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Editor’s Letter:
In the words of the old punk popsters The Undertones, who played a storming gig in Bristol last month, Here Comes The Summer! Sod’s Law tells me that while I’m penning this letter bathed in the late Spring sunshine, by the time you read it it’ll be pissing it down. Ho hum. While last month’s mag was a festival special, this is the month when things really start to kick off on that front. May starts with Simple Things Festival in Bristol, plays host to ATP in Minehead and ends with Bristol Dot to Dot. While we don’t have £5k worth of festival tickets to giveaway this month (unlike last month) we can offer you an exclusive free download card for the new Carpetface album. Boom. Conscious that there’s more to life than music, fashion, film, comedy, clubbing and street art (is there? Yes, yes. We think so) we’ve launched a new food section to offer you ideas on where to eat. This month we’ve looked at Al Fresco eateries and have come up with our top picks across the region. And just look at our summery Picnic in the Park fashion shoot which showcases clothes from the wonderful shops on Park Street in Bristol. Here Comes The Summer indeed. Laura Williams, Editor. www.247magazine.co.uk
Features Carpetface & Audible1 09 Talk about their new album
Brother 11
Britpop revivalists with the potential to plug The Bluetones-shaped hole in our lives.
We Start Partys 13
Pilar Cortes Dyer is an emerging Mexican contemporary painter currently based in Bristol, UK. Painting became a passion at a young age and she later went on to study Visual Arts at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, where she graduated in 2007. Pilar has participated in more than 20 group exhibitions, and two solo exhibitions in Colombia, Mexico and the UK. She draws inspiration from the elements – water and air – and looks up to Gerhard Richter, Vija Celmins and Bas Jan Ader. She said: “My current work explores the concern for the physical phenomena of motion, ethereal traces of memory and a healthy relationship between photography and painting. For me, to observe a painting is to observe it through the construction of our consciousness. Through our memories and imaginations, we enter inside of it, alter it and become part of what is represented”.
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RAKIM AT BRISTOL 02 ACADEMY In the history of Hip-Hop, few artists have had as great an impact on the development and progression of the art form’s lyrical style as Rakim. This year marks the 25th Anniversary of the release of ‘Paid in Full’, consistently regarded as the greatest Hip Hop album of all time - and to celebrate and commemorate, Rakim plays Bristol for the first time ever on Saturday May 7th. Tickets are £22.50 (+bf) from The O2 Academy Box Office or Bristol Ticket Shop. THREE BOZOS AND A PIANO RETURN TO BRISTOL THEKLA Original members of the legendary Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band are bringing their hilarious blend of music, visual comedy and performance art to the Thekla, Bristol, on Sunday 15 May. The Thekla was their sadly-missed writer and vocalist Vivian Stanshall’s home (he actually lived on the boat) and performance arena for many years, before his death in 1995, and will have a real poignancy for them. Comedians Stephen Fry, Eddie Izzard and Bill Bailey have all named the Bonzos as a formative influence. More info at www. threebonzosandapiano.co.uk
SpannereD: A BOOK ABOUT RAVE CULTURE Spannered is a novel about free-parties, friendship, and dancing. Illuminated by twelve black & white illustrations from rising stars of the graffiti and fine art circuits, this is an attempt to capture the *click* that happens for a party-crew when the music, the substance and the people all slot into place. Read this book if you want to know what illegal raves really feel like or if you have been there but just can’t remember! Spannered is available from May 2011 £8.99 (+p&p) from www. spanneredbooks.com
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Swansea Skate Park expansion It’s been two years in the planning, but Exist Skate Shop in Swansea is about to embark on its newest venture - an indoor Skate park in the City Centre. The build is well underway and is due to open by mid May. The park will consist of a ramped area for skaters, inline skaters and BMXers. It will have a skate shop, cafe, band rehearsal space, print workshop and educational art workshop. We will host private parties for kids from 6 to 60 and the occasional live gig. There will be skate schools on Saturday and Sunday mornings and throughout school holidays. The opening coincides with Exist’s 10 year anniversary.
More festival line up announcements
Sadly, they didn’t make it in time for last month’s whopping festival guide but two of our favourites Glade and Big Chill have since revealed their line ups. Glade, which takes place in a secret location from June 10-12, has revealed the acts gracing it’s many stages. Bristol’s Team Love (Motion) online mix hosting network Mixcloud and London promoters Man Make Music and Bridging The Gap bring you Beta, a brand new party tent showcasing forward thinking producers of underground dance music from right across the spectrum. A Bassment tent, is curated by South West’s Beats & Bobs and Rinseout and features Atomic Hooligan, Disco Of Doom, TQ Scoundrel and more. Other acts include Earthling, Tron, Tim Sheridan (Veryverywongindeed), Miguel Campbell, Hugo Heathcote, Adrian Forster and more. Weekend tickets cost £135 + BF from www. seetickets.com More info at www.gladefestival.com Big Chill takes place at the Eastnor Castle Deer Park near Ledbury, Herefordshire, from August 4 – 7. It plays host to exclusive UK festival performances from Kanye West and Rodrigo y Gabriela. Catering for a broad mix of musical tastes they’ve also got The Chemical Brothers, Neneh Cherry, Wild Beasts, 2manyDJs, Jessie J, Metronomy, Janelle Monáe, Warpaint, Chipmunk, Hercules and Love Affair, Horace Andy, Fenech-Soler, Calvin Harris, Example, Katy B, Jamie Woon, Flying Lotus (Live), Just Jack (DJ Set) and Future Boogie DJs, Mr. Scruff, Dirtyphonics and DJ Derek. More info at www.bigchill.net/festival Tickets cost £165 + booking fee from The Big Chill bars, HMV or online at www.ticketline.co.uk
The story of Creation Records screened in Cardiff with Alan McGee Q&A
Creation Records was the success story of the 90s. Responsible for a lot of the Britpop big boys, including Oasis, Super Furry Animals and Primal Scream, the London-based label helped carve a real buzz around the music they signed. Now Upside Down, a new documentary about the glory years is screening at Chapter Arts in Cardiff this month with a post film Q&A with former director of Creation Records Alan McGee. Glasvegas are also in town that night (May 4). Championed by Alan McGee as the sound of young Scotland so promoter SWN has arranged a special ticket deal to enable you to see Upside Down and Glasvegas for a special price of £15. If you just want to see the film then tickets are £7.50. More info at www.chapter.org
Propaganda Rock Your Shades
Bristol Propaganda clubnight is asking people to make like their favourite shade-wearing celebrities for their annual ‘Rock Your Shades’ on Friday May 6 at Bristol 02 Academy. In return, the charity is asking people to make a donation of £1 upon entry to Teenage Cancer Trust. Teenage Cancer Trust has also teamed up with TOPMAN and a group of young cancer patients who were treated in a Teenage Cancer Trust unit, to design four pairs of unique ‘Rock Your Shades’ sunglasses. These cool shades can be purchased from all TOPMAN stores for £15 each, with £5 of every pair sold donated to the charity. More info at www.rockyourshades.com
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Interview by Dee Coleman
Carpetface and Audible1 Fresh from their tour of the French Alps and with an album due for release in August, South West hero’s Carpetface and Audible1 talk about the album, their joint ventures, their early 90s vibe and plans for the future. The card on the cover of this month’s mag gets you half of Carpetface and Audible1’s new album: Land Of The Gooseneck Steppers, absolutley free - get on your ‘puta and get downloading!
So what have you been up to since 247 spoke to you last? Carpetface: We’ve written and recorded a new album, which is ready for release in June. We’ve got a single out and have made a music video, which we shot at the end of last year. We’ve also done about 250 live shows, I’ve had a son and got a new van. Phew! That’s a lot of gigs - do you play in the Southwest much? Carpetface: We shot our new video in Bude, Cornwall, in ‘Rogue nightclub’ which is where we also do a lot of nights. We always have some good fun there. We’re also booking a South West tour, which will be quite soon. And you’ve just come back from a month touring the French Alps, how did it go? Audible1: It’s probably our most fun set of gigs because it’s based in a really beautiful place and the French are really accommodating, you get treated really well. Everyone’s up for a really good party because they’re out there for a good time, so it’s always really good for us to go out there and we seem to have got a sort of following somehow over the years and it’s good to go out and play to those people. What were some of your personal highlights over there? Audible1: The croissants, I think. Carpetface: Gig-wise, (points to Audible) just you trying to go: “when I say Carpet, you say faster” to a crowd that didn’t speak any English. So how would you describe your style? How are you different? Carpetface: I would like to think that we’re taking it back to how it was with an early 90’s sound. I’m personally influenced by the hip hop I listen to which is generally American and normally quite old. We just like to entertain, so there’s bits of surreal stuff in there and lots of silliness. Quite fundamentally, we think that Hip Hop should be fun and something that no
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one should be scared of trying. For your new album and your sound in general, where does your inspiration come from? Audible1: We’re influenced by old school Hip hop, but actually we listen to loads of different styles of music, I suppose that everything you listen to sort of plays into it. You’ve got quite a fresh sound and it’s hard to compare you to anybody else Carpetface: If you go back and listen to hip hop from 15 to 20 years ago and also stuff from the 60’s and 70’s, you’ll find there are loys of bits and pieces that our stuff sounds like, but it’s a fragmented combination of influences that not enough people are still into to notice. I don’t think there is actually such a thing as completely original anymore. The video, ‘Down to the Sound’ is fun and bouncy, did you enjoy making it? Carpetface: Yeah, especially the process - thinking of the ideas then watching it back. It probably takes a few watches to see that there’s a little bit of a plot in there, well as much of a plot as you could get. It was really enjoyable and fun to make! If you actually laugh out loud to little bits in a music video, then it’s definitely going to stick in your mind - that’s the plan! So, what’s next for you guys? Carpetface: The album is coming out in August and we’ll be doing a few festivals, but we don’t know exactly which ones yet. Audible1: We’ve got the South West tour coming up too and we’re starting work on our new music video, which will be the next thing.
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Brother
As Britpop attempts to make its big comeback in 2011, bright young things Brother have already set their sights on world domination. As the band prepare not one, two but three gigs in the region, straight-talking frontman Lee Newell tells Rob Sleigh that Brother are here to change our lives. Anyone who has recently attempted to Google upand-coming indie hopefuls Brother will have already discovered that they are not the easiest band to track down online. Despite being widely recognised as ones to watch in 2011, their one-word name is proving difficult to locate in the World Wide Web. However, as lead vocalist Lee points out, this is not necessarily a bad thing. “It is hard to find in Google, but I kind of like that. It means that people have to work for it a bit and have to really want it. Once they do find it, it will seem like a personal, little treasure [Laughs].” After forming their band in Slough about six years ago, the four-piece chose their name in reference to the musical interests and goals that they shared as a group. “It comes from a gang mentality,” said Lee. “We see ourselves as being very equal and all in this together.” After initially meeting up at local gigs and pubs, the four members joined forces to reignite their passion for straightforward rock music. He added: “We all played in separate bands before, but when we started this one, it became apparent quite quickly that this was something that worked for us. It became a lot more exciting.” As Brother’s music has continued to gain widespread attention in recent months, they have frequently been described as Britpop revivalists. “We’re not really trying to bring anything back. The only thing we want to revive is guitar music, so we thought we may as well create our own genre just for a bit of a laugh.” This led the band to christen their music as ‘grit-pop’. “It seems that no one’s got any bollocks anymore. People are too scared to take any risks. That’s why all the music sounds the same at the moment. Everyone just seems to be a watered-down
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version of themselves. A sort of musical cordial, if you like.” “With people like Pulp, Suede and Liam Gallagher re-emerging in recent months, it appears that Britpop is making something of a comeback. Maybe that’s why we’ve been hyped so much. We worked so hard to get here, we’re just going to embrace that and use it as a platform to be heard.” Lee confirms how one Britpop legend in particular has had a big impact on the band. “Stephen Street is a childhood hero of mine. It was an honour working with someone like him.” The former Blur producer has just finished working with Brother on their forthcoming debut album, which is due out on the 4th of July. So what can people expect from the album? “Just big, shameless rock songs, really. It’s ten tracks of rock’n’roll delicious. They’re quite honest and created from a true place. Catchy, fun and life-changing.” As Brother prepare to take the album out on the road, Lee describes how the band are feeling ahead of their first major tour. “We literally can’t wait. It’s something we’ve always wanted to do in our lives. We don’t take it lightly. We play hard, play loud and have a hangover the next day. That’s all we can do.” Brother are: Lee Newell, Josh Ward, Samuel Jackson, Frank Colucci See Brother live at Gloucester Guildhall on May 15, Clwb Ifor Bach in Cardiff on May 17 & Bristol Fleece, May 18. More info at www.acidlove.net
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Introducing...
