Issue 120 | March 2011 Publishing Director: Nigel Muntz / nigel.muntz@ outofhand.co.uk Editor: Rachael D’Cruze / rachael. dcruze@outofhand.co.uk Design: Lucy Reynolds Production: Nigel Muntz, Andy Nelson & Advertising: Nick Tuckfield sales@outofhand.co.uk Contributing Susie Stillwell, Alex Writers: Christaki, Rachael D’Cruze, Nigel Muntz, Rob Elford. Contributing Rob Sleigh, Frances Allan, Photographers: Laura Williams, Alan Butler, John Barker, Backbone Listings: Annie Scott
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EDITORS LETTER:
As always, putting together this month’s issue of 247 has been a real pleasure and a whirl of activity. From interviewing the legendary DJ Eddie Halliwell, who is making a are appearance in the South West this month (page 10) to directing a gaggle of contenders from our Student Model Search competition (page 17) on this month’s fashion shoot there hasn’t been a dull moment! Interviews this month include rap and dance star Example (page 9) and stand-up comedian Tom Deacon (page 13), who’s flying the flag for the South West. While I’m loving the space helmet Example’s rocking out on this month’s cover, I’d much prefer some new clobber from Kuccia - check out our competition on page 6 and bag yourself £250 worth of Kuccia goodies if you’re a girl and the opportunity to make a lucky lady very happy indeed if you’re a guy! As always I’d love to hear from anyone with feedback and suggestions for the mag - don’t be shy get in touch - Rach X Rachael D’Cruze, Editor.
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The picture you see here, taken by photographer Martin Yelland, is called ‘Culs Nuls’ which roughly translated means ‘Bare Bottom’. When he’s not taking photos on French nudist beaches, you can find Martin in St. Ives, where works as a postman. He’s also been busy producing a UK body boarding DVD called ‘Post Codes‘, which has sold over 400 copies. Although photography is still pretty new to Martin, who only recently got a decent stills camera and water-proof housing, he set to work photographing in the water at some sick Cornish shore breaks and has since joined the Splashography team as a sponsored board rider and photographer. See www.splashography.com. Martin’s currently working on getting a website so in the meantime hit him up at postcodes@gmail.com www.247magazine.co.uk
Features Example 09
We catch up with the rap and dancemusic trailblazer
Eddie Halliwell 10
The superstar DJ comes to the South West
John Grant 12
The award-winning solo artist comes to Exeter
Tom Deacon 13
Flying the comedy flag for the South West
Press Pack Sessions 15
06 News 16 Retail Therapy 17 Fashion 20 Style Hunter 21 Street Art 22 Music Reviews 30 Racket from the pit
Listings
Regulars
Meet Plymouth-based acoustic poppers; Sir Francis and the Drakes
26 Culture 27 Film 29 Live 43 Clubs
46 Snapped
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Email news to: 247@outofhand.co.uk Greenbank Fal River Festival Falmouth’s Greenbank Hotel has become the sponsor of this year’s Fal River Festival. The event celebrates life on and around the River Fal with art, music, food and sporting events. Get it your diary: May 27 - June 5, see www. kingharryscornwall.co.uk/ festival
Spring Feast If you’re a foodie, get March 18 – April 1 in your diary as Cornwall’s restaurants are set to come alive this spring with the Cornwall Spring Feast - two weeks of special spring menus and numerous tasty events. See www. cornwallfoodanddrink. co.uk Get Kuccia Cool clothing label Kuccia’s new website, with online shop, launches this month. Sign-up for their mailing list and get a whopping £15 of your first order! See www. kuccia.com St Piran’s Day Band of the Bands To mark the National Day of Cornwall on Sat 5 March, The Koola in Newquay are hosting a special battle of the bands, with five Cornish bands doing battle to win the St Piran’s Day cup and a £200 cash prize. The night kicks off at 9pm and any band interested in taking place should contact 01637 873415 or the.koola@ virgin.net Vibraphonic Festival Kicking off across Exeter this month on March 18 (to April 3). and held at various venues throughout the city, the fest is a mix of reggae, soul, urban, jazz, funk, blues, hip hop, drum & bass, electronica and experimental music. Highlights this year include ninja mash up specialist, Jaguar Skills who headlines Standout on Fri 4 March, Sub Motion Orchestra on Wed 9 March, jazz & hip hop band, Halsall & Singh on Fri 18 at the Cavern, Courtney Pine on Sun 20, Example on Fri 25 (see our interview with him in this issue) and Subfocus, Tempa T (who recently supported Chase and Status on tour) and DC Breaks on Fri 1st April. See www. vibraphonic2011.co.uk for more info and tickets.
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Busy Sound
Sound Nightclub in Penzance recently had their busiest night to date, selling over 1,000 tickets for DJ Krafty Kuts on Saturday Feb 5. In what looks to be a busy year for the club, Krafty was the first in a long line of bookings for the rest of 2011. Acts coming soon include Dirty Sanchez, big name DJs such as Judge Jules, Dave Pearce, Mark EG and Alix Perez, and live hip-hop performances from Hieroglyphics front-man Del the Funky Homosapien and D12 rapper Kuniva from Shady Records. All information on events can be found on the club’s Facebook page, or on their website at www.soundpenzance.com
Schmooze with Plan B
British hip hop soul star Plan B is set to play a sold-out show at Plymouth Pavilions on Tuesday 8 March and fans will be pleased to know that SW1 Productions in association with CGI Music are hosting an official after show party at Plymouths Karma Nightclub were you can meet Plan B (real name: Ben Drew). Ben and fellow band members will be on hand to potentially perform a couple of tracks whilst a tour DJ (DJ Swerve) will play the soundtrack for the party. The date will also feature a line up of top DJ’s from across the SW. Tickets cost £8 in advance from www. seetickets.com / 0871 2200260.
Drive-in Deco
If you’re looking for something different to do consider getting tickets to one of eight special performances in Plymouth, where a forgotten deco car showroom has been turned into a breath-taking venue for a unique drive-in performance, combining film, theatre, live music, radio broadcast and popcorn. Expect all the excitement of a drive-in at this world première, where you will be greeted in your car by bellhops and usherettes, enjoy refreshments, and watch dancers perform to big-band hits of the 30s & 40s. As night falls, you will be invited to tune in and sit back for the main feature – the fascinating story of the Colin Campbell House. For dates, details and prices see www.hiddencity.org.uk
New music venue
Love burlesque? Then get yourself along to Ruby Slipper’s Retro Romp,April 1 – 3 at The Rainbow Hotel, Torquay. It’s a three day burlesque weekender – choose the weekend package or go just for the day – celebrating the associated styling, music and membrobella, organised by the folks behind the popular Kinky and Quirky present Burlesque and Boogie. There are a whole host of events planned – from learning to pose like a pinup to cabaret life drawing. Saturday night’s entertainment looks delicious with acts including The Flirtinis, Anna Fur Laxis and Mr B, The Gentleman Rhymer. We have four tickets to Ruby Slipper’s Retro Romp’s Saturday night special up for grabs. Win at www.247magazine.co.uk
Truro’s newest live music venue, B-Side, is set to launch on 4 March. B-Side will be a weekly Friday night club night that will take place in the Cavern like ‘pool room’ end of Bunters Bar, where the organisers will create a venue specifically for live music performance that hopes to attract the best new home-grown talent as well as touring acts. B-Side looks set to be a solid addition to Bunters’ well-known Thursday live music nights. B-Side launch night will feature a headline slot from one of Cornwall’s most hotly tipped acts; The Patrickjamespearson Band. Support on the night comes from indie garage rockers The Black Tambourines, Cornish psyche folk rockers Hanterhir and opening the show will be the incredibly charming Gorgeous Bully. Entry is free. Look them up on Facebook for updates. Pictured: Patrickjamespearson Band
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Get to Ibiza with 247 Magazine
Fed up with the grey weather and fancy some sun, sea and pumping tunes this summer on the white isle? Then get yourself involved with our special Ibiza trip at the end of June. We have teamed up with Exeter promoters, Hindsight, Kitchen Disko and Ibizan Heat 2011 for seven days and nights of parties with a great package that includes accommodation, discounted food and drink wristband for selected bars/restaurants, pool parties, entry into five massive parties including Cream at Amnesia and Ibizan Heat’s Bora Bora 10th birthday party. This package is only £209 (ex flights) and you need to book your flight to arrive in Ibiza on Fri 24 or Sat 25 June. More info at www.ibizanheat. com and call Nick at Vacation Club 0208 780 5551 to book now. All holidays are protected by ATOL and you only need to pay a small deposit now to secure your place.
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Kuccia Design Competition
Win a £250 shopping spree at Kuccia.com and a chance to collaborate with Kuccia! Fresh fashion label Kuccia are offering 247 readers the opportunity to show them your talent and bag £250 worth of clothes and a chance to collaborate with them. The brief is simple: come up with a design - graphic, illustration, fashion or whatever you do- which you think they’ll like (hint: if it features their logo all the better!) and send it to win@kuccia.com. Not only will you walk away with arms of garms from their new online store, they’ll be pleased as punch to meet you - Kucching! See www.kuccia.com We follow them, so you don’t have too. However you can follow us at www.twitter.com/247magazine edenproject A tune for the weekend: The Cult’s ‘Wild Flower’. because spring is just around the corner here in Cornwall. Honest. http://bit.ly/hPbRqj Agreed. Sun please.
gardenhead Twitter just suggested I should follow Jack Wills. I am now going to tear my own skin off, brb. Jonathan Fuller, Song writer, student at Exeter Uni and prolific tweeter.
radiohead The Jasmine Revolution...http://rhd.cc/ag16 #das Check out Radiohead’s website for the link above. Guitarist Ed has posted an interesting entry entitled ‘What have twitter and facebook ever done for us?’
Tate_StIves Don’t forget you can get free entry to the galleries Late at Tate St Ives, last Fri of each month 18.00-21.00 Did you say free? We’re there!
BillBailey BB’S Ultimate Listening Guide e.g. The Clash ‘London Calling’ while eating Nutella with a bit of Lego out of a conch? Follow the inner ramblings of Bill Bailey’s mind on Twitter and have a chuckle.
SharpsBrewery Molson Coors have told us that they will preserve our unique culture and appeal and help us build on our success. Great news! CornishStory Fancy yourself as a bit of a pro photographer?email your beautiful images of Cornwall to magazine@cornishstory.com for possible publication. Cornish Story magazine is all about celebrating Cornwall’s distinct culture and heritage.
YesSirBossMusic These two new songs are sounding absolute sex panther...looking forward to getting back in the studio. Boom! Bristolian six piece band who’s fans include Joss Stone.
SurfGirlMag Who wants to get fit and surf better? We are launching an online surf specific training programme for you to follow! Just in time for Summer...
HallforCornwall HallforCornwall March market dates are on sale. Just follow the link.http:// fb.me/LOqHGnNu. Get tickets, get out of the house...
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Web Watch - This Month We’re Loving
www.stillsonumb.blogspot.com Tim Nunn, photographer and Surfer. Follow his photographic journey in stunning pictures of some of the most memerizing places on the planet, including Canada, Iceland and Indonesia.
www.clovelly-silk.co.uk Clovelly Silk, a family run textiles studio based in the beautiful village of Clovelly in North Devon. Check out their website for their silk designs and all kinds of craft courses that you can do in their open workshop.
www.kneehigh.co.uk Kneehigh now finds itself celebrated as one of Britain’s most innovative theatre companies. Pay their website a visit for their latest daring and magical theatre productions.
www.sas.org.uk Surfers Against Sewage, doing what they can to keep our beaches and seas clean and preserving our beautiful coastlines. Find out about how to get involved.
Plymouth Volks Fest More acts have been confirmed for the event, coming into its fourth year, to be held on May 27 – 30. The VW and music festival is growing from strength to strength with big headlines like Ali Campbells UB40, Toploader, The Beat, Zion Train, Gentlemans Dub Club. For more info see www. plymouthvolksfest.co.uk Barn Club relaunch The Barn Club, Penzance, Cornwall’s very first club, will re-open its doors on March 26 following a major redevelopment with a specialist nightclub Design Team who have re-invented the club with amazing lighting effects, digital sound systems and 4 new bars creating different themes for each of the three rooms. See you there, see www. barnclub.com Re:Ride Snowboards Looking for a new snowboard? Check out Re:Ride at www.reride. co.uk - an online snowboard shop that allows you to trade in your old board to get a new one more cheaply. No one else offers this service. Set up by two guys from the South West: Nathan Amery and Russell Waddell who came up with the concept to get more people into the sport and to raise awareness of global warming amongst snowboarders and the receding snow line – reusing boards means newcomers to the sport don’t need to shell out for a low-end brand new board and there’s no associated manufacturing cost to the environment. Eden Sessions – first acts announced Cornwalls Eden Project live summer showcase, the Eden Sessions have announced their first gigs of 2011 with Primal Scream, supported by indie rockers, The Horrors playing on Thurs 23 June. Last seen at Eden in 2004, Primal Scream present Screamadelica Live, playing the entire album, considered to be one of the defining records of the nineties. Following that, Fleet Foxes and Dublin folk collective The Villagers play amongst the world famous biomes on Fri 1 July. Tickets are on sale now for £37.50 at www. edenproject.com and more Sessions are expected to be announced shortly. magazine | 7
After a short break since the release of his triumphant second album ‘Won’t Go Quietly’, rap and dance music trailblazer, Example is back and working on a successor. Ahead of his return to the South West, the solo artist spoke to 247’s Rob Sleigh about how he’s taking a darker turn… “My brain is always very active. I have a lot of things on my mind. I’m quite hyper and I find it hard to relax and sleep sometimes. I always have ideas in my head.” This may explain why London rapper Example has barely stopped to take a break since last year’s Top 10 album ‘Won’t Go Quietly’. As well as heading back out on the road this month for a new tour, which includes a date in Yeovil, Example has also begun work on his third album. “I’ve finished about eight songs now. I need maybe another four or five ‘cause you always need bonus tracks for iTunes and that. I’m really happy with everything.”
“It’s nothing like winning The X Factor or doing ten gigs down your local pub and then getting noticed by a major label” Example – an alias that references the initials of his real name, Elliot Gleave – goes on to describe how the new record will be moving in a slightly different direction on this occasion. “My third album is a lot darker, epic and moody, but still uplifting. There’s more of a uniform sound throughout this project compared to the last album. It’s nearly all singing. I’m a singer now. That’s your pullout quote!” The forthcoming release, which is tentatively scheduled for September, will feature contributions from Faithless, Chase & Status and Robbie Williams’s former co-writer Guy Chambers. However, the rapper confirms that he is yet to come up with a suitable name. “I’m toying with a few ideas for the title. At the moment, I like ‘Under The Influence’, but also ‘Playing In The Shadows’.”
