The next gig being promoted by People Independent Music, following on from Sam Amidon and Summer Camp last year, is Richmond Fontaine. These guys are veterans of the alt. country circuit (so long as you don’t deplore the name of that particular genre) and their most recent release, The High Country, has received plenty of [...]
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Richmond Fontaine to play the Crypt in March
Newton Faulkner returns to Guildford
Newton Faulkner, who has become one of the biggest success stories out of ACM, will return to Guildford as part of a nationwide UK tour. He’ll be playing material from his third album, scheduled for release later this year, at G Live on the 23rd April as well as his older classics. Tickets go onsale [...]
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Spotlight: Bella Padley
Bella Padley is a local singer-songwriter who has the makings of a really captivating musician. There’s only one song available on her Soundcloud page at the moment, Beating Hearts, but it shows a healthy amount of confidence in her vocal delivery and hints at a really ambitious method of songwriting. One to watch – literally, [...]
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Turning Plates to play the Boileroom for free in April
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The Boileroom, as you may or may not know, does some Sunday Club events where you turn up with an instrument and jam with their house band for free. They also put on performances by other artists and the booking of Turning Plates caught my eye. Their music is quite intriguing and well-produced so it’ll [...]
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Bad for Lazarus head to the Boileroom in April
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Bad for Lazarus will be trekking all the way from Brighton to Guildford in April for a headlining show at the Boileroom on the 5th April. Their brand of no-nonsense rock ‘n’ roll has seen them support the likes of Liars and The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster in the past. Tickets are £4 and onsale now. [...]
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What We’re Listening To: Justice – Audio, Video, Disco
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This week has been another week of French techno following my foray into the new M83 double album. Given that I’m going to see Justice at Brixton Academy on Friday it seemed like a good idea to finally delve into their back catalogue. Their debut, †, was fine but it’s follow-up Audio, Video, Disco that has [...]
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Non-Guildford: Lianne La Havas – Forget (TLOBF Session)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8VaGXrPALQ Now this is good. Lianne La Havas emerged unexpectedly on Later…with Jools Holland last year and impressed with just a guitar and her vocals. She’s done it again with this live version of Forget filmed for The Line of Best Fit. I can imagine her playing a place like the Crypt below the Angel [...]
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Haydons Place to support Four Short of a Miracle in April
Haydons Place will be supporting Four Short of a Miracle at the Boileroom on the 2nd April. They will join fellow local bands Follow Wyliss and Goodnight Vienna and, just like all the other acts on the bill, will be loud and heavy. Tickets are currently onsale for £4. Haydons Place – Collide:
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Copacabana Kid to support The Adamski Kid in March
A couple of support bands have been added to the bill for The Adamski Kid’s headline show at the Boileroom on the 23rd March. The first is Copacabana Kid, a Brazilian band who are bouncy and energetic if their debut record Tropical Slash is anything to go by. Also playing that night will be Fears. [...]
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Eschar to play the Boileroom in March
Not content with just playing one show in Guildford this week (they’re at Nylon Sky’s signing party this Friday at the Star Inn), Eschar have announced a headlining show at the Boileroom. The gig will take place on the 5th March and support comes from Antlered Man and Scratch Latin. If you like a bit [...]
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Photos: Kaiser Chiefs at G Live
The biggest event of the week in Guildford, music-wise, was the Kaiser Chiefs going to G Live as part of their extensive UK tour. All reports suggest that it was an enjoyable night and the band have put up some photos on their Facebook page. Well worth having a look.
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Non-Guildford: Queen and Faith No More for Sonisphere?
It’s not often that the Daily Star propels the festival rumour mill but today is one of those days. They’re reporting that two of this year’s Sonisphere headliners are going to be Faith No More and Queen with Adam Lambert. Queen! There was a nice documentary on them last year on the BBC. You should [...]
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The Waterboys for G Live in May
G Live has announced that The Waterboys will be playing there in May. Mike Scott’s band will take to the Guildford stage on the 21st May as part of an extensive UK & Irish tour. Tickets are £28.50 and onsale now.
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Ticket-buying reminder
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Remember that tomorrow both tickets for Slow Club and Thin Lizzy in Guildford go onsale. The Slow Club ones will be available from SeeTickets as will the tickets for Thin Lizzy.
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Non-Guildford: Great Escape 2012 announces first batch of artists
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The Great Escape is a truly wonderful three-day event in Brighton in May where you can watch a load of new bands and will more than likely discover at least one Favourite New Band. They’ve just announced the first batch of artists for this year’s event, which takes place between the 10th-12th May, and features [...]
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Thin Lizzy to rock G Live in May
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Rock news! Thin Lizzy will be playing G Live on the 16th May. Obviously, the line up in the above photo won’t be the one that plays Guildford. Band members Scott Gorham, Brian Downey and Darren Wharton will be joined by guitarist Richard Fortus (Guns ‘N’ Roses), bassist Marco Mendoza (Whitesnake) and Ricky Warwick (The Almighty) on vocals. [...]
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Four Short of a Miracle to play the Boileroom in April
Need a dose of punk right before Easter? Farnham-based Five Short of a Miracle will be playing a show at the Boileroom on the 2nd August. Support on the night comes from Follow Wyliss, who just had an EP launch gig at the same venue last week, and Goodnight Vienna. Tickets are onsale now for [...]
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This Boy – Caring (Acoustic Version)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w57Ij9dkdBE Ahead of their appearance at the Boileroom this Saturday, which is a free show alongside Fear No Fish and Chasinjade, This Boy have put a video of them playing Caring in what looks like a bedroom. Then again, where else would you put a bed, some microphones, a shelving unit with keyboards on it [...]
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