We Start Partys Photo: Marrianne Harris
They look like a polished American teen rock band, but the latest force to be reckoned with – We Start Partys – are Bristol through and through. We caught up with them after spotting their awesome new music video ‘Seasons’ on Youtube. How did We Start Partys come about? A few years ago, we all happened to be posting musician wanted ads at the same time. We all came from different projects and musical backgrounds, but found each other because we all wanted to make music without any limitations - music that you could appreciate and empathise with, no matter what they liked before. So ‘We Start Partys’, after a few switch-arounds & line-up changes, was born! What inspired the name? And shouldn’t it be ‘We Start Parties’? We knew we needed a name that summed up what we were trying to do. Something that people could feel a part of, and represented a statement of intent to anyone who came to see us. One day we came up with it, and in that moment of silence, we all looked around at each other and it was settled! A lot of people ask us about the deliberate mis-spelling, but answer’s simple - it looks better! We love talking to grammar geeks about it! What’s the best party you’ve ever started? That is a hard question, there are way too many to choose from! We try to make all our live shows a party, but if we had to choose, it’d be our first out-of-town festival show “Butserfest” last year. We we’re playing the mainstage at 1pm. When we got there just before we went on, everyone was still sitting on the grass and there were only a few people standing up, let alone dancing! We went up, and people were ‘sprinting’ to get to us. We were really shocked to see that people had heard of us already there, some people had come to the festival just for us! The crowd were amazing, and literally started the party for us! Your new video is pretty cool, where did you film it? Thank you! Our new video was shot in three separate locations. We shot scenes in a secret garden (with the police threatening to come round), at our guitarist’s university (with friends as extras) and live shots at the 02 Bristol Academy (from our best hometown show). We knew that we had to live-up to the success of our first video release, ‘Make Tonight’, which got 6,000+ views in
the first week and went on to peak at number 3 on Scuzz TV’s most-requested playlist. Do you have a ‘typical’ fan? If so, what are they like? Most of our fans range from 16-21 and seem to be just like us. We strive to get to know our fans and always find that our fans have so much in common with us too. They inspire us every single day and they help us in so many ways, from the song-writing process to whenever we need advice, to selling tickets to out-of-town shows and putting us up at their house on tour. We wouldn’t last a day without our fans and want them to know that we how much we love them! How do you rate the Bristol music scene? The Bristol music scene is truly amazing. Most of us have lived here for years, and have seen so many good bands play here! We have some the most unique and obscure venues, and no two are alike! We love playing in the Bristol circuit, it’s a great experience for bands like us. Are you gonna follow the tried and tested route of moving to London or are you happy out West? We are perfectly happy where we are, doing what we do. We have been a band for 2 years so far, and its been going well, so we know we are on the right path! I think the idea is to record a full length Album next year, possibly with the backing of some kind of label, but that’s not crucial. This year we are looking at releasing another E.P in time for Summer, which will hopefully show a progression in our sound! Moving to London will only make it harder for us and put us in a narrower market. We’re really enjoying being on the road and seeing new cities that we’ve never been to, and are really happy continuing to do so! Finally, tell us an interesting fact about each member of the band? Ben (vox/guitar)...grew-up in Malaysia Elys (lead guitar)...his great-grandad wrote the Indian national anthem Dave (bass/vox)...can’t swim Matt (drums/vox)...is “Hamesh” from Braveheart
See We Start Partys support The Summer Set at Bristol 02 Academy on May 22. Read an extended interview with We Start Parties and watch their video ‘Seasons’ at www.247magazine.co.uk Or check out their new website: www.westartpartys.com
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Al Fresco
dining... we pick out the best places in the region for outdoor eating
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The Norwood, Cheltenham
The Norwood, Leckhampton Road,Cheltenham,GL53 0AX Tel: 01242 26119 www.gkpubs.co.uk/pubs-in-cheltenham/norwood-arms-pub Set just outside of Cheltenham’s main stretch, the Norwood is well placed for those wanting to take a bit of time over their meal and avoid the hustle and bustle of a busy city centre. This is definitely a ‘gastro-pub’ and has the classy interior of such: not a jeans and t-shirt sort of place, more of a Sunday best one. The interior is spacious and well maintained with beautiful wooden floors and exposed stone walls, plenty of room for socialising or standing at the large and well stocked bar ad they have a huge beer garden. Not only are there numerous tables, but a generous patio area for shade. We choose not to try the highly recommended £7.45 Sunday Dinner, and go for some more veggie friendly mains. The choice is excellent and the staff very accommodating and well informed. Our meals arrive swiftly and the portions are generous. Hand-battered Halloumi (£7.45) With skinon chips, dressed salad and red pepper & chilli dipping sauce is an immediate hit, finally someone has thought of the vegetarian equivalent to fried chicken or fish! It is crispy and delicious, but could happly be without the lashings of dressing on the salad. The Red Leicester & Spinach Burger (£6.45) is beyond the average vegetarian patty, but could have used a little more seasoning as it edged towards the greasy. Food is served from 11am – 10pm and it seems steady rather than busy. (Helen Brown)
BRISTOL The Victoria Park
66 Raymend Road, Bristol, BS3 4QW Tel: 0117 330 6043 www.thevictoriapark.co.uk For a great Al Fresco dining experience in Bristol, you could do far worse than to head to The Victoria Park on Raymend Road (BS3). The self-designated “pub & kitchen” opened last September and has already forged itself a reputation thanks to its relaxing atmosphere, great food and friendly and helpful staff. Being, as it is, nestled in a row of terraced houses on a quiet residential road overlooking Victoria Park, a beer garden is the last thing you’d expect – particularly one as expansive as this. The split-level garden, with paving at the top and a lawn at the bottom, has views right across towards Dundry on a sunny day, and will soon be improved still more with the addition of an outdoor kitchen area including a barbecue and a clay wood-fired oven. The monthly-changing menu aims to be as local to the South West and seasonal as possible, with the current menu featuring ingredients from Cheddar, Devon, the Wye Valley and bread from Bristol’s Breadstore. Mains range from around the £8-£14, and the current menu includes dishes such as the Victoria Park Ploughmans (£8.50 – perfect for a summer’s day!) and braised pork neck and faggots (£10). I can also highly recommend their Sunday lunches – homemade Yorkshires, plenty of veg and crunchy roasted potatoes with a cold pint of cider in the sun...what more could you need?! (Emily Park) www.247magazine.co.uk
CARDIFF Bosphorus
Cardiff Bay, 31 Mermadid Quay, Cardiff CF10 5BZ Tel: 029 2048 7477 www.bosphorus.co.uk There really is only one place to head for Al Fresco dinging in Cardiff and that’s the Bay. With its rows and rows of restaurants, cafes and bars there is no shortage of choice. But the gem in the Bay crown has to be the Turkish restaurant, Bosphorus. You cannot fail but notice its amiable location on a little pier, a slice of holiday magic on your doorstep. If you follow my dad’s advice (he’s a head chef) you never go into an empty restaurant as it’s the busy ones with queues which always do the best food. This theory didn’t bode well for Bosphorus, which had plenty of spare tables when we went in. Nevertheless, we gave it the benefit of the doubt and came out wondering why it wasn’t full to bursting. Being veggie, I found the food a delight but read other reviews of the place and it seems they have a problem when people order chicken. Basically, don’t order the chicken, cos you probably won’t get it. I loved the falafels (which they spell felafel) and hummous (humus). The prices are slightly more expensive than the neighbouring eateries, Nandos etc, but you are pretty much paying for the best view in Mermaid Quay. And they have an early bird menu where two courses and a drink will cost you £12.50 which will give you a reasonably priced taster. (Laura Williams)
BATH The Bathampton Mill
Mill Lane, Bathampton, Bath, BA2 6TS Tel: 01225 469 758 www.thebathamptonmill.co.uk The Bathampton Mill is a stylish country pub by the river, on the outskirts of Bath. Refurbished two years ago by an interior designer, the lounge area and restaurant have been transformed with a stylish interior, which is modern, contemporary, light and airy inside and includes leather sofa’s and roaring open fires in winter. The menu changes with the seasons and is modern but simple, interwoven with some Mediterranean influences. Traditional favourites such as fish and chips and steak are expected, along with freshly made pizzas and pastas and the chef’s daily specials showcasing the finest market fresh ingredients. We visited on a Sunday afternoon, it was fairly busy and as you’d expect, had to wait a while for food, but was pretty good when it arrived. The service was slower than we’d expect in a place like this, even on a busy Sunday afternoon, but we weren’t in a rush so wasn’t really an issue. Classed at gastro-pub, the prices reflect this, but all in all, we had nice meals and you can do far worst in the area! It’s in a great location, has lots of parking, plenty of space to sit inside. But it’s all about the outdoor space when the sun is out. Situated right by the weir, the terrace and lawn are popular spots for relaxing, beer in hand and watch the world go by… (Nigel Muntz)
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Retail Therapy
This month we’re lusting after top tech....
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Apple iPad 2 We want, want, want it! The new version (next generation, whatever) of this magical device for browsing the web, email, enjoying photos, watching videos, listening to music, playing games, reading eBooks and more is thinner and lighter than the original iPad. Apple has kept the 9.7-inch LEDbacklit LCD screen but equipped the sexy devise with their dual-core A5 processor for blazing fast performance and stunning graphics and now includes two cameras, a front-facing VGA camera for FaceTime and Photo Booth, and a rear-facing camera that captures 720p HD video. From £399, www.apple.com
Fuji Finepix X100 You’re sure to want to have this retro-feel digital compact with you at all times – it’s stunning to look at. More to the point, the 12.3 megapixel compact takes great pictures too. Retro look, compact size, DSLR quality pictures and a wealth of controls. Yes, please. £999, www.fujifilm.co.uk
Garmin Edge 800 Possibly the best tech cycling accessory we’ve seen. The Garmin has been designed as a do-everything cycling computer and includes full sat-nav, On yer bike! £350, www.garmin.com
Sony Bloggie MHS-FS1 Aspiring videographer but don’t like to lug at lot of kit? At 55x108x15.8mm and 110g you Nintendo 3DS You’ll never complain about your trek to college or work when you’ve got 3D can always have Sony’s Bloggie with gaming to keep you entertained. Eye-poppingly you. It’s fun, easy to use and produces stunning 1920x1080 Full HD movies good! Around £200, www.nintendo.co.uk and 5.1 megapixel photos. £139, www.sony.co.uk
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Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin Air Want an iPod sound system that’s as high tech as your pod? Look no further. As it’s name suggests this model incorporates Apple AirPlay technology, allowing you to wirelessly stream music direct from an iTunes PC or an Apple devise. Unbeatable sound and loud too. £499, www.bowers-wilkins.co.uk www.247magazine.co.uk
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Inga-Lisa Phillips, 25 Dress: Oasis / Scarf: Warehouse Bag: Topshop / Boots: Dorothy Perkins
Jade Olivia, 21 Shawl: Monsoon / Brooch: Accessorise Boots: United States Polo Association / Bag: Cara
Richard Davies, 21 T-shirt: Renfield / Trousers: Topman Loafers: Topman
Jacket: Next / Top: House of Fraser / Jeans: Topman / Boots: Topman
Scarf: Kew / Jacket: M&S / Boots: Jones’
Kate Mcnamara, 30
Richard Sadler, 34
Geri Joyner, 26 Cardigan: H&M / Top: H&M Trousers: Topshop / Boots: Next
Marlon Middleton, 17 T-shirt: Cult / Jeans: Topshop Trainers: Shop in Canada
Emma Wood, 35 Dress: Warehouse / Boots: Demonia / Bag: Next
Claire Goldsmith, 17 Dress: Topshop / Shoes: Primark / Bag: Vintage
Amy Jones, 17 Jumper: Topshop / Bag: River Island Boots: River Island / Hair band:Accessorise
Style Hunter
Forget the races, the fashionable folk of Cheltenham are found around the Boardwalk.
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Picnic in the Park The annual changeover of the wardrobes is upon us so time to ditch those scarves for stylish sunnies and box up your coats for the summer in favour of flouncy floral dresses… Katie wears – Animal print top - Bench - £20 Grey Hoodie - Bench - £50 Shorts, socks & belt - models own. Sophie wears -Denim shorts - Bench - £30 White vest top - Bench - £18 Dark grey button top - Bench - £22 Sunglasses – Spitfire at Motel - £18
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Right Top: Katie wears – Stussy polka dot blue and purple playsuit - Cooshti £59.99 Belt & shoes – model’s own Sophie wears - Red Nike vest top - Cooshti - £25 Black and leopard Puckoo leggings - Cooshti - £39.99 High top Nike trainers - Cooshti £69.99 White sunglasses – Spitfire at Motel - £18
Above: Katie wears - White pleat Mink Pink top - My Yard - £33.50 Insight print skirt - My Yard - £30 Sophie wears – Insight print maxi dress - My Yard - £55 Sunglasses – Spitfire at Motel - £18
Right Bottom: Sophie wears - Karina Dress in Pretty Rose – Motel - £49 Shoes –model’s own Katie wears - Sassy Mini Skirt in Coral – Motel £45 Vanessa Vest in Big Red Rose Bud – Motel -£25. Belt, shoes, necklace and hairband – model’s own.
Photographer: Lora English - www.facebook.com/pages/Lora-English-Photography / www.flickr.com/photos/bloodbeats/ Stylist: Teresa New - www.newstyling.webs.com / www.tnewstylist.blogspot.com Models: Katie Larkman and Sophie Norris Location: Greville Smyth Park, Ashton, Bristol Stockists: Motel, My Yard, Bench and Cooshti – all on Park Street, Bristol, or online at www.motelrocks.com / www.my-yard.co.uk / www.bench.co.uk / www.cooshti.com
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Street Art Image: Andy Council & Acerone at Upfest’10
Image: Cheo at Upfest’10
Image: AME72 at Upfest’10
Upfest’ 11 Europe’s largest free live urban arts festival; Upfest, takes over its cultural home of Bristol on Sat 4 and Sun 5 June as over 250 artists and 40 DJs, groups & human beatboxers showcase there unique talents. Now in it’s fourth year, Upfest, otherwise known as ‘The Urban Paint Festival’ is a must attend event for street art fans and is firmly established as the main street art event in Europe. The two day festival attracts urban artists from all over the world who flock to Bristol’s Tobacco Factory - the festival’s birthplace, as well as a number of locations across the south of the city to paint street art and illustration in a wide range of styles. The festival is interactive on a number of levels, and includes a give it a go wall for all budding artists visiting the event, as well as the chance to see artists creating their pieces live over the weekend. Amongst the 250 artists from 17 countries taking part, these include national street art artists such as Inkie, DON & SPQR alongside home grown Bristol talent, Cheo, Jago, Jody and Lokey alongside UK crews TND, PCM & Detox. International artists include Herakut and Andreas von Chrzanowski aka Case.
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Upfest partner Stephen Hayles said: “Bristol is established as the home of graffiti in the UK; the whole country has attributed this to the city. We are proud to be a part of this movement and will continue to provide a platform for brand new artists to break onto the UK urban art scene.” Alongside the painting, the festival helps raise funds and drive awareness for the Bristol based charity – National Association for Children of Alcoholics (NACOA) who work to address the problems children have growing up in families where one or both parents suffer from alcoholism. Upfest have raised £15,000 for the charity so far and this years festival will see weird and wonderful forms of fundraising including the on site cutting of the event organisers hair into a Mohican by Bristol’s urban stylists - Mac Daddy’s, as well as badge making and stalls operated by the charity. Upfest ’11 runs all day on Sat 4 and Sun 5 June at the Tobacco Factory, North St Park, Hen & Chicken, Spotted Cow and Try Again pub’s, and is free at all venues. There is also an after party on Sat 4 June at Start the Bus in Bristol, where there is a chance to meet and hang out with the artists too! The nights runs from 9pm until 3am with acts to be confirmed. More info at www.upfest.co.uk
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Music Laura Williams
Arash Torabi
UK Rocka
“We gathered in Spring.” Midlake
Here Comes The Summer The Undertones
Preparing brain-cells for battle throughout the festival season
BellX1
Hollie Cook
Bloodless Coup
(Warner / ADA) BellX1 are one of those bands who are big in their homeland, Ireland, but not over here, despite this being their fitfth album. Their soaring indie ballads inevitably draw comparison to Snow Patrol but they’ve got that underlying energy and substance of Radiohead peeping through too. Where their earlier stuff was very guitar driven, they’ve gone a tad electro in Bloodless Coup – especially in the opening track, Hey Anna Lena. Perhaps they look at Foals and co and fancy a slice of that cake. The lyrics are painfully 2011, like they could’ve written them on Twitter. There’s a line in their recent single Velcro which goes: “watching a 6-year-old on Youtube play drums to Billie Jean.” Something we can all relate to.
Hollie Cook (Mr Bongo)
Soulful reggae that’s bound to bring pleasure on late summer nights. Hollie is Paul Cook’s (Sex Pistols) daughter and one time member of the later incarnation of The Slits. This is a truly breathtaking album with real heart and soul. Her version of The Shangri-Las’ Walking in the Sand is a heartbreaker, and it works wonderfully with a reggae arrangement. Hollie’s voice is smooth as silk and completely natural, with none of the pointless vocal acrobatics and fake expression that have become the curse of the present-day pop/soul singer. The fact that she uses her real voice makes her talent shine through, touching every song with passion and deep emotion. Perfect.
Factory Star
Pete Lawrie
Enter Castle Perilous
A Little Brighter (Island)
The opener on this debut album by this Welshman is a cracker. It leaves you thoroughly excited about the rest of the album. And while the whole album is nice (and I mean nice) none of the subsequent tracks have the bite of that opening track In The End. It’s like he reels you in with a juicy worm then throws you in a ice cream tub full of lukewarm water. Perhaps I’m being a little harsh. His grainy vocals (like Ryan Adams after a year secondment to Wales) sit perfectly alongside the simple guitars and create that sunny afternoon sound, so perfect at the mo. The upbeat songs have that Amy McDonald radio-friendly appeal which will appeal to a broad range of folk.