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Over the past few years since the release of his debut album ‘What We Made’, the UK urban music scene has been undergoing something of a makeover, with dubstep and grime both making big waves throughout the mainstream. Example explains how artists working in these genres are among the most diligent in British music. “People who started in rap, grime, garage or dubstep have to start at the bottom of the industry and do everything themselves. We’ve grafted for years to get to where we are now. It’s nothing like winning The X Factor or doing ten gigs down your local pub and then getting noticed by a major label.” As the scene has evolved, his own sound and style has developed along with it. “I was influenced by hip-hop when I was eighteen. Now it’s dubstep, rock, drum’n’bass, trance. Anything really.” As the music has increased in popularity, the quantity of respected artists is intensifying as well. “It’s more competitive, but that’s a healthy thing. To be honest, I’m in my own lane. No one else looks like me, sounds like me or raps and sings over multi-genre music.” Going on to talk about the forthcoming tour, it sounds as though Example has no plans to take any long breaks anytime soon. “I just love performing and I love entertaining. I want to tour as much as possible for the next five to ten years. All over the world too.” At this month’s gig in Yeovil, he’ll be providing an energetic and actionpacked show as part of the proceedings. “It’s an aggressive, ravey show. A party. You will leave with your legs, eardrums and eyes all hurting. How gigs should be.”
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Eddie Halliwell Eddie Halliwell is a superstar DJ. He had his own show across the different genres of the dance music umbrella, “going on Radio One and now creates his own radio show, Fire from House, to Trance, to Techno, those are the sort of areas that It Up. He is the only DJ to be named DJ of the Year twice I cover.” and was listed in the top 20 of the Top 100 DJs for three consecutive years. Frances Allan discovers more about his DJing and where he still wants to play.
“Technology has allowed DJs to become more creative artists”
For a man who has travelled the world and played in the biggest and best known clubs on the planet, when Eddie Halliwell looks back at 2011, playing at C103 in Plymouth probably won’t be his lasting memory of the year. But that doesn’t mean the gig isn’t important, “It’s important to get around anywhere, whether it’s big or a small venue. For me as a DJ, I love playing both intimate environments in a club, and festivals and big arena shows. They are two totally different gigs but equally as enjoyable shows. To get to do the smaller venues is important as not a lot of people get to go to the bigger events.”
In the eyes of the Dance music community, Eddie is obviously very good at what he does, as he has many accolades to his name. Whilst Eddie appreciates the international exposure that these give him, it is not the be-all and end-all, “You can’t compare them to DJing or playing to a crowd, actually nothing can really compare to stuff like that. But when you get stuff in a poll, or whether it’s nominated, it’s very, very important to have those things to give you the exposure internationally.”
“I have played so many different places that I’ve pretty much covered everywhere.”
And what about the future, where to play next? Eddie says “I have played so many different places that I’ve pretty much covered everywhere. There are little pockets of areas of the world that I won’t have been to yet and I’ll try to tick all the ones off in South America”.
The difference between the clubs is obviously the size, and the proportion of people there that have intentionally gone to see Eddie. As a result the atmosphere from a crowd can vary and Eddie says “It really does depend on the scene and the different territories in the world. If people have an awareness of who I am and what I’m about, then that obviously affects the crowd because they’ll be very well up for it, but you can go to certain territories in the world where the scene’s not as developed and dance music’s quite fresh to them, and they’re not aware of it, then it’s your job to get them fired up and make them aware of you”.
Whilst this sounds very glamorous, the traveling is the only hard part of the job. “The travelling can be very tiring, when you are getting straight off a plane going to a hotel to dump your bags and then go straight to a gig. You’ve got to be careful not to go from one gig to the next without thinking about it. For me it’s one of the best things, being able to DJ and experience travelling around the world, and it is only the travelling that makes it hard work sometimes. As long as you love music, it’s an amazing
Eddie’s sets are very much rooted in Dance music and he describes them as “very energetic and uplifting”, spanning
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Eddie Halliwell is playing making a rare appearance in Plymouth on Sat 19 March where he headlines at the Goodgreef tour night at C103, Union St, Plymouth, supported by Jordan Suckley and residents. Tickets £12 in advance from www.ticketsellers.co.uk / £14 on the door. Info 07790 774550
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A couple of years ago, John Grant was at his lowest ebb – making a living waiting tables in New York after the break up of his band The Czars, and doubting his musical ability. In a true indie fairytale he was tracked down by former Bella Union label-mates Midlake and enticed back into the studio to record his award winning solo album and onto the road. Laura Williams finds out more… The John Grant story is worthy of any Hollywood film. Born to a religious family small town America, John struggled to come to terms with his sexuality and grew up motherless from the age of 15 with many demons including serious issues with drugs and alcohol. The late 90s and early Noughties were spent with The Czars but when that ended in 2005, John found himself on his own. It wasn’t until 2009 that things started looking up for John when Midlake invited him to record with them in their studio in Denton. He said: “I did a few dates with Midlake on their Trials of Van Occupanther tour. They were really encouraging me to come and do my album with them. It was such a great offer, I almost couldn’t take it seriously. It took me such a long time to take them up on it but they were serious about it and they really followed through with it. It was as romantic as it sounds. So he recorded his solo album, Queen of Denmark, which went on to beat Midlake’s Courage of Others to the top spot in the Mojo album of the year list. He said: “When somebody like Mojo gives you album of the year it’s undeniably a real confidence boost for you. But at the end of the day, it comes down to what you think about what you’re doing. JC Hates Faggots was difficult for me to do because I kept wanting to soften it and had to force myself to keep it the way I had meant it. I told myself, I don’t have to do that anymore – if it makes somebody uncomfortable then tough shit, it has to be that way. My favourites off the album are Honey Bear and It’s Easier. I love to play both of those. It’s really emotional, but not in a bad way.” Many of the songs on Queen of Denmark relate to John’s expartner who made a massive impact on his life. He said: “I thought I had found the person that I had always searched for and I really let myself go. At first I was afraid to let myself go but they kept saying the things I was saying and to lose that was really tough and painful. You don’t want to admit that somebody walked away from you. Talking about it was hard at first. Now there are days when it’s hard and days when it feels like good therapy to be able to talk about it and get it out there. The more distance I get, the easier it gets. But I don’t ever want to forget what it feels like.” 12 |
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John says he is looking forward to coming back to the Westcountry after a well-received comeback gig with Midlake and Jason Lytle from Grandaddy at Exeter Lemongrove last year. He said: “That was a great gig. I aslo remember playing Bath with The Czars and we spent some time in Bristol cos I had some really close friends living there. We spent a lot of time on The Downs, it’s so beautiful there. And I got to know a great little video shop (20th Century Flicks – ed) and we used to go there all the time – I’d like to go back there and check that out. I also remember seeing the most magnificent and beautiful Monkey Puzzle tree, I hadn’t really seen one before.” But that’s not the only reason John digs Bristol. He added: “There is an amazing music scene. Portishead are one of my all time favourites and their last record, Third, was amazing. I wasn’t really expecting much from it and didn’t really think that they could do better than their older stuff but I was so excited that they came back with something so satisfying and different and it’s probably my favourite album of theirs. “I feel like there are a lot of gems out there now – a lot of people who are making good music. But it’s rare that people turn the spotlight on themselves in a way that is raw and talk about things that most people think would be embarrassing. I think that it’s a good thing to do that, I think that people want to hear that because it’s something that they can identify with.” So how does John find performing on his own compared to with a band? “I feel more exposed when it’s me on my own, but in a good way,” he said. “I feel like I can talk more to the crowd. When you’re playing with a full band you don’t want to make them stand there for a long time while you’re connecting with the crowd. It isn’t always easy for me to perform but I’m starting to get used to it now.” John Grant plays an instore at Rise before his gig at Bristol St George’s on March 28 and Exeter Phoenix on March 29 Tickets for both shows from www.seetickets.com More info on John Grant at www.myspace.com/johnwilliamgrant
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Interview: Frances Allan
TOM DEACON
Tom Deacon is best known for his Sunday night show on BBC Radio One, but he is also a seasoned stand-up comedian who won the Chortle Student Award in 2007, and played at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2009. He talks to Frances Allan about playing his homecoming gig at the Exeter Phoenix. You are playing at the Exeter Phoenix in March, are you excited about coming back to where it all began? I am coming back because to me Exeter’s so important, I went to university there and it’s really where I started doing stand-up comedy. I have seen other comedians play there and when I was at university I really wanted to one day play Exeter Phoenix, it’s not known as the greatest venue but for me it’s really special. So it’s like a homecoming gig, I am hoping people will turn up; it’s quite a big gig for me.
thenthey are the nicest people to gig to.
Do you enjoy touring the country doing stand-up? How does the South West compare? I love to go there. I’ve done gigs in Newquay and Liskeard, which was lovely. I am thinking that in different places around the country, the audience can make a gig sometimes, and the Exeter people are fantastic, so are people in the South West in general. I do these gigs because I am based in London and if I ever get to go to the South West, then I jump at the chance because I know that room of people can be quite off-ish to start with, but then warm up and
What inspires your comedy? It’s the things around me, my mates, my girlfriend, situations, wherever I have been. My comedy is my way of understanding everything else. It’s kind of observational stuff that I draw upon, trying not to be too egotistical and too about me.
You played at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2009, how does that compare to other gigs? The only way that I can describe it is insane. This gig in March in Exeter, there’s no real pressure, in as much as I want to put a great gig on, I want to be funny, I want to be entertaining and I want the people who have paid money to see that show to have a wicked gig. Whereas in Edinburgh, it’s the same feeling that I want to do really well…but there’s that extra added pressure that reviewers are So is there extra pressure then, because it’s like a there, and the pressure’s on. It is such a claustrophobic festival for a performer, it can be really, really intense, but sometimes that’s homecoming gig? I think I will enjoy it a little bit more, but it’s another gig and I treat kind of the buzz, and for performers, you just have to rise to the every gig the same. I’m kind of excited about this one, that’s the occasion. only difference. Some gigs I’m like “ok this one might be fun”, but with this one, I am genuinely looking forward to coming down. “I have seen other comedians play there I learnt how to do my stand-up comedy in Exeter so I know the and when I was at university I really places. There used to be a place called Three Fat Fish and then it got changed to The Hub, in the centre of Exeter, that’s where I wanted to one day play Exeter Phoenix, learnt my stage craft as it where, so it will be nice to play a nice it’s not known as the greatest venue but big room. for me it’s really special.”
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Sir Francis
& the Drakes In the hot seat with Joe Biddle of Presspack Studios this month are singer/songwriters, Steve Gribble and Dave Ankers from Plymouth-based acoustic poppers, Sir Francis and the Drakes. The band, which also features Rob Stillwell on drums, Luke McGowan on bass and Age Charters on Keys, released their second album, The Lighthouse last year, featuring stories about “misadventure on the high seas mixed with motorway murders, travellers laments and dying thieves”. Watch the interview in full at www.247magazine.co.uk. It’s time to ramshackle and roll. I’ve known you for a while now, but for the benefit of the readers tell me how the band started? We were both in bands before this (Dave was in Eleven Lives Left). We were doing the rock thing, and then we had a bit of hiatus, so we were hanging out at the Ride open mic night on Monday evenings. We were both just playing our songs acoustically, and then we got together and started jamming along to each other’s songs and thought: “This is fun…” The first album came out of those sessions; just jamming along really.
rock band. So I already had a lot of songs that fitted in with the style of this band. And for the second album, there was more emphasis on the production. On the first one we had all these songs, we jammed them, slapped them down and it sounded good. It gave us a platform to build on. The first album was very raw, and there wasn’t a bass guitar on it. On the next one, we decided to think about what we’re doing more.
With these interviews, I always ask, “How would you pigeonhole your music?” I came up with a few things: melodic songs, acoustically driven, summery and strong on harmony. And now you have a full band? Yes, it’s been a bit of an amalgamation of our previous bands. And There are all these different flavours. Do you write together? It’s like a cake. Someone will make most of the cake, and the other just as we decided to play folk, it became popular! will come along and add a bit on top of it, or an extra chunk. Then Good timing. Your second release is The Lighthouse: has that the other guys will come in and make it a complete song. got anything to do with Smeaton’s Tower on Plymouth Hoe? I drew a sketch for the cover of the first album (which looks like a Tell us more about your label; Loveinthesound. four-year-old’s drawing!) and I did another one for the second one, We just go with the “West is best” thing. Some people take their which is loosely based on Smeaton’s Tower. Dave wrote a really music to Manchester or London to get involved with what goes on good song called the Lighthouse, and the two fitted together. Being there. But for us, although it’s not perfect, we think there are some from Plymouth and having the related imagery in our music and great venues here and also some great musicians- that’s both Devon and Cornwall. So rather than give someone else our stuff, our artwork is really important to us. we wanted to release it ourselves. Were you worried about how the second album would be received? For more info on Sir Francis and the Drakes, Not really. We were both writing a lot for our previous bands. A lot of see www.francisandthedrakes.co.uk the songs I wrote on the acoustic guitar, weren’t going to work in a www.247magazine.co.uk
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Arash Torabi
UK Rocka
“The times they are a changing.”
“Sausage time!”
“Hammertime”
Roddy Woomble
The Impossible Song And Other Songs (Parlophone) Who needs Idlewild when you can knock out a 12 song masterclass in Caledonian folk-roots? Not our Rodders. As opening gambits go, a reflective banjo-led stomp is a perfect way to a) distance yourself from your day job and b) remind people of the fact that your solo career is alive and kicking and very worthy of attention. With an array of down-home guests from the likes of Sparrow & The Workshop and Lau, the country mores of ‘New Frontier’ and ‘Between The Old Moon’s gentle, cinematic grace reveal a competency that should herald a whole new chapter for Woomble.
The Unthanks Last
(EMI) You don’t have to be a connoisseur of working class folk music from the north east of England to relate to the passions contained therein. And when it comes to the sublime and windswept passions of Rachel and Becky Unthanks, there’s a lot to be gained from leaping in headfirst and immersing yourself in the moment. Like 2009’s spellbinding ‘Here’s The Tender Coming’, this is the sound of modern people refusing to abandon pre-modern musical history with astonishing results. From the Nick Drake-esque ‘No-One Knows I’m Coming’ to the reverential trad harmonies of ‘Canny Hobbie Elliot’, ‘Last’ has the ability to paint vivid and haunting pictures that you’ll want to cherish forever.
Rival Schools Pedals
(Photo Finish) Ten years ago Rival Schools altered the posthardcore template with the highly rated ‘United By Fate’. Seemingly keen to revisit those former glories, ‘Pedals’ barely moves the sound forward at all, relying on the same swirling guitar pop and easily digestible tempos, minus the crucial element of surprise. ‘Choose Your Adventure’ breaks out in a rash of keyboards and ‘Shot After Shot’ boasts some stylish hooks, but you’re left with the feeling that Walter Schreifels has allowed his band to slip into pretty safe territory in the interim - the antithesis of post-punk. Ten years of maturing can do that to a man, I guess.
Drive By Truckers Go-Go Boots (ATO)
The Georgia-residing neo-country ensemble keep things smooth, analogue-friendly and forever moving in a small whirlwind of honkytonk heartbreak. Clocking in at over an hour, ‘GoGo Boots’, the Truckers’ ninth full-length, is an exercise in endurance as well as a loving tribute to the band’s Southern roots. Gliding somewhere between Neil Young and Lynyrd Skynrd ‘Used To Be A Cop’ and the exquisite title track find chief vocalist and yarn-weaver, Patterson Hood, at his most restrained and refined, with less throttle and more musicality; while the banjo melancholy of ‘Cartoon Gold’ is a retro-rider’s wet dream.
