part of a Work In Progress warm up show. Support comes from John Gordillo.
26 - 28 August Serenta Festival
The Smedmore Estate, nr Wareham, Dorset www.serentafestival.co.uk There’s beat boxing and there’s Opera. The two usually don’t sit side by side but that’s exactly what they’re doing at this jaw-dropping festival. Shlomo and The Vocal Orchestra, Impropera and String Fever perform alongside Katherine Jenkins, Russell Watson and Blake at the first classical event in a pop festival format. Serenata Festival sets a new standard of classical entertainment for both devoted classical listeners and dabblers alike.
CIRCOMEDIA MASTERCLASS Circomedia, Kingswood, www.circomedia.com/masterclass 10am-4pm The remarkably talented folk at Circomedia have arranged a week of one day masterclasses. There’s something to tickle everyones fancy including clowning with John Wright, devising for aerial with Ockhams Razor, 27 - 28 August acrobalance with Missimiliano Rossetti Swansea and Tiago Fonseca and German Wheel POSTMAN PAT LIVE with Acrojou Circus Theatre. Swansea Grand Theatre 01792 475 715 www.postmanpatlive.com
Events Premier Stage Productions are bringing legendary children’s TV character Postman Pat and his brand new live show ‘A Very Royal Mission’ to Wales. A pre-school favourite amongst children and parents alike, Postman Pat and his trusty sidekick Jess the Cat have captivated audiences around the globe for almost 30 years. Join Pat and his friends in 90 minutes of fun, participation and special surprises - a brilliant introduction to live theatre for all the family.
28 - 30 August The Big Splash
Riverfront Theatre and riverside, Newport, www.newport.gov.uk/ theriverfront £FREE The first weekend of Big Splash festivities will see a funfair on the banks of the riverside between 1pm and 9pm, an invisible circus in the Riverfront Studio Theatre (we’re assured this isn’t just a con) and a high wire act. There will also be live music, crazy golf and street art. Professional jet-skiiers will do stunts on the river Usk and a glittering mirror yacht will also provide more water-based fun. Multi-skilled artists will deliver the daredevil mix of high power circus, burlesque and cabaret and there will be community workshops and colourful street performances., designs in the air, escapologists and exhibitions of sculptures made out of waste.
31 August Bristol
RHOD GILBERT Hippodrome, 0117 302 3310, www. bristolhippodrome.org.uk £24.50 Fresh from a run at the Edinburgh Festival, Welsh funnyman Rhod Gilbert heads to Bristol for the amusingly titled ‘Rhod Gilbert and the Cat That Looked Like Nicholas Lyndhurst’ show. A rising star on the TV panel show scene, a familiar face from the ‘come to Wales’ adverts and a loud and proud Welshman, Rhod Gilbert is one must comedian of 2010.
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1 – 3 Aug: Chapter Arts
Centre - Cardiff, 029 2031 1050, www.chapter.org Dir: Francis Ford Copolla Starring: Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen, Dennis Hopper. 1979/US /202 min Francis Ford Coppola’s adaptation of Joseph Conrad’s short story ‘Heart of Darkness’ is now considered to be one of the greatest films about the Vietnam War, depicting the war as a descent into madness. Captain Willard, already on the edge, is assigned to find the AWOL Colonel Kurtz. On his journey Willard encounters the uncounted casualties of war including draftees who prefer to surf and do drugs, a US Playboy Bunny show, a napalm and Wagner loving colonel and a jumpy photographer (Hopper on fine form). A fantastic film with the visual vividness of an extended LSD trip.
Lost Highway (18) 21 Aug: Arnolfini – Bristol, 0117 9172300, www.arnolfini.org.uk Dir: David Lynch Starring: Patricia Arquette, Bill Pullman and Robert Blake 1997/US/ 135 min David Lynch’s horror/thriller that involves spontaneous, uncontrolled time travel, body snatching and ghostly apparitions. In a word, bonkers! It’s pretty much impossible to explain, but wonderful visually, and with striking performances from all, especially Patricia Arquette, Bill Pullman and Robert Blake. If you enjoyed scratching you head at the end of Mulholland Drive and Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me then this will be right up your back street. Shrek Forever After (U)
1 – 19 Aug: Chapter Arts
Centre - Cardiff, 029 2031 1050 www.chapter.org 1 – 6 Aug: Curzon Community Cinema – Clevedon, 01275 871 000 www.curzon.org.uk Dir:Mike Mitchell Starring: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz. 2010/US /93 min After challenging an evil dragon, rescuing a beautiful princess and saving your in-laws’ kingdom, what’s an ogre to do? Well, if you’re Shrek, you suddenly wind up a domesticated family man. Instead of scaring villagers away like he used to, a reluctant Shrek now agrees to autograph pitch forks. What’s happened to this ogre’s roar? Longing for the days when he felt like a “real ogre,” Shrek is duped into signing a pact with the smoothtalking dealmaker, Rumpelstiltskin. Shrek suddenly finds himself in www.247magazine.co.uk
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films films a twisted, alternate version of Far Far Away, where ogres are hunted, Rumpelstiltskin is king and Shrek and Fiona have never met. Now, it’s up to Shrek to undo all he’s done in the hopes of saving his friends, restoring his world and reclaiming his one true love. A fitting finale to the much loved animated series that should give Toy Story 3 a run for its money when it comes to the laugh count.
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Dir: Joe Carnahan Starring : Liam Neeson, Jessica Biel and Bradley Cooper. 2010/US/117 mins After being set-up in Iraq by shady mercenaries, a 4 man team (known as the A-Team) is wrongly convicted and sent to high security prison. Along comes CIA Agent Lynch, who tasks main man Hannibal with the mission of breaking his team out, clearing their name and seeing that those responsible get whats coming. This film is a welcome update to a much loved 80’s series, full of over the top action sequences and one-liners, this is up there for action movie of the year.
0117 9172300 www.arnolfini.org.uk Dir: Andrei Tarkovsky Starring: Natalya Bondarchuk, Jüri Järvet and Vladislav Dvorzhetsky 1972 /USSR/165 min A cosmonaut psychologist visits the troubled distant Solaris space station, which is orbiting a planet able to physically replicate the cosmonauts’ memories. A science fiction film with an existential drift, this haunting work asks questions about existence, memory and humanity. The film was recently remade unsuccessfully by George Clooney and Steven Soderbergh, so check out this original and classic piece of sci-fi that leaves you spun out, not by the special effects, but by the themes and characters.
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Bristol, 0117 907 4190, www.cubecinema.com Dir: Francis Ford Coppola Starring: Vincent Gallo. 2009/US/ 127 min Coppola’s new film, his first as a writer since The Conversation in 1974, starts off small and simple and ends like a Greek tragedy. Vincent Gallo is brilliant as Tetro, a spiky, tortured writer who has created a new life with his girlfriend in Buenos Aires. His past catches up with him when his hero-worshiping younger brother tracks him down. Shot in black and white, it’s a beautiful looking film which harks back to Coppola’s heyday.
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Dir: Jon Turteltaub Starring: Nicolas Cage, Teresa Palmer and Jay Baruchel 2010/US/TBC Balthazar Blake (Nicolas Cage) is a master sorcerer in modern-day Manhattan trying to defend the city from his arch-nemesis, Maxim Horvath (Alfred Molina). Balthazar can’t do it alone, so he recruits Dave Stutler (Jay Baruchel), a seemingly average guy who demonstrates hidden potential, as his reluctant protégé. The sorcerer gives his unwilling accomplice a crash course in the art and science of magic, and together, these unlikely partners work to stop the forces of darkness. It’ll take all the courage Dave can muster to survive his training, save the city and get the girl as he becomes The Sorcerer’s Apprentice.
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1 – 12 Aug: The Welfare
Released: 20 August THE EXPENDABLES (15)
Dir: Sylvester Stallone Starring: Jason Statham, Forest Whitaker, and Jet Li. 2010/US/TBC If you were around to experience the hey-day of muscle pumped action films in the 80’s, this is a trip down memory lane. A crack squad of military personnel hunt down an evil dictator in South America, led by Barney Ross (Stallone). Setting out to assassinate the dictator in secret, they find it hard to remain subtle when the bullets start flying and the explosions start exploding. Featuring the kind of cast that would have made little boys weep, the only name missing from the line up of ultimate action stars is Jean-Claude Van Damme, but just console yourself with Lundgren, Jet Li, Stallone, Bruce Willis, Jason Statham and The Governator himself Schwarzenegger. Should be tremendous fun.
–Swansea, 01639 843163, www.thewelfare.co.uk Dir: Lee Unkrich Starring: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen and Joan Cusack. 2010/US/ 103 min Woody, Buzz and the whole gang are back. As their owner Andy prepares to depart for college, his loyal toys find themselves in day care where untamed tots with their sticky little fingers do not play nice. So, it’s all for one and one for all as they join Barbie’s counterpart Ken, a thespian hedgehog named Mr. Pricklepants and a pink, strawberryscented teddy bear called Lots-o’Huggin’ Bear to plan their great escape.