The Zombies
Breathe Out, Breathe In
(Occultation)
Post-punk hero and original guitarist of The Fall, Martin Bramah returns with a new band, fresh sound and a buzzing record. Recorded completely live in the studio with hardly any overdubs, this album represents Factory Star in their raw form: pure, stripped-down, quirky and intense. It’s a warm sound with bright guitars, organ and Bramah’s youthful voice (also recorded live) pushed to the forefront of the mix. Guitars jerk and jangle, the drums are tight and precise and every track shines in its own right, as well as adding another tone to the record as a whole. Fans of Bramah’s former bands, Blue Orchids and The Fall won’t be disappointed. Don Scannell
Don Scannell
Three Silver Pieces (Don Scannell)
On his debut album, Don Scannell has created spooky folk, which is mainly piano-led, with help They’ve been mainstays of the music world for from Asian Dub Foundation’s Martin Savale about half a century now and they show no sign on bass & drum duties. The standout song is of letting up and even played a set at last year’s Mystery, on which he delivers his haunting vocal ATP Festival. Now The Zombies are back with a style over breakbeat drums- and it actually gels new album, which is hardly earth shattering but together surprisingly well. Another highlight is continues in the vein they’ve been running for the title track, a dark and deep, Nick Drake-style years – creating melodic, multi-layered, timeless blend of cello and picked guitar. The choice classics. Like the Beach Boys only British. Very of artwork though (a mechanical horse) is British. This album is addictively sunny, with light contradictory to the music, which is generally keys and vocals which sit just on the right side pastoral and organic. A calming and pleasant of cheesy. Both Colin Blunstone (vocals) and journey, with a few highs and lows along the Rod Argent (keys) are rocking with a bus pass way. Three Silver Pieces will more than likely now, so unsurprisingly their recent offering is go down well with Fleet Foxes or Iron & Wine a lot less psychadelia and a lot more MOR but appreciators. that’s fine by us. (Red House Records)
Various Artists
The Keys
Bitten By Wolves
Kris Needs Presents Dirty Water 2: More Birth of Punk Attitude
(Year Zero) (See Monkey Do Monkey Recordings) This is stating the bleedin’ obvious, but punk Borne out of the ashes of Welsh indie troupe is NOT a genre, or anything to do with clothes: Murry The Hump, The Keys are flying the flag it’s an attitude. More conclusive proof here, for the awesome Welsh label See Monkey Do on part 2 of Needs’ mammoth trawl through Monkey recordings. Here we have their first relevant sources and inspirations. Kris Needs full-length album, an indie psychadelic treat. Presents Dirty Water 2: More Birth of Punk There are definite Britpop hints with tracks 4 Attitude comprises 2 discs of eclectic sounds and 6, The Colour Red and Teacher’s Daughter then, from the 60s garage stomp of The Human sounding like some Super Furry Animal’s b-side Expression to the melodious Big Star, served unearthed from a dusty old casket and given a with a smidgen of jazz, a dollop of Kraut and going over by Animal Collective. You can hear plenty of rock & roll. A few obvious choices the Welsh twang shining through, particularly in (Velvets/Bowie) and some real essentials: the title track and the aptly named Heads Of The Captain Beefheart, MC5 and Suicide. Tapper Valleys. And Bitten By Wolves has to win the Zukie and Junior Murvin provide the reggae. prize of the most terrifying album artwork ever. Not a tattoo, skateboard or piercing in sight.
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Zion Train
Dub Revolutionaries: The very best of
(Nascente Records) Zion Train members Maken of Warsaw and Les Earthdoctor of Wales have selected this collection of tracks from the Dub collective. This deep rooted collective came from the sound-system culture in the 80’s taking Dub to another level when fusing it with minimal techno in the 90’s. This 2 disc set lays out the history for you featuring some great artists like Colin Cod, Dave Tench, Sis K, Molara, Mene Wood, Dave Fullwood, Chris Petter, Dave Ruffy, John Jennings, Y.T and many more to be named. You will also find some vinyl only, rare finds in the collection as well as a previously unreleased studio session recorded for the late, great John Peel.
DJ Swamp Vinyl Disciples
(Decadent Records) The 1996 US DMC Champion has thrown down his ideas to create this album. There is a dark edge to some of the album with the obvious hip hop and rock influence, open to be appreciated by a broad range of audience. Swamp has worked with some true icons in his time, touring alongside as well as well as being called into the studio for his skills. Kid Rock, Kool Keith, The Crystal Method and Beck are amongst the list. He also DJ’d for K Chill and Layzie Bone before the mighty Bone Thugs and Harmony were formed. Swamp has showcased his ability as a producer, writer and vocalist on this album. Out on his own label Decadent Records now.
Various Artists
Drum & Bass Arena Evolution (Drum and Bass Arena)
2 Discs with 40 all out, current D&B bangers mixed for your listening pleasure. If you have fallen behind with your D&B collection at all, this will bring your iPod bang up to speed with tunes from some of the most exciting artists out there right now. Chase & Status, Danny Byrd, Delta Heavy, Breakage, Loadstar, Icicle, Camo & Krooked, Nero and Netsky are just a handful of the artists featured on this compilation. This also includes a few exclusive remixes that you wouldn’t have heard before including J Majik & Wickamans remix of the old skool classic ‘Let Me Be Your Fantasy’ and The Prototypes on the remix of Modestep’s ‘Feel Good’.
Mister Fantastic
Harvey’s Bristol Cream (Ruztik Records)
Harvey’s Bristol Cream is exactly what it says on the tin. Mister Fantastic has handpicked some great talent to feature on this album in the way of MC’s, and other turntablist’s to add their styles alongside his own. All from Bristol so there is a very organic Bristol flavour to this album. With the beats, rhymes and cuts being of pure Bristol origin, there is definitely a distinctive sound throughout this funk fuelled collection of tunes. If you are into your underground Hip Hop, this will be right up your street, especially if you are particularly into the Bristol underground hip hop sound. Well worth checking out, out now on vinyl and digitally from Ruztik Records.
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Music Aldo Vanucci
Jamie Atkins
Plymouth’s 14th best DJ
“The sunshine bores the daylights out of me.”
Shunda K
Alex Turner
(Fanatic Records)
(Domino)
The Most Wanted I love kid sister. If you do too but you wished she came with an angrier attitude and more lo fi productions then Shunda K is here to make your day. An amazing line up of global productions on this and collaborations galore but Shunda is always the star, hip hop that maintains credibility whilst still managing to appeal to the people who love their urban stars making trance / club music. If you don’t support this you shouldn’t complain next time David Guetta etc hook up with your younger sister’s favourite R’n’B artist. This album includes collaborations with the likes of Mark Yardley from Stanton Warriors, Sick Rick, Flore, Deekline, Electrosexual alongside many others.
Red Snapper Key
(V2 Benelux) Back before the Internet, I know right, ancient, there was a genre known as trip hop, one of the A listers was Red Snapper, I must admit my heart didn’t lift when this came through the door. As happens now and then though, I was surprised by this, the essence of their sound is still the same, might double bass and tight drums, but whether it’s due to them doing this for so long or just I’m in the right mood for this today, it works, really well. Dub influences, jazz not in a good way feel, and hip hop inspired. An album to check if you need something to smoke to, chill to or just find out what happens if you still make “trip hop” after 10 years.
The Beekeepers Apiculture
(Jalapeno Records) With the mighty Scott Hendy from Boca 45 / dynamo productions and Bristol legend Parker together you know this album is gonna be amazing, the first tracks these guys did had New York Emskee on the mic and was a breath of fresh air. This album is a slight departure for what you would expect for the Jalapeno label, home to the likes of Kraak & Smaak and Skeewiff, both these producers know what they are doing with beats and carefully crafted sample a delica, add a fine selection of guests like Mystro and Sarah Scott, plus some awesome string sections to give this that epic orchestral feel, and you have an album that works in clubs, on radio and at home. Watch this blow. Huge.
Count Bass D & Insight The Risk Takers
(Modulor Records) Not heard of either of these two before but after one listen to this album they are on my radar for sure. American hip hop that feels like they’ve listened to their fair share of golden era albums, fine beats that are part dilla part primo, it’s been a while since I’ve nodded my head this much. For me, ‘Size The Moment’ stands out the most, they have guest verses from both Kool Keith and Pacewon both of which are nice but don’t outshine Insight too much. Like a lot of albums this is high quality but would take a hell of a lot of promo to break into the mainstream.
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Submarine
A refreshing antidote to the Arctic Monkeys’ attempts to reinvent themselves as charmless riff-rockers. Turner provides a touching, intimate set of songs to soundtrack the nostalgic, teenromance Submarine. Rather than attempt to plot the storyline with lyrics, Turner makes the wise decision to use bizarre, impressionistic wordplay & imagery to evoke the uncertainty & magic of first love. Gems like ‘how can I put you off when you’re a matter of urgency’ have the scruffy charm of his early work & work beautifully with the low-key, folky backdrop. A short-but-sweet reminder of Turner’s talents, time to leave the Monkeys at the zoo?
Okkervil River I Am Very Far
(Jagjaguwar) As boisterous opener The Valley clatters confidently into view it is apparent just how far Okkervil River have come over the past decade or so. From low-key, relatively pastoral countryfolk beginnings they’ve developed into a rabblerousing, fiercely literate alternative rock band on the verge of mainstream success. I Am Very Far sees the band expanding their perimeters considerably; fans of career best Black Sheep Boy would barely recognise the groove-based Piratess or the Bends era-Radiohead evoking Show Yourself. Intriguingly, the accompanying lyric book lists an extra 9 songs, presumably there are further treats in store. For now though, this ranks amongst the best of their career, Will Sheff’s lyrics in particular hitting top form.
Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 2 (Nonesuch)
After the bells and whistles production & bravura arrangements of 2008’s outstanding Harps & Angels, this is a timely reminder that Newman’s material works just as well when stripped down to brass tacks. These are straight forward piano & vocal treatments of songs spanning 40 years. Newman somehow manages to cover a broad range of topics (xenophobia, skewed history lessons, lovelorn balladry) whilst seemingly having an innate sense of how best to musically place each lyric. It never seems forced, even the wittier numbers manage to escape the trapdoor labelled ‘comedy song.’ A strange, brave collection of songs that few of his contemporaries would have the wit or balls to contemplate writing.
Smith Westerns Die It Blonde (Domino)
Chicago lo-fi merchants Smith Westerns have turned down the fuzz, polished up the melodies & cheered up considerably. Fans of their recorded-at-school, eponymous debut will insist that the pop suss was always there but now the melodic ambition has got the grand production job to match. Whilst this will no doubt do wonders for their commercial prospects, unfortunately it places them in the same retro ballpark as many of the brit-pop influences they’ve been talking up. Whilst the bittersweet single Weekend does a great job of matching their exuberance with a radio-friendly glam jangle; at times Dye It Blonde veers into classic rock territory, a shame when these songs should be fizzing with the promise of teenage summers.
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Crush UK
www.crushuk.com After reading Crush UK boast of being ‘England’s premier power pop-punk-countryblues-rock band’, I was expecting the exact opposite & I wasn’t far off. Ranging from the artless (Always) to the clueless (So Wot) the songs are feeble yet earnest attempts to imitate the likes of The Small Faces, The Jam, The Eagles, The Damned & various other ensembles who flourished from ‘68 -‘78. Chief Crusher, Martin Weller, has collaborated with Peter Frampton but there’s little trace of any developed craft. Still, it’s unexpected and untypical of anything else we receive so credit where it’s due. Their fifth platter, ‘Proper Job’, is out now.
Laetoli Steps
www.myspace.com/laetolisteps It didn’t come with any blurb so I had to do a bit of research while listening to opening song ‘Sleeping Bears’, a lovely shimmer of languid harmonies with a Midlake-esque lilt. By the time ‘Biting My Tongue’ had almost shuffled off its wistful country twang, I discover that they’re actually a London-based supergroup – and a super group – consisting of previous members of bands such as Garlic, Thunderclap Newman and Cornershop. And when the amazing ‘Rose’ locks into its sultry, rolling gait I’m smitten, hook, line and sinker, with their reflective, dust-bowl confessions. Available through all digital outlets, make this record your first blind purchase of the year, before the second album drops in the not-too-distant future.
Hanterhir
www.myspace.com/hanterhirmusic Cornwall’s Hanterhir typify the singular vision of people who live in cultural isolation, which is why I, for one, love it with all my frazzled heart. Their new album ‘Agapus’ is an organic psycherock opus that proudly flashes its Cornish roots without resorting to predictability. Strong, often beautiful, and dark-lit melodies dominate all ten songs, whether they’re encased in swirling guitars and freewheeling drums (‘The Centre Of All’), acoustic melodrama (‘Stay Down’) or native dialect (‘Plos Mis Du’ – rough translation: ‘Dirty Black Month’). If Arcade Fire were reared in remote villages dotted along a slither of wind-swept coastline, they might have sounded a bit like this. Which, of course, would not have hindered them one bit.
Becca Langsford
www.beccalangsford.webs.com Plymouth soul sister, Becca Langsford, releases her debut album, ‘Big Surprise’, this month with an array of special guests evoking an authentic glow. Her powerful delivery lends a cohesive continuity to the twelve covers, while the pinpoint arrangements keep things animated and compelling. Elegant forays into delta blues, swing jazz, bluegrass and gospel underpin Becca’s silky timbre at every turn, with Vince Lee’s inimitable footprint gracing the likes of ‘King Size Papa’ and the woozy ‘You’re In For A Big Surprise’. On the strength of this offering, you feel that she could out-strip the pub circuit and stride out into the world of international blues and soul with head held high. God speed. magazine | 25
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Words Helen Brown
1 May The Heart of the Dragon – Wales Streetdance Championships
Wales Millennium Centre, Bute Place, Cardiff Bay, CF10 5AL. 02920636400. www.wmc.org.uk. From 10am. £10/7. Wales Streetdance Federation are returning to the Millennium Centre with The Heart of the Dragon - The Wales Streetdance Championships 2011. Hosted by Mr 4dee and Joeblow, with national and international adjudicators, live acts and a guest appearance by the pioneer of UK lock ‘n’ pop Basil Pepperpot, dancers from all over Wales will be showcasing their hard work.
1-8 May North Somerset Arts Week
Various venues across North Somerset. 01934 627809. www. northsomersetarts.org.uk. SA are running their fifth biennial Arts Week until Sunday May 8. North Somerset Arts’ main objective is the promotion of the arts to encourage a wider recognition for the artists and craft makers in the area. More than 250 artists, sculptors, designers and craft makers, including work from schools, colleges and University of West of England students, exhibiting in a variety of venues across North Somerset. The artists will be available to meet and chat to at all the venues.
2 - 14 May
Urban Realists
Bristol Tobacco Factory, Raleigh Road, BS3 1TF, www. tobaccofactory.com The main bar plays host to the work of local artists, Becky Wills, Natasha and Dante. They explore the psychology and confusion of the modern city in three converging perspectives. Influences range from graffiti culture to the constructed world of computer games, creating abstract paintings, reflecting the speed and complexity of modern urban life, with its constant circulation and information overload and increasing impersonality.
2 - 28 May Steve Lindon Photography Show
The Grain Barge, Hotwells Road, Bristol, BS8 4RU, www. goldenvalleyart.co.uk Rural photographer, Steve Lindon, displays a stunning collection of images
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capturing the Welsh countryside. Steve Lindon moved to Michaelchurch Escley a small parish within the Golden Valley of Herefordshire with his wife and three children in 2008 from a small mining village in the South East of Wales. The rolling hills, small parishes, ancient woodlands, medieval Churches and the Black Hill and Hay Bluff of the Black Mountains shadowing the Golden Valley, provide inspiration for Steve, a worldwide selling photographer and digital artist.
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Dance
Events
18 May
Lunchtime Talk: The Making of A History of the World in 100 Objects
11-14 May Avenue Q
Bristol Hippodrome, St Augustines Parade, BS1 4UZ. 0117 302 3310. www. bristolhippodrome.org.uk. Swansea Grand Theatre, Singleton Various times. £18-34.25. Street, SA1 3QJ. 01792 475 715. After nearly five years of mischief, bad www.swansea.gov.uk. 7.30pm. behaviour and political incorrectness, £6.50-15.50. London’s funniest show by far is Critics Circle award-winning company hitting the road. The Tony AwardBallet Cymru, formerly Independent Ballet winning Avenue Q is the irresistibly Wales, present a sparkling and refreshing charming musical about the lovably ballet based on the eternal fairy tale. hopeless characters on a downtown Ballet Cymru, bring to life this timeless New York street trying to make sense story, using the company’s unique blend of life’s burning issues: love, work, of classical technique and storytelling. relationships and, above all, just Featuring choreography by Creative how are you supposed to pay the Wales Award winner Darius James and bills with a BA in English? Hilarious a brand new score by Welsh composer and uproariously entertaining, with a David Westcott. terrific batch of songs performed by a cast of hugely talented performers inand thepuppets. UK. 3-5 May
Ballet Cymru presents Beauty and the Beast
National Museum Cardiff, Cathays Park, Cardiff CF10 3NP. 02920397951. www.museumwales. ac.uk. 1.05pm. Free. This talk takes a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the British Museum BBC Radio 4 series A History of the World in a 100 objects from one of the curators who supported Neil MacGregor in writing this landmark series. How were objects for series chosen? What were the challenges of speaking about objects on the radio, and what lessons are there for other Museums? JD Hill is head of research at the British Museum and was the lead curator for A History of the World in 100 Objects.