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Midlake: Late Night Tales (Late Night Tales)
Having released three incredible albums on Bella Union, Midlake now play us some of their influences, on the latest compilation in the LNT series. There is so much beauty here, generally on the themes of blissed-out folk, deeply dreamy ballads and orchestral triumphs (Scott Walker’s Copenhagen) The psychedelic splendour of Beach House is a wave of ecstasy. Nico’s These Days is an orgasm for the mind and soul. Midlake’s own contribution is a spooky reworking of Black Sabbath’s Am I Going Insane. Yes, folk is the in-thing at present, but if you like yours with depth, or want a good place to start, look no further.
Maroon Town Urban Myths
(Rockers Revolt) With reggae, rap and ska as their core sound, Maroon Town present Urban Myths, on Pama International’s label. Personally, I can live without the “lads down the pub” mentality of Ya Ya (Lemme Tell Dem), featuring London MCs, Wreckless Crew. However, their fierce rap style works better on Wreckless, a ska-grime crossover with horns aplenty. Songs like Lion and Bella Cossa show a more smoother reggae style. All the elements are in place for what must surely make a pretty explosive live show, and as is the current trend, Maroon Town are probably a big hit on the festival circuit. But the songwriting here is too patchy to make repeated listening pleasurable.
The Morning After Girls Alone
(Xemu Records) Six years after their last official album, The Morning After Girls return with their new offering, mixed by Alan Moulder (My Bloody Valentine/ The Jesus & Mary Chain). Originally from Australia and now residing in New York, the band chose to record in a church, capturing its natural acoustics and reverb, and doing away with digital effects completely. Those who enjoyed albums released last year by Deerhunter, Clinic or Engineers, should love this. There are ghostly, almost whispered vocals, psychedelic guitars, occasional forays into space rock and a tendency to fire on all cylinders on some songs.
Sam Kills Two Pretty Ugly (Rocket Girl)
London’s Sam Kills Two are giving off the wrong messege. Both the band and album names suggest yet another bunch of cloned metal kids straight out of rock school, on a mission to bore you to death. WRONG! Sam Kills Two create beautiful, delicate songs. Swedish singer, Fred Bjorkvall’s fey vocals sit on strings, acoustic guitars and lightly-played drums. They up the pace now and again, but throughout they maintain a textured sound that is well produced, without coming across as pretentious. Check out the standout song, Bright Eyes, for evidence. Nothing ugly here at all.
BeardyMan
I Done A Album (Sunday Roast)
This humourously titled album by BeardyMan is a completely random string of genres all glued together nicely by random comic skits that will have giggling between tracks. It’s definitely one to get the masses talking about it. Township funk, Bollywood-dancehall, drum’n’bass, electrowonk, old skool sounding glitch and Dubstep all feature in this album plus more. Foreign Beggars even pop their heads in for an appearance well worth catching on an upbeat track that will pound dance-floors to pieces. This will be a party favourite on many levels for sure.
Unseen Deeflux 1984
(Millennium Jazz Music) This is a refreshing taste of UK Hip Hop that will have you head nodding before you know if. Funky musical, full of flavour production from Unseen alongside the lyrical flow of Deeflux gives this EP/Album sampler clarity and just enough to let you know the album will be well worth looking out for in the Spring. ‘Got Me Thinkin’ features Gadget whilst ‘Changes’ features guest vocals from Hannah C, adding a nice contrast alongside Deeflux rounding off the tune well. ‘Look Out’ has kind of a Disney element to it, you can almost imagine a circus scene in a Disney film as soon as you get into the intro. A well-rounded package that can be appreciated by all music lovers.
Charlie Kane Bass Invaderz (Bleach Feast)
This 15 year old producer has an unbelievable appreciation of bass considering he’s not even old enough to get into clubs yet. Growing up around the influence of Spiral Tribe may have helped this matter and it seems apparent when hearing the music coming out of Charlie. This debut EP brings you banging bassline house, not for the faint hearted. With support from the likes of Stereo Mcs, General Midi, Orbitol, Leeroy Thornhill, Crystal Method, Maelstrom, Tony Tay and Niki Elise, he is definitely on the right path. I don’t have any doubt that we will be seeing this one for years to come on the festival scene, making fields bounce in the early hours.
N*E*R*D Best of
(Virgin/EMI) Any fan of NERD that hasn’t got all of the albums needs this to fill any gaps from the first half of their career. The high energy that these guys bring to the table is second to none. A great range of styles including some collaborations with Kelis, Pusha T, Lee Harvey and Vita. There is something for every occasion on this album. Saying that, there are a few tunes missing that need to be on there for a true representation of ‘best of’, including Everyone Knows. Most of the tunes that got them the attention they deserve are on there so you will get a good collection of their tunes with this album, maybe they just have too many good tunes to fit on one ‘best of’.
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Backbone
Laura Malarkey
“Time don’t give me time, cos time makes lovers feel like that got something real.”
“Time waits for no man.”
“And it’s time, time, time.”
Ancient Astronauts Into Bass And Time (ESL)
They say don’t judge a book by it’s cover, shame, I do all the time. I’ve bought countless like that. This CD wouldn’t have got a second glance had I not been sent a review copy. Which is a real crime as it’s amazing, beautifully crafted downbeat, made by people part hip hop, part dub inspired, part soundtracky. They produce with a level of subtlety that I have only heard about. Ignore the cover, check these out for smoking to, driving to or watching the sunset to.
GLC
Love Life & Loyalty (Get It Man / EMI)
JSR who used to be known as the Crunk King of the SW but is now chairman of the Anti House Music in R’n’B League is constantly riding me saying Kanye West has fallen off. I’m not having it. Kanye is going through a fallow period but will rise again for sure. There was a time when his midas touch was everywhere, now he releases a track with Jay Z and its, mmmmeeergh. GLC (not to be confussed with Goldie Lookin Chain) is down with the Yeezy and has T Pain and John Legend on his album, yet it still comes off as demos. His rhymes are okay and his flow good, but with this kind of stella collaboration list he should be A list. Maybe he just need time to grow.
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Damerels
www.myspace.com/damerelsband Plymouth garage punk trio, Damerels, have come a long way since their lovably shambolic beginnings and this debut EP captures the trio at their existential, riff-devouring best. Opener, ‘Female Suggestion’, is a face-melting thunderbolt, taking the barely-contained aggression of MC5 and The Stooges, stripping it to its core and returning it with guitars that sound like stormtroopers. The next three songs stand equally proud, edging close to Buzzcocks territory on ‘Violent Lovers’, while Allister Gall howls, rages and yelps like a subterranean, Detroit
Iko
www.ikomusic.com Ex-Buffseeds hopefuls, Iko, have been making steady inroads worldwide but, strangely, not in their own backyard - this album has been doing the rounds for ages but only recently came into our possession. Which is a shame because with this much emotional turmoil to share they’re easily the kind of band that hopelessly melancholic indie kids can fall in love with (and to) by the bedsit-load. Sounding at times like a pre-teen Elliot Smith, Kieran Scragg’s impossibly angelic voice doesn’t crack once when delivering charged confessions like “I’m an animal, I feel the weight of the world” (‘Animal’). As far as music made by four men goes, it doesn’t get any less testosterone-driven or bittersweet than this.
Mnemonics
(Eatgood Records) Hip Hop is in a strange place right now, real hip hop nights are few and far between, yet there still seems to be a fairly large output of homegrown hip hop. It seems that for years when heads were telling me it needs to go back underground to regain the realness, there was truth in that. This album is a great snapshot of what I’m hearing out of the UK right now, quality productions, with tight beats, flows that owe nothing to the likes of Drake and Weezy and everything to conscious rawkus style hip hop. This album isn’t gonna change the game but is a worthy piece to anyone’s collection.
Lanu
Her 12 Faces
(Try Thoughts Records) Pop is usually a dirty word, most times you ask someone what music they like they say “oh a bit of everything really” then go on to mention a few artists and what they usually mean is they like pop, as in what is popular. Pop, when done well can be a glorious thing, I’m not talking Justin Bieber, I’m talking Gnarls Barkley, Thriller, Purple Rain and Dusty Springfield etc. If you took Dusty Springfield, put her in a large washing machine with the Go Team and told them to resurrect the ghost of Brian Wilson who would then scare France Gall into a new studio album, you would be some way to understanding the beauty of this album, summer’s coming and this album beckons.
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Samuel Powell
www.myspace.com/samuel_powell Monsieur Powell is soon to be expanding into a full band. The young Cornishman released this EP last year and it’s a welcome addition to the reflective singer/songwriter canon. There’s a timelessness at the core of his oeuvre that imbues songs like the title track with a fuzzy nostalgic wash; and that satin-soft voice certainly knows how to tug on the ol’ heart-strings. ‘An Old Friend’s Powder’ hints at the grandeur of Shearwater, while ‘Don’t’ is a naked acoustic paean that makes like Coldplay minus the loftiness. We look forward to the next phase.
Rat Attack
www.myspace.com/ratattackuk A sneak preview of Exeter neo-hardcore posse Rat Attack’s forthcoming album tells us it’s gonna be a Refused-tastic wall of modern punk rock noise with a nod to the likes of The Bronx. The Denis Lyxzen influence is most notable on the vocals, especially ‘Bird In Hand’, with that same unmistakable two-note inflection in abundance. But that that’s where the similarities end as there’s no evidence of any revolutionary politics in RA’s disposition. Of course, this doesn’t take anything away from the band’s unquestionable capabilities when it comes to making a vigorous, wholesome racket.
I Met Nature
www.myspace.com/imetnature I Met Nature describe themselves as ‘ambient pop punk’ which sums it up nicely. The Salisbury five piece play like pros and you can picture just how awesome their live shows could be. Fronted by a sweeter-sounding Gwen Stefani, singing inevitable angsty lyrics about lives and relationships they are bound to appeal to teenagers looking for some comfort in their bedrooms as well as 20-somethings looking for something to jump around to at a gig. They have a new EP, Something About Lions out now and are set to play the Surface Unsigned gig in Bristol – definitely ones to watch.
Bitter End Boat Club www.myspace.com/ bitterendboatclub1
Could this be Chippenham’s answer to Foals? Probably not but they’ve got that layered poppy sound going on, repetitive lyrics and modern lyrics about sex and drugs and paracetamol. However, these guys could do with being a bit tighter as in places (particularly Diamonds and Pearls) the layers (drums, strings and vocals) just don’t sit together that comfortably. The vocals have sniffs of The Kooks but could do with being a bit more prominent in the recorded tracks. Saying that, one of their standout tracks, 9 Minutes, is heading in the right direction – a two hander which starts slowly and builds into a momentous crescendo.
Painting Claymore www.myspace.com/ paintingclaymore
Epic from the onset, these guys combine the force of metal with the beauty of a more classic vibe. They’ve just released a three track demo which includes a heavy one, a progressive one and a commercial one. You can easily hear the Foo Fighters, Pearl Jam and System of a Down influences shining through but not in a copycat way. The heavy drumming, the whirring guitar riffs and gruff vocals are held together by some tight bass playing. Having already played a series of gigs in Bristol, Painting Claymore are starting to break through the sea of unsigned metal bands in the area to prove their worth.
Reconcile
www.mspace.com/reconcile1 If you like people shouting and swearing in an irritating voice to a heavy metal beat then you might like this but if you’re more into intelligent lyrics, decent tunes and something to dance to then I’d give this a wide berth. In Lies and Secrets Shaped My Worlds the angry singer spits lyrics about some ‘fucked up’ bitch sucking his scrotum or something. It prob ain’t gonna endear them to the fairer sex. The funkier numbers, such as Wishes, fare a bit better, with some solid bass and drop drumming carving a more refined sound – akin to some of the poorer Linkin Park material.
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5 March Circus Of Horrors
Princess Theatre, Torbay Road, 01803 290228, www. princesstheatre.org.uk, 7.30pm, £16.25 - £28.50 Following on on the huge success of The Asylum, & The Day of the Dead show’s The Circus of Horrors has had a major revamp & is back rockin’ & shockin’ with special brand new show created especially to celebrate its 15th bloody year. The show contains some of the greatest, most bizarre & beautiful Circus acts on earth. From dare devil flying trapeze to a vampiric crow woman suspended only by her hair, from whirlwind roller skaters to sword swallowers. All this plus pickled & bendy people, Voodoo Warriors, Knife throwers and an almighty cast of 26 of the wildest, weirdest but most of all greatest performers on earth.
8 March Probe: May
Exeter Phoenix, Bradninch Place, Exeter, 01392 667080, www. exeterphoenix.org.uk, 8pm, £10 May is on the brink, doing all she can to stop her thoughts from tipping her over the edge. Douglas thinks too much. He fancies himself as a bit of a writer. He wants his words to change May’s world, but he has problems of his own. ‘May’ is the daring dance theatre work from award-winning Probe. Written by Tim Crouch (Royal Court, National Theatre) and directed by Pete Shenton (New Art Club), Probe has typically put together a creative team of the highest calibre. Artistic director Antonia Grove will be joined on stage by Lost Dog’s Ben Duke and performer/musician Scott Smith in a darkly humorous modern day romance told through dance, text and song.
8 - 12 March Hamlet
HAMLET, Theatre Royal, Royal Parade, 01752 267222, www. theatreroyal.com, 7pm, £8 - £23 O, that this too too solid flesh would melt... Hamlet, the prince of Denmark, sees his father’s ghost. Tormented with loathing and consumed by grief, he must avenge his father’s murder. What he cannot foresee is the destruction that ensues. Following his celebrated performances at the National Theatre in Burnt by the Sun, The Revenger’s Tragedy, Philistines and The Man of Mode, Olivier Award-winner Rory Kinnear plays Hamlet.
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Barbican Theatre, Castle Street, 01752 267131, www. barbicantheatre.co.uk, 7.30pm, £5 In her new one woman show ‘Opposition’, Hannah Silva cuts up, juggles and reconfigures the languages of politics; pointed index fingers and other convincing gestures are layered with rhetorical sunshine, claptraps and quotability in a playful experiment that questions the role of performance in today’s (big?) society.
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12 March Poetry Slam
The Plough Arts Centre, 9 – 11 Fore Street, Great Torrington, EX38 8HQ 01805 624624, www. theploughartscentre.org.uk, 8pm, £8. Get ready for the heady sound of performance poetry as 15 diverse versifiers once again leap from page to stage at The Plough in a fast and furious contest to find the evening’s brightest bard. Leading UK slampresarios Marcus Moore and Sara-Jane Arbury compare thee to a slammer’s way as random judges rate the quality of writing, the strength of performance and the word of the applaudience. For further information or to enter the slam, contact Marcus on 01285 640470 or e-mail spielunlimited@ gmail.com.
