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This is probably the most difficult issue of 247 Magazine I have ever had to edit. It’s not just the extra pages we’ve got this month (taking us up to a substantial 48 pager) but the fact that I pretty much live for festivals and could pen a whole goddamn series of books on the topic, so narrowing it down to a few pages was no mean feat. For starters, the South West and Wales is home to scores of awesome festivals which we had to whittle down to 20 or so. And just how do you decide on the top eight festivals from the rest of the UK and Europe? There are so goddamn many. Long story short, it’s been a bit of a headache but we got there in the end and we’re certain that our top picks will feed your festival appetite. What’s more we’ve teamed up with the organisers of most of our featured festivals to secure tickets to giveaway to some of you lucky folk! But what if you miss out on our prize tickets? Worry not, because we’re here to tell you how you can do festivals for free. Aren’t we good to you?! Laura Williams, Editor. www.247magazine.co.uk
Features How to do 09 festivals for free
We can’t all afford £200 a pop per festival so we tell you how to get in for free, legally.
Festival covers bands 11 Some of the region’s most inspiring covers bands tell us why they love playing to festival crowds.
Ultimate festival guide 13
Cardiff illustrator and music lover Joe Latham has done a lot of artwork for bands. He studied in Cardiff and Newport, graduating in 2006 with a Graphic Design degree. He takes inspiration from music, films and books. He said: “Sometimes it helps to look away from art for original ideas – I always find New Scientist magazine is full of inspiration, even though most of it goes over my head. Also I often collaborate and work ideas and things out with my good friend Luke Hyde – he has helped me countless times with character designs, and bouncing ideas back and forth, telling me if my ideas are good or if they suck.” Joe says he loves the work of Serge Birault, Andy Park, Cecil Kim, Craig Sellars and Doug Chang as well as Charlie Adlard & Tony Moore’s (for the zombie element). He added: “Dylan Teague and David Roach are two of the best artists around. Their drawings always stun me.” Website: www.lookhappydesign.com
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NEW BRISTOL RECORD LABEL Bristol’s always been a pretty good bet to launch a record label and now Futureboogie is getting in on the act. The label’s first release is Father Father by hotly tipped Bristolian Julio Bashmore, featuring Bristol singer Javeon MCarthy. It is released on limited vinyl at the beginning of April. A free launch party takes place at The Bank of Stokes Croft on April 15, featuring Bashmore, Behling and Simpson, Christophe, Lukas and Futureboogie DJs. More info at www.futureboogie.com GLOUCESTERSHIRE CHEESE ROLLING FESTIVAL 2011 Imagine scores of fearless nutters running down a hill after a giant truckle of cheese, just imagine. Well, you really don’t have to for the Cooper’s Hill Cheese Rolling Festival is back on June 11 and 12. That’s the good news. The bad news is, it’ll cost you £20 to get in this year. This is due to the soaring security and health and safety costs, according to festival organisers. More info at www. cheeserollingfestival.co.uk BEANS ON TOAST APRIL FOOLS TOUR Festival favourite Beans on Toast is visiting the region as part of an April Fool’s tour. The self organised tour (on a shoe string budget) will see him playing a mix of venues, including cafe’s, house party’s and carparks. He stops off at The Croft in Bristol on April 24 (tickets £5) and Bath Moles on April 25 where entry is free. BRISTOL VEGFEST It sounds like a big food fest, but it’s got some sound musical entertainment too. Taking place on May 27-29 on Bristol’s Harbourside, organisers have secured Ms Dynamite, Aswad, Goldie Lookin Chain, Black Roots and The Selecter for the three-day event. With 100 plus stalls selling vegan food and products as well as demos and workshops this is Europe’s biggest veggie event of 2011. Tickets £10 a day or £25 for the whole weekend. More info at www. bristol.vegfest.co.uk
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Record Store Day Celebrations
Independent record shops in the region are putting on some awesome events for International Record Store Day on April 16. Rise in Bristol has extended it’s opening hours for the day from 9am until 8pm, with live sessions from SJ Essau, Malachai Sound System, Schnauser and more as well as a fully licenced bar. The Cheltenham branch of Rise is also getting involved in the event as is Badlands in Gloucester , which will host performances from Wille Nile and Danny & the Champs among others. Catapult 100% Vinyl in Cardiff will have live instore sets from Hospital Records brothers in arms Nu:Tone & Logisitics. There will also be a series of local talent Djing in the store’s record basement including Lung and CRST. Catapult is also releasing a limited edition double sided 12inch Catapult Records Vinyl to mark the occasion, which will be distributed across independent record stores nationwide. Other regional stores taking part in International Record Day include Raves From The Grave in Frome, Kanes in Stroud, Blackcat in Taunton, Acorn in Yeovil and Derricks in Swansea.
Cardiff Chapter Arts Centre is 40
Cardiff’s Chapter Arts Centre is celebrating its 40th anniversary this month. It was Friday 15 April 1971, at precisely 3.45pm, the first ever Chapter board meeting was held and their constitution was signed. Their year-long celebrations kick off with an action packed weekend of art, entertainment and good times. Expect some serious 70s music and entertainment throughout the weekend, including some more modern additions from Chapter favourites at the Birthday Bazaar Cabaret on Saturday night (April 16). From 5-9pm on Friday & Saturday, the café will be serving up a special 70s-inspired menu. The time that taste forgot? Or the halcyon days of hearty cuisine? Go along and decide for yourselves. The optimistic bunch at Chapter also plan to fire up the barbeque on Sunday from 12-5pm, with treats for both meat eaters and vegetarians alike. This is accompanied by a birthday cake bake off on the Sunday. Chapter also plans to top up a time capsule for future generations at 3.45pm on April 15. More details at www.chapter.org
Win tickets to see Deadmau5
The epic Deadmau5 is playing London’s Victoria Park this summer as part of the London Electronic Dance (LED) series of events and we’ve secured a pair of tickets to giveaway. He is joined on the bill by Mark Ronson, Calvin Harris, Zane Lowe, Nero, DJ Hype, Modestep, Netsky and others. It will be Deadmau5’s first headline slot at an outdoor event and promises to be a banger. It is also his only UK festival date this year so make sure you don’t miss out. Tickets £42+bf from www.ticketmaster.co.uk or to be in with a chance of winning a pair, visit www.247magazine.co.uk
Bristol-based Empathy celebrates 10th Birthday with big April events
It was 10 years ago this month that Empathy Bristol first opened its doors. It started with its own brand of underground tech and progressive house but progressed into other musical genres later in life. Empathy has since been one of the major players in clubbing in Bristol, with huge events in venues such as Timbuk2, Blue Mountain and Motion. Founder Stuart Wilkinson said: “Its been a great decade of moments, with DJs such as James Zabiela, Timo Mass, Locodice, Meat Katie, Hybrid, Danny Howells, James Holden.” They’ve organised two massive to mark the 10th Anniversary. The first takes place at Dojo Bristol on April 16, featuring worldwide superstar Nick Warren, and the second at Start The Bus on April 23, with German Ulrich Schnauss.
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How To Do Festivals For FREE If our festival guide has whet your appetite for this year’s offerings but your eyes are bigger than your wallet, worry not, we’re here to tell you how you can do festivals for free. Ever since the dawn of festivals people have been trying to blag their way in for free. Before the giant impenetrable fence went up at Glastonbury, thousands of people climbed/tunnelled/jumped in for free (resulting in the odd broken bone or red-face) but festivals have wised up to that old game. Some spend thousands on security while others don’t reveal the location of their event until they send out the tickets to paying punters. But that doesn’t mean you can’t get in for free any more. When you think about it, festivals are like mini towns or cities. They’ve got accommodation (albeit canvas based), irrigation (portable toilets), entertainment (bands/stages etc), cinemas, food courts, bars, hospitals (masqueraded as first aid tents), police (security) and other odds and sods depending on which festival you’re at (swimming pools, amusement arcades, museums etc). These kind of places all need staff and that’s where you come in. If you’re eyeing up any of this year’s festivals it’s well worth checking out whether they need staff before forking out. From volunteer stewards to paid catering staff and event management interns to litter pickers, there are no end of opportunities at festivals. Not only could you get in for free but you could pick up valuable experience and work skills for future jobs and might even secure a permanent job at your favourite festival. It’s tough but it ain’t impossible. Chris Tarren, looks after the 600 plus staff at End of the Road Festival. He said: “Volunteering at festivals is not just about stewarding. We have volunteers coming to work on the merchandise stalls, wash up in the catering tent or work as stage crew. We offer internships in the site office and event management side of things and take on 12 artist liaison volunteers. Everyone except the stewards get paid expenses and everyone gets fed. We have a dedicated staff campsite this year with clean showers and toilets and no queues! You do up to five shifts – amounting to about 15 hours. You can do more up front if you can come a couple of days early then have more time off over the festival weekend. The rotas are all interchangeable. “We’re looking for sensible people. We have an application form where we ask for info like your date of birth, whether you have done anything like this before, if you have a first aid certificate (which is usually a shoo-in). You also have to tick what jobs you’re interested in. If someone ticks every job on there they are clearly just www.247magazine.co.uk
trying to get in for nothing and will just want to watch the bands. Others put ‘please can I volunteer on the main stage this is my favourite band in the world’ but we don’t really go for star-struck, autograph-hunters. We’re looking for people who want to come along because they want to get involved with the festival.” Leigh Bazan is stewarding co-ordinator in the Oxfam South West office in Bristol, which provides volunteers for some of the region’s major festivals including Glastonbury, Beautiful Days and Camp Bestival. Oxfam’s stewarding operation is much more stringent (they look after 15 + events nationwide in an operation involving more than 2,000 stewards). They also ask all volunteers to pay a fully refundable £195 deposit, which they’ll get back once they complete their shifts. This is non-negotiable. Leigh tells us more: “There are three arms of volunteering at festivals with Oxfam – there’s stewarding, campaigning and working in the shops. The last two are often taken up with people who are already involved with Oxfam but we’re always interested to hear from people interested in stewarding at some of the smaller festivals. He added: “You apply via our website and if successful must do a three hour training session (these are held all across the country). During the festival you are rota’d in for three eight and a half hour shifts over a five day period – Wednesday to Monday. Stewarding is all about helping things run smoothly in terms of public information ad safety so we need flexible people. We have a shift swap board so if you’re down to work when you want to see a certain band there is a chance to swap with someone else. Sadly, we’ve had our fingers burned in the past with people volunteering, getting into the festival then not completing their shifts which is why we have the deposit scheme now. This is returned to the volunteer within 4 weeks after the festival if they complete their shifts. Stewarding is a key service and a great fundraiser for Oxfam so we need to make sure we do it right.” Essential web addresses for wannabe festival volunteers: Oxfam (Glastonbury, Beautiful Days, Camp Bestival etc) www.oxfam.org.uk/Stewarding End of the Road: www.endoftheroadfestival.com/ information/volunteering-and-stewarding/
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Bristol Indie Soul Mixer is an intense 3-day event for Urban artists, established and aspiring, together with industry partners, supporters, fans and will also include Youth and Community Programmes. Born in the USA in 2006, to give music artists personal advice and assistance in breaking new ground and territories, The Indie Soul Mixer Concept was formed by Mike Ashley (Bristol UK) and Dexter Myers (New York USA) as a international collaboration project.
connections, and enhance career development. There will also be various performance sessions, workshops, acoustic sets, album launches and full performance as well as mentoring and collaborative sessions to allow artists to perform and get feedback to develop themselves further.
They perceived that artists, predominantly Independent, Friday and Saturday night will see the artists performing were going about their daily grind and doing their own thing, live with support from DJ’s. This unique event will be yet had little time for talking to others in the industry who open to the public. The three day Soul Mixer is aimed at a would be able to help them, build their own brand, fill voids range on people including aspiring new talent from Bristol in their own business plans and and elsewhere, mainly aged just talk to the right contacts. Out ‘Soul is not dead, the music is under 20 with no released of this was born the New York product and new artists who merely a part of a cultural identity, Indie Soul Mixer and in March have recorded and probably the music is organic and is evolving 201, it held its 6th Annual and released some product, and independently and underground and have some performance hugely successful event. Other will once again soon feature as a cities followed In October 2010, skills, alongside established force in world music markets. The with Soul Mixers taking place in artists who have several years Atlanta, Georgia. Philadelphia, conference will help elevate anybody experience in recording or Los Angeles, Detroit, Toronto and involved in the industry to their next performance or both and are Boston are planned for the near looking to take things further. level, to achieve personal goals and future too. Through Mike and more importantly build the base from Dexter’s experience, connections Activities over the three days which they all work’. and longevity in dealing with include songwriting workshops, Independent Soul Artists, they workgroups and collaborative have unparalleled access to artists and people in every facet sessions, seminars, acoustic jams - studio sessions, of the Indie Soul Industry. listening parties and gigs. As soul artists have a deep cultural and community identity, they give back through education and skills which will be “This was one of the strongest vibes and positive industry passed on and nurtured through development. In addition events that I have been a part of!”, said One Love Kamal there will be emphasis on cultural and charity projects. The Imani. The sessions will see support and discussions three day event at Bristol Trinity Centre in June, will explore from established and well known industry names, as well and educate how to operate new exciting business models as behind the scene industry figures such as promoters, in the current environment. media, agents, producers, managers, booking agents and other people with an active interest in the industry. If the Indie Soul Movement expands collectively, marketplaces expand and everyone can benefit particularly The first UK Indie Soul Mixer takes place on 16-19 June in this tough economical environment worldwide. It is at the Trinity Centre, Bristol. essential to communicate and collaborate at all levels, Do not miss out and book your place, email artistically and in business. As a result, Networking is a mike@lifeandsoulpromotions.co.uk or call 07740 284764 key ingredient within the new business model. Over the For up to date information check out the website: three days of the Soul Mixer, participants can meet fellow www.bristolindiesoulmixer.co.uk artists and essential industry professionals to expand their
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Festival Covers Bands The South West and Wales is flying the flag for fun festival covers bands; you know the kind that make you wanna dance like a motherfucker to some seriously guilty pleasures?! We caught up with some of the cream of the crop (and those with the best names in the history of covers bands) as they prepare to cane the festival circuit...
Thrill Collins
Line up: Robbie Pert (vocals/guitar) Andy Lansley (upright bass/backing vocals) and Tristan Del Cahoona (cajon) From: Cheltenham Website: www.thrillcollins.co.uk Catch them at: Gloucestershire Cheese Rolling Festival, Wychwood & 2000 Trees. The hilariously-titled Thrill Collins started off as a makeshift stand-in-band after a bunch of musicians failed to turn up for a gig. Singer Robbie, who works in radio, and bassist Andy, a lecturer at the University of Gloucestershire, stepped up to the mark and improvised a set of skiffle covers. It went down a treat and they decided to carry on going – as Thrill Collins. Fast forward 18 months and the trio have won over festival crowds and toured the UK, Europe and the States. So what is their secret to success? Robbie and Andy told us: “We jam the songs we want to cover in a few different styles and see what works. For example, the Happy Mondays’ Step On became a full on country hoe-down with a room of people do-si-do-ing. We were worried that American’s wouldn’t get the irony. How would they know who Five were? But it was fine. One of our weirdest moments was playing to a room full of metallers in Hungary - all singing along to our Celine Dion cover. The crowd is in on the joke and it makes people re-evaluate the music when they hear it with a different spin. No matter how broad your tastes, everyone has guilty pleasures.” Thrill Collins have already been booked to play 10 festivals this year and are travelling in style in Andy’s SkaShip Enterprise - an old H-Reg VW Transporter. Robbie added: “At last year’s Wychwood Festival, we were almost like the festival band popping up all over the place for spontaneous gigs. It was a unifying moment for us and we really enjoyed it. We’ll be back this year and running the festival radio station.”
Cash Converted
Line up: Mark Carter-Cash (vocals/guitar) Paul Somers (lead guitar) Tom (double bass) June Corter-Rash (vocals/autoharp) and Toni Viagra (drums) Website: www.cashconverted co.uk Catch them at: Endorse it in Dorset and Dorset Steam Fair. When you first hear Cash Converted you’d be forgiven for thinking you were listening to the great man himself. The first time we caught them was at a sopping wet Endorse it in Dorset Festival (2008). We were sheltering in a tent when we heard the boom chicka boom of Folsom Prison Blues and seriously thought it was a Cash record playing. But no, it was the brilliantly titled Cash Converted. Drummer Toni Viagra, who also plays with Pronghorn, said: “Playing in the pouring rain at the Endorse it Festival Main stage and Tom turning up to play by driving through the crowd on a tractor was one of the best festival experiences. My snare drum falling off the stand at last year’s Larmer Tree Festival midway through our first song and landing on my pint was one of the worst.” So just how did Cash Converted come about? “We all play in bands that constantly get asked to play songs by Johnny Cash,” he said. “We thought why not do a whole evening of Cash stuff as it’s so popular. Now we get asked to play stuff by Elvis. You can’t win. We sometimes throw in Lady GaGa and Bon Jovi covers and if we ever ventured into the murky world of Gary Glitter covers, we’d go by the spin off name Glitter Perverted.” When asked about the name Cash Converted he replied: “You can’t beat a shop that sells on stolen property so we combined the name of our local emporium with what we intend to do with the audience.” He added: “Us and other bands like us give your everyman a chance to see bands that just don’t exist anymore – I think that’s why we go down well at festivals.”
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The DUKes Box
Line up: Jo (vocals/guitar) Ray (guitar/vocals/twin neck) Dermot (drums/vocals) Paul (keyboards) and Raith (bass) Website: www.thedukesbox.com Catch them at: tbc (last year they played Glastonbury, Larmer Tree and Camp Bestival) Q: How many musicians can you fit in a makeshift human jukebox, built from the remnants of a1960 B+B Tourer caravan? A: Five if you’re the colourful crew otherwise known as The Dukes Box. The South Wales troupe went down a storm at last year’s festivals, including Larmer Tree, where we spotted them. The idea is that you – the audience – pick what songs you want to hear, just like a standard juke box, by pressing the buttons. Then, instead of watching a CD move across the window to the deck you watch the band perform the song. Expect to hear anything from heavy rock to cheesy pop, jazz and folk to rap, techno and reggae. There are also a couple of more obscure choices including16th century ballads. With 35 songs in total, the set list depends entirely on the mood of the crowd. Genius.
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247 Magazine Ultimate Festival Guide 2011 Once upon a time there were but a few festivals confined to the Summer months and now hardly a week goes by where there isn’t some outdoor/indoor mammoth musical event taking place in the South West or Wales. From the well-known big guns, like Glastonbury, to the intimate gatherings, like Farmfest, there is so much on offer. Some festivals hit the ground running and go on to become staples of the circuit, such as End of the Road, while others crash and burn, mentioning no names Bloom Fest. But just which ones are worth parting with your hard earned cash for and which ones are a piss poor excuse for a miserable few days in a sopping wet field? We’re here to help you decide with our 2011 Ultimate festival guide and mass ticket giveaway! To enter any (or all) of our comps see www.247magazine.co.uk
BRISTOL DOT TO DOT
May 28, Various, Bristol, £25+bf www.dotodotfestival.co.uk Bristol’s best loved city festival is back with a heap more top notch indie acts including Hurts, The Joy Formidable, And you Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead... The Naked and Famous, Edward Sheeran and The Phoenix Foundation. Gigs take place in the city’s much loved venues including the Thekla, Fleece, 02 Academy, Louisiana, Anson Rooms and Cooler. One wrisband gets you into all gigs, doors open at 1pm and the party carries on into the early hours with official aftershows in some of the venues. Similar events take place in Nottingham and Manchester. Previous acts to play Dot to Dot include Wild Beasts, Mumford and Sons, Foals, Mystery Jets and Los Campesinos!