27 May
Filthy Fridays Present... Uncle David
The Cube, 4 Princess Row, Kingsdown, Bristol BS2 8NQ. 0117 9074190. www.cubecinema.com. 9pm. £5. The Cube presents the criticallyacclaimed debut feature by David Hoyle. This film depicts the intense, unsettling relationship between a boy Look Back In Anger Fisherton Mill, Fisherton Street, 12 May (porn star Ashley Ryder) and his uncle Salisbury, SP2 7QY 01722 500200 (David Hoyle). The improvised dialogue Uncaged Monkeys: A www.fishertonmill.co.uk 7pm. between the two, which gives the film its £29.95 (including meal). Night of Science and edginess, is heightened by the location The Devon-based Creative Cow theatre of an out-of-season caravan park on the Wonder company brings you a 55th Anniversary Bristol Colston Hall, Colston Street, Isle of Sheppey. The conventions of the tour of John Osborne’s Look Back BS1 5AR. 0117 922 3686. www. relationship between uncle and nephew In Anger. A story of Jimmy Porter a colstonhall.org. 8pm. £25/20. are subverted when we realise they are graduate whose search for his place in The first national science tour, celebrating involved sexually and there is a sinister the world has devastating consequences the universe and many of the wonders reason for their holiday. After the film for his long-suffering wife Alison and that lie within it. The finest names expect a special performance by the one her best friend Helena. This is one of in science broadcasting, including and only Betty Bruiser and DJs spinning the theatre dinner series of plays run at Professor Brian Cox, Dr Ben Goldacre, trash, sleaze, exotica, lounge, and Fisherton Mill. Director Amanda Knott Robin Ince and Simon Singh gather outsider sounds. brings this touching tale to life as part together to talk of dark matter, black of a full UK tour. It returns to the area, holes, Bonobo apes, the big bang and Dulverton Town Hall in Somerset on June anything else they can cram into two 4. Tickets £10. hours.
11-14 May Goodnight Mister Tom
New Theatre, Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3LN. 029 2087 8889. www. newtheatrecardiff.co.uk. 7pm, matinees 1pm. £8-22. One of the most uplifting stories ever written, Michelle Magorian’s stunning Goodnight Mister Tom is brought gloriously to life with this new stage adaptation. Set during the dark and dangerous build up to the Second World War, Goodnight Mister Tom follows sad William Beech, who is evacuated to the idyllic English countryside and builds a remarkable and moving friendship with the elderly recluse Tom Oakley. Goodnight Mister Tom, first published in 1981, is an enduring classic which has sold in excess of 1.2 million copies
12 May – 3 July Gillian Ayres
Arnolfini, 16 Narrow Quay, Bristol BS1 4QA. 0117 917 2300. www. arnolfini.org.uk. Free. Gillian Ayres is considered one of the most important British painters working in the abstract style from the post-war period through to the present day, particularly noted for her wide variety of mark-making styles and use of rhythm and colour. Ayres exhibited at Arnolfini during its early days, and her painting Break-Off, 1961, the year the Arnolfini was founded, has been selected for this exhibition by Annabel Rees, co-founder of Arnolfini for their 50th anniversary programme. Break-off is presented alongside a new work that Ayres painted this year.
29 May Al Murray The Pub Landlord in Barrel of Fun
Theatre Royal Bath, Sawclose, BA1 1ET. 01225 448844. www. theatreroyal.org.uk. 7.30pm. £23/25.50. Following the huge success of his 2010 tour, Al Murray The Pub Landlord is extending time at the bar by visiting Bath as part of his Barrel of Fun Tour. Britain’s best-known Pub Philospher will be serving up his own special brew of bar-room banter.
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SCREEN SIZLERS
discover that Blackbeard (McShane) and his daughter are after it too. This is nautical fun of the highest order with a role that Johnny Depp was born to play. R.E.D (12A)
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Made In Dagenham (15) 3 May The Bacon Theatre – Cheltenham, 01242 258 002 www.bacontheatre.co.uk Dir: Nigel Cole Starring: Sally Hawkins, Bob Hoskins and Andrea Riseborough 2010/US/113 min Sally Hawkins (Happy Go Lucky) stars as Rita in this very British feel-good comedy. It’s 1968, Rita lives in Dagenham and works at the Ford plant stitching together seat covers. She wonders why she is paid the same as unskilled labourers. Rita realises it’s because she is a woman and starts a campaign that leads to equal pay in the workplace. Its East is East meets the Full Monty in this high point of British Cinema this year. Never Let Me Go (12A) 3-5 May Gloucester Guildhall, 01452 503 050, www.gloucester. gov.uk Dir: Mark Romanek Starring: Keira Knightley, Carey Mulligan and Andrew Garfield 2010/US/104 min As children, Ruth, Kathy and Tommy, spend their childhood at a seemingly idyllic English boarding school. As they grow into young adults, they find that they have to come to terms with the strength of the love they feel for each other, while preparing themselves for the haunting reality that awaits them in the outside world. Weird, alternative sci-fi/romance that has a stellar cast and solid direction to match. Pina 3D (U)
1 – 5 May The Watershed
- Bristol, 0117 927 5100, www. watershed.co.uk Dir: Wim Wenders Starring: Pina Bausch 2008/ UK/US/ 120 min Wim Wenders (Wings of Desire, Buena Vista Social Club) brings the work of Pina Bausch, one of dance’s most innovative choreographers, to extraordinary life in this elegant and exciting documentary. Focusing on four of Bausch’s most celebrated works performed by members of her repertoire, we see them staged in a variety of imaginative settings (a gym, a pool, the woods, in the city) and hear memories and recollections of the woman herself. Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (TBC)
18 - 31 May Dir: Rob
Marshall Starring: Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Ian McShane and Penélope Cruz 2011/US/141 min Jack Sparrow (Depp) and Barbossa (Rush) embark on a quest to find the elusive fountain of youth, only to
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Trowbridge, Wiltshire, 0845 299 0476, www.arctheatre.org.uk Dir: Robert Schwentke Starring: Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, and Helen Mirren 2010/US/111 min RED stands for Retired- Extremely Dangerous, which is no understatement as this playful action comedy features some of our most seasoned actors showing that they are not slouches when it comes to action. If the idea of your granddad firing a mini-gun seems like just another one of his eccentricities, then you’ll enjoy this comic book slice of fun. Song Of Freedom (U)
9 - 13 May The Welfare,
Swansea, 01639 843163, www. thewelfare.co.uk Dir: J. Elder Wills Starring: Paul Robeson, Elisabeth Welch and Esme Percy 1936/UK/73 min Robeson plays London dockworker John Zinga, obsessed with the urge to return to his African “roots” (this was nearly 40 years before Alex Haley!) Discovered by an operatic impresario, John achieves singing stardom on the concert stage -- only to throw it all away to make a pilgrimage to Africa, there to assume leadership of his ancestral tribe, the Casangas. Submarine (15)
Eliminate: Archie Cookson (12A)
Premiere: April 28 Dir: Robert Holder Starring: Paul Rhys, Claire Skinner, Georgina King, Paul Ritter 2011/UK/TBC A spy thriller with a distinctive Bristol flavour, being that the whole film was shot in Bristol – including in a Clifton graveyeard and Avonmouth Bridge. Not only is director Holden from Bristol but so are many of the cast and crew – including executive producer David Bunker. The score for the film was composed by Bristol musician David Hamill, and played by the Bristol Ensemble. More info and trailer at www.eliminatearchiecookson. com
Attack The Block (15)
Released: 11 May Dir: Joe Cornish Starring: Nick Frost, Jodie Whittaker and Luke Treadaway 2011/UK/88 min This is an alien invasion film set in South London, where a group of hoodies are left to fight off the alien invaders. The star of Paul and Hot Fuzz, Nick Frost, headlines this low-budget comedy with Joe Cornish from the Adam and Joe Show taking the helm. Could be this summers British sleeper hit.
The Hangover Part II (TBC)
Released: 27 May Dir: Todd Phillips Starring: Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis and Ed Helms 2011/US/TBC Phil, Stu, Alan and Doug are all back with the various problems that can only be resolved by drinking lots of alcohol. But this time they are off to Bangkok and it’s Stu’s wedding. This sequel should push the collective funny bone to breaking point.
16 -18 May The Cube
Microplex – Bristol, 0117 907 4190, www.cubecinema.com Dir: Richard Ayoade Starring: Craig Roberts, Sally Hawkins and Paddy Considine 2010/ UK/ 96 min 15-year-old Oliver Tate has two objectives: To lose his virginity before his next birthday, and to extinguish the flame between his mother and an ex-lover who has resurfaced in her life. Richard Ayotade’s directorial debut is touching and startling and promises a bright future for the star of the IT Crowd. True Grit (15)
16 - 18 May The Riverfront –
Newport, 01633 656 757, www. newport.gov.uk Dir: Ethan Coen & Joel Coen Starring: Jeff Bridges and Matt Damon 2010/US/110 min Following the murder of her father by hired hand Tom Chaney, 14-year-old farm girl Mattie Ross sets out to capture the killer. To aid her, she hires the toughest U.S. marshal she can find, a man with “true grit,” Reuben J. “Rooster” Cogburn. This latest film from the Coen Brothers seems like a mix of No Country for Old Men and The Man who Wasn’t There and is all the better for it! magazine | 27
Live Sun.01 Bristol MAGNUM + GWYN ASHTON 02 Academy, Frogmore Street 7pm £17.50 BEST COAST Thekla, The Grove 7pm £12 14+ w Obscura + Beneath The Massacre + Defiled HATE ETERNAL The Fleece, St Thomas Street 7pm £12.50adv 14+ DEAD TO ME The Croft Stokes Croft 6pm £7.50 w Caves + The Arteries + The Human Project + OK Pilot + Pacer + The Hook-Line Riot + Spanish Gamble BRISTOL FOLK FESTIVAL Colston Hall, Colston Street The final day of the ? Bristol Folk Festival sees Sheelanagig / Bellowhead /Al O’Kane / Johnny Coppin / Dyer Cummings / Furlined round off the weekend, which bought you Seth Lakeman / Show of Hands / Jim Moray / 3 Daft Monkeys / Ruarri Joseph / Fisherman’s Friends / Dervish and more. Further info at www.bristolfolkfestival.com THREE KINGS HIGH + SAM SURE & GIACOMO Mr Wolf’s, St Stephen’s Street 7pm £3
Glee Club, Mermaid Quay 7.15pm £15 CSP MAYDAY Gwdihw Bar, Guilford Cresent 2pm £6 Micro festival featuring The Witches Drum / Slamfish / Whistling Biscuits / Hip Route / The Sweet Spots / Amber Crayon / Johnny Cage / Jay Arrenne
Cheltenham
CHELTENHAM JAZZ FESTIVAL Various, Cheltenham The tail end of this International Jazz Festival features the likes of Jamie Cullum / Roots Manuva / Bonobo and more. Further info at www. cheltenhamfestivals.com
Swindon
CHRIS HELME (THE SEAHORSES) 12 Bar, Westcott Place 8pm £6adv
Mon.02 Bristol ORANGE + NEW RIOT 02 Academy, Frogmore Street 7pm NME RADAR TOUR Thekla, The Grove 6.30pm £9 14+ Featuring Anna Calvi + Grouplove + Big Deal IN COLOUR + THE FOLLOWING ANNOUNCEMENT + OFF THE WALL + LIVE WIRE The Fleece, St Thomas Street 7.30pm £5adv 14+ LUNARIANS (Main Bar) THE RICHARD HEADS (Front bar) The Croft Stokes Croft 8pm £4 w End of the Line / Protest Crayon / The Unprofessionals / Southpaw Fakers / Fresh Milk LAURA CANTRELL St Bonaventure’s, Egerton Road, 7.30pm £14 GROOVE ROBBER + MONKEY CHUCKLE + LITTLE RUM CLUB Mr Wolf’s, St Stephen’s Street 7pm £3
Cardiff SIMPLE THINGS FESTIVAL The Old Firestation, Silver Street 2pm £20adv A one day festival which makes use of the awesome space in the Old Firestation. Featuring Jame xx / Babyhead / Daedelus / The fauns / Hexstatic / Idles / Astroid Boys / James Yuill / The Correspondents / Branches / Kill Cassidy / The Nextmen / Jon Hopkins and more. Further info on www.247magazine.co.uk (search Simple Things Festival).