12 March A Life In Art Of Monica Kinley
Until 12 March And The Horse You Rode In On
Drum Theatre, Royal Parade, 01752 267222, www. theatreroyal.com, 7.45pm, £8 - £12 A Told By An Idiot and Drum Theatre Plymouth production commissioned by The Barbican and Brighton Festival. A sequence of serious follies, a rather well known rabbit attempts to stop an alien blowing up the earth. In a Berlin cafe a professor pleads with her student not to commit an atrocious act. And in an infamous London department store the weirdest ever episode of Are You Being Served is about to begin. Examining extreme acts and the lengths people will go for their beliefs, And The Horse You Rode In On is a dark, funny and deeply disturbing look at how powerless we are to stop people when they have reached a point of no return.
12 March Are You Talking To Me?
Barbican Theatre, Castle Street, 01752 267131, www. barbicantheatre.co.uk, 7.30pm, £6 A one-person show exploring issues of disability, ageing, gender, sexuality and identity. It uses physical theatre, original text, Fooling, music and trapeze to create a multilayered, multigendered experience. Supported by Arts Council funding for disabled artists. Created and performed by Al Head with music by ‘Tongues From The Molten Core’
Events the highest standard of artwork from Plymouth students aged between 15 and 19, and provides the students with the unique opportunity to curate an exhibition of their own work in a professional gallery. All the work is created in response to a brief and is integral to gaining a qualification.
30 March Busting Out
Theatre Royal, Royal Parade, 01752 267222, www.theatreroyal. com, 7pm, £12 - £18 Join our bosom buddies as they star in their own laugh-out-loud and totally liberating show which is part stand up, part musical and all laughter. Busting Out! has been embraced by audiences across the globe, with sell-out seasons in Australia, New Zealand and the UK. An unforgettable night out for the girls (and the fellas will love it too) - you’ll be busting to tell your friends about the feel-good show of the year!
Plymouth Arts Centre, 38 Looe Street, Plymouth, 01752 306114, www.plymouthartscentre.org, 10am – 8.30pm This group exhibition explores A Life in Art of Monika Kinley: who all her working life has been involved with the arts. Monika Kinley now lives in Plymouth and is still engaged with the art world. This exhibition shows a selection of works on loan from public collections, galleries and other institutions; and from some artists themselves. It is a sensitive insight into what Monika Kinley admires, both past and present.
Until 20 March Edwina Ashton
EDWINA ASHTON, Exeter Phoenix, Bradninch Place, Exeter, 01392 667080, www.exeterphoenix.org.uk 10am – 5pm, Free Admission Infused with a distinctly British sensibility, where politeness lives cheek by jowl with eccentricity, this solo exhibition of work encompasses drawing, sculpture, video and performance. Edwina Ashton is based in London and has exhibited widely, both nationally and internationally most recently in ‘Rude Britannia’, at Tate Britain and at Works|Projects, Bristol. This exhibition launches Edwina Ashton’s latest animated film, commissioned by Phoenix Gallery and Animated Exeter in association with Animate Projects. Supported by: Animated Exeter and Animate Projects.
18 - 31 March Art2day 3
Cube3 Gallery, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, 01752 585050, www.peninsula-arts.co.uk 10am to 5pm, Free Admission This celebration of artwork is the third year of the Schools Exhibition. The show gives the public an opportunity to see
15 -19 March The Wonderful World Of Hugh Hughes
Drum Theatre, Royal Parade, 01752 267222, www.theatreroyal. com, 7.45pm and throughout the day on Sat 19, £8 - £12 He’s back! Over the last few years, audiences in Plymouth have taken Hugh Hughes, the much-loved emerging Welsh artist, to their hearts. Now he returns to the Drum and invites everyone to his Wonderful World. In a retrospective of the award-winning work he has presented nationally and internationally since leaving the small town of Llangefni, Hugh shares Floating, Story of a Rabbit and Hugh Hughes in 360 - three joyful stories inspired by his own life. Alongside this, he’ll be showing some brand new work, Stories from an Invisible Town and How I Got Here created especially for the residency.
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Film John Barker gets his head around this months cinema listings Blue Valentine (15) 3 March The Flavel Arts Centre –Dartmouth, Devon, 01803 839530, www.flavel.org.uk Dir: Derek Cianfrance Starring: Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams 2010/US/112 min Blue Valentine is the story of love found and love lost told in flashbacks and through present events. It’s a bit like Memento meets Before Sunrise. Flooded with romantic memories of their courtship, Dean and Cindy use one night to try and save their failing marriage. Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams star in this honest portrait of a relationship on the rocks. This is Memento meets Before Sunrise. The Illusionist (PG) 28 March 28 March, Jill Craigie Cinema – Plymouth, 01752 58 50 50, plymouth.ac.uk Dir. Sylvain Chomet Starring: Jean Claude Donda and Edith Rankn 2009/France/ 79 min The Illusionist is the story of stage magician Tatischeff whose act is being forced onto the fringes by emerging rock stars. Whilst performing his act on a remote Scottish island, he meets an innocent young girl, Alice, who believes his tricks are real magic. Fascinated, she follows him to Edinburgh forming a father–daughter relationship.
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Mother (15)
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Dir: John Landis Starring: Isla Fisher, Tim Curry, Simon Pegg, Christopher Lee, Andy Serkis, Stephen Merchant and Bill Bailey 2010/UK/91 min Based on the true story about the famous murderers, ‘Burke And Hare’ follows the hapless exploits of these two men as they fall into the highly profitable business of providing cadavers for the medical fraternity in Nineteenth Century Edinburgh, then the centre of medical learning. The one thing they were short of was bodies. We’ve bagged three copies to giveaway – to be in with a chance of winning, see www.247magazine.co.uk
The King’s Speech (12A)
1 - 3 March Tavistock Wharf,
01822 611 166, www.tavistockwharf.com 11 - 17 March Plymouth Arts Centre, 01752 206 114, www.plymouthartscentre.org 14 - 15 March The Poly Falmouth, 01326 319 461, www.thepoly.org Dir: Tom Hooper Starring: Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush and Helena Bonham Carter 2010/UK/118 min Widely hailed as a major contender in this year’s film awards, The King’s Speech is 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. Lord Of The Dance 3D (12A) 13 – 20 March Exeter Picture House, 0871 704 2057, picturehouses.co.uk Dir: Marcus Viner Starring: Michael Flatley 2010/Ireland/90 min Who needs Transformers in 3D when
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Rooms – Lostwithiel, 01208 873242, lostinfilm.org Dir: Joon-Ho Bong Starring: Kim Hye-ja, Won Bin, and Yoon Jae-Moon 2009/South Korea/129 min A devoted and deranged unnamed mother (Kim Hye-ja) obsessively conducts her own detective work in a bid to clear murder charges against her childlike adult son Do-joon (Won Bin). Taut, mysterious, and full of unsettling dark comedy and truly Hitchcockian in its murder mystery elements, this is another genre-bending success from one of Korean cinema’s brightest stars. Peeping Tom (15)
3 March Royal - St Ives,
01736 796843, www.merlincinema.co.uk Dir: Michael Powell Starring: Karlheinz Böhm, Anna Massey, and Moira Shearer 1960/UK/ 102 min This extraordinary film kicked off a new wave of horror film-making, which gave us the delights of Halloween and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. The film tells the story of Mark Lewis who works as a modest focus-puller in a film studio. But he also shoots glamour photographs for a seedy Soho newsagent, and by night he seeks victims for his most gruesome obsession - filming the face of death. Still controversial even by today’s standards Peeping Tom is towering figure in British cinema.ionsent Rabbit Hole (12)
1- 3 March Plymouth Arts
Rango
Director: Gore Verbinski Starring: Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher and Timothy Olyphant 20/10/US/TBC A chameleon that aspires to be a swashbuckling hero finds himself in a Western town plagued by bandits and is forced to literally play the role in order to protect it. Animated fun with the voice of Johnny Depp playing the title role.
The Eagle
Dir: Kevin Macdonald Starring: Channing Tatum, Jamie Bell and Donald Sutherland 2010/ US/114 min In 140 AD, twenty years after the unexplained disappearance of the entire Ninth Legion in the mountains of Scotland, young centurion Marcus Aquila (Tatum) arrives from Rome to solve the mystery and restore the reputation of his father, the commander of the Ninth. This will provide plenty of sandals and swords fun.
Centre, 01752 206 114, www. plymouthartscentre.org Dir: John Cameron Mitchell Starring: Nicole Kidman, Aaron Eckhart, Dianne Wiest. 2010/US/ 92 min Kidman and Eckhart play Becca and Howie Corbett, a couple trying to mourn the death of their young son but unsure how to. They deal with their grief in very different ways. Howie opens up to everyone and Becca has pushed everyone away apart from the young man who killed the child. She begins to develop a strange relationship of barely suppressed rage with him, trying to make some sense of the situation.
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Live Tues. 01 Bideford
OPEN MIC NIGHT, Palladium Club, Lower Gunstone, EX39 2DE.
Exeter
ATTACK VIPERS, Cavern Club, 83-84 Queen St, EX4 3RP, 8pm–1am, £4. A night of the best in
Penzance
BROTHERS & BONES, The Zero Lounge, Chapel Street, TR18 4AE, 5pm-late.
Truro
B-SIDE, Bunters, 58 Little Castle Street, TR1 3DL, 8pm, £free. The
launch night features a headline slot from The Patrickjamespearson Band. UK hardcore. Support from Worn In Red Support from Indie garage rockers & OK Pilo. The Black Tambourines & psyche folk REEL BIG FISH, The Lemon Grove, rockers Hanterhir. Cornwall House, St Germans Road, EX4 6TG, £14.50. Maniacal Ska-Punk, musical madness! Support Sat. 05 from Suburban Legends & The Skints.
Falmouth
FRUIT SHAKE, Toast, 18 Church Street, TR11 3DR, 8pm-1am, £free.
Toast’s monthly Gay Night.
Thu. 03 Exeter
Bideford
WENDY MAY’S BOOM BOOM ROOM, Palladium Club, Lower Gunstone, EX39 2DE. Funk, Soul,
Ska.
Bude
BLUJUICE DJ, Bar 35, Belle Vue Avenue, EX23 8BL, £free. Classic &
KILL IT KID, Cavern Club, 83-84 Queen St, EX4 3RP, 8pm–1am, £5.
modern Soul.
Liskeard
BIG ED & THE RED ROCKERS, Exmouth Arms, 21 Exeter Road, EX8 1PN, 8.30pm-10.30pm, £free.
A night of sef proclaimed ‘Delta-Blues and Rock&Roll’. METAL FATIGUE, Barley Sheaf, Church Street, PL14 3AQ, 9pm, £free. Classic covers.
Plymouth
THE ACOUSTIC CAFÉ, The Cellar Bar @The Fortescue, 37 Mutley Plain, PL4 6JQ, 8.30pm-midnight, £1. Four live acts each week & free
nibbles!
ONE NIGHT STAND, Wow, 11 The Parade, Barbican, 8pm, £1. Open
mic night with one free drink for each performer.
OPEN MIC NIGHT, University of Plymouth Student’s Union, Drakes Circus, PL4 8AA, 9:30pm. With a
full back line provided and plenty of entertainment on offer this is certainly a night not to be missed!
Fri. 04 Bideford
BASIL’S BALLS UP BAND, Palladium Club, Lower Gunstone, EX39 2DE. Madcap bonzo type Blues
Rock.
Falmouth
GET UP TO GET DOWN, Toast, 18 Church Street, TR11 3DR, 8pm2am, £free. Funk!
Exeter
PHONIC FM AMERICANA NIGHT, Exeter Phoenix auditorium, Bradninch Place, Gandy Street, EX4 3LS, 8pm, £7. Featuring Malcolm
Holcombe, Thee Horse & Julian Piper & Chris Billings.
Penryn
JOHN GALLAGHER, Miss Peapod’s Cafe, Jubilee Wharf, TR10 8FG. Any 2 course meal from
our menu - £15
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Classic party music from the 60’s, 70’s & 80’s.
Falmouth
Sun. 06 Exeter
JACKIE OATES, Exeter Phoenix, Bradninch Place, Gandy Street, EX4 3LS, 8pm, £12/£10. A singer
& fiddle player with two awards at the Radio 2 Folk Awards.
Tue. 08 Bideford
JAM NIGHT, The Palladium, Lower Gunstone, EX39 2DE, £free. Plymouth PLAN B, Plymouth Pavilions, Millbay Road, PL1 3LF, 7pm, from £17. Touring his No.1 show stopping
Soul album ‘The Defamation Of Strickland Banks’.
Wed. 09 Exeter
CAITLIN ROSE, Exeter Phoenix, Bradninch Place, Gandy Street, EX4 3LS, 8pm, £7.50. She speaks in
a new generation of American twang about another generation of young American alcoholics falling in love at backyard weddings.
DJ BUSYHANDS WILL DARWIN, Toast, 18 Church Street, TR11 3DR, 8pm-2am, £free.
SUB-MOTION ORCHESTRA, Cavern Club, 83-84 Queen St, EX4 3RP, 9pm–2am, £5 B4 10pm/ £8 after, £1off NUS. Drawing upon
SANDFIRE SIREN, The Farmers, St. Merryn, PL28 8NP. Atmospheric
Penryn
Padstow
Rock/Dance cross & national finalists in Live and Unsigned National band Competition.
Penryn
PEAPOD SESSIONS, Miss Peapod’s Cafe, Jubilee Wharf, TR10 8FG, 8pm, £2.This month’s
Session features ‘Josie and the Lovecats’ & ‘Ira John’.
Penzance
DJ DANTE GABRIEL, The Zero Lounge, Chapel Street, TR18 4AE, 5pm-late.
Redruth
REDRUTH RADIO LIVE, Gaslights Bar, Station Hill, TR15 2PP, £free.
With Stu Williams.
Salcombe
BLUE ORCHID, The Fortescue Inn, Union Street, TQ8 8BZ, 9pm til late, £free. 6 piece Funk & Dance band.
Truro
EVERYTHING BURNS, Threemilestone Hall, 7pm, £4.
Support from We Are Fiction, She Whispered Treason & Envy The Fallen.
Torquay
CRAIG & WILLOUGHBY, The Blue Walnut, 14 Walnut Road, Chelston, TQ2 6HS, 7:30pm-11pm, £9adv/£10otd. Craig & Willoughby’s
material is powerful, literate and melodic.
Dubstep, Soul, ambient Electronica, Jazz & Dub.
ANDREW BATE, Miss Peapod’s Cafe, Jubilee Wharf, TR10 8FG, 8pm, £2. Special show case gig for this
local singer songwriter.
Thu. 10 Exeter
DEVIL’S BRIGADE, Cavern Club, 83-84 Queen St, EX4 3RP, 8pm–1am. Support from Smoke
‘Em Out.
Liskeard
WILLE & THE BANDITS, Barley Sheaf, Church Street, PL14 3AQ, 9pm, £free. Roots music at its best.
entertainment on offer this is certainly a night not to be missed!
Fri. 11 Bideford
JOG ON ROBOT, Palladium Club, Lower Gunstone, EX39 2DE. Indie Rock.
Bude
CHARLIE VAN DUKE, Bar 35, Belle Vue Avenue, EX23 8BL, £free. Live
acoustic session.
