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There’s so much

going on this month – gigs galore

plus a gaggle of festivals too (see our news section) that,

if they haven’t already gone, your January blues will disappear in no time. Rose

tinted glasses? Yep, there are some lovely ones in our Valentines Day themed Retail Therapy Section (page 12). Oh, and if you’re out to

impress a crush this month – we bring you our pick of restaurants using local produce on page 20. This month we meet Chinese Sky Candy: electro indie kids from Falmouth (pg 9), interview Wycombe-based rockers, Young

Guns (pg 11), who bring their tour to the South West, find out about new hotly tipped Devon three-piece, These Reigning Days (pg 6) and also chat to Drum ‘n’ Bass DJs: Serial

Killaz (pg 8) who are headed for Plymouth. The music scene in the South West seems to get better every month – local talent is abundant and we’ve no shor tage of big touring ar tists visiting the region either – if you would ever like to see a par ticular ar tist or style of music covered in 247 that we haven’t done before

– drop us a line! Rachael D’Cruze, Editor.

These Reigning DaysNew hotly tipped Devon three-piece

Serial KillazDrum ‘n’ Bass DJs come to Plymouth

Chinese Sky CandyMeet the electro indie kids from Falmouth

Young Guns Wycombe-based rockers bring their

tour to the South West

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12 Retail Therapy

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16 Style Hunter

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LeopaLLooza 2012Leopallooza returns for the 7th time over the weekend of July 28 2012, once again bringing cutting edge music that lies left of the mainstream to a lovely valley in North Cornwall. Limited earlybird tickets will be available until the end of February or until they’re all sold out - whichever comes first. For tickets and more information, nip over to www.leopallooza.com

New resideNt bLuesmaN at the b-barThe B-Bar Plymouth have a brand new resident musician, taking up his place in the limelight at the B-Bar for 2012: it’s slide guitar and harmonica man, Thomas Ford. He’ll be performing his mesmerising take on the blues on the final Thursday of each month. See www.b-bar.co.uk

VibraphoNicWe can’t wait for this year’s Vibraphonic festival and are proud to say 247 are supporting it! Running from 9-18 March, there’ll be events taking place across Exeter at around twenty venues including the Exeter Phoenix, the Cavern, Barnfield, The Hub, The Globe, Timepiece, and Exeter University’s Lemon Grove. Reggae, soul, urban, jazz, funk, blues, hip hop, drum & bass, electronica and experimental music are all on the menu, as are workshops, demonstrations, dance performances, films and graffiti art.

artists waNtedPlymouth-based Music producer, Bizniz Beatz, has set-up ‘Bizniz Music Group’ a collective of producers and artists and he’s still looking for more artists to get onboard. Interested? Email [email protected] with your bio and tracks. Bizniz Beatzis also running very affordable recording sessions at Victoria House Studios, located in Plymouth city centre – pop him an email if you’re interested. See www.reverbnation.com/biznizbeatz.

Newquay hosts Hardcore and D’n’B Weekenders This March will see Global Energy and Hardcore Til I Die (HTID) host their Weekender’s at their new home at Trevelgue Holiday Park, Newquay – home of Run to the Sun no less. HTID takes place on 2-5 March with three arenas and a whole host of on site accommodation inc camping. DJ’s appearing include Hixxy, Darren Styles, Gammer, DJ SY, Slipmatt and many more. Info and tickets at www.htidweekender.com Two weeks

later, (16-19 March) the Global Energy Drum and Bass Weekender takes over the same site with three arena’s of bass all weekend, inc a pool party! Artists playing over the three days include LTJ Bukem, Marky, Fabio & Grooverider, Friction, Hazard, Original Sin, Brockie and many more. Expect the biggest sound systems, mind blowing lighting, lasers and visuals and décor, more info and tickets at www.globalenergyweekender.com

Blink 182 and Plan B to play Eden SessionsThe Eden Project has announced two headliners: Blink 182 and Plan B for their eleventh year of their hugely successful Eden Sessions gigs. Pop punk heroes Blink-182 have been confirmed to headline an Eden Session on Sunday July 8.The Californian three-piece come to Eden following the release of their acclaimed sixth studio album Neighborhoods last September, their first record since the band split in 2005. Blink-182, otherwise known as Mark Hoppus, Tom DeLonge and Travis Barker, are probably best known for 1999’s seminal Enema of the State, which went on to sell 15m copies and spawned perhaps the band’s most well-known singles All the Small Things, What’s My Age Again and Adam’s Song. They have sold more than 27 million albums in total and has won multiple awards, including Best New Act at the 2000 MTV Europe Music Awards and Best Rock Act at the same ceremony in 2001. Back in December last year, The Eden Project announced urban superstar, Plan B, would be headlining a Session on Friday July 6 this year. Both are set to be absolutely brilliant sets, in front of the Eden Project’s world-famous Biomes. Tickets to both Sessions cost £35 plus £5 booking fee each. To book, contact the Eden Box Office on 01726 811972 or visit www.edensessions.com

Summer work experience National Citizen Service (NCS) will give up to 30,000 16-year-olds the chance to learn new skills and get involved in their community. The scheme takes place across the UK during the summer. It runs for three weeks full-time, including two weeks away from home. After that, you’ll need to complete another 30 hours on a part-time basis. Working in a team, you’ll have the chance to take part in exciting outdoor activities like mountaineering, canoeing and abseiling. You’ll also get the opportunity to design and deliver your own project in your local community. This could mean working with other young people to improve the area where you live, benefiting everyone who lives there. More info at www.facebook.com/ncs and sign up at youngdevon.org/ncs or www.petroc.ac.uk/my-ncs

New cultural spaceHello Heartlands! Heartlands is a £35million project that is set to transform 19 acres of mine land, in Redruth in to a unique cultural space. There’s a whole lot uses for the space planned, including cheaper housing, artists’ studios and a 400 capacity venue, which we’re really excited about. Good news for Redruth indeed. See www.heartlandscornwall.com

Masked Ball 2012The Porthlevan Masked Ball returns on 5th May, limited early bird tickets now on sale at www.maskedball.net Always one of the highlights of the summer, 1,500 people partying to good tunes on the cliff tops, with added fancy dress and camping makes it one of the best ways to start the summer party season – see you all there!

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news LoL FestiVaLExeter’s comedy Festival, Laugh out Loud, got off to a roaring start last month and is running until the Feb 12. Piss-yer-pants funny comedians are performing at eight venues across the city – see www.lolfestival.co.uk for line-up and details.

Newquay art prizeProposals are being sought from Artists from Cornwall and the Southwest for the first ever Newquay Art Prize. The winning pieces will be showcased during the first Newquay Art Festival - Art8, being held between- 14th – 21st April 2012. The Art8 Prize will provide up to 3 awards of £500 each and is open to artists from any discipline. Connect with Art8 on Facebook.

crazy arm miNi-tour247’s favourite Devonian roots-punk ensemble, Crazy Arm, embark on a short UK stint ‘The Leap Of Faith tour’ in March alongside Apologies I Have None and Great Cynics. They also hook up with Indiana US country singer, Austin Lucas, for a couple of shows, with Crazy Arm appearing as Austin’s backing band on a number of songs. These guys are headed for big things, but they always play lots of dates in the South West. See them at the White Rabbit, Plymouth on Feb 29th.

rosie VaNier oN tourCornish girl, Rosie Vanier, famously coined ‘Kate Bush on crack’ by The Guardian, who has previously graced the pages of 247 heads out on tour this month. There’s a wealth of South West dates – see www.rosievanier.com/Live.html. Listen to the brilliant title track of her next EP ‘Neon Nightmare’ at http://soundcloud.com/music-week/02-neon-nightmare.

biGGa records ripPlymouth’s long standing underground record shop, Bigga Records has finally closed it’s doors after 17yrs of trading. It is the latest record shop to close as music fans move online to buy their tunes via online retailers or simply buying digital files instead. There is talk of a final farewell party at the White Rabbit, Plymouth soon, check www.247magazine.co.uk for more details.

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Slots for Live and Unsigned acts to play Boardmasters!Relentless Boardmasters festival, 8-12 August, will be giving two Live and Unsigned acts main stage slots at their 2012 Newquay festival! Every year Boardmasters is inundated with requests from acts from around the UK trying to play at the festival, but spaces are as limited as they are sought after. So, for the first time, the Cornwall festival has teamed up with the Live and Unsigned contest to give main stage slots to two Live and Unsigned acts! The lucky winners will be chosen from the Live Showcase Finals and the Grand Final, to play a slot at Relentless Boardmasters. FatBoy Slim, Klaxons, Bombay Bicycle Club, Eliza Doolittle, Zane Lowe, Maverick Sabre, Ben Howard, Skindred, Twin Atlantic, Leftfield, Cypress Hill, Newton Faulkner, Seasick Steve, Chase and Status, Groove Armada, Pigeon Detectives, The Streets and The King Blues are amongst the big names to have headline, and your band could be next! The chance to play at Boardmasters is just one part of Live & Unsigned: the biggest unsigned music competition for original unsigned bands and artists in the UK. Also up for grabs is the chance to play at The O2 in London and £100,000 in prizes! See www.liveandunsigned.uk.com

Ben Howard to headlineGold Coast Festival Organisers are absolutely stoked to announce that Ben Howard will headline the 2012 GoldCoast Oceanfest taking place form 15-17 June in North Devon. A firm favourite with the surf and music genre that epitomises Oceanfest, Ben Howard’s debut album Every Kingdom has propelled this Totnes born lad into the big time and reached top 10 in the album charts True to his roots, Ben is super excited to be back in the southwest and this homecoming, to Devon and GoldCoast for another visit. Ben has just returned from consecutive UK and European sellout tours and is on his first headline tour of America before coming back to the GoldCoast Oceanfest in June. For festival tickets (available ONLINE only), visit www.goldcoastoceanfest.co.uk/boxoffice/

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THESE REIGNING DAYSInterview by Rachael D’Cruze


There aren’t many bands that start their gigging career by supporting the mighty, Mercury Nominated Metronomy, or the legendary John Otway. These Reigning Days have done both, as well as headlining Combefest – but then this isn’t just any band. These boys have an instant pedigree thanks to frontman Dan Steer’s success as lead singer of The Quails – a Devon band who enjoyed national success and played numerous festivals including Glastonbury and the BBC Radio 1 stage at Latitude and also supported Muse, The Kooks, Newton Faulkner and Motörhead.

Of course, while a pedigree of past success helps, it will only propel a band so far. “I think the tunes themselves have done a lot of the talking, which is nice and as a result we supported Metronomy when they played in Torquay, and since then we have played a load of wicked shows across the country and done an alpine tour of France,” says Dan. Indeed These Reigning Days have a sound that manages to be their own but also of the moment too – Dan’s voice is distinctive and addictive.

We asked Dan to describe These Reigning Days’ sound: “I don’t want to compare our sound as such, but there are glimpses of the tight three-piece sound of muse, woven together with the warm synths of The Killers with a sugar top coating of vocals and harmonies and depth of Floyd and Coldplay.” Yep, that pretty much sums them up – Coldplay for the cool kids. “I personally have done a lot of growing up, and learnt a lot over the whole experience that I can apply to my new band. I feel These Reigning Days is more real, more genuine, and more grown up in the sense that I’m not writing to ‘be someone’ in particular. What ever comes out, comes out – I like the freedom,” says Dan when asked about how he has moved on since The Quails split. It’s true that These Reigning Days come across as a slightly darker, more mature offering, as their first single, Changes, is set to prove when it’s released later this month.

“I think it’s a good song to introduce to the public and music critics. Its quite an epic song but still maintains subtlety and discipline. I guess it’s got quite a dark groove to it but still has a quirky electronic charm to it. I’m proud of it, and hopefully it’s a good starting block, for things to come,” says an upbeat Dan, who formed the band in September last year. “Having all been in bands before and known of each other, it all seemed to just fall into place,” he continues.

Following the release of their single, Changes, These Reigning Days are touring the UK. “As summer approaches we’ll be going festival mad, planning to play every festival under the sun, however big or small. It’s my favorite time of year.” Dan continues to say he’s both lucky and proud to be in a kick ass band that knows how to write a big festival tune and get people going but that he isn’t about to get preachy and start saying that they’re out to change the music industry for ever.

So, what is on These Reigning Days agenda, if changing the face of music is off? “Major radio air play, selling a few records, playing some unforgettable gigs, meeting some amazing people, and having a great time doing it!” Sounds like it couldn’t get much better to us.

These Reigning Days are:Dan Steer - Songwriter, Lead Vocals, keys, Guitar Jonny Finnis - Vocals, Bass Joe Samsone - Drums

Catch the boys at The Attic, Torquay, on February 17. See www.thesereigningdays.co.ukTHESE REIGNING DAYS

“these reigning days is more real, more genuine, and more grown up in the sense that i’m not writing to ‘be someone’ in particular.”

These Reigning Days, a tight new three- piece from South Devon are headed for big things. We catch up with their charismatic and distinctively voiced frontman, Dan Steer, ahead of their UK tour.


SERIAL KILLAZIs this the first time you’ve played Plymouth and what should we expect from a Serial Killaz dj set?We did play Plymouth a couple of years ago and had an amazing time, we love the Plymouth raving massive! But as always you will be treated to the very best in Ragga Jungle goodness, lots of specials and dubplates, with a bit of Drum & Bass thrown in for good measure.

You’ve had a pretty impressive year, pretty much killing all things reggae and drum n bass, what’s been your personal highlight?Zane Lowe making ‘Send Dem’ his ‘Next Hype’ track on Radio 1, he then went on to play it every day for a week. And headlining Boomtown Festival in August was immense!

Name your three favourite record labels.Currently Digital Sound Boy, Playaz and MTA - but it changes regularly. We watch artists and individual tracks rather than labels. You’ve been doing big things with the UK legend Rebel MC under his Congo Natty name, that’s such a good look, who else would you like to collaborate with and why?Too many people, but we really want to work with some big vocalists this year. Ms Dynamite has been at the top of our list for a while now. A colab with Toddla T would be nice, as we both utilise that same Reggae influence and we would love to work with Diplo & Switch (Major Lazer) cos, for us, they are easily the most exciting producers in music right now.