SUNRISE
June 2 – 5, Gilcombe Farm, nr Bruton, Somerset, £108+bf www.sunrisecelebration.com An uber-green festival with a laid back vibe this Somerset gem (it’s based on an organic farm for starters) features a mix of old favourites, including Lamb, The Beat and The Orb soundsystem to up and coming stars, such as Johnny Flynn and the Sussex Wit and Gabby Young and Other Animals and festival favourites Eat Static, Banco De Gaia and Sieze The Day among others. Some say it’s like a mini Glastonbury with a dance arena, Chai Wallah’s stage, Carnival field, a Well-being area and a Kids area. Though we think this one puts Glasto to shame in terms of it’s eco-friendly efforts.
WYCHWOOD
June 3 – 5, Cheltenham Racecourse, £115 www.wychwoodfestival.com With it’s definite laid back folky vibe this festival is a true delight. You won’t find ravers chewing their faces off or chavs looking for a party but up to 8,000 music lovers enjoying the fab line up. Headlining this year’s festival are Britpop legends The Charlatans, Irish folk popsters The Waterboys and the distinctive Cornershop (famed for their 90s hit Brimful of Asha). Also on the bill you’ll find Idlewild frontman Roddy Woomble, Robyn Hitchcock and festival favourites 3 Daft Monkeys as well as local skiffle heroes Thrill Collins (see our Festival covers bands feature for more info.
WE THE PEOPLE
June 4 -5, Bristol Harbourside, £25+bf www.wethepeoplefestival.co.uk A brand new festival for Bristol with the potential to plug that gaping hole left by the demise of the Ashton Court festival. Orgnaisers have secured Chase and Status, Example, Annie Mac, Doom, Roots Manuva, Beardyman, Redlight, Smerin’s Anti Social Club and last but not least, The Streets, who recently recorded their last ever album. Mike Skinner says he is retiting so this could be one of your last chances to catch him in action with The Streets. With 10,000 people and 30 acts and DJs over 3 stages this could prove the festival of the summer. Just what the doctor ordered for Bristol! www.247magazine.co.uk
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ESCAPE INTO THE PARK
June 11, Singleton Park, Swansea, £42.50+bf www.escapefestival.com There’s only one place to be on the second weekend in June for Welsh dance fans (and those from further afield) and that’s here at Escape into the Park. By far the biggest dance festival in Wales (20,000 people) this one always attracts the big names. This year’s line up is yet to be confirmed by last year saw the likes of Above and Beyond, Lisa Lashes, Judge Jules. Watch this space.
ATP
Since All Tomorrow’s Parties (ATP) moved to Butlins Minehead in 2006, it’s gone from strength to strength. There are now three or four ATP festivals in Somerset every year with some equally awesome ATP offerings as far afield as Japan and the US. What sets ATP apart from the rest (apart from the fact it’s held in the comfort of Butlins, rather than some sopping wet field in the countryside – meaning beds, showers and flushing toilets over roll mats, deodorant and portable toilets!) is how the festivals are curated by some of the world’s most highly-respected musicians. First up this year is ATP curated by Animal Collective on May 13-15. Acts already confirmed for the weekend include Big Boi, Lee Scratch Perry, Meat Puppets, Beach House and Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti. Next up is ATP I’ll Be Your Mirror at London’s Alexandra Palace on July 23 and 24. Bristol’s very own Portishead are curating that one and have already secured the likes of West Country godess PJ Harvey, Nick Cave’s Grinderman and Doom. Fast forward to the end of the year and we’ve got ATP curated by Neutral Milk Hotel’s Jeff Mangum on December 2-4 at Butlins Minehead. Mangum plays ATP USA at the end of September and has selected a sound mix of acts for this UK offering – including Young Marble Giants, A Hawk and a Hacksaw, The Olivia Tremor Control and The Magic Band. The last ATP of 2011 (at Minehead again) is the Nightmare Before Christmas, which takes place on December 9-11. This one is jointly curated by Battles, Caribou and Les Savy Fav All three bands will play sets at the festival along with their chosen bands/artists. Tickets for the Minehead festivals start at £160 and tickets for I’ll Be Your Mirror from £59. All tickets available from www.atpfestival.com We’ve teamed up with the ATP organisers to giveaway a four berth chalet for ATP curated by Animal Collective. This means that you and three of your friends could be rocking out to some of the finest music at one of the finest festivals next month. See www.247magazine.co.uk for details.
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BEACH BREAK LIVE
June 16 – 20, Pembrey Country Park, South Wales, from £99+bf www.beachbreaklive.com The UK’s biggest student festival takes to the beaches of South Wales just as the summer really starts to hot up (even in Wales!) Dubstep supergroup Magnetic Man and collaborator Katy B head up the far-reaching line up with Tinie Tempah and We Are Scientists along for the ride. Also playing to the up-for-it crowd of students is Professor Green, Frankie and the Heartstrings and Dry The River. The truly awesome Radio One DJ Zane Lowe is taking to the decks along with Mark Ronson and DJ Yoda and are sure to take the party on into the night. Throw in a good ole dose of Sub Focus live and Ms Dynamite and we got ourselves an epic party.
FORESTRY COMMISSION LIVE
July 17 – June 17, Westonbirt Aboretum, Gloucestershire, from £28+bf www.forestry.gov.uk Like the Eden Sessions down in Cornwall these gigs are all about the magical intimate setting, in this instance in one of the most beautiful forests in the region. Granted, the line up is a tad more mature but these could be the perfect gigs to take your parents along to. Think canvas chairs, picnics and a pleasant evening of music under the starlit sky. The sessions kick-start with Simple Minds on June 17, followed by Erasure on the 18th and Scouting For Girls on the 19th. Bryan Ferry (of Roxy Music fame) plays there on July 15, Irish boyband Westlife on July 16th and Texas on July 17th.
RELENTLESS NASS
July 8 – 10, Bath&West Showground, Shepton Mallet, day tickets from £21+bf, weekend £72+bf www.relentlessnass.com Quite simply the best action sports and music festival of the summer - an energetic mix of music, skating, BMX and street art. Acts already confirmed for the various stages include Tinie Tempah and Sub Focus live as well as Dirty Phonics and DJ Fresh & MC Fearless. Joining them on the bill is Ms Dynamite, Redlight, Crissy Criss and Camo & Krooked. Kerrang! Magazine is curating the rock stage but is yet to announce the acts for that one. NASS also hosts several international skating and BMX cometitions so expect some kick ass action on the ramps all weekend. www.247magazine.co.uk
LARMER TREE FESTIVAL
July 13 – 17, Larmer Tree Gardens, Dorset/ Wilts border, day tickets with camping start at £32+bf / full five-day festival ticket £197 The first of two top quality festivals at the Larmer Tree Gardens (the other being End of the Road) but this one attracts an older, more diverse crowd. Larmer Tree Festival could be home to the cleanest festival toilets in the world (they’ve even got numbers on the front to report it they’re messy). The festival comprises Five separate days of a broad mix of music, though each day ticket lets you camp overnight. Jools Holland always plays this festival. Other acts confirmed are Seasick Steve, Imelda May, Bellowhead, Stornoway, My First Tooth, CW Stoneking, Show of Hands, Matthew and the Atlas and more.
2000 TREES
July 15 – 16, Upcote Farm, nr Cheltenham, £59 www/twothousandtreesfestival.co.uk What started out as a small gathering of friends on the outskirts of Cheltenham has morphed into an award winning staple on the festival calendar. (Best Grass Roots Festival 2010) This is helped no-end by the fab line up, which this year includes Frightened Rabbit, Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip, Los Campesinos!, Danny and the Champions of the World, Ellen and the Escapades, Stagecoach, StingerBessant, Crazy Arm, Out Like A Lion and more. With four stages and more than 80 acts you’re bound to pick up some new up and coming bands to follow and you can’t bark at the bargainous ticket price!
FESTIVAL ON THE FARM
July 22 -24, Purtonbury, nr Swindon, day tickets from £15, weekend tickets £39 www.festivalonthefarm.co.uk Planet Pursuits Event Management have teamed up with Riffs Bar to bring you a truly amazing weekend of live local talent. Festival on the Farm, or FOTF at it’s locally known, features regional and guest bands as well as tribute acts. Now in its fourth year, this local gig started life as a 5 minute back of a fag packet plan. Known then as Purtonbury and a strictly ‘invite only’ gig, it’s since become a permanent feature on the Swindon music scene. Set out on a farm, on the edge of Swindon, you’ll be able to get up close and personal with some great live bands.
CAMP BESTIVAL
July 29 – 31, Lulworth Castle, Dorset, £170 www.campbestival.net A spin off of the bigger Bestival on the Isle of Wight, this boutique number has a definite appeal for families - with more than 100 free things for kids to do. But that doesn’t mean young childless folk should be put off cos organiser Rob da Bank continues to secure some of the most exciting acts around. This year they’ve got Primal Scream performing Screamadelica, 80s legends Blondie and Mark Ronson and the Business International as well as Laura Marling, DJ Yoda, Newton Faulkner, The Cuban Brothers and more. It’s set in a castle on the Jurassic Coast and comes complete with Medieval jousting displays as well as local cooking legend Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall’s River Cottage Cafe. www.247magazine.co.uk
FREE FESTIVALS
While some festivals are tipping the scales at £200 a ticket the West Country and Wales is keeping it real with a host of free festivals - so just cos you’re skint it doesn’t mean you have to miss out on all the fun. Here are just a few, which won’t cost you a penny. First up is the best street art festival in the country – Upfest. Upfest takes place in Bristol on June 4 and 5. It will see up to 300 street artists from across the world doing live painting on giant canvases at the Tobacco Factory and in other nearby locations across South Bristol. There’s also live music and entertainment and a chance to get your hands dirty, literally. More information at www.upfest.co.uk The following month, July 2, is the infamous St Paul’s Carnival in Bristol. St Paul’s Carnival is the Bristol equivalent of the Notting Hill carnival. Expect colourful costumes, live music and top notch authentic cuisine. This year’s theme is Afrikan Carribean Folklore. The party carries on until the early hours with after parties at venues and clubs in St Paul’s and Stokes Croft. More info at www. stpaulscarnival.co.uk Then on July 29 - 31 there’s the big one, Bristol Harbour Festival. Run in association with Bristol City Council, the harbour festival, as the name suggests, takes over the waterfront in Bristol. There are stages for live music, both local bands and more established acts, plenty of food and drink on offer and some serious Dragon Boat racing efforts. More info at www. bristolharbourfestival.co.uk Finally, across the border in Wales we’ve got the Cardiff Big Weekend. Part of the Cardiff festival, the Big Weekend last year played host to local indie legends Feeder. This year’s line up is yet to be announced but expect three full days of top quality music which is completely free of charge. See www.cardiff-festival.com for details. magazine | 15
NOZSTOCK
July 29 – 31, Herefordshire, from £65 www.nozstock.com Amid the brushes of Herefordshire’s countryside lies Nozstock: The Hidden Valley. Founded by local residents during the hazy, optimistic and halcyon days at the turn of the millennium, it’s a homegrown event built from a curious amalgamation of performance, art, electronic supersounds and good old-fashioned guitar-strumming and drum-bashing. Now an established, leading family event in its 13th year, Nozstock is a sonic escape boasting eight main stages of entertainment with surprising sights and intimate, secluded areas of theatre and discovery to be unearthed. Full line up tbc.
OTHER UK
The world’s biggest touring festival, Sonisphere, stops off in the UK (Knebworth, Hertfordshire) on July 8 – 10 and will see thousands of rock/metal fans partying hard to the likes of Motorhead and Weezer. Metallica, Anthrax, Slayer and Megadeth. Newer acts include Gallows, Architects and INME. Tickets £165.25, available from www.sonispherefestivals.com Secret Garden Party is, as the name suggests, one of those hidden gems of the UK festival circuit. Taking place in a secret location on July 21 – 24, SGP is a magical mystery journey into an unknown land of music, performance and dressing up. Acts for this year’s festival include Leftfield, Martha and the Vandellas, Mystery Jets, Blondie, I Am Kloot, CW Stoneking and more. Tickets £155 from www.secretgardenparty.com
FARM FESTIVAL
July 29 – 30. Gilcombe Farm, nr Bruton, Somerset, £35 www.farmfestival.co.uk Another bargainous festival, held on the same organic farm as Sunrise. Farm Festival is a labour of love for the organisers and this is reflected in the magical touches which include a specially brewed Farm Festival cider, a best hat competition and plenty of lush organic food. Headlining this year’s festival are Britpop legends Dodgy. The rest of the line up features some of the hardest working smaller bands in the UK, including Fiction, Man Like Me, Pope Joan, The Matador and Real Fur. Bristol favourites Pardon My French DJs will be on hand to spin some tunes and keep the party burning.
Boomtown Fair, which takes place in a secret location near London on August 11-14, has always proven popular with the Bristol contingent. Think Carnyville meets Glastonbury. There are always epic fancy dress efforts and no shortage of non-music based entertainment, but be warned it can get very messy. The line up includes Gogol Bordello, Goldie Lookin Chain, Babyhead, The King Blues, Smerins Anti Social Club and more. Tickets £93 from www.boomtownfair.co.uk The last festival of the Summer season, Bestival, takes place on the Isle of Wight from September 9-11.Curated by Radio One DJ Rob Da Bank, it has grown to become one of the biggest and best festivals in the UK but has triumphantly managed to maintain a friendly and welcoming vibe. This line up is terrifically diverse (as ever) and includes The Cure, Magnetic Man, Crystal Castles, Brian Wilson, Primal Scream, PJ Harvey, Noah and the Whale and Robyn. Tickets £170 from www.bestival.net To win tickets to Sonisphere or Boomtown Fair please visit www.247magazine.co.uk 16 |
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ENDORSE IT IN DORSET
Aug 12 – 14, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset, £78 Not the easiest festival name to announce after you’ve had a Scrumpy or two but one you’ll want to be shouting about for months afterwards. As the name suggests, this has a very obvious Dorset flavour to it. Organised by local cowpunk pioneers Pronghorn (who always play there too), EIID features the much loved institution Scrumpy Sunday (which can get a tad messy) and ladies day when bearded geezers don their finest frocks – what a sight! New Found Model Army are this year’s headliners and they are accompanied by Westcountry legends, The Wurzels, Subgiant, The Dub Pistols, The Cropdusters, Cash Converted and more.
GREEN MAN
Aug 19 – 21, Glanusk Deer Park, Brecon Beacons, £135 www.greenman.net A definite front-runner for the prize for most beautiful festival setting; nestled in the Brecon Beacons, the hill-encased site comes complete with a lovely lake, tall and brooding Douglas Firs forest and of course the signatory giant Green Man. The walled garden is the place to be after hours with some top DJs and acts. The rest of the time you’ll want to catch some of the best indie, folk and Americana acts around including Fleet Foxes, Villagers, Explosions in the Sky, The Low Anthem, Holy Fuck, Ellen and the Escapades, Dry The River, The Gentle Good and more. Make sure you sample all the local ales and foodstuffs too. www.247magazine.co.uk
PURBECK FOLK FESTIVAL
Aug 26-8, nr Kimmeridge, Dorset, £60 www.purbeckfolk.co.uk There are plenty of folk festivals out there - from Wimborne in Dorset (June 10-12) to Sidmouth Folk Festival (July 29 - Aug 5). The youngest of these delights, Purbeck Folk Fest, takes place on the beautiful Jurassic Coast on the August Bank Holiday weekend. Organisers are please to announce they’ve secured Devon’s best loved folk artist Seth Lakeman to headline the two day event. Other acts include Po’Girl, Uiscedwr, KAN, The Outside Track, Emily Portman Trio, Quinn’s Quinney and Urusen. A small but perfectly formed affair and a must for folk fans across the region and beyond.
END OF THE ROAD
Sept 2 – 4, Larmer Tree Gardens, Dorset/Wilts border, £145 www.endoftheroadfestival.com Regular readers of the mag may have gathered this already, but we LOVE End of the Road. Hell, we’d even go as far as saying it’s our favourite festival. Inspired by Green Man it has a similar vibe but is less than half the size/ It attracts some of the best indie music from across the world, with a definite Scandanavian vibe. This year they’ve secure Midlake (the Texan group’s onlu UK festival performance), Joanna Newsom, Beiruit, Mogwai, Laura Marling, The Walkmen, Gruff Rhys, John Grant, Joan As Policewoman, Josh T Pearson… the list goes on. And as if that wasn’t enough, they welcome back the Somerset Cider Bus. Hot and Spicy ciders all round!
WAVEFORM
Sept 2 – 4, secret location in Wales, from £70+bf www.waveformfestival.com Waveform dubs itself the UK’s leading electronic music festival. While this year’s line up and exact location is yet to be revealed, organisers have vowed to come back bigger, whilst maintaining that magic vibe and the environmentally-friendly edge. They have found a site farmed by an environmentally conscious natural farmer, which they say is a beautiful site with a lovely wood adjacent to the camping area about 90 miles from Bristol - but that’s all you’re getting for the time being. Previous acts to play Waveform include Dub Mafia, Cut La Roc, Wobbly Squadron, Run Riot, EatStatic, System7 and Zetan Spore.