Falmouth
ECLECTICALLY ECLECTIC, Toast, 18 Church Street, TR11 3DR, 8pm-2am, £free. Jenifer O’Jeni will be
playing Disco, House & party favourites.
Penryn
SAM NAYLOR, Miss Peapod’s Cafe, Jubilee Wharf, TR10 8FG, any 2 course meal from our menu £15. Amazing tapping guitar playing.
Penzance
CORNISH REGGAE KINGS, The Zero Lounge, Chapel Street, TR18 4AE, 5pm-late. Support from Kernow
Vibrations.
Sat.12 Bideford
PAUL LAMB & THE KINGSNAKES, Palladium Club, Lower Gunstone, EX39 2DE. Blues legend.
Bude
HOT TUB BIKINI PARTY, Bar 35, Belle Vue Avenue, EX23 8BL, £free.
Exeter
CRUSH UK, Prospect, The Quay, EX2 4AN, 9.30pm-11.30pm, £free. THE BELIEVERS, Exeter Phoenix Voodoo Lounge, Bradninch Place, Gandy Street, EX4 3LS, 8pm, £8/£6.
Effortlessly blending Pop hooks & harmonies while keeping one foot firmly planted in American roots.
Falmouth
TOM MATTHEWS, Toast, 18 Church Street, TR11 3DR, 8pm2am, £free.
Liskeard
THE VINYLS, Barley Sheaf, Church
Support slot with Bluesbeaten Redshaw. Street, PL14 3AQ, 9pm, £free. Energetic 3 piece with self penned Plymouth songs and Rock covers. THE ACOUSTIC CAFÉ, The Cellar Bar @The Fortescue, 37 Mutley Plain, PL4 6JQ, 8.30pm-midnight, £1. Four live acts each week & free
nibbles!
CARUS AND THE TRUE BELIEVERS, Ride Cafe, Tavistock Place, PL4 8AX. ONE NIGHT STAND, Wow, 11 The Parade, Barbican, 8pm, £1. Open
mic night with one free drink for each performer.
OPEN MIC NIGHT, University Of Plymouth Student’s Union, Drakes Circus, PL4 8AA, 9:30pm. With a
full back line provided and plenty of
Penryn
EXELBY, Miss Peapod’s Cafe, Jubilee Wharf, TR10 8FG, 8pm, £3.
On the eternal quest for the perfect old school pop tune!
Penzance
LOVE RIOT, The Zero Lounge, Chapel Street, TR18 4AE, 5pm-late.
DJ and antics with Ry Spencely.
Plymouth
BLUE ORCHID, Barbican Live Lounge, 11 The Parade, PL1 2JL, 9pm til late. 6 piece Funk & Dance
band.
THE WIRELESS, Thistle Park
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“To the idiotmobile!”
Tavern, 32 Commercial Road, PL4 0LE, 9.30pm-midnight, £free.
Redruth
MAD HATTER, Gaslights Bar, Station Hill, TR15 2PP, £free. Plus support
With fond memories of our snowy UK tour behind us, we popped over to Europe in January for a tour with earnest and erudite Exonian punks, THE CUT UPS (France, Belgium, Holland, 11th18th Jan). Apart from getting robbed in Brussels and losing all of our passports, we had a blast. I worked out that during the eight days we were over there we spent the equivalent of almost one whole day watching Seinfeld on the van’s telly whilst in transit. Quite stupendous. Watching The Cut Ups play every night was a real pleasure. They have a knack of writing simple, pose-free anthems that connect on such a visceral level that it’s impossible not to feel the warmth. Along the way, we played with a clutch of bands with their own unique qualities, even if those qualities only related to the band’s name itself (to wit: the delightfully monikered PIGNITION from Brussels). In Paris we were treated to a band with an amusing identity crisis called FREE LEE JAZZ. When they played hard they sounded convincing, but when they went into some kind of post-funk free-fall they were decidedly odd. In Den Haag, local fem-fronted quartet, SUICIDAL TAXI, took the punk’n’roll thrill of The Distillers and threw a few spunky Ramones riffs into the mix. Our Northern comrades, BROKEN FEW, played in Brussels. Their tried and tested brand of hardcore was pretty pedestrian but certainly didn’t lack conviction. In Antwerp,SILVER AND GOLD’s melodic street-punk had its moments; while our genial hosts in Heiloo, Holland were SWEET EMPIRE, a great punk rock band with lots of heart. The gig took place in their tiny practice basement and it was one of the tour highlights. Back home, there was no let-up in London post-hardcore mob, SILENT FRONT’s world of noise (White Rabbit, Plymouth, 22nd Jan). Inspired by Shellac and shouting, the trio’s efforts to make an atonal racket with lurching time signatures didn’t go unnoticed. THE BEDROOM PROJECT were infinitely more listenable due to their insistence on naggingly ace guitar melodies and restrained vocals. Mixing ska with punk rock has been a dicey business for decades. For the vast majority of bands – the awesome Skints notwithstanding – it ends up sounding like a horn-cluttered, happy-clappy pile of self-indulgent poop. Welsh quintet, DIRTY REVOLUTION, aren’t quite that bad but it takes more than a rudimentary melodica and chirpy guitar chops to cut the rock steady mustard (Junction, Plymouth, 26th Jan). That shouldn’t stop them from trying, of course. Rockabilly burlesque at Annabels made a refreshingly rude change (Plymouth, 29th Jan). The band, New Yorkers, AM PREACHER, didn’t have much fire in their loins but they still managed to pin down a few moments of ‘50s authenticity; while the burlesque belles (Kitty Kane and Sophia-Rose) pulled odd faces and removed their brassieres whilst valiantly attempting to pre-empt the end of the songs. I’d hate to imagine the reaction if the same show was performed in the The Three Crowns. Context, it appears, is everything. Currently being touted for big things by the rock press,TWIN ATLANTIC are one of those bands that make all the right sounds but seem intent on air-brushing out all the imperfections and idiosyncrasies (White Rabbit, Plymouth, 4th Feb). The result is something that should have fans of, say, Biffy Clyro pissing their pants with joy. Welsh power-popsters, STRAIGHT LINES, were a brighter proposition, armed with an arsenal of sharp tunes and a mighty kick; THIS FAMILIAR SMILE tempered awkward rhythms with skyward, Xcerts-like vocals; and CONSOLATION PRIZEFIGHTER proved that there’s post-punk life after trombone death. See-ya bye. Backbone (johnsycash@yahoo.co.uk)
St. Austell
THE VISION, The Carlyon Arms, 30 Sandy Hill, PL25 3AS. A lively mix of Rock, Funk & pop covers!
Sun.13
2am, £free.’Snatch The Wax’ DJ.
Penzance
KAJ SKJERVIK, The Zero Lounge, Chapel Street, TR18 4AE, 5pm-late.
Plymouth
HAMER & ISAACS, The B-bar, Barbican Theatre, Castle Street, The Barbican, PL1 2NJ, 9pm-11pm, £3. Gypsy Swing Band. CHRIS GOOD, Boomerangs, 1-3 Mutley Plain, PL4 6JG, 9.30pm12am, £free. Sing-along covers as well
Plymouth
as his own, original songs all within a
as his own, original songs all within a folk-tilted delivery.
Bideford
folk-tilted delivery. CHRIS GOOD, Drake’s Drum, 19 Radford Park Road, PL9 9DN, 9pm11pm, £free. Sing-along covers as well
Tue.15 Bideford
OPEN MIC NIGHT, The Palladium, Lower Gunstone, EX39 2DE, £free.
Thu.17 Exeter
GLAMOUR OF THE KILL, Cavern Club, 83-84 Queen St, EX4 3RP, 8pm–1am, £5. York metal mob. Plus
supports & rock DJs.
Liskeard
PENTORR, Barley Sheaf, Church Street, PL14 3AQ, 9pm, £free. Folk
Sat.19
ON78, Palladium Club, Lower Gunstone, EX39 2DE. Old school
classic mix!
Bude
UPRISIN SOUNDZ, Bar 35, Belle Vue Avenue, EX23 8BL, £free.
Reggae & Dub Fusion Party.
Falmouth
FRITZ BITZ, Toast, 18 Church Street, TR11 3DR, 8pm-2am, £free.
On point DJs.
Penryn
ARBOURETUM, Miss Peapod’s Cafe, Jubilee Wharf, TR10 8FG, 8pm, £8. Their essence is rooted in the
realms of ecstatic experience.
and Celtic songs for St. Guinness night.
Penzance
THE JULIET KELLY BAND, St Austell Brewery Visitor Centre, Trevarthian Road, PL25 4BY, doors 7pm, £9adv/£10otd/£5NUS. Jazz at
Plymouth
St Austell
the Brewery!
Plymouth
THE ACOUSTIC CAFÉ, The Cellar Bar @The Fortescue, 37 Mutley Plain, PL4 6JQ, 8.30pm-midnight, £1. 4 live acts each week & free nibbles! PEOPLES STRING FOUNDATION, Ride Cafe, Tavistock Place, PL4 8AX. ONE NIGHT STAND, Wow, 11 The Parade, Barbican, 8pm, £1. Open
mic night with one free drink for each performer.
Fri.18
BARON SAMADIE, The Zero Lounge, Chapel Street, TR18 4AE, 5pm-late. LE CHAT NOIR, James Street Vaults, James Street, PL4 2QZ, 9pm, £free. Support from The Waterboarders & The Hulas.
Redruth
STEPH NEWTON, Gaslights Bar, Station Hill, TR15 2PP, £free.
St. Austell
SANDFIRE SIREN, The Ship, 33 W End, Mevagissy, PL26 6BX.
Atmospheric Rock/Dance cross & national finalists in Live and Unsigned National band Competition.
Sun.20
Bideford
Exeter
Exeter
bass clarinet set. His 7 piece band includes Zoe Rahman (piano) & Omar Puente (violin).
COURTNEY PINE, Exeter Phoenix, Bradninch Place, Gandy Street, Rock. Plus The Dolly Dagger Experience. EX4 3LS, 8pm, £17.50. His first all
JACKDAWS, Palladium Club, Lower Gunstone, EX39 2DE. Indie
HALSALL & SINGH, Cavern Club, 83-84 Queen St, EX4 3RP, 9pm–2am, £5. Comprising elements
of Jazz & Hip Hop, this band is the new project for one of the UKs greatest Jazz trumpeteers, Mathew Halsall.
Falmouth
KRISTOFF MOINE, Toast, 18 Church Street, TR11 3DR, 8pm-
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CHRIS GOOD, Ride Cafe, Tavistock Place, PL4 8AX, 10.30pm-11.30pm, £free. Sing-along covers as well as his
own, original songs all within a folk-tilted delivery.
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Live Tue. 22 Bideford
OPEN MIC NIGHT, The Palladium, Lower Gunstone, EX39 2DE, £free.
Thu. 24 Exeter
MIKE WESTBROOK’S BIG BAND, Exeter Phoenix, Bradninch Place, Gandy Street, EX4 3LS, 8pm, £12/£10. One of the mainstays of the
British Jazz scene for 40+ years.
Liskeard
VINCE LEE, Barley Sheaf, Church Street, PL14 3AQ, 9pm, £free. The
Rock, Funk & pop covers!
Sat.26 Bideford
AMPLIFIED, Palladium Club, Lower Gunstone, EX39 2DE. Rock night.
Falmouth
TOM MATTHEWS, Toast, 18 Church Street, TR11 3DR, 8pm2am, £free.
Hartland
MAYBE NAKED, The Anchor Inn, Fore Street, EX39 6BD. Rock covers
band.
welcome return of this classy R&B 3 piece.
Newquay SANDFIRE SIREN, Red Lion, Quay Cottage, N Quay Hill, TR7 1HE.
CHRIS GOOD, Annabel’s Cabaret & Discotheque, Vauxhall Street, PL4 0EY, 9pm, £1. Sing-along covers
Redruth
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as well as his own, original songs all within a folk-tilted delivery.
THE HATS, Ride Cafe, Tavistock Place, PL4 8AX. THE ACOUSTIC CAFÉ, The Cellar Bar @The Fortescue, 37 Mutley Plain, PL4 6JQ, 8.30pm-midnight, £1. 4 live acts each week & free nibbles! ONE NIGHT STAND, Wow, 11 The Parade, Barbican, 8pm, £1. Open
mic night with one free drink for each performer.
Fri. 25 Bideford
GANG OF THIEVES, Palladium Club, Lower Gunstone, EX39 2DE.
Classic Rock covers.
Exeter
DAVE MCPHEARSON, Timepiece, Little Castle Street, 8pm, £free.
(INME Vocalist) acoustic.
DELE SOSIMI’S AFROBEAT ORCHESTRA, Exeter Phoenix, Bradninch Place, Gandy Street, EX4 3LS, 8.30pm, £10/£8. This
Atmospheric Rock/Dance cross & national finalists in Live and Unsigned National band Competition. BOUND FOR NOWHERE, Gaslights Bar, Station Hill, TR15 2PP, £free. Plus support.
Penryn
TWILIGHT HOTEL, Miss Peapod’s Cafe, Jubilee Wharf, TR10 8FG, 8pm, £7.50. 2009 JUNO Nominees.
Penzance
HONG KONG PING PONG, The Zero Lounge, Chapel Street, TR18 4AE, 5pm-late.
Porthleven
THE VISION, The Harbour Inn, Commercial Road, TR13 9JB. A
lively mix of Rock, Funk & pop covers!
Mon.28 Exeter
THE BREAKS COLLECTIVE, Mama Stone’s, 1 Mary Arches Street, EX4 3BA. Hip Hop band.
Tue.29 Bideford
new band explores the jazzier side of Afrobeat.
OPEN MIC NIGHT, Palladium Club, Lower Gunstone, EX39 2DE.
THE BAD ROACHES, Toast, 18 Church Street, TR11 3DR, 8pm2am, £free. Rockabilly Rave-up!
Plymouth
Falmouth
Followed by Skank & Stomp Dj Luc Aceeater.
Penryn
Thu.31 THE ACOUSTIC CAFÉ, The Cellar Bar @The Fortescue, 37 Mutley Plain, PL4 6JQ, 8.30pm-midnight, £1. 4 live acts each week & free nibbles! HYPER, Ride Cafe, Tavistock Place, PL4 8AX. ONE NIGHT STAND, Wow, 11 The Parade, Barbican, 8pm, £1. Open
SIMON DRINKWATER, Miss Peapod’s Cafe, Jubilee Wharf, TR10 8FG, any 2 course meal from our menu - £15. Soft fingerpicked lullaby music on the acoustic guitar mic night with one free drink for each & folk-harp. performer.
Penzance
MATT COLLINGE TRIO, The Zero Lounge, Chapel Street, TR18 4AE, 5pm-late.