Reggae music and dance music in the UK has always had a strong relationship, why do you think it works so well together?Reggae is such a universal sound, it’s a cliché but everyone likes a bit of Reggae don’t they? It’s so un-abusive, that it’s hard not to like and people, especially in the Dance music scene, can relate to the bass line. Reggae is still one of the most dominant forces in music and has been for around 50 years now. It doesn’t matter what country you go to, every country seems to have a massive Reggae scene, which Is great for us.

If you had to describe your sound to my Nan, how would you convince her to come along to hear you dj?

“You know that nice Tony Blackburn chap? Well we are like him but with more gunshots and rewinds....”

Who were your biggest influences growing up?My mum, who taught me to value music from a very early age. She teaches music and still plays in various bands, but more importantly she is a very enthusiastic record collector: her collection is getting as big as mine. Because of her I was regularly buying records from the age of four years old, which seems insane now! Also as you get older it’s hard to ignore just what an Influence Quincy Jones is - to any music lover. As we are both producers it’s almost mind blowing to think just how much this one guy has achieved. From Stevie, to Sinatra, to Micheal Jackson - the man has done it all.

If Justin Bieber asked you to remix one of his tracks, would you?Definitely, we would stick him in auto tune and ragga him up to bloodclart!

Doneao recently gave away his album for free, I was shocked, it made me think if a UK don like him doesn’t sell units what chance do I have? What are your thoughts?More and more artists are doing this as they realise that it is the best way to get your music out to the widest audience possible. The bulk of an artist’s money will come from live shows, and the best way to get people to come and see you perform is to make sure they have heard your music in the first place. Reggae artists have been putting up their music for free for years now - they know that if they have a big hit in the clubs, then it will ram their shows and they have more chance of being signed by a major.Anyway, paying for music is a relatively recent phenomenon, before records it was mostly all free.

See the Serial Killaz on February 24 at Thirst, Plymouth. Check them out at www.myspace.com/serialkillazdnb.

The Jungle Drum & Bass producers are gonna ragga up Plymouth. 247’s Aldo Vanucci catches up with Serial Killaz’s Tobie Scopes before their set.

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Chinese Sky Candy is a very, very subtle Simpson’s reference, explains Dave, ‘when we name stuff, quite a lot of it is based on our sense of humour, which might not be evident in our style of music’. Barely a year since forming in January 2011, a quick friendship that started at University developed into a musical relationship to the point where they can finish each other’s sentences. This obviously helps the writing process, ‘it’s very much a collective thing’ says Chris, ‘we come in with a basic idea and bounce it around’ adds Dave, ‘all our songs are written when we’re together in a practice room’, continues Rob, ‘it’s very organic’. I think you get the idea.

To record and mix and produce Schadenfreude took the band just three and a half weeks, doing everything themselves. ‘It’s something we’re still getting to grips with. We’re having a lot of fun producing it, but it’s still a massive learning curve that we’re on’ explains Dave, ‘hopefully every time we record it’s going to be not only more interesting in the production but it’s going to sound better. Because we haven’t decided to say ‘this is our sound’, ‘this is what we’re gonna do’, every time we write we can say we’re going to do something completely different. We made it very clear from the beginning that we actively want to make sure that we’re not just doing the same thing over and over’.

When they first started doing their live set Rob described it to a friend ‘I asked them if they’d heard the studio recordings, and then I said ‘well it’s like that, but worse’. Now, the last few times we’ve done gigs, they’ve gone down really well. But I want it to get to the point where people come and just really want to talk about it afterwards’.

The boys have named The Underground in Falmouth as a top venue for them, Chris describes how ‘it’s a very enclosed space and the dense sound that comes out of it really suits our music’. The band are

also very keen to urge other musicians to make use of the space at the Woodlane Bar, which is also the backdrop to their video ‘Tiger Blood Vaccine’.

If you haven’t heard of Chinese Sky Candy, any research on the band is likely to leave you just as clueless as you started. Rob explains that this is very much a conscious decision, ‘giving people too much information now is the obvious thing to do because it’s so easy. And it’s easy to maybe think that people care what you might be doing at a given time because you’re in a band. And so therefore [we try] to be aware of that enough to then not tell people what we’ve had for tea’.

You can, however, download both of their EPs online, for as much or as little money as you like. ‘Having to price your own music is a very difficult thing because you know how much effort you’ve put into it’ says Dave. ‘It’s worth different things to different people, someone might listen to it two times some people might listen to it a lot more, so a universal price for a CD seems like the strangest thing’ explains Rob, ‘money’s a very dirty subject when it comes to art’.

In 2012 Chinese Sky Candy are hoping to take their music to the masses, beginning with a South West tour. More writing, more recording, shooting a video and maybe even the release of a cassette tape with remixes of their material on the B-side. They definitely won’t be on Twitter anytime soon.

‘Schadenfreude’ and ‘Dead Animals Everywhere’ are available at http://chineseskycandy.bandcamp.com, Watch Chinese Sky Candy at www.youtube.com/user/ashleyhampson111 and can read our review of their EP on www.247magazine.co.uk

247’s Hannah Giles sits down for a cup of tea with Falmouth based electro indie band, Chinese Sky Candy, for an exclusive chat after the release of their second EP

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“We’ve always known that the dreaded second album is the tough one and that definitely was the case,” admits Ben. “We really only had six or seven weeks to write the album and, in the first month, we pretty much wrote nothing. We had real writer’s block.” Fortunately, after an initial slow start, the five friends eventually had their eureka moment. “It’s very easy to start doubting yourself and thinking: ‘Maybe the first album was a fluke.’ But then we wrote a song pretty much out of nothing, which turned out to be one of the best songs we’ve probably ever written. From there, everything started flowing.”

With 12 new songs written, Young Guns finally had enough material under their belt for a new album and it was time to head back into the studio with Dan Weller, who had also worked with the band on their 2010 debut. Ben describes how, at this point, the producer had offered them a choice: “Dan gave us the option of doing it in either East London or Thailand.” No prizes for guessing which location they settled on. As it turned out, the exotic setting also helped the band escape the strains of recording. “Doing albums is always a stressful experience - it’s not as fun as people make out. Going out to Thailand was such a relaxing time. If you were feeling a bit stressed, you could go and have a swim in the pool or play some table tennis or something.”

In the three years prior to their trip to Thailand and the impending release of ‘Bones’, things seem to have moved astonishingly quickly for Young Guns. The past 18 months have also seen the band score

a Top 10 album in the UK Rock Chart, perform on the Main Stage at the Reading and Leeds festivals and support Bon Jovi at the O2 Arena in London. Ben describes how this compares to just a few years ago: “We all started out playing in different bands at a little strip club called The White Horse in Wycombe. It was a bit of a shit hole, but that was where we all used to play every weekend. Gradually, we all joined the same band and it was go from there. We quit our jobs and spent two-and-a-half years completely poor, living on bread and water and playing gigs to no one. Slowly, it started to pay off.”

As the band embark on their latest string of dates, the Bare Bones Club Tour, Ben explains how the idea was to revisit some of their earliest experiences as a band: “We obviously love playing big shows, but we’ve always said that if we get to the stage where people start coming to see us, we’d love to go back and do a small club tour where the shows are rammed, sweaty and hectic. They’re always the ones that everyone remembers.”

Young Guns are: Gustav Wood - Vocals // John Taylor - Guitar // Fraser Taylor - Guitar // Simon Mitchell - Bass // Ben Jolliffe – Drums

See Young Guns at Saltash Livewire on Tuesday February 14 and at Plymouth Pavilions with Enter Shikari on Thursday March 22.

Although it’s been little more than a mere 18 months since Young Guns released their impressive debut album ‘All Our Kings Are Dead’, the Wycombe-based rockers are already getting set to launch its successor ‘Bones’. As the band prepare to bring their tour to the South West, drummer Ben Jolliffe tells 247’s Rob Sleigh whether there is any truth in the “difficult second album” myth…


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Who said matching his ‘n’ hers gear was naff? Bra and knicker set, £55 and boxers, £30 from Pull-in, www.blackleaf.com


brave the elements in

Alice wears red jumper dress, £64.99, from Insight @ Surfdome, Hannah wears knitted dress, £59.99, from Lee @ Surfdome, Greg wears Lockter Sweater, £65.25, Time Machine Hoody, £60 & Vapato slim pant, £71.50, all by Volcom.


Greg wears Lockter Sweater, £65.25, Time Machine Hoody, £60, Vapato slim pant, £71.50, all by Volcom and shoes, £44.99 from Vans.

Hannah wears Super Skinny jeans, £60, from Vocolm, Black Justin Crawford Tee, £30, from Volcom and boots, £18, from Tesco.

Hannah wears knitted dress from Lee @ Surfdome and boots, £18 from Tesco.

Alice wears Alpinestars ‘Highjacked’ White Jumper, £45 & ‘Posso’ black highwaisted pants, £66.25 from Volcom.


Alice wears 2-in-1 Tanktop, £25, ‘Posso’ black high-waisted pants, £66.25, & Federal Military hat, £32.25, all by Volcom.

Hannah wears ‘Relax’ T-shirt, £28, from Yes No Maybe.

Hannah wears Super Skinny jeans, £60, Black Justin Crawford Tee, £30, Time Machine Hoody, £60, all by Volcom and boots, £18, from Tesco.Alice wears 2-in-1 Tanktop, £25, and ‘Posso’ black highwaisted pants, £66.25, both by Volcom. Greg wears Lockter Sweater, £65.25 and Vapato slim pant, £71.50, both by Volcom and Vans Canvas Authentic shoes, £44.99 from Surfdome.

Models: Alice La Vie (www.alicelavie.tumblr.com), Hannah Pearce, Greg Philp

Volcom - http://www.volcom.com, Stockists: 01326 311790Insight, Lee and Vans – all at Surfdome, www.surfdome.com Yes No maybe - www.yesnomaybe.co.ukTesco - www.tesco.comAlpinestars - www.alpinestars.com


Quirky cool style for Plymouth College of Art students

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action sports

For those who don’t know, can you explain what freestyle flatlanding is all about and how is differs from conventional BMX riding?Flatland BMX is a unique and stylish form of BMX riding. It is performed on a flat surface and is a combination physical spins, balances and tricks. The technical moves are linked with a series of positions were the rider travels around the space and the bike itself. Flatland can be performed anywhere that has a hard flat surface, for example tennis courts, sports halls, a stage or a paved area. No ramps or obstacles are needed to perform tricks. It has been described as a fusion of BMX riding and Breakdancing’. How big is the scene in the UK, and more specifically the South West?The Flatland scene in the UK is pretty small. There are few riders spread out across the country, but there’s no real ‘hive’ or ‘hub’ for the activity - which in a way is great as it allows anyone who wants to get involved to do so as you don’t have to be in any one area. The South West has a small community of riders, but there are some great riders here, a lot of inspiration and some awesome spots to ride. Last year I started the UK Flatland Championships to bring UK based riders together to share techniques and ride together for the day. It was a great day and I really look forward to running and hosting it again later in 2012. It’s not something you see in abundance - is it still underground? You are currently going all out promoting the sport right round the UK, right? Flatland is still considered as quite an underground sport. That said, you’ll see it on commercials and in 2011 flatlanding featured on a Channel 4 TV programme.

Yeah, I’m currently promoting the sport in and around the UK and have become well known and respected in the BMX flatland community and the commercial sector too. I strive in building awareness of the sport and its growing popularity throughout the UK, which allows me to demonstrate my passion and inspire people of all ages to pick up a BMX. Flatland has given me freedom of expression; it is as much of an art form as it is a sport and has became an important part of my life.

How did you get into Flatland BMX?I started riding seven years ago after coming across a video called ‘Flatland Manifesto’, which my cousin bought from a BMX magazine. I learnt the basic tricks that worked up to harder moves, all of which kept me motivated. Since then I have come up with different variations and a couple of my own moves. What impact has the sport had on your life and what pushes you to keep going? I’ve gone from being a labourer to a full time BMX athlete. It’s given me the freedom to travel and visit new and exciting places. Through this I get to meet others who share a similar passion either in Flatland or in their own art forms. I have really enjoyed working with large clothing and entertainment companies along the way, as I’ve been able to show the public more Flatland. I like to think that by performing and telling my story I inspire young people to do anything they like as long as they stay positive and work hard at. It looks pretty technical and quite artistic. Is it, or are we just romaticising it?Erm…Yep, it’s quite artistic - a bit like contemporary dance with a BMX bike acting as a partner, so to speak. A lot of dance companies have added Flatland BMX to choreographed shows that involves dancers - I’ve toured twice with an Interdisciplinary Dance company, Kompany Malakhi on a production called Rotations, during which I performed with another rider and two dancers. I like to keep my options open to try different things and see if it works, stepping out of my comfort zone. What would you say to readers who fancy giving it a go?Head down to your nearest bike shop in South West and get yourself a BMX - I first got a job in a hotel kitchen cleaning dishes to buy my first BMX. Stay positive and if you fall off get back up and try it again, anything is possible if you stay focused and push yourself at your own level.

Interview: Rachael D’Cruze

meet matti Hemmings We catch-up with freestyle flatlander, Matti Hemmings, to find out about the sport and the South West scene.


Vital Stats

Name: Matti Hemmings

Age: 24

Rides: Callington, Plymouth, Bristol and Cardiff.

Sponsors: Eastpak, Dephect clothing, Odessa Footwear, Drift Innovation action sports camera, Oner design, Crucial BMX and Infinity Balance Bands.

Favourite trick: ‘Spinning pretzel’ that I created.

On my iPod: Instrumental Hiphop, Drum & bass, Dubstep

Most likely to say: “Two sugars please” -I love tea!