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LIVE Sneak Eazies. Gloucester Road, BS7 8NZ, FRANCOIS AND THE ATLAS 9pm, £Free MOUNTAINS + LADYBIRD Cardiff Bristol + SLEEPING STATES, Cube Microplex, 4 Princess Row, ED WILLIAMS, Tobacco BS2 8NQ, £5. Combining the Factory, Raleigh Road, lo-fi electronics and the casio-beats Southville, BS3 1TF, 8pm. Ed of François’ early material with the is part of the amazing folk band Cedar Rose but also is amazing atmospheric rhythms and percussive as a solo singer-songwriter. John elements of recent compilations of 70s Martyn-esque melodies soar with African music, as well as some guitar an atmosphere seldom heard parts and scales. since Nick Drake, this is pastoral, NARCO LOUNG COMBO, colourful and electric. The Croft Front Bar, 117 - 119 YOUNG BAND SHOWCASE, Stokes Croft, BS1 3RW, 8pm, The Croft Main Room, 117 £4. + Mustard Allegro + DJ 119 Stokes Croft, BS1 3RW, £5. Gramophone Girl. Offbeat Promotions presents this SONGSMITH, Mr Wolfs. 33 young band showcase. St. Stephens Street, BS1 1JX, LIVE MUSIC, Mr Wolfs. 33 St. SOULFLY, Millennium Music £free. A selection of bands playing Stephens Street, BS1 1JX, Hall, CF10 1LA, £15. Hardcore a variety of folk and acoustic. With£free. Russian Records present rockers Soulfly play their first gig in Russell Joslin/Brian Humphreys. their monthly update from the Wales for ages. Cardiff frontline of future dub and fuzz. JEN LONG & FRIENDS, Buffalo ACOUSTIC SHOWCASE, Bar, 11 Windsor Place, CF10 Grain Barge, Mardyke Wharf, 3BY, 8pm, £free. New Music Hotwells Road, BS8 4RU, 2pmGuru/ Kruger/ Flux=Rad. 6pm, £free. Featuring Libs & The THE BACKUP PLAN, Barfly, Butterfly, Daisy B, Molly Samson, Lonely Tourist and Matt Bee. Kingsway, CF10 3FD, 7.30pm. Supported by This Isn’t Hollywood. SWING CIRCUS, The Invincible BRACKLES, 10 Feet Tall, 11aCircus, Silver Street, 7pm, 12 Church Street, CF10 1BG, £13.50/£8 concs. A mash up melange of swing beats, daredevil 10.30pm, £5adv/ £7otd. aerial feats, hoochie coochie crooners, sultry sounds, risque cabaret and a dedicated dance Wed.04 floor with the best live big band and swing sets around...Featuring the Bristol Fat 45, Harry’s Tricks, The Bees OUT OF BOUNDS, The Croft Knees, Gracie and more...Dress Main Room, 117 - 119 Stokes code.... Wall Street gatecrashes Croft, BS1 3RW, £5. Supported Barnum and Bailey backstage... by March Of The Raptors & From JAH WOBBLE & THE NIPPON Plan To Progress. DUB ENSEMBLE Academy2 SILVER APPLES, The Thekla, MADINA LAKE, Barfly, (inside the O2 Academy) The Grove, East Mud Dock, Kingsway, CF10 3FD, Frogmore Street, BS1 5NA, 7pm BS1 4RB, 7.30pm, £10adv. 7.30pm, £11. Supported by Featuring The Ikebana (Japanese Supported by The Koolaid Electric Kasiuss & The Wild. Madina flower arranging) by Takashi Sawano Company Lake’s first UK gig since bassist Plus support from Sakura, 14s and OPEN MIC JAM SESSION, Mr Matthew Leone was beaten up in over only unless accompanied by an Wolfs. 33 St. Stephens Street, Chicago. Matt will not be joining adult over 18 years of age - Under 21s twin brother Nathan onstage BS1 1JX, £free entry with 2-4-1 require ID to buy alcohol (for obvious reasons) but the Noodles! Weekly night of mellow band are sure to be on top form Cardiff music from anyone of any level on needing to raise all the money any instrument. THE BUFFALO VILLAGE FETE they can for Matt’s medical bills.” LIVE MUSIC, The Big Chill Bar, GARDEN PARTY, Buffalo Bar, 15 Small Street, BS1 1DE, till 11 Windsor Place, CF10 3BY, 4pm-4am, £free. Miniature music BUFFALO PRESENTS, Buffalo midnight, £free. Bar, 11 Windsor Place, CF10 LIPSHOCK/THE GLASSGUNS, press acoustic garden stage with 3BY, 8pm-4am, £tbc. Eisteddfod The Fleece, 12 St. Thomas Richard James, Ceri Frost, Owen warm up with Becca White in Street, BS1 6JJ, £5. Double Bowley, Adrian Hughes, Liggett & headliners with support from Trefor and MMP DJs. LATER House session. LATER DJ Andrew Threatmantics playing Funk, Soul, Ulysses. Party DJs. Hip Hop. CHRIS HICKS, 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff 11a-12 Church Street, CF10 UGLY DUCKLING SUPPORT 1BG, 8pm, £4. + Jack Hadley + COMPETITION, Buffalo Bar, 11 Kadesha + Colours Of One. Tue.03 Windsor Place, CF10 3BY, 9pm4am, £free. Hip Hop competition Bristol to determine who will support Ugly BIG D & THE KIDS TABLE, The Duckling at Buffalo in September. Mon.02 Croft Main Room, 117 - 119 Plus guest host and DJs. Stokes Croft, BS1 3RW, £10. Bristol Supported by JB Conspiracy & THE AGGROLITES, The Croft Mouthwash. Main Room, 117 - 119 Stokes SWEET LAREDO, Golden Lion, Thu.05 Croft, BS1 3RW, £12. + The
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THE COUNCIL, Moles, George Street, BA1 2EN, 8pm. £free B4 10.30pm.
Bristol
THE HOOKERS, The Croft Front Bar, 117 - 119 Stokes Croft, BS1 3RW, 8pm, £donations. Supported by Blackwolf, Snarl & Subgenerates. THE CASINO BRAWL, The Croft Main Room, 117 - 119 Stokes Croft, BS1 3RW, £5. Support from Heights, This Distance & Acorah. JAMSTAND FUNDRAISER, Mr Wolfs. 33 St. Stephens Street, BS1 1JX, £3. Jamstand of Ross-on-Wye, is returning on the 13th/14th August for another free festival for 5000 music lovers! Mr. Wolfs holds a fantastic fundraiser night featuring acts performing at Jamstand 2010! Come for the Rock Stay for the pots of homemade Jam! HOPE SANDOVAL & THE WARM INVENTIONS, The Fleece, 12 St. Thomas Street, BS1 6JJ, £15. With support from Dirt Blue Gene.
Cardiff
QUIET REVOLUTION COMPANY LABEL PARTY, Buffalo Bar, 11 Windsor Place, CF10 3BY, 8pm-4am, £4/£free after bands. Plus Stephanie Finegan/ Black Russian/ Son Capson/ Rural. LATER Black House DJS upstairs and Bethan Elfyn/ James Hassan downstairs. CHAPTERS, Barfly, Kingsway, CF10 3FD, 7.30pm, £5. Supported by March Of The Raptors, The Safety Fire & Athena.
Fri.06 Bristol
AUSTERE, The Croft Front Bar, 117 - 119 Stokes Croft, BS1 3RW, 8pm, £3. Supported by Oceanus & Rosicrucian. THROUGH THE ABYSS, The Croft Main Room, 117 - 119 Stokes Croft, BS1 3RW, £3. Supported by Desolated, All Guns Blazing, Senturia & Gehenna. SMALL AXE, Mr Wolfs. 33 St. Stephens Street, BS1 1JX, £3-£3.50. A very Bristol mash up of roots Reggae to soothe your soul and move your feet. Plus Esteban, one of the most exciting emerging bands in the UK, a world sound explosion! LATER- DJs Mako & The Hawk and DJ Misterlong. MONSTERPIECE, The Big Chill Bar, 15 Small Street, BS1 1DE, till 3am, £free. Hip-Hop & Funk. TAINT, The Fleece, 12 St. Thomas Street, BS1 6JJ, £6. With support from Manatees and Gonga.
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DAISY CHAPMAN, Grain Barge, Mardyke Wharf, Hotwells Road, BS8 4RU, 8pm, £4. With a voice that ranges from a whisper to a “herculean howl” and alone on stage with a piano and loop station, this is a live set not to be missed. Plus the lyrical and futuristic Hawthorn. LARRY MILLER, Thunderbolt, 124 Bath Road, BS4 3ED, £7adv/£10otd. Having played alongside the likes of Thunder, Ian Gillan, Climax Blues Band, Peter Green and Walter Trout, Larry Miller is fast becoming the UK’s top Blues guitarist.
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CHIEF, Clwb Ifor Bach, 11 Womanby Street, CF10 1BR, 7:30pm, £4. Plus Saturday’s Kids & The Modern Farewell. BUMP! Buffalo Bar, 11 Windsor Place, CF10 3BY, 8pm-4am, £tbc. Blue Gillespie & Support. BAD SAMARITANS, Barfly, Kingsway, CF10 3FD, 7.30pm. Supported by No Choice & Sick Livers.
Sat.07 Bristol
BAD RELIGION, 02 Academy, Frogmore Street, BS1 5NA, £14 IT PREVAILS, The Croft Main Room, 117 - 119 Stokes Croft, BS1 3RW, £5. Supported by Heart In Hand, Polar, Evita & Burials. SMUDGED, Mr Wolfs. 33 St. Stephens Street, BS1 1JX, £3-£3.50. Their unique tapestry of beat-laden folk is almost luminous with golden sounds, emanating from such diverse duets as a flute and a saxophone or a guitar and a violin. With support from Patchy- 3 piece alternative rock band from Wales. CANCER RESEARCH BENEFIT GIG, The Hope & Anchor, 75 Lower High Street, Shirehampton, BS11 0AW, 8pm till late, £5adv/£8otd. Bristol’s top Soul Funk Blues band Gee Baby I Love You playing live in aid of Cancer Research. CHRISSY CHRIS & AWKWARD PRESENT GRAND GROOVE, The Big Chill Bar, 15 Small Street, BS1 1DE, till 3am, £free. Grand Groove is the teaming up of two Bristol Hip-Hop legends,Kinsman(Krissy Kriss) and Awkward. Born out of a love of rare Boogie, Electric Funk and Hip Hop,the two DJs showcase their extensive catalogue of dance floor fillers. SURFACE UNSIGNED SEMI FINAL, The Fleece, 12 St. Thomas Street, BS1 6JJ. With Goodbye Stereo, Echolounge, Livin In A Valvestate, Yellowgroove, Subclass, Sound Of The Sirens, Cut Nancy and Kastrow. LENNY SAVAGE, Thunderbolt, 124 Bath Road, BS4 3ED, £4adv/£5otd. Blues, Folk and www.247magazine.co.uk
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Wed.11
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PEOPLE IN PLANES, Clwb Ifor Bach, 11 Womanby Street, CF10 1BR, 8pm, £6/£8. THE BEATBOX BALLROOM CIDER PARTY, Buffalo Bar, 11 Windsor Place, CF10 3BY, 7.30pm-10pm, £4. The Bright Young People EP launch. MENTALLICA, Barfly, Kingsway, CF10 3FD, 7.30pm, £10. Over 13 years of touring Mentallica have earned a reputation as Europe’s top Metallica tribute. This band has total respect for Metallica and have set out to recreate the raw, intense experience of seeing Metallica live
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MARTIN DEGVILLE’S SIGUE SIGUE SPUTNIK, The Furnace, SN1 5NX. Original singer of the 70s/80s band Sigue Sigue Sputnik takes fans back a couple of decades.
