16Th October 2008 Southampton University's Finest Entertainment

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16th October 2008 Southampton University’s Finest Entertainment Publication Editor’s Column What’s Your Type?

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have permission to use the song. That’s Entertainment..... In a statement to the press Foos Editorial Assorted nonsense from the world of fi lm and music frontman Dave Grohl said that “the Hi.... saddest thing about this is that ‘My Cringeworthy collaboration alert: at a Halloween gig played by his Hero’ was written as a celebration .... and welcome back to Dreary brit-rockers Coldplay are favourite band Dead Kids – but of the common man and his ex- the Edge. We hope you had an teaming up with Jay-Z for a re- only if they can scare one fan liter- traordinary potential. To have it ap- awesome freshers week and are working of ‘Lost’ from the band’s ally to tears during their song ‘Fear not fi nding the start of lectures too propriated without our knowledge strenuous. If things are getting a most recent album ‘Vida la Vida....’. and Flouride’. A spokesperson for and used in a manner that perverts little diﬃ cult, don’t worry – we’ve The band will also release a new the event at which the gig will take the original sentiment of the lyric got a mountain of music and fi lm eight track E.P. entitled ‘Prospekts place, entitled ‘A Plague on Both just tarnishes the song’. Other reviews to distract you from all the March’ alongside the single, featur- Your Houses’, said – and we swear artist including Sam Moore and reading you should be doing (let’s ing tracks described as ‘too catchy this is true - The theme of the party Editor’s face it, it’s far more entertaining), Heart (no, us neither) have asked so you can blame us when the or too heavy for Coldplay songs.... is the return of the plague, so un- both candidates to stop using their Column grades start coming back. the songs are like unfi nished dead, infected guests like Pete will songs at campaign rallies. homework we’re handing in late’. fi t in perfectly’. So what have we actually got Sloppy and rushed, then. Will the nightmare ever end? this month? First of all, Holly’s Foo Fighters are mad High School Musical director article on illegal downloading Babyshambles’ Pete Doherty, at U.S. Presidential Image Caption Box and the credit crunch will make Kenny Ortega wants to make all you bittorrent obsessives feel who is apparently still alive, candidate John McCa- a fourth in the series. Speak- very guilty. Which is a good thing. has announced a rather in for using their track ing at the premier of the third Im vullum ing ercilit wisci tis adit We’ve then got reviews of records disturbing plan for Hal- ‘My Hero’ in his presi- lut vulla aut amet wis ad tat. Lor ad movie in the series, Ortega in- from the likes of Seasick Steve loween. Britain’s most dential campaign, eniat nit ut inissequat acilit, sum (awesome), King Blues (ditto) You sisted there was still scope for illa commodignit nonulla facilla prominent Junkie claiming it ‘tar- Me At Six (good) and Holy Ghost a fourth in the series, which feummodolor sum et, conse con has off ered to lock nishes’ the track. estionse faccum adigniam duisi. Revival (awful), to name but a few. would focus entirely on Met duipit lorper sequism Live wise, you’ll fi nd Mellencolin, himself inside a rat- McCain, mean- British newcomer Jemma odoloreril irit am zzrilis dolummo Seasick Steve (again), and Colour. fi lled coﬃ n for one hour while, claims to McKenzie-Brown. dionsec tetumsan et dionsecte ex Dean’s fi lm section is as packed as eugait, volor sumsan erit lorem ever, with Tropic Thunder, How To quis nulput lutat wis dolupta Lose Friends and Alienate People, It is however, not without some tueriurem nonulla mconseq uisisci RocknRolla and more. 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Despite the hard ercincidunt wisciduisci ea faci eros to the BPI, (British Phonographic nonse del ulluptate con henim aut Southampton music scene, and In a time of economic hardship line taken by the authorities, Industry) who represent those in aute faccum dunt nis del dolesti the chance to win free gig tickets. for the struggling student and there are many, including self the music business, fi le-sharing onulla amconse ver summod modit Perfect! the credit-crunched public at proclaimed music lovers and fi lm has purportedly cost the British autat. Ut utpatum aliquisit aliquis large, we may fi nd ourselves ever buff s, who see downloading as music industry £1.1bn in the ero dolore vel dipit, quis nis alit As ever, we’re massively thankful more tempted to turn