Biggest achievements to date: Organizing the UK Flatland Championships.

Find me: www.mattihemmings.co.uk

Twitter:@mattihemmings /

YouTube:http://www.youtube.com/user/MattiHemmings / [email protected]


Food

FALMOuTH 8 Bar & Kitchen8-10 Webber St, Falmouth / 01326 318011 / www.eight-bar.co.uk Cutting down food miles at every turn, 8 Bar & Kitchen have filled their menu with local produce. They use a local butcher, the local greengrocer and even season their food with Cornish Sea Salt, to ensure everything coming out of the kitchen is top quality, fresh, seasonal food made in house. Dishes start from as little as £4, with specials changing daily. We shared two little dishes to start, Chorizo and Squid, and a Winter Salad with pear, walnuts, blue cheese and mixed leaves - full of different flavours and textures. To follow I went for the Pork Belly Ribs, in a delicious homemade BBQ glaze, with wonderfully salty home made fries and ‘no-mayo’ slaw. Desserts are lovingly put together: the lemon posset with Cornish clotted cream and shortbread slices was sweet, yet tart, and light. The chocolate brownie is to die for, warmed, served with Cornish clotted cream and hints of coffee in a chocolate sauce.It was the little touches that made this dining experience worthwhile, be it bespoke cocktails, or the savoury popcorn tease while you study the menu. Service was first rate, personal and friendly. It’s not at all pretentious, just good food in a relaxed, homely environment where you are guaranteed to leave with a full tummy and a smile on your face.Hannah Giles

ExETEr FAT PIG2 John Street Exeter EX1 1BL / 01392 437217 / www.fatpig-exeter.co.ukThe Fat Pig has a modern, smart and stylish interior, in the style of the traditional English pub. This busy and lively pub is just behind Fore Street, and is closely related to Exeter’s Rusty Bike, in that they’re run by the same people. It also takes the freshly sourced food theme to a whole new level, because the owner breeds pigs, and he has a good relationship with local fishermen and game-keepers. So freshness and localness are both definitely high on the agenda.For starters, olives and bread are a good road to go down: they’re wonderfully presented, the olives are of the highest quality, and they come with fresh bread and a tasty oil and vinegar dip. Bangers & mash with a real differ-ence came next. The sausages are uniquely prepared in-house, by the pub’s chefs. Again, the freshness really shows. They come served with a superb creamy mash, caramelised shal-lots and a tasty gravy, with black pudding and buttered broccoli, cooked in an al dente style. Portions are generous and the food is extremely good value for money. If you’re vegetarian, the butternut squash pangrattato is well worth a try. It has a similar quality to a fritter, and is made with rosemary and orange, decorated with a green salad and shaved parmesan. Arash Torabi

PLyMOuTH river Cottage Canteen and Deli Royal William Yard, Plym-outh, PL1 3QQ / 01752 252702 / www.rivercottage.netHugh Fearnley-whittingstall and co. have just opened a River Cottage Canteen and Deli at Plymouth’s stunning water-side Royal William Yard. It’s housed in a fantastic ex-Naval heritage building, which won’t fail to impress. The interior of the restaurant is stylish and earthy with original floors, exposed stonework, huge wooden tables and an open kitchen. Seasonal and local produce is at the heart of River Cottage cooking and that was evident from looking at the mouthwatering menu and specials board, while enjoying some homemade bread. Thanks to the attentive and knowledgeable staff, I opted for the generous portion of muscles with bacon and leeks, to start, which were cooked perfectly an in an exceptionally tasty stock. My friend went for the cold beef, preserved pear, blue cheese and rocket salad, which looked like a work of art and tasted like heaven – with all the different flavours complimenting each other perfectly. For our main course we enjoyed the slow roast pork with roast potatoes, on a bed of red cabbage – supremely tasty, tender and moreish. Even though full we shared a vanilla yogurt panna cotta with spiced dried apricots and shortbread which although creamy and indulgent had a light finish – the perfect end to a great locally sourced meal. Rachael D’Cruze

TrurO Bambu Café4/5 Pydar Mews, Truro, Tr1 2ux / 01872 260144Amongst the selection of specialist retailers that can be found along Truro’s Pydar Mews nestles Bambu Café. All customers are welcomed by the staff and invited to sit and wait for what is efficient and friendly table service. In essence the menu offers what you might expect from many daytime cafes, but there’s no denying the quality of produce you’ll find being served at Bambu. The menu is packed with a variety of breakfasts, brunches, lunches and snacks – it’s almost a challenge to find something on the menu that doesn’t shout local. From Roskillys ice cream, Davidstow cheddar and cream teas using jam from Boddingtons of Mevagissey, there is even a specials board that changes depending on what can be sourced in season.Bambu feels relaxed and unpretentious and the commitment to using local produce wherever possible really shines through in the food on your plate - which comes at a reasonable price. The All Day Breakfast was a good size and it wasn’t a problem to swap the eggs for extra mushrooms and a slice of what I’m assured was delicious Trevarthen’s bacon. I opted for my ultimate favourite – Eggs Benedict. The combina-tion of two poached Cornish free range eggs and home cooked Trevarthen ham was an awesome way to start the week! Ellie Williams

This month we review four restaurants who boast a locally sourced menu


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Laura Malarkey

Attack! Vipers!Deadweight Revival(Specialist Subject)

Portsmouth has a much-respected underground punk rock community so it comes as no surprise that homeboys, Attack! Vipers!, have turned in an album of manifold strengths. Seething with dark fury, post-rock moodiness and all-round sonic cohesion, the quartet pay homage to everyone from Envy to The Hope Conspiracy with a neat sideline in piercing rock’n’roll riffola. When A!V! slip into new territory, the results are equally as effective. ‘Out In The Dark’ builds from one of their typical guitar motifs but is imbued with El Morgan’s spoken-word timbre, lending the song an air of dystopian drama. It’s brilliant. If hardcore noise suffused with morose reflection hits your G-spot, ‘Deadweight Revival’ will gladly oblige.

First Aid KitThe Lion’s Roar (Wichita)

Hands up who didn’t think ‘The Big Black & The Blue’ was one of the best albums of 2009? You fucking knobs. Well the Swedish Söderberg sisters have made good on album number two, spreading their tentacles into sonic domains that accentuate their nature-blessed talents. ‘Emmylou’ is a beautiful ode to the legends of country music wrapped inside a love song, while the title track pulsates with a hypnotic allure that exemplifies their sweet’n’sour ethos and gorgeous vocal harmonies. Recorded in the US and rounded out by musicians including members of Bright Eyes (along with daddy Söderberg on bass), ‘The Lion’s Roar’ is a slice of Americana-via-Scandinavia that you’d be foolish to ignore.

Pulled Apart By HorsesTough Love (Transgressive)

The first thing that hits you is just how refined noise-rock trio, PABH, have become since their gloriously cacophonous inception, but I guess it didn’t do Biffy Clyro any harm. With the kind of confidence that only comes from ceaseless touring, ‘Tough Love’ blasts off the starting blocks firing sinister riffs and larynx-lacerating howls in all directions, drawing on old and new touchstones in equal measure. ‘Epic Myth’ is a guttural Nirvana stomp, ‘Shake Off The Curse’ loiters menacingly between RFTC and FOTL, ‘Give Me A Reason’ recalls Biffy at their wildest, while the brilliant ‘Night Of The Living’ could almost be Perry Farrell fronting a San Diego post-hardcore band. Derivative? Sometimes. Thrilling? Always.

The Twilight SadNo-One Can Ever Know (Fat-Cat)

It’s easy to imagine the perfectly monikered Scotsmen living in a constant state of unspoken existential turmoil, longing for the moonlight yet mourning the loss of warmth. Don’t we all? On their sophomore release the band have eschewed the wall-of-noise approach for something equally as disconcerting – drawing on their love of krautrock innovators Can alongside the para-punk musings of Joy Division and Cabaret Voltaire. ‘Dead City’ and ‘Don’t Move’ are songs that would lurk in the shadows of cheap industro-goth nightclubs were it not for James Graham’s earthly, if lyrically sullen, croon; while the analogue synths and manipulated drums add to the distinctly ‘80s miserablism.

Screaming SoulGhost Inna Dub(Emerging Species)

The dub version of Screaming Soul’s debut album, Ghost Inna Shell, sees a complete re-lick, mainly from Nick “Prince Fatty” Coplowe of Mutant Hi-Fi, plus a couple of versions from the lord of the mixing desk himself, Adrian Sherwood. Darkly digital and bass-heavy is the general vibe, with MC vocals here and there, powered by a strong dub-reggae undercurrent. Sherwood’s dubs are done live, in the same way he transformed Primal Scream’s Vanishing Point into the classic Echo Dek, in the ’90s. Prince Fatty has reworked the songs radically, using analogue technology. It works as an album in its own right, even if you haven’t heard he original. And it’ll give your speakers a good old battering, for good measure.

The LemonheadsLaughing All the Way to the Cleaners: the Best Of(Rhino)

Career-spanning 47 song collection on two discs, marking 25 years of Evan Dando and his ever-changing line-up of co-stars. Earlier songs like Shame About Ray and Into Your Arms have stood the test of time, so judge them not for their annoying covers, like Mrs Robinson, or Step By Step by New Kids on the Block! The Gram Parsons cover, Brass Buttons makes a lot more sense. This set shows what The Lemonheads always did best, which is utilising their punk rock, country and pop influences, to deliver melody-driven songs time after time. Dando has been at it again recently, touring the band’s ‘92 album, It’s A Shame About Ray.

DJ FoodThe Search Engine(Ninja Tune)

DJ Food was once a DJ/production team, spearheaded by the Ninja bosses, Coldcut, but now it’s solely the project of one of its longstanding members, Strictly Kev. The other surviving factor is a real sense of adventure in the exploration of sound, which is displayed here. An eclectic approach has always been the way with DJ Food, The The’s Matt Johnson guests on the electro-funk Giant. His collaboration with JG Thirlwell of Foetus is dark and satanic, with heavy and busy drums, over which noise and confusion do the business. There are also reminders here of the classic Ninja/Food days, with quirky samples and crazy drum patterns.

LALLAL(Public Transit Recordings)

LAL are a female-fronted electronic trio from Canada, whose first two politically-charged albums Corners (2002) and Warm Belly, Higher Power (2004) won them critical acclaim. Their sound fits somewhere between Feist, Bjork and Massive Attack, and on this, their fourth album, they take their quirky sounds further, with deep lyrics and slightly offbeat productions. There’s all kinds of influences fused together, but they never lean never too much on one thing for long enough as an obvious point of reference. It’s worth checking out Look Behind, which makes the most immediate impact, of all the songs on the album. Rosina Kazi has a warm and soulful voice, which sounds out because she doesn’t sing obviously “soulful” kind of lyrics.

Darren HaymanJanuary Songs(Belka via Cargo)

It’s no mean feat to write a tune a day for a whole month; and it’s even more of a task to make sure they don’t all sound completely shit but if anyone can manage it, former Hefner frontman Darren Hayman can. The perpetual underdog takes us on a journey through his brilliant twee mind – with songs about day trips to the Isle of Eigg, lust-fuelled nights in and boredom in suburbia. His signature fragile, quivering vocals are there as is the upbeat tempo, but for the most part it is the slower numbers, such as I Know I Fucked Up, which really hit the spot. If you’re quick you can grab a limited edition hard copy with hand drawn sleeve notes from the man himself!

Francois and the Atlas MountainsE Volo Love (Domino)

France is so much sexier than the UK and it follows that the music which comes out of it (or anywhere French speaking) has that certain je n’sais quoi. Think Serge Gainsbourg and daughter Charlotte, think Leonard Cohen and er, Vanessa Paradis. Anyway, the point is that an album called E Volo Love by a band called Francois and the Atlas Mountains has all the ingredients of something adorable and the dreamy musical cake they manage to make is nothing short of moreish. From the opener Les Plus Beaux through their best song Buried Treasures to the popular Piscine, a European Belle & Sebastian style twee accompanies a sweet yet sexy vocal. Lush.

CasiokidsAabenbaringen Over Aaskammen(Moshi Moshi)

Europe is on fire this month with Francois flying the flag for France and now Casiokids showcasing the Scandinavian arm of the industry with this, their second album. The title has something to do with mountains and many of the songs are in another language but it doesn’t matter cos it’s the catchy indie-pop beat which carries this record. Think a slightly camper Los Campesinos! Or maybe a modern day Ah-Ha, which makes sense when you think their Norwegian predecessors helped fund their rise to semi-fame. With several tracks destined to be dancefloor fillers we’ll be hearing a lot more from these guys in 2012.

Smashing PumpkinsGish / Siamese Dream (reissues)(EMI)

I’m a big fan of all these reissues. Everyone’s at it, from REM and Radiohead to Nick Cave and Roy Harper; and now Billy Corgan and co. What they do is make you revisit albums which may have been gathering dust on the shelf for years or been tucked away in your iTunes as a shuffled mess. These reissues make you fall in love with tangible albums all over again, from the artwork and sleeve notes to the well-thought out order of the songs, you just can’t beat it.


music

Aldo Vanucci

Nneka Soul Is Heavy(Decon)

If I’m still DJing at DJ Derek’s age, I can pretty much guarantee I shall still be playing Nneka’s “Heartbeat”. Her first album, which I reviewed here, got a massive thumbs up and this here follows suit. She hasn’t quite blown up like she deserves but maybe this is the album to change that. Her approach hasn’t changed too much, still very soulful, still very much like Lauryn Hill, but this time with a few more collaborations, such as Ms Dynamite and Black Thought; if anything, this feels like a positive step forward. Essential new music.

Naughty by Nature Anthem Inc(Entertainment One Records)

There was a time when these guys were killing the hip hop scene, despite being from New Jersey (who knew?). Still, those days are long gone…can they still cut it? Hhmmmm?! There’s no denying that Treach still has his flow, the tracks are well produced and they still retain their ear for a crossover production. But what has changed is the sound of today’s urban market. Put these tracks next to drizzy, yeezy etc and this sounds very different. Saying that, the inclusion of their biggest hits to date make this a good buy, so if you want to relive your youth or update you collection this is a worthy addiction.