BRISFEST
Sept 23 – 25, Various, Bristol, from £5 a day www.brisfest.co.uk A showcase of established and rising talent from the region, featuring over 500 bands, DJ’s, artists, comedians, circus and cabaret performances as well as cutting edge digital art installations and internationally renowned graffiti. There will be a kids areas, beer garden, silent parties, sunday roasts, boat parties, dance dome and acoustic acts. Most of the entertainment takes place in the amphitheatre with another dozen clubs and venues opening their doors to Brisfest wristband wearers. Full line up tbc. Last year featured The Heavy, The Correspondents, The Carny Villians, Kill It Kid and more. www.247magazine.co.uk
EUROPE
The top European pick has to be Primavera Sound in Barcelona next month (May 26-28). The festival will host Britpop legend Pulp’s first reunion gig. It also features the terrific talent that is The National, Public Image Limited, James Blake, The Vaccines, Fleet Foxes, Phosphorescent, PJ Harvey, Sufjan Stevens, Mogwai, Belle & Sebastian and more. The line-up speaks for itself and the fact it’s in the Spanish sun is just a bonus! Tickets start at £145+bf from www.primaverasound.com Eastern Europe is getting well and truly in on the festival act this year with Exit Festival in Serbia and Soundwave in Croatia. Pulp, Arcade Fire and Portishead are all playing this year’s Exit Festival (July 7-10) along with the likes of Underwold, Grinderman, Beiruit and Hadouken. With 400 performances on 20 stages connected by cobbled streets, ramparts and tunnels, Exit is one of those magical festivals you cannot afford to miss. More info and tickets, priced £89, at www.exitfest.org Soundwave takes place from July 22-24 in Croatia and is a snip at just £89 a ticket. This year’s line up features Roots Manuva, Bonobo, Zero 7, Belleruche, Hexstatic and DJ Cheeba as well as Bristol’s own Smerin’s Anti Social Club. The festival showcases the most in-demand leftfield artists of our time all set on the Adriatic Coast in the beautiful 900 year old white wash walled Croatian fishing village of Petrcane. More info at www.soundwavecroatia.com Croatia is also home to Outlook Festival - Europe’s biggest Bass Music and Soundsystem Culture festival. Set in a breathtaking abandoned fort, the Outlook site looks like something from a lost world. Line up includes Barrington Levy, benga and Skream (Magnetic Man), Pharoahe Monch, Digital Mystikz, David Rodigan and more. Further details and tickets, priced £119, at www.outlookfestival.com To win tickets to Exit Festival or Soundwave please visit www.247magazine.co.uk magazine | 17
Retail Therapy Predicatable but useful, some colourful festival essentials aka festival survival kit 2
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11. Finally, the piece de resistance, a cool multi-functional bag by brand new young and funky Cardiff-based retailer Kin Kin. The bag is handmade with synthetic leather, fully waterproof and can be worn over the shoulder, as a back pack or even a bum bag. They come in all different colours and are sure to make you stand out from the crowd. More info at www.kinkin.co.uk To be in with a chance of winning one see www.247magazine.co.uk www.247magazine.co.uk
Andy wears: T-Shirt: ‘Real men Love Disco’ by Grizzly Nights £20 Maya wears: T-Shirt: ‘Birds’ by Grizzly Nights £20 Leggings: Butchi & Gosmos £18 Hoodie: One of a kind by Butchi & Gosmos £36
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Above: Maya wears: Dutty Girl tee £2O // Hoodie: Dutty Girl £35 Andy wears: Sweatshirt: ‘Diamond sweat’ by Butchi & Gosmos £40 Angelina wears: Top: Butchi & Gosmos £14 // Jeans: Dutty Girl £30 Headscarf: Vintage £6 // Aztec Earings: Butchi and Gosmos £6 Necklace: Working Clasp £15 20 |
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Right: Andy wears: T-shirt: Dirty Old Town £20 Photographer: Zachary Saitoti / Styling: Louisa Jones and Joh Rindom, assisted by Charlotte James / Make-up: Zoe Lodde Models: Andy Martin, Angelina Ogborne and Maya Indea All clothes available at Shop Dutty and The Gold Mine, downstairs at Shop Dutty, Cheltenham Road, Bristol. Website: www.shopdutty.com www.247magazine.co.uk
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Jessica Berry, from Torquay. Coat, Topshop // Jeans, Forever 21 Shoes, River Island
Lou Gray (left), from Bristol.
Will Luton, from Bristol. Hoody, girlfriend’s // Scarf, Aldo // Trousers, Farah at Urban Outfitters // Shoes, Cooshti.
Jayd Jones, from Bristol. Coat and bag, French Connection Shoes, Sainsburys
Levi Felt, from Derbyshire. Jumper, borrowed from a friend. // Trousers, TKMaxx // Shoes TKMaxx
Carolyn Thompson, from West Sussex. Coat, Vintage Topshop // Shoes, Office Jeans, Gap.
Stella Walton, from Wiltshire. Coat, RePsycho // Shoes, Faith // Leggings, River Island // Bag, faux Gucci // Accessories, Topshop.
Jumper, Click // Skirt, Cancer Research // Boots, Aldo // Hat, Billie Jeans.
Suzie Holden, from Leeds.
Hat, Billie Jean // Cardigan, M&S // Skirt TKMaxx // Boots, Doc Martens
Sophia Backwell, from London. T Shirt, jazz festival // Boxers, H&M // Jeans, Burton // Boots, ASDA.
Hat, Topshop // Dress, New Look // Hoody, UrbanOutfitters.
Kirsty Dixon (left), from Bristol.
Lory, 28, from Sicily Coat – Topshop // Gloves – Beast Shoes – Doc Martins
Style Hunter
We hit the Gloucester Road area in Bristol to seek out the fashionable folk.
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Street Art Selection of new pieces that have appeared on walls around Bristol over the past couple of weeks. Photos: Nigel Muntz
Weapon of Choice gallery in Bristol is moving to a new location underneath 50:50 skate shop on Park St on 15 April. On a mission to continue showing the finest in local graffiti and street art talent, the new gallery will open with a massive group show of artist’s including Inkie, Jody, Cheba, Turoe, Cheo, Mick Hockney, Shade 1, Paris, Lokey, SpZero76, Awkward, Deams, Hemper, Acer One, Dirty 30, 45 Rpm, Iain Sellar, Loch Ness & many more... Check them out at 8b Park St. More info at www. weaponofchoicegallery.co.uk
Upfest Gallery have an international show from SPQR, GOIN (France), K74 (USA) and Stickee as all four show work involving stencils and paste. At the end of the month, Snik, Stea and Mr Penfold show their canvas work from 23 April onwards. And, don’t forget to set a reminder for the 2011 Upfest taking place across South Bristol on 4/5 June. More info at www.upfest.co.uk
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Over in Cardiff, you can do worse than witness the sheer menangerie of badassery that will be The Witches Drum laying waste to The Boiler House on Saturday 2 April. Opening up proceedings will be The Spotted Mind, bringing grungy vibes and stoner blues groove. There will be additional DJs, Bar, BBQ and loads of graff to check out... Entry only £3 and doors open 5pm – 12am Find the The Boiler House, Cardiff at the end of Andrews Road in Llandaf North, next to Haileys Park. Can be easily reached by bus (nos. 62a and 25), train (Llandaf station) or a stroll up the Taff. More info at www.boilerhousegraffiti.com
Music Laura Williams
Jamie Atkins
UK Rocka
Favourite Festival: End of the Road
Favourite Festival: ATP
Favourite Festival: Bestival
The Kills
Bill Callahan
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Blood Pressures A few years back, The Kills were thrust into the limelight when one half of them (Jamie Hince) started dating Kate Moss.That aside, this record rocks, big time. Lead singer Alison Mosshart oozes sex appeal in that confident Karen O/ Peaches way but it is the angry, raw PJ Harveyesque vocals on tracks like You Don’t Own The Road which really hit the spot. They slow things down for Last Goodbye, a KD Lang-tinged melancholic ballad. Jamie takes lead vocals on Wild Charms and has that irritating lazy-tongued Damon Albarn sound gain on - he may wanna leave the singing to his female counterpart. The standout track has to be Baby Says which could be a contender for track of the year.
Timber Timbre
Creep On, Creepin On (Full Time Hobby)
If the words Canadian and Folk appear in your description, chances are I’m gonna like you but I’m still undecided about Timber Timbre. Parts of this album were a delight but others were a real chore - like some experimental journey into an indie horror flick. The first track, Bad Ritual, is a compelling choral-backed Nick Cave/Lou Reed style ballad and Too Old To Die Young feels like a twee walk through a 50s drive thru cinema. But Obelisk and Swamp Magic could be a soundtrack to a nightmare, with lots of sporadic organ sounds and squeaky violin bows. This album flips from dark to light with every track leaving you with that post horror film feeling of needing some light relief before you sleep.
The Blackout Hope
(Cookin Vinyl) The Blackout have a pretty broad ranging appeal. If you like rock music, metal, emo, indie or pop chances are there’s something for you on this album. They ease you in with Ambition Is Critical, which has definite hints of INXS before ramping it up with some screamy Rage Against The Machine style vocals in Never By Your Side - weaved in with some poppy yet still angsty rock a la Tellison. I’d be surprised if they didn’t release The Last Goodbye as a single as it has that popular Green Day vibe to it, making it much easier to sing along with. The record eventually goes full circle ending with the softer Keep On Moving which wouldn’t be out of place on a setlist from fellow Welshies Feeder.
Josh T Pearson
Last of the Country Gentlemen (Mute)
Some records are meant to be heard on vinyl and this is one of those. Josh T Pearson produced some seriously awesome murder ballads with Lift to Experience. This album combines that tried and tested formula with a heartbreaking melancholy which may actually reduce you to tears. It opens with Thou Art Loosed, a stark, poignant song, like Eddie Vedder’s Into The Wild offerings. The simple musical structure, haunting vocals and honest lyrics, expressed with that Texan twang, are like a deeper/darker Ryan Adams or less frantic Neil Young. It’s the epic Sorry With Song (which commands a whole side of the record) which steals the show with Pearson’s lone voice resonating to the depths of your soul. Word.
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Apocalypse
This is the strangest beast Callahan has presented us with since dropping the (Smog) pseudonym, Apocalypse is a frequently disconcerting, often amusing and captivating collection from a songwriter in masterful form. A raw, soulful album that finds room for both the bizarre America, in which Callahan compares his influences to a fighting force (‘Captain Kristofferson, Buck Sergeant Newbury, Leatherneck ones....Sergeant Cash’, before adding a deadpan ‘I never served my country’) and the stately Riding For The Feeling, a poised choker of a break-up song. Apocalypse is a worthy addition to the arsenal of a songwriter who shouldn’t be so quick to consider his talents the lesser of the giants he serenades.
Bill Wells & Aidan Moffat Everything’s Getting Older (Chemikal Underground)
A collaboration between a jazz leaning avantgarde musician & a lyricist most associated for his recounting of squalid scenes of debauchery & the subsequent fallout; Everything’s Getting Older is an unexpectedly romantic, unflinchingly honest gem. Fans of Arab Strap will be glad to hear that Moffat’s lyrical frankness has not deserted him. On occasion, he proves that his ability to paint a mucky picture is as telling as ever. What’s interesting here is the tenderness with which he treats the concerns of advancing years and his talent at finding the pathos in middle aged facts of life; from incessant exposure to CBeebies to imagining spurning the advances of ‘older, sexier’ former lovers.
Scritti Politti
Absolute, The Best of (Virgin Records)
Compared to most successful acts of their era Green Gartside’s Scritti Politti are inexplicably underrated & until now, uncompiled. This tracks their development from jagged post-punk, to smooth, danceable soul stars to a hip-hop inspired Gartside solo project. What holds this all together is Gartside’s distinctive yelp, memorable melodies and a decidedly cerebral approach to pop music. The leap they made from new wave credibility to polished hit makers is still astonishing, showing an incredible appetite for reinvention as well as artistic ambition. The later material is the most obscure but perhaps most interesting. The inclusion of 2 new tracks will keep fans guessing what’s next.
Damon and Naomi
False Beats And True Hearts (Broken Horse Records)
It has been heartening over the last couple of years to witness the groundswell of interest in the music of Galaxie 500 and, thanks to some canny compiling and reissuing, the subsequent efforts of two of them, Damon and Naomi. This marks a move in a notably more upbeat direction than long term fans may have come to expect. That’s not to say that there has been a drastic shift in mood, the hazy nostalgia of And You Are There and Walking Backwards suggest that their recent work exploring their back catalogue has stirred up some fond memories which in turn has influenced their most recent work. Curious newcomers won’t be disappointed, a real charmer.
Chase and Status No More Idols (Ram Records)
Chase and Status (who have just been confirmed for Bristol’s We The People Festival) have a lot to live up to after their success from the last album and I think the public have the confidence in them to make them proud. This album has an impressive list of collaborations including Maverick Sabre, Tinie Tempah, Plan B, Sub Focus, Dizzee Rascal, Cee Lo Green, Claire Maguire and even the mighty White Lies. Pioneers of urban sound, Chase and Status have pushed boundaries on many levels of Bass fused music and gathered up a staggering fan base launching them into a pop star status. This album will push them further along on their journey, taking the bass with them to the top.
Instra:mental Resolution 653 (NonPlus+)
Alex Green and Damon Kirkham make up Instra:mental, they’ve been going for more than a decade now and show no signs of slowing down. This album is not restricted by genre by any means, not only are different genres fused together but different eras are delved into - to twist things up a bit. You will come across Dubstep with a taste of early 90’s house as well as techno, electro and leftfield. There is one tune in particular from this album being championed by the likes of Benji B, Loefah and Addison Groove just to name-drop a few hard hitters. The track is called ‘Thomp’ and it is an electro floor filler for sure. Techno lovers will be particularly impressed by this album.
Albert
Albert EP
(Studio Rockers) This EP is a nice taste of future garage from Copenhagen’s very own ‘Albert’. The sound has a mellow feel to it but keeping a bounce in tow. ‘Darling Now’ is very atmospheric and sets the tone of the EP well. The track builds up rolling well and keeps you interested throughout. ‘Whores Bath’ which is the last track, stays in line with the other tunes on the EP but delves into the 2-step side giving it that extra bit of bounce. If you’re not into a deeper sound, this EP might not be the one for you but for those that like the deeper side occasionally paired up with a bouncing flow, this will hit a spot.
Tim Healey Rest in Beats
(Surfer Rosa Records) This album has a nice punch to it. In a club, the beats on this album will make some serious impact. Tim Healey shows off some real highenergy production that can be appreciated by music lovers from many genres. A personal favourite of mine is track number three, which is a collaboration with Calvertron - featuring SirReal and Pippa Trix. Other collaborators on the album include artists like Top Cat, Manners, Marco Adamo, Atomic Drop, and not to forget a legendary cult classic favourite, ‘Super Hans’ from Peep Show, who you will hear on the spoken word intro to the album. The first single from the album, ‘Live it Love it’, has been picked up by Sony, so be sure to hear alot more from Mr Healey this year. www.247magazine.co.uk
Music Aldo Vanucci
Backbone
Favourite Festival: Artists in Penabilli, Italy
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Busy P & Dj Mehdi Let the children techno (Ed Banger records)
There was a time when any release on Ed Banger was bought without even listening to the tracks beforehand as they were that essential, nowadays it’s all about cherry picking the best bits. This album however has re positioned them both in this reviewers eyes (and ears) and in those of the music industry in general. A-list names like Sebastian and Cassius represent but for me the real gems are the likes of Breakbot showing that the French style of taking wicked loops and samples and adding killer productions and Duke Dumont, who has moved on from Fidgit to some damn fine cut’n’paste style electronica, works. All that before I even mention Skream and Flying Lotus are on this too. Vive le bangers.
My Head Radio Reality Cheque
(Hotblack Records) A leftfield album, quite hard to pin down by style, there are equal parts of jazz, hip hop, spoken word and electronica. Usually I’d say that would be a problem, like just decide what you’re gonna be and do it already, But, with this album, each step in a new direction seems to lift the album. Half way through what seems a jazz track, the vocalist comes in and does some Dubstar type vocals before dropping back to the jazz and beats. If you are open minded and want to discover something different, this is your album of the summer. It includes the title track Reality Cheque and a cover of Suzanne Vega’s classic song, Tom’s Diner.
Cyrus Malachi
Patrick James Pearson www.patrickjamespearson.co.uk
The second PJP demo in three issues? Well, if you send work of this quality our way, what else are we supposed to do but praise it to the hilt? Let it be said that Patrick James Pearson is headed for some kind of stardom whether he likes it or not. New single, ‘American Lover’, is an effortlessly brilliant retro-pop nugget that combines the essence of John Lennon and Billy Joel while still retaining the individuality of a modern song-writing upstart. The b-sides, especially ‘These Valiant Bones’, proffer more keyboard-straddling excellence with melodic invention that you rarely hear in this part of the country. As we said, a future star walks among us.
Weazel Dust
Featuring ex-members of past Cornish movers, Seed and Kelly Don’t Drive, Weazel Dust come to us armed with roistering punkabilly chops, Link Wray surfadelics and some secular sound-bites that hit their target square in the hips. Drenched in ‘50s reverb, the likes of ‘Dead Fireworks’ and ‘Pile Of Bones’ aspire to the dirty rock’n’roll heroes of the past but there’s still a way to go here. Trevor A Kemp’s indie vocal inflection doesn’t quite match the switchblade swagger of the music but if that’s the intention, fair play. I’d prefer to hear some nasty voodoo baritone but each to their own. Certainly a band worth keeping an eye on.
Zapoppin’
Released through Serious Types Records, ‘Antiquarian Party Ballads For Dames’ is the debut album from Cornish crypto-cajun avantCyrus Malachi started off with Triple Darkness folkies Zapoppin’ and a mightily eccentric and back in the late Noughties. Fast-forward a few exhilarating one it is too. With Tom Sharpe (exyears and here he is with a solo offering. If you ragged Trousered Philanthropist) at the helm, like your hip hop jiggy and mainstream then stay and some trad instrumentation at their disposal, the frack away from this. An uncompromising the trio navigate through all kinds of old-timey tough album with excellent but dark production, signatures, sounding like an excitable Blyth whilst the grime stars are taking the music out Power (ask your anarcho-punk uncle) had they of the hood and into the charts the hip hop used banjo and harmonium instead of crunchy guys are keeping it gully, this is the perfect guitars. ‘Oops You’re A Racist’ speeds along example. Great story’s and flow with well with satirical delight but the real beauty lies in done productions, that are tight and sharp. melancholic curios like ‘Oh, Martello’. Defiantly This album deserves a bigger audience and if lo-fi but undeniably clever, Zapoppin’ could be success was based on talent this guy would be the face of a new strain of folk once everyone’s massive. Check it and tell your friends to too. recovered from their Mumford measles. (Duck Down)
A definite highlight in my life is one Sunday night I spent at the Tunnel in New York, Funkmaster Flex DJing, with a live PA from Method Man and Redman, they brought on this guy to perform his new single, just thinking about it makes me smile. There are few MC’s left in the game still delivering that sound which hails from the good old days of hip hop. From his time in Organized Konfusion, thru Simon Says to now, Monch is untouchable and I’m including his ghostwriting for P Diddy. With an awesome line up of producers, Exile, Marco Polo and Diamond D and more as well as some wicked guests Styles P, Royce and Phonte. You know how good this is gonna be. Essential. Go. Buy. Now. www.247magazine.co.uk
It’s been flogged to death a million times by a million youth-blessed ensembles who fell in love with Flogging Molly & the Dropkick Murphys, found the majesty of The Pogues & whisky & decided to follow suit. South East pups, Will Tun & The Wasters, update the template by lobbing in a bit of King Blues-esque block-party ska, the result being something which encapsulates rebel youth in all its glory – boundless energy, occasionally cringeworthy outpourings and the kind of unbridled, community optimism that you can’t help but admire.
I Saved Latin
www.isavedlatin.bandcamp.com Uxbridge indie songsmiths, I Saved Latin, embrace all the best elements of modern guitardriven music: they’re unassuming yet creative with gently powerful riffs, they sing with an air of sophistication, and they have oodles of natural ability. Like, say, Tellison, the trio (featuring members of underrated post-punkers, Action And Action) rely on a combination of finesse and melancholy where nothing is rushed and no corners are cut in the quest for the perfect sub-pop song. ‘The Ballroom’ handles delayed guitars and emotive vocals like a less grandiose Appleseed Cast, while ‘It’s Over’ imbues the listener with warmth and wonderment.