to our somewhat of a ‘victimless crime’. last three years as a direct result irilit delit, sustie consenim ipisisim to our army of contributors. If you broadband connected beauties to of illegal downloading. FACT ex eummodip exerius tionsequisim fancy becoming one, just drop us provide us with oodles of ‘free’ and At the risk of encroaching (Federation Against Copyright do del utat alit ullan volut pratem an email at [email protected] easily accessible music and fi lms. upon ideological domain, the Theft) who are concerned with veliquam incipit do exero commy and we’ll explain how it all works. domination of big and faceless piracy within the fi lm industry nibh euisit veliquat, quisse We hope you enjoy the issue, and With a plethora of these free, if corporations leads us to feel that present an equally scathing view eniatue raestrud molor iureet utterly illegal, downloading sites ulluptatue dionull aortissectet we’ll be back soon. we are owed something back from of the downloading trend and wiscipsusto cortion sectem available; Bittorrent, Mininova, and the blockbuster-producing money highlight the damaging impact velenim vero consed tie vendrem Limewire to name but a few, the machines and all they represent on British fi lms and fi lmmakers. quismol orerit, quat dolorperat With love from the Edge Team: opportunity for online fi le-sharing (even if the goods they produce are am doloree tueraestio odipsum is becoming increasingly quick pretty damn fi ne). We can sleep safe It is when we consider that Editors: Pete Benwell and and painless. At the double-click at night believing that downloading these industry losses could Hannah Calcutt of a button (and perhaps a little and stealing are Disney-worlds apart. aff ect more than Madonna’s Record Editor: Tom Shepherd knowledge of technologicities- 8th-house fund, and might in Live Editor: Rik Sharma which from this sentence you fact reverberate through to the Features Editor: Holly Hooper may guess I lack) current releases ‘little guys’ that the cost of ‘free’ Film Editor: Dean Read may be downloaded to your music seems a high price to pay. computer in a matter of hours With: and you need never leave the This being said, it must be Nicholas Brown, Ed Phillips, comfort of your fully reclining chair. remembered that despite all good Jack Harding, Beth Glanvill, Ed intentions, cinema tickets are Powell, Kate Golding and Adam But it is not only that we can, with extortionate, Scouting for Girls CDs McCartney. ever increasing ease, download are both embarrassing to buy, and free music and fi lms that is notable, not worth £11, and many online but that to some extent, we begin downloader’s watch and listen to Contact: [email protected] to accept them as ‘free’. Attitudes much more material than they towards downloading seem, at would ever have otherwise bought. Features

As seasoned gig-goers will be more than aware, any show, irrespective of music genre or venue, will inevitably include certain types of people/behavior in their audience. For the What’s Your Type? purposes of a guide to those less experienced, this short By Holly Hooper list identifi es the staple ingredients of the spectator…pie.

The Hardcore Fans The Mobile Phoneys The Lovers Fighting for the optimum position for Mobile Phoneys are intent on using their phones The Lovers, who are known to frequent park viewing and/or groping their beloved icons, throughout the gig without intermission. the Hardcore Fans present signs of obsession Whether they be taking pictures or video clips, benches and the dark corners of nightclubs, manifested in varying degrees; from the texting or calling up friends during songs to are also a staple of the live gig scene. Almost obligatory fan t-shirt, to more severe cases proudly blast classics to the unfortunately completely oblivious to their surroundings of image imitation and body tattooing (i.e. ticketless, they present no real danger or (those worst aﬄ icted), Lovers can go without Editor’s that girl that got Eric Singer’s face tattooed annoyance. Attention should be paid to those breathing for two to three hours but in oc- on her hip…eww). The Hardcore’s will who see the quieter instances between bands Column at all times out sing and dance you but as a time to conduct a ring tone parade; there casional periods of non-kissing, can merge can provide a wealth of knowledge and is a place for this activity and that is public into Talkers (see below). As such, mild action enthusiasm for the performer/s and in this transport-feel free to remind them of this. may be taken against them if their behavior way are a positive addition to any show. becomes too severe/unsavory.