Various ArtistsThis is UK Grime Vol.2(Defenders Ent Ltd)

Volume 1 of this series was a real highlight to me for a time, an amazing collection covering so many different styles of grime from the poppy crossover right through to the heavy spitting bars over minimal beats; and it did pretty much cover most of the well known grime tracks - so much so that I couldn’t think of many bangers that a second comp would so closely follow it. Saying that, Lethal’s “Pow 2011”, Kano’s “P’s and Q’s” and Fire Camp’s “Move” are hardly rare B sides. Even to an old dodderer like me, the energy and flows on this make it necessary for someone with a passing interest or someone who knows their grime.

GangreneVodka & Ayahuasca (Decon Records)

Back in the day I use to work in a record shop. I remember the fun we had when Jamiroquai came out - hearing people trying to pronounce it and I so wanna hear how people are gonna ask for this one. The second collaboration between Alchemist and Oh No and this one follows a similar path, heavy beats that are on the underground tip and Oh No with his usual flow. Sometimes when you have a stellar collaboration it can show up your steez, but on this both Kool G Rap and Prodigy from Mobb Deep do their thing and it fits really well, not showing up Oh No but complimenting him well. A quality album but definite

Louk

Johann Stone Hobo Disco (Detox)

After giving the world Bjork and Gus Gus (as well as renowned techno label Thule Records) which is surprising considering its’ remote location, Iceland has provided some excellent musical visionaries over the years. One such artist (and definitely someone to look out for in 2012), is Johann Stone. Having only just left his teens, he has released many a genre defying production, which DJs are starting to take note of. Taking influence from techno, trance and electro, the humorously titled ‘Hobo Disco’, has a shuffly bassline, intense percussion and main riff akin to some of Sander Van Doorn’s better works. This is definitely one record more suited to the festivals, but also works in clubs.

3PhazegeneratorLooter(Filth Infatuated)

Bridgewater’s Filth Infatuated collective are some serious techno enthusiasts, running very successful nights and releasing on high profile labels, with a refreshing attitude of being driven by a love of music and not money (evident by their many free party gigs). Happily, they’ve taken the logical decision to set up a record label, and release number two from London’s 3phazegenerator (equally as Prevalent in the free party scene), is some important business! Inspired by the recent London riots, this relentless, heads down number is one that is well suited to start a set off. Mix of choice is the tribalistic effort from label owners Kev D + Mark Neenan under their ‘Naked Van Mirk’ pseudonym.

KloneZ vs BushoWreak Havoc (Thilo + Evanti Mix)(Digitally Infected)

Having reviewed the original of this a few months back and playing it consistently throughout 2011, this reviewer’s impression of ‘Wreak Havoc’ from the now Bristol based Busho, and Canada’s KloneZ was that it couldn’t be improved upon. However, Holland’s Thilo + Evanti take everything that’s loveable from the original and add their own, slightly harder, quirkier and intricate groove to things, and the end result is a smasher that stands out as one of the more distinct and memorable tracks of a set. This rocked the place at Atmosphere at The Grove on New Years Eve, and also received another road testing from yours truly in Holland this weekend, to a very positive response.

Franky Jones + G ForceAcid Attack(Braincrushed)

From his earliest releases on the Bonzai imprint, Franky Jones has set the mould for many fans of the harder scene to follow. He gave us the legendary ‘First Rebirth by ‘Jones + Stephenson’ which, although being nearly twenty years old, is still played at many festivals and other raves to date. This retro sounding charmer was a chance find from the unfortunately soon to be closed Bigga Records and with ‘Acid Attack’ we are treated to three tracks of sheer brutality. A lovely distorted 909 kick drum underpins layer upon layer of twisted acidic madness, and despite being rather pacey, certainly works wonders for contorting some heads in those rather sinister early morning sets.

Backbone

Moriatywww.myspace.com/moriatysounds

A handful of default bands always spring to mind when a drum’n’guitar duo looms into view but Moriaty aren’t here to pander to such stereotyping. On the ‘Lord Blackwood’ EP the sharp-suited twosome are clearly having fun, devoid of an agenda and pure of purpose. The title track is a ‘90s psyche-rock wigout; ‘No Shoes On’ is a modern reading of The Faces; while ‘Caddyshack’ is the only song that strays close to Jack White territory, but it does so with cocksure intent and octave pedals a-blazing. However, it’s ‘One For The Mothers’ where the band truly excels: a shuffling folk-pop ditty with poignant fiddles and a truly heart-swelling chorus. Moriaty 1, Stereotypes 0. Bravo!

Rusty Shacklewww.rustyshackle.com

lot of people come barging in with half-baked jigs’n’reels and happy-clappy cliches and tear the heart out of it. They did the same to ska. You just can’t trust the kids with anything. Thankfully, South Wales ensemble, Rusty Shackle, are blessed with great songwriting chops, which makes their album, ‘Wash Away These Nights’, a genuinely worthy proposition. Like The Coral (with whom they also share vocal similarities), RS create evergreen melodies via traditional mores,s taking in skiffle and indie-rock, resulting in classy and clever songs like ‘Cold-Hearted Town’; songs that retain the joys of fiddles and acoustic strums without resorting to lazy pastiche. Solid.

Matthew & Mewww.facebook.com/matthewandmemusic

Ahead of their imminent debut album, Totnes indie-pop soft-hearts, Matthew & Me, have released an EP of delicate voices and twinklesome guitar/piano arpeggios for you to fawn over, if you’re given to such whimsical emissions. Like Noah & The Whale with less testosterone, the band certainly know their way around gently flickering melancholy – ‘Sinners’ and ‘Past’ doing their level best to out-sob each other. During ‘Old Flame Alight’ the band threatens to go the grandiose way of Arcade Fire only to turn from the light and retreat to their safe sensibilities. I’m keen to hear what happens when they navigate that corner. Until then, these fine-tuned modern ballads will do. Potential sure abounds.

The True Bluewww.the-true-blue.com

When a band talks of its small town roots and breath-of-fresh-air credentials it usually means that either their dad wrote the press release or they play it safer than hibernating sun turtles. Sometimes both. The True Blue fall into the latter category with big grey bells on. Their debut album, ‘Oh The Horror!’, is a persistently mediocre exercise in acoustically-driven pop that fails to invite any emotional commitment. Indeed, it wouldn’t be so bad if it was detestable. During ‘A Plague On Both Your Houses’ you begin to wonder what this band would’ve sounded like had they opted for the ‘insipid electro-pop’ of their glamour-seeking peers instead of bemoaning ‘the futility of seaside town existence’. One can but dream.

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Live 29

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3 Feb – 17 Mar DAVID BLANDY: PASSAGE OF THE SOULExeter Phoenix, Bradninch Place, Exeter, 01392 667080, exeterphoenix.org.uk 10am - 5pm, FreeDavid Blandy’s work deals with his problematic relationship with popular culture, highlighting the slippage and tension between fantasy and reality in everyday life. Searching for his cultural position in the world, Blandy often uses humour to ask the difficult question of just how much the self is formed by the mass-media of records, films and television, and whether he has an identity outside that.

8 - 11 February GOING DARKDrum Theatre, Royal Parade, 01752 267222, theatreroyal.com, 7.45pm, £13Sound&Fury use their innovative theatre vocabulary of immersive surround sound design, total darkness and imaginative lighting in Going Dark to reawaken our wonder at the cosmos and reveal how one man’s vision becomes illuminated by darkness.

11 Feb – 31 Mar LANDSCAPES OF EXPLORATIONPeninsula Arts Gallery, Roland Levinsky Building, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, 01752 585050, peninsula-arts.co.uk 10am – 3pm, FreeLandscapes of Exploration foregrounds the role of contemporary art in examining Antarctica. What perspectives can art offer on this terra incognita, a forbidding environment where the temperature rarely rises above freezing, yet one which for scientists offers a wealth of geological and glacial data including indicators of climate change.

12 February RICHARD HERRING – WHAT IS LOVE, ANYWAY?Exeter Northcott, Stocker Road, Exeter, 01392 493493, exeternorthcott.com 8pm, £15Does anybody love anybody anyway? So asked insane, Welsh, poet philosopher Howard Jones in 1983. Finally someone dares to answer. Having sorted out religion (Christ on a Bike) and politics (Hitler Moustache), the star of the award winning podcast “As It Occurs To Me” and Radio 4’s “Richard Herring’s Objective” seeks to define and destroy love. Before love destroys him. Again. Does Richard’s dry-cleaner genuinely love him? How could a romantic gesture involving Ferrero Rochers get dangerously out of control?

12 February SPAMALOTPrincess Theatre, Torbay Road, 01803 290228, princesstheatre.org.uk, 7.30pm, £14.50 - £31.50Spamalot tells the legendary tale of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table and features a bevy of beautiful show girls, witch burnings (cancelled - too expensive) not to mention cows, killer rabbits and French people. The show features the hilarious songs He Is Not Dead Yet, Knights Of The Round Table, Find Your Grail and of course Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life.

14 February AT-ANY-MOMENT-SOMETHING ELSE, BETWEEN THE SHINGLE & THE DUNE TRIPLE BILLTheatre 1, Roland Levinsky Building, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, 01752 585050, peninsula-arts.co.uk 7.30pm, £8How do we reconcile all by which we are touched? What do we let go of, what do we keep, what do we use to construct the whole? In Imprint, Diallo draws inspiration from these questions. At-any-moment-something-else a compelling solo with surrealist tendencies performed by Clinkard, explores a territory where events, scale and time take on incongruous, dreamlike qualities.

15 February TAKING THE MICExeter Phoenix, Bradninch Place, Exeter, 01392 667080, exeterphoenix.org.uk 7.45pm, FreeHave-a-go-in-the-bar-show for poets, singer-songwriters and comedians. Five-minute slots are available on request by emailing: [email protected].

17 February THE TWICE REMOVED: ANNA FENEMORE & PIGEON THEATRETheatre 1, Roland Levinsky Building, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, 01752 585050, peninsula-arts.co.uk 7.30pm, £81 woman. 148 biographies. 1 show. “Last summer I decided to make a solo show. It began badly. I didn’t know how to work alone and I stared for long periods of time at walls not knowing what to do. In a moment of terror I wrote to 148 people and asked them to tell me what to do, and what they would like me to make…”

18 February RUSSEL KANEHall for Cornwall, Black Quay, TR1 2LL, 01872 262466, hallforcornwall.co.uk 8pm, £17.50Manscaping. Join Fosters Edinburgh Comedy Award Winner and star of loads of stuff on telly, Russell Kane, as he mercilessly explores the ridiculous state of masculinity in the modern world. He shaves his chest fur; you watch and laugh.

21 February 7 DAYS DRUNKExeter Phoenix, Bradninch Place, Exeter, 01392 667080, exeterphoenix.org.uk 8pm, £10Bryony Kimmings is NOT an alcoholic. But she has always had a rocky relationship with booze. It seems the

dark stuff is intrinsically linked to her confidence as an artist as well as to blame for her most genius and most hideous creations. From Jackson Pollock to Amy Winehouse, from Oscar Wilde to Charlie Sheen, everyone’s on something but why? From the Total Theatre award-winning creator of ‘Sex Idiot’ comes a hilarious and moving one-woman show investigating the historical links between artists and mind enhancing drugs.

22 February REGINALD D HUNTER: SOMETIMES EVEN THE DEVIL TELLS THE TRUTH, Princess Theatre, Torbay Road, 01803 290228, princesstheatre.org.uk, 7.30pm, £21In just over a decade since he began performing, Reginald D Hunter has become one of the UK Comedy industry’s best-known and most distinctive performers. His work is often brutally honest, frequently controversial but always meticulously measured and thought out.

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1 - 4 February DNADrum Theatre, Royal Parade, 01752 267222, theatreroyal.com, 7.45pm, £13A group of teenagers do something bad, really bad, then panic and cover the whole thing up. But when they find that the cover-up unites them and brings harmony to their otherwise fractious lives, where’s the incentive to put things right? First performed at the National Theatre, this startling new play is fast becoming a contemporary classic.

23 Feb - 10 Mar HORSE PISS FOR BLOOD, Drum Theatre, Royal Parade, 01752 267222, theatreroyal.com, 7.45pm, £13Cornish conspiracy theorist Virgil Ploy is paranoid. He thinks that everyone is out to get him – that includes his mother and her new husband, Dusty. He might well be right. It’s hard to know who to trust these days. But then, living on top of a secret M.O.D. chemical weapons plant can do strange things to you. Horse Piss For Blood is a bizarre and darkly funny new play about family, madness and Cornwall’s darkest secret…



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BLACK GOLD (TBC)Released: 24 February. Dir: Jean-Jacques AnnaudStarring: Tahar Rahim, Mark Strong and Antonio Banderas 2011/France/130 min Shot in Tunisia during the recent revolution this 1930s set drama is all about the dawn of the oil boom – a bit like There Will be Blood only with more emotion. The story centres on a young Arab prince torn between allegiance to his conservative father and modern, liberal father-in-law. Watch out for dodgy accents from Mark Strong (British) and Antonio Banderas (Spain) playing Arabic head of state.

A DANGErOuS METHOD (TBC) Dir: David Cronenberg Stars:Michael Fassbender, Keira Knightley and Viggo Mortensen 2011/UK/99 minOne of Hollywood’s most cerebral directors David Cronenberg (A History of Violence) takes on two of history’s most revered psychologists. In this rather odd biopic Michael Fassbender plays Carl Jung, while Viggo Mortensen takes on the mammoth task of portraying Sigmund Freud. Their shared object of affection is a patient, played by Keira Knightley, who becomes Jung’s mistress. The film charts the rise of psychoanalysis and the fall of their relationship in spectacular fashion.