Andy B
www.myspace.com/andybotterill
www.myspace.com/zapoppin
(No Cure Records)
we are renegades
www.myspace.com/imetnature
www.myspace.com/weazeldust
Ancient Future
Pharoahe Monch
Will Tun & The Wasters
Finding Adam
Another quaint, under-the-radar release from the Pastime Records imprint (closely related to Pop Noise Records), Andy B’s ‘Buttons & Badges’ is an album of benign, retiring antipop music that won’t appeal to you if you’ve been sucked in by high gloss production and raunchy rock’n’roll but will have you sighing in empathy if you grew up surrounded by twee Sarah Records singles and a general niggling sense of disaffection. Exeter based, Andy Botterill, seemingly doesn’t give a damn if any of the records he’s been involved with in various bands garners a substantial audience. This kind of music is an acquired taste made by and for people who don’t boast of their sonic choices. Enjoyably esoteric.
Jason Cleverley
jasoncleverley@googlemail.com
www.myspace.com/findingadam Finding Adam is Steve Clark and some muso friends roped in to flesh out his MOR rock ballads. The Truro band’s debut album, ‘Brand New Day’, sounds like something you might stumble across in any Dire Straits-friendly ale house on a Sunday eve. At least ‘Just Walk Away’ and the morbidly sentimental ‘Still Waiting’ are self-penned songs that display an admirable understanding of conventional song structure. But verse, modulation, bridge, chorus, verse, solo, chorus doesn’t count for much if the passions don’t burrow under your skin and set up camp. Steve Clark is talented and genuine – it’s just hard to imagine anyone under 50 finding solace in these drive-time radio tones.
Plymouth-based Jason Cleverly established himself as a quality songwriter many years ago under the nom de plume, Agent J, with the single ‘Big Blue Sky’. Radio One’s Mark and Lard went nuts over it as did other prominent industry types. ‘Shadow Man’, his newly self-recorded album, delivers another eleven reasons why Cleverley should be a household name. From the harrowing and fragile piano confessions of ‘All Of The Lights’ and the Pink Floyd-esque ‘All Out In The Open’ to the chimurenga inspired ‘Long Long Summer’ and unnerving album closer ‘Fanfare Vol 2’, there are few individuals with this much multi-talent at their fingertips, not to mention a voice that harnesses the emotion perfectly. Awesome.
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Key:
Words Helen Brown Fave festival: Green Man
1-3 April Look Back And Beyond
Theatre
Comedy
Singer Eve Loiseau’s passion for Piaf developed at a young age around the family dining table in south-east France, where long summer meals were often rounded off with French chansons. Piaf is inimitable, but Eve’s lustrous French tones capture the essence of the Piaf performance in this tribute to the ‘Little Sparrow.
Circomedia, the Church, Portland Square, Bristol, Colston Hall box office 0117 922 3686 www.circomedia.com. Circomedia celebrates 25 years of circus in Bristol with Look Back and Beyond. Including ‘What are we doing about circus in the UK?’ - the first circus open space event, Circomedia Cabaret and Circomedia Celebrates. Circomedia in the Park offers free, supervised circus taster sessions in St Paul’s Park.
Dance
Crisis, Realite, Rembrandt Clarke and Jason Yarde. From comedy to tragedy, tales of fantasy to hard hitting issues.
16-17 April Made In Bristol Spring Fair
Colston Hall, Colston Street, Bristol, BS1 5AR, 0117 922 3686, www.colstonhall.org. 11am-4pm. Free Featuring locally-produced sculptures, drawings, prints, photographs, ceramics, jewellery, furniture, crafts and clothing as well as local produce.
23 April - 1 May
Thriller Live
Broken Britain
Centrespace Gallery, 6 Leonard Street, Bristol, BS1 1EA, 07527 992087 www.centrespacegallery. com 11am-5pm. Free. The New Bedlam Art Asylum proudly presents an exhibition bringing together a wide range of artists from a variety of disciplines expressing wider social concerns, worries and hopes for the future. Including Mick Hockney, Jody, TWat, Schoony, JPS, Mason Storm, Bungle, Mark Crossey, Stealer, Gary Smith, Adam Porter, Purrdy and Lilly Hillage.
3 April Cradle to Rave
Hippodrome, St Augustines Parade, BS1 4UZ, www. bristolhippodrome.org.uk 0844 8472325. Various times. £9.60-£35.25. Thriller Live is a spectacular, highoctane show celebrating the career of the world’s undisputed King of Pop - Michael and the Jackson 5. Featuring over two hours of hit songs including I Want You Back, ABC, Can You Feel It, Off the Wall, The Way You Make Me Feel, Smooth Criminal, Beat It, Billie Jean, Dirty Diana, They Don’t Care About Us and Thriller.
5-9 April Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama: Mary Stuart
Chapter Arts, Market Road, Cardiff, CF5 1QE 029 2030 4400 www. chapter.org. 7.30pm £10/8. Mary Queen of Scots has been imprisoned in England for 19 years. While her cousin Elizabeth I hesitates over signing Mary’s death sentence, Mary hopes for a reprieve – tragically, we know different. A thrilling exploration of the intense rivalry between two of the most powerful women in British history. Directed by George Perrin.
Bristol Hippodrome, St Augustines Parade,Bristol BS1 4UZ, 0117 302 3310, www. bristolhippodrome.org.uk, 7.30pm, £29.25 The brand new one man show from Lenny Henry, fresh from his award winning stint in Northern Broadside’s Othello. Lenny returns to his roots with a funky, funny and touching show about the thing he loves most: music. Cradle To 15 April Rave is a musical journey, exploring the Spoken Word All Stars role that music has played and will play Arnolfini 16 Narrow Quay, Bristol at every stage of Lenny’s life from the BS1 4QA, 0117 9172300, www. womb to the tomb. arnolfini.org.uk. 7.30pm. £7 Spoken Word All Stars takes a selection 3 April of today’s best UK performance poets and a globally acclaimed musicians Poetry and Piaf and allows them to create a spectacular Town Hall, Imperial Square, evening of wall-to-wall words backed Cheltenham, GL50 1QA, 01242 521621, www.cheltenhamtownhall. by an addictive mix of jazz, beats and melodies. Featuring Chris Redmond, El org.uk. 5pm. £10.
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of Montmartre, Paris where he settled in 1884.His prolific output depicts the actresses, dancers and prostitutes of the area and provides a fascinating glimpse into the seamier side of Parisian life at the time. In 1914 the critic Gustave Geffroy described Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec as ‘the quintessential chronicler of Paris’. This stunning exhibition of around 50 prints from the British Museum’s fine holdings by the artist is divided into two sections, ‘Public Passions’ and ‘Private Passions’.‘Public Passions’ includes striking images of the cancan dancer Louise Weber, known as La Goulue (‘The Glutton’) and ‘Private Passions’ shows how Toulouse-Lautrec portrayed the extremely private life of prostitutes with great sensitivity.
England My England
4-9 April
2-6 April
Events
17 April Arthur Smith
Tobacco Factory Southville Road Bristol, BS3 1TF, 0117 902 0344, www.tobaccofactorytheatre.com. 8pm. £16. Join comedian, writer, broadcaster and all-round British institution Arthur Smith and bask in an evening of laughter and off-the-wall humour with one of the ‘alternative comedians’ who shook up the 80s and 90s. Expect an evening of sublime playfulness, crammed with jokes, anecdotes, short stories, poems, songs and readings from his recently-published memoir My Name Is Daphne Fairfax.
18-23 April To Kill A Mockingbird
Theatre Royal, Sawclose, Bath BA1 1ET, 01225 44884. Evening performances 7.30/8pm. £18-32. By Christopher Sergel, based on the novel by Harper Lee and directed by Damian Cruden. This much loved and widely-read Pulitzer Prize winning novel, which has just celebrated its fiftieth year since publication, tells the extraordinary and unforgettable story of life in the American South through the inquiring eyes of a child. Still as relevant today as when it was written when racial tensions were at an all time high.
21 - 30 April High Kicks and Low Life: Toulouse-Lautrec Prints,
National Museum Cardiff, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NP, (029) 2039 7951, www.museumwales. ac.uk, free. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) was inspired by the colourful nightlife
The Brewhouse Theatre and Arts Centre, Coal Orchard, Taunton TA1 1JL, www.thebrewhouse.net, 01823 283244. A festival of live performance, debate, music, dance, visual art, film and street games.Coinciding with the Queen’s birthday, St George’s Day, the Royal wedding and May Day bank holiday, England, my England explores the ideas of Englishness, identity and tradition in the 21st Century. Highlights include renowned film director and screenwriter Julien Temple, comedian Al Murray and artist Sir Roy Strong.
24 April Jimmy Carr Laughter Therapy
Millennium Centre, Bute Place, Cardiff Bay CF10 5AL 029 2063 6464, www.wmc.org.uk. 8pm. £25. Stand-up comic and presenter of Channel 4’s 10 O’Clock Live, known for his deapan and dark humour. Laughter Therapy promises an evening of nonstop jokes, gags and banter, stating “If you’ve got a sick sense of humour then maybe laughter is the best medicine. Not to be taken if you have a sensitive disposition.
28 April Poets In The Bookshop
with Samantha Wynne Rhydderch, Dylan Thomas Centre, Somerset Place, Swansea, SA11RR, 011792 463980, dylanthomas.lit@swansea. gov.uk, 7.30pm, £4 -£1.60 Samantha has published two collections of poems, the second of which, Not In These Shoes (Picador, 2008) was short-listed for Wales Book of the Year 2009. “When she sings out loud and clear, we not only look at her poems in all their high-heeled finery, their deft crafting and vivid imagery, we listen to what they have to say”, writes Susan Utting in The North. The evening includes an open mic session.
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are caught up in a feud between neighbours. But with plastic pink flamingos and lawnmower races in the mix, can this young couple find lasting happiness?
HOT NEW RELEASES
Fave festival: Big Chill
The King’s Speech (15)
16 April Bridgwater Arts
Eat, Pray, Love (PG)
Centre, 01278 422700, www.bridgwaterartscentre.co.uk Dir: Tom Hooper Starring: Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush and Helena Bonham Carter 2010/UK/118 min Based on the true story of Queen Elizabeth II’s father and his friendship with maverick speech therapist, Lionel Logue. The Prince suffered with a stammer from an early age and he turns to Logue in the hope of finding a voice with which to lead the nation.
19 April The Bacon Theatre
– Cheltenham, 01242 258 002 www.bacontheatre.co.uk Dir: Ryan Murphy Starring: Julia Roberts, Javier Bardem and Richard Jenkins 2010/ US/133 min A married woman realizes how unhappy her marriage really is, and that her life needs to go in a different direction. After a painful divorce, she takes off on a round-the-world journey to “find herself”. Based on the bestselling memoirs of Elizabeth Gilbert, this uplifting film proves that there really is more than one way to let yourself go and to see the world. Everlasting Moments (15) 6 April Swindon Arts Centre, 01793 330639, www.swindonfilm. co.uk 2008/Sweden/106 min Sweden, early 1900s - an era of social change and unrest, war and poverty. A young working class woman, Maria, wins a camera in a lottery. The camera grants her the eyes to view the world, and empowers her over several decades to raise and nurture her family of six children and an alcoholic, womanising and sometimes violent, although ultimately loving, husband. The Fighter (15) 4 - 5 April The Riverfront – Newport, 01633 656 757, www.newport.gov.uk Dir: David O Russell Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Melissa Leo and Amy Adams 2010/US/115 min Dicky Eklund is a former boxing hero who squandered his talents and threw away his shot at greatness, thanks to drug abuse. Now his younger brother Micky is following the same path and he must decide whether to stick with Dicky’s unreliable coaching or take a shot at the World Championship. The film is hugely entertaining and gathering nominations and awards like a kid in a sweet shop. Gnomeo & Juliet (PG)
9 – 14 April Curzon
Community Cinema – Clevedon, 01275 871 000, www.curzon.org. uk Dir: Kelly Asbury Starring: James McAvoy and Emily Blunt 2010 / UK/ 83 min A light hearted, quintessentially British take on Romeo and Juliet, this time as warring, suburban Garden Gnomes. Garden gnomes Gnomeo (voice of McAvoy) and Juliet (voice of Blunt) have as many obstacles to overcome as their quasi namesakes when they
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Source Code (12A)
Released: 1 April Dir: Duncan Jones Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Vera Farmiga, Jeffrey Wright and Michelle Monaghan 2011/US/93 min As part of a top secret government program, a soldier is transported into the body of a man on a train just before it is attacked by a bomb-setting terrorist. Sent back time and time again to the same point, he’s ordered to find information to help stop the bomber, only to fall for one of the other passengers and become convinced - against orders - that he can save everyone on the train.
Thor (TBC)
Released: 27 April Dir: Kenneth Branagh Starring: Samuel L Jackson, Nick Fury, Josh Hartnett, Alexander Skarsgard and Tom Hiddleston 2010/US/130 min The powerful but arrogant warrior Thor is cast out of the fantastical realm of Asgard and sent to live amongst humans on Earth, where he soon becomes one of their finest defenders. This comic book adaptation boasts an impressive cast and a director in Kenneth Branagh who is more at home with Shakespeare than spandex… should be original and hopefully very entertaining.
Meet The Fockers: Little Fockers (12)
Released: April 18 Dir: Starring: Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman. 2010/US/98 min For more than a decade, the antics of the extended Focker-Byrnes family have kept audiences laughing. Now, the latest chapter of this hilarious family saga turns its focus towards another of life’s milestones – raising kids. Greg Focker (Ben Stiller) has finally begun to earn the respect of his ex-CIA father-in-law, Jack Byrnes (Robert De Niro) but one important test still lies ahead: can Greg prove that he has what it takes to be the family’s next ‘Godfocker?’
Nanny Mcphee and The Big Bang (U) 3 April Arc Theatre, Trowbridge, Wiltshire BA14 0ES www.arctheatre.org.uk Dir: Susanna White Cast: Emma Thompson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Ralph Fiennes 2010/US/109 min Emma Thompson returns as the magical Nanny McPhee for another heart-warming adventure. She arrives at the door of a young mother who is trying to run the family farm while her husband is away at war, while her children are fighting a war of their own against two spoiled city cousins who have just moved in. NEDS (18) 5 –7 April The Cube Microplex – Bristol, 0117 907 4190, www.cubecinema.com. Dir: Peter Mullan Starring: Conor McCarron, Martin Bell and Linda Cuthbert 2010/UK/ 124 min This hard-hitting coming-of-age drama set in 1970s Glasgow really packs a punch. John (Conor McCarron) finds himself transformed from a gifted, promising altar boy to a glue-sniffing, violent thug terrorising the streets in a gang of neds (non-educated delinquents). This is barbed wire film-making that definitely deserved a shot at an Oscar, but unfortunately the Academy don’t agree with yours truly! True Grit (15)
1 – 7 April Gloucester
Guildhall, 01452 503 050, www.gloucester.gov.uk Dir: Ethan Coen & Joel Coen Starring: Jeff Bridges and Matt Damon 2010/US/110 min Following the murder of her father by hired hand Tom Chaney, 14-year-old farm girl Mattie Ross sets out to capture the killer. To aid her, she hires the toughest U.S. marshal she can find, a man with “true grit,” Reuben J. “Rooster” Cogburn. This latest film from the Coen Brothers seems like a mix of No Country for Old Men and The Man who Wasn’t There.
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Live Fri.01 Bristol JESSIE J, 02 Academy, Frogmore Street, £12 WAITING FOR KATE, Thunderbolt, 124 Bath Road, Totterdown, 7.30pm, £3 otd. Support from Land of the Giants POLLY AND THE BILLET DOUX, The Grain Barge, 8pm, £4. Supported by The Lonely Tourist + special guest. CLARE MAGUIRE, Thekla, 6.30pm, £10adv. With her ballads and stunning voice, Clare Maguire is making a firm footprint on the music scene. END OF THE LINE, The Greenbank Pub, Bellvue Road 8pm, £donations on the door. An up and coming live venue hosts a charity event with all donations going towards Cancer Research. Kicking off with Rosie Ribbons, followed by Gemma Nicole, Thea Coles and Alonestar. SIP THA JUICE, The Bank of Stokes Croft, 84 Stokes Croft, BS1 3QY. Kick of your month with all the best East Coast/West Coast, Old School/Golden Era, 90’s R’n’B and New Jack Swing.
Stroud
NOW AND AGAIN, Queen Victoria, Stroud, 9pm, £free. Jah Tubby’s Soundsystem and Aba Shanti- I Soundsystem together on one stage. THE UKULELE ORCHESTRA OF GREAT BRITAIN, Subscription Rooms, 7.30 pm, £18 adv/£20 otd. Bringing the world of ukulele to your ears with this stunning 16-piece band held together by the plucking wonders of the ukulele.
Cardiff
KATY PERRY, Cardiff International Arena, 7pm, £26. Colourful Californian teen pop comes to Cardiff FRANKLEY PARC, Buffalo Bar, 8.30pm, £tbc. Plus The Heartbeats. APERTURE, Clwb Ifor Bach, 10pm, £5/7. Providing Cardiff with Drum and Bass from around the world, having worked with the likes of High Contrast. DEFINITLY MIGHTBE, Millennium Music Hall, Wood Street, CF10 1LA, 7.30pm, £8. Oasis tribute band. Plus, Adored, the definitive tribute to The Stone Roses + special guest. Gypsy Balkan Discotheque, Gwdihŵ, 6 Guildford Crescent, 8pm, £3. With Sheelanagig and Mr Potter.
Newport
THE ASH AND THE OAK, Le Pub, Newport, Caxton Place, NP20 4BN, £free. Plus Chailo sim + The Grief Brothers
Swansea
ALLSORTS, Monkey Bar, 10pm, £10. Weekly music event, this w eek with special guests DIRTYPHONICS. 90 minutes of dubstep and dirty basslines
Swindon
KUBRIS, The Rolleston, 73 Commercial Road,SN1 5NX, 8.30pm, £free. Supported by The Right Hooks BUSWELL, 12 Bar, 179 Westcott Place, SN1 5HT, 8pm, £4adv/£5otd. Folk / classical / acoustic and orchestral in a musical melting pot. Supported by The Bateleurs + David Lynch
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KATE NASH, The Orange Box, Tabernacle Lane, BA20 1QA, 7.30pm, £12.50. Plus special guests.
THE WANTED, Cardiff International Arena, 6.30pm, £27.50. The UK’s newest and hottest boy band. Under 14’s must be accompanied by an adult. THE SUNSHINE UNDERGROUND, Millennium Music Hall, Wood Street, CF10 1LA. 7.30pm, £12.50. Plus Love Parry III.