Bath THE BEAT Komedia, Westgate Street 7pm £13adv 16+
Cardiff
KATY B Millennium Music Hall, Millennium Plaza 7pm £12adv w Jagga KATIE MELUA St David’s Hall, The Hayes 7.30pm £30adv BRING ME THE HORIZON The Great Hall, Cardiff University 7pm £15 CERYS MATTHEWS (CATATONIA)
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THE GINGER SOLO ACOUSTIC TOUR Clwb Ifor Bach, Womanby Street 7pm £10adv 14+ Featuring Ginger (The Wildhearts) and Willie Dowling
Tues.03 Bristol HOUSTON + CRASH DIET 02 Academy, Frogmore Street 7pm £10 w Sepentine + Miss Behaviour SHELBY LYNNE Thekla, The Grove 7pm £13.50 18+ THE BLACK RAT + THE FAMILY RAIN + IRIDIUM + JERRY AFRAID The Fleece, St Thomas Street 7.30pm £5adv 14+ ANTERIOR The Croft (main bar) Stokes Croft 7pm £6adv w Bury The Archive + I Defy + Engraved Delusion GEORGE SPENCER The Croft (front bar) Stokes Croft 8pm £3 w Paul Collier + Cassette Culture JOSEPH ARTHUR Louisiana, Bathhurst Terrace, £11adv
Bath
GENTLEMAN’S DUB CLUB Komedia, Westgate Street 7pm £13adv 16+
Cardiff FISHBONE The Globe, Albany Road, 8pm £15.50adv FRANCOIS & THE ATLAS MOUNTAINS 10 Feet Tall, Church Street, 7.30pm £4 w This Is The Kit + In The Good Ship + Ffred Jones SKINDRED The Great Hall, Cardiff University 7pm £14adv w Chiodos + Me Vs Hero
Wed.04 Bristol THE MOSH LIVES 02 Academy, Frogmore Street 7pm £11 Featuring Emmure + War From A Hariots Mouth + Wings Of Plague + I Wrestled A Bear Once + Vision THE LEISURE SOCIETY + SARABETH TUCEK Thekla, The Grove 7.30pm £10 18+ EDGE OF REASON + BLACKWOLF + THE OPERATION + ALTO RISING The Fleece, St Thomas Street 7.30pm £5 14+ HEAVEN ASUNDER The Croft Stokes Croft 8pm £5 w Minotaur and the Maze + Uphills + Dirty Kiss + The St Pierre Snake Invasion + Ruins Will Rise AND SO I WATCH YOU FROM AFAR Cooler, Park Street, 7.30pm £7.50 16+ w Mojo Fury DROP VINYL + THE HANDMADE EMPIRE + THAT HIDDEN PROMISE Louisiana, Bathhurst Terrace, £4adv
Bath
FLIPRON The Bell, Walcot Street, 9pm £FREE
Cardiff
GLASVEGAS The Great Hall, Cardiff University, 7.30pm £15adv 14+ STACKRIDGE The Globe, Albany Road, 8pm £13adv CLAYTON BUZZARD Gwdihw Bar, Guilford Cresent 8pm £2
Thu.05 Bristol PETE DOHERTY 02 Academy, Frogmore Street 7pm £18 JAMES VINCENT MCMORROW Colston Hall 2, Colston Street 8pm £9 WHO PRESSED PLAY + THE SKINNY MACHINES + JACKHATCH + JD WILLIAMS The Fleece, St Thomas Street 7.30pm £5 14+ MUGSTAR The Croft, Stokes Croft, 8pm £6adv w ANTA + Urethra Franklin + Squeeze Me Macaroni + DJ Fat Paul BOO HEWERDINE + RUTH ROYAL & NICKY JOHNS The Thunderbolt, Bath Road, 8pm £10 KEVIN MONTGOMERY St Bonaventure’s, Egerton Road, 7.30pm £13 THE WILD GULLOOTS Louisiana, Bathhurst Terrace, £4adv THE FAIRWEATHER FRIENDS + ORCHID FEVER + DR NUT Mother’s Ruin, St Nicholas Street, 8pm £FREE
THE RAN TAN WALTZ + THE BAMBINOS Mr Wolf’s, St Stephen’s Street 7pm £3
Cardiff
AND SO I WATCH YOU FROM AFAR Clwb Ifor Bach, Womanby Street 7pm £8.50 14+ w MOJO FURY + EXIT_INTERNATIONAL SKINNY MOLLY The Globe, Albany Road, 8pm £10.50adv MISTY’S BIG ADVENTURE 10 Feet Tall, Church Street, 8.30pm – 4am £7 w GIDEON CONN + GINDRINKER JADU Gwdihw Bar, Guilford Cresent 8pm £3
Fri.06 Bristol N DUBZ 02 Academy, Frogmore Street 6pm £20 DRIVE BY TRUCKERS + JOSH T PEARSON Anson Rooms, Queens Road 7pm £16 WILKO JOHNSON The Fleece, St Thomas Street 7.30pm £12.50 14+ w The Solvents + Billy Whizz DECIMATE The Croft, Stokes Croft, 7.30pm £3 w Out Of Bounds + Bury The Archive + Failure To Follow + Hardcore Sandwich Cru CALM OF ZERO (SONJA & GLEN FROM ECHOBELLY) The Thunderbolt, Bath Road, 7.30pm £8 (postponed gig from September 30) MARRY WATERSON AND OLIVER KNIGHT Folk House, Park Street, 7.30pm £10 ARCTIC CIRCLE + MY CHLOROFORM + FABRIC Louisiana, Bathhurst Terrace, £4adv RITA LYNCH + HYSTERICAL INJURY + CLAYTON BUZZARD Mother’s Ruin, St Nicholas Street, 8pm £5
Cardiff
THE NEW OBJECTS + SLEEPYGENE + SUPER PANDA CLUB Clwb Ifor Bach, Womanby Street 7.30pm £5 18+ THE KEYS (ALBUM LAUNCH) The Globe, Albany Road, 8pm £5 (£8 with album) TOP SHELF JAZZ Gwdihw Bar, Guilford Cresent 8pm £3
Cheltenham
DIE SO FLUID + IDION Frog and Fiddle, High Street, 7pm £5adv
Sat.07 Bristol RAKIM 02 Academy, Frogmore Street 8pm £22.50 BELLERUCHE Thekla, The Grove 7pm £8.50 18+ JEBO + THREE KINGS HIGH + DIRTY DUSK + PHOENIX & THE TURTLE The Fleece, St Thomas Street 7.30pm £5 14+ FUCKED UP The Croft, Stokes Croft, 8pm £10adv w Black Lungs + Iceage Open THE MOLES The Thunderbolt, Bath Road, 7.30pm £5
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Live THE KABEEDIES + THESE GHOSTS + THE CADS Mother’s Ruin, St Nicholas Street, 8pm £FREE
Cardiff
FUCKED UP + BLACK LUNGS + ICEAGE Clwb Ifor Bach, Womanby Street 1pm £10.50adv 14+ (matinee performance) SIMON MCBRIDE Clwb Ifor Bach, Womanby Street 7pm £12.50adv 18+ JAMES VINCENT MCMORROW The Globe, Albany Road, 8pm SOILENT GREEN Millennium Music Hall, Millennium Plaza 7pm £10adv 14+ w Dripback + Ten Cent Toy + Intensive Square EDENHEIGHT Gwdihw Bar, Guilford Cresent 8pm £3
Cardiff ANTA + THORUN + PUS Buffalo Bar, Windsor Place, 8pm
NOAH AND THE WHALE Trinity Centre, Trinity Road, 7.30pm £SOLDOUT
Josh Rider WAVE PICTURES Start The Bus, Baldwin Street, 10pm - 3am £4
Tues.10 Bristol
THE FAMILY RAIN Moles, George Street 7.30pm £FREE
IONA + YVONNE LYON The Forum, Forum Buildings 7.30pm £17.50
CERYS MATTHEWS (CATATONIA) Cardiff
Swansea
+ OVER LAND AND SEA St George’s, Great George Street 7.30pm £22.50 ROLO TOMASSI The Fleece, St Thomas Street 7.30pm £8 14+ w Holy State + Crossbreaker GAMA BOMB The Croft (main bar) Stokes Croft, 8pm £7adv w Unknown Fear + Tempestora + Bloodstorm BIMM SHOWCASE NIGHT The Croft (front bar), Stokes Croft, 8pm £4 Up and coming musicians from the local Bristol Institute of Modern Music unleash their sounds on the world. YOUNG THE GIANT Cooler, Park Street, 7.30pm £7.50 16+ BILL CALLAHAN (SMOG) Trinity Centre, Trinity Road, 7.30pm £14adv
THE DEFILED + ROMEO MUST DIE Sin City, Dillwyn Street 7.30pm £6adv
BOYCE AVENUE The Great Hall, Cardiff University 7pm £17.50adv
Cheltenham
THE CROOKED EMPIRE Frog and Fiddle, High Street, 7pm £3adv w This Wicked Tongue + Hoden Lane
Sun.08 Bristol BETRAYING THE MARTYRS The Fleece, St Thomas Street 2pm £6 All dayer at The Fleece with The Finest Bloodlust / Release The Kraken / Nexliva / Districts / Somnus / I Am Wave / Storm The Walls / Your Last Breath / Vela THE DEFILED + ROMEO MUST DIE The Croft (main bar) Stokes Croft, 8pm £6adv VELA + TO THE WOLVES + THIS CONCEPT + CROWS The Croft (front bar) Stokes Croft, 8pm £3 DELTA MAID Louisiana, Bathhurst Terrace, £10adv HANS CHEW + LONELY TOURIST + JACK BIRD Mother’s Ruin, St Nicholas Street, 8pm £FREE ZANG TANG + THE DISCO PIERATS Mr Wolf’s, St Stephen’s Street 7pm £3
Frome
STACKRIDGE Cheese & Grain, Market Yard 8pm £13adv
Mon.09 Bristol FIGHT LIKE APES 02 Academy, Frogmore Street 7pm £7 CEREBAL BALLZY + THRUSH METAL Thekla, The Grove 7pm £7 14+ FRANKIE & THE HEARTSTRINGS The Fleece, St Thomas Street 7.30pm £8 14+ w Let’s Buy Happiness (rescheduled from February 27, original tickets still valid)
Bath
THE BOHEMIAN EMBASSY + LAURA DOGGET + SHUSHBOY Moles, George Street 7.30pm £FREE
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Wed.11 Bristol TWIN ATLANTIC The Fleece, St Thomas Street 7.30pm £7 14+ w Fighting With Wire + Mind Museum JUSTIN SULLIVAN & DEAN WHITE (NEW MODEL ARMY) The Thunderbolt, Bath Road, 7.30pm £SOLDOUT EL WRISTO + POUNDSHOP LIFE Louisiana, Bathhurst Terrace, £4adv RAGWEED + LANGUR Mother’s Ruin, St Nicholas Street, 8pm £FREE
Bath
FLAGS AND THE NATURALS Moles, George Street 7.30pm £FREE
Cardiff
NEDRY + PLYCI 10 Feet Tall, Church Street, 10pm – 4am £FREE LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III St David’s Hall, The Hayes 7.30pm £19.50adv w Lucy Wainwright-Roche
Swindon
SETH LAKEMAN + JACKIE OATES Wyvern Theatre, Theatre Sq 7pm £19adv
Thurs.12 Bristol SCHNAUSER/BILLY WHIZZ/DUSTY CUT Mother’s Ruin, 8.30pm, £FREE THE RADIO DEPT The Fleece, St Thomas Street 7.30pm £10 14+ w Secret Shine JOHN OTWAY + WILD WILLY BARRETT The Thunderbolt, Bath Road, 7.30pm £12 SHAPES + ARCHIMEDES Louisiana, Bathhurst Terrace, £5adv
Bath
THE WAVE PICTURES + OUI MESSY Clwb Ifor Bach, Womanby Street 7.30pm £7.50adv 14+ SWIMMING + VIOLAS 10 Feet Tall, Church Street, 9pm £FREE
Cardiff
Fri.13 Bristol
THE ZOMBIES Cheese & Grain, Market Yard 8pm £Tbc
MIKE AND THE MECHANICS Colston Hall, Colston Street, 8pm £35 ATARI TEENAGE RIOT The Fleece, St Thomas Street 7.30pm – 4am £15 14+ w Foe + Necro Deathmort LAWS OF MOTION + TROUBLE AT SEA The Croft (main bar) Stokes Croft, 8pm £4 VIV ALBERTINE (THE SLITS) The Thunderbolt, Bath Road, 7.45pm £7 w RITA LYNCH + DRUNKEN BUTTERFLY + DJ GARY SMITH
SIXTEEN STONE PIG, Queen Victoria, Stroud, 9pm, £free.
YR ODS + SENSEGUR + Y TRYDAN Clwb Ifor Bach, Womanby Street 8pm £6 14+ ERIC CLAPTON Cardiff Motorpoint Arena, Mary Anne Street, 7.30pm Cheltenham SONIC BOOM SIX Frog and Fiddle, £67.50adv First of a two night run at Cardiff Motorpoint Arena, formerly Cardiff High Street, 7pm £8adv w Emmett International Arena. Brown + The Bushy Tail ANAAL NATHRAKH The Globe, Frome Albany Road 8pm £11adv ORKESTRA DEL SOL Cheese & HANDSOME FURS Buffalo Bar, Grain, Market Yard 8pm £11adv Windsor Place, 7pm £6adv Gloucester THE HORN THE HUNT + LOVE MILES HUNT & ERICA NOCKALLS PARRY III + BLACK RUSSIAN (THE WONDERSTUFF) Guildhall, Gwdihw Bar, Guilford Cresent Small Street, 7.30pm £10adv 14+ 8pm £3 Swansea KERRY ELLIS & BRIAN MAY ED SHEERAN Sin City, Dillwyn (QUEEN) St David’s Hall, The Street 7.30pm £7.50adv 16+ w Kal Hayes 7.30pm £33.50adv Lavelle + Paddy Kelly Frome
Bridgwater
THE COMPUTERS Cherries Cafe, Clare Street 7.30pm £5
Bath
SWIMMING Moles, George Street 7.30pm £FREE
Cardiff
OLLY MURS Cardiff Motorpoint Arena, Mary Anne Street, 7.30pm £30.50adv THE CHAPMAN FAMILY Millennium Music Hall, Millennium Plaza 7pm £7adv 14+ w We Are The Afterglow + Alternative Expression + Add-Mission
Cheltenham
MAYBESHEWILL Frog and Fiddle, High Street, 7pm £5adv w Mojo Fury + The Victory Show
Gloucester
WILD BEASTS Guildhall, Small Street, 7pm £13.50adv 14+
Sat.14 Bristol DAS RACIST + THE BASTARD SUNZ Thekla, The Grove 7pm £7 14+ THE MARTIN HARLEY BAND The Fleece, St Thomas Street 7pm £12.50 14+ w Eliza Newman +
Stroud
Swansea
MODESTEP Sin City, Dillwyn Street 10pm £8adv THE KEYS The Garage, Uplands Crescent 9pm £4
Sun.15 Bristol SECRET SISTERS 02 Academy, Frogmore Street 7pm £7.50 3 BOZOS AND A PIANO Thekla, The Grove 7pm £17.50 18+ (part seated) SOCIAL FLATLINE POP PUNK PARTY The Fleece, St Thomas Street 2pm – 4am £5 14+ Featuring Hold Your Fire / Fighting Fiction / All About Flux / Smile Look Alive / Jester / Dr Nut / The Murder Scene / Seasons LAST CARNIVAL + FALLING INTO DIFFERENCE The Croft, Stokes Croft, 8pm £5 BAAJO + ADMIRAL SPOOKS Mr Wolf’s, St Stephen’s Street 7pm
Bath
GABRIELLE APLIN Moles, George Street 7.30pm £6adv BOY COM + WITH LOVE FROM HUMANS Komedia, Westgate Street 6pm £5adv w Language + The Paparrazi + The White Hart Gang
Cardiff
MIND CHARITY FUNDRAISER ALL DAYER Clwb Ifor Bach, Womanby Street 4.30pm £5 14+ Featuring The Death Of Her Money / Bastions / The Long Haul / Kasa / Goodtime Boys / Senator / Solutions / Goldeneye / Kaimar Union YUCK Millennium Music Hall, Millennium Plaza 7pm £8.50adv 14+ w Solutions SARABETH TUCEK Buffalo Bar,
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Live Windsor Place, 7.30pm £6adv Gloucester BROTHER Guildhall, Small Street, 7.30pm £9adv 14+
Mon.16 Bristol SET YOUR GOALS 02 Academy, Frogmore Street 7pm OLLY MURS Colston Hall, Colston Street 7.30pm £SOLDOUT YUCK Thekla, The Grove 7pm £8 14+ THE HANDSOME FAMILY The Fleece, St Thomas Street 7.30pm £13 14+ w Daniel Knox + The Blood Choir THE DEAD LAY WAITING + CONFINED WITHIN + YOUR LAST BREATH + BONEMUD The Croft (front bar) Stokes Croft, 8pm £4adv MERCILESS PROVISION The Croft (main bar) Stokes Croft, 8pm £3 W Merihim + Black Skies Burn + Genocidal + Onanistic + Anti Peristalsis OUI LOVE + TEAM GHOST = ANORAAK Louisiana, Bathhurst Terrace, £5adv
Bath
ANTA Green Park Tavern, Lower Bristol Road, 9pm £FREE w Thought Forms + The Terrible Injury + Antoni Maiovvi
Cardiff
SECRET CITIES 10 Feet Tall, Church Street, 8pm £4
Tues.17 Bristol WARPAINT + CONNAN MOCKASIN 02 Academy, Frogmore Street 7pm £12 INGUE RECORDS PRESENTS Mothers Ruin, St Nicholas Street, £4, 8pm. Featuring United Fruit, The Jelas & Holy Stain THE VICS + ONE EYED JACKS + WATSON’S HEART + THE WHITE HART GANG The Fleece, St Thomas Street 7.30pm £5 14+ ARIEL PINK’S HAUNTED GRAFFITI Thekla, The Grove 7pm £11 18+
Cardiff
BROTHER Clwb Ifor Bach, Womanby Street 7.30pm £9adv 14+ TAKE THE STAGE, Gwdihŵ, Guildford Crescent, 7pm, £FREE MIKE AND THE MECHANICS Cardiff Motorpoint Arena, Mary Anne Street, 8pm £40.25adv
Wed.18 Bristol VERSAEMERGE 02 Academy, Frogmore Street 7pm £8.50 HYPNOTIC BRASS ENSEMBLE live plus DAHKLA and DJ ANDY CLARKSON Fiddlers Club, Willway Street 8pm, £13 THE RURAL ALBERTA ADVANTAGE/SCHNAUSER The Cooler, Park Street 8.30pm £7.50adv
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WALLIS BIRD + LENNY SAVAGE Thekla, The Grove 7.30pm £7 18+ BROTHER + DOG IS DEAD The Fleece, St Thomas Street 7.30pm £9 14+ KOSHIRO The Croft, Stokes Croft, 8pm £5adv w Clear The Coast + Langur + Row Of Ashes + Above The Skies THE WEBB SISTERS St Bonaventure’s, Egerton Road, 7.30pm £13 VILLAGERS Trinity Centre, Trinity Road, 7.30pm £14adv FUTURE PILOTS Mother’s Ruin, St Nicholas Street, 8pm £FREE
Bath
DIRTY KISS + 22 AND THE RHUBARBS Moles, George Street 7.30pm £FREETAKING BACK SUNDAY, Pavilion, North Parade 7pm £16.50+bf 14+
Cardiff
DON BROCO + BURN THE FLEET + THE MISSIVE Clwb Ifor Bach, Womanby Street 7pm £6adv BAG RAIDERS + VANGUARD 10 Feet Tall, Church Street, 10pm £4adv
Cheltenham
TONY CHRISTIE Town Hall, Imperial Square 7.30pm £20
Thurs.19 Bristol POLOCK + DEEP SEA ARCADE Start The Bus, Baldwin Street, 9pm - 2am £FREE THE ALARM 02 Academy, Frogmore Street 7pm £15 UKELELE ORCHESTRA OF GREAT BRITAIN Colston Hall, Colston Street 7.30pm £18 THE GOOD LOVELIES St Bonaventure’s, Egerton Road, 7.30pm £14 BRAVE STATION Louisiana, Bathhurst Terrace, £5adv
Cardiff
VERSAEMERGE Clwb Ifor Bach, Womanby Street 7pm £8.50adv 14+ w Not Advised + All Our Glory YELLOWMAN The Globe, Albany Road 8pm £15adv THREE TRAPPED TIGERS + TALL SHIPS Buffalo Bar, Windsor Place, 7.30pm £6adv
Fri.20 Bristol YOUNG REBEL + BEAT CONNECTION Start The Bus, Baldwin Street, 10pm - 3am £3 THE ALTERNATIVE PROM 02 Academy, Frogmore Street 6pm £5 Featuring Bronze Medal + Roxy’s Wardrobe + These Words + In Your Honour + The Goodness THE BLUE AEROPLANES The Fleece, St Thomas Street 7.30pm £10adv £15otd 14+ The Blue Aeroplanes celebrate their first anniversary of being in charge of The Fleece with this special album launch, Anti Gravity. They are joined by Emily Breeze / Marmalade Sky / Alex Lipinski and Gimme Shelter DJs.