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Records Singles.. By Tom Shepherd Bring Me The Horizon - Suicide Season By Kate Golding MGMT - Kids used. Impossible to ignore, Suicide more varied. The song writing is nothing This is the kind of track that we’ve The critics have been proved Season is brutal; encompassing overly profound, with lyrics such as, “why come to expect from New York feel good wrong. With Suicide Season, Bring metal with a determined, the f**k can I not hail a taxi?” in ‘Football dance act MGMT. ‘Kids’ is the third oﬃ cial Me The Horizon have demonstrated I-don’t-care-what-you-think, Season Is Over’, although there are polar release to be taken from the band’s that they are not just kids trying to punk attitude. In a recent examples. Another particular humorous sophomore album ‘Oracular Spectacular’ play metal, but are now a band interview, the band put line: “after all you put me through, I should and delivers on all fronts. The catchy, if not to be taken seriously by all. This their newly evolved fl air and have f*****g p****d on you” in ‘No Need slightly haunting, synth which features album has a far more fi nished fi nesse down to not being For Introductions, I’ve Read About Girls throughout the song is as infectious as feel to it, with defi ance and able to do anything other Like You On The Backs Of Toilet Doors’; rabies and is in perfect accompaniment edge far surpassing that than be immersed in refers to the recent accusation that Oliver Editor’s to the vocals. A thunderous bass and of their previous album - the album and its Sykes urinated on a female fan. Although metronomic drumbeat make this track ‘Count Your Blessings’. production. Aside he has been cleared of this, it is an example Column irresistibly foot-tapable. Expect this The involvement of from this, Oli Sykes’ of the poor press exposure the band have psychedelic number to be invading renowned producer voice has adapted received over the years. This album is dancefl oors and your ears pretty soon. Fredrik Nordström, who and improved to a turning point for the band, a defi nite 9/10 has worked with the be able to convey fi nger up to their critics and proof that this likes of In Flames, has no diff erent styles of band is serious. Highlights of the album Image Caption Box Fightstar - The English doubt been a brilliant delivery and the include ‘Chelsea Smile’, a fi rm favourite infl uence on the band. result is a lot more of mine from the start, ‘Diamonds Aren’t Way However Oliver Sykes passion and emotion Forever’ and “Sleep With One Eye Open” Im vullum ing ercilit wisci tis adit Fightstar seem to have set out to do and co. have defi nitely invested into the because it encompasses the new, lut vulla aut amet wis ad tat. Lor ad everything that has been done before come into their own. The second full length heavier, improved Bring Me The Horizon. eniat nit ut inissequat acilit, sum with single “The English Way’, and what’s album is far more diverse album. The guitars (Lee illa commodignit nonulla facilla 8/10 feummodolor sum et, conse con more they have succeeded in doing it and intelligent than it’s Malia and Curtis Ward) estionse faccum adigniam duisi. badly. The song is nothing more than predecessor, with diff erent sound tighter and the Met duipit lorper sequism bland, and no addition of strings, piano sounds and structures being drums (Matt Nicholls) are odoloreril irit am zzrilis dolummo or orchestral singing help in making it dionsec tetumsan et dionsecte ex any more interesting. In fact this mixture eugait, volor sumsan erit lorem of mediums and sounds leave the track quis nulput lutat wis dolupta sounding messy and disorganised. tueriurem nonulla mconseq uisisci There’s not much else wrong with the Ben Folds - Way To Normal duissequat nullametummy nim track, it’s just there’s not much else By Nicholas Brown quipit ipit in hent pratisl exeros right about it. I can see even the most energetic singalongs of his earlier crowd am doloreetue dit ullaore ming hardcore of Fightstar fans having trouble Ben Folds’ third solo album Way To Normal favourites like ‘Rockin’ the Suburbs.’ ercincidunt wisciduisci ea faci eros nonse del ulluptate con henim aut in denying that this is nothing above picks up where his 2005 album ‘Songs for Way to Normal is full of Folds’ typical aute faccum dunt nis del dolesti what the band have done previously. Silverman’ left off . It’s hard not to sound sarcasm and emotional candour, onulla amconse ver summod modit Patriotism aside, it’s mediocre at best. like you’re plagiarising a review of his unfortunately his new enthusiasm for autat. Ut utpatum aliquisit aliquis 4/10 earlier solo work: as before, Folds’ piano dirty synth and bizarre percussion drags ero dolore vel dipit, quis nis alit and keyboard work continues to impress some of his songs down. They’re not irilit delit, sustie consenim ipisisim Fall Out Boy - I Don’t and surprise, again he brings in a number of awful, it’s just disappointing to hear his ex eummodip exerius tionsequisim Care interesting accompaniments and once more bolder experimental songs when you do del utat alit ullan volut pratem Fall Out Boy are back, with ‘I Don’t Care’ he delves into the minute details of human know what he’s capable of, songs like the veliquam incipit do exero commy being the fi rst track to open their account emotions with lyrics so raw and personal it main single ‘You Don’t Know Me’ where nibh euisit veliquat, quisse from forthcoming album ‘Folie à Deux’. feels like he’s bearing his soul with each line. he collaborates with Regina Spektor. eniatue raestrud molor iureet Upon fi rst listen i found this track horribly Way to Normal is the continuation of Ben Combining the album’s main themes: ulluptatue dionull aortissectet wiscipsusto cortion sectem underwhelming, verging on annoying. Folds’ solo musical journey. Since splitting romantic catastrophe and emotional velenim vero consed tie vendrem Only to fi nd myself with the song fi rmly with his band Ben Folds Five his music isolation with an addictive jumpy quismol orerit, quat dolorperat lodged into my skull a mere few listens has evolved, replacing oddball energy and piano-bashing rhythm, ‘You am doloree tueraestio odipsum later, and from there on formed a love/ juvenility with skill and perspective. Piano Don’t Know Me’ is the Ben hate relationship with the song. The Pop’s angry young fl agbearer is now a dad Folds we know and love. band seem to have taken a callous and a three-time divorcee, he is a man who, Way to Normal is and careless approach with the track, like a fi ne cheese, has matured with his music. patchy and contains a exerting an overtly arrogant outlook. Yet Nowhere is this more apparent than few duds, but the rest this complacent approach only seems to the deeply romantic ballads ‘Cologne’ of the album more strengthen the track’s irritatingly strong and ‘Kylie from Connecticut’, which than make up for hook. The song itself features bouncy are also some of the strongest songs on them. The perfect guitars and a faultless performance the album. Matching melancholy piano Autumnal album. that we’ve come to expect from vocalist phrases with his breathy thoughts about 7/10 Patrick Stump. It may not be the most the isolation and confusion of romance intricate or even listenable piece that create polished performances that linger. FOB have written to date, but if writing a On the other end of the spectrum are song that can’t be ignored was on their the less-profi cient, but more fun fan- agenda, then mission accomplished. pleasers, such as the album’s two opening 6/10 numbers ‘Hiroshima’ and ‘Dr. Yang’, along with ‘Bitch went Nuts’ which evoke the Records Singles.. By Tom Shepherd The King Blues - Save The World, Funeral For a Friend - Kicking and Screaming Get The Girl By Rik Sharma the rest of the album would be able to keep tracks, although because it was released ‘Kicking and Screaming’ is the such a consistently high quality. Perhaps way before the album as the fi rst single second single to come off of the bands When the Gaslight Anthem released ‘the I should stop being such a cynical bastard (months ago) it doesn’t feel quite as fresh fi rst album on their own record label, ’59 sound’ earlier this year, I thought in future. The second track, ‘I got love’ is to me as the rest of the material. The last ‘Memory and Humanity’, making it their that it would have to take a very, very another song just as beautiful as the fi rst, and song, ‘What if Punk Never Happened’ fourth studio album in total. This freedom special record to pip it to record of almost as catchy. I could probably go through is a poem which is set to quiet backing has given the band the opportunity to the year (and we’re only in October!). the album saying this track after track. music, where Itch (vocals and ukulele) create a much rawer and looser sound, And the King Blues have delivered My favourite track on the album muses about a world without the punk Editor’s which is obvious from the fi rst listen of this record. Heart-burstingly feelgood, has turned out to be the title track, ‘Save movement; (‘there was no-one around ‘Kicking and Screaming’. Whilst I can righteously angry and honestly glorious the World, Get the Girl’. It’s gentle yet to fi ght Margaret Thatcher / the power Column appreciate the band’s decision to opt in parts, every song on this record leads gleeful, inspiring, feel good chorus (‘but of the fl ower just couldn’t match her’) for this style, this track just doesn’t to a fi nal track which is frankly hair-raising. I will save the world / yeah I will get the and builds up to a fantastic conclusion. speak to me. The guitars are complex If you’ve not listened to the King girl / I’ll dismantle a ticking time bomb Perhaps the only weak point and