Sat.02 Bristol PAPER AEROPLANES, Folk House, 40A Park Street, 8pm, £6. If you’re a sucker for acoustic, this duo will tickle your fancy with their live session BLAK FLAMEZ, Thunderbolt, 124 Bath Road, Totterdown, 7.30pm, £4 adv fropm Bristol Ticket Shop, £5 otd. Bristol’s very own reggae/ska band MOTHER BEEF, The Croft, 117-119 Stoke’s Croft, 8pm, £5. Plus Goan Dogs + Superstar DJs. UNDERCOVER, Queen Victoria, Stroud, 9pm, £free. MENTALLICA, Fiddlers, Willway Street, BS3 4BG, 8pm, £10. Plus more tribute fun with Higher on Maiden POOLSIDE, The Bank of Stokes Croft, 84 Stokes Croft, BS1 3QY. Deep house and disco with a few unique edits thrown in the mix.
Stroud
STEAMCHICKEN, Subscription Rooms, 8pm, £10/children£5. A combination of sounds with harmonica, piano, strings and brass brings to you an eclectic mix of jazz, blues and folk.
Cardiff
COLD CAVE, Clwb Ifor Bach, 11 Womanby Street, CF10 1BR, 7.30pm, £7.50 Plus Man Without Country UTE, Buffalo Bar, 7pm, £tbc. Plus The Sky Designed FENECH SOLER, Millennium Music Hall, Wood Street, CF10 1LA, 7.30pm, £8 adv. Plus Alpines + Sunday Girl. JUJU NATIONS, Gwdihŵ, 6 Guildford Crescent, 9pm, £2. Afrobeat / funk / reggae
Gloucester
KATE NASH, Gloucester Guild Hall, 23 Eastgate Street, Gloucester, GL1 1NS, 7.30pm, £12.50, over 14’s only, with Brigitte Aphrodite & the VOB’s.
Mon.04 Bristol THE VACCINES, Anson Rooms, University of Bristol Student Union, Queens Road, 7.30pm, £10. POUNDSHOP LIFE, The Croft, 117-119 Stoke’s Croft, 8pm, £4. Plus New From Tape + Antidotes + Anchorite. Front Bar. NOAH & THE WHALE, Thekla, 7pm, SOLD OUT. Supported by Benjamin Francis Leftwich
Cardiff
RUN, WALK! The Buffalo Bar, 7pm, £tbc. Plus The Samoans. EDDI READER, The Glee Club, Mermaid Quay, Cardiff Bay, CF10 5BZ, 8.15pm, £20. Joined by Boo Hewerdine. TODAY IS THE DAY, Millennium Music Hall, Wood Street CF10 1LA, 7pm, £10. UKULELE NIGHTS, Gwdihŵ, 6 Guildford Crescent, 8pm, £free. Cardiff’s uke-powered jam sessions. Come join in or just sit back and listen
Tues.05 Bristol
THE VIRGINMARYS, Tunnels, Bristol Temple Meads, BS1 6QS, 7.30pm, £7. Plus Lavellion. Frome FRAGILE, Cheese and Grain, 8pm, RUN, WALK! The Croft, 117-119 Stoke’s Croft, 8pm, £5. Plus £10 adv/ £12 otd. Formed in the 80’s, these are the first established tribute band to Blackwolf + The Dynamite Pussy Club + Lost Laika. Front Bar. 70’s super-group YES. WHO PRESSED PLAY? The Croft, Swansea PETER BRUNTNELL, The Chattery, 117-119 Stoke’s Croft, 8pm, £5. 59 Uplands Crescent, SA2 0EZ, £9. MICHAEL MONROE, 02 Academy, Frogmore Street, BS1 5NA, 7pm, Supported by James Walbourne £12.50. Iconic rock’n’roll frontman and Swindon founding member of hugely influential THE HAMSTERS FROM HELL, The Finnish outfit Hanoi Rocks. Rolleston, 73 Commercial Road, Cardiff SN1 5NX. 8.30pm, £free. This 8-piece, although with an irregular line-up, have been NYTH, Gwdihŵ, 6 Guildford touring and playing rock/blues for 25 years Crescent, 8pm, £3. Meaning “nest” GREEN DATE, 12 Bar, 179 Westcott in Welsh, brings you a cosy, intimate live session with the best of Welsh literature Place, SN1 5HT, 8pm, £6. A tribute to and music. pop punk rock band, Green Day
Sun.03 Bristol BILLY NO MATES, The Croft, 117-119 Stoke’s Croft, 8pm, £tbc. Plus Hacksaw and Far-Cue. Front Bar. TODAY IS THE DAY, The Croft, 117-119 Stoke’s Croft, 8pm, £8 adv. Plus Retox and Mea Culpa. Main Room. TREELIGHT FOR SUNLIGHT, Thekla, 7.30pm, £6 adv. Supported by indie alternative band El Wristo
Wed.06 Bristol ORESTEA. The Croft, 117-119 Stoke’s Croft, 8pm, £4. Plus Vier. Front Bar. JAPAN FUNDRAISER GIG, The Fleece, 8pm, £6adv. Featuring Motherload + Relay Rips + Menage a Trois. After show party led by DJ Papa Moomin. THE CROOKES, The Louisiana, 8pm, £7 adv.
KAYUSS LIVES, 02 Academy, Frogmore Street, £SOLDOUT 7pm
Cardiff
FOLK AGAINST FASCISM, Gwdihŵ, 6 Guildford Crescent, 8pm, £3. Featuring folk stroke of genius, Beans on Toast.
Thurs.07 Bristol THOMAS TRUAX AND FLIPRON, Thunderbolt, 124 Bath Road, Totterdown, 7.30pm, £5 otd/£4 adv. POPPY & THE JEZEBELS, 9.30pm, £3. Pressure Live Presents. 18+
Bath
HOLD FIRE, 22-23 Westgate Street, Bath, BA1 1EP, 7pm, £5-8. Supported by Battle of the Bands winner.
Cardiff
ORQUESTA BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB, St David’s Hall, 7.30pm, £tbc, Featuring Omar Portuondo. THE SPIRES, Barfly, 7.30pm, £6 adv. With their floor-filling beats whilst flirting with the boundaries of indie rock, Supported by Ideals. THE JAZZ REVHW, Gwdih, 6 Guildford Crescent, 8pm, £3. The best of jazz featuring, Stephanie Roriguez and Julian Martin Trio. Gloucester FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND – SOLD OUT, Gloucester Guildhall, 23 Eastgate Street, Gloucester, GL1 1NS, 7.30pm, £12. Top rock by the boys from South Wales, Over 14’s
Swindon
THE SOUND CREW, 12 Bar, 179 Westcott Place, SN1 5HT, 8pm, £tbc. Old and contemporary Britpop music, expect to hear the likes of The Cure, Oasis and The Jam
Fri.08 Bristol THE OLD DANCE SCHOOL, Folk House, 40A Park Street, 7.30PM, £8. A fresh-faced band filled to the brim with musical talent, having played alongside the likes of Martha Wainwright and Graham Coxon GEE BABY, I LOVE YOU, Tunnels, Bristol Temple Meads BS1 6QS, 7.30pm, £10. Plus The Solvents. STRINGERBESSANT Thunderbolt, 124 Bath Road, Totterdown, 7.30pm, £7 adv/£9otd. The duo that used to be Reef re-collaborate. With special guests, My Two Toms & Holly Holden. TONE DEVILS, Queen Victoria, Stroud, 9pm, £free. THE MOB, The Fleece, 8pm, £12 adv. Plus Zounds + Rubella Ballet + Insurrection, followed by Andy T + Steve Corr. HOWLIN’ LORD, The Grain Barge, 8pm, £4. Support from matt Woosey + special guests. ELIZA DOOLITTLE, Bristol Academy, 7pm, £SOLD OUT. THE MOB, The Fleece, 12 St. Thomas Street, BS1 6JJ, 8pm, £12adv. Support from Zounds, Rubella Ballet, Insurrection, Andy T & Steve Corr.
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Live Cardiff BROKEN VINYL CLUB, Buffalo Bar, 7pm. Supported by Zeus. PAPER AEROPLANES, Clwb Ifor Bach, 7.30PM, £6. Evening Chorus + Alexander Comana. OLI BROWN BAND, The Globe, 7.30pm, £10.50. After bagging three Blues UK Awards, Oli Brown is back at The Globe. ABOVE AND BEYOND, Millennium Music Hall, Wood Street, CF10 1LA, 10pm, £10. Time Flies presents. BASTION, Gwdih, 6 Guildford Crescent, 8pm, £3. London based band bringing their grooves to Wales. Your host Sarah Sweeney on the decks bringing you a mix of jazz, soul and eclectic beats.
Cheltenham
MIZIZI, Wheatsheaf, Leckhampton, GL53 9AJ, 7.30pm, £tbc. Featuring Troy Ellis, the son of the late legendary godfather of Rocksteady, Alton Ellis.Tenpiece reggae band, complete with a horn section, making this a roots dub reggae night not to be missed.
Swansea
HOT RUNNIN’ SOUL, The Grand Theatre, 7.30pm, £15-£18. Handclapping, foot-stomping soul with Geno Washington and Jimmy James
Swindon
ANGEL UP FRONT, The Furnace, 73 Commercial Road, SN1 5NX. 7pm, £3. A charity gig in aid of The Samaritans THE USELESS EATERS, The Rolleston, 73 Commercial Road, SN1 5NX, 8.30pm, £free. A punk cover band with their raw vocals and dirty guitar sounds, this is a must for any punk lover. Supported by Eat This. HIP ROUTE, Bar 12, 170 Westcott Place, SN1 5HT, 8pm, £3. Plus Autumn Red + Saravian
Sat.09 Bristol KATEY BROOKES AND RUTH ROYALL, Thunderbolt, 124 Bath Road, Totterdown, 4pm, £free. Both fresh-faced musicians with warming voices, makes for the perfect acoustic afternoon. Guest list necessary for entry. Email play@obeuk.com to be on the guest list. DR MEAKER & MILLION WAY, Thunderbolt, 124 Bath Road, Totterdown, 9pm, £5. MAGIC MIRROR, Tunnels, Temple Meads, BS1 6QS, 7.30pm, £5/£7 otd. A classic rock band with a twist. ORQUESTA BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB, Colston Hall, 7.30pm, £28.50/£32.50. Featuring Omar Portuondo. MAPS AND LEGENDS, The Croft, 117-119 Stoke’s Croft, 8pm, £4. Plus The Black Rat + The Show. Front Bar. SIXTEEN STONE PIG, Queen Victoria, Stroud, 9pm, £free. Another night of free music down at the Queen Vic. SOUL DESTROYERS, Fiddlers, Willway Street, BS3 4BG, 8pm, £8 adv. Storming live night The Fiddler. Plus The Harry Gill Band. GANDALPH MURPHY & THE SLAMBOVIAN CIRCUS OF
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DREAMS. The Fleece, 7pm, £12 adv. From the Hudson Valley, New York, the folk/rock band are supported by Ahab. DE STAAT, The Louisiana, 8pm, £6 adv. DHP Presents. DIZRAELI & THE SMALL GODS, Thekla, 7pm, £8 adv. Supported by Sickwax CRIPPLED BLACK PHOENIX, The Fleece, 7pm, £8 adv. 14+Plus guests. CHALUPKI, Bacobar, Foot-stomping roots with folk-ish influences. BIG AUDIO DYNAMITE, 02 Academy, Frogmore Street, BS1 5NA, 7pm, £27.50. The groundbreaking rock-hiphop-reggae outfit formed by Mick Jones in the wake of The Clash.
Stroud
ROLLIN’ CLONES, Subscription Rooms, 8pm, £14. Formed in 1997 to celebrate the greatest rock ’n’ rollers of all time. Supported by Gotcha.
Cardiff
WILEY THE ELUSIVE TOUR, Millennium Music Hall, Wood Street, CF10 1LA, 7.30pm, £12adv. This is a previously postponed show, original tickets still valid. FUNKADELIC, Gwdih, 6 Guildford Crescent, 9pm, £3. Monkjack Funk join resident DJ Indy Blu in bringing you dirty ass funk and a mix of dance floor fillers
piano phenomenon mixed with the rhythms of sax and bass clarinet. THE UNDERTONES, Thekla, 7.30pm, £15 adv. THE PIGEON DETECTIVES, Bristol Trinity Centre, 7pm, £14. CRIPPLED BLACK PHOENIX, The Fleece, 7pm, £8 adv. Plus John E Vistic.
Cardiff
HEATHER PEACE, The Glee Club, Mermaid Quay, Cardiff Bay, CF10 5BZ, 8.15pm, £16.50. Strapping on her white Gretch guitar & setting out on her first ever UK solo tour. Singer-songwriter Jill Jackson provides support. GO-X, Clwb Ifor Bach, 6.30pm, £7. With Solace Awaits, All Our Glory, Inside The Virus + Kids In Glass Houses DJ set. MIKE FANTASTIC, Millennium Music Hall, 7pm, £8 adv. Plus Go-X
Swindon
KIDS CAN’T FLY, The Rolleston, 73 Commercial Road, SN1 5NX, 8.30pm, £free. A unique hard-edged pop punk band. Supported by MiMiSoya.
Mon.11 Bristol
IMMANU EL, Tunnels, Bristol Temple Meads, BS1 6QS, 7.30PM, £5 adv. A guitar and keyboard Nordic musical experience Gloucester CLOUD CONTROL, The Cooler IT’S ONLY PUNK ALL-DAYER, 48 Park Street, 7.30pm, £7 adv. See Gloucester Guildhall, 23 Eastgate www.247magazine.co.uk for details on Steet, Gloucester, GL1 1NS, 2pm, how to win dinner with them before the gig. £20adv. It’s Only Punk Promotions first all NO FRIENDS. The Croft, 117-119 day punk festival with performances from Stoke’s Croft, 8pm, £7 Adv. Plus The Greatest Cockney Rip Off, Bad Man and Brothers, plus Fresh Milk. Main Room. Welsh punks Foreign Legion. 14+. PETER AND THE HARMONICS, LAND OF BINGO, Clwb Ifor Bach, The Louisiana, 7pm, £7 adv. With 8pm, £6adv With Dau Cefn + Trwbador Deer Park and Singing Adams (former Cheltenham member of Broken Family Band). CANARY TRAP + EXCLUSION, Cardiff Wheatsheaf, Leckhampton, GL53 EARTH, The Millennium Music 9AJ 7.30pm, £3 otd. Guitar-based Hall 2, Millennium Plaza, Wood double act from the South West. Street, CF10 1LA, 7.30pm, £12adv. Bath Experimental instrumental post-doom outfit. ROD AND GARY’S ROCK & ROLL, With special guest Sabbath Assembly. BORDER WALK, Gwdih, 6 Bath Pavilion, North Parade Road, Guildford Crescent, 8pm, £3. With Bath, BA2 4EU, 7.30pm, £10. Rock music from Emilie Layla Lovaine, Mowbird, and roll night featuring The Flames plus Ezra and Miles + George. Rockola.
Swansea
DAVID WAX MUSEUM, The Chattery, 59 Uplands Crescent, SA2 0EZ, £9. Combining Latin rhythms with a folk sound, they have energised audiences across the country PP ARNOLD, The Grand Theatre, 7.30pm, £16-£18.
Tues.12 Bristol
HEATHER PEACE, Tunnels, Bristol Temple Meads, BS1 6QS, 7.30pm, £14.50. With special guest Jill Jackson. UNDEROATH, Bierkeller, 7.30pm, £13. DHP presents. Plus Deaf Havanna Swindon and Devil Sold His Soul. THE KILLERTONS, The Rolleston, AS GODS. The Croft, 117-119 73 Commercial Road, SN1 5NX, Stoke’s Croft, 8pm, £5 Adv. Akronical 8.30pm, £free. A night of skanking to this Music presents. Plus Drown in Entropy + ska/punk band Blackwaters + Acedia. THE PORN ISSUE, 12 Bar, 170 FUGATIVE. The Fleece, 8pm, Westcott Place, SN1 5HT, 8pm, £10adv. Still only 16 years old, Fugative began his career at just 7. Supported by £3 adv/£4 otd. Plus indie rock support The Stow. bands Room 101 + Diversion THE JIM JONES REVUE, Thekla, Sun.10 7pm, £10 adv. Supported by Lewis Floyd Henry. Bristol LYKKE LI, Bristol Trinity Centre, STORMS/NOCTURNS, Colston 7.30pm, £12.50. SOLD OUT. Hall, 8pm, £12.50/£8 NUS. Jazz band Cardiff from across the pond with Geoffrey Keezer GRAB PROMOTIONS…. Clwb
Ifor Bach, 7pm, £6/£8. Not Advised / Pegasus Bridge / Reaper In Sicily TAKE THE STAGE, Gwdih, 6 Guildford Crescent, 7pm, £free. An opportunity for budding and experienced musicians to showcase their talent, hosted by Rowan Liggett.
Yeovil
BROTHER, The Orange Box, Tabernacle Lane, BA20 1QA, 7.30pm, £6. Plus special guests.
Wed.13 Bath BEN HOWARD, 14 George Street, Bath, BA1 2EN, 7.30pm, £8 adv. DHP presents Devon-talent Ben Howard singer/songwriter. 18+ only.
Bristol
THE GUNS, Thekla, 7.30pm, £7 adv. Four rockers from Wales are known for their energetic performances of rock/ indie and a bit of Blues thrown. THE NEXT GENERATION, The Fleece, £5 adv. 8pm. A night of live music with exposure for young and unsigned artists A HAWK AND A HACKSAW, The Polish Ex Servicemen’s Club, St Paul’s Road, 8pm
Cardiff
PETE AND THE PIRATES, Millennium Music Hall, Wood Street, CF10 1LA. 7pm, £8.
Thurs.14 Bristol WE WILL HAVE VICTORY, Thunderbolt, 124 Bath Road, Totterdown, 7.30pm, £3 otd, Supported by Zero Pilot HAMMER NO MORE FINGERS, The Croft, 117-119 Stoke’s Croft, 8pm, £5. Plus Bedford Falls + Jim Lockey + Solemn Son + Cassette Culture. Front Bar. DEAD ELMS, The Croft, 117-119 Stoke’s Croft, 8pm, £4. Plus Pan Arcadia + Alto Rising. Main Room. THE STUPIDS, The Fleece, 8pm, £8 adv. Plus Rat Attack and Bats About Bats. THE MUMMERS, Thekla, 7pm, £8 adv. Postponed from Nov.
Fri.15 Bristol THE CHRISTIANS, Thunderbolt, 124 Bath Road, Totterdown, £18 otd/£15 adv. Supported by soul/garage sensation Bobby Anderson OLI BROWN, Tunnels, Bristol Temple Meads, BS1 6QS, 7.30pm, £10 adv/£12 otd. With Daryl Kellie SAMSARA, The Croft, 117-119 Stoke’s Croft, 8pm, £5. Plus the Undercover Hippy + Zen Elephant. Front Bar. THE EMPERIALS, The Fleece, 8pm, £8 adv. This 8-piece provide a dynamic sound of loud drums, skanking guitar and some rhythm from the catchy horn lines. ORGANELLES, The Grain Barge, 8pm, £4. Plus Three Cane Whale + Special Guests.