RESUREX The Croft, Stokes Croft, 8pm £6.50adv THE NIGHTINGALES + TED CHIPPINGTON The Thunderbolt, Bath Road, 7.30pm £7 SMERINS ANTI SOCIAL CLUB Fiddlers, Wilway Street, £9 LOW Trinity Centre, Trinity Road, 7.30pm £14adv
Cardiff
JIMI CAN Gwdihw Bar, Guilford Cresent 8pm £3
Swindon
SOUTH WEST HARDCORE 12 Bar, Wescott Place 8pm £3 Featuring Conduit + At The Helm + Uncommon Valour + Roads To Nowhere
Sat.21 Bristol HYSTERIA – THE ULTIMATE SHOWDOWN 02 Academy, Frogmore Street 9pm – 5am Featuring Grooverider, Original Sin, Bryan Geem DC Breaks, DJ Breaks, DJ Sly, Nicky Blackmarket, Crystal Clear, Logan D LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III Colston Hall, Colston Street 7pm £27.50 w Lucy Wainwright-Roche THE FRICTION TOUR Thekla, The Grove 6.30pm £12.50 14+ Featuring Earthtone9 + Maybeshewill + The Ocean + Humanfly UK SUBS The Fleece, St Thomas Street 7.30pm – 4am £8 14+ w Subgenerates + The Setbacks
Bath
KERRY ELLIS & BRIAN MAY (QUEEN) The Forum, Forum Buildings 7.30pm £35 KEIRAN GOSS + LIAM BLAKE Chapel Arts Centre, St James Memorial Walls 7.30pm £12
Cardiff
MANIC STREET PREACHERS Cardiff Motorpoint Arena, Mary Anne Street, 8pm £31.50adv THE HIGH LLAMAS The Globe, Albany Road 8pm £13
Gloucester
DEAD ON OUR FEET Guildhall, Small Street, 5.30pm £6.50adv 14+ w Avenge The Heartache + Kings + Feed The Moose + Orgazmatron
Swindon
FAMILY BOWL CONCERT 2011 Old Town Gardens Bowl £25 Featuring S Club 3 (former S Club 7 members) + Stacey Solomon (X Factor) + Scott (from 5IVE) + The Scarletz
SECONDS + BLACK ELEPHANT The Croft (front bar) Stokes Croft, 8pm £4 BETH HART Louisiana, Bathhurst Terrace, £11adv
Cardiff
SMOKE FAIRIES Glee Club, 7.30pm, £8.50adv TWO WINGS + ROZI PLAIN 10 Feet Tall, Church Street, 8pm £4adv MAYDAY PARADE + THE BLITZ KIDS The Great Hall, Cardiff University 7pm £12.50adv ALEX CELLAR + WAIFS & STRAYS Gwdihw Bar, Guilford Cresent 1pm £8adv
Swindon
THE FLAMING MOES 12 Bar, Wescott Place 8pm £3adv
Mon. 23 Bristol LOST LAIKA + FATHOM FIFTEEN + PEPPERMINT HUNTING LODGE + RUINS WILL RISE The Fleece, St Thomas Street 7.30pm £5 14+ A GENUINE FREAKSHOW + BRANCHES The Croft (main bar) Stokes Croft, 8pm £4 33 THEIVES + 7TH SUITE The Croft (front bar) Stokes Croft, 8pm £4 GECKO Mr Wolf’s, St Stephen’s Street 7pm £3 w The Leano + Jerremiah Ferrari
Bath
NU COALITION The Bell, Walcot Street, 8pm £FREE SUNFIELDS The Bell, Walcot Street, 8pm £FREE
Cardiff
SET YOUR GOALS Millennium Music Hall, Millennium Plaza 7pm £10adv w A Loss For Words + This Time Next Year CHRIS T-T 10 Feet Tall, Church Street, 8pm £5adv w Bastardgeist + Pagan Wanderer Lu + John Fazal
Gloucester
FRANK TURNER Guildhall, Small Street, 7.30pm £SOLDOUT
Swansea
FRANCESQA Sin City, Dillwyn Street 7.30pm £8adv 16+ w The Effect + Capital + The Echoes
Tues.24 Bristol
FRANK TURNER St George’s, Great George Street 7.30pm £17 SOPHIE BARKER + RICHARD WALTERS Thekla, The Grove 7pm £8 18+ Sun.22 HIGH FICTION SCIENCE + Bristol SAILORS + THE EYES OF MARCH OURZONE TOUR WITH THE + TRAVIS WALTONS The Fleece, SUMMER SET Academy, Frogmore St Thomas Street 7.30pm £5 14+ Street 6.30pm £Free but must be GECKO + LIAM O’KANE + pre booked + WE START PARTYS + MIACCA The Croft (main bar) TAKING HAYLEY+ LIVING IN HIDING + Stokes Croft, 8pm £3/£5 HOLLYWOOD ISOLA The Croft (front bar) Stokes BEN MONTAGUE + LOTTE Croft, 8pm £4adv MULLEN The Fleece, St Thomas BBC INTROCUDING SHOWCASE Street 5pm £10 14+ Start The Bus, Baldwin Street, 8pm MIGHTY AS ALWAYS + SIX
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Live £FREE Featuring Out Like A Lion + Bravo Brave Bats
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REAPER IN SICILY + MANHATTAN COAST + DODGEM-X Clwb Ifor Bach, Womanby Street 7pm £5 14+ DUTCH UNCLES 10 Feet Tall, Church Street, 8pm £5adv w Carnivore + Drafts + Kita Akita 3OH!3 + INNERPARTYSYSTEM The Great Hall, Cardiff University 7pm £13.50adv
Taunton
ELIZA CARTHY Brewhouse, Coal Orchard 7.45pm £16.50adv
Wed.25 Bristol LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO Colston Hall, Colston Street 7.30pm £24 MISTY MILLER Thekla, The Grove 7pm £6 14+ HEAVEN ASUNDER + I AM WAVES + APES + FAILURE TO FOLLOW The Fleece, St Thomas Street 7.30pm £5 14+ WE ARE ROMANS + THE BLACK RAT + MISS ANTHROPIST The Croft (front bar) Stokes Croft, 8pm £4 ABIGAIL WASHBURN St Bonaventure’s, Egerton Road, 7.30pm £14 GUNNING FOR TAMAR Mother’s Ruin, St Nicholas Street, 8pm £FREE
Frome HAYSEED DIXIE Cheese & Grain, Market Yard 8pm £13adv
Fri.27 Bristol
Thurs.26 Bristol YOUNG KNIVES 02 Academy, Frogmore Street 7pm £10 FAIRPORT ACOUSTIC CONVENTION Colston Hall, Colston Street 7.30pm £18.50 GENTLEMAN’S DUB CLUB + THE AGITATOR Thekla, The Grove 7pm £9 18+ THE HOOSIERS + NANCY AND THE CREATURES The Fleece, St Thomas Street 7.30pm £10 14+ WALTRAPAS Mr Wolf’s, St Stephen’s Street 7pm £3
Bath
DUTCH UNCLES Moles, George Street 8pm £6adv
Cardiff
THE MARTIN GODDARD BAND 10 Feet Tall, Church Street, 10pm £FREE
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Harbourside 6pm-11pm £12/£10 in adv Featuring Awsad + Black Roots RICHARD MARX Colston Hall, Colston Street, 7.30pm £27.50 PAINTING CLAYMORE The Fleece, St Thomas Street 2pm £5 Another Fleece all dayer with 10 bands, including Massai. Others tbc. THE HATS Mr Wolf’s, St Stephen’s Street 7pm £3
Bath
BOXCAR ALDOUS HUXLEY The Bell, Walcot Street, 1pm £FREE BUSWELL Chapel Arts Centre, St James Memorial Walls 7.30pm £12
Cardiff
BIJOU FESTIVAL Gwdihw Bar, Guilford Cresent 3pm £6adv Featuring Hackney Colliery Band / Beta Hector / Dionne Charles / Afro Cluster / The Sweet Spots / Monkjack Funk / Neon (3) / Tromb / Inc A / Indy Blu / Dave Norton / Toclifrench
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Cheltenham
LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO Town Hall, Imperial Square 7.30pm £24 DOT TO DOT 2011 O2 Academy, The Thekla, Fleece, Anson Rooms & The Lousianna, All dayer, one wristband get you entry into all thedifferent venues, £25 in adv. This annual urban one-dayer has a huge line-up including Hurts / We Are Scientists / The Naked and Famous / Guillemots / Ed Sheeran / Wolf Gang and many more. Full details at www.dototdotfestival.co.uk
FRANCESQA Moles, George Street 7.30pm £7adv FRANK TURNER Komedia, Westgate Street 7pm £SOLDOUT MONA Millennium Music Hall, Millennium Plaza 7.30pm £8.50adv THE ZOMBIESThe Globe, Albany Road 8pm £16.50adv TELEGRAM FROM THE QUEEN (EP LAUNCH) 10 Feet Tall, Church Street, 10pm £FREE
Sat.28 Bristol
YASHIN 02 Academy, Frogmore Street 6.30pm £7 THREE TRAPPED TIGERS + TALL SHIPS Start The Bus, Baldwin Street, 10pm - 3am £3 VEGFEST The Amphitheatre, Harbourside 6pm-11pm £12/£10 in adv Featuring Ms Dynamite + Goldie Looking Chain. TALISMAN The Fleece, St Thomas Street 7.30pm £12 14+ CHRIS T-T + OXYGEN THIEF + JAKE AND THE JELLYFISH The Croft (front bar) Stokes Croft, 8pm £5adv
Bath
Cardiff
HANG 12 Bar, Westcott Place 8pm £13.50adv
BATH FRINGE FESTIVAL, Various, Bath From May 27 – June 12 Bath Fringe Festival sees musicians, artists and performers taking to venues across the city. Much of the musical entertainment centres around the Speigeltent at Bath Rec. Acts confirmed include The Rhythmites / The Duckworths / Devon Sproule / CW Stoneking / Robyn Hitchcock / Jim Moray and more. Further information at www.bathfringe.co.uk THE ANTOINETTES The Bell, Walcot Street, 6pm £2
Cardiff
THE BOOKHOUSE BOYS + ALICE GOLD Clwb Ifor Bach, Womanby Street 7pm £7adv 18+ TOPLOADER Millennium Music Hall, Millennium Plaza 7.30pm £11.50adv MOUNTAINS & SIMON SCOTT (EX SLOWDIVE) Cardiff Arts Institute, Park Street, 7.30pm £5 VERTIGO Gwdihw Bar, Guilford Cresent 8pm £3 Featuring The Revellions + The Method + Black Hand Laser Band
Swindon
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VEGFEST The Amphitheatre, Harbourside 6pm-11pm £12/£10 in adv Featuting The Selector + The Destroyers. DUB PISTOLS Fiddlers, Wilway Street, £10 NICK HARPER Folk House, Park Street, 8pm, £10 CHAI WALLAH’S PRESENTS Start The Bus, Baldwin Street, 10pm 3am £4 Featuring Boxettes / Skuff + Inja / Asbo
Cardiff
FUNERAL PARTY Millennium Music Hall, Millennium Plaza 7pm £9.50adv MOSTLY AUTUMN The Globe, Albany Road 8pm £14.50 NYTH FESTIVAL Gwdihw Bar, Guilford Cresent 2pm £6 Featuring Sibrydion / Sen Segur / Violas / Land of Bingo / The Thyme Machine / Georgia Ruth Williams / Poket Trez / Ifan Dafydd / Alub Gaffey
Cheltenham
MY FIRST TOOTH Frog and Fiddle, High Street, 7pm £TBC
Gloucester
THE ALARM Guildhall, Small Street, 7.30pm £17adv 14+
Sun.29 Bristol DEVLIN 02 Academy, Frogmore Street 7pm £11 VEGFEST The Amphitheatre,
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THE WANTED Kingsholm Stadium 6.30pm £22
Swindon
UNITED PUNKFEST Meca, Regent Circus, 5pm £20+bf Featuring Sham 69 + The Business + Goldblade + Vice Squad + Disorder + True Grit + Shag Nasty
Mon. 30 Bristol FRANCESQA + THE ECHOES 02 Academy, Frogmore Street 7pm £7 PHOSPHORESCENT Thekla, The Grove 7pm £10 18+ ABIGAIL WILLIAMS The Fleece, St Thomas Street 7.30pm £9 14+ W Thulcandra + Iskald EVITA The Croft (main bar) Stokes Croft, 7.30pm £5adv w RIOT NOISE + UNDER THE INFLUENCE + FROM THE GET GO + ACORA BLACKWOLF The Croft (front bar) Stokes Croft, 8pm £4 w HEADLESS CROSS + JESTER + DIRTY BREAK TEN POUND SUIT BAND Mr Wolf’s, St Stephen’s Street 7pm £3
Tues.31 Bristol HELLO GOODBYE 02 Academy, Frogmore Street 7pm £13.50 BURIALS + ACID SHARK + DEAD ELMS + EX MACHINA The Fleece, St Thomas Street 7.30pm £5 14+ ORKESTRA DEL SOL The Croft (main bar) Stokes Croft, 7.30pm £7adv RED DUST ROAD + THE HAIKU The Croft (front bar) Stokes Croft, 8pm £4 To get your gig listed in next month’s 247 Magazine please email 247@outofhand.co.uk
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April was a busy month for me but I must hark back to the end of March to mention how, in one night, I managed to see both John Grant and Patrick wolf, by pegging it half way across Bristol, this even meant me pegging past people I hadn’t seen for years. You see, I have more of a physical interaction with music than I do people, I feel pretty feeble without music. At the moment there seems to be a really huge glut of young math rock shoegaze kind of bands from Bristol, not that is a bad thing, its great seeing bands like Archimedes packing out the Louisiana and The Naturals really developing their sounds along with the likes of Holy Stain and Austere doing exciting things with the guitar. From just outside of Bristol there are ace bands such as the bass and drums duo Run Walk, who sound pretty much like a youthful Lightning Bolt - having spasmodic nervous attacks, a bit like being blind folded on a thrill ride because you didn’t know when the drops were going to kick in. The bassist/singer had his bass covered in blood from where he had cut himself whilst playing. There is also Lost Laika, who are a complete attack on the senses, kind of like a cross between the Blood Brothers’ ravaging vocals and the Locusts’ absolute drilling guitars and drums, I cant really physically put it into words what I like about them, but hey, I do. I did my usual stalking of bands - turning upto venue, like about 4 or so hours before the doors so I can annoy the performing artists in question. Being a moneyless git, I can’t often afford the ticket price entry. Most people think that I just turn up and flash my moobs at people, I have tried that and it doesnt work. However, sometimes I get completely tongue tied. I went completely gaga in front of Lykke Li and could feel my tongue swell up to twice its size. But she did put me on the guest list for her show, I obviously had said something right as she pretty much spent most of the show stairing at me, I think she found it quite funny my attempts to talk to her, because I got such bad nerves. She had the brilliant Sarah Blasko supporting her who had an absolutely cracking voice I did a days worth of extras filming for a film called 8 Idle in Minutes, which featured various young actors from Misfits and Skins. It was one of those weird scenarios where I just turned up on set and pretty much the entire cast and crew knew me. I still find this very weird and very flattering. I am an unashamedly bashful person. One of the actresses screamed when they saw me, this made me cringe and feel slightly scared. It was independent record shop day on the 16th, so that meant I spent the entire day at Rise drooling over various albums, which I could not afford or rare vinyls from Radiohead and Nirvana. I also saw the always brilliant Minotaur Shock, SJ Esau, Hi Fiction Science and Nicholas Stevenson play upstairs. Nicholas Stevenson’s beautiful whimsical songs sounded like an ultra nice Bright Eyes and he gets bonus points as he gave me his album. And for all those who think I get stuff for free all the time, I bought a Minotaur Shock album and a Marnie Stern album – which are both amazing. May comes about with a huge bang, kick starting off with The Simple Things Festival to help us get over the sickening Royal Wedding with some of the best alternative electronica acts around including Jon Hopkins, Deadelus and The Correspondents. There’s also Anna Calvi and Grouplove do the NME tour, Fucked Up at The Croft, Fight Like Apes, Leisure Society, Rolo Tomassi, Atari Teenage Riot, Das Racist, Wave Pictures, Warpaint Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti to name a few. www.247magazine.co.uk
BRUKOUT, 8-9 North Parade, £3/£2 NUS/£1 before 11pm, Resident DJs play dubstep, electro, drum’n’bass and garage. MONDAY’S STUDENT NIGHT. Back To Mine. 7 Bladud Buildings. The Paragon. £free. DJ Asian Hawk mixing Funk, Soul, R’n’B, Hip Hop, Jazz, D’n’B, Reggae & more. THE STUDENT SOCIAL. Po Na Na. North Parade. 10pm-2am. £3 (Remember your student card please.) The biggest & best party anthems from RockerRoller & The Deviant. FLAUNT. Celsius Ice Bar and Club. 1-3 South Parade. 10pm- 3am. £3 B4 10.30pm/£4 after. Bath’s premier student night. DIVERSION. The Weir Lounge. St Saviours Road. Two house DJs playing popular Dance & Indie Rock MY MY MY. Second Bridge. 10 Manvers St. Bath’s premier student night. DJ ASIAN HAWK, Back To Mine, The Paragon, BA1 5LS, £free. Top mixing of funk, soul, RnB and hip-hop, hosting Monday’s student night
Bristol
BOUNCE. Mbargo. The Triangle, Clifton. 8pm -2am. £free. fun & funky feel good grooves.
