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Rise of the underdog
Plymouth producer signs homeless man
Cosmo Jarvis
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Metronomy
The Electro-punk quartet come home
The Subways
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Contents Image by Pete Harrison
Pete Harrison always knew he wanted a career in the creative industries, which lead him to study a BSc in MediaLab Arts at Plymouth University. “I began posting on a few community and social sites and networking with other designers and illustrators. I was featured in a few magazines and books and exposure started to grow. I took a fulltime job in London working at an agency, and while I was here I set up a clothing label as a hobby, I called this Funkrush, and commissioned a bunch of friends to do some designs for me,” says Pete, who now lives in Torbay and has seen Funkrush develop very quickly – the label now showcases designs by some of today’s top illustrators and designers as well as being stocked in shops all over the UK and Europe. Having left London behind and come back to the South West to pursue a freelance career Pete has a plethora of exciting projects on the go. See www.peteharrison.com, follow Pete on Twitter at @aeiko_, look him up on Facebook at www.facebook. com/aeiko, or email him at pete@aeiko.net
EDITORS LETTER: September is here and the South West is starting to swell with the influx of new students hitting the colleges and universities – you can’t beat a bit of fresh blood to makes our towns buzz! If you’re new to the South West, check out our student guide on page 21. There are so many hot acts playing this month, we couldn’t possibly interview them all, but we have given it a good go, cramming Cosmo Jarvis, The Subways, Metronomy, The Maccabees and Circus Blues all into this issue. On the cover this month is Big Issue seller and rapper Dave Campion and music producer Bizniz Beats who are working together, in Plymouth, to put out an album – it’s an interesting and inspiring story, page 8 – we’ve proud to have these guys on the front of the mag, flying the flag for the South West. Also this month, we’ve got a fashion shoot that’ll make you want you want to visit your local launderette, page 27, a kitsch themed Retail Therapy section, page 30, and all of our regular features including Street Art and Style Hunter. Enjoy! Rachael D’Cruze, Editor. www.247magazine.co.uk
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KATE MCGILL’S CAFFÉ NERO TOUR Plymouth singer / songwriter Kate McGill, has 22 million video views on YouTube and is releasing her limited edition album Replaced with the support of Café Nero. See her play in at Exeter High Street Café Nero on September 26 at 2.30pm, or Plymouth High Street Café Nero at 6.00pm. See www.katemcgill.co.uk Acoustica Festival If you’re into alternative folk and Americana get yourself down to the Acoustica Festival on September 16 & 17 at Exeter Phoenix. This year sees over forty bands and artists play and includes a new Secret Garden Stage, films, DJ’s and the Bikeshed Theatre as a venue, making six stages in all. See www. acousticafestival.co.uk and www.exeterphoenix. org.uk. Hip Villiage The Hip Village has established an IPS (industrial provident society) not for profit company made up of supplier members with the aim of providing Cornwall with an exciting new financially sustainable event project. The group has secured a license to run the first AGM at Penwarne Farm Falmouth on Saturday October 8 to trial the cooperative concept of running an event and showcase some of the best music and creative talent in the county. Find out more at www. hipvillage.net Meet Motorhead Who doesn’t want to meet Lemmy and co? The band has generously donated 10 ‘‘meet and greet’ passes to take place before their show at Plymouth Pavilions on November 14. These passes will be actioned September/ October 2011 via Livewire’s official eBay charity page - http://myworld.ebay. co.uk/livewireyouthmusic. Get bidding. Relentless goodies Here at 247 we love Relentless Energy drinks, especially around deadline time! We’ve got
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South West Drum & Bass Awards
Always one of the biggest nights of the year which celebrates the underground music scene in Devon and Cornwall and regonises the best local talent, the annual South West Drum & Bass Awards is being held at the Sandsifter, Gwithian, Hayle on September 23. Headlinering are Dillinja, Mampi Swift, Nicky Blackmarket & Elite Force and the plentiful support is from all the best Drum and Bass, Dubstep and Breaks nights in the South West. Three areas of great music amongst the sand dunes of the amazing Gwithian beach – what’s not to like? Vote for your favourite DJ’s, MC’s, producers and promoters by 14th Sept at www.swdnbawards. com and get your tickets there too. The event is part of the Indian Summer Ball weekender, which has Babyhead, and the Drumattic Twins playing on Saturday 24th Sept too.
Crap Surfing World Championships
Substandard surfers from across the globe will be packing their boards this summer to head to Praa Sands on the 24th of this month. Renowned poet and wretched wave rider Murray Lachlan Young said: “The idea of a world championships for bad surfers was hatched when, after years of practising, I realised I was still a terrible surfer. Being a bad surfer meant that I missed out on the thrill of the surf championship.” Thus was born CrapSurfer - a fun, international movement for surfers of all abilities to express their love of surfing, in a relaxed and non-elitist, social network. This is the fourth year of the World Championships of Crap Surfing, which this years set to be the biggest and best. Championship categories include: crap paddling, crap pop up, number of missed waves, unwittingly doing something good, accidentally swallowing seawater and crap board control. Out of the water, prizes are to be awarded for the worst wetsuit, worst surfboard, worst beach strut, worst beach bum and Miss CrapSurfer. A CrapSurfers Ball will take place at the Sand Bar. See you there.
Jelly Jazz Summer Spectacular
The south west’s longest running jazz night, Jelly Jazz are hosting this funk, jazz and soul spectacular at Devon’s brand new 700 capacity venue, The Yellow Room, Newton Abbot, on Saturday October 1. The line-up looks great with Gizelle Smith (Soulbeats, Record Kicks, Mocambo Records) The Colman Brothers (Wah Wah 45s) Dom Servini (Wah Wah 45s) and Pete Isaac (Jelly Jazz). Tickets are £15 from www. wegottickets.com/Hannahs All profits from this event go to the Dame Hannah Rogers charity, which works with disabled children at their two sites in Ivybrdige and Newton Abbot. To mark this big event, resident DJ and promoter, Pete Isaac has put together an exclusive ‘The Art of Jelly Jazz’ 160 page book featuring 18yrs of some of the best Jelly flyer artwork, all in full colour and is very rare! You can get your own copy at www.jellyjazz.com We have a copy of the book to give away, as well as five pairs of tickets to the event and some CD’s from featured artists appearing at the event on the 1st Oct. To enter, just go to www.247magazine.co.uk and see the competitions section, closing date Mon 26 Sept.
News Free gigs on Plymouth Hoe To tie in with the America’s Cup World Race Series we’re being treated to a week-long series of 5,000 capacity free gigs on Plymouth Hoe. These aren’t the sort of acts you’d normal expect to see for free either. Here’s our pick of the bunch: Saturday September 10: Ruarri Joseph & Newton Faulkner // Monday September 12: Patrick James Pearson Band // Tuesday September 13: Wille and the Bandits // Wednesday September 14: Charlie Simpson & DJ Aldo Vanucci // Thursday September 15: Louis Elliot and the Embers // Friday September 16: Seth Lakeman // Saturday September 17: Babyhead // Sunday September 18: Mad Dog Mcrea. There is other entertainment throughout each day on the Hoe from 11am with the free gigs starting at 6pm each night, running until 11pm. More info at www.americascupplymouth.co.uk
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Organisers of the infamous Masked Ball have announced a few details about this years Halloween Ball, which set to return to a stunning new location in deepest darkest West Cornwall on Sat October 29. With a license granted until 6am the following morning you can expect a nonstop 12 hour terrifying ride through the night - in a theme shaped by the cult classic ‘The Lost Boys’ and some of the UKs top live electronic acts, creative installations and decor from the underworld of Cornwall’s finest, a physco circus and also Dr Von Hyde’s ghost train…You can be sure that all the stops are being pulled out in a tradition the Masked Ball is known for. More news, ticket details and line-up to be announced soon at www.maskedball.net We have a pair of tickets to give away, to enter, just go to www.247magazine.co.uk and see the competitions section, closing date Mon 26 Sept. We follow them, so you don’t have too. However you can follow us at www.twitter.com/247magazine Tate Tate book now: Christo, the artist renowned for wrapping up famous landmarks, is doing a rare talk at Tate Britain 14 Sephttp://ow.ly/63zS9 If you’re an art buff, you’re definitely not going to want to miss this. katem3 Kate McGill Is anyone awake? I’m getting excited about Replaced and I don’t have anyone here to get excited with... Sad head You’re not the only excited one Kate; we’re counting down the days (and nights!) to your debut album release on the 26th September.
LivewireMusic Livewire Youth Music Battle of the Bands - Any bands based in Devon or Cornwall aged under 25! Awesome prizes --> Go check it out folks...http://fb.me/ MEqVgYgc Livewire offer fantastic opportunities for local, talented bands GiveBloodNHS GiveBloodNHS Hey tweeps we’re looking for eligible O- and B- donors who haven’t given in a while. Make a date to donate ! on.fb.me/mtL2no There are give blood sessions all across both Devon and Cornwall this month, if you can – save a life.
primedelux PRIMEDELUX.COM Quick snap of new @ GirlSkateboards and Passports boards from Oz - instore now! #skateboard #deck pic.twitter.com/PLpaFQw The decks in Prime just get cooler and cooler…
theretreatmusic The Re-Treat Gonna be playing Freshers on the 27th at Marjon so all of you who are joining uni and want to experience the rock... fb.me/vNRS6IDb Get the Freshers fortnight started with some local rock music from bands such as The Retreat, they promise not to disappoint.
thesubways The Subways Ready to rock in the evening sun! Just they wait until the get to Falmouth’s Princess Pavilion on the 18th September.
PlymPavilions Plymouth Pavilions The fixture list for @ officialraiders new season is in! Tickets are on sale now for all home games at @PlymPavilions athttp://ow.ly/64e4D Foxy and his mascot are officially back this month, go, go Raiders!
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www.ivylive.co.uk With such amazing live acts such as Reef, The King Blues and Cosmo Jarvis, special discounts for students and tickets still available you have no excuses for missing this festival.
www.whiteelephantclothing.co.uk If you love the alt scene you will love this local, Devon clothing brand. The t-shirt designs are especially cool; Lady Noir is our favourite – what’s yours?!
www.cornwallfoodanddrink.co.uk If you’re anywhere near Truro over the 23rd – 25th September feast your eyes on some of the best local food and drink produce and pick yourself up a real treat.
www.ngngdesign.com No Guts, No Glory based in Exeter showcase some really wonderful pieces of artwork and zines including that of up-and-coming local artists.
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co.uk to enter. Speechless & Happy tickets Win a pair of tickets for the first night of each performance for Speechless & Happy as Larry at the Hall for Cornwall. Happy as Larry is a funny, playful and poignant new dance show, which investigates the elusive nature of human happiness. Somewhat more serious, Speechless is an extraordinary story of two girls’ struggle to be heard.... Find out more at www. hallforcornwall.co.uk JUBILEE SESSIONS The final of four sessions takes place on Sat 10 Sept in the outside Lido in Penzance with Razorlight & Florence + the Machine DJ sets. With a 1,000 capacity and an exclusive Jack Daniels Bar with JD electric guitar giveaway on the night, celebrity DJ’s with support from The Hong Kong Ping Pong Club , Ry Spenceley. hrowin Shapes – tickets are only £12 from jublieesessions. eventbrite.com Westfest Mega Rave A must for all dance fans in the South West, the biggest indoor festival of the year returns to the Royal Bath and West Showground , Shepton Mallet on Sat 29 October with seven arenas of Drum and Bass, old skool, techno, hard style and bass. Guests include Andy C, Netsky, Darren styles and more, see www.slamminvinyl.com for full details and tickets St Ives Festival Taking place from 10 – 24 Sept across St Ives, numerous acts appearing including Adrian Edmondson & the Bad Shepherds, Seth Lakeman, Mark Thomas, Johnny Flynn and many more, full info at www. stivesseptemberfestival. co.uk SQUARE LIVE A new one day festival takes over Events Square, Falmouth on 17 Oct with Charlie Simpson, Dog is Dead and many more all playing live, full details next month, or see www.247magazine.co.uk for updates.
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Against all odds 247’s Editor, Rachael, meets Plymouth music producer, Bizniz Beats, to talk about his somewhat unexpected newly signed artist; local Big Issue seller and rapper, Dave Campion.
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Sometimes all you need is someone to believe in you. Plymouth Big Issue seller and talented rapper Dave Campion, aka ‘Will Rap4Cash’, struck it lucky when he met up with local producer Bizniz Beats. Studio time lead to signing, then a single, now an albulm… We find out how it all happened and what’s next.
How did you discover Dave Campion aka ‘Will Rap4Cash’? I was browsing through YouTube, looking for local singers, and came across a video of Dave singing outside Marks And Spencer, selling The Big Issue. Half way through the video he shouts to a member of the public “Do you know Bizniz Beatz?” I thought I’d heard wrong, but after playing it back I knew he’d asked after me. I then went to meet him outside Marks and Spencer and asked him about his music and if he’d be interested in coming to the studio, the rest is history.
You’ve already released a single ‘Foundations’, which is available on iTunes, which also features Plymouth singer Stacey Cann, what’s the reaction been like? Amazing. We were recently interviewed on Radio Plymouth and they had the first exclusive radio play. Since then it has been played on Heart FM. I find out the sales for the single over the next few weeks, I’m not sure what to expect as we put little promo into it but I see on iTunes its had a few 5* ratings. A music video will be on Youtube in October for the track.
How long did it take for you to decide to sign him to your label? Just over a month. We made the single in just under two weeks. Dave then appeared on ITV West Country News, when this happened I knew people were interested in his story.
We’re guessing the Big Issue has been pretty supportive? Yes, they featured Dave in the magazine last month to promote the single, which was very helpful and I’m currently aiming to get him on the front cover nearer the album release. That will be a huge achievement for us, especially as Dave has always said he wanted to be on the cover.
The album you are working on is all about Dave’s life story – has it changed your view on homelessness and how do you think it will effect people generally when it’s released? My views have changed on the homeless since meeting Dave. Being able to help him advance his music and for him to possibly gain a career in music, there is no better feeling for me. He is one of the nicest guys I have ever met and also one of the most focused; he knows what direction he wants to go in, unlike a lot of people I work with in the studio. I hope it changes the way people think about the homeless, and after hearing some of the stories I was touched. Are you producing the whole album and stumping up the cash for it? Yes, I will be producing and recording the whole album. We are looking for local businesses to help fund the project. In return we will have logos on our album and campaign posters. The funding will cover costs such as CD printing, mastering costs and promotion.
Is it true that even though he’s still homeless, Dave is planning to give a percentage of his profits to charity? It is true. We will be giving 20% of the album profits and 50% of the single to The Big Issue. I see Dave as the main face in Plymouth for selling the Big Issue, he is known by everybody. Even when I’m stood with him having a chat people are constantly saying hello. He is happy to give back to the charity which has helped him get back on his feet. It would make a truly inspirational Number 1, wouldn’t it? Getting to Number 1 would be life changing for Dave and even for myself. And with sales figures in these modern times, it’s not impossible. It would send a positive message across the UK and make people more aware of the charity. Were going to start a campaign nearer the album release to get the album into the Top 40 chart, it will only be £5 to purchase and 20% of that will go to charity.
Where do you hope for it to be sold? Pete at Genepool Records releases all my work digitally so will be in online stores like iTunes, Amazon, Play etc. We are also approaching local Tescos, Asda, Hmv and independent music stores. What about writing the songs – who is taking care of that? I will be producing each track, so writing the music and Dave writes all his own lyrics. We connect well as a team and feel doing it all ourselves will have a positive outcome. There will be one or two features on the album aswell, maybe artists from my label.