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Cardiff
HELLSBELLS, The Globe, 8pm, £12.50. Tribute to AC/DC. LA NOCHE LATINA, Gwdih, 6 Guildford Crescent, 8pm, £3. An international mix of musicians hailing from Spain, England and France.
Cheltenham
THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC, Cheltenham Racecourse, Prestbury, GL50 4SH. 7pm, £20. Celebrating Abba’s 40th anniversary, Thank You For The Music celebrate the music of ABBA and the Bee Gees. THE BARFLYS, Wheatsheaf, Leckhampton, GL53 9AJ, 7.30pm, £7 otd. Support from Stan Terry + Bluebird.
Gloucester
IAN McCULLOCH, Gloucester Guildhall, 23 Eastgate Street, Gloucester, GL1 1NS, 7.30pm, £20. Echo and the Bunnymen’s frontman goes Gloucester solo.
Bath
FRIDAY NIGHT FEVER, Bath Pavilion, North Parade Road, Bath, BA2 4EU, 9pm, £10 adv, £12 otd.
Swindon
GAZ BROOKFIELD, The Rolleston, 73 Commercial Road, SN1 5NX, 8.30pm, £free. Singer and songwriter
Yeovil
JAMES HOLLINGSWORTH, The Quicksilver Mail, BA20 2RG, 9.30pm, £free. Acoustic guitar player / singer from Bristol has been tipped by the Independent as a ‘guitar wizard’. RUN FROM ROBOTS, The Orange Box, Tabernacle Lane, BA20 1QA, 7.30pm, £4. Plus As We Climb + Scout Killers
Sat.16 Bristol THE DACOITS, Thunderbolt, 124 Bath Road, Totterdown, 7.30pm, £5 otd/£4 adv. Female fronted five-piece are supported by special guests: The Disco Pie rats, Nights of the Circus, The Metiers & DJ Gary Smith. CHUFF, Tunnels, Bristol Temple Meads, BS1 6QS, 7.30pm, £10 adv. Plus The Wild Gulloots. HER NAME IS CALLA, The Croft, 117-119 Stoke’s Croft, 7pm, £6 adv. Plus To Bury a Ghost, Main Room. THE SCOUT KILLERS, The Croft, 117-119 Stoke’s Croft, 8pm, £4. Plus The Soulvents + Interroband?! Front Bar. DOREEN DOREEN, The Fleece, 7pm, £10 adv.
Stroud
DIRTY HARRY, Queen Victoria, Stroud, 9pm, £free.
Cardiff
THE BLACKOUT, Cardiff Solus, 7.30pm, £13 JENIFEREVER. Buffalo Bar, 7pm. Ambient rock band from Sweden. CANDELA, Gwdih, 6 Guildford Crescent, 9pm, £3. Lining the stage will be United Vibrations before Candela spin their eclectic mix of dance floor fillers late
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Cheltenham ROCKIN’ BERRIES, The Bacon Theatre, 7.30pm, £15. After bursting into the British Beat Boom scene, two of the original members are back, joined by former Move and Wizzad bassist, and ex-Racey drummer
Swansea
SIMON FELICE, The Chattery, 59 Uplands Crescent, SA2 0EZ, £12. An outstanding vocal performer (former Felice Brothers member) bringing you an entertaining anecdote of poetry and music.
Swindon
THE PINK TRAFFIC BAND, The Rolleston, 73 Commercial Road, SN1 5NX, 8.30pm, £free. Four-piece female fronted rock band from Hereford.
Yeovil
I AM FOREVER, The Orange Box, Tabernacle Lane, BA20 1QA. 7.30pm, £4. Plus The Origin + We Start Partys
Sun.17 Bristol VOODOO JOHNSON, Tunnels, Bristol Temple Meads, BS1 6QS. 7.30pm, £8.50. Classic Rock band. JENIFEREVER, The Fleece, 4pm, £7 adv. With The Fauns, The Last Republic, Dead Rabbits, Spectres, Holy Stain & Isola.
Cardiff
BETH ORTON, The Glee Club, Mermaid Quay, Cardiff Bay, CF10 5BZ, 8.15pm, £16.50. Brit winner.
Mon. 18 Cardiff LITURGY, Buffalo Bar, 11 Windsor Place, 7pm, £5. Classic black metal band from Brooklyn. Plus Ghast, Atomik and Order of Tepes
Tues.19 Bristol ISRAEL NASH GRIPKA, Tunnels, Bristol Temple Meads, BS1 6QS, 7.30pm, £12 otd/ £10 adv. Pat Nicholson supporting. SEUN KUTI, Colston Hall, 7.30pm, £17.50/£10 NUS. African Soul Rebels Presents. ATARAXIS VIBRATION, The Croft, 117-119 Stoke’s Croft, 8pm, £4. Plus Brain Twitch. Front Bar. THE SIX GREAT REASONS TOUR, The Fleece, 7pm, £8 adv. Featuring TRC, Feed The Rhino, Heart in Hand, Brotherhood of the Lake, Polar, and Mallory Knox. FLOBOTS, Thekla, 7pm, £9 adv. AUSTERE, The Croft, 117-119 Stoke’s Croft, 8pm, £4. Plus performances from Chairfights, Dead maids + MHG
Cardiff
COUGH, Buffalo Bar, 11 Windsor Place, Cardiff Bay, CF10 3BY, 7pm, £5. Plus The Death Of Her Money + Spider Kitten + Thorun THE XCERTS, Clwb Ifor Bach, 7pm, £6 adv. With You Animals
Wed.20 Bristol
pub bring you a tribute to The Stray Cats.
Sat.23
TALK IN CODE, The Fleece, 8pm, £5 adv. Plus The Splinters + Mortdelamer Bristol + Sundance. Local band showcase night. JOHN RENBOURN AND ROBIN Cardiff WILLIAMSON, Folk House, 40A Park Street, 7.30PM, £14. PRONTO, Gwdih, 6 Guildford MARMALADE SKY. The Fleece, Crescent, 8pm, £2. Get over hump day with a Wednesday celebration of Funk, 7pm, £5 adv. English Britpop trio. Motown, Dub and Reggae. KASSIDY, Thekla, 7pm, £7.50 adv. SAX PISTOLS, Bacobar. Extraordinary Swansea 15 piece saxophone band AMY WADGE, The Chattery, 59 Cardiff Uplands Crescent, SA2 0EZ, £10. APACHE, Buffalo Bar, 11 Windsor Thurs.21 Place, Cardiff Bay, CF10 3BY 9pm £tbc. Support tbc. Bristol LOOSE JOINTS, Gwdih, 6 HEAVEN ASUNDER. The Cooler, Guildford Crescent, 8pm, £free. 48 Park Street, 8pm, £5/£4 NUS. Off Beat Promotions. With The Murder Retro eclectic mix of 70s disco, house and hip-hop. Scene, plus Gargantuant. JOE DRISCOLL, The Croft, 117-119 Stoke’s Croft, 8pm, £7. Plus DJ Moneyshot + Rackabeat & Bar-Low + DJ Yoshi. Main Room. EVILIVE. The Croft, 117-119 Stoke’s Croft, 8pm, £6 Adv. Plus Epic Fail. Front Bar. THE VIEW, The Fleece, 8pm, £12.50 adv.
Cardiff
METRONOMY, Clwb Ifor Bach, 11 Womanby Street, CF10 1BR, 7pm10.30pm, £10adv CARVIN JONES, The Globe, 8pm, £12.50. Aka The Carvinator. Named in Top 50 Blues guitarists in Guitarist Magazine THURSDAY, Millennium Music Hall, Wood Street, CF10 1LA. 7.30pm, £15. BAREBACK HOLIDAY WARM UP, Gwdih, 6 Guildford Crescent, 8pm, £2. Bank Holiday celebrations with Hot Property, Owain K and a very special guest.
Fri.22 Bristol THE ROUTES – DE KEEFMAN, Mother’s Ruin, 7-9 St Nicholas Street, BS1 1UE, 8pm, Sixties garage rock band from the Netherlands. THE GOODNESS, The Cooler, 48 Park Street, 8.30pm, £5/£4 NUS. With In Your Honour. KEELHAUL, The Croft, 117-119 Stoke’s Croft, 8pm, £9. Plus Knut + Zonderhoof. Main Room. DODGY, The Fleece, 8pm, £12 adv. Plus Plastic Millionaires + Clayton Blizzard.
Cardiff
VERTIGO, Gwdih, 6 Guildford Crescent, 8pm, £3. Manchester-based indie-ska-jazz band, The Janice Graham Band, followed by band DJs. SWEET FONTAINE, Clwb Ifor Bach, 7pm, £4
Stroud
REDHOUSE, Queen Victoria, 5 Gloucester Street, Town Centre, Stroud, GL5 1QG, 9pm, £free.
Swindon
DISCHARGE, The Furnace, 73 Commercial Street, SN1 5NX, 7pm, £10adv. Provocative punk. RUNAWAY BOYS, The Rolleston, 73 Commerical Street, SN1 5NX, £free. Another free gig at The Rolleston
Frome
ELECTRIC NIGHT GARDEN, Cheese and Grain, 8pm, £7 adv/£5 conc. Local 16-25 year olds bring you a night of bass heavy fun.
Newport
BEADY EYE, Newport Centre, Kingsway, £49.99. Formed by Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher
Swindon
INNES SIBUN, The Rolleston, 73 Commercial Road, SN1 5NX, 8pm, £free. Blues / Rock / Soul
Sun.24 Bristol A TALE OF TWO CITIES, The Croft, 117-119 Stoke’s Croft, 8pm, £5. Plus Silent Empathy + Stars and Flights + Infatuatued + Loftbeat. Front Bar. BEANS ON TOAST, The Croft, 117-119 Stoke’s Croft, 8pm, £5. LAST RESORT, The Fleece, 7pm, £9 adv. One of the iconic bands of the ‘80s. Plus Support. THE WURZELS. Metropolis, 7pm, £16. Spend Easter Sunday true Somerset style with this The Wurzels and a range of different ciders to satisfy those West Country taste buds. MATT BERRY, Thekla, 7pm, £15 adv. Multi-musically talented, it’s Matt Berry’s voice that will get your soul shaking, with his great performances and graceful stage presence ZEN HUSSIES, Full Moon and Attic Bar, Stoke’s Croft,12 noon – 9pm, £3. Music all dayer on an outdoor stage and a BBQ, with Ten Pound Suit band, Bajo, 5000 AD, The 45’s and The Sax Pistols.
Cardiff
BIJOU FESTIVAL “A RCK AFFAIRE”, Gwdih, 6 Guildford Crescent, 3pm, £6. Joining in with the festival season with summer music DJs including The Method, The Dustaphonics and many more.
Swindon
THE BEAT HOLES, The Rolleston, 73 Commercial Road, SN1 5NX, 8.30pm, £free. Not your standard tribute band to The Beatles. This unique bunch takes a punky twist on some of the greatest British hits of all time
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Send your listings for events taking place in May to be included in our May issue by 12th April. Email 247@outofhand.co.uk Mon. 25 Bristol MOTORAMA, Tunnels, Bristol Temple Meads, BS1 6QS, 7.30pm, £5. Fresh-faced Indie pop band. CORROSION OF CONFORMITY, Bierkeller, 8pm, £12 adv. Plus support. 14+. THE CARNIVILLIANS, Full Moon and Attic Bar, Stoke’s Croft, 12noon – 9pm, £3. Second day of a weekend of music on an outdoor stage and BBQ.With The Dub From Atlantis Band, Whisky Drifters, Kirris Riviere Blues Band, Baila La Cumbia and Cazal.
Tues.26 Bristol THE STREET DOGS, The Croft, 117-119 Stoke’s Croft, 8pm, £10 adv. Plus The Mahones. DAN SARTAIN, Thekla, 7pm, £8.50 adv. INME, The Fleece, 8pm, £10 Support from Flights + Hello Lazarus
Cardiff
THE BLACKLIST ROYALS, Buffalo Bar, 11 Windsor Place, Cardiff Bay, CF10 3BY, 8pm, £tbc. Plus Peachfuzz + Question The Mark + Dividers
Swindon ASH MANDRAKE, The Rolleston, 73 Commercial Street, SN1 5NX, 8.30pm, £free.
Fri.29 Bridgwater ALEXANDRA BURKE, Tthe venue @ J24, Junction 24, Nr Bridgwater, 7pm.
Bristol
MARTIN STEPHENSON, Thunderbolt, 124 Bath Road, Totterdown, 7.30pm, £10 otd/ £7 adv. With Johnny Collins (Modesty Blaise) BRISTOL FOLK FESTIVAL, The Colston Hall 3pm, £30 day tickets/£75 weekend. An indoor festival of folk music with the likes of Seth Lakeman, Bellowhead and Show of Hands. ANGELIC UPSTARTS, The Fleece, 7pm, £10 adv. SHERLOCK OHMS, Bacobar, Get down and get skanking with classic Fun, Hip-hop, Soul, Rare-groove and heavy ska ARCHITECTS, 02 Academy, Frogmore Street, BS1 5NA.
Cardiff
HAYSEED DIXIE, Gloucester Guildhall, 23 Eastgate Street, Gloucester, GL1 1NS, 7.30pm, £15 adv, £18 otd. Since the success of their first album, ‘A Hillbilly Tribute to AC/ DC’, these American guys are back due to popular demand.
GOOD LIBRARIAN, Buffalo Bar, 11 Windsor Place, Cardiff Bay, CF10 3BY, 8pm, £tbc. Cardiff’s homegrown Indie rock band with influences from The Pixies, Dandy Warhols and The Verve. HAMSTERS, The Globe, 8pm, £12.50. HAYSEED DIXIE, Millennium Music Hall, Wood Street, CF10, 1LA, 7pm, £15.
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Gloucester
MIKE HODDINOTTS BLUES ALLSTARS, Thunderbolt, 124 Bath Road, Totterdown, 7.30pm, £3. An evening of Blues, supported by Whiskyheaded Buddies. THE AXE FACTOR, The Colston Hall, 8.15pm, £free. Heat 6 of The Battle of the Bands. CURTIS ELLER, The Grain Barge, 8pm, £7 adv/ £8 otd. MOUNT KIMBIE, Thekla, 7.30pm/ £9 adv. Join this Dutch lot with their Garage sounds and big beats.
Cardiff
NICK HARPER, The Globe, 7.30pm, £10.50. Superlative singer/ songwriter, son of Roy Harper, Support from Duelling Biscuits. WE ARE THE OCEAN, Millennium Music Hall, Wood Street, CF10 1LA, 7.30pm, £10.
MIKE SANCHEZ, Tunnels, Bristol Temple Meads, BS1 6QS. 7.30pm, £12. PROWLER, The Croft, 117-119 Stoke’s Croft, 5pm, £6 adv. Plus Surge of Fry + True Vallance + Chains of Hate + Providence + All Guns Blazing + Honour Your Pain + Bats About Bats. Main Room. CARS ON FIRE, The Fleece, 5pm, £5 adv. Headlining a Saturday all dayer of local bands. Also playing: Gouranga + Nymph + Zero Pilot + The Bad Joke That Ended Well + Syren City + Dead Lieutenant + Deaf Horse.
Cardiff
DIRTY YOUTH, Buffalo Bar, 11 Windsor Place, Cardiff Bay, CF10 3BY, 7pm, £tbc. Female fronted alternative punk band with attitude and great style. NEW RIOT, The Globe, 7.30pm, £5. Thurs.28 Fresh from their tour with Reel Big Fish, tonight supported by Orange + John Bristol Q Public + more tba. FROM THE JAM, Tunnels, Bristol COOL AS FOLK, Gwdih, 6 Temple Meads, BS1 6QS, 7.30pm, Guildford Crescent, 8pm, £3. Boris £18 adv/ £20 otd. Plus The Mudheads. + The Thieving Beggars bring you an TOMMY EMMANUEL, Colston Hall, evening of ska, folk and funk. 7.30pm, £25 Swansea MISS SKARLET. The Cooler, 48 RUGFIRE, The Chattery, 59 Upland Park Street, 8pm, £5/£4 NUS. Crescent, SA1 0EZ, £5 (tbc). A Plus (Minas) Attack, double headliner also with Boatbar to ANTI-NOWHERE LEAGUE, The Hamburg Fleece, 8pm, £10 adv. Plus Foreign Legion + Charred Hearts + Far-Cue. Followed by Punk night, Transmission 4.
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Live I always find March a bit of a difficult month to sum up really; it’s about this time that my brain gernerally turns into a bit of a marchmallo (sic) and I completely lose myself. Around March time we tend to get over excited about the summer months, because of the festivals, we have the usual Radio 2 fest that Glastonbury has become with the sons of god U2, Coldplay and Beyonce. For me the most exciting line up of all the festivals has got to be Standon Calling. It includes Spiritualized, Battles and Penguin Café. Finally, they drop an absolute bomb which made me run around the room screaming like demented kid locked in a sweetie shop. And that name was SAUL WILLIAMS - one of the greatest rappers and beat poets out there. There is also Truck festival, whose twee line up this year includes Gruff Rhys, John Grant, Saint Etienne and Treefight for sunlight. Both of those two festivals were my favourites last year. The month started with one of the Venue magazine awareness gigs in Bristol at the Louisiana, it was a great day of music. My personal highlights were comical punk rockers and Bath City FC mascots Hacksaw, any band who gets its audience to lob bog roll at each other is always going to get a thumbs up from me. It’s ages since I last saw them. It was a Christmas show at what used to be the Junction on Stokes Croft (now No51). I can remember them covering the whole room with foam pretending it was snow, as they pranced about in their Father Christmas costumes, with comically bad effects. As per usual at the beginning of each month, I am still getting over some of the shows from previous months - with some real classic contenders for gig of the year – including Gruff Rhys at St George’s and Janelle Monae at the Bristol O2 Academy. To see Gruff Rhys at the St George’s was truly beautiful and everything about it was perfect. His voice resonated around the room wonderfully with the backing of Y Niwl and the occasional guest appearance from Sweet Baboo and Cate Le bon, the cream of the Welsh indie scene. There were various members of Islet around in the audience too. With Janelle Monae, you had the feeling of watching a stadium sized superstar in a small venue. Her show was so full of vava voom styled energy that the only way I could really sum her up was that it was like watching a female version of Prince. I met one of my idols, Tairrie B, frontwoman of American hard metal band My Ruin. When I was a teenager she was one of many female faces from bands that adorned my walls, so I pretty much passed out when I had my photo taken with her. She still has the looks. I had to tell myself to calm down, that wouldn’t be the first time that has had to happen and I doubt it will be the last time either. Daedelus completely rocked the Thekla with his vastly improvised electronica being played on mostly home made synths. I made quite a few people laugh with my piano hands style dancing, I mean i cant help it – if I hear something going on then I will move my piano hands to it, picking out the rhythm of the notes with my fingers even though I dont actually know what notes are being played. April highlights are Treefight for Sunlight, The Lonely Tourist, the Virgin Marys, Run Walk, Kyuss live, Nutcase Thomas Truax, Cloud Control, Destat, Her Name is Calla, Jeniferever, Lykke Li, A Hawk And A Hacksaw, Zun Zun Egui, Mount Kimbie and more. magazine | 31
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For those not in the know, SUJU is Swindon’s clubbing mecca, small in size, big in nature. It’s all about the DJ’s, the typical Swindon crazy crowd and of course the Music. We cater for all with our Friday night residency “Cassette Player”, with it’s no nonsense approach to Indie music with guest DJ sets from the UK’s biggest bands, such as The Foals, Mystery Jets, Maccabees, Bombay Bycle Club and the Hoosiers to name just a few. Or why not try our Lounge on Fridays with RnB, Hip Hop and Club Classics played by our Residents. Our Saturdays are aways legendary, with smooth RnB & Classic hits in the Lounge, along side the very best House music with its many forms in our mainroom. We have had some of House Music’s biggest names, such as Funkagenda, Danny Rampling, Mark Doyle, Joe Goddard (hot chip), ATFC, Plump DJ’s, Thomas Gold, Darren Emmerson and Mason to name just a few. These run along side some of the UK’s top dance events such as Fierce Angel, B.O.S.H, Design, Love Love, Kandifunk plus many more. In the lounge we have smooth RnB, hip hop and some very classic hits from our Resident DJs.Suju also has one off events with headliners such as Jaguar Skills, Tim Westwood and DJ Swerve.