Sun.08 Bristol
SMALL DAYS, Tobacco Factory, Raleigh Road, Southville, BS3 1TF, 8pm. Quality jazz group deliver strong vocal-led covers. I AM FOREVER, The Croft Main Room, 117 - 119 Stokes Croft, BS1 3RW, £4. Supported by Flash Echo Fire, Fletcher, Ready Set Low, Out Like A Lion & We Start A Party. SUNDAY SESSIONS, Mr Wolfs. 33 St. Stephens Street, BS1 1JX, £free. With Funky Freedom - LittleBoSelecta. Spinning retro dance beats to keep the dancefloor moving & shaking till late.
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HEADS OF THE VALLEYS RECORDS PARTY, Buffalo Bar, 11 Windsor Place, CF10 3BY, £tbc. Showcase from the label that includes Undercover Elements, Billy Gone Mad, United Minds, Volko, The Collaboration, KZSS, A.P. Bolan and GNA. K RECORDS NIGHT, 10 Feet Tall, 11a-12 Church Street, CF10 1BG, 8pm, £free. ‘Shield Behind the K: The Story of K Records’ documentary screening, then Calvin Johnson (founder/Beat Happening) question & answer session. Later DJs: Gary Twisted By Design & very special guests.
Ebbw Vale
WILL YOUNG, The Pink Pavilion, The Works, 7.30pm, £22.95.
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CALVIN JOHNSON, The Cube Multiplex, 4 Princess Row, Kingsdown, BS2 8NQ, 8pm, £7/£6adv. The Cube proudly welcomes back Calvin Johnson; that well known baritone; shaker of maracas, tummy hopper, hip swinger and legendary K records founder/ producer from Olympia, Washington. Calvin brings his own brand of wandering narrative, unamplified voice and minimal guitar direct to audiences. His stage presence is arresting; deadpan, playful, romantic and confrontational in turn. He is never afraid to embrace the awkward, ask the rhetorical, or disregard the guitar or stage completely in favour of following his heart and feet. Support from The Bumblebees and The Middle Ones. POLAR BEAR CLUB, The Croft Main Room, 117 - 119 Stokes Croft, BS1 3RW, £9. Supported by Without Fire & Clear The Coast. SONGSMITH, Mr Wolfs. 33 St. Stephens Street, BS1 1JX, £free. A selection of bands playing a variety of folk and acoustic. WithThe Haiku/Lyons & Walker.
Tue.10 Bristol
SCOUT KILLERS, The Croft Front Bar, 117 - 119 Stokes Croft, BS1 3RW, 8pm, £donations. Supported by Ataraxis Vibration & Defacto. AGNOSTIC FRONT, Bristol Bierkeller, All Saints’ Street, BS1 2LZ, 7.30pm, £12.50adv. Supported by All Will Suffer & guests. JOHN FARAH, 10 Feet Tall, 11a-12 Church Street, CF10 1BG, 8pm, £5/£4. Supported by Little Eris and more TBA.
Cardiff
HEY TONIGHT! Barfly, Kingsway, CF10 3FD, 7.30pm, £4.50. Supported by Magden Audio, Distance Within & Say When.
BEYOND RECALL, The Croft Front Bar, 117 - 119 Stokes Croft, BS1 3RW, 8pm, £donations. DUBLOADED, The Croft Main Room, 117 - 119 Stokes Croft, BS1 3RW, £4. OPEN MIC JAM SESSION, Mr Wolfs. 33 St. Stephens Street, BS1 1JX, £free entry with 2-4-1 Noodles! Weekly night of mellow music from anyone of any level on any instrument. LIVE MUSIC, The Big Chill Bar, 15 Small Street, BS1 1DE, till midnight, £free. MINNAARS, The Fleece, 12 St. Thomas Street, BS1 6JJ, £6. IKUE MORI & EVAN PARKER WITH SPECIAL GUEST MARK NAUSEEF, The Cube Multiplex, 4 Princess Row, Kingsdown, BS2 8NQ, 7.30pm, £10. Lung power from the truly unmissable saxophonist Evan Parker, laptop witchery from Ikue Mori (ex-DNA drummer, John Zorn and Sonic Youth collaborator) and one of the most versatile drummers in the world (who played in Velvet Undergroundfact fans) in this Jazz Junktion. One duo set and one trio set.
Thu.12 Bath
RUN, WALK! Moles, George Street, BA1 2EN, 8pm, £4/£3 NUS. “Loud and energetic enough to play with any metal band whilst also subtle and melodic enough to play with any indie band, run, WALK! should be all-conquering champions, but will probably confuse as much as they delight. Those of an eclectic disposition and a truly open-mind will find a band to cherish here”. Supported by Bastions & the Hysterical Injury.
Bristol
STEVE MASON, The Louisiana, Wapping Road, Bathurst Terrace, BS1 6UA, 9pm. With support from Olo Worms. DYNAMO HUM, The Croft Front Bar, 117 - 119 Stokes
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LIVE Croft, BS1 3RW, 8pm, £donations. Supported by Deadguru. GOURANGA, The Croft Main Room, 117 - 119 Stokes Croft, BS1 3RW, £4. KISS GO BOWLING, The Lanes, 22 Nelson Street, BS1 2LE, 8pm-12pm, £3adv/otd. In honour of the fantastic Kiss Sonic Boom Tour, The Lanes is bringing you ‘The Aftermath’, with Europe’s number one Kiss tribute band ‘Hotter Than Hell’ performing live and spreading the gospel of Sonic Boom. BRISFEST FUNDRAISER, Mr Wolfs. 33 St. Stephens Street, BS1 1JX. Live music, art exhibition and auction with These Black Shores (Formerly Emphatica)-Melodic alt-rockers at the grungier end of Indie. Plus Countryside-Warped pop loveliness from epic, dreamy shoegazers! And Oxygen Thief-Positive, energetic one-man acoustic loudness, brimming with emotion and bite. LATER-DJ Sho’Nuff.
Cardiff
EVILIVE, Barfly, Kingsway, CF10 3FD, 7.30pm, £4. + Hotel Ambush + Epic Fail + Island In The Sky. SPENCER MCGARRY SEASON: EPISODE 1, Buffalo Bar, 11 Windsor Place, CF10 3BY, 8pm, £5/£7 for both (discount only valid with adv ticket). Summer Proms - Businessman Records 2-day showcase. With Sweet Baboo and Barefoot Dance Of The Sea.
Last Rights, Vanadium, The Effects Of Alcohol, My Deprivation, Hold Your Fire! And Doctor Nut. MANGO FACTORY, Grain Barge, Mardyke Wharf, Hotwells Road, BS8 4RU, 8pm, £4. A formidable nine piece live act who have filled dancefloors across the country. Playing a blend of funk, latin, jazz (to name a few) their usual set incorporates original songs, extended jams and a few covers for good measure. BLACKWOLF, The Cooler Music Venue, 48 Park Street, BS1 5SG, 9pm, £5/£4NUS.
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EASY ALL STARS, The Globe, 125 Albany Road, Roath, £17 Cult regge band and all round funmeisters.
OUI MESSY, Clwb Ifor Bach, 11 Womanby Street, CF10 1BR, 7:30pm, £4. Plus Good Librarian & We’re No Heroes. ADEBISI SHANK, Barfly, Kingsway, CF10 3FD, 7.30pm, £6. Supported by Strange News From Another Star. SPENCER MCGARRY SEASON: EPISODE 2, Buffalo Bar, 11 Windsor Place, CF10 3BY, 7.30pm-10pm, £5/£7 for both (discount only valid with adv ticket). Summer Proms - Businessman Records 2-day showcase. With Stephen Wheel.
Sat.14 Bristol
Curate, Rat Attack & All The Dawn Vampires.
Wed.18 Bristol
FIBRE MIC, The Croft Front Bar, 117 - 119 Stokes Croft, BS1 3RW, 8pm, £donations. THE ARGENT DAWN, Bristol Bierkeller, All Saints’ Street, BS1 2LZ, 7.30pm, £6adv. Supported by Tides Of Virtue & Feral Eve. OPEN MIC JAM SESSION, Mr Wolfs. 33 St. Stephens Street, BS1 1JX, £free entry with 2-4-1 Noodles! Weekly night of mellow music from anyone of any level on any instrument. LIVE MUSIC, The Big Chill Bar, 15 Small Street, BS1 1DE, till midnight, £free.