ExTrEMELy LOuD AND INCrEDIBLy CLOSE (12A)Released: 17 FebruaryDir: Stephen Daldry Starring: Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, and John Goodman 2011/US/129 minA nine-year-old amateur inventor called Francophile searches New York City for the lock that matches a mysterious key left behind by his father, who died in the World Trade Centre on September 11, 2001. The director Stephen Daldry has racked up three Oscar nominations for his first three films (a record), but I think this could be a potential banana skin for the Billy Elliot helmer.

THE MuPPETS (u)Released: 10 February Dir: James Bobin Starring: Jason Segel, Amy Adams, Chris Cooper and The Muppets 2011/US/103 minThe Muppets, who have disbanded and spread themselves across the world, must re-team in order to save their studio from being torn down. They enlist the help of three fans to fight off a greedy oil tycoon. The Muppets are lovable, but their films tend to be a bit hit and miss. For every Muppet Christmas Carol there is a Muppets in Space, and only time will tell whether this is the former or the latter.

STAr WArS: EPISODE I 3D (u)Released: 9 February Dir: George Lucas Starring: Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman and Anthony Daniels1999/US/136 minJa Ja Binks and co. are back. Not content on cashing in various special editions, and Blu-ray releases, George Lucas takes his space opera into the third dimension for another pay day. Despite the shameless money making exercise, and the fact that this is worst film in the Star Wars saga, this is still science fiction at its most epic. The pod-racing sequence and climatic light sabre battle should be worth the admission price alone.

THIS MEANS WAr (TBC)Released: 17 FebruaryDir: McG Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine and Tom Hardy 2011/US/TBCIn this riff on the Mr & Mrs Smith formula two top CIA operatives wage an epic battle against each other after they discover they are dating the same woman. It does give us another opportunity to see Chris Pine flex his action muscles after his adventures as Kirk in Star Trek, and Reese Witherspoon will look as cute as pie. So all in all, this should be a perfectly passable way to spend a weekday evening.

THE WOMAN IN BLACK (TBC)Released: 10 FebruaryDir: James Watkins Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Janet McTeer and Ciarán Hinds2011/UK/TBCHarry Potter grows up. In his first role since dropping the wand and Hogwarts robes, Daniel Radcliffe stars in this gothic horror tale based on the Susan Hill novel of the same name. The film also marks the return of Hammer Film Productions to the forefront of the movie business and a return to unnerving subject matter that made the studio so popular in the 1970’s. In this dark thriller, Arthur Kipp, a young lawyer, travels to a remote village where he discovers the ghost of a scorned woman is terrorising the locals. It’s a bit of a cross between Sleepy Hollow and The Haunting.

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Thurs 2 ExeterFREAKSCENE UNDERGROUND BAND SHOWCASE The Cavern, Queen St, 8pm-1am, £3. A night of the best in alternative sounds from the South West Underground. Punk rock from The Confused, Marshal Teller, The Hold Up’s & False Alarm.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. Guests Tommie Ford, Jas Walker, Toby Norman & Jessica Maidment..FalmouthGREAT WESTERN JAZZ COMPANY Five Degrees West 8.45pm. £free Live Jazz and Swing every week.LiskeardTHE WIRELESS Barley Sheaf, Church St, 9.30pm, £free.PlymouthACOUSTIC CAFÉ The Cellar Bar, The Fortesque, Mutley Plain 8.30pm-12am, £1. Four live acts each week.RIDE LIVE, Ride Café, 45-46 Tavistock Place 9pm–12am, £2. A selection of the most exciting live Rock/Dub/Ska/Hip Hop/Roots & Reggae acts. Guests The Wishbones & JouisTruroLIVE BANDS Bunters Bar, Little Castle St, 9pm, £free. Showcasing some of the best local musicians, see www.buntersbar.co.uk for more details. Guests tonight are The Vision

Fri 3 BidefordTHE ZZ TOPS, Palladium Club, Lower Gunstone, £10. The UK’s best tribute actSt AustellJENNY LINDFORS & COLE STACEY Eden Project Cafe, White River Place, Tickets £4 (£3 members), 8pm. Jenny Lindfors has always had the musical bug. Her debut album ‘When The Night Time Comes’ was a collection of tracks tenderly capturing the rollercoaster weekend experience and the romantics tumbles that often ensue. Cole Stacey is a singer & songwriter with a rapidly growing reputation across the UK Acoustic Music scene who has toured extensively in the last 18 months with headline shows nationwide Support comes from Cornwall based singer/songwriter Emily Howard.Totnes ROSIE VANIER The Scope Complex, Will Rd 7pm, £3/£2 in adv. Supported by special guests Last Star Pilot & Holly Ebony. Info www.studioloungetotnes.comTruroB-SIDE Bunters Bar, Little Castle St, 8pm, £free. Weekly indie night with bands and DJ’s, guests are Towns & Black Tamourines, with Dj Kevin G.

Sat 4 BidefordWENDY MAYS BOOM BOOM ROOM, Palladium Club, Lower Gunstone, £free. Cool soul/ska night

BudeTHE SUM OF Bar 35, 9pm, £free Local alt rock favorites The Sum Of are back in town They bring with them Hold the Sun, St Austell’s new and exciting garage rock trio as support.PenrynJENNY LINDFORS & COLE STACEY Miss Peapod’s, Tickets £4 (£3 members), 8pm. Jenny Lindfors has always had the musical bug. Her debut album ‘When The Night Time Comes’ was a collection of tracks tenderly capturing the rollercoaster weekend experience and the romantics tumbles that often ensue. Cole Stacey is a singer & songwriter with a rapidly growing reputation across the UK Acoustic Music scene who has toured extensively in the last 18 months with headline shows nationwide Support comes from Cornwall based singer/songwriter Emily Howard.PlymouthALESTORM White Rabbit, Bretonside Bus Station, 8pm, £12. Formed in 2006, Alestorm hail from eastern Scotland and describe their sound as “true Scottish pirate metal”, playing an infextious blend of folk and power metal in the vein of bands such as Korpiklaani and Turisas, but with a unique piratical twist.KAISER CHIEFS Plymouth Pavilions, 7pm, £25 Kaiser Cheifs return to the road for their first UK tour in almost 2 years when they play shows across the UK in early 2012.The tour follows the band’s re-emergence this year with new album ‘The Future Is Medieval’, a host of UK festival appearances including a euphoric return to Glastonbury and the V Festival.FREE CUBA PARTY AND IN THE FLESH B-Bar, The Barbican, 10pm, £free. Latin tunes and cocktails with our resident DJ playing the best in salsa, merengue, bachata, son and moreTHE WIRELESS The Millbridge, 9.30pm, £free.Totnes NICKY SWANN The Scope Complex, Will Rd 7pm, £4/£3 in adv. Since launching her solo career in 2006, sje has achieved a growing reputation in a short space of time, singing from the heart and captivating audiences with her emotionally honest delivery.

Sun 5 PlymouthACOUSTIC WINE DOWN Ride Café, Tavistock Place, 9pm, £free. Live acoustic acts, deals on house wines, free cheese and crackers!

Mon 6 FalmouthREEL BIG FISH Princess Pavilion, £14.50, 8pm Californian ska – punk legends Reel Big Fish have always been a big hit in Cornwall, were one of the legions of Southern California ska-punk bands to edge into the mainstream following the mid-’90s success of No Doubt and Sublime.

Tue 7 BidefordJAM NIGHT, Palladium Club, Lower Gunstone, £free.ExeterTHOMAS TRUAX The Cavern, Queen St, 8pm-1am, £3. Welcome return for New York

Experimentalist, plus guests tbc.LiskeardACOUSTIC JAM Barley Sheaf, 9pm, £free All musicians welcomePlymouthOPEN MIC Ride Café, Tavistock Place, 9pm, £free.

Wed 8 PlymouthCAFÉ ACOUSTICA B-Bar, Barbican £free, 9pm. Fortnightly showcase of unplugged talent, hosted by Jessie Mullen. Guests include Rob C.RedruthOPEN MIC / JAM NIGHT Gaslights Bar, £free, 9pm Open to all performers, turn up and play!

Thurs 9 ExeterOPEN 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. Guests Patch Bawn Music, Roger Hunt & Hannah Partridge.FalmouthGREAT WESTERN JAZZ COMPANY Five Degrees West 8.45pm. £free Live Jazz and Swing every week.SKA ON TOAST Toast, 9pm til late, £free. Ska, 2tone and Bluebeat.PlymouthACOUSTIC CAFÉ The Cellar Bar, The Fortesque, Mutley Plain 8.30pm-12am, £1. Four live acts each week.NEIL MAYA AND FRASER WEEKES B-Bar, Barbican £2, 9pm. Jazz.RIDE LIVE, Ride Café, 45-46 Tavistock Place 9pm–12am, £2. A selection of the most exciting live Rock/Dub/Ska/Hip Hop/Roots & Reggae acts. Guests King Porter StompLiskeardROOSTER Barley Sheaf, Church St, 9pm, £free. Jump jive, boogie woogie & western swing. Stunning musos, an absolute must to see.TruroLIVE BANDS Bunters Bar, Little Castle St, 9pm, £free. Showcasing some of the best local musicians, see www.buntersbar.co.uk for more details. Guests tonight are The Ammunition

Fri 10 BidefordWILLE AND THE BANDITS Palladium Club, Lower Gunstone, £tbc. Americana/roots/blues bandPlymouthCLAUDE BOURBON B-Bar, Barbican £3, 9pm. A breathtaking acoustic fusion of blues, jazz, folk, classical and Spanish guitar from a stunning guitar virtuoso from FranceTHE DEVIL WEARS PRADA White Rabbit, Bretonside Bus Station, 8pm, £13. Support from Last Witness.St AustellSION RUSSELL JONES Eden Project Cafe, White River Place, Tickets £4 (£3 members), 8pm. a singer/songwriter from Cardiff, Wales.

He has a unique and infectious vocal backed up by intricate guitar melodies and cracking choruses. Support from The Peoples String Foundation & Kola - a folk band from Cornwall who evolved over the winter of 2010/11.Totnes DARREN FISHER The Scope Complex, Will Rd 7pm, £4/£3 in adv. Crossing the borders of folk and rock and recently returned from a tour of the USA.. Info www.studioloungetotnes.comTruroB-SIDE Bunters Bar, Little Castle St, 9pm, £free. Showcasing some of the best local musicians, headliners Hoodlums and support tbc.

Sat 11 BidefordWISHBONES Palladium Club, Lower Gunstone, £tbc. Bluesy, folk and rock soundsDartingtonHAMER & ISAACS GYPSY SWING BAND, Cider Press, 12pm-4pm, £freePenrynSION RUSSELL JONES Eden Project Cafe, White River Place, Tickets £4 (£3 members), 8pm. a singer/songwriter from Cardiff, Wales. He has a unique and infectious vocal backed up by intricate guitar melodies and cracking choruses. Support from The Peoples String Foundation & Kola - a folk band from Cornwall who evolved over the winter of 2010/11.PlymouthFREE CUBA PARTY B-Bar, The Barbican, 9pm, £3. Acoustic guitar and vocal duo playing high energy modern soul,funk and pop.SaltashTHE WIRELESS Union Inn,

ST PIRANS DAY BATTLE OF THE BANDS As any self respecting Cornish resident knows, St Pirans Day falls on Mon 5 March. The biggest and longest running parade in Cornwall takes place in Truro and attracts people from across the county. The parade kicks off at 1.15pm on St Georges Rd. As part of the celebrations, The Koola in Newquay is hosting it’s second annual The St Piran’s Day Cup which will see last year’s winners, Sons Of Sirius try and defend their cup. The venue is looking for bands to take part in this annual event, email [email protected] for more details. Entries open to good local Cornish bands, any style accepted.


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9.30pm, £free.Totnes ROGER STYLES The Scope Complex, Will Rd 7pm, £4/£3 in adv. Singer songwriters from the SW. Info www.studioloungetotnes.com

Sun 12 FalmouthACEEATER Watermans, Falmouth. 10pm til 1am, £free. Wrectro Electro. Drinks deals all nightPlymouthACOUSTIC WINE DOWN Ride Café, Tavistock Place, 9pm, £free. Live acoustic acts, deals on house wines, free cheese and crackers! Mon 13 ExeterACOUSTIC OPEN MIC NIGHT The Sorry Head, 9pm-11.30pm, £freeTHE HARMONIX The Cavern, Queen St, 8pm-12.30am, £5 (over 16’s show). Pop Punk event for valentines day, with support from Chasing Hollywood, Badlake & Lunix. Dress code of Seven Deadly Sins v’s Geeks and 20% of net profit will be donated to Children’s Hospice South West..LiskeardBARLEY FOLK WITH JASON STEEL Barley Sheaf, Church St, 9pm, £7. Quality folk musician. Tue 14 BidefordJAM NIGHT, Palladium Club, Lower Gunstone, £free.ExeterYOUNG GUNS The Cavern, Queen St, 8pm-1am, £8KingsbridgeHAMER & ISAACS GYPSY SWING BAND, Millbrook Inn, South Poole, 8pm-11pm, £freePlymouthOPEN MIC Ride Café, Tavistock Place, 9pm, £free. Wed 15 PlymouthAHAB Devonport Guildhall, 9pm, £tbc. This will truly be a night to remember, Ahab are the next great band to emerge from the U.K music scene, soaring harmonies and fantastic instrumental skills, this will be the perfect place to enjoy them at.RedruthOPEN MIC / JAM NIGHT Gaslights Bar, £free, 9pm Open to all performers, turn up and play! Thurs 16 BarnstapleBETA FEST Petroc, The Factory, 6.30pm-12am, £15 for three day ticket. First day of the three day festival with bands playing including The Dead Beats, Upbeat Allstars, Anti Caste, Dirty Colours & Dick Narnia. Info and tickets from www.thedeadbetas.co.uk/betafestExeterLIVE MUSIC AT THE PICTURE HOUSE Exeter Picturehouse, 8.30pm, £free.Guests Mozura & Jess Brown.OPEN MIC NIGHT, Angel Bar, 32 Queen Street, £free. Hosted by local

heroes Roger styles & Richard James.FalmouthGREAT WESTERN JAZZ COMPANY Five Degrees West 8.45pm. £free Live Jazz and Swing every week.LiskeardCOLD FEET Barley Sheaf, Church St, 9pm, £free. Two Girls up front with this band. Excellent covers.PlymouthACOUSTIC CAFÉ The Cellar Bar, The Fortesque, Mutley Plain 8.30pm-12am, £1. Four live acts each week.RIDE LIVE, Ride Café, 45-46 Tavistock Place, 9pm–12am, £2. A selection of the most exciting live Rock/Dub/Ska/Hip Hop/Roots & Reggae acts. TOM ANFIELD B-Bar, Barbican £2, 9pm. Jazz and swing stylings from this fingerpicking guitar man who makes them as good as he plays them!TruroLIVE BANDS Bunters Bar, Little Castle St, 9pm, £free. Showcasing some of the best local musicians, see www.buntersbar.co.uk for more details. Guests tonight are Wille and the Bandits.