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28 High St, Old Town, Swindon SN1 3EP 01793 430444 www.suju.co.uk Facebook: Search Suju Nightclub Official Site
April listings: THURSDAYS 21st KANDIFUNK presents STANTON WARRIORS 11pm – 6am /£7 all night Over the years, Kandifunk has firmly established its self as one of the biggest nights to be at, freshening up the local House scene with passion and that live touch at every party! One way or another you’ve probably already come into contact with the Stanton Warriors aka Mark Yardley & Dominic B. Supported by Danny Kissane, Nashie, Andy Canguleo, Brett Corvette, AJ & The Chief. R’n’B in the lounge. Fridays CASSETTE PLAYER 11pm – 4am / £5/£3.50 B4 1am £free for Suju members B4 1am Resident DJs Rob t. Mod & Phil Dirt are intent on getting your feet tapping, your wigs shaking, your hands clapping, heads banging and arses shaking to the finest indie and R’n’B over 2 rooms. Saturdays 2nd LOVE & SOUL 11pm – 6am /£6 B4 12am Love & Soul in the main room, R’n’B in the lounge. DJ’s Antonio M, Scott Sutton, Goldi Loxx, DJ Pies, The Chief and DJ New. 9th DANNY UNKUT PRESENTS UNLEASHED R’n’B in the lounge
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16th JAGUAR SKILLS 11pm – 6am £8/£7 in adv Jaguar Skills in the main room, supported by James Hannan playing classic house in the lounge. 23rd SUJU presents MARTYN DAVIES R’n’B in the lounge
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30th HOUSE CLASSICS 11pm – 6am / £tbc House classics in the main room, R’n’B in the lounge. Sundays 24th HOUSE CLASSICS 11pm – 6am / £tbc House classics in the main room, R’n’B in the lounge. Forthcoming dates 14th May DJ SWERVE 27th May NERO 6th August D.RAMIREZ
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Clubs MONDAY Bath
BRUKOUT, 8-9 North Parade, £3/£2 NUS/£1 before 11pm, Resident DJs play dubstep, electro, drum’n’bass and garage. MONDAY’S STUDENT NIGHT. Back To Mine. 7 Bladud Buildings. The Paragon. £free. DJ Asian Hawk mixing Funk, Soul, R’n’B, Hip Hop, Jazz, D’n’B, Reggae & more. THE STUDENT SOCIAL. Po Na Na. North Parade. 10pm-2am. £3 (Remember your student card please.) The biggest & best party anthems from RockerRoller & The Deviant. FLAUNT. Celsius Ice Bar and Club. 1-3 South Parade. 10pm- 3am. £3 B4 10.30pm/£4 after. Bath’s premier student night. DIVERSION. The Weir Lounge. St Saviours Road. Two house DJs playing popular Dance & Indie Rock MY MY MY. Second Bridge. 10 Manvers St. Bath’s premier student night. DJ ASIAN HAWK, Back To Mine, The Paragon, BA1 5LS, £free. Top mixing of funk, soul, RnB and hip-hop, hosting Monday’s student night
Bristol
BOUNCE. Mbargo. The Triangle, Clifton. 8pm -2am. £free. fun & funky feel good grooves.
Cardiff
HAPPY DAYZ, Barfly, 10pm, £free. Relax and rid of the Monday blues with a Monday night musical emporium. BUFFALO LIVE PRESENTS... Buffalo Bar, 11 Windsor Place. 9pm-4am, £varies/£free downstairs. Bands, live music, drinks offers, DJ’s and more! FUNFACTORY, Cardiff University Students’ Union, 9pm, £free NUS. The students’ one stop night for all rock and alternative music.
Cheltenham
THE FACULTY. Dakota, 12-14 Bath Road. 9pm-3am. £free B4 10pm. With DJ Carlos, playing RnB & Chart.
Swansea
CHAKA CHAKA. Bar Sigma. 1 Northampton Lane. 10pm-3am. £free. Funk Reggae Dancehall Dub & Hip Hop
TUESDAY Bath
!CRASH! - THE POP! INDIE! DISCO! SMASH-UP! Po Na Na. North Parade. £3/£2.50 NUS. 10pm - 2am. Pop, Indie & Electro party anthems. THE BIG CHEESE. Moles, George St. 10pm-2am. £4/£3.50 NUS. Expect all the cheesiest tunes & drinks offers. TNT. Celsius Ice Bar & Club. 1-3 South Parade. 10pm-2am. £5 all night £4 Student
Bristol
DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH. Mbargo. The Triangle. 8pm – 2am. £free. With DJ Jewell DISCO BLOODY DISCO! The Den. 31 Corn St. £free. Indie remixes, synth pop & funky French electro. ONE LOUDER. Spring Garden Tavern. 8pm-12.30am. £2. Playing the best of the last 3 years in Art Rock & Indie.
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KANDI TUESDAYS. Joe Publics. 3 Queens Avenue. Clifton. £5/£4. 10pm – Late. Commercial, R’n’B, hip-hop, funky house. THE BITCH’S BOLLOCKS. Mr Wolfs. 33 St. Stephens St. £4with/ £5without NUS. New lesbian night every 2nd Tuesday! Old Skool, Hip Hop/ Indie/ Electro plus guest DJs. THE MASH UP. The Bunker, 78 Queens Road, Clifton Triangle. £4/£3 guestlist b4 11.30pm/£3 with VIP Bristol card. Resident DJ’s smash out the best Drum ‘n’ Bass, Dubstep, Electro & Breakbeat producers.
Tydfil, 9pm, £free before 10.30pm, Live music, cheap drinks. What more could you want. SOUL MOVEMENT. Zync Bar. 63 St. Marys St. 9pm-3.30am. Sexy Ladies Night with Soul, RNB, Hip Hop, Dancehall & Bashment. SHOTGUN RULES, Revolution, Castle Street, CF10 1BS, 9pm, £2 before 10.30pm with flyer / £3 before 12am / £4 after 12am. Dress to impress and dance the night way from some of the top hits right now
JUST DANCE. Clwb Ifor Bach. Womanby St. 10.30–2am. £free B4 11pm/£3. A mixture of modern day Pop, Rock & R&B. BUFFALO LIVE . Buffalo Bar. 11 Windsor Place. 8pm-4am. £varies/ £free downstairs. Showcasing the best promoters, DJs & bands. Dubstep, Drum’n’Bass & Hip Hop LATINO HEAT. Zync Bar. 63 St. Marys St. 9pm- 3.30am. Latino night, DJ Adry will be playing Latino, Salsa and Socca.
Newport
Cardiff
Newport
TORN. Meze Lounge. 6 Market St. £3. 9pm-3am. Torn residents play Metal, Hardcore & old school 80’s rock anthems. The F’n’K crew play Industrial, Punk & Goth in the Atti
WEDNESDAY Bath
DISCORD. Po Na Na. North Parade. 9.30pm-2am. £3 B4 11pm/£4 after/£2.50NUS. Rock, metal, punk, industrial & classic alternative anthems from DJ’s itBoy & Davo WEDNESDAYS. Back To Mine. 7 Bladud Buildings. The Paragon. £free. DJs on rotation playing Reggae, Dub, Eclectic, Rare Groove, Funk, Ska & more.
Bristol
SLAM ON THE BREAKS, Mbargo, The Triangle, Clifton, £free, 8pm – 2am. £free. Benny Kane with a solid mix of Hip-Hop, R’n’B, Dubstep & Drum & Bass! PROPAGANDA, Syndicate, 10pm, £4/£3 NUS. Classic and New, Indie and alternative sounds from DJ Dan and the Postman.
Cardiff
DJ MILLZ MILLA & FRIENDS, Barfly, 9pm, £free. Join Millz Milla and her DJ friends as they bring you the best of indie, pop, dance and rock gems. BLENDER. Buffalo Bar. 11 Windsor Place. 8pm-4am. £varies/ £free downstairs. A blended-up clash of pop culture, fashion, music & bands! 2-4-1 cocktails until 10pm THE LASH, Cardiff University Students’ Union, 7pm, £3 Cardiff student/£3.50 non-Cardiff student. The Union’s favourite dirty little secret. LISTEN UP! Clwb Ifor Bach. 11 Womanby Street. CF10 1BR. 10pm. £3. Indie, Electro, Pop, Soul, Disco, Funk. LIVE LOUNGE, Kirkhouse, Merthyr
Cheltenham
LOLLIPOP. Dakota, 12-14 Bath Road, GL53 7HA. 9pm-3am. £free before 10pm/£4 after. POUNDED WEDNESDAYS. Meze Lounge. 6 Market St. 9pm-4am £free. Mista ifsta presents 3 rooms of Rock, Indie, Electro, Ska, Punk & more. WEDNESDAYS. Mojo. Market St. £8/£7Nus. 9pm-2am. With DJs spinning R&B, Hip Hop, Funk, Cool Indie, Club Bangers with Electronic Dance & Classic Party Anthems!
Swansea
ALLSORTS. Monkey Cafe. Castle St. 10pm-3am. £3. ALLIANCE. Monkey Cafe. Castle St. Monthly. Premier Drum & Bass night. DEAL OR NO DEAL. Odyssey. Salbrious Place, Little Wind St. 10.30pm-3am. £free B4 11.30pm/£2. Deal: £5 & get 5 free drinks! Visit www.odysseynightclub.co.uk for details. EXPLOSION, Lava Lounge, Swansea, SA1 1DZ, 7pm. Midweek explosion of dance and cheap drinks FUNKED UP. Bar Sigma. 1 Northampton Lane. 10pm-3am. £free B4 10.30pm / £2/3 after 10pm. Funk Soul Disco Latin & Hip Hop. 30th. TUNNEL VISION. The Vault (Below No Sign Bar). Wind St. £5/£7otd. Playing a range of all things electronic (Techno, House, & UK Bass shit). Feat. Bass Clef, DJ’s NAY-kid, DVRSFY, Sneak Peek & Emma Jayne.
Taunton
DROP THE BOMB. Bliss. 43/45 East St. 10pm-3am. The biggest dance tracks, RnB tunes & party favourites.
THURSDAY Bath
+ Tele & Bigeta (28th only). DAFT FUNK. Mbargo. The Triangle, Clifton. 9pm–2am. £free. modern & classic takes across all genres. INQUITY, The Den, 31 Corn Street, 10pm, £2 NUS / £3. Resident DJs Bennie Hitchcock and Guando Guando + special guests WANTED RECORDS, The Big Chill Bar, Small Street, BS1 1DE. £free. Bristol’s record store takes up weekly residency, bringing you all manner of vinyl delights. Featuring DJ’s John Stapleton, Andy Payback HIFI and others. 21st INSECTUM Lakota 10pm4am £free Old skool, hardcore, techno, acid and psy with Linear, Overkill, Life Path 9, Dave Sandison and more. 21st OUTLOOK FESTIVAL LAUNCH PARTY Motion 10pm- late, £10. Marking the launch of the Outlook Festival that takes place in Sept in Eastern Europe, this is a bass heavy night with Mad Professor, The Bug & Daddy Freddy, Iration Steppas, Prince Fatty, Jack Sparrow and many more over 3 rooms. 28th BOOMTOWN FAIR, Lakota, 6 UPPER YORK STREET, BS2 8QN, £15. Showcase of live dubstep and DJs
21st TWICE AS NICE,
Millennium Music Hall, Millennium Plaza, CF10 1LA
Hip Hop, Garage & Funk. With special guest appearances from Shortie Blitz + Rampage
THIRSTY THURSDAYS. Po Na Na. North Parade. 10pm-2am. Girls go free b4 11pm / £3 b4 11pm / £4after Cardiff / £1 off with TT flyer. The Deviants play DISCORD Metros, 10 Bakers Row Hip Hop, House, RnB, Indie, Rock & Rave! 10pm-3am £3 Alternative night of rock, indie, punk, metal and classic alternative MONKEY LIKE BANANA. Back anthems. To Mine. 7 Bladud Buildings, The 7th NEVERMIND THE Paragon. £free before 11pm. DJs BANGERS, Barfly, 10pm, £free. mixing Breaks, Funk, DnB &Eclectic. Mixing up to date indie rock into dance tunes GLAMOUR PUSS. Club XL. 90B with Ollie Russian Walcot St. £1 B4 11pm. Student night. 21st TIME FLIES, The Kirkhouse KITSCH. The Weir Lounge. St Nightclub, 9pm, £7adv/£10otd. Saviours Road. The massive London Easter Bank Holiday Special with legendary night straight from Embargo 59. DJ Judge Jules Bristol SIGNATURE. Buffalo Bar. 11 SUCK YU MUMMA, The Croft, Windsor Place. A night of experimental, 117-119 Stoke’s Croft, 10pm, £5. Dubstep, House, Hip-Hop, Glitch, Imangie aka Badness + Tokin’ Man Dem Electronica, leftfield & future sounds.
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Clubs Frogmore St, 10pm-3am. £3/5. Bristol’s biggest alternative night with resident DJ Dan. ROCKABILLY BLAST. The Lanes, 22 Nelson Street, BS1 2LE, 8pm, Chippenham £4. 50’s themed rockabilly club night. Last 7th GET WAVEY Club E11even, Friday of the month only. 11 The Bridge, 10pm-3am, £3/Free MELTING POT. Mbargo. The B4 10.30pm. club classics, funky house, Triangle, Clifton. 8pm – 2am. Funk, R’n’B, Hip hip, grime and basement. Disco & R’n’B with DJ Suisse Tony. EDEN, Syndicate, 10pm, World’s best Gloucester DJs and cheap drinks – all a student needs 28th FULL THROTTLE Liquid, for a night out 141 Eastgate St, 10pm-4am, £8 URBAN, The Den, 31 Corn Street, in adv. Bank Holiday special with Darren 9.30, ££5/girls free before 11. With Styles on the decks for this special Hardcore DJs including Squire, DJ Touch and Kevin night. Supported by DJ SY, Miss Special K, Real Deal. iNtox, Goughy and many more. 1st BANG. The Big Chill Bar, Swansea Small Street, BS1 1DE. 9pm, £free. S.A.M.P.L.E. Bar Sigma. 1 A night of retro to modern day sounds, Northampton Lane. 8pm-12am. bringing you alternative fifties and sixties, £free. Acoustic Music & Live garage, punk, new wave, underground indie, Performance. glam, northern soul, ska and eighties. Swindon 1st DUB FORCE, Motion, 10pm, £10. Pop in and witness some of the 21st KANDIFUNK Suju, Old best dub, roots and D’n’B with Jah Tubby Town High St, 11pm-6am, £7/£6 Sound System celebrating 40yrs of bassline B4 12am. Special Easter warm-up party parties, supported by JTS Crew, Aba ShantiiI with Stanton Warriors playing an exclusive Sound System, Kenny Kan, Marvellous Cain house and breaks set, helping celebrate and many more. this nights 6th birthday too. Supported by Danny Kissane, Mr Nash, Brett Corvette & 1st MYHOUSE? Platform 1, Andy Canguelo. Whiteladies House, Whiteladies Road, BS8 2PH. The Good, the Bad and Taunton the Sexy and Midland House presents… BLISS THURSDAYS. Bliss. 43/45 East St. 10pm-3am. £5 B4 11pm 1st JELLYFISH, The Lab, 27 Broad includes your first 3 drinks on us! Biggest Street, BS1 2EL, £5 NUS / £5 B4 11 student friendly night playing Dance, Urban, / £7 after. Eclectic mix of electro breaks, R & B & Anthems. dirty house and acid chav from Tom Real, and Monkey Logic. FRIDAY 15th FUTUREBOOGIE RECORDINGS LAUNCH PARTY, Bath The Bank of Stokes Croft, 9pm, CONFESSION. Moles, George St. 9.30pm-4am. £free before 11pm/£5 £free. With music from featured artists such as Bristol’s own Julio Bashmore, after/£4 NUS. MrSteveBob plays the Behling & Simpson, Christphe, Lukas and best Electro, Pop & Indie & The Snugs play Futureboogie DJs. Reggae, Funk & Soul upstairs. SQUEEZE THE CHEESE, Pa Na Na, 15th INTRIGUE, Dojo Lounge, 8-9 North Parade, 10.30pm, £5/£4 Park Row, 10pm, £7 otd, Deep drum NUS. The best of the retropop and cheese and bass with Artificial Intelligence, Ant TC1 that everyone knows and Mark System. iPOP! Komedia. Westgate St. 15th SYNCHRONICITY Lakota, 10.30pm-1.30am. Expect the BEST Brit- 10pm-5am, £10/£5 early birds. Poppin & Chart-Topping anthems. Launch party with Atmos, Hamish, Disco DELIGHT. Club XL. 90B Walcot St. Stu and more. Expect progressive beats, £2 B4 11pm. House, Dance, Electro & disco, techno and more. Chart Hits. SAVED BY THE BELL. Celsius Ice 22nd BAD BASS Lakota Bar and Club. 1-3 South Parade. 10pm-5am £5 D’n’B, dubstep, jungle and 10pm-3am. £4 B4 11pm/£5. When the breaks with Mr Loco, Ramjack, DJ Twisted, bell sounds, ALL drink prices are drastically and more reduced ! 29th HOSPITALITY Motion ELEMENT. The Weir Lounge. 10pm- late, £16. The return of the regular St Saviours Road. £free with D’n’B Hospitality nights with this monster password from facebook. DJ Touch line-up featuring High Contrast, Danny Byrd, delivering the hottest new tunes. Logistics, Spectrasoul, Cyanfific, Sigma, Bristol N-Type, Oris Jay and many more. PHUCT. Bristol Bierkeller. All Saints’ Cardiff Street. 9pm-3am. £3 B4 10pm/£4 BUMPER. Buffalo Bar. 11 Windsor from 10pm-11pm/£5 after. Metal, Punk Place. 9pm-4am. £4/£3/free B4 & Rock to make your spine tingle. 11pm. Massive jump-up party anthems & TRUE BRIT. The Cooler, 48 Park beat-driven mayhem. Street, 10pm, £free. Get nostalgic and BOOMBOX, Cardiff Students’ come down for some ultimate Britpop bands Union, 9pm, £3. All you favourite classic with the likes of Oasis, The Stone Roses dance and chart music, sometimes with a and Blur. little turntable twist and a mix. FINITE. The Croft, 117-119 Stokes FLAWLESS. Sodabar. Mill Lane. Croft, BS1 3RW, 10pm, £5. With 10pm-3am. £free with flyer B4 the likes of Dean Rodell, Ms Kendal and 10.30pm, £3 B4 12pm, £5after. Join Broken Bap. us for a night of Sexy & Smooth R&B, from RAMSHACKLE. Carling Academy. old skool classics to big floor fillers. C-Y-N-T. Clwb Ifor Bach. 11 Womanby St. 10.30pm – 4am. £4 unless stated. Electro / DubStep / Techno / DnB / Rave.