Cardiff
DWARVES, The Croft Main Room, 117 - 119 Stokes Croft, BS1 3RW, £10. Supported by Dangerfields & F-UK. GECKO, Mr Wolfs. 33 St. Stephens Street, BS1 1JX, £3Fri.13 £3.50. Gecko plays experimental acoustic Hip Hop with infectious Bath rhythms and lyrical gymnastics. JACKANORY AND THE Supported by The Mayflies, AMiTY. BALL, Moles, George NEW RHODES, The Fleece, 12 Street, BA1 2EN, 9pm, £3 B4 St. Thomas Street, BS1 6JJ, 10.30pm/£6/£4 NUS. Jackanory £free. Farewell gig with support and the Ball are a north London duo from My Friend Friday who deliver a genuinely unique and THE UNTOUCHABLES + eclectic sound. The accomplished BAD LOSERS A MOSSFEST production of Michael Rendall GIG, The Prom, Gloucester provides the perfect backdrops for Road, 8pm, £5.50. Formed in the the engaging and honest vocals of 70’s playing a mish - mash of R&B Tom Skelton. standards and Dr Feelgood covers. Bristol Now together again to rock your socks off. BL. Originals in the 60’s garage PORCELAIN, The Croft Front rock style. Over 18s only.. Bar, 117 - 119 Stokes Croft, BS1 3RW, 8pm, £donations. THE LASTING DAYS, Mr Wolfs. 33 St. Stephens Street, BS1 Sun.15 1JX, £3-£3.50. Well-crafted brand of melancholic indie/folk Bristol and an electrically charged live EYEBROW, Tobacco Factory, performance. Plus Support. Raleigh Road, Southville, CHINA CRISIS, 02 Academy, BS3 1TF, 8pm. Pete Judge (Get Frogmore Street, BS1 5NA, the Blessing) and Paul Wiggins £12.50adv. (Cousteau) come together to create SURFACE UNSIGNED SEMI a driving, minimal and extraordinary FINAL, The Fleece, 12 St. ambience using trumpet, drums Thomas Street, BS1 6JJ. With and assorted effects. Nights At The Circus, City Stereo,
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Cardiff GREENMAN WARM UP, 10 Feet Tall, 11a-12 Church Street, CF10 1BG, 7.30pm, £4/£3 NUS. With Georgia Ruth and Eugene Capper
Mon.16
DRAFTS EP LAUNCH, Buffalo Bar, 11 Windsor Place, CF10 3BY, 8pm, £3adv/£4. Supported by Samoans, We’re No Hereos
Thu.19 Bath
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HAWTHORN, The Croft Front Bar, 117 - 119 Stokes Croft, BS1 3RW, 8pm, £donations. Supported by Chalky White (Acoustic Night). THE FAMOUS CLASS, The Croft Main Room, 117 - 119 Stokes Croft, BS1 3RW, £5. Supported by The Café Kids. SABBAT, Bristol Bierkeller, All Saints’ Street, BS1 2LZ, 7.30pm, £12adv. Supported by Imperial Vengence & Cinders Fall. ATTIKA, The Fleece, 12 St. Thomas Street, BS1 6JJ, £5. With support from Leaving Eden.
Tue.17 Bristol
ELLIOT WHALE BOY, The Croft Front Bar, 117 - 119 Stokes Croft, BS1 3RW, 8pm, £donations. NEVER THE BRIDE, The Fleece, 12 St. Thomas Street, BS1 6JJ, £10. Pride Bristol Fundraiser with support from Katey Brooks.
Cardiff
ZEPHER, Barfly, Kingsway, CF10 3FD, 7.30pm, £5. Supported by Conquer The Decade. DIE! CHIHUAHUA DIE! Buffalo Bar, 11 Windsor Place, CF10 3BY, 8pm, £tbc. Supported by
ENTER SHIKARI, Bath Pavilion, BA2 4EU, £14.50Heavy guitars and raw, loud vocals Enter Shikari play Bath with support from ska act The King Blues.
Bristol
SANDY BULL – NO DEPOSIT, NO RETURN BLUES, The Cube Multiplex, 4 Princess Row, Kingsdown, BS2 8NQ, 7pm, £4/£5. Two film about Sandy Bull - the ultimate eclecticist, whose music combined a wild assortment of genres and traditions, from Chuck Berry to fourteenth-century ballades to salsa and samba to Indian, African, and Middle Eastern music, Sandy was a real character who was a favourite of Hunter S Thompson and Bob Dylan.
Cardiff
HENRYS FUNERAL SHOE, Barfly, Kingsway, CF10 3FD, 7.30pm. Supported by The Gentle Good. SIMONE FELICE, Buffalo Bar, 11 Windsor Place, CF10 3BY, 8pm, £6adv/ £7otd. Supported www.247magazine.co.uk
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Fri.20 Bristol
IF NOT TODAY, The Croft Front Bar, 117 - 119 Stokes Croft, BS1 3RW, 8pm, £donations. ROGER TARRY + SPECIAL GUESTS, Grain Barge, Mardyke Wharf, Hotwells Road, BS8 4RU, 8pm, £3 KATE LEAHY, Thunderbolt, 124 Bath Road, BS4 3ED, £4adv/£5otd. After playing alongside Sarah Blasko and Katie Melua at the Jazz Open in Stuttgart this year, Australian singer / songwriter Kate Leahy, hits England, as part of her EU tour, with her fresh approach to folk / pop.
Cardiff
MLE, Barfly, Kingsway, CF10 3FD, 7.30pm, £4. Supported by Karmadeva.
Yeovil
THE ALARM, The Orange Box, BA20 1QA, £TBC. Welsh heroes and old favourites The Alarm head down to Somerset to treat their fans to some rock’n’roll.
Sat.21 Bristol
THE HIT UPS, The Fleece, 12 St. Thomas Street, BS1 6JJ. With support The New Root and Archimedes.
Sun.22 Bristol
THE WILLOW TREE, Tobacco Factory, Raleigh Road, Southville, BS3 1TF, 8pm. Utterly rapturous folk-pop that conjures up pastoral as well as urban scenes with amazing cello and violins. IGNOMONIOUS INCARCERATION, The Croft Main Room, 117 - 119 Stokes Croft, BS1 3RW, £5.
Cardiff
YUCATAN, Buffalo Bar, 11 Windsor Place, CF10 3BY, 8pm, £5 /£4 NUS.
Mon.23 Bristol
WITHOUT REASON, The Croft Front Bar, 117 - 119 Stokes Croft, BS1 3RW, 8pm, £donations.
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THE SLACKERS, The Croft Main Room, 117 - 119 Stokes Croft, BS1 3RW, £12. Supported by Muff Said.
Cardiff
Music Hall, CF10 1LA, £14
evening celebrating acoustic music.
Fri.27
PHYSICAL GRAFFITI PARTY, Barfly, Kingsway, CF10 3FD, 7.30pm, £4. The Guns are a 4 piece Rock band from South Wales. They have toured with The Lost Prophets and were nominated for a Welsh music award.
Bristol SATURDAY’S KIDS, Buffalo FUNKINSTEINS, The Croft Bar, 11 Windsor Place, CF10 3BY, 8pm, £4/£3 NUS. Supported Front Bar, 117 - 119 Stokes Croft, BS1 3RW, 8pm, by Goodtime Boys. £donations. SUBCLASS, The Cooler Music Venue, 48 Park Street, BS1 Tue.24 5SG, 9pm, £5/£4NUS. Bristol
6 DAY RIOT, The Croft Main Room, 117 - 119 Stokes Croft, BS1 3RW, £6.
Cardiff
HARLEM, Buffalo Bar, 11 Windsor Place, CF10 3BY, 7.30pm, £5adv/£6otd. Supported by Kutosis & Oui Messy.
Cardiff
PURPLE SPIRAL PROJECT, Buffalo Bar, 11 Windsor Place, CF10 3BY, 8pm, £tbc.
Sat.28 Bristol
KING’S BASKETBALL CLUB, Buffalo Bar, 11 Windsor Place, CF10 3BY, 8pm, £tbc. Summer Proms - charity night.
Thu.26 Bath
PHILADELPHIA GRAND JURY, Moles, George Street, BA1 2EN, 8pm, £4/£3 NUS. Aka Berkfinger and MC Bad Genius, these two childhood buddies - and a rotating ensemble of drummers - have been writing, recording and touring their own indie punk soul hits around the country and winning fans everywhere they go. Supported by The White Elephant Shootout & Born Blonde.
Bristol
GEHENNA, The Croft Main Room, 117 - 119 Stokes Croft, BS1 3RW, £4. Supported by Dead Poets.
Cardiff
TIGER PLEASE, Buffalo Bar, 11 Windsor Place, CF10 3BY, 8pm, £tbc. ALKALINE TRIO, Millennium
PAINT IT BLACK, The Croft Main Room, 117 - 119 Stokes Croft, BS1 3RW, £10. Supported by Blacklisted, Off With Their Heads & Four Letter Word. THE WORLDONFIRE, The Fleece, 12 St. Thomas Street, BS1 6JJ, £5. With support from Models For The Radio and Clear The Coast. HUWIE PRICE EP LAUNCH, Buffalo Bar, 11 Windsor Place, CF10 3BY, 8pm, £tbc.
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Wed.25 SPLUTTER, The Croft Front Bar, 117 - 119 Stokes Croft, BS1 3RW, 8pm, £donations. OPEN MIC JAM SESSION, Mr Wolfs. 33 St. Stephens Street, BS1 1JX, £free entry with 2-4-1 Noodles! Weekly night of mellow music from anyone of any level on any instrument. LIVE MUSIC, The Big Chill Bar, 15 Small Street, BS1 1DE, till midnight, £free.
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UGLY DUCKING, The Thekla, The Grove, East Mud Dock, BS1 4RB, 7pm-10.30pm curfew, £9adv. Californian old skool hip hop troupe. Think Run DMC, Beastie Boys and De La Soul THE HACKS, The Croft Front Bar, 117 - 119 Stokes Croft, BS1 3RW, 8pm, £donations. GIMME SHELTER, The Fleece, 12 St. Thomas Street, BS1 6JJ, £5.
Sun.29 Bristol
ARON ATTWOOD, Tobacco Factory, Raleigh Road, Southville, BS3 1TF, 8pm. Talented young multiinstrumentalist ex-Cuban Heel who will be showing off some sweet, harmonic and bluesy songs. THE CHORDS, The Thekla, The Grove, East Mud Dock, BS1 4RB, 7.30pm, £10adv. Supported by The Universal . EVITA, The Cooler Music Venue, 48 Park Street, BS1 5SG, 4pm doors, £5. KATEY BROOKS, Thunderbolt, 124 Bath Road, BS4 3ED, £4adv/£5otd. Bristol’s very own acoustic soul songstress Katey Brooks, This is an album launch; an
BAKA BEYOND, Riverfront Centre, NP20 1HG, £9.50 World music at its best, drawing upon traditional Baka music from Cameroon and bringing it into the 20th Century. Expect music, dancing and all round good times.