Fri 17 BarnstapleBETA FEST Petroc, The Factory, 6.30pm-12am, £15 Second day of the three day festival with bands playing including Scholars, Castrovalva, Call the Doctor, The Julies & Archives. Info and tickets from www.thedeadbetas.co.uk/betafestPlymouthDEAD POETS RECORD LAUNCH AND VIDEO SHOOT White Rabbit, Bretonside Bus Station, 8pm, £free. Support from Head of Programmes, Seize the Day & Cheating Jack Ketch.MOONLET & THE LOVE MONKS B-Bar, Barbican £3, 9pm. Folk-inspired quintet from South West CornwallTotnes SOUND OF THE SIRENS The Scope Complex, Will Rd 7pm, £4/£3 in adv. Three girls, two guitars, one stomp box. That’s how Lisa, Abbe and Hannah describe themselves so who are we to argue? Sound of the Sirens are three young ladies from Exeter.TruroB-SIDE Bunters Bar, Little Castle St, 9pm, £free. Weekly indie night with bands and DJ’s, guests are Crowns, supported by The True Blue and DJ Kevin G. Sat 18 BarnstapleBETA FEST Petroc, The Factory, 6.30pm-12am, £15 Third day of the three day festival with bands playing including InMe, Chapters of Eden, Fighting Fiction, Dutch Courage, She Called Shotgun & Ghosts of our Fathers. Info and tickets from www.thedeadbetas.co.uk/betafestPlymouthFREE CUBA PARTY B-Bar, The Barbican, 10pm, £free. Latin tunes and cocktails with our resident DJ playing the best in salsa, merengue, bachata, son and more.Totnes MAGIC BUS + COLOURFUL GENRE - EXCLUSIVE LAUNCH OF THE DEBUT ALBUM The Scope

Someone once said that Sweden was famous for three things: vodka, Abba and high taxes. Of course, that was before FIRST AID KIT appeared on the scene with their worldly wisdom and otherworldly vocal harmonies. Here in the chandeliered elegance of Bush Hall, the Söderberg sisters’ ethereal folk music takes on a whole new, strange veneer – these songs are riven from grassy meadows and misty mountains not pink-hued, extravagant ballrooms (London, 6th Dec). But once the intensely intimate melodies of ‘You’re Not Coming Home Tonight’ glide through the venue there’s no escaping the fact that we are in the presence of heart-wrenching greatness. With a host of songs from their new album ‘The Lion’s Roar’ (most notably ‘Emmylou’ and the beguiling title track) Johanna and Clara Söderberg – replete with live drummer, Mattias Bergqvist – were relaxed and focussed, playful and pitch-perfect, utilising acoustic guitar, autoharp and synth to augment what is, essentially, a life-affirming vocal-led experience. As if to prove their natural talent, the sisters moved away from the microphones to perform the mesmerising ‘Ghost Town’ in all its vulnerable, acoustic majesty. Opener, JO ROSE, wasn’t the most forceful of distractions – plucking benignly at an under-sized acoustic and cooing like someone who’d traded in their balls for a pair of marshmallows. Still, his folksie trappings didn’t detract from the main event and, later, he was warmly welcomed back onstage with FAK for a wonky rendition of Lucinda Williams ‘Sharp Cutting Wings’.

Our fears of another treacherous winter tour were quickly allayed as we hit the mild, moist road with GREAT CYNICS and SMOKEY BASTARD (14th-20th Dec). Great Cynics were as unassuming and gently inspiring as we’ve come to expect, cantering through their short and cheerful songs with an admirable sense of perspective. Yours truly even sat in on drums for one of their shows (probably not the highlight of my illustrious musical career). Reading folk-punks, Smokey Bastard, are one of those bands who would be excellent if they formed in five years time, when all the members (and there’s a fair few of ‘em) had learned the virtue of letting music breathe. As it was, they were akin to a horse race with banjo, mandolin, penny whistle, accordion and a brace of guitars all galloping, spiritedly, towards the finishing line. Naturally, a few good songs did worm their way through the merry clutter; the cutely titled ‘Aspirations I Have Some’ and the a cappella shanty ‘My Son John’ certainly proved that they do have the bill-paying skills when they put their minds to it.

It’s New Year’s Eve (so important it merits its own capital letters) and we’re back at the White Rabbit once again, ready to ring the changes, wring out our sweaty shirts and suck the whisky out of our soggy cravats. KAT MARSH found the time to shed her King Blues skin and proffer some soulful solo sassiness. Bringing the tensile hardcore noise, DEAD POETS were on fire (and their competent Weezer cover perfectly executed). All the brute force of a falling wall, all the sharpness of a kasumi knife, the band are duly primed for bigger things. And then there was COSMO JARVIS: loveable rogue, unwitting spokesman for a generation and pretty decent songwriter. With one eye on melodrama and the other turned in on his own neuroses, Cosmo taps into universal themes in his inimitable, idiosyncratic way, resulting in a batch of folk-tinged, indie-pop songs that no-one could compose no matter how much they wanted to. And that’s a very good thing. Meanwhile, stories of CJ’s subsequent arrest and twelve hour detainment at Charles Cross pig-pen were greatly accurate. Bless him. See-ya bye.

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liveComplex, Will Rd 7pm, £4/£3 in adv. Are you on the bus? If not then jump on board. Rather than us tell you about Magic Bus, here’s their own words: “The gods of the mountain called their children together and spoke unto them: “Your destiny children is to spread music of joy and love on the fair planet called Earth, and ye will be called Magic Bus!” Got the picture?! Sun 19 PlymouthACOUSTIC WINE DOWN Ride Café, Tavistock Place, 9pm, £free. Live acoustic acts, deals on house wines, free cheese and crackers!

Mon 20 ExeterCROWNS The Cavern, Queen St, 8pm-1am, £4 Ship ahoy! Finally something on the horizon you can hold dear. If you’re lost in a murky sea, where songwriters parade Americana as the ‘new-folk’ – folk-punk band CROWNS are here to throw you a lifeline.PlymouthORIGIN White Rabbit, Bretonside Bus Station, 8pm, £13.50. Support from Psycroptic & Leng Tch’e

Tue 21 BidefordJAM NIGHT, Palladium Club, Lower Gunstone, £free.PlymouthOPEN MIC Ride Café, Tavistock Place, 9pm, £free.

Wed 22 PlymouthCAFÉ ACOUSTICA B-Bar, Barbican £free, 9pm. Fortnightly showcase of unplugged talent, hosted by Jessie Mullen.RedruthOPEN MIC / JAM NIGHT Gaslights Bar, £free, 9pm Open to all performers, turn up and play!

TruroB-SIDE Bunters Bar, Little Castle St, 9pm, £free. Weekly indie night with bands and DJ’s, guests are Auction for the Promise Club plus support and DJ Kevin G

Thurs 23 ExeterHILDA MAY The Cavern, Queen St, 8pm-1am, £4 Supported by Max Raptor & Abel Archer.LIVE MUSIC AT THE PICTURE HOUSE Exeter Picturehouse, 8.30pm, £free. Guests Ben Tallamy and more tbc..OPEN MIC NIGHT, Angel Bar, 32 Queen Street, £free. Hosted by local heroes Roger styles & Richard James.FalmouthGREAT WESTERN JAZZ COMPANY Five Degrees West 8.45pm. £free Live Jazz and Swing every week.LiskeardHIP ROUTE Barley Sheaf, Church St, 9pm, £free. Roots music PlymouthACOUSTIC CAFÉ The Cellar Bar, The Fortesque, Mutley Plain 8.30pm-12am, £1. Four live acts each week.RIDE LIVE, Ride Café, 45-46 Tavistock Place 9pm–12am, £2. A selection of the most exciting live Rock/Dub/Ska/Hip Hop/Roots & Reggae acts. Guests Dakhla.THOMAS FORD B-Bar, Barbican £2, 9pm. Electrifying blues talent in the form of this harp-playing, hard blues singing solo performerTruroLIVE BANDS Bunters Bar, Little Castle St, 9pm, £free. Showcasing some of the best local musicians, see www.buntersbar.co.uk for more details. Guests tonight are High Voltage.KINGDOM, WRONG ANSWER Live Bar, Truro. Doors 8.30pm £6. Philiadephias finest come to the deep South-West with support from local new bloods F. Emasculat

Fri 24 BidefordMAYBE NAKED Palladium Club, Lower Gunstone, 9pm, £3. Rock covers.ExeterSOUTH 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.

FalmouthCARPETFACE & AUBIBLE Toast, 8pm, £tbc. Guests are a UK-based duo delivering positive party Hip-Hop with a refreshingly fresh new freshness to refresh your parts freshly, combining an impressive mash up of MC, DJ, Instrumental, Production, Percussion, Vocal, and Human Beatboxing skillsSKANK N STOMP PRESENTS THE SELECTER FT PAULINE BLACK & GAP HENDRICKSON Princess Pavilions. 8pm-12am, £12.50 adv, £16 otd. The Selector have been tearing up the ska scene since it began in the late

70’s. Recently having got back in action they are coming to Cornwall to kick start their tour.TALL SHIPS Blackdog Barbers, 8pm, £5. Supported by Little Leagues and Blackdog Soundsystem. More info and tickets from www.mojofestival.netPlymouthMAMA TOKUS B-Bar, Barbican £3, 9pm. Mama Tokus hosts a night of soul and blues - with special guest vocalist The Good DoctorTHE WIRELESS Thistle Park Brewhouse, 9.30pm, £free.Totnes CHARLEY PINFOLD The Scope Complex, Will Rd 7pm, £4/£3 in adv. Charley Pinfold is a British singer-songwriter with a soulful voice that packs a punch. Her pure brand of music fuses a sparkling mix of indie pop, soul and rock, with lyrics that capture both playful irony and raw heartfelt emotion.TruroB-SIDE Bunters Bar, Little Castle St, 9pm, £free. Weekly indie night with bands and DJ’s, guests are Max Raptor & Hildamay, supported by Suitenoir and DJ Kevin G.

Sat 25 BidefordPEOPLES REPUBLIC OF MERCIA Palladium Club, Lower Gunstone, £tbc. R’n’B, pub rock , fresh from supporting Dr FeelgoodFalmouthMOJO MUSIC EXPO, AUCTION FOR THE PROMISE CLUB, The Performance Center, Tremough Campus, Penryn, 7pm, £free. More info at www.facebook.com/mojofestivalTHE SOUTH Princess Pavilions, £20, 8pm The Small Is Beautiful Tour - Song For Whoever, Perfect Ten, Rotterdam, Don’t Marry Her, You Keep It All In, Old Red Eyes Is Back, the list of hits is almost daunting. Dave Hemingway and Ali Wheeler, lead singers with The Beautiful South along with departed songwriter Paul Heaton, loved the songs and life on the road too much to just muse on past glories, and so The South was formed. It’s a great chance for lovers of this truly classic British Pop band to reconnect with the musicians and the music once again. If you loved the music of The Beautiful South first time around, then you’re in luckPenrynROSIE VANIER & ELLEN AND THE ESCAPADES Miss Peapods, 8pm, £5. Described by the Guardian as “Kate Bush on crack with Goldfrapp on synths” Rosie Vanier joins Ellen and the Escapades for a gig at MOJO - the show is a suitable venue to continue down after the free industry seminar at the Performance Centre.PlymouthFREE CUBA PARTY B-Bar, Barbican Theatre, 9pm, £free. Latin tunes and cocktails with our resident DJ playing the best in salsa, merengue, bachata, son and more.PICCADILLY WITH LIVE MUSIC BY WURLITZA, Plymouth Arts Centre, Looe St, 8pm, tickets £10 to celebrate the magic of silent cinema, we are delighted to welcome back Wurlitza performing a live accompaniment to Piccadilly, the 1929 film directed by E. A. Dupont. Wurlitza are acclaimed for their unique musical accompaniments. Their soundtrack ranges from numbers by the

Cure, Pink Floyd, the Buzzcocks, Kylie Minogue and Lou Reed to classical piano, Spanish guitar duets, four part harmonies and jazz standards – all performed live.Totnes JAKE MORLEY The Scope Complex, Will Rd 7pm, £4/£3 in adv. just signed a major distribution deal with Universal for his new album Many Fish To Fry (out on 28th February). Exclusive first look at his new work live in the Studio Lounge three days before it’s official release. This time next year he’ll be global so see him live while you can!Westward Ho!MAYBE NAKED The Waterfront, 9pm, £tbc. Rock covers

Sun 26 PlymouthINME White Rabbit, Bretonside Bus Station, 8pm, £12. Support from LostAlone. This is part of InMe UK album tour to mark the release of their fifth studio album ‘The Pride’ It’s set to be InMe’s boldest venture yet; an epic, soaring musical journey full of anthemic vocal hooks whilst staying in keeping with the bands progressive and technical feel.