Become a fan on Facebook - type in ‘Will Rap4Cash’ and ‘Bizniz Beats’. Find out more at www. biznizbeatz.com and get yourself the single from iTunes at http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/ foundations-feat.-stacey-cann/id446431264
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Cosmo Jarvis Devon-based Cosmo Jarvis has been causing waves on YouTube, with the video for his recent single; Gay Pirates. This month he’s on a major national tour, and he’ll be sharing his quirky & inventive sounds with Exeter, Ivybridge and Bristol audiences. 247’s Arash Torabi caught up with him. The contrast in Gay Pirates is that with its upbeat folk-punk sound, its rowdy/ladsy sing-along number, and yet both its subject matter and title are openly gay. Cosmo started his recording career two years ago, on Wall ofSound Records, the label that previously shot big beat superstars such as The Wiseguys and Propellerheads into the mainstream. But there were problems. “They were shit”, said Cosmo, “They did absolutely nothing with my music, and then they tried to charge me for my own album. The thing that kept me going was positive comments, but that’s not enough to get you heard.” As Cosmo had already established his own 25th Frame Productions for his first album, the logical step was to use it to put out his new album; Is the World Strange or Am I Strange? “I’m in charge of all my own media, and I have a plugger. I get a buzz from the reactions on Facebook, but you have to get real and know that it’s only a small part of getting you out there. If I had a famous dad, or if I paid someone loads of money, I could get out there properly.” However, there are people in very high places who have helped to get Cosmo noticed. Brian Eno, the iconic musician and producer (and former member of Roxy Music), said that Cosmo is “A very interesting example of a new kind of person; a new kind of artist”, on BBC6 Music. “It felt good to have that kind of feedback from someone who knows their shit”, said Cosmo, “It makes you know you’re doing something right. I’ve had some personal attacks from NME. I prefer good
constructive criticism. The feel for the new album has been good so far, but obviously no consumer comments until it comes out” Also, thanks to a recent Twitter post from Stephen Fry, the video for Cosmo’s Gay Pirates clocked up more than half a million views on Youtube. The videois an important medium to Cosmo, who is also an actor, as well as a singer, multiinstrumentalist and songwriter. “I grew up making short films, and when I got into music, I saw it as an opportunity to make videos”, said Cosmo. “My brother produces the videos, and I know everyone involved - they take it very seriously” And that’s not all on the acting front. The man is about to undertake a national tour, with a second album about to drop, and yet he is also currently busy with postproduction of his latest feature film. “It’s called Naughty Room, and it also features Dave Egan, who played Sebastian in my Gay Pirates video. I’m hoping to get the film out to some festivals, like South By Southwest (SXSW). I’m not expecting too much though: it’s all in the hands of the audiences. They’ll either like it, or I’ll learn from it.” And before we get too carried away with Cosmo’s acting (which includes being on a rap video by Plymouth artist, Sleaze) and making a video for Crazy Arm, there is of course the new album.”There are two versions: one is a single-disc, edited/condensed version, which is more for radio. Then there’s the deluxe version, which comes with a DVD. This will have the full versions of the songs, with brand new cuts of the videos, which are different to the versions on Youtube.”
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As Brighton Indie kids The Maccabees prepare to play Exeter Phoenix this month, Laura Williams caught up with guitarist and vocalist Felix White, who outright refused to embark upon our battle of the beaches! The band seems to be enjoying a lot of time on the coast this summer, with gigs in Newquay, Exeter and on the Isle of Wight, so what’s the best thing about the British coast? I spent an evening before one of the gigs on the last tour listening to the second half of ‘Low’ by David Bowie whilst walking around the beach in Portsmouth. It was raining and grey and it was the most accidentally fitting scene to music I’ve ever had with my iPod on. We reckon the South West’s beaches are much nicer than Brighton beach, less pebbly, what do you prefer and why? Each to their own. I like Brighton beach but it’s not worth fighting about. One of your music videos (Can I Give It) featured the annual cheese rolling event up in Gloucestershire, tell us about that and how it came about…and do you think you’ll ever be able to top that one? We felt like we wanted to document something to make use of a music video in a more interesting way. It came about during a conversation when a friend mentioned it was happening in a couple of weeks. We found James Caddick who did a great job in capturing it. Sadly we were on tour and couldn’t make it ourselves. How did the band choose the name ‘The Maccabees’ & what other names were potentially suggested? Any funny names/stories? A friend picked it out of the bible. We’re not religious. You headlined the NME Awards Tour last year, how important do you think awards and the accompanying tours are today? I don’t think we’re best placed to say. When we were young though we went to a few of the NME awards gigs,
turning up on the day and touting tickets. It felt like the only opportunity to see four bands worth seeing at the same time. Obviously that doesn’t go for all the tours but when I was sixteenish I had some memorable nights there. If people the same age still are now then it is relevant and important. Where do you guys stand on the whole illegal downloading debate? Are you happy for people to be getting your music for free or would you like to have more control over this? Obviously, as for a lot of bands at a similar stage to us, Myspace etc was pretty influential in making it easy for people to hear our music. The internet has also helped make peoples tastes a lot more eclectic and music being available in this way is in part quite empowering for groups. However, I would always buy a record that I love or by a band that I support. I think it’s only right that people do. We don’t want a situation to keep developing where only the most middle ground artists who appeal to people who buy a few records a year from supermarkets are self-sufficient. How is the writing process for the next album coming along and what can we expect from the third record? The album is being mixed at the moment. It’s a noticeable step on from the last record, we feel they are our best set of songs – we’ve begun playing six or seven of them in the live show. What’s been the highlight of your year so far? A couple of months ago I bumped into a girl I haven’t seen for ten years. At school I ruined her GCSE art exam by running past her table and sending the glass of water on her table all over her beautiful watercolour. I’ve been meaning to apologise ever since. I’m glad that our chance meeting at HMV let me clear my conscience. Sorry Lucia.
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Regarded as one of the finest and most charismatic underground music brands, bringing artists and fans to the West Country area from far and wide, In:Motion have proved themselves to be the new jewel in Bristol’s crown. Their weekly programme of events feature an eclectic range of mind-blowing talent from live hip-hop, to raw drum n bass, dubstep to indie, bass-driven electro to straight up underground house & techno. This October they re-open their doors for another season of the highly-charged and hugely loved ‘In:Motion’ series. Still reeling from the success of last year’s sell-out autumn events, 2011 sees them come back bigger, better, stronger, louder with the hottest electronic acts of the moment gracing the infamous Bristol ramp skate-park, turned rave haven.
Friday 7th October
HOSPITALITY Camo & Krooked Album Launch
CAMO & KROOKED HIGH CONTRAST DANNY BYRD NETSKY/ CYANTIFIC / NEGUS
BORO / DYNAMITE / WREC / SPMC /AD AYAH MARAR / MJ COLE / TOMB CREW DREAM / KITO / KAHN / ARSEQUAKE SPARKERBOI / FRACTURE & NEPTUNE JOE SYNTAX / LUNG / ASH MED SCHOOL RUTHLESS / MESSY Tickets: £16.50. Door times: 2200-0600
Friday 14th October
SHIT THE BED
Caspa Ms Dynamite Redlight True Tiger ft: Sukh Knight, Blue Bear
& Scandalous Unltd / Sigma / Lunice Dark Sky / Ed Rush / Rockwell / Swindle The Heatwave / Rack N Ruin / Woz Arsequake / Dubious / Fire Man Sam Trap Magazine Djs / ROD AZLAN DREAD / KOAST / REMIDY / C-STRIKE-Z
Saturday 15th October
HESSLE AUDIO PRESENTS
JAMIE XX JAMIE WOON: LIVE PEARSON SOUND BEN UFO / BLAWAN / PANGAEA PEVERELIST / KOWTON / OCTOBER CHRIS FARRELL
Tickets: £17.50 Door times: 2200-0500
Saturday 8th October
BUGGED OUT!
Fake Blood Jamie Jones Heidi L-Vis 1990 & The Neon Dreams
Boy-8-Bit / Bowski / Waifs & Strays Untold / Pariah / Dwindle BASS ACHE DJS Tickets: £14.50/16.50 Door times: 2200-0600
Friday 21st October
BLOWPOP
DJ YODA AV SHOW UGLY DUCKLING LIVE KRAFTY KUTS & A-SKILLZ PLUMP DJS FOAMO / EATS EVERYTHING / TBC SOUL OF MAN / LAMINATE RADIO FEEL THE REAL / GHETTOSPHERIC WESTERN SOUL / PURE RESPECT STEREO 8 / STEVE REDUX / GARY SHIT REAL NICE / SWAY2 / HERD DJS
Tickets: £14.50/16.50 Door Times: 2200-0600
Tickets: £16.50. Door times: 2200-0600
Friday 28th October Saturday 22nd October
FWD: RINSE
ZINC PLASTICIAN & P-Money EZ NEWHAM GENERALS / ROSKA & JAMIE GEORGE D-BRIDGE / MARCUS NASTY / YOUNGSTA ROYAL T / T-WILLIAMS / MONKI / SP:MC Crazy D / RANKIN
TOKYO DUB & IN:MOTION PRESENTS
Mungo’s Hifi Full Soundsystem JAHTARI & SOOM - T / IRIE ITES / RADICAL GURU
CIAN FINN / The Bug :Live Feat Flowdan Kenny Ken / Dubkasm / Remarc Komonazmuk / J:Kenzo / More Rockers Buggsy:Live / Bizzy B / RSD / ARIES / Dub Boy Tickets: £12.50/ £14.50 Door times: 2200-0600
Tickets: £16.50 Door times: 2200-0600
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Saturday 29th October
JUST JACK HALLOWEEN FREAK BOUTIQUE In association with WAR CHILD
Tale Of Us Shaun Reeves Soul Clap Space Dimension Controller / Midland Tom Rio / Dan Wild / PARK RANGER SOLID GOLD
Tickets: £12 / 15 Door times: 2300 - 0700
Tickets available from www.bristolinmotion.com/tickets Also Available from: Bristol Ticket Shop
Motion Ramp Park 74 - 78 Avon Street, Bristol, BS2 0PX T: 01179 723 111
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Met ron omy making a beat of their own
The electro-pop quartet has risen to fame through hard work with sell out gigs all over the world and a Mercury Prize nomination. Ahead of their two South West homecoming gigs, in Totnes and Torquay we take a look at their journey so far. More than a decade after the idea for Metronomy was conceived, the subsequent band is now preparing to return to Devon for two homecoming gigs. They have already sold out Dartington Hall near Totnes on September 19, and they are also playing at The Attic in Torquay on September 18, and no doubt this will sell out too. Taking their third album out on tour, Metronomy describe their latest offering as a “belting, unashamed pop album, a gorgeous record full of languid, sunset funk songs” and their music is most definitely pop. But this is not just ordinary pop; this is electro-pop with lashings of cool, some ‘can’t get it out of my head’ melodies, and a hint of eccentricity. Front man and founder Joseph Mount, began making music in 1999 his bedroom in Totnes. From there he moved to Brighton, where he released his debut and started making a name for himself. He enlisted the help of two friends and Metronomy was officially born. When original band member Gabriel Stebbing left to pursue other musical projects, drummer Anna Prior and bassist Gbenga Adelekan were enlisted. Metronomy as we know it emerged. Whilst the first two albums were recorded in Mount’s Totnes bedroom, he felt that it was necessary for the band to record the third, The English Riviera, in a studio. On the band’s website, Joseph writes: “If I stayed recording in my bedroom, it would be like when rappers keep rapping about their street lifestyle when they are obviously a lot better off. Now it would be a real decision for me to keep doing it on a shit computer, with a battered soundcard. For the first time ever, as studios are
cheaper due to the recession, it is in the realms of possibility [for us to record in one].” The English Riviera was recorded in Wapping, east London, and the band soon hope to progress onto sunnier climes and record in Los Angeles. To get a sense of the band’s style, you only need to watch a handful of their music videos. Whilst the videos are all somewhat unusual in their own right, watch a few and you’ll see that there seems to be a certain sense of humour, a hint of tongue in cheek, flowing through the core. The videos are highly stylised and include animated birds and eighties throwback bright colours and clothes. Metronomy are clearly a band with a very strong work ethic. Since April this year they have played 49 gigs, many on consecutive nights and in a new city, state, country, or continent. Over the last decade the gigs have developed as the music has. Joseph has spoken about the lights that the band wear on their tops, originally they came from a pound shop and had to be pushed on and off to create a light show, now the lights are pre-synced and hands-free. The band will surely be pleased with their success to date, and most recently they were announced as being on the Mercury Prize shortlist. And whilst the shortlist is a who’swho of mainstream artists such as Katy B, Tinie Tempah and Adele, there’s always a who’s that? band whose success skyrockets after the nominations are announced. Looking back at past winners, often it’s the underdog that wins, and on Tuesday 6 September, we’ll find out if Metronomy will keep that tradition alive.
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Homegrown rock trio The Subways make their big return to the South West this month for a gig at Falmouth’s Princess Pavilion on the eve of their new album’s release. Singer-songwriter Billy Lunn explained to 247’s Rob Sleigh how Money & Celebrity, the band’s third album to date, has taken The Subways back to their roots…
“I really feel like we’ve developed as a band on this record. Hopefully, people will be pleasantly surprised.” In the three years since the release of their Top 20 second album All Or Nothing, Billy and the rest of The Subways have been working hard to recapture the energy from their previous efforts. “At first, I was having trouble writing this album,” admits Billy. “I spent a month or two just picking up my guitar and not being able to write at all and was stressing out about it a little. So I sort of went back in time and started listening to our old demos and picking ideas out of them.” After working in LA with rock producer Butch Vig for All Or Nothing, The Subways have returned home this time around to record their new album with former Blur producer Stephen Street. Billy compares working with these two legendary individuals: “They are very similar in manner, attitude, focus and that kind of thing. We always try and paeone that’s going to make us feel at ease in the studio and they both made us feel like we had an uncle making the record with us or something.” He goes on to confess that working alongside two such renowned figures was a little surreal at times: “I listen back to some of my favourite records like Parklife by Blur and Nirvana’s Nevermind and I sometimes find it quite strange to say to myself: ‘I’ve made records with these guys’.” Billy describes how both producers had an effect on the overall sound of each album: “Butch Vig, being an American living in LA and recording with all these great rock bands, definitely gave All Or Nothing an American inflection. But
Money & Celebrity is very much a product of England, with a classic English producer at the helm.” He also explains that the band’s new album features some of their most sociallyaware material to date: “Money & Celebrity followed suit with the previous albums, which were all three-word titles as well, but I think money and celebrity are the overriding issues that I deal with on the record - the ones that excited me and made me feel like I really had something to say.” The new album is due out on 19 September and The Subways will be celebrating its release with a gig in Falmouth the night before. Billy confirms that the show is one of their most anticipated on the tour: “The first time we played in Falmouth was amazing. We’re really looking forward to heading down again.” However, he goes on to explain how their fondness for the town is owed to more than just the occasional gig: “I go down to Falmouth quite a lot actually, because my girlfriend has friends and family down there. Charlotte [Cooper, bassist] was also married there, so we have a lot of connection with Falmouth.” So what can we expect from the show? “Lots of sweat, lots of smiles, lots of screaming, and, hopefully, a really good time for everybody.” The Subways are: Billy Lunn: Vocals/guitar Charlotte Cooper: Bass/vocals Josh Morgan: Drums
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Welcome, dear student to the exclusive 247 Magazines city guides We’ve bribed, blagged and bullied our mates into giving up the hardest won nudgets of local knowledge on all the best places to party, shop, hang out and chill out in your city. It’s the kind of info that your won’t find in your local college/ uni official magazines and that other ‘so called’ guides don’t even know exist... Find out how to get the best out of Truro, Exeter, Plymouth and Falmouth with 247 Magazine.
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Exeter By Alisa Watson
g It has been said that Exeter is lackin in the club department. But lets face e it - all you really need is inexpensiv drinks, good music and a dance floor! Gandy Street is a great place to start has for a few warm up drinks. Coolings r a sophisticated wine bar on the uppe bar floor and a cool and quirky cocktail with vaulted ceilings downstairs. You’ll bar, also find John Gandy’s, a relaxed which is really student friendly. The Cavern is a brilliant underground live music venue with bands playing most big days, often just before they hit the bly time. However, Timepiece is proba the ultimate destination. Split over nt three levels there’s something differe nt going on in every room and stude sure nights throughout the week. Make night you grab a burger at the end of the from their outdoor BBQ!
g Centre is Princesshay Shoppin great for both the place to shop. It’s something a and ion fash et stre high those College/ for cial spe e mor little ties. Make University Balls and par cards here. ent stud r you of t mos the ething a som for ing look ’re you If head to Fore little bit different then e around in mag rum a e hav and St stock some y The oy. McC l Rea the and fantastic vintage clothing great place accessories and it’s a es for fancy to put together costum some has et Stre dy Gan ss. dre gift shops. and es tiqu bou l utifu bea bled street and It’s a really pretty cob wse. bro ly ure leis a for at gre
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Aside from the usual national chain eateries, there are some fab independent restaurants and delis in Exeter, just the thing to pass the time between lectures. The Plant is a gorgeous little deli on the cathedral green. Everything they do is organic and environmentally friendly and tastes really good! A must for the morning after is Bosto n Tea Party. They do great breakfasts with fresh fruit juices and a variet y of tea and coffee. Good cake too. For evening meals Odd Fellows has a lovely menu, classic English food with a modern twist and great service. Plus, an amazing cocktail bar upstairs, home to the best cocktail barman in Exeter!