Cardiff
HAPPY DAYZ, Barfly, 10pm, £free. Relax and rid of the Monday blues with a Monday night musical emporium. BUFFALO LIVE PRESENTS... Buffalo Bar, 11 Windsor Place. 9pm-4am, £varies/£free downstairs. Bands, live music, drinks offers, DJ’s and more! FUNFACTORY, Cardiff University Students’ Union, 9pm, £free NUS. The students’ one stop night for all rock and alternative music.
Cheltenham
THE FACULTY. Dakota, 12-14 Bath Road. 9pm-3am. £free B4 10pm. With DJ Carlos, playing RnB & Chart.
Swansea
CHAKA CHAKA. Bar Sigma. 1 Northampton Lane. 10pm-3am. £free. Funk Reggae Dancehall Dub & Hip Hop
TUESDAY Bath
!CRASH! - THE POP! INDIE! DISCO! SMASH-UP! Po Na Na. North Parade. £3/£2.50 NUS. 10pm - 2am. Pop, Indie & Electro party anthems. THE BIG CHEESE. Moles, George St. 10pm-2am. £4/£3.50 NUS. Expect all the cheesiest tunes & drinks offers. TNT. Celsius Ice Bar & Club. 1-3 South Parade. 10pm-2am. £5 all night £4 Student
Bristol
DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH. Mbargo. The Triangle. 8pm – 2am. £free. With DJ Jewell DISCO BLOODY DISCO! The Den. 31 Corn St. £free. Indie remixes, synth pop & funky French electro. ONE LOUDER. Spring Garden Tavern. 8pm-12.30am. £2. Playing the
best of the last 3 years in Art Rock & Indie. KANDI TUESDAYS. Joe Publics. 3 Queens Avenue. Clifton. £5/£4. 10pm – Late. Commercial, R’n’B, hip-hop, funky house. THE BITCH’S BOLLOCKS. Mr Wolfs. 33 St. Stephens St. £4with/ £5without NUS. New lesbian night every 2nd Tuesday! Old Skool, Hip Hop/ Indie/ Electro plus guest DJs. THE MASH UP. The Bunker, 78 Queens Road, Clifton Triangle. £4/£3 guestlist b4 11.30pm/£3 with VIP Bristol card. Resident DJ’s smash out the best Drum ‘n’ Bass, Dubstep, Electro & Breakbeat producers.
Cardiff
JUST DANCE. Clwb Ifor Bach. Womanby St. 10.30–2am. £free B4 11pm/£3. A mixture of modern day Pop, Rock & R&B. BUFFALO LIVE . Buffalo Bar. 11 Windsor Place. 8pm-4am. £varies/ £free downstairs. Showcasing the best promoters, DJs & bands. Dubstep, Drum’n’Bass & Hip Hop LATINO HEAT. Zync Bar. 63 St. Marys St. 9pm- 3.30am. Latino night, DJ Adry will be playing Latino, Salsa and Socca.
Newport
TORN. Meze Lounge. 6 Market St. £3. 9pm-3am. Torn residents play Metal, Hardcore & old school 80’s rock anthems. The F’n’K crew play Industrial, Punk & Goth in the Atti
WEDNESDAY Bath
DISCORD. Po Na Na. North Parade. 9.30pm-2am. £3 B4 11pm/£4 after/£2.50NUS. Rock, metal, punk, industrial & classic alternative anthems from DJ’s itBoy & Davo WEDNESDAYS. Back To Mine. 7 Bladud Buildings. The Paragon. £free. DJs on rotation playing Reggae, Dub, Eclectic, Rare Groove, Funk, Ska & more.
Bristol
SLAM ON THE BREAKS, Mbargo, The Triangle, Clifton, £free, 8pm – 2am. £free. Benny Kane with a solid mix of Hip-Hop, R’n’B, Dubstep & Drum & Bass! PROPAGANDA, Syndicate, 10pm, £4/£3 NUS. Classic and New, Indie and alternative sounds from DJ Dan and the Postman.
Cardiff
DJ MILLZ MILLA & FRIENDS, Barfly, 9pm, £free. Join Millz Milla and her DJ friends as they bring you the best of indie, pop, dance and rock gems. BLENDER. Buffalo Bar. 11 Windsor Place. 8pm-4am. £varies/ £free downstairs. A blended-up clash of pop culture, fashion, music & bands! 2-4-1 cocktails until 10pm THE LASH, Cardiff University Students’ Union, 7pm, £3 Cardiff student/£3.50 non-Cardiff student. The Union’s favourite dirty little secret. LISTEN UP! Clwb Ifor Bach. 11 Womanby Street. CF10 1BR. 10pm. £3. Indie, Electro, Pop, Soul, Disco,
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Clubs Funk. LIVE LOUNGE, Kirkhouse, Merthyr Tydfil, 9pm, £free before 10.30pm, Live music, cheap drinks. What more could you want. SOUL MOVEMENT. Zync Bar. 63 St. Marys St. 9pm-3.30am. Sexy Ladies Night with Soul, RNB, Hip Hop, Dancehall & Bashment. SHOTGUN RULES, Revolution, Castle Street, CF10 1BS, 9pm, £2 before 10.30pm with flyer / £3 before 12am / £4 after 12am. Dress to impress and dance the night way from some of the top hits right now 4th BASS HERTZ Undertone 10pm-4am £free entry Cardiff’s newest underground midweek clubnight featuring the best and biggest dubstep, drum’n’bass and electro.
Cheltenham
LOLLIPOP. Dakota, 12-14 Bath Road, GL53 7HA. 9pm-3am. £free before 10pm/£4 after.
Newport
POUNDED WEDNESDAYS. Meze Lounge. 6 Market St. 9pm-4am £free. Mista ifsta presents 3 rooms of Rock, Indie, Electro, Ska, Punk & more. WEDNESDAYS. Mojo. Market St. £8/£7Nus. 9pm-2am. With DJs spinning R&B, Hip Hop, Funk, Cool Indie, Club Bangers with Electronic Dance & Classic Party Anthems!
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ALLSORTS. Monkey Cafe. Castle St. 10pm-3am. £3. ALLIANCE. Monkey Cafe. Castle St. Monthly. Premier Drum & Bass night. DEAL OR NO DEAL. Odyssey. Salbrious Place, Little Wind St. 10.30pm-3am. £free B4 11.30pm/£2. Deal: £5 & get 5 free drinks! Visit www.odysseynightclub.co.uk for details. EXPLOSION, Lava Lounge, Swansea, SA1 1DZ, 7pm. Midweek explosion of dance and cheap drinks FUNKED UP. Bar Sigma. 1 Northampton Lane. 10pm-3am. £free B4 10.30pm / £2/3 after 10pm. Funk Soul Disco Latin & Hip Hop. DROP THE BOMB. Bliss. 43/45 East St. 10pm-3am. The biggest dance tracks, RnB tunes & party favourites.
+ Tele & Bigeta (28th only). DAFT FUNK. Mbargo. The Triangle, Clifton. 9pm–2am. £free. modern & classic takes across all genres. INQUITY, The Den, 31 Corn Street, 10pm, £2 NUS / £3. Resident DJs Bennie Hitchcock and Guando Guando + special guests WANTED RECORDS, The Big Chill Bar, Small Street, BS1 1DE. £free. Bristol’s record store takes up weekly residency, bringing you all manner of vinyl delights. Featuring DJ’s John Stapleton, Andy Payback HIFI and others.
Cardiff
DISCORD Metros, 10 Bakers Row 10pm-3am £3 Alternative night of rock, indie, punk, metal and classic alternative anthems. SIGNATURE Buffalo Bar, 11 Windsor Place 8pm – 4am, £tbc Each night features a combination of music, graphics, fashion and drinking! Guests include Ben Westbeech on 1st and D-Bridge on the 26th 5th FAO LAUNCH NIGHT Undertone 10pm-4am £tbc House, Electro & Techno. Introducing Cornwall’s Cream of The Crop – SMALL SOFA plus homegrown talent: FUTUREART-OFFICIAL and SUBLIMINAL. Stone cold quality guaranteed.
Swansea
S.A.M.P.L.E. Bar Sigma. 1 Northampton Lane. 8pm-12am. £free. Acoustic Music & Live Performance.
Taunton
BLISS THURSDAYS. Bliss. 43/45 East St. 10pm-3am. £5 B4 11pm includes your first 3 drinks on us! Biggest student friendly night playing Dance, Urban, R & B & Anthems.
FRIDAY Bath
CONFESSION. Moles, George St. 9.30pm-4am. £free before 11pm/£5 after/£4 NUS. MrSteveBob plays the best Electro, Pop & Indie & The Snugs play Reggae, Funk & Soul upstairs. SQUEEZE THE CHEESE, Pa Na Na, 8-9 North Parade, 10.30pm, £5/£4 NUS. The best of the retropop and cheese that everyone knows iPOP! Komedia. Westgate St. 10.30pm-1.30am. Expect the BEST BritTHURSDAY Poppin & Chart-Topping anthems. DELIGHT. Club XL. 90B Walcot St. Bath £2 B4 11pm. House, Dance, Electro & THIRSTY THURSDAYS. Po Na Na. Chart Hits. North Parade. 10pm-2am. Girls go SAVED BY THE BELL. Celsius Ice free b4 11pm / £3 b4 11pm / £4after Bar and Club. 1-3 South Parade. / £1 off with TT flyer. The Deviants play 10pm-3am. £4 B4 11pm/£5. When the Hip Hop, House, RnB, Indie, Rock & Rave! bell sounds, ALL drink prices are drastically reduced ! MONKEY LIKE BANANA. Back ELEMENT. The Weir Lounge. To Mine. 7 Bladud Buildings, The St Saviours Road. £free with Paragon. £free before 11pm. DJs password from facebook. DJ Touch mixing Breaks, Funk, DnB &Eclectic. delivering the hottest new tunes. GLAMOUR PUSS. Club XL. 90B Walcot St. £1 B4 11pm. Student night. Bristol PHUCT. Bristol Bierkeller. All Saints’ KITSCH. The Weir Lounge. St Street. 9pm-3am. £3 B4 10pm/£4 Saviours Road. The massive London from 10pm-11pm/£5 after. Metal, Punk night straight from Embargo 59. & Rock to make your spine tingle. Bristol TRUE BRIT. The Cooler, 48 Park SUCK YU MUMMA, The Croft, Street, 10pm, £free. Get nostalgic and 117-119 Stoke’s Croft, 10pm, £5. come down for some ultimate Britpop bands Imangie aka Badness + Tokin’ Man Dem with the likes of Oasis, The Stone Roses
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and Blur. FINITE. The Croft, 117-119 Stokes Croft, BS1 3RW, 10pm, £5. With the likes of Dean Rodell, Ms Kendal and Broken Bap. RAMSHACKLE. Carling Academy. Frogmore St, 10pm-3am. £3/5. Bristol’s biggest alternative night with resident DJ Dan. ROCKABILLY BLAST. The Lanes, 22 Nelson Street, BS1 2LE, 8pm, £4. 50’s themed rockabilly club night. Last Friday of the month only. MELTING POT. Mbargo. The Triangle, Clifton. 8pm – 2am. Funk, Disco & R’n’B with DJ Suisse Tony. EDEN, Syndicate, 10pm, World’s best DJs and cheap drinks – all a student needs for a night out URBAN, The Den, 31 Corn Street, 9.30, ££5/girls free before 11. With DJs including Squire, DJ Touch and Kevin Real Deal. 6th CHAMPION SOUND Lakota 10pm-6am £10 in adv. The big payback event with General Levy, Top Cat, Dred Bass, Twinhookr and loads more, all on a D’n’B and jungle tip. 6th THE BLAST VS SURESKANK Blue Mountain Stokes Croft, 10pm5am, £10 Adv. Another huge night with Zinc, Redlight, D1, Lung, Superisk, Discord, JMT, Arsequake, Dubious, Beavis and Tokin Mandem 6th DRENCH AUDIO Basement 45 10pm-late Supplying the best in big beats and even bigger bass. Hosted by Twitchee Cordz: Main Romm - (drum & bass/dubstep/funky house) Alexi, Lightspeed, Osiris & MC Inski 13th BOUNCE BASS MUSIC RESIDENTS NIGHT Basement 45 10pm-late Mark Davis & Guest 13th BEDLAM Lakota, 6 Upper York St 10pm-6am, £16 Massive D’n’B and dubstep noght with Skream, Friction, Emalkay, Feed Me, Flux Pavilion, Ajapai, Newnham Generals and many more. Big. 13th DUB TO JUNGLE Trinty Centre 10pm-5am, £12/£10 in adv Guests Channel One, Congo Natty, featuring Tenor Fly, Nanci & Phoebe and Klose One. Dub and jungle sounds all night. 20th ONE:SIX TAKEOVER Basement 45 10pm-late Drum & Bass, dubstep & house with Woz, J-Man, Bazla, Freddy P, DJ-Mainy, Antix 20th THE COLLECTIVE Motion 10pm, £tbc. In aid of the Wallace and Gromit ‘Cots for Tots charity, acts playing include Herve, Eats Everything, 601, Lukus Hopwood, Wonk, Constant Pitch and many more. 27th NINETREE Basement 45 10pm-late Drum and Bass night with Pessimist, N-kwest, Awol, Link, Stampede, Ion & Vega 27th RUN010 Motion 10pm-5am Massive D’n’B & dubstep night with D*Style, Caspa, Marky, Dirty Phonics (Live), Dillinja, D*Minds, Sigma and more. Big in the game.