Mon 27 ExeterINME The Cavern, Queen St, 8pm-1am, £12 Part of their UK wide ‘The Pride’ album tour.PlymouthOPEN MIC NIGHT The Junction, Mutley Plain, 9pm

Tue 28 PlymouthOPEN MIC Ride Café, Tavistock Place, 9pm, £free.

Wed 29 PlymouthCRAZY ARM White Rabbit, Bretonside Bus Station, 8pm, £tbc. The band have developed a distinctly progressive and aggressive style, shot through with a healthy dose of grass-roots politics. They rely chiefly on folk/country open tunings and slide guitars to evoke moods that are at odds with the punk orthodoxy. Support from Austin Lucas, Apologise I Have None & Great Cynics.

BETAFEST 2012 Beta Fest is a three-day indoor festival, that has already gone from “..what started as a party in a barn to the best underground music festival in Devon.” Previously based at The Palladium Club, Bideford, and before that in a barn, the festival has grown and for 2012 will be held at The Factory, Barnstaple. As Beta Fest goes from strength to strength they have booked high profile bands including The Dead Betas, Scholars, InMe to headline this years event, so go and support the music scene in North Devon! Three-day tickets are £15 from www.thedeadbetas.co.uk/betafest

MOJO – FALMOUTH MUSIC EXPO Running from 23-26 Feb, MOJO will use the existing live music structure of Falmouth to put on a multi-venue event that will be sold on a show-by-show basis with many of the events being free. Either way, the line-up will be selected by a single group of organisers and venue owners passionate about bringing their favourite bands to a town. The festival will also feature industry showcases, forums, workshops, and unique collaborations to all add to the festivities. Venues taking part include Tremough Campus, Blackbog Barbers, Miss Peapods and more tbc. More info and tickets at www.mojofestival.net/

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MONDAyS ExeterMONDAY NIGHT MADNESS. Arena. Summerland St. 10pm-2.30am. £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 ArenaMONDAYS. Timepiece. Little Castle St. 7.30pm-1am. £free. Cheesy pop mash up! FalmouthSTUDENT NIGHT. Toast. 18 Church St. until 1am. £free. Monday night is student night at toast with lots of £2 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. 10pm-3.30am, £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.THAI BEACH PARTY. Berties. 10pm-late, £4 in adv. Party tunes, free glowsticks, UV paint, retro shades and drink deals.PlymouthDROP THE BOMB. Ride Cafe. 45 Tavistock Place. 9pm-2am. £free all night. Featuring DJ Wonkey Ben bringing a totally new night of House and Electro. Bombs from £2!FUZZY LOGIC. Oceana. Barbican Leisure Park, 9pm-3am, £tbc. Student night, big tunes, cheap drinks and loads of fellow studnets - what’s not to like about this?!WONKEYLEGS. Bang Bang. 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 AustellBIG STUDENT NIGHT. The Club. 14 High Cross St. 10pm-2am. £4/£2 NUS. DJ Dean playing the party classics. All drinks £1.50. TruroSTUDENT NIGHT. L2 Nightclub. Calenick St. 10pm-2.30am. £free B4 11pm/£3 after. DJ Matt Wing + Guests playing Chart, Commerical, Dance ,HipHop, Dubstep and more.

TuESDAyS ExeterCAFE SABROSO/WONKEY LEGS & T.O.T.T.Y. Timepiece, Little Castle St. 7.30pm-1.30am, £free. Salsa, Samba and Merengue with DJ Ricardo in the bar, Wonkey Legs in the main room with dubstep and D’n’B from Aldo Vanucci and the balcony bar is hosted by Take Over

Timepiece Tuesdays with chart, R’n’B and cheesey anthems. CHEESY TUESDAYS. Arena. Summerland St. 10pm-2.30am. £4.50 A huge slice of cheese from the 80’s, 90’s & 00’s sandwiched in between all the biggest student anthems.ExmouthOFFICE PARTY. Fahrenheit, The Parade. 10pm-2.30am, £2/free B4 11pm. Commercial night.FalmouthTUESDAYS. Remedies. The Moor. 10pm-2am, £free. Indie music with competitive drinks prices. NewquayHOT 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. £2 B4 12am/£4 after. DJs Boris & DS playing chart and commercial bangers! Big WKD Snow Party on 20th Dec.PlymouthDUBSTEP TUESDAY White Rabbit, Bretonside Bus Station 11pm-4am. £2 Night of dubstep with residents Big Moff, Deano G, Antix, Masterstatus, Ramos, Blotta, Nakes and many more.MASH HITS Voodoo Lounge 8pm-2am. £free Night of mashed up musical mayhem.

WEDNESDAyS BudeRENAISSANCE. Rogue Nightclub. 38 The Strand. 10pm-2.30am, £3. Chart hits & club classics. ExeterSTUDENT 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. New weekly LGBT night starting on 8th June.LIVE MUSIC - OPEN MIC NIGHT. Angel Bar. 32 Queen St. 8pm-late, £free. Hosted by Billy Bottle.NO SLEEP. Cellar Door, 4 The Quay. 9pm-2am, £free. Classic funk, soul and old skool hip hop beats, with some added D’n’B, dubstep, electro and breaks.1st & 15th BREAKS & BASS SOCIETY Cavern Club, 8pm-2am £3. More midweek mayhem from this popular crew of DJs Beats and Bass playing a range of music from Drum and Bass to House, Hip Hop to Dubstep plus more. T-shirts on sale at £5 and member cards available from next to the bar until 10pm.8th SPIRAL SCRATCH Cavern Club, 8pm-2am £3/free B4 9pm. Student Indie Night with DJs playing the likes of Bloc Party/The Strokes/Bombay Bicyle Club/The Smiths/Kasabian/The

Libertines/Metronomy/The Clash /Mystery Jets/Vampire Weekend/The Maccabees/The Kinks/ Arctic Monkeys and much more. Special guests Mozart Parties.FalmouthOPEN DECKS. Q Bar. 15a Killigrew St. 9pm-late. £free. Hosted by Selecta Demo. All aspiring DJs welcome. SOUL FUNK & JUNK. Five Degrees West, 7 Grove Place. 9pm-late. £free. As it says on the tin!PlymouthBIG WEDNESDAY. Ride Cafe. 45 Tavistock Place. 9pm-2am. £2. Hook up, kick back, rock out. £1 drinks deals; this night is rammed every week! The ultimate antidote to mid week blues!CHEDDARS C103, Union St, 9pm - late, £3 NUS. Plymouth’s long running and most successful WEds studnet night is back for it’s 9th year. Founded by the legendery Kenny St James (RIP), expect theme nights, party games, and full on, no holds barred entertainment!COWPOW. The Dairy, 25 Bretonside. 6pm-late. Student night, chart popping classics, great student deals, all are welcome to join in the fun. NON-STOP MUSIC. Zero’s. 24 Lockyer St. 10.30pm-1am. £free. 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 BudeREVERT. Rogue Nightclub. 38 The Strand. 10pm - 2am. £5. Student/local night with all drinks £1.50 all night!ExeterHELLZAPOPPIN! Cellar Door, 4 The Quay. 9pm-2am, £2/free B4 11pm. Funk, jazz and electro swing with DJ Dodgy Style.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!!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.16th JOE BLOGGERS Cavern Club, 7.30pm-late £7 in adv. The premise is simple, influential bloggers are chosen to curate, DJ & promote. Guests include Ahab, Slipdown Dog, E.C Dawson & Benjamin Josif. More info and tickets from joebloggers.netFalmouthDJ DENO. Remedies. The Moor. 10pm-2am, £free. Chart music R&B Hip-Hop. THURSDAYS. Q Bar. 15a Killigrew

St. 8pm-late. £free. The best local D.J’s & Live Bands.MANGLED THURSDAYS. Upstairs at Mango Tango. 15a Killigrew St. 9pm-2am. £1. Hip Hop, Drum ‘n’ Bass, House, Techno, Electro & Breaks with DJ T3chnical, DJ Jezza and Green Renegade.STUDENT NIGHT. Toast. 18 Church St. until 1am. £free. Monday night is student night at toast with lots of £2 drink deals!Plymouth

TauntonBLISS THURSDAYS. 43/45 East St. 10pm-3am. £5. DJs will be playing all the floor-filling tunes!TruroPUB STAR. Zafiro’s. River St. 7.30pm-late. £2 donation. Sing your heart out with some classic karaoke.WEEKEND WARM-UP. L2 Nightclub, Calenick St. 10pm-2.30am. £free. Start the weekend early, special drink deals and resident DJ.

FrIDAyS BarnstapleVENUE. The Venue. The Strand. 10pm-3am. £tbc. Party the weekend away with this commercial night of dance and chart tunes.BidefordFUNKY FRIDAYS. Caesar’s Palace. King St. 11pm. £4. All the classics, a DJ and no rules whatsoever. BodminBACK TO THE CLASSICS Eclipse Nightclub. Victoria Square 10pm-3am. £5/£3 B4 11pm. 80’s & 90’s night, over 25’s but mature over 18’s welcome.Bude Rogue Nightclub. 38 The Strand. 10.30-3.30am. £5. North Cornwall’s leading night spot with a capacity of 350

9th recLaim upsu Drake Circus, 10pm-3am. £4 THere biggest night to date with special guest Netsky with his D’n’B beats. Signed to Hospital Records, this is a non-profit night with all money re-invested into the night.

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people and resident DJs Steve O...Smiffy and Wayne playing wide range ofmusic from chart to dubstep and hip hop to house.ExeterCOLLISION. 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!ANGEL PRESENTS... Angel Bar. 32 Queen St. 10pm-2am. £free. Different guests playing each week, check with bar for details.3rd CABARET VOLTAIRE Cavern Club, 9pm-3am £5 Guests The Magic Tombolino’s (as seen on The Rob Brydon The Magic Hatstand). They came into being in November 2006 after being constructed by Emma and jJmi brogan out of an ordinary hatstand. Alot of plywood, flourescent paint and glitter later the Magic hatstand was born! Appearing on the hatstand are a wide variety of ridiculous hats gathered from far and wide for each performance, along with a few rough looking DIY handlebar moustaches and more glitter.10th IRIE BINGO Cavern Club, 9pm-2am £5./more on the door Irie Bingo presents YT, one of the UK’s top reggae artists. With support from Exeters finest reggae dubstep duo Vibration Lab and the Irie Bingo crew in full effect.Expect bare Reggae, Dancehall, Dubstep, and Carnival Bashment with live vibes all night. Hosted by Shire Roots & Corey British.17th BIG LIKE HOUSE PRESENTS BREACH Cavern Club, 9pm-2am £5. For those who don’t know Breach is Ben Westbeech’s House/Funky Alias! Last year he released his Anthemic club smasher Fatherless on PTN. Breach has some sick releases planned with Claude VonStroke’s 808 heavy dirtybird label, and Catz n’ Dogz’ Pets Recordings, he is starting my own label and working on collaborations with Midland, Eats Everything and T. Williams. HSupport from Dwindle, First Aid, Phat Chex, Dutty Dan & Parnie.24th CABARET VOLTAIRE Cavern Club, 9pm-2am £6 in adv. Guests Laid Blak who are an eight piece new wave reggae act from Bristol. Their anthem ‘My Eyes are Red’ has established them as urban heavyweights. Support from Cabaret Voltaire residents playing moombahton, funky, ragga house and more.FalmouthFRIDAY NIGHTS. Toast. 18 Church St. 6.30pm-2am. £free. Something different every week with Get Up To Get Down with DJ Boogaloo & The Reverend

Al Bean from the Solo Collective on Fri 2nd, Mongolian Disco Show with DJ Ollie Stratton ‘You gotta expect the expected and the unexpected!’ on the 9th, Dante Gabriel on 16th and a live music gig with Lost Dawn on Fri 30th.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.3rd SIMIAN SOUNDS The Watermans, 10pm-2am £free. It’s Morph’s Birthday so it’s gonna be a special night, expect beats, breaks, dub, tech, glitch and bass. DJ’s playing include Morphosis (Birthday Boy), Monkey, Digityl & Treazon.17th HONG KONG PING PONG The Watermans, 10pm-2am £free. The guys have got something a bit special lined up for this night, hold tight and check their FB page for more info, search Hong Kong Ping Pong.NewquayFRIDAYS Fistral Beach Bar. 8pm-late, £free. A night of soulful music and good vibes with EatBeatz and Adski! Watch the sunset over Fistral Beach and boogie late into the night.I CANDY. Sailors. Fore St. 10.30pm-4am, £free entry with a handbag! Newquays busiest Friday night with the best in Chart, RnB, Dance and Party.OMG! FOAM PARTY! Berties Nightclub. East St. 10.30pm-4am. £2 B4 12.30pm. In the main room our resident DJ Will.B mashes up the best Chart, Dance, RnB, Indie and Party. Speical guest Joey from the only way is Essex on 9th DecKOOLA ROCKS. The Koola. 9pm-3am, £free with VIP cards. All 3 rooms open / live music & DJ’s / Indie Electro mash-ups / Latin spirit / live dancers / cocktail lounge / happy hour 6pm - 11pm / special guests.PenzanceSOUND FRIDAYS. Sound Nightclub. Branwell Mill. 11pm-4am. £5. DJ Boris & CQ take over the main room, special guests in room 2.10th DYNAMITE HIP HOP Sound Nightclub. Branwell Mill. 11pm-4am. £5. Special guest Jam Baxter & Dirty Dike, support from FKR (Financial Kollapse Records), Dj Louis J (FYP), Inkespillaz. Main room is usual commercial tunes with DJ Boris & DS. PlymouthCRISIS. White Rabbit. Bretonside Bus Station. £1. 12am-5am. An eclectic hot mix of Indie/Punk/Rock/Hip-Hop/Funk/80’s. Served to you by JC & OZ. DJ APACHE. View 2. Vauxhall St. £5/£4/£3/free B4 10.30pm, 9pm-late. Playing RnB, Funk, House and Club classics. Downstairs DJ Ryan Platts.DOLLY MIXTURES. Zero’s, 24 Lockyer St. 10.30pm-4am, £free B4 11pm/£4 after. Gay night with resident DJs Stev-E & Juzzy B play Cheese, Chart, R’n’B, Dance and Hard House.