The Exeter Phoenix is a cultural hu of activity. It’ b s the place to go for liv music, and e even festival s, everything from Reggae expect to Indie to Funk. They also screen clas and have ex cellent Art ex sic films hibitions throughout the year. Th e Picture House is a fab alternat iv e screen cine to the multi mas. It show s the latest film releases as well as fo reign films and more ob scure titles. Those keen get outdoo rs should he to ad Forest Park for Haldon , overlookin g Exeter just the A38. Ri off de your bike on and jumps, swing throug the trails h trees like monkey at a Go Ape or just relax in forest, grea the t for clearin g your head .
t to hang ou best places the Quay. One of the be to s ha day on a sunny noes and bikes or ca You can hire the Double to l na ca the travel along you’re if rf Tu e en Th not Locks or ev re u’ yo If . getic feeling ener boat. Both e th t ge , getic feeling ener od and have excellent fo pubs serve ngs. The tti se le ib cred the most in Newton in d te ca lo is Beer Engine er. They et Ex e id ts st ou St Cyres ju sight and on s er be n brew their ow lots of fresh t menu with have a grea to spend a e ac pl tic ntas fish. It’s a fa nveniently co d an n rnoo Sunday afte st across ju n io at st in there is a tra signated driver de the road: no necessary!
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Falmouth By Jess Board
The Stannary is Falm outh’s student union bar where act s such as Benga and Subfocus have taken to the stage. If you fancy some pre -drinks head to Toast for some delicious sho ts and a buzzing atmosphere, or cockta il Bar Eight where the mixtures will leav e you gagging for more. If you fancy som e random action and décor of skateb oards, wicked graffiti and some sick tunes, head to Q Bar and prepare yourself for a Cookie Monster shot! Monday studen t nights take place at Remedies nightclub , entry is cheap and drinks are discoun ted throughout the night. Don’t forg et to visit Shades nightclub on Thursd ay - possibly the smallest club in the world yet many a good nights to be had there, not that you’ll remember any way!
ic café tle mus quirky lit you can Jam is a of town where ffee or p co to a e k up th O, drin record ad MOJ chill, re ugh the hearty ell as w ro delve th downstairs. As ic n fab mus collectio s pub being a ay n rd a tu a rm S Wate and n Friday o enjoy a pint venue o ls u can a o food y ts h ur own nig h on yo ea view. If c n u m s e and th g in n when njoy whilst e a lazy afternoo y own to c d n d fa a u e h yo shining n-minute is te n u a s is h the ch, whic Centre. a e b lly Gy outh m Falm walk fro
r hung ove dreaded amites On those ead to Willie Dyn h ’s to g b in lu rn mo nightc emedies le k of map behind R a tall stac exquisite all in e lg u ind an r o s ke ca e treat syrup pan st. For a lunchtim fect fa per ak r u re b yo r day y fo ggy Ogg hen head to O ty or Annie’s Kitc pas ed Cornish ly prepar h es fr f o ge memade for a ran ds or ho hes, sala Burger’ ic ly w d yl n ‘G sa he cakes. T s urger, u b io e ic ad el d em ious hom d during the ic el d a is ye n be enjo Cheap which ca ch Café. Gylly Bea sunk down at t se n t su es rful and b of Rose but chee my bottle ared yum e delicious with a sh ar The olives or beer! . there too
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Kit For ladies Secrets and tiques are two lovely little bou high situated along Falmouth onably street. They are both reas suit your priced and created to also party dress needs and s and perfect for accessorie some gift ideas. Guys can find age bangin’ bargains in vint ughout and charity shops thro doubt Falmouth which will no lovin’ turn you into a peace are into hippy in no time. If you Level your brands, head to offers Skateboarding, which wear, men’s and women’s foot and a clothes, Lomography range of accessories.
Mr Simm’s Olde Swee t Shop; a ca haven sellin ndy g a range of sweetly delights fro m edible ch ocolate penc toffee, boile ils, d sweets an d the famou Wham bar. s Perfect if yo u want to send your granny a little som ething or ju a tasty treat st for have though yourself! Who would t a rugby cl ub would ha been the pe ve rfect setting for a grimey ol’ rave? Ha tcha and Ru sk among som o have been e amazing lineups ther so if you fa e, ncy getting do wn and dirty on the wee kend head to the Falmou Rugby Club th but don’t be expecting an penny swee ts or rowdy y ru Fancy a thre gby teams. e-hour cost al walk? He down to Gyl ad ly Beach an d walk alon Swanpool be g ach and yo u’ll finally ge to Maenpor t th Beach. It’ s a secluded sp beautiful ot and perfe ct for a picn when trying ic to impress your latest fresher’s sq ueeze.
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Plymouth By Jennifer Gittins
North Hill is the place to go for located directly stu opposite the Un dents, highly conven iversity, it’s ient for those 4am towards home . At its heart are stumbles bars – Bar Cu two main ba and Firefly – each with a slightly differen t vibe but both guaranteed to offer a lively dance floor & a well stocked bar. Bar Cuba is more of a ch eesy, party venue (think Te nerife, think co ck fishbowls) wh ereas Firefly ha tails in s more of an urban, funky, cool atmosph ere. A special nod to some of North Hill’s su rro bars including the outdoor Rid unding e Cafe (which regula rly hosts Open Mic Nights/ specialist DJ’s/ local bands), Ro (for Yellow Ca undabout rd drink offers & indie music and Skiving Sc ) ho North Hill offers lar (it’s cheap) All in all, something for drum ‘n’ bass everyone; heads, 80’s ch eese aficionados an d laid back ac ou Want somethi ng different? Ch stic lovers. eck out the cities main un derground ve nue, The Whit Rabbit which e has great unde rg and DJ’s most round bands weekends.
tre in The main shopping cen which us, Plymouth is Drake Circ et suspects offers the usual high stre Schuh nd, like Topshop, River Isla You don’t and Office and so on. though as really need chain stores pping and sho Plymouth is great for pendent stores is home to lots of inde Bucks Vintage and boutiques. Uncle on Street is Emporium, on Ebringt age clothes. great for getting your vint e, Prime Next door and opposit cool Deluxe is a mecca for arding streetwear and skatebo DC, Adidas, brands such as Addict, many more. Nike, Gravis, Vestal and run the also they and p sho l Coo . Surfy people cities indoor skate park Life on should head for Surfing Ladies, for Cornwall St for their fix. ck Spoilt on that special outfit, che independent the Barbican for some style.
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The hottest hobby in Plymouth is surfing. The city is full of beginners, experts and a lot inbetween. Many local beaches offer all the gear to hire and an instructor to teach you the basics. Or alternatively, you can grab the nearest Quiksilver-clad person & tag along. It’s a great way to keep fit, meet new surfing buddies & best of all, it’s not even weather permitting, just wind permitting. For land-lovers, Dartmoor to the north of the city is the biggest National Park in the westcountry and aside from the mass expanse of space and rocks, has some awesome hidden pubs, such as The Skylark at Clearbrook. Get there by cycling up the Plym Valley cycle track, and get involved in some wild swimming in the River Plym on the way up too.
al uth offers the usu Foodwise, Plymo d and cafes foo b pu in cha of range ndful of highly but there are a ha e eries. For daytim eat ed nd me om m rec is where it’s at. Fro grub, the Barbican tering Hole (with a Wa the delights of the the of the harbour) to tremendous view pers, there’s Jas ‘n’ p Ca us world-famo palates. When the something for all it. is the place to vis s iba Arr s, sun set eet rant on Notte Str tau res an xic Me This d expertly-flavoure d, rice ll-p we ers off an berry daiquiri’s are food & their straw rpe r added class, Ca added bonus! Fo m, l is a hidden ge to Diem on North Hil and tapas is hard their great cocktails ndly offers make frie nt de stu beat, and e, cket. Takeaway wis it easy on the po is corner from Ride the nd rou es, Jak queues at 3am are hard to beat, huge their melts to see t try not unusual – jus what we mean.
Plymouth Hoe is the place to be when you’ve got time on your hand s & ice-cream mone y burning a hole in your pocket. Wi th picturesque views across the Sound, it’s a great chill-out sp ot. Alternatively, Plymouth is within a 30 minute drive of various be aches. Bigbury, Challaborough an d Whitsand Bay are just a few examples of the perfect Devon and Cornwall coastline – if the British weather behaves itself, yo u could almost be in the Med! Feelin g adventurous? Then get the foo t ferry to Mount Edgecombe for a hidden gem of a walk/BBQ.
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Truro
By Amy Fitzgerald
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of retail Everyone needs a bit and that’s therapy now and again, is there what your student loan d and for, right? Times are har pinch, so it’s everyone is feeling the to support the perfect opportunity ps. Packed Truro’s independent sho rs, cool full of super-rare sneake gs awesome, collectibles and all thin ded Tsars offers a much nee swarm of surf getaway from Truro’s in store DJs! shops - complete with a background If you like brands with n wearing and don’t want to be see ryone else, the same thing as eve this is the place to go.
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Whether you’r e looking to ca tch up with friend s or just take tha t well deserved break from stu dying, Truro offers a few great place s to hang out. Af ter its revamp last year, Truro Sk ate Park is no w more popular than ev er. If skating is your thing, this is the perfect place to develop your technique and meet new people.If you prefer keep ing your feet on the ground, Starb ucks is always a go od call for a ca sual lunch with frie nds, or a chat over a coffee. Wi Fi is also available, which is a bonus if yo u just fancy a nice chilled place to study.
Finding a good place to go out for a meal is often ea sier said than do ne, especially on a student budget! Thankfully, Truro is home to some brilliant budget friendly restauran ts. The food at Xen could convince anybody to put down the pot noodle. With its super fast servi ce, mouth watering menu and a modern, lively se tting, this vibran t noodle bar is su rely a no-brainer. The buzz of back ground chatter gives a really yo ung, warm atmosphere. Th e food is amazi ng, the staff are brillia nt, and the price s are most definite ly student savvy .
If you fe el like y ou des after all erve a tr that stu ea d to The Lounge ying, head do t wn for a ha experie irdress nce like ing no othe trendy salo r. T awesom n mixes frien his superdly styli e music sts massag and eve e n a fab , your ha chair while yo u’re ge ir rinse tting d! Guys the roa - head d to Th across eM cool ne w cut. W ens Room fo r a ith so m this little uch to city, yo do in u migh to find t just str time to study! uggle
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Speechless A compelling real-life story based on the best-selling book, The Silent Twins, by Majorie Wallace. Winner of the Fringe First Award 2010 “It’s an astounding story and it makes for a riveting play…brilliant” ★★★★ The Independent “Mesmerising…Gripping…Poignant.” ★★★★ The Daily Telegraph
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Dress from a selection at Two Little Birds Vintage Boutique. Bordello shoes as before.
Dress and apron from a selection at Two Little Birds Vintage Boutique.
Halterneck Pencil Dress: ÂŁ89 from Vivien of Holloway. Two Little Birds Vintage Boutique www.twolittlebirdsboutique.co.uk 6 Webber Street, Falmouth, Cornwall, TR11 3AU // 01326 311577 Vivien of Holloway www.vivienofholloway.com 294 Holloway Road, London, N7 6NJ // 0207 609 8754 Bordello shoes are available from www.straponsweetie.com and www.loveburlesque.com 26 |
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Retail Therapy Kitsch Retail Therapy
“LOVE” fabric magnets These pretty fabric fridge magnets are made from Liberty prints and filled with quilting wadding to create 3D magnets for your fridge or filing cabinet. These magnets are available in either “LOVE” or “HOME” and each letter is approx. 4,2 cm tall. The perfect way to kitsch out your kitchen. RRP £7 from Emma’s Home in Truro & Fowey, Birds of a Feather Lifestyle Boutique in St Ives, Two Little Birds in Falmouth. Also available at www.hootchiemama.co.uk and one-off sets of magnets from www.folksy. com/shops/sarahhowarth
The Teaset Designed by self-styled American “popaganda” artist Ron English, this bone china cup and saucer set exhibits all the elements of English’s playful approach to high and low culture, with a neat political twist. The set features a thoughtful merging of the faces of the US president who abolished slavery in the US - Abraham Lincoln - morphed together with the face of the first black US president - Barack Obama. There are only 250 ever produced. Each set comes boxed with the artist’s signature A bit pricier but a perfect pressie! RRP £42.50, from www.uneeka.com
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Heart shaped photo holder This quirky photo holder is handmade by artisans in India, this fantastic display product is great for holding postcards, photos and memos that you don’t want to forget about. In a powder blue colour, this holder will fit perfectly into any house setting. Perfect for kitsch kids and adults alike RRP £9.99, from www.uneeka.com
Comic Purse These Purses (size 18cm x 10cm) are a bargain!!! Each purse is made from pages of original comics sandwiched between PVC to make it durable and sewn onto zips. This purse is great for adding that kitsch feel to your handbag. Or if you fancy kitsching out your workplace or school desk why not indulge in a pencil case too (size 28cm x 14cm) @ £5.95. Both of these are currently available in Beano, Dandy & Beezer, each item has the front page on the purse and each purse is totally individual. POW! RRP £3.95, from Studio 47 in Redruth, Space in Penzance, Here & Now Gallery in Falmouth and from the www.hootchiemamma.co.uk.
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Resin ring by Thrashion This chunky ring started life as a ‘Landscape’ skateboard deck. The skateboard was ridden, treasured, and thrashed before it started its life as this beautiful resin ring. The original ‘Landscape’ deck has been cut into an insert to feature the original tetris graphic and has then been sanded and sealed with natural beeswax. The skateboard insert is just under 2.5cm square and is supplied in a clear resin ring blank which is an adult size R. RRP £21, from www.thrashion.co.uk
Lizzys button necklace by Funky Poppy The Lizzy necklace is made from painted shell buttons and is unusually perfect for any occasion. This necklace design can be made to your taste with any colour buttons you choose and while you’re there why not grab the earings to match? It will brighten up any outfit and will keep the last colours of summer as A/W approaches. RRP £19, available at Funky Poppy, Plymouth and www.funkypoppy.com
The Teaset She’s different and she’s classy and we think she’s rather sassy.. ooooh she’s a lady! This striking silhouette is a funky piece of statement jewellery that will give any outfit that extra edge. Each piece made by Sugar Jones is individual and has been made with great passion and design. RRP £32, from www.thesugarshack.co.uk
Scottie Dog phone case This phone case is made from oilcloth and lined in a soft felt to keep your gadget scratch free. Big enough to hold an iphone, ipod, blackberry and most other smart phones. You’d have to be barking mad not to get your paws on one of these. RRP £10, available from Space in Penzance, Portmellon Trading in Mevagissy, Pretty Useful in Hayle, Jangles in Charlestown, Studio Four Seven in Redruth and www.hootchiemama.co.uk. www.247magazine.co.uk
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Style Hunter
Making festival chic look easy at this year’s Relentless Boardmasters festival
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The guys from Upfest (www.upfest.co.uk) had a prime spot at Newquay’s Relentless Boardmasters festival, with artists painting live over the weekend. Photos: Rachael D’Cruze
Street Art
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Music Backbone
Kill It Kid
Feet Fall Heavy
(One Little Indian) Bath is the last place you’d expect the swampblues holler and tremelo sex-groove of Kill It Kid to stem from. But, Lordy, it’s true. Like PJ Harvey falling backwards into Jon Spencer’s Vox amp, the band’s wildly percussive and perfectly executed acid-rock noise is the sound of inspired musicians gloriously out of sync with the rest of the country. With two full-blooded singers, one of each gender, and a smorgasbord of intelligent and passion-raddled rootsy refrains, ‘Heart Rested With You’, the rousing ‘Wild And Wasted Waters’ and the extraordinary ‘Pray On Me’ come across like an Alan Lomax collection fed through the spirited craft of The Bad Seeds. In other words, genius.
We Were Promised Jet Packs Apply Within (Fatcat)
The Caledonian mountains have certainly got under We Were Promised Jetpacks’ skin, to the point where this, their second album, attempts to reach those same giddy heights of panoramic grandeur. Opener, ‘Circles & Squares’, is a mammoth, stratospheric opus, bursting with ambition and other-punk ferocity; while the band’s fondness for the leftfield mechanics of Bloc Party are proudly worn on their collective sleeve. Lead single, ‘Medicine’ sees Adam Thompson’s croon take on the form of Roddy Woomble with a refrain that punches you in the gut and offers you the healing balm in one fell swoop. It’s a powerfully intelligent rock record with just enough shards of soaring post-rock to keep the toes twitching.
Ragan / Russo / Islip / Chambers Split LP (Specialist Subject)
Punks playing acoustic guitars. It’s nothing new – Patrick Fitzgerald, Billy Bragg – but these days you can’t move for spittle-flecked Jumbos and country-esque strums. Heading up this four-way split is the inimitable Chuck Ragan, who opts for three plaintive covers including one written by Helen Chambers, who also contributes three songs of her own, sounding like a chirpier, northern Joan Baez with lashings of heart and hope. Sam Russo’s softly crooned gems are reminiscent of Ragan with a warm English lilt, while Jimmy Islip opts for the straight-talking, band-less rock approach. The album ends with the beautiful a cappella harmonies of Chambers’ ‘Speak Your Name’, with folk authenticity intact. Great songs, great people, great album.