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THE WEEKEND WARM-UP. Zync Bar. 63 St. Marys St. 8pm-5am. With DJ Adry from 8pm till 12pm then its DJ Milky, Richie playing a mixture of chart, R’n’B, Funky House & Indie. FUTURE FRIDAYS, Cardiff Arts Institute, £2 before 11PM / £4 after. Music from a range of the most exciting DJs today who are going to lead us into the future of sound 8th TIME FLIES PRESENT ABOVE AND BEYOND Millennium Music Hall, 10pm-5am, £10 in adv. Above and Beyond group therapy world tour, supported by Dave Eaves, Dean Angel, Rui J, Kiki V, Rhys Bowler, Jamie Downes, Calvin Reid & Ryan Chicester. 29th BONOBO, Millennium Music Hall, Wood Street, CF10 1LA, 7.30pm, £13.50.
Cheltenham
FRIDAYS. D-Bar, Dakota. 12-14 Bath Road. 9pm-late. £free with flyer. RnB & Urban with selected drinks deals all night.
SCANDAL. Po Na Na. North Parade.10.30pm-2.30am. £5 b4 12pm/£6after. DJ Ross Deviant with an eclectic mix of quality anthems from a variety of musical genres KLUB KUTE.The Cooler Music Venue. 48 Park St. 10pm. £5. The Best Indie night in Bristol with DJ George. FORBIDDEN FRUIT. ClubXL. Walcott St. 10pm-3am. £4.50 B4 11.30pm/£3 NUS/£6 after/£4.50 NUS. DJ Paul James blending a commercial, hip swinging bash of musical delight. SATURDAYS. Back To Mine. 7 Bladud Buildings. £free entry b4 11. £5/£3 mem. DJs on rotation playing Old Skool Beats & Nu Skool flavours as well as Funk, Soul, Hip Hop, DnB, RnB, Hypnotic Breaks & Progressive Beats. LUSH. The Weir Lounge. St Saviours Road. DJ Touch (Coco Loco, Twice As Nice) & Rudeboy Marcus play party tunes.
Bristol
HANKY PANKY PLAYBOY PARTY, Syndicate, 10pm, £free entry before 12. It’s Easter and the bunnies are out. Party with sounds from DJ Leto and DJ Minotti URBAN NIGHT, The Den, 31 Corn Street, 9.30pm, £3/girls free before 11. Music from some of the best Urban DJs in the South West. GENERATION X. The Hatchet Inn. Gloucester Frogmore St. 10pm-3am. £3 B4 8th BASSIX DivaEastgate St 11.30pm/£4after (£3 Members*). 10pm-4am, £9/£8 B4 11pm. Long Bristol’s Premier Rock Night. Main Room: running D’n’B night with Netsky, Decimal Generation X with DJs Dave Remix, Dr. Stein, Bass, Konichi, Lukie B, Philf & Access. Jason X & Old Man Rich and the best in Newport Punk, Rock, Metal & Alternative music. RETRIBUTION. Meze Lounge. POP CONFESSIONAL Thekla. Top Market St. 9pm-5am. Rock night Deck. East Mud Dock. £4 with flyer. with the lastest Metal, Metal Hardcore and Playing pop classics from all eras, think Hall Death Metal. & Oates and David Essex! KISS & MAKE UP. Revolution. 8-11 HIGHER GROUND. Mbargo. Griffin St. 9pm-6am. £free. The Triangle, Clifton. £free until 10.30pm. With DJ Jambo. Swansea DEPARTMENT S. The Lanes. FRISKY FRIDAYS. Odyssey. Nelson St. 9pm-3am. £3. Twice Salbrious Place, Little Wind St. 10.30pm-3am. £free B4 Monthly. Pounding 60’s Garage beats, freaky 11.30pm/£3. Chart, Party, Dance & RnB. 60’s Pop, Mod Soul, vintage Rock & Roll & FRIDAY FIX. Lava Lounge. Little Indie Anthems. Wind St. Till 10pm. Dance to tunes 2nd JAGUAR SKILLS, The from the last two decades with drinks prices Fleece, 9pm, £12 adv. The Revenge of to match. the Ninja Tour, mad mixing and mash-up. SHINFO. Bar Sigma. 1 2nd CACHE WELL SPENT, The Northampton Lane. 8pm-12am. £free B4 10.30pm/£3. Punk Rock Metal Big Chill Bar, Small Street, BS1 1DE. £free. Funk from the trunk & UKHH. Indie Electro Ska D&B & House. com present…homegrown British hip-hop. Swindon The official launch party for their new CD, CASSETTE PLAYER. Suju “Cache Well Spent” Nightclub. 28 High St. 11pm-4am, £3 b4 11.30pm/£5. DJ’s Downstairs: 2nd HARDCORE HEAVEN, The Warehouse Experience, 74-78 Avon Enjoy a mix of indie/rocknroll/choice pop Street, BS2 OPX, 9pm – 6am, £16. cuts/electro/funk/soul with Rob The Mod & Phil Dirt.The Lounge: Smooth RnB, Hip Hop Hardcore Heaven makes an welcome return, in association with Ravers Are and Bionic, & classic hits with The Chief. four arenas with Darren Styles, Gammer, Taunton Klubfiller, MC storm, Art of fighters, Cally BLISS FRIDAYS. Bliss. 43/45 East & Juice, Hixxy, Joey Riot, SY, Mark EG, St. 9pm-3am. The biggest tunes around! Scorpio, and many more. 2nd QUANTIC, Metropolis, SATURDAY Cheltenham Road, Stoke’s Croft, Bath 10pm, £7 adv. Aka William Holland for MOTORCITY, 22-23 Westgate another night of supreme crate digging of Street, 10.30pm, £3/£5. A classic mix funk, jazz and cool tunes. of funk, soul with some disco thrown in for a 2nd SKANKERS, 02 Academy, great Saturday night out Frogmore Street, BS1 5NA, 9pm, PLAY. Moles. George St. 10pm– £15 / £18 otd. Live Dj-ing from Taxman, 4am. Live bands & late night DJ’s playing Micky Finn, DJ Pacso + a whole bunch your favourite Dance & House tunes. more.
Chippenham
15th INSTINCT Club E11even, 11 The Bridge 10pm-3am, £9 in adv. Celebrating their 3rd birthday, this D’n’B/Dubstep night is going from strength to strength. Guests tonight include Newnham Generals, Sigma, MC Fun & Mikal, supported by residents.
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Clubs 9th EPIPHANY, Basement 45, 8 Frogmore Street, 10pm, £3 adv / £5. Texas / Kaydan / Quest One hosting a night of three rooms of different dancefloor fillers, from oldskool to dubstep 16th FUNSTA MC’S BAR RANGE TOUR, Lakota Nightclub, 6 Upper York Street,10pm, £13 adv / £15. Frontline Productions presents, with DJs Sublow, Blackley and Miss Smith 16th UNDERGROUND FREQUENCY’S 1ST BIRTHDAY Basement 45, Frogmore St 10pm4am, £10 on the door. Hard Trance & Hardstyle with M-Zone, Sam Punk, Barbers & MC Outbreak, Marcio, Menacne, Rennz and more. 2nd room is all progressive house, electro and techno with Mucky Beats, SK-2, The Maestro and friends 23rd ABSOLUTE HARDCORE Lakota 10pm-4am £3/free B4 11pm Hardcore and hardstyle party with D-Ice, Reality, Ben Niacin, Anton, Scott Fallon and more. 23rd BOUNCE EASTER SPECIAL Basement 45, Frogmore St 10pm-4am, £5/£4 Electro, house and breaks with Mi Casa Su Casa, Mark Davis. Rm 2 hosted by Unearthed (D’n’b/Dubstep/ breaks) with D-Ice, Paul Clark, Jungle Jim & more. 30th BIG BEAT REUNION Motion 10pm- late, £15/£10 in adv. Expect big beats across four rooms with Bentley Rhythm Ace, Resonant Evil, Jon Carter, Cut La Roc, Dubpistols, Elite Force, The Freestylers, Atomic Hooligan and many more. 30th TRIBE OF FROG, Lakota, 6 UPPER YORK STREET, BS2 8QN, 10pm-7am, £12/£10. Psytrance and techno night with Mr Peculiar (Live), Subliminal System (Live), Niquid, Pieman, F’Da F’Da, Dr G, Loopus in Fabula and many more. 30th ACIDIC RECORDS PRESENTS CELLARDORE RELEASE PARTY Basement 45, Frogmore St 10pm-4am, £tbc. D’n’B, dubstep and breaks with Cellardore, Ulterior Motive, G-Zus, Colour and more.
Sean Jay & Isaac, plus special guests. LOVE LIFE. The Philharmonic. 76-77 St. Mary St. 10pm-4am. £3 B4 midnight/£5after. R&B, Hip Hop, Dancehall and Old Skool with DJ Raheem, DJ Spice & Monique B. SOPHISTICATION. Zync Bar. 63 St. Marys St. 7pm-5am. Shalim 7 ‘til 10pm playing Funky House and Classics. Nick Madge 10pm ‘til 12am Milky or Richie S, from 12am ‘til 5am playing a mish mash of everything. 2nd C.Y.N.T, Millennium Music Hall, Wood Street, CF10 1LA, 10pm, £15. With DJ Zinc, Dirtyphonics, Jakwob.
Cheltenham
ULTRA. Dakota. 12-14 Bath Road. 10pm-3am. £free B4 12am/£1 off with flyer after. Chart, Party & RnB in the D-Bar.
Chepstow
MUSIQUE 10. The Kings Head. Welsh St. 8pm-1am. £free. Every 3rd Saturday of the month Musique brings you House, Breaks, Electro, Classics & Urban.
Bristol
DJ LUNCH BOX. Mr Wolfs. 33 St. Stephens St. £free. A night of Reggae, Ragga, Hiphop, Ska, Swing & Balkan beauties! THANK YOU PLEASE! Mbargo. The Triangle, Clifton. 8pm -2am. £free. Alex Taylor presents live music! SUNDAY LAZY DAY SPECIAL, The Den, 31 Corn Street, 9.30pm, £3/ girls free from 11. The best Urban hits brought to you by the finest Urban DJS. First and third Sunday of the month. REFORM, The Big Chill Bar, Small Street, BS1 1DE. £free. The Big Chill brings you relaxing Sundays with 25% off all drinks, every week. 3rd DJ CHEEBA, The Bank of Stokes Croft, 84 Stokes Croft, BS1 3QY. Official launch of his latest audio visual mix, ‘Revenge of the Nerd’.
Cardiff
NO SWEAT, Cardiff Arts Institute, 9pm, £free. Weekly treat of live bands ALLSORTS MASSIVE. Kirkhouse. Merthyr Tydfil. 8pm-late. £free Newport SWITCH. Meze Lounge. Market St. B4 9pm. With Sean Jay & Thunderbolt 9pm-6am. Alt,Indie, Rock, Hip-Hop, D&B, Tommy Dean. SODA SUNDAYS. Sodabar. Mill Dubstep, Old Skool, Emo. Lane. £free for Industry Card Stroud holders/payslip/£2 everyone else. 9th DUBZONE Junction 13, 27a £1 drinks with Industry Card. Nelson St, 10pm-4am, £8/£5 in adv. MOCKA SUNDAYS. Mocka Lounge. 1 Mill Lane. £3 after 11pm. Dubstep and D’n’b night with Subzero, Sexy RnB. Funky & Soulful House. Classics N-Type, Hastie, Livewire, MC Fearless, & Old Skool. Alphabetical and more. HOUSE PARTY! Buffalo Bar, 11 Swansea DESIRE. Odyssey. Salbrious Place, Windsor Place. 8pm-4am. £free. Featuring a selection of up & coming bands, Little Wind St. 10.30pm-3am. £free DJs & Cardiff promoters. B4 11.30pm/£4. Chart, Party, Dance & RnB. 24th 2MANYDJS, Millennium MARVEL. Monkey Cafe. 13 Castle Music Hall, Wood Street, CF10 St. 9pm – late. £ free B4 10pm. 1LA, 10pm, £17. Their long-awaited Fortnightly. Urban Night, playing the best of performance is finally here on Bank Holiday Funk, Hip-Hop, Drum and Bass, Rare Grove, 24th ABSOLUTE OLD SKOOL, Jazz & those guilty pleasure anthems. Lakota, 6 UPPER YORK STREET, SATURDAYS. Lava Lounge. Little 10pm-4am, £3/free B4 11pm Old Wind St. Open till 3am. Playing skool and hardcore with Nifty, DJ Rascal, DJ commercial chart & the best of the 70’s, Twisted, Biglee & Rudy. 80’s & 90’s. 1st May SUBLOADED, Lakota, SHINFO. Bar Sigma. 1 6 UPPER YORK STREET, 10pmNorthampton Lane. 8pm till 3am. £free B4 10.30pm / £3/£5 after. Punk 5am, £10/£7 in adv D’n’B, dubstep, Cardiff Rock Metal Indie Electro Ska D&B & House. jungle and dub with Photek, Kode 9, Pinch, Youngsta, Jakes, Gemmy, Peverelist, Blazey, CASINO ROYALE, Barfly, 10pm, Swindon Dread, Koast and many more. £5 adv. Cardiff brings you Vegas with 60’s 1st May LOVE LOVE. Suju. Garage and Northern Soul night from some Cheltenham 28 High St. 11pm-6am, £6 before of the best DJs, with a classic roulette table LIVE JAZZ, The Royal Union in 1am, £7 After. £1 off for Suju / for some casino fun. Tivoli, 8pm. Live jazz music every Sunday Mixmag Members before 2am. COMEPLAY, Cardiff Students’ Newport DJ’s Downstairs: playing nothing but house Union, 7pm, £3. Three rooms, a whole SIN. Mojo. Market St. £free, 9pmhoax of different genres of music and some music The Chief, Martyn Davies, Daniel 2am. Service Industry Night with a twist. Boast, Stacey Lea. The Lounge: Smooth live performances too, Saturday night at the SSSHHH! Revolution. 8-11 Griffin RnB, Hip Hop & Classic Hits with Vinz M. Union has something for everyone. St. 9pm-2am. £free. Expect to hear SATURDAYS. Club X. 35-37 Charles Taunton Commercial House, Classics, R&B, Soulful, BLISS SATURDAYS. Bliss. 43/45 St. 8pm-6am. £free B4 10pm. Hip Hop & Breaks right through to Electro. East St. 9pm-3am. The biggest tunes Residents Kevin Williams & DJ Mandy Swansea around! B playing Dance & Dirty Electro, DJ Dan DILICIOUS. Lava Lounge. Little playing party anthems & DJ Tyler playing Wind St. 9pm-3am. £free. It’s the only SUNDAY sexy Soul & RnB. Industry Night that counts! Resident DJ’s DIRTY POP/ VINYL VENDETTAS/ Bath play only the finest dance tunes all night. MR POTTER. Clwb Ifor Bach. 11 STOOPID FRESH! Back To Mine, Womanby St. £5. 10pm – 3am. Send your listings for events 7 Bladud Buildings, The Paragon. Offering three floors of the best tracks from a £3 (cheaper if you dress up) Break taking place in May to be variety of genres. dancing, Hip Hop, Scratching & Graff!! DJ’s included in our May issue by THE BEATBOX BALLROOM. Asian Hawk, slick wizard slim & special 12th April. Buffalo Bar. 11 Windsor Place. agent chuck Rock. 8pm-4am. £free B4 11pm £3/4 after. Email 247@outofhand.co.uk Celebration of everything new & old school. SUNDAY SELECT. The Weir Lounge. St Saviours Road. A party RESIDENT DJ NIGHT, Kirkhouse, mix of RnB, Old Skool, Soul, Funk, Pop, Merthyr Tydfil, 8pm, £2 off Funky House & more. admission with flyer. Resident DJs
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1st May
Simple things festival, Various venues across Bristol,
A brand new one day music and visual festival presented by the people behind Colours, No Need to Shout ,Chai Wallahs, 580 Collective, Adventures in The Beetroot Field, Crack Magazine, Start the Bus and Monkey! Knife! Fight! Situated in the heart of Bristol, the festival promises an eclectic, forward thinking line up spread across three city centre venues. Taking in a huge melting pot of genres from hip hop, electronica, funk, dubstep and everything in-between, the event will include five stages including a secret location. The line-up including Jamie XX, Chris Clark (Club set), Gonjasufi (Live 6 piece band), Bibio (Live), Jon Hopkins (Live), Fantastic Mr Fox , Baths (Live), Daedelus (Live), Hexstatic (audio visual show), James Yuill (DJ set), Kutmah, Duffstep (Live), Anika (Live), Shadow Orchestra (Live), Microburst (Live) and Astroid Boys on the main stage. The Chai Wallahs stage includes The Correspondents, Babyhead The Nextmen, Yes Sir Boss, Sheelanagig, First Degree Burns, Big in Lights, DJ Moneyshot, Tin Roots, The People’s String Foundation, John Hendicott & Origami Dinosaur. Over on the Fear Of Fiction stage, expect to see Anika (Live), Zoon Van Snook (Live), Branches (Live), Idles (Live), The World At Large (DJs) Something in Construction Records (DJs) Sink Ships (DJs) and Million Way (Live). Warp Films will also showcase some of their work and fun and games will be provided by Squeaky Hill & Friends. Tickets only £20/£25 early bird from Bristol Ticket Shop and usual outlets. magazine | 37
Snapped!
BLOC 2011 touched down in Minehead, Somerset in March, bringing 6,000 techno and electro heads from all over Europe together for three days of electronic bliss, with a massive line up featuring legendary artists topping the bill such as Aphex Twin, Magnetic Man and LFO all taking to a stage normally reserved for a lame kids pop extravaganza! The vibe was electric from the minute we threw our bags in our chalet right through to Sunday night when Laurent Garnier wrapped the weekend up perfectly to a crowd that seemed like they had moved in for good at Butlins. Tickets for 2012 are sale at the now at www.blocweekend.com‌ See you all there! Photos: Matt Smith
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