FRIDAYS. Mutley Crown, Mutley Plain from 8pm-late, £free Different DJ each week playing a range of Trance, old skool, dubstep, house and urban. FUNKY FRIDAYS. The Treasury. Royal Parade. 9pm-3am, £tbc. Funky grooves.FUNKY FRIDAYS. Annabel’s Cabaret and Discotheque, Vauxhall St. 8.30pm-3pm. £tbc. Funky grooves all night.FUNKY FRESIAN FRIDAYS. The Dairy. 25 Bretonside. PUNK ROCK DISCO. Jack Chams. 50 Ebrington St. £1.50 vodka and mixer all night. RIGGED Karma Nightclub. 103 Mayflower St. 10.30pm–4am. £3 No cheese on a Friday night with guest DJ’s.REDEEMER. C103. 103 Union St. 10pm-3.30am. £2/members £1. Rock, Indie and Punk with DJ K-Rad, Dy 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!3rd SKANK N STOMP PRSENT DAVE THE DRUMMER Voodoo Lounge, 1 The Money Centre, £7/£5 in adv. DAVE started his career in 1995 as the producer for the infamous Liberator DJs in London, working with them as programmer, mix engineer and collaborator on the Stay Up Forever Label. In recent years Dave’s sound has shifted away from the dark acidic sound of the London underground techno to a slower funkier dark techno groove. A night not to be missed.24th ROLL THE DRUMS. The Drake Drum from 8pm-11.30pm, £free Classic trance with Steve Edwards, Tom Costelloe, Louk b2b Soundfixation, DJ Raze + DJ DriffT, Kev Hoskin Feat MC Jay-PCatch it live at www.livestream.com/rollthedrums24th THIRST 4 CLUBBING PRESENT DJ DEREK & SERIAL KILLAZ Thirst, Vauxhall St, Barbican. 9pm-late. £5. Old skool meets new skool with reggae master, DJ Derek and reggae / D’n’B maestros, Serial Killaz (see their interview with us in the front of the mag). Support comes from DJ Tuskan and more.St IvesROLLER DISCO. St Ives Guighall. 8.30pm-10.30pm. £6/£4 Back to the 80’s theme, over 18’s session, Dj’s playing the Best 70s ,80s, soul, funk, disco and club classic’s. Tickets and info at http://80sneonfancydress.com/Roller-Discos-in-Cornwall-2011-W10569.aspxTorquayFRIDAYS. Bohemia Nightclub. 41 Torwood St. 11pm-3am. £4 B4 12pm/£5 after. DJs on rotation including DJ Hype, Coalition, MC Daddy Earl, Jordan Suckle, Lee Haslam, DJ Gammer, DJ Supreme, Ben Mcgowan and Jimmy P.LADIES NIGHT. The Venue. 13 Torwood St. 9pm-1am. £3/ladies

£free all night. The biggest night in the bay.OPEN DECKS NIGHT. Blue Cargo / Club 7 Braddons Hill. 8.30pm-1am. £free. All styles welcome. With resident DJs DJ R and Corzeneffect. Call Dave on 07990 790 888 for a set.Totnes10th JELLY JAZZ The Barrel House, High St. 8pm-12pm, £6 on the door. Special guess Christine Indigo & resident Pete Isaac dropping killer jazz and funk tunes.TruroFUNKY FRIDAYS. L2 Nightclub. Calenick St. 10pm-2.30am. £free all night. DJ Tom Wills playing all the best tunes. Lots of drink promotions inc. all shots £1.50.HEDOFFICE . The Office. 10.30pm-late. £free. Start the weekend as you mean to go on. Special 999 fancy dree party on 4th, £3 entry or £5 inc bus from Falmouth Tremough Campus.10th KUTSKI L2 Nightclub. Calenick St. 10pm-2.30am. £6. Radio 1’s hard style DJ Kutski makes as special appearance at the club this wek. Support from Ashley T & Greg Zizque.2nd March REMIX L2 Nightclub. Calenick St. 10pm-2.30am. £5. Drum and Bass comes back to L2 on a monthly basis with the launch of this new night. Guests kicking it all off are Sigma, Fred V & Grafix.

SATurDAyS BodminEclipse Nightclub. Victoria Square 10pm-late. £7/£5 B4 11pm. Chart and party tunes with guest DJ’s every week.BudeRogue Nightclub. 38 The Strand. 10.30-3.30am. £5. North Cornwall’s leading night spot with a capacity of 350 people and resident DJs Steve O...Smiffy and Wayne playing wide range ofmusic from chart to dubstep and hip hop to house. Special guests Firin Squad on Sat 29th Oct, tickets £7 in adv, more on the door.CamborneKRIS NEBROSO, The Clipper, 9pm – 1am, £free. A night of Cheese + ChartParty, Dance, R’n’B, Oldies and Motown tunes.ExeterANGEL PRESENTS... Angel Bar. 32 Queen St. 10pm-2am. £free. Different guests playing each week, check with bar for details.ESSENTIAL SATURDAY. Arena. Summerland St. 10pm-3.30am. £6.50otd. Best in Dance, Chart, Party and RnB. INDIE CLUB. Cavern Club, 83-84 Queen St. 8pm-2.30am. £free B4 9pm. The best in Indie/Alternative & Electro Sounds from DJS Jake and Paddy. With live guests. SATURDAYS. The Amber Rooms. 161 Sidwell St. 9pm-3am. £free. Guest DJs dropping all things funky. WOBBLE. Timepiece. 7.30pm-2am, £3 B4 11pm with flyer. Mr. Onions lets


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rip, dropping everything anything from R’n’B to Indie, Jazz to Pop, Funk to Rock, Drum & Bass to House.11th HINDSIGHT VALENTINE BALL The Hole in the Wall 9pm-4am, £10 on the door. Guests include Ben Gold, Organ Donors, Brett Wood, Nick The Kid, Killswitch, Digital Self & Tektonic + Kitchen Disko & Dark Knights House room. 11th RINSEOUT PRESENT NEW DAWN 2012 Exeter Phoenix 9pm-4am, £15/more on the door. D’n’B with DJ Hype Ed Rush, The Prototypes, Nicky Blackmarket, Pleasure, A.M.C., Mr Nice & many more. MCs; Skibadee, Dynamite, Harry Shotta, Fearless, Phantom, Rhymes & more.3rd March COALITION PRESENT 16Bit & FUNTCASE Exeter Phoenix, 8pm-2am £13 in adv. Dubstep and bass as this crew celebrate their first birthday with six headliners! Guests include 16Bit, Funtcase, Millions Like Us, Dark Elixir, Biometrix and a surprise guest to be announced on the night! Support comes from Dubl K, Ranja, Stokka, Houlden, Westman, Zenon, Critical, Convulsion, Subshine & Subjecht.Falmouth

TOAST. Toast. 10.30pm - 2am. £free. Sir Something different every weekSATURDAY. Q Bar. 15a Killigrew St. 8pm-2am. Always a massive night@ Q with the DJs spinning the best music for you to dance and drink to. See weekly invites for line-ups!WEEKEND WARM-UP. Remedies. The Moor. 10pm-2am. £3. 3 Bars, 2 Floors, 3 different DJs playing all sorts of different music from R&B to Cheese and Chart.Gwithian25th SOUP PRESENT JELLY

JAZZ The Sandsifter, 10pm-2am, £5 on the door. Groovy, funky tunes all night from Pete Isaac and Blacc Jazz.NewquayDJ EDGE. Belushi’s. Fore St. Till late. £free. A live DJ night with a selection of Hip Hop (mainly old school) , Funk, Electro, Soul, 80’s/90’s Pop.2 GOOD 2 MISS SATURDAYS. Berties. East St. Ladies £free B4 1am with flyer/£2. DJ Will.B mixing the best chart/RnB/Dance/Party/Indie and Old Skool. DJ proof keeps it Urban in Club 2. Guests Lauren from The Only Way is Essex on 30th July, Funda & Agne from Made in Chelsea on 6th August, and the legendary Judge Jules on 13th August.KUNG FUNKY. Level 3, 3-9 Beach Rd 9pm-3am, £free. “House, Tech House & Electronica with Tim Nice, Evil Genius & Friends. This is not your average Newquay Stag & Hen night out. This is where the locals go to party, they are a music savvy crowd, there for the music. Special guest on the 11th, Stephanie Sugarshaker.PASSION. Sailors. Fore St. 10.30pm-4am. £tbc. Chart, dance & retro tunes to shake your booty with John London PARTY NIGHT. Koola, 12 Beach Rd10.30pm-4am. £tbc. Party night, with selected guests, see Chy Koola Facebook page for more details.SATURDAYS. Red Square. Gover Lane. 10pm-4am. £free. An upfront mix of everything from Chart to Club, R&B to Dub... we have everything you’re looking for to make that ultimate Saturday night out in Newquay. Penzance

SOUND SATURDAY. Sound Nightclub. Branwell Mill, Market Jew Street. 11pm-4am. £5/£2 B4 12am (non special guest nights

only). DJs Boris & DS playing chart and commercial bangers! Porthtowan4th EASYLIFE SOUND ASSOCIATION PRESENT ‘WAX ON WAX OFF The Barn, Mount Pleasant Eco Park, 8pm-late, £4/£3 before 9pm. Playing the very best in Funk, Spaced out Disco, Deepest House and Classic Vinyl cuts spiced up by some live sax for your musical pleasurePlymouth

SATURDAY FORUM. Jack Chams. 50 Ebrington St. Live show and DJ sets.FRESH CITY. Crash Manor. Union St. 10pm-4am. £4 B4 midnight with flyer. R&B, Hip Hop, Bashment and UK Funky with residents DJ Jonezy, DJ Snake and DJ Badness. DJ APACHE. View 2. Vauxhall St. £5/£4/£3/free B4 10.30pm, 9pm-late. Playing RnB, Funk, House and Club classics. Downstairs DJ Ryan Platts.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. Mutley Crown, Mutley Plain 9pm-late, £free. 60s/70s/80s/90s Rock and Pop with DJ Neil and loads of drinks deals.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.SATURDAYS. Annabel’s Cabaret and Discotheque. 8pm-3am. £tbc. 2 floors of entertainment with live cabaret and discotheque. THE BIG DEAL C103 Nightclub, Union St 10pm-4am, £5. The big deal

- £5 entry and get five drinks free - crazy deal! Two rooms of tunes with chart, party and indie rock.3rd March DISTORTION C103, 103 Union St, 10.30pm-6am, £10/£8 in adv. The first hard dance event of the year for the city, with special guests Tidy Boys playing a 2hr set. Support from Tommie Quick, Nokturnal, Aaron Jones, Dan Kelly, Sean Patrick & Guy Steere. Room 2 hosts Funkin Bass with various local DJ’s.St AustellTHE BIG ONE. The Club. 14 High Cross St. 10pm-2am. £6. Massive party night with DJ Stevie G playing RnB, Dance, Hip Hop and DnB.TauntonSATURDAYS. Bliss. 43/45 East St. 9pm-3am. £free B4 10.30pm with guestlist/£5 after 10pm. It’s the original big night out, with the biggest mix of Party, Dance and R & B. TorquayKINDA FUNKY. Bohemia. 41 Torwood St. 10.30pm-4am, £4 B4 11pm/£6 after. Room 1 plays R&B, Hip Hop and smooth Grooves. Room 2 for uplifting House, Trance and Dance anthems. SATURDAYS. The Venue. 13 Torwood St. 10pm-3am. £free B4 12am for members/£2 B4 12am/£3. TruroSATURDAY SOCIAL. L2 Nightclub. Calenick St. 10pm-2.30am. £5/free B4 11pm. DJ Matt Wing in Room 1 playing Chart & Commerical. DJ Jason M & Snatch the Wax in Room 2 playing House, Electro, Party Breaks. Special guests on the 3rd with Fenton Gee, Dane Bowers and friends.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 ExeterWORLD BEATS. Timepiece. Little Castle St, 8pm-1.30am, £free. Latin, Salsa, Afro Beat, Reggae, Arabic & Spanish.FalmouthOPEN JAM. Q Bar. 15a Killigrew St. 6pm-late. £free. Hosted by Perry followed at 10pm with Titan Sound finishing off your weekend with PRESSURE DROP RootsRockReggae/Digital Dancehall.PlymouthLEGENDAIRY. The Dairy. 25 Bretonside. 6pm-late. 80’s & 90’s music. UNSPLASH...REGGAE & ROAST Voodoo Lounge, Money Centre, 5.30pm-10.30pm, £free. An alternative to the Sunday Roast, Caribbean style! You’ll be licking your lips to a quality mix of Reggae, Dub & Dancehall from the finest selectors around, and menu prices that wont break the bank! An evening of tasty treats, upbeat riddims and chilled out vibes to sign out your weekend in style. For more info about the DJs & menu find ‘Sunday SunSplash!’ on Facebook.

4th aNNie mac The Stannary 9pm-2am, £12.50Radio 1’s queen of dance music is playing live in Falmouth! Support from Ry Spencley from the infamous LoveRiot, Si Le Phone, L El and Mr Onions Gonna be a big roadblock, adv tickets sold out, limited number available on the door.

25th uNLeashed preseNts beNGa White Rabbit, Betonside Bu Station, 10pm-4am, £10.Massive dubstep night with the one and only Benga! Expect a full night night of bass, supported by Darko, J-Man, D-Lux, Gravity & MC Youngman.

25th hacieNda resideNt - Greame parK Sound Nightclub. Branwell Mill, Market Jew Street. 11pm-4am. £5 all night. House classics withthis legendary DJ from Manchester’s best club back in the ninties.


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