Meg Baird
Seasons On Earth
(Wichita) Former Esper, Meg Baird, is what we in the trade call timeless. ‘Seasons On Earth’, her second solo outing, could easily have been written in 1967, sounding as it does, like Sandy Denny at her best and most emotionally uncompromising. With so much modern music forced down our throats on an hourly basis, the discipline required to maintain the nostalgic coo of ‘Stars Climb Up The Vine’ is laudable, with that Laurel Canyon sensibility shimmering from every picked guitar string and reverbed vocal tail. The album ends with ‘Song For Next Summer’: all floating guitars and harp tones that leave you pining for a new summer of love. I’m sure Joni Mitchell will proffer an approving nod from her redwood throne.
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Various Artists
MGMT LateNightTales (LateNightTales)
The LateNightTales compilation series celebrates a decade, and MGMT follow Congratulations, last year’s psychedelic triumph, with a laid back selection from their record collection. They like their cult British bands, such as Felt, Television Personalities and Durutti Column, and their choices of tracks are never obvious (not that the featured artists are mainstream in the first place). The tracks drift along and float beautifully into one another. Mark Fry’s For Wild and Dave Bixby’s Drug Song are too hazy for words, and Spacemen 3’s Lord Can You Hear Me is just one of many songs here that’ll make you melt. And they balance it out with Cheree, by the purveyors of electronica, Suicide. Perfect.
Jono McCleery There Is
(Counter Records) Jono McCleery is a complex artist, his style breeds electronica, jazz and folk. His influences include John Coltrane, Nick Drake, Jeff Buckley and Nina Simone, so it figures. The bulk of the material here is moody and mellow, and his voice meanders all over the place, which explains the jazz bit. His own songs are too complicated to make an impression at first, but his cover version of Black’s Wonderful Life should persuade you to go back and try again. At times he creates space with the use of atmospheric sounds, but the bulk of There Is seems to be clever for the sake of it. Unlikely to excite outside of chin-stroking circles.
Fionn Regan
100 Acres of Sycamore (Heavenly)
Album number three from Fionn Regan comes complete with superb orchestration and some of his finest song writing to date. Nu-folk fans who enjoyed Laura Marling’s album, I Speak Because I Can, will get along fine with 100 Acres of Sycamore, especially on songs like Dogwood Blossom and List of Distractions. Gentle guitar picking and subtle strings are the theme here, with a similar vocal delivery to Andrew Bird or Belle & Sebastian. He’s definitely a dreamer, and his lyrics reflect that. But that’s not to say there‘s no substance herequite the opposite. North Star Lover is one of the stand-out tracks. An album which is bound to stand the test of time.
Matt Dibble Daytime TV
(Gongo Records) With a keen ear for 70s pop, and a fascination for his grandparents‘ easy listening record collection, Matt Dibble is clearly not after the “cool points”. The songs have a certain charm, and he shows originality in his approach to writing, but there’s too much gloss and showing off. He has a good ear for melody, and there’s no lack of musical ideas in his arrangements, but the overall effect is just too naff. His press release boasts that he’s a music graduate who has played in a Beach Boys covers band/ wedding band. Anybody who believes that this is the way to sell yourself as an artist, seriously needs to get out more.
Laura Williams
Grouplove
Never Trust A Happy Song (Atlantic)
I reviewed the Grouplove EP a few months back and it was love at first sound. I’ve since seen them play live twice and I’ve been gagging for this debut album ever since. Here, they’ve complimented my old favourites (if a few months constitutes old) like Colours, Naked Kids and Love Will Save Your Soul with an eclectic picnic basket of musical gems. The energy which oozes from the troupe in a live setting is just as evident here on the album. Plenty of clapping, big wailsome vocals and catchy guitars riffs. Think White Stripes/Arcade Fire/Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros. Well worth checking out their videos on Youtube too. They’re mini films in their own right and are truly awesome.
Peggy Sue Acrobats
(Wichita) It’s been a while since the UK produced a girl heavy group with the talent and credibility to challenge the boys when it comes to brooding guitars and haunting vocals. But here we have some real contenders. Peggy Sue play the type of music which stops you dead in your tracks. A heavy kinda cool, with an underlying intelligence. Rosa Slade and Katy Beth Young take it in turns to seduce you with their spellbinding vocals, while the stark drums provide a subtle backbone to the outfit. You can hear John Parish’s influence on this, their second album. The PJ Harvey collaborator certainly knows what he’s doing and has worked his magic on Acrobats.
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks Mirror Traffic
(Domino) He’s a stalwart of the lo-fi music scene, having been around for longer than I can remember with his legendary band Pavement, yet here Stephen Malkmus sounds as fresh and relevant as his teenage counterparts. Flanked by the Jicks, his melodic indie is just as suited to a lazy afternoon as it is to a pre-party booze up in a dark room. If I didn’t know better, I’d say he was serenading the Westcountry groups he influences (here’s looking at you Dutch Husband and Zaardvark) though it’s obviously the other way round. His song titles are interesting to say the least too, with the likes of Spazz and Jumblegloss hiding among the more obvious titles, such as Forever 28.
Various Artists
Songs To Save A Life
(Samaritans charity CD) When I first saw this CD, I dismissed it as some commercial compilation monstrosity for the generation of bland music lovers who buy whatever crap comes on during the adverts between X Factor. The name conjours up that dull song by The Fray and it features the Radio 2 friendly tones of James Morrison and co. However, this is more like the Help charity compilations, with some beautiful wee covers – the best of which is Ellis-Bextor doing Arcade Fire’s ‘Rebellion (Lies)’ which harks back to her brilliant days in 90s indie group theaudience. Granted, some of the songs are pretty cheesy choices (You’ve Got A Friend etc) but what do you expect on an album titled ‘Songs to Save A Life’.
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Wretch 32
Black and White
(Ministry of Sound) Wretch 32 has established himself firmly as someone who can keep a foot in two markets, grime and pop. Nowadays it’s rare that JSR, previously known as the crunk king of the South West, co-signs an artist, let alone a UK one, so you know that Wretch 32 must have something extra. At first I wasn’t convinced as he copies Major Lazer and then re-does Fools Gold, yet his flow wins you over. The album is made up of a number of collaborations – including Ed Sheeran, Delilah, Example and Chipmunk. And the beats are exactly as they should be, walking a fine line between mainstream and cool. Tinie Tempah better watch his back.
Rain
Running For My Freedom (Life N Times Productions)
In 1997 on SWV’s ‘Someone’, Diddy said “don’t speak about it, be about it” and whilst it loses some weight because he probably paid a ghost-writer to FedEx it to him, it has stayed with me. It’s relevant here as this is a UK MC with his hustle firmly in place, and for that he should be applauded and supported. But is that enough? Does it stand up to judgment from your peers? With tight flows over quality beats, well chosen samples and nice punchy kicks this is damn fine. It won’t appeal to the jiggy massive, it won’t have booty shaking wenches on MTV but it is quality hip hop, like hip hop used to be.
Toddla T
Watch Me Dance
(Ninja Tune) A few years back I DJ’d for the Wall of Balls boys up in Sheffield, they had local MCs at their nights (as well as South West two bit DJs) and they kept raving about this local lad Toddla T. And here he is, killing it. A rare producer who has maintained his credibility whilst having the ability to make crossover bangers like Take it Back. If you are new to the T man, think someone whose education is dub sounds and killer reggae but who puts out forward thinking tunes as well as awesome digital ragga tunes. This album needs constant rewinds and if we ever get a summer could well be the soundtrack to many.
Lostribe Sofia
(CFO Recordings) It’s a sign of the times when a hip hop artist comes up through computer game music rather than either the mixtape or battle scenes. Does that take anything away from the artist or is that just this old head being scratched wondering what the kids will do next. In truth all that matters is what they sound like, it doesn’t matter whether they’ve paid their dues to the original elements or whether they rap over youtube videos and record them on their iphones. Truth is these guys rock, nice scuzzy electronic sounds with punchy beats, even have a track that sounds like mid career de la soul, and their collabos are well chosen too, Talib Kweli, Casual and Gift of the Gab amongst others. If you liked Chiddy Bang and used to check your older siblings hip hop music this might well be just the thing for you.
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Samuel L Session
Broken Squares (Secret Cinema Mix) (Praxxiz) Regular readers will know that I’m quite a techno fan and have been for the past decade or so, and where possible it’s always nice to drop something that’s hugely techno influenced and rocks the place. That is exactly what you get here with this remix for Dr Motte’s Praxxiz label by Holland’s Secret Cinema. This has it all, mindblowing percussion, twisted filtered synth work and just the whole production has tinges of being a modern day take on a Dave Clarke track. This is seriously one for the bigger floors and has worked for me early on in my sets when pitched up! Check it out.
DJ Thera + Geck-O
Help Help (Theracords) After recently smashing the place at Ground Zero festival in Holland, and countless bookings in and around the UK, Holland’s Thera and Geck-O prove they are yet again men to watch, with this offering, ‘Help Help’. This recently did the damage at Hindsight in Torquay where brutalistic, gabber influenced percussion is dropped over a hard trance background amidst hugely effected Dalek-esque vocals, before a haunting synth riff comes in to really twist up some heads! As usual with this duo, they come up with hard hitting dancefloor friendly material which certainly takes no prisoners. You know what you’re getting with these guys. And you should go get it.
Nick The Kid
Enigma (Andrea Montorsi Mix) (Hindsight) South West legend and Hindsight’s main man Nick The Kid struck an anthem with his original mix of Enigma when it came out a couple years ago, with countless radio one plays and huge DJ Support. However there are a new set of remixes to come, and Italian stallion Andrea Montorsi comes up the goods with a Kamui styled remake that has such a huge reaction when dropped. I recently opened with this at Premonition and it was one of the best tracks of the set, driving, bass heavy synth works and lots of quirky, minimal techno influenced percussion are the order of the day with a fierce kick and a gorgeous breakdown, seriously recommended!
Marc Simz Stealth (Hindsight)
There seems to be an influx of quality productions coming from Holland this month, and this is a man who I have been bigging up for quite some time. He has recently played in the UK as well and hopefully we will see him playing down in the South West before the year is out. After first catching my attention with ‘Forbidden City’, Marc has been championing his energetic trance sound to new heights and stealth is exactly what we’ve come to expect from him, with highly detailed, immaculate production and a killer riff, this has caused a massive impact on the dancefloor in the earlier sets I have played.
Backbone
Cutnancy
www.cutnancy.co.uk With a strum and a wink to all kinds of whimsical indie-pop tunesmiths whose names escape me, Bristol quintet, Cutnancy, keep things crisp, whiny and reflective but then go and spoil it with ridiculous screamo bolt-ons that are clearly not designed for their testosterone-deficient larynxes. These three songs may not have you cavorting through your town centre with semi-naked abandon but they will reflect your rainy-day-at-sunset-melancholy to the point where you may seek solace in such emotional outpourings. The problem with trying to please everybody all at once is that you make too many compromises along the way and end up sounding like a band trying just that little bit too hard.
The Coffin Collectors
www.myspace.com/ thecoffincollectors From the name alone, I assumed that this Exeter ensemble would be ploughing some kind of gothic and bequiffed rockabilly stomp. And I was right. Kaligula Van Goth takes his merry band of polecats to all the expected ‘50s-influenced kitsch corners, paying homage to The Cramps (‘Night Train’), Dion & The Belmonts (‘Red Hair’) and Link Wray (‘Ride To The East’). Van Goth’s voice is a curious one – not quite dripping with auto-erotic intent but still effective in its half-baked attempts to be so; with some cute graveyard quips and quirks littered throughout. One suspects that there is no band, and that this is just Van Goth’s vanity project. Either way, sweet moves.
The Parade
www.myspace.com/theparadeglobal Exmouth/Exeter-based boys, The Parade, have asked us – seeing as they entered the UK Live and Unsigned competition, and were the only Exeter band who got through to the regional finals, and are the only band in the Exeter area to do so, and are quietly confident that they’ll do well, and are putting the finishing touches to their debut album, ‘Echo At The Carnival’, which is being produced by Phil Johnstone who has worked alongside Led Zeppelin – whether we would like to do an article on them and follow their progress. No, we wouldn’t. Why not? Because they sound like a vaudeville Paolo Nutini jamming with The Hoosiers and they’re way too jolly. Vamoosh!
Pineapple
www.myspace.com/pineappleuk Plymouth veterans, Pineapple, dish out another half-dozen grizzly ditties rooted in old school punk sensibilities. For the most part it’s pretty predictable, heads-down, arms-a’flailing fare but ‘Safe House’ turns on the cerebral charm with an interesting mulch of Killing Joke-esque edginess and menacing undercurrents. There’s even, what seems to be, layered clarinets in there, pushing the song further into the post-punk abyss. Business is resumed with ‘Tourettes’ but those clarinets are still parping about in the background. Or is it trumpets? I’m confused but I like it. The techno remix is faintly ridiculous but you get the feeling that they’re well aware of this. A straight-laced Britpunk band with off-kilter afterthoughts. You could do worse magazine | 33
Food
Eat a lot, for less! FALMOUTH 5 Degrees West Bar & Grill
7 Grove Place, Falmouth, TR11-4AU / 01326 311288 www.5degreesfalmouth.co.uk
At 5 Degrees West in Falmouth, just across the road from Discovery Quay, Monday night is the night you need to remember for a cheap feed. The deal is ‘555’: Five specials, from five O’clock, for five quid each. Winner. Best of all you won’t get sick of them quickly because the menu changes every week. I was enticed by the sizzling skillet of spicy leeks, courgettes, fennel, haloumi and grapes served with salad and bread and butter, but it had sold out. I was almost swayed by the mushroom and blue cheese fusilli, but in the end went for potato skins filled with chilli and topped with cheddar cheese. Call it ‘pub grub’, call it ‘comfort food’, call all of your friends and tell them about it. Presentation was simple, food was tasty, and together with good company and half a pint of Sharp’s Special, you really can’t complain! 5 Degrees has a welcoming, bustling atmosphere and loads of tables, inside or outside in one of the best beer gardens in town. Food is served until 9.30pm. Hannah Giles
PLYMOUTH Ride Café
45-46 Tavistock Place, Plymouth, Devon PL4 8AX / 01752 255 552 www.ridecafe.co.uk Plymouth’s Ride Cafe, has long been a favourite night time haunt thanks to its cheap drinks deals and student friendly party atmosphere. Fresher’s, returning students and general punters alike will be glad to know that Ride are also offering a whole menu of great value quality food during the sunshine hours. A whole range of salads, panninis and baguettes all around the £4 mark and plenty are available on the two for £6 deal, which runs from 11am until 8pm seven days a week! 12inch Pizzas with a huge range of toppings are available too, and cost around £6 but are even better value when you use the two for £10 deal, which is on all week long! Ride Cafe have also teamed up with the infamous Pieminster pie company so when those winter chills start to set in, you can fill your belly with one of six awesome tasting pies. I recommend the vegetarian Heidi Pie myself, and if you take a friend its two for £6! Plan it right and you could eat, drink and party at one of the best clubs in town, without having to go home in between! Neil Dodd www.247magazine.co.uk
TRURO Tilly Mint Bakery and café
Green Street, Truro, TR1 2HL / 01872 279987 www.tillymintbakery.com Tilly Mint Bakery offers an array of scrummy snacks for under a fiver in a welcoming setting. The relaxing café doesn’t offer huge hot meals, but instead provides options for a cheap and delicious lunch. The menu is awash with low-priced luxuries: bagels, create-yourown salads, hummus and sandwiches with a large choice of tasty fillings. I’m a sucker for a good bagel and there’s nothing more satisfying than an indulgent filling of smoked salmon and cream cheese, costing £3.95. If you think that might still be stretching it too far you can bag a cracking tuna mayo, red onion and salad sandwich for £2.80 on farmhouse white, or GI seeded bread if you want to give your body a healthy boost. Tilly Mint Bakery is quite rightly known for its gorgeous cakes, so it’s no surprise that they have some delightful cupcakes on offer. The quaint establishment cries out Kath Kidson-esque design, with its floral bunting and array of intricately crafted cakes on show. Tilly Mint Bakery is a must for all bargain hunters. Open Monday to Saturday, 9am – 5pm Ben Perks
EXETER Dinosaur Café
5 New North Road, Exeter, EX4 4HH / 01392 490 951 You can eat tasty and generous portions at very affordable prices, at this fully licensed café and meze bar, be it freshly prepared Turkish dishes or all-day English breakfasts. The Dinosaur Regular Mixed Salad consists of no less than 9 different salads, for less than £7. A mixture of complimentary and colourful flavours, with potato, egg, olives, aubergine, spring onions, parsley and lemon juice, to name just a few ingredients. Or, treat yourself to a chicken & rice dish with a difference. The Tavak features three delicious ovencooked chicken legs in a knockout home-made sauce, with herbs and spices galore, and again, for under £7. And if you really want to push the boat out, there’s carrot cake, ice cream or traditional Turkish pastry to choose from, all for around the £2 mark. After that, you can wake yourself up in style, with a cup of Turkish coffee - cute & dainty cup, but it’s rocket fuel. Open every day from 10am-9pm, closed on Sundays, give it a go! Arash Torabi magazine | 35
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Words by Alan Butler
6 – 10 September DR MARIGOLD AND MR CHOPS
Hall for Cornwall, Black Quay, TR1 2LL, 01872 262466, hallforcornwall. co.uk 7.30pm, £10 - £26 Simon Callow brings to life two one-man plays by Charles Dickens after a sell-out London run. In an absorbing theatrical event he tells the stories of Dr Marigold, a travelling salesman who adopts a little deaf and dumb girl and Mr Chops, a freak-show turn who wins the lottery and a place in society. Adapted by Patrick Garland, these masterpieces, which were hugely popular when Dickens himself performed them on his famed reading tours, provide a masterly blend of the comic, bizarre and poignant that is classic Dickens.