Cardiff
BUMPER. Buffalo Bar. 11 Windsor Place. 9pm-4am. £4/£3/free B4 11pm. Massive jump-up party anthems & beat-driven mayhem. BOOMBOX, Cardiff Students’ Union, 9pm, £3. All you favourite classic dance and chart music, sometimes with a
little turntable twist and a mix. FLAWLESS. Sodabar. Mill Lane. 10pm-3am. £free with flyer B4 10.30pm, £3 B4 12pm, £5after. Join us for a night of Sexy & Smooth R&B, from old skool classics to big floor fillers. THE WEEKEND WARM-UP. Zync Bar. 63 St. Marys St. 8pm-5am. With DJ Adry from 8pm till 12pm then its DJ Milky, Richie playing a mixture of chart, R’n’B, Funky House & Indie. FUTURE FRIDAYS, Cardiff Arts Institute, £2 before 11PM / £4 after. Music from a range of the most exciting DJs today who are going to lead us into the future of sound 6th OBEY! PRESENTS LUKE ENVOY Undertone 10pm £3 before 11.30pm, £more after. London dubstep veteran LUKE ENVOY has been a huge influence on the progression away from commercial dubstep since his first release in 2006. Support from Asusu, Onemandub, Maxx:Roach, The Kingdom and Dontyste 20th HELL’S BENT Undertone 10pm-4am £4 Cardiff’s ultimate alternative gay party night. 6th VAVA BOOM! Meca 7pm12am, £12 in adv. Mistajam headlines this event, supported by Roll Deep, Emalkay and many more.
Cheltenham
FRIDAYS. D-Bar, Dakota. 12-14 Bath Road. 9pm-late. £free with flyer. RnB & Urban with selected drinks deals all night.
Chippenham
15th INSTINCT Club E11even, 11 The Bridge 10pm-3am, £9 in adv. Celebrating their 3rd birthday, this D’n’B/Dubstep night is going from strength to strength. Guests tonight include Newnham Generals, Sigma, MC Fun & Mikal, supported by residents.
Newport
RETRIBUTION. Meze Lounge. Market St. 9pm-5am. Rock night with the lastest Metal, Metal Hardcore and Death Metal. KISS & MAKE UP. Revolution. 8-11 Griffin St. 9pm-6am. £free.
Swansea
FRISKY FRIDAYS. Odyssey. Salbrious Place, Little Wind St. 10.30pm-3am. £free B4 11.30pm/£3. Chart, Party, Dance & RnB. FRIDAY FIX. Lava Lounge. Little Wind St. Till 10pm. Dance to tunes from the last two decades with drinks prices to match. SHINFO. Bar Sigma. 1 Northampton Lane. 8pm-12am. £free B4 10.30pm/£3. Punk Rock Metal Indie Electro Ska D&B & House.
Swindon
CASSETTE PLAYER. Suju Nightclub. 28 High St. 11pm-4am, £3 b4 11.30pm/£5. DJ’s Downstairs: Enjoy a mix of indie/rocknroll/choice pop cuts/electro/funk/soul with Rob The Mod & Phil Dirt.The Lounge: Smooth RnB, Hip Hop & classic hits with The Chief. 27th NERO Suju 28 High St, Old Town 11pm-5am £8/£7/£6 in adv. Dubstep, D’n’b and r’n’b with Nero headlining this massive night, supported by DJ Chief & Ciaran Boast.
Taunton
BLISS FRIDAYS. Bliss. 43/45 East
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Clubs Tech house, dirty house, hard house 14th INTRO Undertone 10pm4am £tbc Electro, trance, dubstep, drum’n’bass 21st SYSTEM 909 1ST BIRTHDAY Undertone 10pm-4am £11 in adv After building a night of quality techno music SYSTEM 909 is celebrating its first birthday! Guests include Sasha Carassi, JLD, Two or None, Julian Williams & Zak Grindle 28th SLEEP WHEN YOU’RE DEAD Undertone 10pm-4am £tbc PRITCHARD (MTV’S DIRTY SANCHEZ) and friends have their own mental, raucous event aiming to deliver the best party you will witness in Cardiff
beauties! THANK YOU PLEASE! Mbargo. The Triangle, Clifton. 8pm -2am. £free. Alex Taylor presents live music! SUNDAY LAZY DAY SPECIAL, The MOTORCITY, 22-23 Westgate Den, 31 Corn Street, 9.30pm, £3/ Street, 10.30pm, £3/£5. A classic mix girls free from 11. The best Urban hits of funk, soul with some disco thrown in for a brought to you by the finest Urban DJS. First great Saturday night out and third Sunday of the month. PLAY. Moles. George St. 10pm– REFORM, The Big Chill Bar, Small 4am. Live bands & late night DJ’s playing Street, BS1 1DE. £free. The Big Chill your favourite Dance & House tunes. brings you relaxing Sundays with 25% off all SCANDAL. Po Na Na. North drinks, every week. Parade.10.30pm-2.30am. £5 b4 RUMP’D. Queen Shilling. 9 12pm/£6after. DJ Ross Deviant with Frogmore Street. 9pm. Free entry an eclectic mix of quality anthems from a New weekly night of your club tunes from variety of musical genres House, Techno, Electro and then some. KLUB KUTE.The Cooler Music With resident DJ’s Nathan Thomson and Venue. 48 Park St. 10pm. £5. The DJIvanhoe, plus guests. Cheltenham Best Indie night in Bristol with DJ George. ULTRA. Dakota. 12-14 Bath Road. 1st SIMPLE THINGS FESTIVAL FORBIDDEN FRUIT. ClubXL. 10pm-3am. £free B4 12am/£1 off The Island/Old Fire Station 2pmWalcott St. 10pm-3am. £4.50 B4 with flyer after. Chart, Party & RnB in the 3am £25. Newon day festival with 50 11.30pm/£3 NUS/£6 after/£4.50 D-Bar. acts in 3three venues. Mainly based in NUS. DJ Paul James blending a the Old Firestation, acts include Jamie XX, Chepstow commercial, hip swinging bash of musical Chris Clark, Gonjasufi, Floating Points, The MUSIQUE 10. The Kings Head. delight. Correspondents, Bbyhead, Anika, Zoon Van Welsh St. 8pm-1am. £free. Every 3rd SATURDAYS. Back To Mine. 7 Snook and many more. Full info at www. Saturday of the month Musique brings you Bladud Buildings. £free entry b4 11. facebook.com/simplethingsuk House, Breaks, Electro, Classics & Urban. £5/£3 mem. DJs on rotation playing Old Skool Beats & Nu Skool flavours as well as 1st SUBLOADED Lakota 10pmNewport Funk, Soul, Hip Hop, DnB, RnB, Hypnotic SWITCH. Meze Lounge. Market St. 5m, £10/£7 in adv. D’n’B and Dubstep Breaks & Progressive Beats. 9pm-6am. Alt,Indie, Rock, Hip-Hop, D&B, with Photek, Kode 9, Pinch, Youngsta, Jakes LUSH. The Weir Lounge. St and many more. Dubstep, Old Skool, Emo. Cardiff Saviours Road. DJ Touch (Coco Loco, 29th HIGH STEAKS Basement CASINO ROYALE, Barfly, 10pm, Stroud Twice As Nice) & Rudeboy Marcus play 45 10pm-late £5 adv. Cardiff brings you Vegas with 60’s Fearless, Alphabetical and more. party tunes. LTJ Bukem on a liquid D’’B tip, supported Garage and Northern Soul night from some Swansea 7th DROP Moles £7/£5 in adv D’n’B of the best DJs, with a classic roulette table DESIRE. Odyssey. Salbrious Place, by John B. and dubstep night with RSD, Ulterior Motive, for some casino fun. 29th SOULTRAIN Panache, All Little Wind St. 10.30pm-3am. £free Slack, UK Rocka and many more. COMEPLAY, Cardiff Students’ Saints St 9pm-3am £10. Soul night B4 11.30pm/£4. Union, 7pm, £3. Three rooms, a whole Bristol with guests. Chart, Party, Dance & RnB. hoax of different genres of music and some MARVEL. Monkey Cafe. 13 Castle HANKY PANKY PLAYBOY PARTY, Cardiff Syndicate, 10pm, £free entry before live performances too, Saturday night at the St. 9pm – late. £ free B4 10pm. NO SWEAT, Cardiff Arts Institute, Union has something for everyone. 12. It’s Easter and the bunnies are out. Fortnightly. Urban Night, playing the best of 9pm, £free. Weekly treat of live bands SATURDAYS. Club X. 35-37 Charles Funk, Hip-Hop, Drum and Bass, Rare Grove, ALLSORTS MASSIVE. Kirkhouse. Party with sounds from DJ Leto and DJ St. 8pm-6am. £free B4 10pm. Minotti Jazz & those guilty pleasure anthems. Merthyr Tydfil. 8pm-late. £free Residents Kevin Williams & DJ Mandy URBAN NIGHT, The Den, 31 Corn SATURDAYS. Lava Lounge. Little B4 9pm. With Sean Jay & Thunderbolt B playing Dance & Dirty Electro, DJ Dan Street, 9.30pm, £3/girls free before Wind St. Open till 3am. Playing Tommy Dean. 11. Music from some of the best Urban DJs playing party anthems & DJ Tyler playing commercial chart & the best of the 70’s, SODA SUNDAYS. Sodabar. Mill sexy Soul & RnB. in the South West. 80’s & 90’s. Lane. £free for Industry Card DIRTY POP/ VINYL VENDETTAS/ GENERATION X. The Hatchet Inn. SHINFO. Bar Sigma. 1 holders/payslip/£2 everyone else. MR POTTER. Clwb Ifor Bach. 11 Frogmore St. 10pm-3am. £3 B4 Northampton Lane. 8pm till 3am. £1 drinks with Industry Card. Womanby St. £5. 10pm – 3am. 11.30pm/£4after (£3 Members*). £free B4 10.30pm / £3/£5 after. Punk MOCKA SUNDAYS. Mocka Offering three floors of the best tracks from a Rock Metal Indie Electro Ska D&B & House. Lounge. 1 Mill Lane. £3 after 11pm. Bristol’s Premier Rock Night. Main Room: Generation X with DJs Dave Remix, Dr. Stein, variety of genres. Sexy RnB. Funky & Soulful House. Classics Swindon THE BEATBOX BALLROOM. Jason X & Old Man Rich and the best in Old Skool. 14th DJ SWERVE Suju 28 High &HOUSE Buffalo Bar. 11 Windsor Place. Punk, Rock, Metal & Alternative music. PARTY! Buffalo Bar, 11 POP CONFESSIONAL Thekla. Top 8pm-4am. £free B4 11pm £3/4 after. St, Old Town 11pm-5am £7/£6 Windsor Place. 8pm-4am. £free. Deck. East Mud Dock. £4 with flyer. Celebration of everything new & old school. B4 12am. Kiss presenter playing live, Featuring a selection of up & coming bands, supported by DJ Chief Playing pop classics from all eras, think Hall RESIDENT DJ NIGHT, Kirkhouse, DJs & Cardiff promoters. Merthyr Tydfil, 8pm, £2 off & Oates and David Essex! Taunton 1st DELETE HOUSE PARTY Resident DJs admission with flyer. HIGHER GROUND. Mbargo. BLISS SATURDAYS. Bliss. 43/45 Floyds Bar 23 High Street, 6pm – Sean Jay & Isaac, plus special guests. The Triangle, Clifton. £free until East St. 9pm-3am. The biggest tunes late, £3 B4 10pm DJs inc Lee Graves, LOVE LIFE. The Philharmonic. 10.30pm. With DJ Jambo. around! Ben Heffernan, Matt Owen, Clare James, 76-77 St. Mary St. 10pm-4am. £3 DEPARTMENT S. The Lanes. Nick Lawson and Rhys Davies R&B, Hip Hop, B4 midnight/£5after. Nelson St. 9pm-3am. £3. Twice SUNDAY 1st L AMERICA Glam Nightclub Monthly. Pounding 60’s Garage beats, freaky Dancehall and Old Skool with DJ Raheem, Bath DJ Spice & Monique B. £15 House music all night long with 60’s Pop, Mod Soul, vintage Rock & Roll & STOOPID FRESH! Back To Mine, SOPHISTICATION. Zync Bar. 63 Laidback Luke, supported by Craig Bartlett, Indie Anthems. 7 Bladud Buildings, The Paragon. Marys St. 7pm-5am. Shalim 7 ‘til Ryan Chicester, Calvin Reid, Liam Barness 7th JELLYFISH Lab, 27 Broad St St. £3 (cheaper if you dress up) Break 10pm playing Funky House and Classics. & Ian Davies. £7/£5 Nus Underground sounds with dancing, Hip Hop, Scratching & Graff!! DJ’s Nick Madge 10pm ‘til 12am Milky or Richie 22nd DELETE 1ST BIRTHDAY Loopus in Fabula & Olmec. Support from Asian Hawk, slick wizard slim & special S, from 12am ‘til 5am playing a mish mash GARDEN PARTY Gwdihw 6 residents Daft Dood, Tesha, Steve 0000 agent chuck Rock. of everything. Guildford Cresent, Cardiff – and more. SELECT. The Weir 7th APERTURE & METALHEADS SUNDAY 2pm–2am, £8 Full marquee with Funktion 7th RAKIM O2 Academy Lounge. St Saviours Road. A party Solus, Cardiff Student Union one sound system, Special Guest Djs inc Frogmore St £25. 9pm-4am, £9.99. Massive night of D’n’B mix of RnB, Old Skool, Soul, Funk, Pop, Alex Celler and Waifs & Strays. Supported In the history of Hip-Hop, few artists have Funky House & more. with Goldie, Alix Perez, John B, Icicle (live), by Marc Parsons, Matt Owen, Ben had as great an impact on the development Bristol J:Majik, Deeizm and many more. Heffernan, Lee Graves, Dave Little, Owz, and progression of the art form’s lyrical LUNCH BOX. Mr Wolfs. 33 St. Dave Llewellyn, Leigh Parry and Emma 7th RELEASE Undertone 10pm- DJ style as Rakim Stephens St. £free. A night of Reggae, Jane Smith. 4am £4 7th WONKY Basement 45 Ragga, Hiphop, Ska, Swing & Balkan
St. 9pm-3am. The biggest tunes around!
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10pm-late Bristol’s best and longest running alternative gay night moves to it’s new home. Guest djs PARDON MY FRENCH + the Wonky Residents play a non-stop party mix across two rooms. 14th CRAZYLEGS Basement 45 10pm-late Deadboy, Midland, Elgato. Plus support from Shandy, Kelly Twins, EFA, Spooks and Shaun Phillips 21st CLUB YEYO Canvas, 26-28 Nicholas St 9.30pm-3am, £10. Live PA featuring North of Ping Pong, Rob Smith & Ray Mighty. 21st OFF THE GRIDS FREE PARTY Basement 45 10pm-late Drum & Bass/Dupstep with Default, Cords, Splinta, T.M.Y, Unbearable Bearz, Skanky Generals, Dubtekt, DJ Chamber more tbc… 21st STOKES CROFT STREET FEST Lakota and surrounding area 10pm-6am £12/£8 in adv or included in Streetfest Ticket. D’n’B, Jungle, Old SKool, breaks, house, techno and more from residents from all the main club nights in Bristol. 28th RADIATION Basement 45 10pm-late Drum & Bass/dubstep/ house night
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Rolling Stage ‘Kinked’ at LeftBank, Bristol (March 2011)
Do not expect a quiet night with Rolling Stage! The troupe bombard audiences with a collection of quirky and down right twisted acts from singers to gothic burlesque, all compared charmingly and with the atmosphere of a friendly party. Their recent ‘Kinked’ event at Bristol’s LeftBank left none disappointed and the evening got more bizarrely wonderful as it went on. Flanked by living statue dolls, the stage presented us with erotic poetry, video based comedy and a silver suited pig who danced and squirted milk from his nipples. Somehow it all gelled together. So if you fancy an evening of naughty delights in an ‘anything goes’ atmosphere, don your best dress and get to the RS Selfi(ish) event on at the LeftBank May 21st for art, music and dancing...space allowing. May day revellers can also indulge their kinky side and watch the troupe’s ‘Electric Garden’ as part of the Photos: Matt Brown / Words: Helen Brown much anticipated Mayfest at Bristol Fire Station Friday 13th May. www.247magazine.co.uk magazine 38 |