Tue.31 Bristol
THE MORNING AFTER, The Croft Front Bar, 117 - 119 Stokes Croft, BS1 3RW, 8pm, £donations.
Cardiff
DON’T TREAD ON SPIDERS, 10 Feet Tall, 11a-12 Church Street, CF10 1BG, 8pm, £3.
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Mondays Bath
MARVELLOUS MONDAYS. ClubXL. Walcott St. £1 B4 11.30pm with flyer/ £2 B4 9.30pm/ £3 B4 10.30pm. Student night with resident DJ Mister Bibby + guest DJ’s. DOWNTOWN. Po Na Na. North Parade. 10pm-2am. £3 (Remember your student card please.) Downtown (in association with BUSU), is the best student party in town. We have enough drinks deals to fill your boots, including our infamous cocktail buckets for £7. With DJ David Mayo and his eclectic style. MY MY MY. Second Bridge. 10 Manvers St. Bath student night with great drinks deals all night and great music! FLAUNT. Celsius Ice Bar and Club. 1-3 South Parade. 10pm3am. £3 B4 10:30pm/£4 after. Bath’s premier student night in Bath’s premier venue. Student cards required.
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SLAM ON THE BREAKS. Mbargo. The Triangle, Clifton. 8pm -2am. £free. Benny Kane & KVL present a mix of Electro, Breaks, Dubstep & a little bit of anything else that feels right! FUNKY MONDAYS. Oceana. Harbourside. 9pm – 4am. £2 B4 10pm / £3 after. Student only night of messiness! GORILLA AUDIO. The Thekla, The Grove. 10pm – 3am. Playing Hip Pop, Filthy Electro, Party & Dubstep. B.E.D. The Bunker, 78 Queens Road, Clifton Triangle. 10pm-3am. Bristol’s Enchanted Discotheque offers a unique combination of commercial, classy and sexy finely blended with cool, edgy and underground over three rooms with an elegant outdoor space.
work in a bar, shop or restaurant? Us too and we feel your pain! So come and party like it’s Saturday night with drinks specials, cheap bowling and good tunes!
Cardiff
BUFFALO LIVE PRESENTS... Buffalo Bar, 11 Windsor Place. 9pm-3am, £3. Bands, live music, drinks offers, DJ’s and more! Followed By Le Freak Club - The best in fashion, music & art. FUNKY MONKEYS. The Old Library, 18-19 Trinity St. 9pm2am. £3. Funky/ Electro/ Fidget/ House. JAGERFEST. Glam. Greyfriars Road. 9pm - 3am. 9th SCORCHER. Glam. Greyfriars Road. 9pm - 3am. £9 queue jump/£10otd. Scorcher performs Lipsing Ting, I Know plus more!
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30th DANNY BYRD. Mojo. Market St. 9pm-6am. £5adv. With support from Dr Meaker, Dread MC, Matt Kirk, Mista Ifsta and Cinimod. The Attic room will be serving up your dose of Rock/Indie/Hip-Hop and Wonky Pop with DJ’s Vernon Tessio, Eddie Monster and Jamie. Swansea
CHAKA CHAKA. Bar Sigma. 1 Northampton Lane. 10pm-3am. £free. Funk Reggae Dancehall Dub Hiphop. 30th BLOW. Odyssey. Salubrious Place. 10.30pm2.30am. £3 B4 11pm/£5after. New gay night launching in Swansea’s brand new Superclub. Chart, Dance anthems and Circuit music with various guests DJs. Every first Monday of the month.
Tuesdays Bath
!CRASH! - THE POP! INDIE! DISCO! SMASH-UP! Po Na Na. North Parade. £3/£2.50 NUS. 10pm - 2am. A huge smash up of the best Pop, indie & electro party anthems. THE BIG CHEESE. Moles, George St. 10pm. £4/£3.50 NUS. Bath’s original and best cheese night. Expect all the cheesiest tunes, the best drinks offers and most unpretentious fun times in club land! TUESDAYS. Back To Mine. 7 23rd MENSAH – UNESCO Bladud Buildings. The Paragon. SLAVERY REMEMBRANCE £free. DJs on rotation playing DAY. Colston Hall. Colston St. Reggae, Dub, Eclectic, Rare Bristol. 7pm. £free. Bristol based Groove, Funk, Ska, Modern Break, Dubstep DJ performs for UNESCO Funk, Downtempo with DJ Stoney Slavery Remembrance Day + Monster, DJ Read Jones and Oli Biram Seck (produced by Pete Embleton. Josef, Reprazent). TNT. Celsius Ice Bar & Club. 1-3 South Parade. 10pm-2am. MONDAY CLUB. The Lanes. 32 £5 all night £4 Student I.D/Flyer Nelson St. 3pm-12pm. £7. Do you £3/£3.50 Guest List. DJ Mister
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Bibby & Guest will be dropping musical bombs all over the dance floor centering around Funk,Soul,9 0’s,Cheese,Motown,Britpop, Ibiza, Classics, Oldskool, HipHop and Charts.
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OLD SKOOL. Elbow Room. 64 Park St. until 2am. £free. Old Skool. KANDI TUESDAYS. Joe Publics. 3 Queens Avenue. Clifton. £5/£4. 10pm – Late. Commercial, R’n’B, hip-hop, funky house. THE REAL DEAL. Mbargo. The Triangle. 8pm – 2am. £free. Kevin Real Deal mixes up a selection of R’n’B, hip-hop, chart and old skool classics!
PRESENTS... 10 Feet Tall. 11A – 12 Church St. 9pm-4am. £varies/£free downstairs. A mix of music, literature, comedy, cinema, fashion & art. £2 selected bottles/spirit & mixer. Mish Mash DJs downstairs all night. JETSET. Glam. Greyfriars Road. 9pm - 3am. Cardiff’s newest and best Tuesday student night out. JUST DANCE. Clwb Ifor Bach. Womanby St. 10.30 – 2am. £3. £free before 11. Commercial tunes, rock and R’n’B. HAMMERTIME! Barfly. Kingsway. 10.30pm-2am. £3otd/£2 with flyer/£2 NUS. Cheesy Pop anthems from the 90s! LATINO HEAT. Zync Bar. 63 St. Marys St. 9pm- 3.30am. DJ Adry plays latino, salsa and socca. Also performing is the 15 piece Brazilian band, Samba Galez and Brazilian dancers.
Newport
TORN. Meze Lounge. 6 Market St. £2/£1 nus. 9-3am. South Wales Sickest Metal Night. Torn residents play Metal, Hardcore and old school 80’s rock anthems in the main room while the F’n’K crew take over the Attic playing Industrial, Punk and Goth in the Attic.
Wednesdays Bath
CLUB MOJITO. Second Bridge. 10 Manvers St. £4 / £3 NUS or before 11. 10pm - 2am. International music, uplifting Latin THE BITCH’S BOLLOCKS House music and live percussion. Mr Wolfs. 33 St. Stephens St. With Jake Gabai & friends. Bristol. £4with/ £5without NUS. DISCORD. Po Na Na. North New lesbian night. Electro/Indie/ Parade. £4/£3 B4 11pm. 9.30pm House/Dub. Featuring-Beatrix 2am. A full tilt mix of the best rock, Beagles visual entertainment, DJ metal, punk, industrial & classic Ironmonger (Brum’s burn the bra) alternative anthems!! DJ Goldsmith. Plus live burlesque WEDNESDAYS. Back To Mine. 7 performance and special guests! Bladud Buildings. The Paragon. £free. DJs on rotation playing Reggae, Dub, Eclectic, Rare JUST CLICK. 31 Corn St. 9.30pm. £free before 10.30pm/£3 Groove, Funk, Ska, Modern Break, Funk, Downtempo with DJ Stoney after. Bringing you the best in all aspects of dance and house music. Monster, DJ Read Jones and Oli Embleton. Electro, Funky, Fidget House and Bristol More! A BRONX TALE. Mbargo. The THE MASH UP. The Bunker, 78 Triangle, Clifton, £free, 8pm – Queens Road, Clifton Triangle. £4/£3 guestlist b4 11.30pm/£3 2am. £free. Benny Kane smashes with VIP Bristol card it up with a solid mix of Hip-Hop, 3rd PROJECT 13. Mr Wolfs. 33 R’n’B and ending with Dubstep & St. Stephens St. Till late. £3. Hip Drum & Bass! Hop night with a lick of Dubstep and UP THE RACKET. Elbow Room. 64 Park St. £Free till 2am. Indie, DnB, Party Tunes & Turntablism. Alternative and 80’s. Live local Mc’s & guest DJs. Plus KITSCH. The Bunker, 78 Queens regular P13 team shenanigans. Road, Clifton Triangle. Bristol’s Hosted by Chalk MC. best DJ’s playing Chart, House and Cardiff BUFFALO PRESENTS... Buffalo Kitsch classics! Home of DJ Croz in room 2, playing the latest electro Bar. 11 Windsor Place. 8pmand house. Say goodbye to the 3am. A showcase for the best upcoming promoters / bands / acts monotony of themed nights! PROPAGANDA. Syndicate. and more 15 Nelson St. 9.30pm-4am. £3 10 FEET IN SESSION
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CLUB with flyer/students/£4. The UK’s biggest indie night. Main room: DJ Dan mixing the best new and classic indie music. Room 2: Alternative Rock, Metal, Ska and Punk.
Cardiff
POPTART! Buffalo Bar. 11 Windsor Place. CF10 3BY. 10.30-3am. £free. The Pop Tart Djs playing wonky pop, electro and alt bangers. LISTEN UP! Clwb Ifor Bach. 11 Womanby Street. CF10 1BR. 9.30pm – 3am. £3. Top Floor: Indie, electro, pop. Middle: Special Guests. Bottom: Soul, disco, funk THE BOOM BOOM BOUTIQUE. 10 Feet Tall. 11A – 12 Church St. 10-4am. £free. The biggest, baddest bass blowing, booty shakin’ party beats! SOUL MOVEMENT. Zync Bar. 63 St. Marys St. 9pm-3.30am. Sexy Ladies Night with Soul, Sexy RNB, Hip Hop, Dancehall & Bashment. DJ’s Jigga, D.J. Stylus and Mazu will be playing R’n’B. SUPA SUPA. Barfly. Kingsway. 11pm-2am. £1. Last Wednesday of the month. The latest Dubset Bass Hooks and the newest Electro treats!