Until 10 September GREASE
Princess Theatre, Torbay Road, 01803 290228, princesstheatre.org. uk, 7.30pm, £13.75 - £39.25 Dust off your leather jackets, pull on your bobby-socks and get ready for the most fun-filled, high octane Rock’n’Roll party of the year. It’s the original High-School musical, featuring all the unforgettable songs from the hit movie including You’re The One That I Want, Grease Is The Word, Summer Nights, Hopelessly Devoted To You, Sandy and Greased Lightnin’.
12 September THAT’LL BE THE DAY
Theatre Royal, Royal Parade, 01752 267222, theatreroyal.com, 7.30pm, £12 - £23.50 This hugely entertaining rock ‘n’ roll spectacular features an all new line-up of knock-out hits from the 1950s, 60s and 70s, mixed with loads of new zany comedy routines to produce a show with a real feel good party atmosphere.
12 September ONE MAN STAR WARS
Hall for Cornwall, Black Quay, TR1 2LL, 01872 262466, hallforcornwall. co.uk 7.30pm, £14.50 - £16.50 Now, after a two-year absence, Ross is bringing his hilarious show back to the UK. Whether you’re a committed Star Wars fan or simply want to enjoy a fastpaced, side-splitting evening that’s out of this world, make sure you don’t miss it!
Theatre
15 September JULIAN SANDS IN A CELEBRATION OF HAROLD PINTER
Exeter Northcott, Stocker Road, Exeter, 01392 493493, exeternorthcott.com 7.30, £15.50 With personal anecdotes drawn from their work together, Julian Sands combines Pinter’s poems and political prose to create a very fresh and intimate insight into the Nobel laureate’s literary legacy.
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Dance
exeterphoenix.org.uk 8.30pm Welcome fellow wordsmiths to Taking the Mic – Exeter Phoenix’s monthly ‘have-a-go’ open mic show. From September, Taking the Mic has two brand new hosts, Tim King and Morwenna Griffiths! “Performance poetry may be our thing but we also welcome comedy, philosophy, theatrical acts and singersongwriters. Every performer gets a five minute slot to showcase their talent,” said the pair. To book a slot email TTM@ speakinsong.co.uk. Come on, you know you’re bard enough!
Hall for Cornwall, Black Quay, TR1 2LL, 01872 262466, hallforcornwall. co.uk 7.30pm, £12.50 - £17 An extraordinary story of two girls’ struggle to be heard.... Shared Experience (Bronte, After Mrs Rochester, Jane Eyre) presents the astonishing story of identical twins June and Jennifer Gibbons. Refusing to speak to adults, the twins communicate in their own private language, their only relationship being an intense and turbulent bond with each other. Speechless is a powerful portrayal of the twins’ secret world and their struggle to find a voice against all odds.
20 – 24 September AUTOBIOGRAPHER
The Drum Theatre, Royal Parade, 01752 267222, theatreroyal.com, 7.45pm, £9 - £13 Combining a lyrical text, immersive staging and an enigmatic and compelling performance style, Autobiographer draws us into the unravelling mind of the central character, Flora. Voiced by multiple performers, Flora reveals a curious and evocative portrait of a life refracted through the lens of dementia. Autobiographer is a tender, poetic and thrilling new work by Melanie Wilson that features a cast of four and a bold, electrifying score of voice and sound.
Calstock Arts, The Old Chapel, Exeter Phoenix, Bradninch Place, Exeter, 01392 667080,
Events roller-skating and highly physical contemporary dance.
27 September ROY CHUBBY BROWN
Princess Theatre, Torbay Road, 01803 290228, princesstheatre.org. uk, 7.30pm, £22 Roy Chubby Brown is back in town. Get ready for a barn-storming night of jokes, banter and hilarious mickey-taking from Britain’s most outrageous comedian, bar none!
21 September YOU JUST LIVE
Theatre 1, Roland Levinsky Building, Plymouth, 01752 667080, plymouth.ac.uk £8, 7pm Thom Racket Company was formed in 2010 under artistic direction from Thom Rackett and Fay Trezies. Their work displays a passion for the eclectic and the off-beat through a mix of highly physical dance and text..... “What it means to be human? You just live”.
22 - 24 September
EARTHQUAKES IN 20 - 24 September LONDON Theatre Royal, Royal Parade, 01752 267222, theatreroyal.com, SPEECHLESS
21 September 13 – 17 September TAKING THE MIC
OPERATION GREENFIELD
Comedy
The Drum Theatre, Royal Parade, 01752 267222, theatreroyal.com, 7.45pm, £9 - £13 An exploration of music, faith and friendship. Somewhere in middle England four unlikely teenagers are preparing for judgement day with ladders, Elvis and Forest Fruits squash - Stokely’s annual talent competition is nigh. With a stage full of instruments and an eclectic mix of recorded music, Little Bulb Theatre capture the confusing, awkward and beautifully naïve time of adolescence. The time when the once simple beliefs you held dear need re-adjusting to face the complexities of adulthood.
7.30pm, £12 - £23.50 Excess, population explosion, family crisis – and the end of the planet? Experience a fast and furious metropolitan crash of people, scenes and decades, as three sisters attempt to hold things together in a world changing under their feet.
22 - 24 September HAMLET – YOUNG PEOPLE’S SHAKESPEARE
Devonport Guildhall, Devonport, 01752 267222, theatreroyal.com, 2pm & 7.30pm, £5 - £9 Hamlet is a young man on the edge. His father’s death was suspicious and his mother has hastily married his uncle, the man he suspects of murdering his father. Trapped in the claustrophobic court of Elsinore he must discover the truth and decide if he has a right to avenge his father’s death. Made specifically for young people and families.
21 September HAPPY AS LARRY
Hall for Cornwall, Black Quay, TR1 2LL, 01872 262466, hallforcornwall. co.uk 8pm, £17.50 What makes us happy? Happy as Larry is a funny, playful and poignant new dance show, which investigates the elusive nature of human happiness. Created by award-winning Australian choreographer Shaun Parker, this powerful performance combines an intoxicating mix of ballet, break-dance,
27 Sept – 1 Oct SLAVA’S SNOW SHOW
Theatre Royal, Royal Parade, 01752 267222, theatreroyal. com, 7.30pm, £10 - £29.50 Slava’s Snowshow touches the heart and the funny bone and is packed with fun for all the family. It delights and exhilarates theatregoers across the globe with its spectacle, comedy, poignancy and stunning effects.
30 September ONE NIGHT OF ELVIS
Princess Theatre, Torbay Road, 01803 290228, princesstheatre.org. uk, 7.30pm, £23.25 - £24.75 It’s like no other Elvis Presley show with the remarkable tribute artist Lee ‘Memphis’ King. Awarded the ultimate accolade of World Champion Elvis Tribute Artist at the Collingwood Elvis Festival held annually in Canada - the largest and most respected Elvis tribute contest and Elvis festival in the world today.
30 Sept – 15 Oct LOVESONG
The Drum Theatre, Royal Parade, 01752 267222, theatreroyal.com, 7.45pm, £9 - £13 Frantic Assembly returns to the Drum Theatre Plymouth with the UK premiere of Lovesong - a collaboration with acclaimed writer Abi Morgan. Lovesong is a new play addressing our need for connection, our need to be held and our need to make someone know just what he or she means to us. Contrasting the effervescence of youth with the experience of a lifetime; performers in their twenties and their sixties will collide in a potent story of memory, love and desire.
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Film TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY (TBC)
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Released: 16 September Dir: Tomas Alfredson Starring: Gary Oldman, Colin Firth and Ralph Fiennes 2011/UK/TBC This remake of the classic Alec Guinness TV series sees Gary Oldman take-up the role of George Smiley despite retiring from the ranks of M16, he is reactivated to search for a rogue Soviet spy within the British intelligence community. The plot is full of red-herrings, twists, and turns and is the perfect vehicle for director Alfredson who directed the chilling Scandinavian thriller Let the Right One In. This classic slice of cold-war paranoia is his first English language film and should hopefully make a silky smooth transition from small to big screen. The cast includes red-hot British talent Colin Firth and Ralph Fiennes, and Gary Oldman (whisper it quietly) could be on Oscar worthy form. This should be an intelligent and thrilling nights entertainment.
The Best of the Rest.... ABDUCTION (TBC)
KILL LIST (18)
TROLL HUNTER (15)
Released: 28 September Dir: John Singleton Starring: Taylor Lautner, Lily Collins and Alfred Molina 2011/US/TBC Ooooh! Chase, revenge, thriller starring teenage dream Taylor Lautner. An interesting story sees Taylor find a photo of himself on a missing person’s website, which leads him on an obsessive hunt for the truth.
Released: 2 September Dir: Ben Wheatley Starring: Neil Maskell, MyAnna Buring and Harry Simpson 2011/US/95 min Jay (Neil Maskell) is a former soldier struggling though a broken, marriage, who hooks up with his army buddy to do some contract killing in an attempt to ease his ailing finances. What follows is part bro-mance and part horror film: guaranteed to keep audiences intrigued with it’s twisty plot.
Released: 9 September Dir: André Øvredal Starring: Otto Jespersen, Robert Stoltenberg and Knut Nærum 2010/Norway/90 min This bonkers monster movie is similar to Cloverfield and set in Norway. The story sees a trio of media students from a local college trying to find and interview an elusive bear poacher. But it turns that he isn’t hunting for bears, he’s after trolls. The film features impressive effects and a nice streak of black comedy.
MELANCHOLIA (15)
WARRIOR (TBC)
Released: 30 September Dir: Lars von Trier Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer Sutherland 2011/US/136 min Fresh from the intense experience of Antichrist, Danish helmer Lars von Trier has churned out another weirdly surreal tale. This time he is tackling the end of the world thanks to a giant planet crushing earth. He sets his film in the weeks leading up to the event dealing with Kirsten Dunst’s impending wedding. Expect plenty of philosophical imagery and a lack of any recognisable story.
Released: 23 September Dir: Gavin O’Connor Starring: Tom Hardy, Nick Nolte and Joel Edgerton 2011/US/TBC The world of mixed martial arts finds its way onto the big screen with a story very similar to Oscar winning The Fighter. In this Rocky-style sports film Tom Hardy plays a MMA fighter who is trained by his alcoholic father - Nick Nolte. The stress placed upon his family is multiplied when he enters a tournament that sees him have to fight his brother. Nothing like a bit a sibling rivalry.
FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS (15 Released: 9 September Dir: Will Gluck Starring: Mila Kunis, Justin Timberlake and Patricia Clarkson 2011/US/109 min This interesting starring role for Justin Timberlake sees him develop his friendship with Mila Kunis by adding casual sex into the mix. A bonanza of ‘booty calls’ takes a turn for the more serious when they start falling in love with each over. This should be a nice vehicle for the former N-Sync man and is one of the few romantic comedies that tries something a bit different.
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Live Thurs 01 Exeter OPEN MIC NIGHT, Angel Bar, 32 Queen Street, £free. Hosted by local heroes Roger styles & Richard James. LIVE MUSIC AT THE PICTURE HOUSE Exeter Picturehouse, 8.30pm, £free. Hurricane Horse, National Pastime & Laura Turley.
Liskeard
KERNYUCK Barley Sheaf, Church St, 9pm, £free The Boys are back in town. Hold on to your hats, these Guys will rock your socks off.
Plymouth
LIVE THURSDAYS, Ride Café, 45-46 Tavistock Place 9pm–12am, £free. A selection of the most exciting live Rock/Dub/Ska/Hip Hop/Roots & Reggae acts.
St Agnes BIG DEAL, The Tap House, 1 Peterville Square, £free. Big Deal conjur up woozy, lo-fi folk, understated & discreet music for the early hours, both beautiful & fragile.
Truro
LIVE BANDS Bunters Bar, 58 Little Castle Street, 9pm, £free. Showcasing some of the best local musicians, see www.buntersbar.co.uk for more details.
Fri 02 Exeter SOUTH WEST LIVE, Angel Bar, 32 Queen Street, 9pm, £free. Boasting some of the best up-&-coming & already well established bands in the South West. Expect a lively atmosphere Funk/Ska/ Blues/Acoustic in fact anything goes.
Plymouth
TANGO SONORO, B-Bar, The Barbican, 9pm, £3. Exciting 5 piece tango band. TOTAL STRANGER, The Ships Tavern, Arcadia Road, £free.
Truro
BIG DEAL, Bunters Bar, 58 Little Castle Street, £free. Big Deal conjur up woozy, lo-fi folk, understated & discreet music for the early hours, both beautiful & fragile.
Sat 03 Exeter JAMES HOLLINGSWORTH, Double Locks Hotel, Canal Banks, 3pm, £free. James Hollingsworth has a unique, exciting acoustic guitar style & a passionate, soaring singing voice.
Plymouth
CUBA NIGHT B-Bar, The Barbican, 10pm, £free. Resident DJ playing the best in Salsa, Merengue, Bachata & more.
Sun 04 Plymouth ADELE, Plymouth Pavilions, Millbay Road, 7pm. Fusing simple acoustic guitars with bluesy vocals, Adele’s music is a combination of Soul, R’n’B & Folk, with an old-time jazz feel. HAMMER & ISAACS GYPSY SWING BAND Matchroom Suite, Plympton 8pm, £7
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Mon 05 Exeter RED MIST, Cavern Club, 83-84 Queen Street, 8pm, £3. Kick the pit off one last time for what has been Exeter’s best metal band. Plus support from Caesura & Flame Fracture.
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Fri 09 Exeter
THE MACCABEES, Exeter Phoenix, Bradninch Place, Gandy Street, 7:30pm, £17.50. The London based indie band play a low-key warm up date before releasing Tues 06 their third album. SOUTH WEST LIVE, Angel Bar, 32 Bideford JAM NIGHT, Palladium Club, Lower Queen Street, 9pm, £free. Boasting some of the best up-&-coming & already Gunstone, £free. well established bands in the South West. Expect a lively atmosphere Funk/Ska/ Weds 07 Blues/Acoustic in fact anything goes.
Exeter
Falmouth
RISE TO REMAIN, Cavern Club, 83-84 Queen Street, 8pm, £8. London Metalcore band. Support is Bleed From Within. ACOUSTIC TOUR: IAN ANDERSON, Exeter Corn Exchange, Market Street, £24. Acoustic tour from Tull frontman. Expect Tull acoustic classics, alongside rare & less well-known songs & other rearranged Tull rock material.
Plymouth
Plymouth
HAMMER & ISAACS GYPSY SWING BAND Blues Bar, The Barbican 9.30pm, £free REVOLUTION ACOUSTIC WEDNESDAY’S, Derrys Cross, £free, 9pm. Open Mic support slots, with showcased main acts.
Thurs 08 Exeter Exeter OPEN MIC NIGHT, Angel Bar, 32 Queen Street, £free. Hosted by local heroes Roger styles & Richard James. LIVE MUSIC AT THE PICTURE HOUSE Exeter Picturehouse, 8.30pm, £free. Adrian Maxwell & Jas Walker
THE JAMM, Princess Pavilion, 41 Melvill Road, £12.50. The Jam may have ‘Beat Surrendered’ in 1982, but you can still relive the excitement with The Jamm, without doubt the most authentic & true tribute in the world. TOM ATTAH, B-Bar, The Barbican, 9pm, £3. A strong & soulful performer of new & original acoustic Blues material. THE PAUSE, The Ships Tavern, Arcadia Road, £free.
Newquay
RUDI MESSAGE Red Lion, 9.30pm, £3
Torquay
BRUTALITY WILL PREVAIL, Club 27, £6, 8pm. Guests CROSSBREAKER / CAST IRON JAW / LUNGS
Sat 10 Perranporth RUDI MESSAGE Watering Hole, 9.30pm, £3
Plymouth
THE MACCABEES, Lusty Glaze Beach, Lusty Glaze Road, 7pm11pm, £16.50. An enjoyable post punk band. Their take on New Wave sounds is refreshingly individual & exciting, with original lyrics & catchy tunes. HIP ROUTE Barley Sheaf Church St. 9pm, £free. Superb band, playing roots music.