Redruth
THE VISION, Trickies, Tolgus Mount, TR15 3TA. A lively mix of
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March listings: Wednesdays BOOGIE NIGHTS 10pm-3am / £3 Plymouth’s No.1 Student Night – UPSU’s official Clubs & Society’s Night Out! Plymouth’s number one student night, seven years running as voted for by the students of Plymouth. Great drinks deals all night. Fridays THE ROCK SHOW 10pm-4am / £3 b4 11pm / £4 b4 12am / £5 after, members save £1 Established in 1996! The Biggest & Longest running rock night in the southwest! 2 rooms of rock, metal, punk, ska & alternative from DJ’s Konrad, Aides, Synn, & Guests. Saturdays SOUTHWEST’S LEADING DANCE BRANDS The world’s biggest dance acts at Plymouth’s number one dance club. 12th. HARDCORE RESURRECTION. 9pm-7am / £13 in adv Hardcore, Hard Dance, Hardstyle & Gabba with Dougal B2B with Storm B2B Chirs Unknown and MC’s Static and Age-O. Other guests include Gammer, Sy, Dougal Joey Riot, Kurt, Rescue, D-Ice and more. 19th. GOODGREEF 9pm-6am. £12/£14otd Feat. Eddie Halliwell, Jordan Suckley, Tom Costelloe & many more. 26th. THE BADGERS BALL 10.30pm-7am / £7 Massive U.V Psytrance event with Dimensional Schizm, Ganjatree records, D-ther - live, Foose, Apo & 2CB. Special upcoming event: 9th April Premonition 8th Birthday 10pm-6am. £13/£12/£10 in adv Special guests across 3 arenas including DJ Thera (Brennan Heart), Alex Kidd, Mark EG, Darren Styles, Slideout, Pete Kingwell and many more!
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L2 is Truro’s largest Nightclub. With state of the art lighting, amazing sound system and some of the best DJ’s around, L2 is the place to be. Spread over 4 Rooms with music ranging from House to Drum and Bass, Chart to Dubstep and anything in between, there is something for anyone. With an extensive drinks selection at great price’s and a great atmosphere, you wont find a better night out!
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Calenick St, Truro, TR1 2SL 01872 222023 www.l2nightclub.co.uk Facebook: Search Loft Truro
March listings: Mondays Student Night 9:30pm till 1:30am Free entry before 10pm / £5 after The biggest student night around, Matt Wing plays all the big tunes, Drinks from £1. Get your advance tickets at www.l2nightclub.co.uk 28th Radio 1 Urban Special with Tim Westwood
9.30pm – late / £5 BBC Radio 1DJ & MTV superstar Tim Westwood comes to L2 for a massive night of hip hop and urban beats – expect a roadblock. Cheap £1.50 drinks deals on the night too. Fridays Fresh Fridays - Something different every week 4th Vitality 9.30pm – 2.30am / £5 in adv Drum and bass night with Radio 1’s Grooverider, Nicky Blackmarket and MC Fearless. Support from Devinyl, Chazza, Leroy, Corp, Palm & ReDefeat. MC’s Express and Rootsie. 11th / 18th & 25th 150 Fridays 9.30pm – 2.30am / £free DJ Tom Willz gets the weekend party started with party tunes and requests. All drinks £1.50 all night long. Saturdays Social - Truro’s Weekly Big Party Night
9:30pm till 2:30pm Free entry before 10pm / £3 before 11pm / £5 after Matt Wing plays all the best chart, hip hop and R’n’B, Jason M with all the upfront house, electro and trance.
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Bored of the same old thing? Then get out of work & into The Office Nightclub, Truro. Every Friday there should only be one place to be - The Office Apprentice student night for over 18s, FREE ENTRY all night, £1.50 all spirits, £2 all bottles! With DJ Tom Matthews, a monthly guest appearance, friendly staff & amazing atmosphere it’s a no brainer!!! Saturday nights it steps up a gear with an over 21 party like none other in the South West. Cornwall’s best DJ’s play to the drop down dancefloor, amazing products and service & the best night in Cornwall. Hen, stag and birthday packages are available with VIP sections and discount cards for a very special night. Also available for bookings. And to start you’re night off check out Zafiros Bar, 50 yards away from The Office and Truro’s most popular style bar, with the addition of dartboard, PS3 & poker nights there’s more fun than you can shake a stick at!!!
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The Office Nightclub, 1 Riverwalk, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 2AB. 01872 223163 info@theofficenightclub www.theofficenightclub.co.uk www.facebook.com/theoffice.truro www.facebook.com/office.undereighteens
March listings: Fridays HedOffice Apprentice
10pm – late / £free
11th The Office Night Club Under Eighteens Special under age clubbing night for 14 – 18yr olds More info at www.facebook.com/officetruro.unders
7pm – 10pm / £tbc
Over 18’s night
25th The Office Night Club Under Eighteens 7pm – 11pm / £tbc Special under age clubbing night for 14 – 18yr olds with Loick Essien More info at www.facebook.com/officetruro.unders 25th Loick Essien Over 18’s / 11pm - late / £tbc Special night with guest Loick Essien
Saturdays The Big Night Out
10pm-3am / £5 all night (Discount given for birthdays/hen parties/stag dos – call for more info) Over 21+ night
ZAFIROS 3 New Bridge St Truro TR1 2AA 01872 223163
4th BackBeat SoundSystem – The Drop UK Mini Tour 8pm – 12am / £free 18th The Klicks 8pm – 12am / £free Over 16’s allowed till 11pm
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Sound Nightclub in Penzance has plenty to tell you about over the next couple of months. The club opens Tuesday, Friday and Saturdays playing Commercial chart, Dance and R&B to a packed main. Friday night Room 2 holds regular events from promoters such as Dynamite Hip Hop, Restless D&B and Xtreme Sound Hard Dance. Entrance is just £5, whoever is performing on the night. If you are celebrating a special occasion then why not do it in style and book the Sound Limo for you and seven friends on a Tuesday, included in this package is free entry for you and your friends and a bottle of bubbly on arrival. And the best bit about this VIP package is it doesn’t cost you a penny, it is completely FREE! The Sound team is specialist in event planning and can provide the perfect corporate or private event for you. Any of our rooms are available for private hire so we can cater for all events, small or large. Get in touch! soundpenzance@hotmail.com
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Tuesdays Cornwall’s hottest midweek night! 11pm – 3am / £free before 12am / £4 after Cornwall’s freshest DJs Boris & DS playing chart and commercial bangers! Do you have a reason to celebrate? Then why not book the Sound limo to pick you and 7 of your friends up and take you to the club for FREE. Oh and entrance and bubbly is also thrown in for FREE as well (just call the club to book). All drinks are £2, Yes, that does include beer, sprits, cans, shots... do we need to continue? Fridays Sound have transformed Friday nights with alternative Hip hop, Drum & Bass, Dance events back in Room 2 where they belong! Room 1 resident DJs Boris & CQ will smash out their usual party bangers and dance anthems throughout the night 4th Room 2 - XS - XTREME SOUND presents Tidy DJs 11pm – 4am / £5 Cornwall’s newest hard dance brand launches with The Tidy DJs, supported by Greg Zizique, Ashley Thomas and more. Main Room Boris & CQ. 11th Room 1 - Dirty Sanchez Live Stage show 11pm – 4am / £5 B4 12am Presenting the real trouble makers from Team Sanchez, Pancho & Joycey. They will be on the Main Stage at Sound with their support team and DJ SoSo, alongside residents Boris & CQ. Expect it to be a messy night! Advance tickets - £5 www.sanchez.eventbrite.com 18th Room 2 - Dynamite hip-hop 11pm – 4am / £5 Dr Syntax with support from DJ Pete Cannon, MC Derogatory, Tommy Gramma, Dead Giveaway and DJ Louis J. Dr Syntax is one of the most renowned rappers in the UK with his knack for witty social commentary, self-deprecating humour and intelligent wordplay. 25th Restless Presents ALIX PEREZ 11pm – 4am / £5 Alix Perez is one of the strongest young producers in the Drum and Bass scene with releases on Shogun Audio, Soul:R, Bassbin & Creative Source. Expect dirty beats and even dirtier basslines! Support by DJ’s hailing from the SW with regular slots at the best drum and bass nights in Cornwall. Main Room DJs Boris & CQ 1st April Dynamite Hip-Hop Presents JURASSIC 5 : AKIL THE MC 11pm – 4am / £5 Akil was the MC for Jurassic 5, who are one of the highest regarded US hip-hop groups of all time, but split in 2007. Akil continues to tour, playing solo material and Jurassic 5 classics. Supported by residents DJs Brasic, Louis J, Ali Walker and Paul Weschke with MC support by Dead GiveAway & Grey, from Falmouth hip-hop crew DopeScribes. Main Room DJs Boris & CQ. The last time Akil came down for a show, it proved to be one of the busiest and best nights to date. 8th April Xtreme Sound Presents MARK EG 11pm – 4am / £5 Voted ‘Best Hard Dance DJ’ five times at the annual Hardcore Heaven Awards, if you think you’ve heard and seen it all, think again. From hard techno to hardstyle, from minimal to electro and everything in between, coupled with legendary stage antics, supported by Greg Zizique & Ashley Thomas. Main room with DJs Boris & CQ Sound Saturdays 11pm – 4am / £6 / £7 DJs Boris and DS playing chart and commercial bangers in main room. Room 2 Retro throw back classics and party anthems
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The Zero Lounge, Penzance is the town’s busiest and most vibrant bar. Open 7 days until 2am with live music and top Djs. If you like to dance all night or just relax with a bottle of wine, we can accommodate your every need with the luxury of our waitress service. Enjoy live sport on our 132’’ Projector or why not chill out and watch the game in full Live 3D! (Get in early to save your seats) On Thursday evenings from 9pm we also welcome budding musicians to showcase their talent at our Open Mic night. Have the weekend off? Relax in our sun drenched beer garden from 1pm on weekends (weather permitting), serving a wide range of cocktails and drinks lovingly crafted by our experienced & friendly bar staff.
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The Zero Lounge Chapel Street Penzance TR18 4AE Tel: 01736 361220 Thezerolounge@live.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/zerolounge Open from 5pm til late (Mon-Fri) / Open from 1pm til late on Sat/Sun
March listings: FRIDAYS - Live Music 4th Brothers & Bones (SW Tour) 11th Cornish Reggae kings, Kernow Vibrations 18th Kaj Skjervik 25th Matt Collinge Trio SATURDAYS - DJ’s 5th Dj Dante Gabriel 12th Ry Spencely 19th Dj Samedi 26th Hong Kong Ping Pong
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barnclub A new dawn... 26th March 2011 Welcome back to The Barn Club. The name may be the same but inside it’s been transformed to create a totally new and stylish club for Cornwall. Come and experience the difference for yourself on Sat 26th March at our grand reopening from 8pm to 3am. For more information about the Barn and to book VIP Tables and find out more about our no queue VIP entry, visit www.thebarnclub.co.uk or call 01736 365754. The Barn Club, Eastern Green, Penzance, Cornwall.
Clubs Little Castle St. 7.30pm-1.30am, £free. Salsa, Samba and Merengue with DJ Ricardo come along to one of Exeter’s longest running salsa nights and see how MONDAY NIGHT MADNESS. they party on the continent! Arena. Summerland St. 10pmTUESDAYS. Arena. 2.30am. £4.50/£2adv available from CHEESY Summerland St. 10pm-2.30am. reps and the student guild. Exeters £4.50 A huge slice of cheese from the 80’s, biggest and best student night, every week is 90’s & 00’s sandwiched in between all the themed, check out the weekly themes on our biggest student anthems. facebook group - Monday Madness at Arena Exmouth MONDAYS. Timepiece. Little Castle St. 7.30pm-1am. £free. Cheesy OFFICE PARTY. Fahrenheit, The Parade. 10pm-2.30am, £2/free B4 pop mash up! 11pm. Commercial night. METAL MONDAYS! Cavern Club. 83-84 Queen St. 8pm-late, £3otd. Falmouth Vanadium/ Cambion/ These Ruins/ Caesura. TUESDAYS. Remedies. The Moor. Metal. 10pm-2am, £free. Indie music with competitive drinks prices. Falmouth STUDENT NIGHT. Toast. 18 Church Penzance St. until 1am. £free. Monday night is STUDENT NIGHT. Sound Nightclub. Branwell Mill, entrance student night at toast with lots of £1.50 is on Market Jew Street (Opposite drink deals! Kasbar). 10.30pm-3am. £2 B4 STUDENT NIGHT. Q Bar. 15a Killigrew St. 8pm-late. £free. Monkey midnight/£4 after. DJs Boris & Diesto playing chart and commercial bangers! All T of Simian Sound playing guilty pleasures drinks £2. on the decks.
MONDAYS Exeter
Newquay
SUPER CHY MONDAYS. The Chy & Koola. 12 Beach Road. 10pm3.30am, £4/£2. DJ’s Robin Parris & Proof playing hip hop, funk, party, breaks, indie, rock, dance, grime, R’n’B, reggae, D’n’B, gypsy swing kinda thing & cheap booze for locals! JAGER MONDAYS. Belushi’s. Fore St. 9pm-1am. £free. Playing all things funky and soulful every Monday this summer. £1.50 Jager bombs mixed with Hip-Hop, Funk, DnB, Breaks, House and exclusive mash-ups with EatBeatz + Adski.
Plymouth
DROP THE BOMB. Ride Cafe. 45 Tavistock Place. 9pm-2am. £free all night. Featuring DJ Wonkey Ben bringing a totally new night of House and Electro. Bombs from £2! FUZZY LOGIC. Oceana. Barbican Leisure Park. 7pm-2am. £free B4 10pm/£2 until 11pm/£3NUS. Free bus from UPSU 9.30pm-12.30am. Plymouth’s biggest student night with 6 rooms of entertainment. 70’s, 80’s, 90’s party in the New York Disco, Commercial classics in the Ice House. Selected drinks just £1.50. SUGAR. Karma, Mayflower St 10pm-3am. £2otd. Plymouth’s biggest student night returns to the venue where it all began. Three rooms and awesome drinks deals, students only, bring ID to proof your worthy! WONKEYLEGS. Firefly. 2 Sherwell Arcade. 10pm– 4am. £2/£free with flyer. Drum n Bass, Hip Hop, Breakbeat and now Dubstep and House, all in a party style. Wonkey cocktail £3.
St Austell
BIG STUDENT NIGHT. Puls-8. 14 High Cross St. 10pm-2am. £4/£2 NUS. DJ Dean playing the party classics. All drinks £1.50.
Truro
L2 STUDENT NIGHT. L2 Nightclub. Calenick St. 9.30pm-1.30am. £free B4 10pm/£5 after. DJ Matt Wing playing Chart, RnB, Hip Hop and Party Classics.
TUESDAYS Exeter CAFE SABROSO. Timepiece,
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SCANDALOUS. Firefly. 2 Sherwell Arcade. 10pm – 4am. £free. Your weekly dose of everything RnB supplied by Plymouths 14th best Aldo Vanucci. TWISTED TUESDAYS. Wow. 11 The Parade, Barbican. 10.30pm. £free. DJ Simon Pitt playing the best in Chart, RnB & 90’s classics. 8th. PLAN B OFFICIAL AFTERSHOW PARTY. Karma Nightclub. Mayflower St. 9.30pm. £8adv/£10otd. Featuring DJ Swerve (Kiss 100).
WEDNESDAYS Bude
RENAISSANCE. Rogue Nightclub. 38 The Strand. 10pm-2.30am, £3. Chart hits & club classics.