BLOW - BATHS INDIE CLUB NIGHT. Moles. George St. £5/£4 Cons.. 11pm - 2am. Playing a huge sweaty mix of new & classic Indie Rock & Pop! SUPERSTAR. The Second Bridge. 10 Manvers St. Bath’s premier urban party. THIRSTY THURSDAYS. Po Na Na. North Parade. 10pm-2am. Girls go free b4 11pm / £3 b4 11pm / £4after / £1 off with TT flyer. A wild, anything-goes party night based on American College Fraternity / Sorority parties. Bangin’ party tunes all night from THE DEVIANTS playing Hip Hop, House, RnB, Indie, Rock & Rave! POP SCENE. Celsius Ice Bar & Club. 1-3 South Parade. 10pm2am. £4 B411pm/£5 after. The weekend begins here with Cheese, Chart & 80s. DJ Dave Mayo mixing top tunes from the 80s, 90s and 00s. A night not to be missed at Bath’s premier venue.
Bristol
BOUNCE. Mbargo. The Triangle, Clifton. 9pm – 2am. £free. DJ Suisse Tony gets the weekend started early with a selection of Electro House, Club Classics & House Anthems! RACK EM UP. Elbow Room. Cheltenham 64 Park St. £free till 2am. DJ’s LOLLIPOP. Dakota, 12-14 Bath upstairs plays chart, dance and Road, GL53 7HA. 9pm-3am. alternative. £free before 10pm/£4 after. PRESSURE. Thekla. The Grove, Expect loads of fun as our Candy East Mud Dock. 10pm-3am. girls and boys will be out in full force with loads of free giveaways. £3/£4. Guitar-orientated indie rock and pop with resident DJ Selected drinks £1 all night. MrSteveBob in the main room and Newport WEDNESDAYS. Mojo. Market St. the Twee In The Park gang on the £8/£7Nus. 9pm-2am. DJs spinning top deck, with occasional special guests. R&B, Hip Hop, Funk, Cool Indie, Club Bangers with Electronic Dance PUKKA UP! The Bunker, 78 Queens Road, Clifton Triangle. £3. & Classic Party Anthems! GLOBALISTA. The Big Chill Swansea Bar. 15 Small St. £free. DJ Vivo ALLSORTS. Monkey Cafe. (Brazilian Beatz/World Beatz) and Castle St. 10pm till late. £free B4 guests take you on a musical 11pm. Filthy, sexy, funky music – Soul, rare Grooves, Hip Hop, Breaks journey around the globe. Cardiff & Grime with Vinylism DJ’s. ALLIANCE. Monkey Cafe. Castle St. Monthly. Premier Drum & Bass night attracting all the big names. FUNKED UP. Bar Sigma. 1 Northampton Lane. 10pm-3am. £free B4 10.30pm/£2/£3 after. Funk Soul Disco Latin Hiphop. PLAY WEDNESDAY. Play Nightclub. Salubrious Place. Little Wind St. 10pm-2.30am. £3. Join us for a night of RnB, Party BETHAN ELFYN & FRIENDS. Anthems & Dance classics together Buffalo Bar. 11 Windsor Place. with amazing drinks deals. Cardiff. 8pm-4am. £free B4.11pm. The best place to hear new music with Radio One’s Bethan Elfyn, Thursdays plus special guests DJing till 4am.
Bath
MONKEY LIKE BANANA. Back To Mine. 7 Bladud Buildings, The GLAMOUROUS. Glam. 2 Paragon. £free before 11pm. DJs Greyfriars Road. 10pm-3am. The mixing Breaks, Funk, DnB, Eclectic. busiest midweek urban party with DJs Urban Fusion, Veejay, Jigga
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and DJ Paz playing Hip Hop, R&B, UK Funky, House, Old Skool and Garage. ON THE ROCKS. 10 Feet Tall. 11A – 12 Church St. 10pm4am. £free. Classic Anthems Old and New, Party Riffs, Alternative Mashups, New Music and Ultimate Air Guitar Bangers! C-Y-N-T. Clwb Ifor Bach. 11 Womanby St. £4 unless stated. 10.30pm – 4am. The biggest midweek rave this side of the Bridge. Electro / DubStep / Techno / DnB / Rave. DISCORD. Barfly. Kingsway. 10.30pm-2am. £3 B4 11.30pm/£4 after. Rock, Alternative and Punk club night!
Gloucester
19th FREDDIE FROM SKINS
AKA LUKE PASQUALINO. Liquid. 141 Eastgate St. 10pm-3am. £5adv/£6otd. The official A-Levels result party! DJ Carlos playing the ultimate student anthem mash-up plus a personal appearance and meet and greet with Freddie from Skins!
Swansea
S.A.M.P.L.E. Bar Sigma. 1 Northampton Lane. 8pm-12am. £free. Acoustic Music & Live Performance.
Fridays Bath
SQUEEZE THE CHEESE. Po Na Na. North Parade. BA2 4AL. 10.30pm-2.30am. £5-£4 NUS. Bath’s Biggest Night Of Guilty Pleasures! Room 1: The Cheesy Disco: All your favourite Cheesy Pop Anthems from the 60’s-00’s.... Room 2: The Singalong Suite: Belt out all your classic hairbrush hits in our Karaoke Lounge - hosted by the legendary Karaoke John. DISCO MASH. Revolution. 10 Manvers St. 10pm-2.30am. £4 with flyer. Disco, Party, Retro. FRIDAYS. Back To Mine. 7 Bladud Buildings. £free entry b4 11. £5/£3 mem. DJs on rotation playing a mix of Funk, Soul, Classics, Eclectic, RnB and more. With DJ Paul Freedom, DJ Corin CrazyLegz, DJ Rodders, DJ Asian Hawk and DJ JangoPhatt. SAVED BY THE BELL. Celsius Ice Bar and Club. 1-3 South Parade. £4 B4 11pm/£5 after. The concept is simple, when the bell sounds, ALL drink prices are drastically reduced, ensuring that our drinks prices are the cheapest bar none. Expect themed parties, celebrity guests and PA’s from some of the UK’s finest artists and DJ’s, to revitalise Bath’s party scene. KABOOM!!! Celsius. 1-3 South Parade. 10pm-3am. £5/£4 with flyer. House, Electro, Breaks and
more with DJs Tom Maddicott and Graham S. Dropping dancefloor bombs every 1st and 3rd Friday of the month. I LUV 90’S. Komedia. Westgate St. 10.30pm-1.30am. Expect the BEST Brit-Poppin & Chart-Topping anthems from 1990 - 1999!! 6th CYANTIFIC. Moles. George St. 9pm. £5 B4 11pm/£6.50 after. + In:Sight + Boro + Rex + Impact DJs + Sharpie + Calski + Itchy. 20th REMARC. Moles. George St. 10am-4am. £4/£6otd. Drop Records presents a night of Drum & Bass, Dubstep and Bass Culture with King of the Amen Remarc, plus Slack, Deviant, Asusu & Lurka and Slipperz. Upstairs: General E Smith, Boonbastic & Insurgent, Dohza The Exploding Man & Collage.
Bristol
BRITPOP AND CLASSIC INDIE. The Cooler Music Venue. 48 Park St. 10pm. £free. COMFI FRIDAYS. Club Comfi. 10-12 Triangle South, Clifton. 8pm-3am. £4. Party classics, R’n’B, dance and more. RAMSHACKLE. Carling Academy. Frogmore St, 10pm3am. £3/5. Bristol’s biggest alternative night with resident DJ Dan, Steve Gerrard plus Carlton and Dave Remix playing alternative, indie, hip hop, beats and funky shit in the main room whilst Generation X play punk-rock and metal anthems with DJ’s Link and Matt Setback. STREETLIFE. Elbow Room. 64 Park St. £Free – open till 4am. DJ Nick Evans. Chart & Floorfillers. THANK FUNK ITS FRIDAY. Mbargo. The Triangle, Clifton. 8pm – 2am. Funk, Disco and R’n’B with DJ’s Suisse Tony & Alex. WEEKEND PARTY PART 1. Lizard Lounge. 66 Queens Road. 9pm – late. Current and classic party tunes with residents Big Daddy & Milky. THE BOMB. The Bunker, 78 Queens Road, Clifton Triangle. 9pm-3am. £3 b4 11pm/£5after. DJ Amo smashes it week in week out with help from residents, the Urban Knights, Lucas Lafone, Joe Bananas and Jambo! We play the best in new and underground music. MAMA ROUX. Bijou Bar. Whiteladies Road. 10pm – 3am. £free. Monthly. Mama Roux presents an evening of Heavy Soul/ Deep Funk/ Rare Groove/ Mod/ Latin/ Disco spun by DJs Jeff Groves & John C. The best new retro night in Bristol has moved to Fridays! 6th JUNGLE SYNDICATE FT. ANDY SKOPES. The Croft. 117 - 119 Stokes Croft. £5. + Monsta (Life4Land) + Humb (Jigsore) + Coleco and Wascal (Soul Motive) + www.247magazine.co.uk
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DJ N/A (Bassics/Hivemind FM) + Onemandub + Reggae Destruction Unit + Sketch b2b 2:G + Tiny Taste. 6th FFTT PRESENTS MOOQEE (BOMB STRIKES). Start The Bus. 7-9 Baldwin St. 10pm-3am. £3. FFTT are back at Start The Bus to Start parties!!! Bristol’s number 1 party starting crew are taking over Bristol’s number 1 party venue with MOOQEE, Mr Soulsbury & FFTT DJs . 27th INSECTUM, Lakota, BS2 8NQ, 10pm-Late, £Free before 11pm Acid Techno with Roland the Bastard, Dave Sanderson and Matt and Dan Avery in Room 1.