Plymouth
THE ACOUSTIC CAFÉ The Cellar Bar, the Fortescue, Mutley Plain 8.30pm-12am, £1. Jimmy Buddha Om plus three guests each week, info 01752 660673 LIVE THURSDAYS, Ride Café, 45-46 Tavistock Place 9pm–12am, £free. A selection of the most exciting live Rock/Dub/Ska/Hip Hop/Roots & Reggae acts. People’s String Foundation + support from Stuart O’Connor. ALEX AND THE UNDERGROUND, B-Bar, The Barbican, 9pm, £2.
Torquay
JAM NIGHT Chaplins Bar, £free. Hosted by Unstrung Entertainments.
Truro
LIVE BANDS Bunters Bar, Little Castle St, 9pm, £free. Showcasing some of the best local musicians, see
Mon 12 Exeter METAL MONDAYS’ CAMBION ‘LAST RITES’ EP RELEASE SHOW The Cavern, 8pm, £3.Metal night
Plymouth
AMERCIA’S CUP, Music Stage, Plymouth Hoe, 12pm – 11pm, £free More music with Patrick James Pearson Band at 7.30pm
Tues 13 Bideford JAM NIGHT, Palladium Club, Lower Gunstone, £free.
Plymouth
AMERCIA’S CUP, Music Stage, Plymouth Hoe, 12pm – 11pm, £free More music with Wille and the Bandits at 7.30pm
St Ives
RUDI MESSAGE Lifeboat, 9.30pm, £free
Weds 14 Exeter THE ANGEL ACOUSTIC OPEN MIC The Angel, Opp Central Station, 8pm, £free. Hosted by Billy Bottle – expect Folk, soul, jazz, song writers, reggae, poetry & comedy.
Plymouth
REVOLUTION ACOUSTIC WEDNESDAY’S, Derrys Cross, £free, 9pm. Open Mic support slots, with showcased main acts. CAFÉ ACOUSTICA B-Bar, Barbican £free, 9pm. Fortnightly showcase of unplugged talent, hosted by Jessie Mullen.
Newquay
Liskeard
HAMMER & ISAACS GYPSY SWING BAND Thirst Bar, The Barbican 9pm, £free AMERCIA’S CUP, Music Stage, Plymouth Hoe, 12pm – 11pm, £free The second day of the sailing tour, with music from Freshly Squeezed at 12pm, Michael Collins at 4.15pm, Out to Grass at 5.30pm and Rambunctious Social Club DJ’s for the rest of the evening.
AMERCIA’S CUP, Music Stage, Plymouth Hoe, 12pm – 11pm, £free The first day of the sailing tour, with music from Too Hot at 12pm and Ruarri Joseph at 6pm, and Newton Faulker at 8.30pm. CUBA NIGHT B-Bar, The Barbican, 10pm, £free. Resident DJ playing the best in Salsa, Merengue, Bachata & more. THE RED HOT TRIO, Annabel’s Cabaret & Discotheque, Vauxhall Street, 8.30pm. Neo Rockabilly/Rock N Roll band!
Sun 11 Exeter WHITE WIZZARD, Cavern Club, 83-84 Queen Street, 8pm, £10. Heavy Metal band from Los Angeles. Featuring the return of vocalist Wyatt Anderson, affectionately known as ‘The Screamin’ Demon,’. Support from Jett Black.
Plymouth
AMERCIA’S CUP, Music Stage, Plymouth Hoe, 12pm – 11pm, £free More music with 247 and Wonkeylegs DJ, Aldo Vanucci from 5pm, Land of the Giants at 6.30mp, Charlie Simpson 8.45pm – not to be missed after his great performances at Boardmasters and his live session on BBC Radio 1.
St. Ives LAU, The Guildhall, Street-an-Pol. Folk group who perform traditional music
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Live ‘Beat on the brat with a baseball bat, oh yeah’
with a contemporary feel. Nominated for no less than four gongs in the 2008 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.
Thurs 15 Exeter
Now in its fifth year, 2000 Trees Festival continues to shine like an energy-saving beacon in a dark sea of corporate-sponsored mediocrity (Cheltenham, 14-16th July). With the stagnant pond firmly out of bounds, and with the addition of a new rock-centric stage, the range of choices has opened out to include the gnarly, contrary likes of KONG and their surreal post-punk sensibilities, alongside the hardcore punch of YOUR DEMISE, the Sabbath-suckling WITCHSORROW and the acid blues majesty of KILL IT KID. This doesn’t feel like home territory for DANNY & THE CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD but that didn’t stop them from being this reviewer’s highlight, combining a love of Springsteen and The E-Street Band with an easy, breezy rock’n’roll charm. Belfast upstarts, AND SO I WATCH YOU FROM AFAR, are becoming something of a mainstay at 2000 Trees, their maniacal mélange of darting guitars and sonic suspense reaching new heights of instrumental expediency. On the main stage, THE KING BLUES – now featuring homegals, Kat Marsh and Josie Newton – were clearly in celebratory mode, despite an impassioned anti-EDL rant; evidently relieved that they have survived the trials and tribulations of the past two years and come through relatively unscathed. And thank goodness for STRAIGHT LINES who managed to provoke an impressive conga train for their spiky poppunk vignettes. Elsewhere, JIM LOCKEY & THE SOLEMN SUN did the Cheltenham indie-folk shuffle to good effect, TALL SHIPS dazzled us with technoid pop soundscapes, THE TWILIGHT SAD almost lived up to the melancholic thrum of their records, FIGHTING FICTION rocked their own particular Casbah, and FRIGHTENED RABBIT turned in a bit of a damp squib, although their adoring fans clearly disagreed. No matter. It’s still the best non-corporate fest in the West, and beyond. There are times when watching Vince Lee’s guitar craft where you think that this is, quite possibly, the best thing you’ve ever seen in your life. And when he’s at the helm of the jivetastic whirlwind of rhythm and blues that is THE WILDCARDS it’s even more mind-blowing (Annabels, Plymouth, 22nd July). But it’s not just the guitar. It’s the voice, the style and, the other musicians, all forging the most authentic sharp-suited swingalong swagger this side of Brian Setzer’s lopsided quiff. Livestock Festival isn’t really a festival; it’s a private party hosted by the New Devon Army to which everyone’s invited (Sidmouth, 23rd July). And once you get past the macabre hog roast and the desperate lack of toilet cubicles, there was a modicum of fun to be had. So while we were playing games of mini-pool and failing to unicycle, THE BREAKS COLLECTIVE were busy filling the inevitable, jazz-funk-with-whiterappers niche. Far more thrilling were SUPENIK, a band who combined the silky riffola of Fu Manchu with ‘60s garage stomp to South Devon’s delight. HOWLING LORD sounded so much like The Band it was hard not to imagine Bob Dylan sauntering on stage at any given moment, but they still boasted a handful of decent refrains. Daft Punk with a live rhythm section? Pretty much. MILLION WAY certainly played up to their strengths with house-inspired synths and a meaty beat manifesto. Good work, NDA. Punk’s not dead but THE CASUALTIES come pretty close (White Rabbit, Plymouth, 25th July). Their dyed-in-the-wool brand of early ‘80s Britpunk is so archaic you can’t help but wonder if they have developmental issues. Although it was quite amusing to watch singer Jorge Herrera’s skyward spikes gradually descend to a sweaty scarecrow droop. London trio, MORAL DILEMMA, at least had the courtesy to sound thoroughly pissed off with lashings of wretchedness; while RASH DECISION’s hirsute hardcore blast provided more than able support even if they do look like backyard wrestlers. See-ya bye.
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OPEN MIC NIGHT, Angel Bar, 32 Queen Street, £free. Hosted by local heroes Roger styles & Richard James. LIVE MUSIC AT THE PICTURE HOUSE Exeter Picturehouse, 8.30pm, £free. Jazz Quartet So What?
the weekend. This years Acoustica Festival takes place over 2 days with 6 stages & over 40 bands & artists. Feat. James Yorkston, Treetop Flyers, Alessi’s Ark, The Miserable Rich & many more across four stages. SOUTH WEST LIVE, Angel Bar, 32 Queen Street, 9pm, £free. Boasting some of the best up-&-coming & already well established bands in the South West. Expect a lively atmosphere Funk/Ska/ Blues/Acoustic in fact anything goes.
Plymouth
LOST IN SPACE, B-Bar, The Barbican, 9pm, £3. Cornish seven/ eight/nine-piece Ska/Jazz/Latin outfit. HEIST, The Ships Tavern, Arcadia Road, £free.
TURBOGEIST, Cavern Club, 83-84 Queen Street, 8pm, £4. The band combine their love of 80’s Alternative music & 70’s rock, drawing influences from bands such as; The Replacements, Pantera, & Prince. With guests.
Liskeard SOUTHERN JELLY Barley Sheaf, Church St, 9pm, £free New band to the Barley. Classic Rock & old style R&B covers.
Plymouth
THE ACOUSTIC CAFÉ The Cellar Bar, the Fortescue, Mutley Plain 8.30pm-12am, £1. Jimmy Buddha Om plus three guests each week, info 01752 660673 OTIS GIBBS, The B-bar, Barbican Theatre, Castle Street, 8pm, £10. A modern day Woody Guthrie, his songs based in people experience & their struggles. Strong in socialist beliefs. Put Gibbs in the company of Bob Dylan, The Clash, and Chuck Berry. LIVE THURSDAYS, Ride Café, 45-46 Tavistock Place 9pm–12am, £free. A selection of the most exciting live Rock/Dub/Ska/Hip Hop/Roots & Reggae acts. Guests The Hats and support Carus Thompson. AMERCIA’S CUP, Music Stage, Plymouth Hoe, 12pm – 11pm, £free More music with Louis Eliot and the Embers at 5pm St. Ives PO’ GIRL, Western Hotel, Royal Square, 8.30pm, £12. Old time Roots, Jazz & Country grooves are skillfully revived through the songs & music of this band.
Torquay
JAM NIGHT Chaplins Bar, £free. Hosted by Unstrung Entertainments.
Truro
LIVE BANDS Bunters Bar, Little Castle St, 9pm, £free. Showcasing some of the best local musicians, see www.buntersbar.co.uk for more details.
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Sat 17 Bideford THE MEN THEY COULDN’T HANG, Palladium Club, Lower Gunstone, £12. Celtic rock legends in their first visit to the club, not to be missed! With support from Jim Jones.
Exeter
ACOUSTICA FESTIVAL, Exeter Phoenix, Bradninch Place, Gandy Street, 6pm, £10 per day, £16 for the weekend. This years Acoustica Festival takes place over 2 days with 6 stages and over 40 bands and artists. Feat. Richmond Fontaine, Beth Rowley, Laura Gibson, Hannah Peel, Ellen & The Escapades & many more across four stages.
Plymouth
Bideford SPACED INVADERS, Palladium Club, Lower Gunstone, £3otd. Local 80’s cover band.
Exeter
ACOUSTICA FESTIVAL, Exeter Phoenix, Bradninch Place, Gandy Street, 6pm, £10 per day, £16 for
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AMERCIA’S CUP, Music Stage, Plymouth Hoe, 12pm – 11pm, £free More music with Becca Langsford Band at 6pm and Seth Lakeman at 8.30pm. He is widely regarded as the UK’s foremost folk singer songwriter. Having come to wider public attention following his Mercury nominated Kitty Jay album in 2005, when Seth brought folk music to a new, younger audience, he has been widely credited with breaking down perceptions and barriers often associated with folk music and its acceptance (or lack of it) in the mainstream. Seth was named Folk Singer of the Year and ‘Freedom Fields’ awarded Album of The Year at the prestigious Radio 2Folk Awards in 2007 and his 2008 album ‘Poor Man’s Heaven’ charted at number 8 in the UK on its release.
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CUBA NIGHT B-Bar, The Barbican, 10pm, £free. Resident DJ playing the best in Salsa, Merengue, Bachata & more. AMERCIA’S CUP, Music Stage, Plymouth Hoe, 12pm – 11pm, £free More music with Babyhead live on stage at 5.15pm and Matt Edmondson, from 7.30pm. Matt Edmondson is a
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Sun 18 Falmouth THE SUBWAYS, Princess Pavilion, 41 Melvill Road, 8pm, £10.50. Infectious pop-rock sound with killer hooks.
Barbican £free, 9pm Fortnightly showcase of unplugged talent, hosted by Jessie Mullen. REVOLUTION ACOUSTIC WEDNESDAY’S, Derrys Cross, £free, 9pm. Open Mic support slots, with showcased main acts.
Thurs 22 Exeter
JAZZ JAM, Exeter Phoenix, Bradninch Place, Gandy Street, 9pm, £free. Jazz showcase & jam session hosted by Sheriff Bickle. Plymouth LIVE MUSIC AT THE PICTURE HOUSE AMERCIA’S CUP, Music Stage, Exeter Picturehouse, 8.30pm, £free. Plymouth Hoe, 12pm – 11pm, £free Matthew North and guests More music Co-operative Big Band live on OPEN MIC NIGHT, Angel Bar, 32 stage at 12pm, The Simmertons playing Queen Street, £free. Hosted by local ska and reggae at 4pm, and shanty singers, Fishermans Friends at 6pm. Local heroes Roger styles & Richard James. MELOSA Mama Stones 10pm-late, favourite, Mad Dog McRea finish the £3. Album launch night, supported by DJ week’s entertainment off at 7pm. Mojo and Dj Dredstripe
Mon 19
Exeter ODDFELLOWS OPEN MIC The Oddfellows, 60 New North Rd 7pmlate, £free. Open Mic Night with drinks deals – turn up and play! BREATHE CAROLINA, Cavern Club, 83-84 Queen Street, 8pm, £9. Breathe Carolina is an American electronic rock musical duo. Support is from Tek-One.
Tues 20 Bideford OPEN MIC JAM NIGHT, Palladium Club, £free.
Exeter
THE ACOUSTIC CAFÉ The Cellar Bar, the Fortescue, Mutley Plain 8.30pm-12am, £1. Jimmy Buddha Om plus three guests each week, info 01752 660673 BLUE ORCHID Annbels, Vauxhall St 9pm, £tbc LIVE THURSDAYS, Ride Café, 45-46 Tavistock Place, 9pm–12am, £free. A selection of the most exciting live Rock/Dub/Ska/Hip Hop/Roots & Reggae acts. Guests Carpetface & Audible1 THE DUAL PROJECT: KILLA KELA & AMI CARMINE, Ride Café, 45-46 Tavistock Place, 9pm, £4. The UK’s finest human beatbox, who now writes & produces his own material after a seven year apprenticeship.
LIVE BANDS Bunters Bar, Little Castle St, 9pm, £free. Showcasing some of the best local musicians, see www.buntersbar.co.uk for more details.
Fri 23 Barnstaple Bideford
Plymouth
BLACK HOLE PROMOTIONS, Palladium Club, Lower Gunstone, £3otd. Young local bands.
Exeter
SOUTH WEST LIVE, Angel Bar, 32 Queen Street, 9pm, £free. Boasting some of the best up-&-coming & already well established bands in the South West. Expect a lively atmosphere Funk/Ska/ Blues/Acoustic in fact anything goes.
OPEN MIC Bac Bar, North Hill 10.30pm – late, £tbc Try up & perform, Falmouth DEVLIN, Princess Pavilion, 41 simple as that! Melvill Road, 7.30pm, £12.50. An unbounded talent in the grime scene, Weds 21 renowned for his boisterous, rapid-fire Exeter lyrics & gritty blistering productions. THE ANGEL ACOUSTIC OPEN Plymouth MIC The Angel, Opp Central HAMMER & ISAACS GYPSY Station, 8pm, £free. Hosted by Billy SWING BAND B-Bar, The Barbican Bottle – expect Folk, soul, jazz, song 9pm, £3 5-piece gypsy jazz band writers, reggae, poetry & comedy. DAVE BANANA, The Ships Tavern, Plymouth Arcadia Road, £free. CAFÉ ACOUSTICA B-Bar,
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CHICAGO MUSIC EXPLOSION, Palladium Club, Lower Gunstone, £3otd.
Exeter
MALE BONDING, Cavern Club, 83-84 Queen Street, 7.30pm, £7. Signed to SUB POP London’s good-time 3-piece Male Bonding are part of a flourishing DIY scene in their adopted hometown of Dalston, London. Support from The Cut Ups. This show is followed by regular DJ night INDIE CLUB, with Jake & Johnny.
Gunstone, £free.
Exeter
CLOUD CONTROL, Cavern Club, 83-84 Queen Street, 8pm, £7. After having been awarded the critically acclaimed Australian Music Award, Cloud Control are set to unleash their stellar collection of quirky layered harmonic psyche-pop on the rest of the world. DAVE SWARBICK & MARTIN CARTHY, Exeter Phoenix, Bradninch Place, Gandy Street, 8pm, £15. Back together after 14 years apart, all the old skills are demonstrated with a new collection of traditional songs,& instrumentals.