Exeter
STUDENT NIGHT. Timepiece. Little Castle St. 7.30pm-1.30am. £free. In the main room they go bananas to all the student disco classics and current cheesey faves. In the Balcony Bar they get down to the very latest urban sounds with JSR. This is a night run by students for students and proceed go to support student societies. THE GUM CLUB. Angel Bar. 32 Queen St. 9pm-1am, £free. With DJ Dropsteady. You can expect to hear funk/ reggae/hip hop/breaks/old school/latin/ northern soul/cheese and generally anything that makes you rock your head and puts a big grin on your face. LOFI HIFI. Cavern Club. 83-84 Queen St. 8pm-3am. £free. Indie/ Electro clubnight. LOFI HIFI bring you the best in Indie/Electro/Dubstep with resident DJs and live guests. Carlsberg £1 before 9pm. 9th. SUBMOTION ORCHESTRA. Cavern Club. 83-84 Queen St. 8pm2am. £5.50adv/£10/ £8 after. Plus Ruckspin & support from Mystery, Ollie 303, Corticyte & El Parnell.
Falmouth
OPEN DECKS. Q Bar. 15a Killigrew St. 9pm-late. £free. Hosted by Selecta Demo. All aspiring DJs welcome. KNIT CLUB. Toast. 18 Church St. until 1am. £free. As it says on the tin,
knitting in a club!
Plymouth
BIG WEDNESDAY. Ride Cafe. 45 Tavistock Place. 9pm-2am. £2. Wonky Ben - Hook up, kick back, rock out. £1 drinks deals; this night is rammed every week! The ultimate antidote to mid week blues! BOOGIE NIGHTS (in assoc. with Uni Plymouth). C103. 103 Union St. 10pm-2am. £3. Student only night. Commercial tunes, giveaways, games and drinks deals. COWPOW. The Dairy, 25 Bretonside. 6pm-late. Student night, chart popping classics, great student deals, all are welcome to join in the fun. NON-STOP MUSIC. Zero’s. 24 Lockyer St. 10.30pm-1am. £free. HOUSE PARTY. Firefly. 2 Sherwell Arcade. 10pm-4am. £free. One of Firefly’s weekend resident DJs, DJ I.D.E.A.L introduces a night of electro, all mixed in with some Breakbeat, House and timeless dancefloor classics to get everyone going! STUDENT SOCIETY NIGHT. Blush Lounge. 102 Tavistock Place, North Hill. 10pm-3am. 2 cocktails for £6 and draught lager from £1.50. VODKA WEDNESDAY’S. Revolution. Derrys Cross. 9pm-2am. £2/free B4 10pm. Every Wednesday Revs card holders can take advantage of 2-4-1 on all our Revolution Cocktails, Pitchers and six shot sticks! VIBE. Oceana. Barbican Leisure Park, 9pm-3am, £free with flyer B4 11pm/£3. All your urban favourites from old-skool to new-skool, courtesy of your resident, DJ Jonezy Disco - Cheese and Party tunes all night long with John C With £1.60 drinks all night. WIRED WEDNESDAYS. Crash Manor. 35 Union St. 10pm-3am. £free. Electro, Dubstep, Drum & Bass and Indie being provided alongside the best drinks deals.
THURSDAYS Bude
THURSDAYS. Q Bar. 15a Killigrew St. 8pm-late. £free. The best local D.J’s & Live Bands.
Plymouth
BATTLE STATIONS. Voodoo Lounge. 1 The Money Centre. 9pm-2am. £2. 2nd Thursday of Every Month. Plymouth’s only night of TRUE hip-hop battles, representing all the elements in one massive session. Bboying, Graffiti, Turntablism, Beatboxing, MC-ing all under one roof, with bragging rights on the line. METAL UP YOUR ASS! Blush Lounge. 102 Tavistock Place, North Hill. 10pm-3am. Shooters from £1.50, 4 bottles from £5. HONKYTONK. Firefly. 2 Sherwell Arcade. 10pm–4am. £free. DJ Griff (rambunctious social club / jelly jazz) Playing the best in Soul, Funk, World, Jazz and all that good stuff. STUDENT NIGHT. Zero’s. 24 Lockyer St. 10.30pm-2am. £free. Chart, Cheese & RnB. ROCK NIGHT. Wow. 11 The Parade, Barbican. 10pm–3am, £2 B4 11pm/£3 after. Rock night with DJ Mark Williams.
REVERT. Rogue Nightclub. 38 The Strand. 10pm - 2am. £5. Student/local night with all drinks £1.50 all night!
10th . UNLEASHED
FLAVA. Angel Bar. 32 Queen St. 9pm-1am. £free. Funk, Soul, Reggae, Hip Hop, House, Beta, Breaks and Bass. Hosted by DJ Freddy Pimms (Solid Steel/ SWU/ Full Melt) plus special guests. FUZZY LOGIC. Arena Nightclub, Summerland St. 9.30pm-2.30am. £5.Without doubt the busiest student night in Exeter. Playing the biggest and best tunes, with some great drink deals!! SCANDALOUS. Timepiece. Little Castle St. 10pm-2am, £2 B4 11pm with flyer/£3. DJ JSR provides the upfront freshness and youthful vigour while Aldo Vanucci brings you the biggest and best joints around. ‘WAX THE VAN’ PRESENT SHAKE. The Amber Rooms. 161 Sidwell St. Main Bar. 9pm - 2am. £free. DJs playing the finest Funk / Disco / Acid Jazz.
DMassive dubstep night with Rusko as part of his UK Tour, supported by Darko, Steve Strong, J-Man, D-Lux, Gravity & High T.
Exeter
Falmouth
DJ DENO. Remedies. The Moor. 10pm-2am, £free. Chart music R&B Hip-Hop. STUDENT NIGHT. Toast. 18 Church St. Until 1am. Thursday night is student night at toast with lots of £1.50 drink deals!
Plymouth University 9pm–3am. £10 in adv.
Taunton
BLISS THURSDAYS. 43/45 East St. 10pm-3am. £5. DJs will be playing all the floor-filling tunes!
Truro
PUB STAR. Zafiro’s. River St. 7.30pm-late. £2 donation. Sing your heart out with some classic karaoke.
FRIDAYS Barnstaple 11th. VISION. The Venue. The
Strand. 8pm-3am. £15/motd. 3D multi genre music event. 30 artists playing Old Skool Rave, DnB, Electro, Dubstep & Fidget House. Feat. Grooverider.
Bideford
FUNKY FRIDAYS. Caesar’s Palace. King St. 11pm. £4. All the classics, a DJ and no rules whatsoever.
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RETOX. Rogue Nightclub. 38 The Strand. 10pm-3am. £5. Alternative night featuring Funky/ Electro, House, live acts plus more!
Exeter
CHART TOPPERS Hole in the Wall.
4th . JAGUAR SKILLZ
The Lemon Grove. Cornwall House, St Germans Road. 9pm– 3am. £14.
Mash-up DJ Jaguar Skills headlines a big night of Hip Hop and Drum & Bass. Also Mista Jam, Ganja records’ DJ Hazard & Fingerlickin`s A-Skillz, Mr Nice, Ben & Lex,Maxxi P & Lewah. J-West. MC’s Mr Mo & Desolate.
25th. DARK KNIGHTS. Exeter
Phoenix 10pm–2am. £free. Tech and progessive with Dizzit, Gavin Quiet, Blackout & Kelly Jay. 25th. EVOLUTION. Groundbreakerz Nightclub, Hole in the Wall, Little Castle St 9pm–2am. £5. D’n’B night with Blu Mar Ten, supported by Noise Monkey, Terra Ganjee, Count Vanderhoff & DJ Maccy. 25th. EXAMPLE. The Lemon Grove. Cornwall House, St Germans Road. 9pm–2am. £15. Example playing live, with DJ Wire and Maverick Sabre live too. See our interview with Example in the front of the mag for more info. 25th. MAMMALS Klass A, Fore St. 9pm–2.30am. £tbc. Andromedia, Dutty Dan, DJ Purple Rabbit and more. 1st April. OMG WITH SUBFOCUS. The Lemon Grove. Cornwall House, St Germans Road. 9pm–2am. £14. Live D’n’B with Subfocus, alongside Tempa T and DC Breaks for a full on night of bassline beats.
Falmouth
FRIDAY NIGHTS. Toast. 18 Church St. 6.30pm-2am. £free. Something different every week! WEEKEND WARM-UP. Remedies. The Moor. 10pm-2am. £3. 3 Bars, 2 Floors, 3 different DJs playing all sorts of different music from R&B to Cheese and Chart. FRIDAYS. Q Bar. 15a Killigrew St. 8pm-2am. Only the best DJs from the area playing for your aural pleasure. 11th. DUB CONFERENCE PART 3. Falmouth Rugby Club. 9pm-2am. £5. UK Dub innovators; Alpha&Omega, featuring Bongoman Jonah Dan, meets Cornwall’s own; Toxic Sound System & young upstarts; Pressure Roots Hi-Fi.
messy night! Advance tickets - £5 www. sanchez.eventbrite.com
Seaton 18th. ATMOSPHERE 7TH
BIRTHDAY. The Grove. Fore St. 9pm-3am. £12otd. Guests: Mark E.G, Chris Liberator, Ribbz, Ben Eye & Iain Cross, Wragg & Log:One, Major Tom & John Black.
St Austell
25th ALEX PEREZ
Sound Nightclub. Branwell Mill. 11pm- 4am. £5.
D’n’B returns to Penzance with the Alix Perez and residents Skint, Hertz and J-West. MC’s Mr Mo & Desolate.
18th DYNAMITE HIP-HOP Sound
Nightclub. Branwell Mill. 11pm4am. £5 Dr Syntax with support from DJ Pete Cannon, MC Derogatory, Tommy Gramma, Dead Giveaway and DJ Louis J. Dr Syntax is one of the most renowned rappers in the UK his knack for witty social commentary, self-deprecating humour and intelligent wordplay. THE BIG CHEESE. University of 8pm-2am. £free. Chart tunes and drinks Plymouth Students Union. Drakes deals, good start to the night… Circus. 8pm. £1 B4 12/ £3after COLLISION. Timepiece. Little (NUS)/£2 B4 12/£4after. All the Castle St. 7.30pm-2am. £3. Expect cheesiest tunes to get your weekend off to everything from Indie anthems, alt Rock, a flying start. Punk to Electro.... CRISIS. White Rabbit. Bretonside BUNGALOWED. Timepiece Newquay Bus Station. £1. 12am-5am. An Balcony Bar. Little Castle St. I CANDY. Sailors. Fore St. 10.30pm- eclectic hot mix of Indie/Punk/Rock/Hip-Hop/ 10.30pm-2am. £3 B4 12pm. Student 4am, £ladies free/£2 B4 12.30am. Funk/80’s. Served to you by JC & OZ. night. Hip Hop, House, Electro, Dub Step. Chart, RnB, Dance and Party. DJ APACHE. View 2. Vauxhall St. FRIDAY NIGHT FEVER. Arena. OMG! FOAM PARTY! Berties £5/£4/£3/free B4 10.30pm, 9pmSummerland St. 10pm-3am. £free Nightclub. East St. 10.30pm-4am. late. Playing RnB, Funk, House and Club entry with sticker/wristband. Start £2 B4 12.30pm. In the main room our classics. Downstairs DJ Ryan Platts. the weekend in style at Exeter’s premier resident DJ Will.B mashes up the best Chart, DOLLY MIXTURES. Zero’s, 24 nightclub, feel good party atmosphere, party Dance, RnB, Indie and Party. Lockyer St. 10.30pm-4am, £free B4 pictures for the website! Get down and party KOOLA ROCKS. The Koola. 11pm/£4 after. Gay night with resident on the dancefloor with all your favourite 9pm-3am, £free with VIP cards. All DJs Stev-E & Juzzy B play Cheese, Chart, music - the very best dance, chart, party 3 rooms open / live music & DJ’s / Indie R’n’B, Dance and Hard House. and RnB - and all your shouts, birthdays Electro mash-ups / Latin spirit / live dancers FUNKY FRIDAYS. The Treasury. and requests! / cocktail lounge / happy hour 6pm - 11pm Royal Parade. 9pm-3am, £tbc. Funky STRICTLY VINYL. Angel Bar. 32 / special guests. grooves. Queen St. 10pm-2am. £free. The local Penzance FUNKY FRIDAYS. Annabel’s boys blowing up party vibes and digging out SOUND FRIDAYS. Sound Cabaret and Discotheque, Vauxhall of the crates to unleash their hidden vinyl. St. 8.30pm-3pm. £tbc. Funky grooves Funk/Hip-Hop/Old School/Reggae/Ska/Party/ Nightclub. Branwell Mill. 11pm4am. £5. DJ Boris & CQ take over the main all night. Cheese/Selected Boom room, guests in room 2. FUNKY FRESIAN FRIDAYS. The Dairy. 25 Bretonside. 4th XS - XTREME SOUND 4th. TRANSFORMATION. Klass PRESENTS PUNK ROCK DISCO. Jack Chams. TIDY DJS Sound A, Fore St. 9pm–2.30am. £tbc. 50 Ebrington St. £1.50 vodka and mixer Nightclub. Branwell Mill. 11pmTrance night with Simon Pitt, Aiden Howard, all night. 4am. £5 B4 12am Cornwall’s newest Squiffy, Nitrix & Raze. THE ROCK SHOW. C103. 103 hard dance brand launches with The Tidy Union St. 10pm-3.30am. £2/ 11th. TOGETHER. Klass A, Fore DJs, supported by Greg Zizique, Ashley St. 9pm–2.30am. £tbc. Guests Iain Thomas and more. Main Room Boris & CQ. members £1. Rock, Indie and Punk with DJ K-Rad, Dy Synn, DJ JJ and Aides over McKenzie, Clarke ‘Sleazy’ Smith, Chris 11th DIRTY SANCHEZ LIVE three rooms. Dinsdale, Marcus Gauntlett, Sugarshaker, STAGE SHOW Sound Nightclub. SIMON PITT. Wow. 11 The Parade, Paul Elson & Matt Paynter. Branwell Mill. 11pm-4am. £5 B4 Barbican. 10pm–3am, £2 B4 25th. CABARET VOLTAIRE The 12am Presenting the real trouble makers 11pm/£3 after. Great Chart Party tunes to Cavern, Queen St. 9pm–2am. from Team Sanchez, Pancho & Joycey. They let your hair down to and heighten that Friday £tbc. Electroswing with Wonky Style, will be on the Main Stage at Sound with feeling! Plus some great drinks deals! Patchwork Spinning Collective, Mr Puckey, their support team and DJ SoSo, alongside SUPER DUPER SOUND CLASH. DonJohnston & Big Bird. residents Boris & CQ. Expect it to be a Ride Cafe. 45 Tavistock Place.
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9pm-2am. Featuring: Super Duper Dan’s block quaking five hour soundclash of dance floor mashups, megamixes & twisted basement noise. Leaping over dullness in a single bound! SUPERFLY. Firefly. 2 Sherwell Arcade. 9pm–5am. £free. Resident DJs on rotation. Just J from Jac the Disco playing a disco set downstairs and a banging club set upstairs.