Cardiff
FREAKY FRIDAYS. Clwb Ifor Bach. 11 Womanby St. 10.30pm2.30am. £3.50 NUS/£4.50. Indie / Retro / Rock and Roll. FLAWLESS. Sodabar. Mill Lane. 10pm-4am. £free with flyer B4 11pm, £3 B4 12pm, £5after. Join us for a night of Sexy & Smooth R&B, from old skool classics to big floor fillers. F.A.K.E. Buffalo Bar. 11 Windsor Place. 8pm-4am. £4/£3/free B4 11pm. The Towel & Colin play electro and party toons. HUSTLE. 10 Feet Tall. 11A – 12 Church St. Till 4am. £5/£4/£free entry before 10pm. Classic Funk, Soul, Jazz, Roots, Motown & disco. FUNKY FRIDAYS. Glam (level2). 2 Greyfriars Road. 10pm-3am, £5/£2 b4 12pm. Urban DJ’s Jigga, Veejay and Troopa take over. GET YER ROCKS OFF. Barfly. Kingsway. 11pm-3am. £5otd/£4 with flyer/£4NUS. Goodtime Indie Rock ‘n’ Roll. Drinks offers and anthems every Friday! DEAL OR NO DEAL. Code. Millennium Plaza, Wood St. 10pm-3am. Deal £10 plus 7 free vouchers. No Deal £3. Sexy RnB, Smooth Groves, Funky, Electro & Club Classics. FREQUENCY. Kirkhouse. Merthyr Tydfil. Till 2am. Tune into the best Funky House, mainstream and club classics. FRIDAYS. Cardiff Arts Institute. 29 Park Place. 10pm-4am. £2 before 11pm, regs £free/£4 after/£3 regs. Dubstep, Future Garage, Bassline, Tropical, Electro, Nu-Disko, D&B, Nu-Rave, Wonky Pop, Crunk Rock. THE WEEKEND WARM-UP. Zync Bar. 63 St. Marys St. 8pm-5am. It’s the weekend warm up with DJ Adry from 8pm till 12pm then its DJ Milky, Richie s, with after dark from 12 till 5am playing a mixture of chart, R’n’B, Funky House and Indie. XXPLOSIVE FRIDAYS. Oceana. Greyfriars Road. £free B4 10:30pm with E-Flyer or Wristband/£4 NUS/ £5without. Come and make the most of your
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weekend by starting with Cardiff’s biggest and best Friday night. Selected drinks just £2.20 all night. FRIDAYS. Club X. 35-37 Charles St. 8pm-6am. £free B4 10pm. KEV W INVITES YOU DOWN TO PARTY at the best gay venue in South Wales. Resident and guest DJs in 3 rooms of Electro, Trance and Hardhouse and DJ Smudge playing Funky House and Club Classics. 6th LYNX + KEMO. Clwb Ifor Bach. 11 Womanby St. 10.30pm3am. £5/£7. Drum ‘n’ Bass / Dub Step. 27th HUSTLE BANK HOLIDAY SPECIAL. 10 Feet Tall. 11a-12 Church St. Till 4am. £5/£4/£free entry before 10pm. Classic Funk, Soul, Jazz, Roots, Motown & disco.
Cheltenham
6th EMALKAY/TAXMAN. Dakota. 12-14 Bath Road. Cheltenham. 10pm-3am. £5 students/£6 B4 11pm/£8 after. Emalkay is the incredible Dubstep golden boy signed to Caspa’s label Dub Police and creator of the super hit ‘When I Look At You’, vs. Taxman, the Dirty Dance Destroyer entertaining the crowd with his supersize Bass. Plus Kontagious/ Antix/Deej/MC Dread/ MC QV and MC Quasa. FRIDAYS. D-Bar, Dakota. 12-14 Bath Road. 9pm-late. £free with flyer. RnB and Urban with selected drinks deals all night. 13th DJ LUCK & MC NEAT. Dakota. 12-14 Bath Road. 9pm-4am. £5 NUS/£6adv/£7otd B4 12pm/£8 after. Urban anthems from DJ Cage, Diamond and Kieron Jay with hosts MC Neat, Mr Murdz and Hothead Perry.
Newport
THANK FUNK ITS FRIDAY. Mojo. Market St. £8. 8pm-3am. £free for ladies all night/£free B4 10.30pm. DJ’s playing Hip Hop, R&B, Funk, Soul & Anything to put a smile on your face! The best funking night around! INNER CITY TRASH. Meze Lounge. Market St. 9pm-5am. Alt, Indie, Rock, Hip-Hop, D&B, Dubstep. Resident DJs on rotation: Eddie Monster, Jamie Swift, Vernon Tessio, Mogsy, Bex & Loz.
Port Talbot
FRIDAYS. The Bank. Station Road. 9pm-late. £free and 241 drinks. Top DJ’s playing party anthems, sexy RnB and Dance Classics.
Swansea
23s entry via prior booking only. THE QUALITY. Second Bridge. 10 Manvers St. Funky house, dance music. R&B in the vaults.
Bristol
THE BEST INDIE NIGHT IN BRISTOL.The Cooler Music Venue. 48 Park St. 10pm. £free B4 11pm/£5 after/£4NUS. Soulful, Funky & Deep House with DJ Paul Morrissey and guests! DEPARTMENT S. The Lanes. Nelson St. 9pm-3am. £3. Twice Monthly. Pounding 60’s Garage beats, freaky 60’s Pop, Mod Soul, vintage Rock & Roll and Indie Anthems. All this and you can bowl and dine too! BIJOU BAR. Whiteladies Road. 10pm – 3am. £free. Resident DJ’s Shawn Fleming, Elliot Guise and Mark Davis playing everything from funk and soul to old skool hip hop Swindon and house CASSETTE PLAYER. Suju BY THE POOL. Elbow Room. 64 Nightclub. 28 High St. 11pmPark St. £Free – open till 4am. 4am, £3 b4 11.30pm/£5. A mix Chart and Old Skool classics all of indie/rocknroll/choice pop cuts/ electro/funk/soul with Rob The Mod night long. COMFI Saturdays. Club Comfi. and Phil Dirt.The Lounge: Smooth 10-12 Triangle South, Clifton. 8-4. RnB, Hip Hop and classic hits with £7-£8. DJ’s playing everything from The Chief. party classics, R’n’B, dance and 6th LOOK WHAT THE CAT much more! DRAGGED IN. Apartments. WEEKEND PARTY PART 2. 16-18 Havelock Sq. 10pm-4am. Lizard lounge. 66 Queens Road. £8/more otd. Too2Ruff presents 9pm – late. Current and classic Giggs performing live. Plus Classic party tunes from Big Daddy & Milky. Wonder, Troopa & Cluedo, Biggz, KARL MARX. The Living Room. Cannibus, Paul Carroll, Kkrush, Harbourside. 10:30pm - 2am. Jigga Man, MC Ranks, JNR, Da Soul, Disco, Funk. Realist, Mr Eye and Ashlow. I LOVE RADIO TWO! Thekla. Top Deck. East Mud Dock. Every 1st Saturdays and 3rd Saturday, classic Rock, Pop, Motown. Easy & cheesy! Bath 14th GRAMMATICS. Start MOTORCITY. Komedia. Westgate St. 10.30pm – 1.30am. The Bus. 7-9 Baldwin St. 10pm. Motown, Funk, Soul and Rock’n’Roll £3adv. Final tour. greats, with a touch of Disco to 14th SURRENDER THE BEAT. boot! The Lanes. 32 Nelson St. 9pmSCANDAL. Po Na Na. North 3am. £free. DJs playing the best Parade.10.30pm-2.30am. £5 b4 Rock & Roll, Indie, Electro, Pop and 12pm/£6after. The place to be seen Alternative. on the weekend, with superstar 21st CLUB NIGHT. The Croft. DJ Ross Deviant blowing up the 117 - 119 Stokes Croft. £2. I spot with an eclectic mix of quality Don’t Want To Grow Up- Punk/ Ska/ anthems from a variety of musical HC DJs. genres. 21st WONDERLAND. The Old SATURDAYS. Back To Mine. 7 Fire Station. The Island, Silver St. Bladud Buildings. £free entry b4 9pm–3am. £6(limited advance 11. £5/£3 mem. DJs on rotation tickets), £8 adv/more otd. Wonky playing a mash-up of the best Old and Mutiny Present the alternative Skool Beats & Nu Skool flavours after-party for Pride Bristol 2010. as well as Funk, Soul, Hip Hop, Indie, Electro, quality Pop, and DnB, RnB, Hypnotic Breaks & Synth in The Indie-Pop-Parlour. Progressive Beats and much more! Dutty Girl DJ’s and MCs play HipWith DJ Asian Hawk, DJ Jonson, DJ Hop, Dubstep, Grime and Bassline Read Jones and DJ Oli Embleton. in The Bedroom. 80’s Hip-Hop, 90’s AURORA. Celsius Ice Bar and Dance, camp Disco, trash Pop and Club. 1-3 South Parade. 10pm- guilty pleasures in The Boneyard 3am. £6 B4 11pm/£7 after. Top Bar. Cosmic Disco, Italo and vintage DJs from the South West mixing, house in The Courtyard. mashing and cutting their way 28th DUB VOYAGER, Lakota, through some of the sexiest funky BS2 8NQ10pm-5am, £7adv house music of today plus your DNB, Jungle and Dubstep with requests. Over 23s Night. Under
FRIDAY FIX. Lava Lounge. Little Wind St. Till 10pm. Swansea’s only official Nineties and Noughties Night. SHINFO. Bar Sigma. 1 Northampton Lane. 8pm-3am. £free B4 10.30pm/£3. Punk Rock Metal Indie Electro Ska D&B House. 6th BREATHE/NEMESIS. The Club. Just off the Kingsway, Northampton Lane. 9pm-4am. £10. Room 1: Breathe gets filthy with Cally Gage, Klubfiller, Joey Riot, Frisky, Chuck-E, Rob Davies and D-Grove. Room 2: Next generation Hardcore.