Weds 28 Plymouth CAFÉ ACOUSTICA B-Bar, Barbican £free, 9pm. Fortnightly showcase of unplugged talent, hosted by Jessie Mullen.
Thurs 29 Exeter LIVE MUSIC AT THE PICTURE HOUSE Exeter Picturehouse, 8.30pm, £free. Graham Butterfield and guests OPEN MIC NIGHT, Angel Bar, 32 Queen Street, £free. Hosted by local heroes Roger styles & Richard James. RUARRI JOSEPH, Exeter Phoenix, Bradninch Place, Gandy Street, 8pm, £11. An inventive fusion of blues, rock and soul, inspired by the likes of Tom Waits, Elliott Smith & Django Reindhart.
Plymouth
Truro
OPEN MIC NIGHT The Studio Bar, 9pm, £free.
Bideford
REDHOUSE Barley Sheaf Church St, 9pm, £free. Monique will be with us for this gig!!
JAM NIGHT Chaplins Bar, £free. Hosted by Unstrung Entertainments
Penzance
Sat 24
Liskeard
Torquay
COSMO JARVIS The Cavern 7.30pm, £7. Support from Paul Besselle & Slipdown Dog & The Darlingtons
ACOUSTIC NIGHT, Gaslights Bar 8pm, £free.
DEVLIN, Exeter Phoenix, Bradninch Place, Gandy Street, 7.30pm, £13. A lover of Bob Marley, The Supremes & Bruce Springsteen, Devlin isn’t your average grime artist. The enigmatic, Devlin set the bar for a new generation of Grime music with his underground classic, ‘Tales fromthe Crypt’.
Looe HAMMER & ISAACS GYPSY SWING BAND Looe Music Festival 6.30pm, £free
Plymouth
CUBA NIGHT B-Bar, The Barbican, 10pm, £free. Resident DJ playing the best in Salsa, Merengue, Bachata & more.
Sun 25 Plymouth GAMA BOMB, White Rabbit, Bretonside Bus Station, Breton Side. Support from Onslaught & Fallen Fate. JAZZ MORLEY, B-Bar, The Barbican, 9pm, £4 advance/£5 door. A rich, warm, emotive voice capable of the tiniest whisper of love to the full vent of a woman scorned.
Mon 26 Exeter CODEX ALIMENTARIUS, Cavern Club, 83-84 Queen Street, 8pm, £3. A night of heavy death metal from the UK underground. Also featuring Furyborn.
Tues 27
Liskeard
VINCE & THE BIG COMBO Barley Sheaf, Church St, 9pm, £free. Vince is a big noise in France & Belgium. Just back from some top festivals. A classy blues band.
Plymouth
LIVE THURSDAYS, Ride Café, 45-46 Tavistock Place 9pm–12am, £free. A selection of the most exciting live Rock/Dub/Ska/Hip Hop/Roots & Reggae acts. Guests are Two Spot Gobi.
Truro
LIVE BANDS Bunters Bar, Little Castle St, 9pm, £free. Showcasing some of the best local musicians, see www.buntersbar.co.uk for more details.
Fri 30 Bideford IFUNK, Palladium Club, Lower Gunstone, £3. Local funk covers band.
Exeter
SOUTH WEST LIVE, Angel Bar, 32 Queen Street, 9pm, £free. Boasting some of the best up-&-coming & already well established bands in the South West. Expect a lively atmosphere Funk/Ska/ Blues/Acoustic in fact anything goes.
Plymouth
MAMA TOKUS, B-Bar, The Barbican, 9pm, £3. Mama Tokus hosts a night of Soul & Blues. XLR, The Ships Tavern, Arcadia Road, £free.
Tavistock
THE WURZELS The Wharf, 8pm, £15. Support from Eat the Rich.
Redruth
RUDI MESSAGE Trickies, 9.30pm, JAM NIGHT, Palladium Club, Lower £free
Bideford
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Jelly Jazz Proudly Presents An end of summer soul/jazz/funk LIVE spectacular!
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Clubs MONDAYS Exeter
MONDAY NIGHT MADNESS. Arena. Summerland St. 10pm2.30am. £4.50/£2adv available from reps and the student guild. Exeters biggest and best student night, every week is themed, check out the weekly themes on our facebook group - Monday Madness at Arena MONDAYS. Timepiece. Little Castle St. 7.30pm-1am. £free. Cheesy pop mash up! METAL MONDAYS! Cavern Club. 83-84 Queen St. 8pm-late, £3otd. Vanadium/ Cambion/ These Ruins/ Caesura. Metal.
Falmouth
STUDENT NIGHT. Toast. 18 Church St. until 1am. £free. Monday night is student night at toast with lots of £1.50 drink deals! STUDENT NIGHT. Q Bar. 15a Killigrew St. 8pm-late. £free. Monkey T of Simian Sound playing guilty pleasures on the decks.
Newquay
SUPER CHY MONDAYS. The Chy & Koola. 12 Beach Road. 10pm3.30am, £4/£2. DJ’s Robin Parris & Proof playing hip hop, funk, party, breaks, indie, rock, dance, grime, R’n’B, reggae, D’n’B, gypsy swing kinda thing & cheap booze for locals! SUMMER SESSIONS. Level 3. 45. 9pm-2am. £free all night. Luke Gledhill & Tim Nice & Friends, Playing Funk, Disco, House, Electronica & DnB.
Plymouth
DROP THE BOMB. Ride Cafe. 45 Tavistock Place. 9pm-2am. £free all night. Featuring DJ Wonkey Ben bringing a totally new night of House and Electro. Bombs from £2! WONKEYLEGS. Firefly. 2 Sherwell Arcade. 10pm– 4am. £tbc.The 10 year old club night rocks on every monday with DJ Aldo Vanucci playing the biggest and best drum n bass and dubstep.
St Austell
BIG STUDENT NIGHT. Puls-8. 14 High Cross St. 10pm-2am. £4/£2 NUS. DJ Dean playing the party classics.
Truro
L2 STUDENT NIGHT. L2 Nightclub. Calenick St. 9.30pm-2.30am. £free B4 10pm/£5 after. DJ Matt Wing playing Chart, RnB, Hip Hop and Party Classics.
monthly gay night. TUESDAYS. Remedies. The Moor. 10pm-2am, £free. Indie music with competitive drinks prices.
Newquay
HOT TUB BEACH PARTY. Sailors. 10.30pm-late. £free in Boardies or Bikini. Party night, win surf weekends, free surf lessons and beachwear. DJ John London gets the party going.
Penzance
£2 TUESDAY Sound Nightclub. Branwell Mill, Market Jew Street 11pm-3am. £free B4 12am/£4 after. DJs Boris & DS playing chart and commercial bangers!
WEDNESDAYS Bude
RENAISSANCE. Rogue Nightclub. 38 The Strand. 10pm-2.30am, £3. Chart hits & club classics.
Exeter
STUDENT NIGHT. Timepiece. Little Castle St. 7.30pm-1.30am. £free. In the main room they go bananas to all the student disco classics and current cheesey faves. In the Balcony Bar they get down to the very latest urban sounds with JSR. This is a night run by students for students and proceed go to support student societies. EXETER MIDWEEK MINCE.CLub Roccoco. 8pm-late, £free. LGBT night LIVE MUSIC - OPEN MIC NIGHT. Angel Bar. 32 Queen St. 8pm-late, £free. Hosted by Billy Bottle. LOFI HIFI. Cavern Club. 83-84 Queen St. 8pm-3am. £free. Indie/ Electro clubnight. LOFI HIFI bring you the best in Indie/Electro/Dubstep with resident DJs and live guests.
Falmouth
OPEN DECKS. Q Bar. 15a Killigrew St. 9pm-late. £free. Hosted by Selecta Demo. All aspiring DJs welcome. KNIT CLUB. Toast. 18 Church St. from 7pm. £free. As it says on the tin, knitting in a club! www.falmouthknitclub. wordpress.com
Newquay
AGWA WEDNESDAYS Fistral Beach Bar 2pm-late, £free. Presented by EatBeatz & Adski!, expect funk, breaks, 2step, dubstep, Drum and Bass, house, reggae, oldskool & hip-hop.
Plymouth
BIG WEDNESDAY. Ride Cafe. 45 Tavistock Place. 9pm-2am. £2. Wonky Ben - Hook up, kick back, rock TUESDAYS out. £1 drinks deals; this night is rammed every week! Exeter BOOGIE NIGHTS (in assoc. with CAFE SABROSO. Timepiece, Uni Plymouth). C103. 103 Union Little Castle St. 7.30pm-1.30am, St. 10pm-2am. £3. Student only night. £free. Salsa, Samba and Merengue with Commercial tunes, giveaways, games and DJ Ricardo come along to one of Exeter’s drinks deals. longest running salsa nights and see how COWPOW. The Dairy, 25 they party on the continent! Bretonside. 6pm-late. Student night, CHEESY TUESDAYS. Arena. chart popping classics, great student deals, Summerland St. 10pm-2.30am. £4.50 A huge slice of cheese from the 80’s, all are welcome to join in the fun. NON-STOP MUSIC. Zero’s. 24 90’s & 00’s sandwiched in between all the Lockyer St. 10.30pm-1am. £free. biggest student anthems. HOUSE PARTY. Firefly. 2 Sherwell Exmouth Arcade. 10pm-4am. £free. One of OFFICE PARTY. Fahrenheit, The Firefly’s weekend resident DJs, DJ I.D.E.A.L Parade. 10pm-2.30am, £2/free B4 introduces a night of electro, all mixed in 11pm. Commercial night. with some Breakbeat, House and timeless Falmouth dancefloor classics to get everyone going! FRIUT SHAKE. Toast. 10pm-2am, STUDENT SOCIETY NIGHT. Blush £tbc. First Tuesday of the month for this Lounge. 102 Tavistock Place, North
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Hill. 10pm-3am. 2 cocktails for £6 and draught lager from £1.50. VIBE. Oceana. Barbican Leisure Park, 9pm-3am, £free with flyer B4 11pm/£3. All your urban favourites from old-skool to new-skool, courtesy of your resident, DJ Jonezy Disco - Cheese and Party tunes all night long with John C With £1.60 drinks all night.
THURSDAYS Bude
REVERT. Rogue Nightclub. 38 The Strand. 10pm - 2am. £5. Student/local night with all drinks £1.50 all night!
Exeter
HOLD IT DOWN. Angel Bar. 32 Queen St. 9pm-1am. £free. Funk, Soul, Jazz, Latin, Rare Groove and bits inbetween with Mr Onion Matt Anderson. FUZZY LOGIC. Arena Nightclub, Summerland St. 9.30pm-2.30am. £5.Without doubt the busiest student night in Exeter. Playing the biggest and best tunes, with some great drink deals!! LADIES NIGHT. Hole in the Wall, Little Castle St. 9pm-late. £free. Ladies night with drinks deals and the latest R’n’B/ chart tunes from DJ Oxside. SCANDALOUS. Timepiece. Little Castle St. 10pm-2am, £2 B4 11pm with flyer/£3. DJ JSR provides the upfront freshness and youthful vigour while Aldo Vanucci brings you the biggest and best joints around. ‘WAX THE VAN’ PRESENT SHAKE. The Amber Rooms. 161 Sidwell St. Main Bar. 9pm - 2am. £free. DJs playing the finest Funk / Disco / Acid Jazz.
Falmouth
DJ DENO. Remedies. The Moor. 10pm-2am, £free. Chart music R&B Hip-Hop. STUDENT NIGHT. Toast. 18 Church St. Until 1am. Thursday night is student night at toast with lots of £1.50 drink deals! THURSDAYS. Q Bar. 15a Killigrew St. 8pm-late. £free. The best local D.J’s & Live Bands.
Newquay
HEAVEN & HELL. Sailors. Fore St. 10.30pm-4am, £free with loyalty card/£2 drinks. Chart, RnB, Urban, Dance and Party over 2 floors with VDJ Will B. HIP HOP FULL STEP. Red Square. 11pm-4am, £free.Hip hop with DJ’s M’Elle & Angel. MC’s Ill Fx & Kerygma plus special guests.
Plymouth
BATTLE STATIONS. Voodoo Lounge. 1 The Money Centre. 9pm2am. £2. 2nd Thursday of every Month. With hip-hop battles, representing all the elements in one massive session. Bboying, Graffiti, Turntablism, Beatboxing & MC’s 22nd FORKED B Bar, The Barbican, 8.30pm–til late £7/£5 in adv. Hosted by Mama Tokus, this is a night of diverse poetry to inspire the mind, delight and provoke. More info at www. applesandsnakes.org
Penzance
THATS MY JAM. Sound, Bramwells Mill, 11pm-3am, £2/£free B4 12am. Pure Unadulterated Bangers - all killers, no fillers from resident Dj’s.
Taunton
BLISS THURSDAYS. 43/45 East St. 10pm-3am. £5. DJs will be playing all the
floor-filling tunes!
Truro
PUB STAR. Zafiro’s. River St. 7.30pm-late. £2 donation. Sing your heart out with some classic karaoke.
FRIDAYS Barnstaple
VENUE. The Venue. The Strand. 10pm-3am. £tbc. Party the weekend away with this commercial night of dance and chart tunes.
Bideford
FUNKY FRIDAYS. Caesar’s Palace. King St. 11pm. £4. All the classics, a DJ and no rules whatsoever. 16th KAOS PROJECT OLD SKOOL SHOWDOWN. Liquid Club, 13 Bridgeland St. 8pm. £7. Old skool session with DJ Easygroove on the ones and twos. Bude RETOX. Rogue Nightclub. 38 The Strand. 10pm-3am. £5. Alternative night featuring Funky/ Electro, House, live acts plus more!
Exeter
ANGEL PRESENTS... Angel Bar. 32 Queen St. 10pm-2am. £free. Different guests playing each week, check with bar for details. COLLISION. Timepiece. Little Castle St. 7.30pm-2am. £3. Expect everything from Indie anthems, alt Rock, Punk to Electro.... BUNGALOWED. Timepiece Balcony Bar. Little Castle St. 10.30pm-2am. £3 B4 12pm. Student night. Hip Hop, House, Electro, Dub Step. FRIDAY NIGHT FEVER. Arena. Summerland St. 10pm-3am. £free entry with sticker/wristband. Feel good party atmosphere, get down and party on the dancefloor with all your favourite music - the very best dance, chart, party and RnB - and all your shouts, birthdays and requests! THE WEEKEND WARM-UP. Hole in the Wall, Little Castle St. 8pm-late. £tbc. Club Classic’s/Chart/Chesse and more with DJ Oxside 30th IRIE BINGO The Cavern, Queen St 9pm-late. £tbc. Hip hop special with Skitz, Buggsy & Deadly Hunta.
Falmouth
FRIDAY NIGHTS. Toast. 18 Church St. 6.30pm-2am. £free. Something different every week with Solo Collective on 3rd, Will Darwin on the 10th, Land of the Giants play live on the 24th, followed by Will Darwin on the decks. WEEKEND WARM-UP. Remedies. The Moor. 10pm-2am. £3. 3 Bars, 2 Floors, 3 different DJs playing all sorts of different music from R&B to Cheese and Chart. FRIDAYS. Q Bar. 15a Killigrew St. 8pm-2am. Only the best DJs from the area playing for your aural pleasure. 23rd. DEVLIN Falmouth Pavilion 7.30pm-late. £12.50. Hip hop star who has had a number of hits in the charts, duo with Yasmin and is on the rise, see him live, supported by Carpetface & Audible1.
Gwithian
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Clubs to showcase the region’s Drum and Bass, breaks and dubstep DJ’s, MC’s, producers and promoters. Guests include Dillinja, Mampi Swift, Nicky Blackmarket, Elite Force and all the residents from the best nights across Devon and Cornwall. Awards include Breaks and Dubstep awards too. More info and voting at www.swdnbawards.com
Synn, DJ JJ and Aides over three rooms. SUPER DUPER SOUND CLASH. Ride Cafe. 45 Tavistock Place. 9pm-2am. Featuring: Super Duper Dan’s block quaking five hour soundclash of dance floor mashups, megamixes & twisted basement noise. Leaping over dullness in a single bound! SUPERFLY. Firefly. 2 Sherwell Arcade. 9pm–5am. £free. Resident DJs on rotation. Just J from Jac the Disco playing a disco set downstairs and a banging club set upstairs.
All the best Commercial Club Classics from the past two decades.