FRIDAYS. Puls-8. 14 High Cross St. 10pm-2am. New resident DJ Stevie G throwing RnB, Chart and Dance into the mix. DUB SUB & PUB. The Stag Inn. Victoria Place. 8pm-2am. £free. Dubstep Cornwall presents its weekly night of underground electronica and the latest in Dubstep. 18+
Tiverton
THE FUSION PROJECT. The White Horse. Gold St. 9pm-1am. £3otd. Fortnightly. A night of Breaks, Dirty House & Trance with a hint of Old Skool. An alternative evening which you won’t find anywhere else.
Totnes 18th. DJ PETE ISAAC. The
Barrel House. 59 High St. 8pm12am. £5. Jelly Jazz resident host with Special guest Dom Servini (Wah Wah 45’s, London). 25th. JELLY JAZZ BOAT PARTY. The River Dart. 7pm-11pm. £10. With resident host DJ Pete Isaac.
Torquay
LADIES NIGHT. The Venue. 13 Torwood St. 9pm-1am. £3/ladies £free all night. The biggest night in the bay. FRIDAYS. Bohemia Nightclub. 41 Torwood St. 11pm-3pm. £4 B4 12pm/£5 after. DJs on rotation including DJ Hype, Coalition, MC Daddy Earl, Jordan Suckle, Lee Haslam, DJ Gammer, DJ Supreme, Ben Mcgowan and Jimmy P. FRIDAYS. Studio 22. 22 Victoria Parade. The club on rotation is pumping the best of grimey, dirty heavy Dance, DnB, Dubstep and Hip Hop. I LOVE INDIE. Rude Bar. 3 Victoria Parade. 9pm-2.30am. £2. With Electric Kills Children. 4th. FREEFORMATION. . Bohemia Nightclub. 41 Torwood St. 10pm-4am. £8otd. Hardcore/Freeform & Hard Trance with DJ/MC Sharkey, Joey Riot & Kevin Energy. 11th. CALVERTRON. Bohemia Nightclub. 41 Torwood St. 10pmlate. £5 B4 12pm/£7after. Electro/Fidget & Dubstep supremo! With Kitchen Disko vs Seff, Ben McGowan & more. 18th. DJ HYPE & MC IC3. Bohemia Nightclub. 41 Torwood St. 10.30pm-late. £7 B4 12pm/£8after.
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FRESH FRIDAYS. L2 Nightclub. Calenick St. 9.30pm-2.30am. £free. DJ Tom Wills playing all the best party tunes. Lots of drink promotions inc. all Draught £2.50, Selected Spirits £1.50. HEDOFFICE APPRENICATE. The Office. 10pm-2.30am. £free. Start the
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Clubs weekend as you mean to go on. 4th. VITALITY DNB. L2 Nightclub. Calenick St. 9.30pm-2.30am. £6 B4 11pm/£8 after. Guests DJ Hazard, Crystal Clear, MC Eksman & Residents. 25th HEDOFFICE APPRENICATE. The Office. 10pm2.30am. £free. Special guest Lock Esien performing live.
SATURDAYS Bude
RENAISSANCE. Rogue Nightclub. 38 The Strand. 10pm-3.30am. £5. All the best Commercial Club Classics from the past two decades.
Camborne
KRIS NEBROSO, The Clipper, 9pm – 1am, £free. A night of Cheese + Chart Party, Dance, R’n’B, Oldies and Motown tunes.
Exeter
BENJIS REGGAE BUS. Angel Bar. 32 Queen St. 9pm-2am. £free. All of Devon’s best raggamuffin DJs and bongo drummers crammed in a VW Splitscreen, hosted by DJ Ben Adams every month @ The Angel Bar! ESSENTIAL SATURDAY. Arena. Summerland St. 10pm-3.30am. £6.50otd. Best in Dance, Chart, Party and RnB. INDIE CLUB. Cavern Club, 83-84 Queen St. 8pm-2.30am. £free B4 9pm. The best in Indie/Alternative & Electro Sounds from DJS Jake and Paddy. With live guests. JELLY JAZZ! Angel Bar. 32 Queen St. 10pm-2am. £free. Once a month. Musically joining the dots between Soul/ Jazz/Funk/Latin/Boogaloo/Breaks/D&B +more! PLAYGROUND HQ. Angel Bar. 32 Queen St. 9pm-2am. £free. A fusion of local and beyond DJs offering what we consider to be the biggest and baddest party tunes. SATURDAYS. The Amber Rooms. 161 Sidwell St. 9pm-3am. £free. Guest DJs dropping all things funky. TOTAL REQUEST LIVE Hole in the Wall. 8pm-2am. £free. Chart tunes, you request it, they play it and drinks deals, good start to the night… WOBBLE. Timepiece. 7.30pm-2am, £3 B4 11pm with flyer. Mr. Onions lets rip, dropping everything anything from R’n’B to Indie, Jazz to Pop, Funk to Rock, Drum & Bass to House.
Ibiza) & Special Guests playing Balearic anthems, nu-jazz / broken beats, Latin & Brazilia SATURDAY. Q Bar. 15a Killigrew St. 8pm-2am. Always a massive night @ Q with the DJs spinning the best music for you to dance and drink to. See weekly invites for line-ups! WEEKEND WARM-UP. Remedies. The Moor. 10pm-2am. £3. 3 Bars, 2 Floors, 3 different DJs playing all sorts of different music from R&B to Cheese and Chart.
Newquay
PASSION. Sailors. Fore St. 10.30pm-4am. £tbc. Chart, dance & retro tunes to shake your booty with DJs John London & Pete Jordan. GIRLS NIGHT OUT. Berties. East St. Ladies £free B4 1am with flyer/£2. DJ Will.B mixing the best chart/RnB/Dance/ Party/Indie and Old Skool. DJ proof keeps it Urban in Club 2. (Saturdays). Red Square. Gover Lane. 10pm-4am. £free. An upfront mix of everything from Chart to Club, R&B to Dub... we have everything you’re looking for to make that ultimate Saturday night out in Newquay. DJ EDGE. Belushi’s. Fore St. Till late. £free. A live DJ night with a selection of Hip Hop (mainly old school) , Funk, Electro, Soul, 80’s/90’s Pop. 5th. HARD ENERGY presents HARD DANCE ANTHEMS. Tall Trees, Tolcarne Rd. 10pm-late. £tbc. Special tour night featuring Mark EG, Anne Savage, Scott Attrill and Vinylgroover. 19th. HOUSE SESSIONS. Tall Trees, Tolcarne Rd. 10pm-late. £tbc. Jon Carter steps behind the decks, supported by Ry Spenceley (Love Riot) 2nd April. OBSESSION. Tall Trees, Tolcarne Rd. 10pm-late. £tbc. Cornwall Colisium reunion with Easygroove, DJ SY, Scorpio, Lomas, Vibes and more.
Penzance
SOUND SATURDAYS. Sound Nightclub. Branwell Mill, entrance is on Market Jew Street (Opposite Kasbar). 10.30pm-4am. £6 B4 midnight. DJ’s Boris, Diesto, JP playing chart and commercial bangers in main room. Special Guest in Room 2 (check out facebook for more info). 26th. REOPENING PARTY. The Barn Club, Eastern Green 10pmlate. £tbc. The longest running nightclub in Cornwall reopens after a huge refurb, more info at www.thebarnclub.co.uk
Plymouth
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OMG WITH SUBFOCUS The Lemon Grove. Cornwall House, St Germans Road. 9pm– 2am. £14. Falmouth
SHUFFLE. Toast. 8pm - 2am. £free. Music Selector Mark Bishop (Cafe Mambo
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SUBHEAVY. Maggies. Bretonside Bus Station. 10pm-4am. £free. Dubstep night playing UK Funky, Grime and Garage on a 10K subheavy sound. ULTIMATE SATURDAYS. University of Plymouth Students Union. Drakes Circus. 8pm. We have great music, great value for money and a great venue to ensure that everyone has a brilliant night. SUPER DUPER SOUND CLASH. Ride Cafe. 45 Tavistock Place. 9pm-2am. Featuring: Super Duper Dan’s block quaking five hour soundclash of dance floor mashups, megamixes & twisted basement noise. Leaping over dullness in a single bound! SATURDAY FORUM. Jack Chams. 50 Ebrington St. Live show and DJ sets.
FRESH CITY. Crash Manor. Union St. 10pm-4am. £4 B4 midnight with flyer. R&B, Hip Hop, Bashment and UK Funky with residents DJ Jonezy, DJ Snake and DJ Badness. SIMON PITT. Wow. 11 The Parade, Barbican. 10pm. Quality Saturday night entertainment on the Barbican with DJ Spyke playing the best in Chart, R&B, Electro Pop, Dance, Indie & Soul. POWERHOUSE & CHEESE FACTORY. Zero’s. 24 Lockyer St. 10.30pm- 5am. £5. DJ DARON main room: Chart remixes, Commercial Dance & RnB. DJ FUZION upstairs: Cheesefest and camping up the top floor with Camp classics through the years!! DJ APACHE. View 2. Vauxhall St. £5/£4/£3/free B4 10.30pm, 9pmlate. Playing RnB, Funk, House and Club classics. Downstairs DJ Ryan Platts. SUPERFLY. Firefly. 2 Sherwell Arcade. 9pm–5am. £free. Resident DJs on rotation. Just J from Jac the Disco playing a disco set downstairs and a banging club set upstairs. FREE CUBA PARTY. The B-bar. Barbican Theatre, Castle St. 8pm. £free. Cocktails, Latin music, a steamy atmosphere and dancing until late. PARTY NIGHT. Walkabout. Derrys Cross. 10pm-2am, £free. Latest chart & dance hits with DJ Darren Watts. SATURDAYS. Revolution. Derrys Cross. 8pm-2am, £free B4 11pm. A collection of party grooves, funky tunes, soul & old skool beats, RnB, Funky house, House & classic anthems over two floors. SATURDAY NIGHT MASH-UP. Bac Bar. North Hill. 10pm-3am. £free. DJ Skank Marvin, playing a bit of everything from dancefloor classics, mash-ups, cheese, dance, rock and funk. Anything that will get the crowd bouncing gets dropped!! SATURDAYS. Annabel’s Cabaret and Discotheque. 8pm-3am. £tbc. 2 floors of entertainment with live cabaret and discotheque. 5th. ROOTS STREET Fortescue Cellar Bar. Mutley Plain. 8pm-12am. £free. Steppin Razor & DJ Crusty. 12th. MUSICISMYPOISON. Blush Lounge. Drake Circus (North Hill). 9pm-3am. £free. Disco / House / Electro with Phil Banks & Parkz. 12th. WHOMP. The Voodoo Lounge. 5 Fore St. 10pm-4am. £5. A multi genre night blending tight beats & dirty basslines. 12th. HARDCORE RESURRECTION. C103. 103 Union St. 9pm-7am. £13/motd. Hardcore, Hard Dance, Hardstyle & Gabba with Gammer, Sy, Dougal & more. 19th. GOODGREEF. C103. 103 Union St. 9pm-6am. £12/£14otd. Feat. Eddie Halliwell, Jordan Suckley, Tom Costelloe & many more. 26th. THE BADGERS BALL. C103. 103 Union St. 10.30pm-7am. £7. Massive U.V Psytrance event with Dimensional Schizm, Ganjatree records, D-ther - live, Foose, Apo & 2CB.
St Austell
THE BIG ONE. The Club. 14 High Cross St. 10pm-2am. £6. Massive party night with DJ Stevie G playing RnB, Dance, Hip Hop and DnB.
St Ives 18th. MY HEROES KILLED
COWBOYS. Isobar Is Dead.10pm4am. £7/£8otd. With Jean Nipon from international label Institubes shouting at you in French, plus Jac The Disco, Timbo Symons, Louis J and Hong Kong Ping Pong.
Taunton
SATURDAYS. Bliss. 43/45 East St. 9pm-3am. £free B4 10.30pm with guestlist/£5 after 10pm. It’s the original big night out, with the biggest mix of Party, Dance and R & B.
Torquay
KINDA FUNKY. Bohemia. 41 Torwood St. 10.30pm-4am, £4 B4 11pm/£6 after. Room1 plays R&B, Hip Hop and smooth Grooves. Room 2 for uplifting House, Trance and Dance anthems. SATURDAYS. The Venue. 13 Torwood St. 10pm-3am. £free B4 12am for members/£2 B4 12am/£3. REWIND. Rude Bar. 3 Victoria Parade. 9pm-2.30am. £free. Playing the best mix of classic Rock, Indie, 90’s anthems and chart. 5th. SOULOUD Attic. 9pm-4am. £tbc. Launch of a new monthly night, with a rare appearence from Billy Nasty, supported by Pedro, Jay Saunders & Alexander George.
Truro
SATURDAY SOCIAL. L2 Nightclub. Calenick St. 9.30pm-2.30am. 9.30pm-2.30am. £free B4 10pm/£3 B4 11pm/£5 after. DJ Matt Wing in Room 1 playing Chart, RnB, Hip Hop and Party Tunes. DJ Jason M in Room 2 playing House, Electro & Trance. Room 3 - Chillout Room. Room 4 - Lounge Bar. THE BIG NIGHT OUT. The Office. 1 River Walk. 10pm-3am. £tbc. Weekend party for over 21’s.
SUNDAYS Exeter
WORLD BEATS. Timepiece. Little Castle St, 8pm-1.30am, £free. Latin, Salsa, Afro Beat, Reggae, Arabic & Spanish.
Falmouth
OPEN JAM. Q Bar. 15a Killigrew St. 6pm-late. £free. Hosted by Perry followed at 10pm with Titan Sound finishing off your weekend with PRESSURE DROP RootsRockReggae/Digital Dancehall.
Plymouth
CHURCH OF ZERO’S SUNDAY SESSIONS. Zero’s. 24 Lockyer St. 10.30pm-1am. £free. Chart & RnB, and Dance. REQUEST. Firefly. 2 Sherwell Arcade. From 9pm. Everything from Dubstep to chill out, the music is yours to control all night, the perfect way to carry on with the weekend or chill out and wind down. LEGENDAIRY. The Dairy. 25 Bretonside. 6pm-late. 80’s & 90’s music. SUNDAY SESSIONS. Revolution, Derrys Cross. 10pm-2am. £free. In the Club, DJ Jonezy (a premier south west Urban and RnB DJ) brings you his legendary ‘Sunday Session.’ DESTINATION. Oceana. Barbican Leisure Park. £free for 1st 100 ladies/£1. With 2 fantastic rooms of music to chill out, relax & enjoy the best Sunday night in town. In First Port it’s DJ Snake & Mr Flexxx as the host for all the classic urban tunes. In Disco it’s DJ Mark Allan for a night of full on Mixmash of every genre you can think of so like join us & everyone else
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Exeter Drum and Bass night, Rinseout hosted another roadblock event at the beginning of February at the Exeter Phoenix, with Andy C headlining. Arguably one of their best nights so far, we where there to capture all the action‌ Photos: Paul Campbell
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