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DJ Mungo’s Hifi, Dub Boy and Token Mandem in Room 1, Rambunkshuss in Room 2 and Avalaf in Room 3.
Greyfriars Road. 2.30am-6am. £4/£2members. Cardiff’s biggest with resident DJs Spice and Monique B playing R&B, Hip Hop Cardiff and Urban floorfillers. £2 drinks ME & YOU CLUB. 10 Feet Tall. all night. 11A – 12 Church St. 8pm-4am. SATURDAYS. Cardiff Arts Institute, 29 Park Place. 9pm£free B4 10pm/£5 after. Indie Rock’n’Pop, new music and classic 4am. £2 before 11pm (free with regulars card)/£4 after. Funk, Ska, alternative tunes with MIKE TV! Swing, Gypsy, Balkan, Reggae, THE BEATBOX BALLROOM. Buffalo Bar. 11 Windsor Place. Hip-hop and Rockabilly. 8pm-4am. £free B4 11pm £3/4 REUNION PARTY. Code. Millenium Plaza. 10pm-3am. £3 after. Bringing together the best with £1 drinks all night. £free booty-busting breaks, pimped out B4 11pm for Liberty Living and soul and clock-stopping rhymes in a celebration of everything new and NUS/£1after. DJs Kevin Williams and Simon Stome playing Chart, old school. DIRTY POP/ VINYL VENDETTAS/ Party, R&B and Dance classics. MR POTTER. Clwb Ifor Bach. 11 LOVE LIFE. The Philharmonic. 76-77 St. Mary St. 10pm-4am. Womanby St. £5. 10pm – 3am. £3 B4 midnight/£5after. R&B, Hip Three floors of the best tracks Hop, Dancehall and Old Skool with from a variety of genres Clwb has cherry picked the best DJs currently DJ Raheem, DJ Spice and Monique gracing the decks in Cardiff and put B. Selected drink deals all night. SATURDAYS. Club X. 35-37 them all on the same night. FLY SWATTER. Barfly. Kingsway. Charles St. 8pm-6am. £free B4 10pm. Residents Kevin Williams 10.30pm-3am. £5otd/£4 with & DJ Mandy B playing Dance and flyer/£4 NUS. All the best Dirty Electro, DJ Dan playing party alternative music from yesteryear anthems and DJ Tyler playing sexy lined up with current dance floor Soul and RnB. fillers to make your weekend throb 28th BEATBOX BALLROOM with brilliance. SOPHISTICATION. Zync Bar. 63 BANK HOLIDAY SPECIAL. St. Marys St. 7pm-5am. Shalim 7 Buffalo Bar. 11 Windsor Place. 8pm-4am. £4/£3NUS after 11pm. ‘til 10pm playing Funky House and 28th ME AND YOU CLUB Classics. BANK HOLIDAY SPECIAL. 10 VANITY. Glam Nightclub. 2 Feet Tall. 11a-12 Church St. Greyfriars Road. 9pm - 3am. 8pm-4am. £free B4 10pm/£5 Free before 10pm / £5 before after. Indie Rock’n’Pop, new music 11pm / £6 after. Cardiff’s coolest weekly club night in Wales’ sexiest and classic alternative tunes with MIKE TV! club. Level 1 Chart/Dance/House Cheltenham and Level 2 RnB/HipHop/Funky/ Urban Fusion. LOVE IBIZA FESTIVAL. Dakota. AFTER LIFE. Oceana. 12-14 Bath Road. 9pm-4am. £free with flyer B4 1am/£5. House, Electro, Classics & Summer anthems. RnB and Urban Vibes in D-Bar. SATURDAYS. D-Bar, Dakota. 12-14 Bath Road. 9pm-late. £free B4 1pm with flyer. RnB and Urban with selected drinks deals all night.
7th GATECRASHER ANTHEMS ALBUM LAUNCH PARTY. Millennium Music Hall. Millennium Plaza.Cardiff 9.30pm-4am. £7adv/£10otd. New album launch party with Matt Hardwick, Scott Bond, Dave Eaves, Stu Grady, Julian Williams, Martin Dibble, Rui J & Kiki V. 28 |
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Code. Millenium Plaza. 9.30pm5am. £10adv/£15otd. Time Flies presents Lisa Lashes, John O’Callaghan, Bootek, Big Al, Dave Eaves, Julian Williams, Argy and Dean Angel.
Newport
29th HEDKANDI BANK HOLIDAY. Millennium Music Hall.Cardiff. 9.30pm-5am. £10adv/£15otd. Lamerica promotions presents 2 rooms of all things House, from the roots of House, Soul Funk and Disco to soulful vocal House, deep abstract and classics. Room 1: John Jones, Jamie Richards and Emma F on Sax. Room 2: Danny Krivit and Craig Bartlett.
MARVEL. Monkey Cafe. 13 Castle St. 9pm – late. £ free B4 10pm. Fortnightly. Urban Night, playing the best of Funk, Hip-Hop, Drum and Bass, Rare Grove, Jazz and those guilty pleasure anthems. SATURDAYS. Lava Lounge. Little Wind St. Open till 3am. Playing commercial chart & the best of the 70’s, 80’s & 90’s. STICKY FINGAS. Bar Sigma. 1 Northampton Lane. 8pm till 5am. £free B4 10.30pm / £3/£5 after. House, Garage, Dubstep, UK Funky, Hip Hop. INNER CITY TRASH. Meze Lounge. Market St. 9pm-5am. Alt, Indie, Rock, Hip-Hop, D&B, Dubstep. Resident DJs on rotation: Eddie Monster, Jamie Swift, Vernon Tessio, Mogsy, Bex & Loz.
Swindon
LOVE LOVE. Suju. 28 High St. 11pm-6am, £6 before 1am, £7 After. £1 off for Suju / Mixmag Members before 2am. DJ’s Downstairs: playing nothing but house music The Chief, Martyn Davies, Daniel Boast, Stacey Lea. The Lounge: Smooth RnB, Hip Hop and Classic Hits with Vinz M.
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HOLIDAY SPECIAL. Buffalo Bar. 11 Windsor Place. 8pm-4am. Loose curating in the garden from Westbury 2pm (£free), Cadence curating a selection of Funk / Hip Hop 7th MC VERSATILE. Club Ice.26A Quartermaster Road, / Afrobeat acts upstairs from West Wilts Trading Estate. £free 6pm (£free), followed by the B4 10.30pm with flyer. Performing Astrosnooze bank holiday party his Ayia Napa banger ‘The Funky upstairs until 4am. Anthem’. 29th SUPERSTITION BANK HOLIDAY SPECIAL. 10 Feet Tall. Sundays 11a-12 Church St. Till 4am. £free. Good hangover food followed by Bath the ultimate alternative party to STOOPID FRESH! Back To Mine, 7 Bladud Buildings, The extend your weekend with funk, Paragon. £3 (cheaper if you dress soul & boogie until the early hours. £10 lunch for two. 2-4-1 cocktails, up) DJ’s Asian Hawk, slick wizard all drinks £2.50. slim & special agent chuck Rock. 29th C-Y-N-T. Clwb Ifor Bach. Bristol THANK YOU PLEASE! Mbargo. 11 Womanby St. 10.30pm-4am. 3 floor Bank Holiday Special £5. The Triangle, Clifton. 8pm with Funtcase and Vanguard. -2am. £free. Alex Taylor presents Electro / Dub Step / Techno / DnB live music! / Rave. Chepstow Cardiff Newport 21st MUSIQUE 10. The Kings SUPERSTITION. 10 Feet Tall. SIN. Mojo. Market St. £free, Head. Welsh St. 8pm-1am. £free. 11A – 12 Church St. Till 4am. £free. Good hangover food followed 9pm-2am. A cool selection of top Every 3rd Saturday of the month tunes and cheap drinks to kick back Musique brings you House, Breaks, by the ultimate alternative party to and chill out after your weekend extend your weekend with funk, Electro, Classics and Urban. soul & boogie until the early hours. of havoc. Service Industry Night Gloucester £10 lunch for two. 2-4-1 cocktails, with a twist. 28th FUNKED UP AND SSSHHH! Revolution. 8-11 all drinks £2.50. FEELIN’ GOOD. The Cellar Bar, Griffin St. 9pm-2am. £free. Expect THE FULL FAT ANTI SOCIAL. Café Rene. 31 Southgate St. to hear Shai, Hightower, Ash, Vito, Buffalo Bar, 11 Windsor Place. 10pm-3am. £free B4 11pm/£2 Quadey, Matt Kirk, Tension, DJ after. DJs Ade Simpson and Andrew 8pm-4am. £free B4 11pm. Lee and Open Deck DJ’s playing Featuring the best up and coming Gillespie provide a fine selection everything from Commercial House, bands, a selection of Cardiff’s of dancefloor Funk, soulful Disco, cream of the crop promoters hosting Classics, R&B, Soulful, Hip Hop and Boogie and Latin grooves. Breaks right through to Electro. something different every week. Port Talbot Swansea MOCKA SUNDAYS. Mocka SATURDAYS. The Bank Club Lounge. 1 Mill Lane. £3 after ERUPTION. Lava Lounge. Little Bar. Station Road. 9pm-late. Sexy RnB. Funky & Soulful 11pm. Wind St. Open till 3. £free. £free and 241 drinks. Gareth House. Classics & Old Skool. Playing the biggest dance anthems Brenan playing party anthems, sexy & rare cuts. 29th INSHED IN WALES. R’n’B and Dance Classics. www.247magazine.co.uk
The sun was shining, the half-pipe burning and eardrums ringing – it could only be this year’s Relentless NASS festival. Thousands of thrill seekers headed to the Bath and West Showground near Shepton Mallet for some top bands (Plan B, Chase and Status and Bowling for Soup) quality skaters and BMXers and no shortage of energy drinks and this is what ensued… Photos: Jake Horn & Matt Smith
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