GIRLS NIGHT OUT. Berties. East St. Ladies £free B4 1am with flyer/£2. DJ Will.B mixing the best chart/RnB/Dance/ KRIS NEBROSO, The Clipper, 9pm Party/Indie and Old Skool. DJ proof keeps – 1am, £free. A night of Cheese + Chart it Urban in Club 2. Guests Lauren from The Party, Dance, R’n’B, Oldies & Motown tunes. Only Way is Essex on 30th July, Funda & Agne from Made in Chelsea on 6th August, Exeter ANGEL PRESENTS... Angel Bar. 32 and the legendary Judge Jules on 13th Newquay Queen St. 10pm-2am. £free. Different August. KUNG FU-NKY. Level 3, 3-9 Beach I CANDY. Sailors. Fore St. 10.30pmguests playing each week, check with bar Rd 9pm-3am, £free. “House, Tech 4am, £free entry with a handbag! for details. House & Electronica with Tim Nice, Evil Newquays busiest Friday night with the best ESSENTIAL SATURDAY. Arena. Genius & Friends. in Chart, RnB, Dance and Party. Summerland St. 10pm-3.30am. PASSION. Sailors. Fore St. OMG! FOAM PARTY! Berties St Austell £6.50otd. Best in Dance, Chart, Party 10.30pm-4am. £tbc. Chart, dance & Nightclub. East St. 10.30pm-4am. FRIDAYS. Puls-8. 14 High Cross and RnB. retro tunes to shake your booty with John £2 B4 12.30pm. In the main room our St. 10pm-2am. New resident DJ Stevie G INDIE CLUB. Cavern Club, 83-84 London resident DJ Will.B mashes up the best Chart, throwing RnB, Chart and Dance into the mix. Queen St. 8pm-2.30am. £free B4 DUB SUB & PUB. The Stag Inn. Dance, RnB, Indie and Party. 9pm. The best in Indie/Alternative & Electro PARTY NIGHT. Koola, 12 Beach Rd10.30pm-4am. £tbc. Party night, Victoria Place. 8pm-2am. £free. KOOLA ROCKS. The Koola. Sounds from DJS Jake and Paddy. With with selected guests, see Chy Koola Dubstep Cornwall presents its weekly night 9pm-3am, £free with VIP cards. All live guests. Facebook page for more details. of underground electronica and the latest in 3 rooms open / live music & DJ’s / Indie SATURDAYS. The Amber Rooms. SATURDAYS. Red Square. Gover Electro mash-ups / Latin spirit / live dancers Dubstep. 18+ 161 Sidwell St. 9pm-3am. £free. Lane. 10pm-4am. £free. An upfront / cocktail lounge / happy hour 6pm - 11pm Guest DJs dropping all things funky. Torquay mix of everything from Chart to Club, R&B / special guests. TOTAL REQUEST LIVE (TLR). Hole FRIDAYS. Bohemia Nightclub. to Dub. in the Wall, Little Castle St. 8pm41 Torwood St. 11pm-3am. £4 B4 Newton Abbot Newton Abbot late. £tbc. Requests all night with DJ’s after. DJs on rotation I LOVE 9th GRANDMASTER FLASH The 12pm/£5 INDIE. Rude Bar. 3 Victoria Parade. Fluffy/Oxside/Mixmaster J - The tunes you 1st Oct JELLY JAZZ. The Yellow Yellow Room, Hannahs ant Seale want to hear, just ask the DJ With Electric Kills 9pm-2.30am. £2. Room, Hannahs at Seale Hayne. Hayne. 7pm-late, £19.50/£17 in adv. WOBBLE. Timepiece. 7.30pm-2am, 9pm-1am, £12in adv. JElly present an Children. If you like hip hop, you need to be here! £3 B4 11pm with flyer. Mr. Onions lets end of summer live night with soul sister During hip‐hop’s nearly 30‐year history, few LADIES NIGHT. The Venue. 13 Torwood St. 9pm-1am. £3/ladies rip, dropping everything anything from R’n’B Gizelle Smith and Colman Brohters (Wah names have become as well known to The biggest night in to Indie, Jazz to Pop, Funk to Rock, Drum & Wah 45’) for a serious dancefloor jazz £free all night. music lovers across the globe as that of the bay. Bass to House. session. Support comes from Dom Servini Grandmaster Flash. He is also responsible OPEN DECKS NIGHT. Blue Cargo / 3rd. REFORM RECORDS PARTY and Pete Isaac. Get 10% off at Off the Hook for assembling one of the earliest and Club 7 Braddons Hill. 8.30pm-1am. Exeter Phoenix 8.30pm-2am. Clothing in Exeter with your ticket too. greatest rap groups of all time Grandmaster £free. All styles welcome. With resident £10/£8 on the door. Celebrating one Flash & The Furious Five“ Penzance DJs DJ R and Corzeneffect. Call Dave on year since Maxxi P took over the shop, this SUPER SATURDAY. The Barn Club, Penzance 07990 790 888 for a set. party has over 45 Artists across 4 rooms. Eastern Green 11pm-4am. £5/£2 RETRO NIGHT. The Barn Club, 16th UNICUS PRESENT P B4 12am. Resident DJs Tom Matthews 24th. DEVLIN Exeter Phoenix Eastern Green 11pm-3am, £free MONEYBohemia, Torwood St, and Tom Blee playing the best club classics, 7.30pm-late. £12.50. Hip hop star who B4 12am DJ Deano taking you back to the 10pm - 4am, £9/£14 VIP Meet chart toppers & current Anthems, more info has had a number of hits in the charts, duo 80’s 90’s to the present day, more info at and greet. The Summer Finale Ft Live at www.thebarnclub.co.uk with Yasmin and is on the rise, see him live, www.thebarnclub.co.uk Performance from Grime/Dubstep artist P SOUND SATURDAY. Sound supported by Carpetface & Audible1. SOUND FRIDAYS. Sound Money. Supported by Jason Wescott, Paul Nightclub. Branwell Mill, Market Nightclub. Branwell Mill. 11pm24th HARDCORE FREQUENCY B & Jon B playing Dubstep / RnB / Hip Hop Jew Street. 11pm-4am. £various. 4am. £5. DJ Boris & CQ take over the main PRESENTS MOB & ENEMY . Hole & UK Garage. DJs Boris & DS playing chart and room, special guests in room 2. in the Wall, Little Castle St. 8pmcommercial bangers! Special Guest in Room 30th THE ONLY WAY IS ESSEX late. £5. The Hardcore Frequency boys Plymouth 2 (check out facebook for more info). WITH D.T.I Bohemia, Torwood St, are back, and with a mighty bang. From THE BIG CHEESE. University of 10pm - 3am, £tbc. Dress to impress for having a busy festival season, they return 3rd DJ YODA The Barn Club, Plymouth Students Union. Drakes this specal night as Mark Wright from The Eastern Green 11pm-4am. £7 in Circus. 8pm. £1 B4 12/ £3after to their roots and host another top night, Only Way is Essex comes to Torquay,and adv. As seen at this years Boardmasters, get here early to avoid disapointment, this (NUS)/£2 B4 12/£4after. All the toinght is also the final for Miss Bohemia, the legendary cut up master, DJ Yoda. cheesiest tunes to get your weekend off to is set to go off. judged by Kenze from Celebrity Big Brother. a flying start. 3rd STANTON WARRIORS Falmouth Truro CRISIS. White Rabbit. Bretonside Sound, Bramwell’s Mill. 11pm-4am. TOAST. Toast. 10.30pm - 2am. FRESH FRIDAYS. L2 Nightclub. Bus Station. £1. 12am-5am. An £5 on the door. Expect a proper party as eclectic hot mix of Indie/Punk/Rock/Hip-Hop/ Calenick St. 9.30pm-2.30am. £free. £free. Sir Something different every week this breaks duo make a rare appearence in with guests Sir Vinyl of the Fattest on 4th DJ Tom Wills playing all the best party tunes. Funk/80’s. Served to you by JC & OZ. Penzance. Their new album, The Warriors & Eclectically Eclectic DJ Jennifer O Jenni Lots of drink promotions inc. all Draught DJ APACHE. View 2. Vauxhall St. is out now and they always get the party on 11th June. £2.50, Selected Spirits £1.50. £5/£4/£3/free B4 10.30pm, 9pmrocking, big time. HEDOFFICE . The Office. 10.30pm- SATURDAY. Q Bar. 15a Killigrew St. late. Playing RnB, Funk, House and Club 10th MJ COLE Sound Nightclub. 8pm-2am. DJs spinning the best music late. £free. Start the weekend as you classics. Downstairs DJ Ryan Platts. Branwell Mill. 11pm-4am. £5. mean to go on. Speical night on the 29th as WEEKEND WARM-UP. Remedies. DOLLY MIXTURES. Zero’s, 24 Legendery DJ, with support from Snatch The Moor. 10pm-2am. £3. 3 Bars, Lockyer St. 10.30pm-4am, £free B4 they present a Bristish Night. the Wax Dj Max Honeyman plus residents 2 Floors, 3 different DJs playing all sorts 11pm/£4 after. Gay night with resident 16th DARREN STYLES L2 Boris & DS. of different music from R&B to Cheese DJs Stev-E & Juzzy B play Cheese, Chart, nightlcub, Calenick St 9.30pm 17th N TRANCE. Sound, and Chart. R’n’B, Dance and Hard House. 3am, £6 in adv. Hardcore king Darren Bramwells Mill, 11pm-3am, £2/£free FUNKY FRIDAYS. The Treasury. Styles touches down for some more 4/4 fun, Gwithian B4 12am. Chart toppers appearing live! Royal Parade. 9pm-3am, £tbc. Funky supported by Ashley T & Greg Zizique. 24th INDIAN SUMMER BALL Supported by Greg Zizque and Ashley grooves. The Sandsifter, 8pm-2am, £16 in Thomas plus residents Boris & DS. FUNKY FRIDAYS. Annabel’s SATURDAYS adv/£28 weekend/£38 weekend Cabaret and Discotheque, Vauxhall 24th DJ WOODY Sound inc camping. Massive end of summer Bridgwater St. 8.30pm-3pm. £tbc. Funky grooves Nightclub. Branwell Mill. 11pmweekender, part 2 with Babyhead, Nucleus all night. 4am. £5. With support from Snatch the 9th SUGAR PRESENTS Roots, Backbeat Soundsystem, Elite Force, FUNKY FRESIAN FRIDAYS. The MINISTRY OF SOUND TOUR. Wax Dj Max Honeyman plus residents Drumattic Twins, Sir Vinyl of the Fattest and Dairy. 25 Bretonside. Venue @ Jun 24, Junction 24, 7pm- many more over 3 big tops by the beach. Boris & DS. PUNK ROCK DISCO. Jack Chams. 3am, £20. Big hard house and trance tour Plymouth Newquay 50 Ebrington St. £1.50 vodka and mixer night from Ministry of Sound with Eddie FRESH CITY. Crash Manor. Union all night. Haliwell, John O’Callaghan, D.O.D and more. DJ EDGE. Belushi’s. Fore St. Till late. £free. A live DJ night with a selection St. 10pm-4am. £4 B4 midnight with REDEEMER C103. 103 Union St. flyer. R&B, Hip Hop, Bashment and UK Bude of Hip Hop (mainly old school) , Funk, 10pm-3.30am. £2/members £1. RENAISSANCE. Rogue Nightclub. Funky with residents DJ Jonezy, DJ Snake Electro, Soul, 80’s/90’s Pop. Rock, Indie and Punk with DJ K-Rad, Dy 38 The Strand. 10pm-3.30am. £5. and DJ Badness.
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POWERHOUSE & CHEESE FACTORY. Zero’s. 24 Lockyer St. 10.30pm- 5am. £5. DJ DARON main room: Chart remixes, Commercial Dance DJ APACHE. View 2. Vauxhall St. £5/£4/£3/free B4 10.30pm, 9pmlate. Playing RnB, Funk, House and Club classics. Downstairs DJ Ryan Platts. SUPERFLY. Firefly. 2 Sherwell Arcade. 9pm–5am. £free. Resident DJs on rotation. Just J from Jac the Disco playing a disco set downstairs and a banging club set upstairs. FREE CUBA PARTY. The B-Bar. Barbican Theatre, Castle St. 8pm. £free. Cocktails, Latin music, a steamy atmosphere and dancing until late. PARTY NIGHT. Walkabout. Derrys Cross. 10pm-2am, £free. Latest chart & dance hits with DJ Darren Watts. SATURDAYS. Revolution. Derrys Cross. 8pm-2am, £free B4 11pm. A collection of party grooves, funky tunes, soul & old skool beats, RnB, Funky house, House & classic anthems over two floors. SATURDAY FORUM. Jack Chams. 50 Ebrington St. Live show and DJ sets. SATURDAY NIGHT MASH-UP. Bac Bar. North Hill. 10pm-3am. £free. DJ Skank Marvin, playing a bit of everything from dancefloor classics, mash-ups, cheese, dance, rock and funk. SATURDAYS. Annabel’s Cabaret and Discotheque. 8pm-3am. £tbc. 2 floors of entertainment with live cabaret and discotheque. SIREN SATURDAYS. K2 (Karma Nightclub) 103 Mayflower St, 10pm-6am, £3. When the siren sounds, drinks just 50p! Mainstream dance tunes with Jamie Allen. SUPER DUPER SOUND CLASH. Ride Cafe. 45 Tavistock Place. 9pm2am. Super Duper Dan’s block quaking five hour soundclash of dance floor mashups. ULTIMATE SATURDAYS. University of Plymouth Students Union. Drakes Circus. 8pm. We have great music, great value for money and a great venue to ensure that everyone has a brilliant night. 1st Oct ROOTS ST Voodoo Lounge, Money Centre. 10pm-3am. £5 Special roots night with DJ Derek, DJ Crusty and Tony Popkids. 10th HARDCORE REBORN v’s DISTORTION Karma. 103 Mayflower St. 10pm-5am. £10/£8 in adv Special hardcore night with Mark EG, Hixxy, Swankie DJ & KAshi with MC Shocker. Support from the usual residents across two arenas.
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RETURN OF THE RUSH Voodoo Lounge, Mayflower St 9pm-5am. £free Serious old skool session with Dr Summers, Skizzo, DJ Kenty, Loopkid, Pathogen, DJ Hurry and DJ Future. A night for old skool party heads that really should know better! 24th WONDERLUST Karma, 103 Mayflower St. 10pm-6am. £10/£12 on the door. As the flyer says, sensual satisfaction for musical minds with Marcel Woods, First State, Ryeland, Tom Costelloe, Kidd Kaos, Tommie Quick and many more over 3 rooms. Expect a mix of trance, hard dance, funky house amd techno.
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KINDA FUNKY. Bohemia. 41 Torwood St. 10.30pm-4am, £4 B4 11pm/£6 after. Room1 plays R&B, Hip Hop and smooth Grooves. Room 2 for uplifting House, Trance and Dance anthems. REWIND. Rude Bar. 3 Victoria Parade. 9pm-2.30am. £free. Playing the best mix of classic Rock, Indie, 90’s anthems and chart. SATURDAYS. The Venue. 13 Torwood St. 10pm-3am. £free B4 12am for members/£2 B4 12am/£3. THE UNSTRUNG DJ. Banx Bar. 10pm-late. £tbc. Playing the best in dirty dance chart and cheese
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SATURDAY SOCIAL. L2 Nightclub. Calenick St. 9.30pm-2.30am. £free B4 10pm/£3 B4 11pm/£5 after. DJ Matt Wing in Room 1 playing Chart, RnB, Hip Hop and Party Tunes. DJ Jason M in Room 2 playing House, Electro & Trance. THE BIG NIGHT OUT. The Office. 1 River Walk. 10pm-late. £5. Weekend party for over 21’s, or over 18’s if in a big group.
SUNDAYS Exeter
WORLD BEATS. Timepiece. Little Castle St, 8pm-1.30am, £free. Latin, Salsa, Afro Beat, Reggae, Arabic & Spanish.
Falmouth
OPEN JAM. Q Bar. 15a Killigrew St. 6pm-late. £free. Hosted by Perry followed at 10pm with Titan Sound RootsRockReggae/Digital Dancehall.
Plymouth
SUNDAY SESSIONS. Revolution, Derrys Cross. 10pm-2am. £free. In the Club, DJ Jonezy (a premier south west Urban and RnB DJ) brings you his legendary ‘Sunday Session.’
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Relentless Boardmasters Festival Rocks!
This year’s Boardmasters Festival celebrated thirty years of surfing in Newquay in style: an action packed week of pro surfing comps at Fistral, and two days of music at the cliff-top site of Watergate Bay. Over 15,000 people partied hard all weekend with performances from the legendary Fat Boy Slim, Bombay Bicycle Club, Klaxons, Eliza Doolittle, Willy Mason, Ben Howard, Lethal Bizzle, Zane Lowe, DJ Yoda, Breakage, Qemists and Gentlemen’s Dub Club and more. We were there with our 247 signing tent – big shout out to everyone who came to say hi and grab some autographs!. Photos: FOTO + Photography Agency
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