interesting enough and the vocals Blues before, here’s a brief introduction. with just one second to spare / and you on the album is ‘For You My Darling’; sharp, but there’s no real hook. The The band have two albums, this is their will all point up at the sky as I fl y right it is an ambitious song which perhaps Image Caption Box song seems solid enough, but there’s sophomore eff ort, the other is ‘Under the through the air’) is like sunshine shining overstays it’s welcome slightly, but I no real excitement. With any luck not a Fog’. That album is excellent, and is an through an avenue of beautiful forestry. have a feeling it may be a grower. And it sign of things to come from the album. album I feared this one might not be able The lyrics on the album focus certainly isn’t lost looking for a hook. Im vullum ing ercilit wisci tis adit 5/10 to top. But it does. (Sacrilege! Cry the avid on a variety of topics, from an urban love As good as the disc is, live the King lut vulla aut amet wis ad tat. Lor ad fans of the fi rst album, but believe me, I story (‘so kiss me underneath this lamppost Blues are something else. Unbelievable. eniat nit ut inissequat acilit, sum Sara Bareilles - Bottle loved that, and this one is even better). light / I know it smells of piss but… you Songs like ‘The Streets Are Ours’ really illa commodignit nonulla facilla It Up feummodolor sum et, conse con Genre wise, one quart punk spirit added look beautiful tonight’) to wry comments come into their fi st-pumping own on the estionse faccum adigniam duisi. After secretly loving the summer to a mix of political reggae and ska, and about mournful mornings after nights out dancefl oor. Perhaps this is the best way Met duipit lorper sequism sensation that was American songstress upbeat pop hooks. With a ukulele. And (‘how come I’m so dehydrated / when I to sum the record up: On ‘The Schemers, odoloreril irit am zzrilis dolummo Sara Bareilles’ ‘Love song’, I eagerly sometimes it’s acapella. What’s not to like? had so much to drink last night’) and even the Scroungers and the Rats’ they say ‘I’m dionsec tetumsan et dionsecte ex anticipated her next single. This has come The fi rst song on the record is the Arnold Schwarzenegger and the war on Iraq happy doin’ nothing / they tell me it’s all a eugait, volor sumsan erit lorem in the form of ‘Bottle It Up’, and upon latest single from this album, ‘My Boulder’. (‘put the oops back in troops and it seems waste / but I ain’t never seen no three piece quis nulput lutat wis dolupta fi rst listen, no, it’s not as instantaneously It’s a sugar sweet, beautiful, catchy as hell so absurd / cause going to war to prevent suit / with a smile on his face’. This fantastic tueriurem nonulla mconseq uisisci catchy as her previous hit. But give it a ode to looking out for your friends, with a war was the stupidest thing I ever heard’). album will put a smile on yours though. duissequat nullametummy nim few more listens and you begin to realise massive chorus, (watch the video on their ‘Let’s hang the landlord’ is about 10/10 quipit ipit in hent pratisl exeros that this is actually a pretty little number myspace or youtube). And once again, as squatting, and is one of the strongest am doloreetue dit ullaore ming itself. The piano melodies may not be as excited I was about the disc, I didn’t think ercincidunt wisciduisci ea faci eros nonse del ulluptate con henim aut prominent, but the vocal arrangement aute faccum dunt nis del dolesti in conjunction to it is. Her lyrics are also onulla amconse ver summod modit given a fresh twist with the addition of a autat. Ut utpatum aliquisit aliquis few aggressive jives, without interrupting ero dolore vel dipit, quis nis alit the delicate fl ow of the song. My advice irilit delit, sustie consenim ipisisim is stick with it, and you may just have ex eummodip exerius tionsequisim yourself your second favourite piano do del utat alit ullan volut pratem fueled sing-a-long from this year. veliquam incipit do exero commy nibh euisit veliquat, quisse 7/10 eniatue raestrud molor iureet ulluptatue dionull aortissectet Kaiser Chiefs - wiscipsusto cortion sectem velenim vero consed tie vendrem Never Miss A Beat quismol orerit, quat dolorperat am doloree tueraestio odipsum Admittedly this latest off ering from Kaiser Chief’s is not without it’s charms. ‘Never Miss A Beat’ off ers a simple, yet catchy beat, for which Kaiser Chief’s are famed. However, it lacks any real power, and along with it’s lethargic message, can just drone along. It’s a decent tune, but lacks any real imagination from Ricky Wilson and crew; must try harder. 5/10 Records Seasick Steve - I Started Out With Nothin’ & I Still Youth’ to close out the album. If the last Got Most Of It Left album frothed with raw energy, this one seems to fl ow with a gentler, more lilting By Ed Powell Ruby Turner. KT beat on many songs. To further mix my For those who don’t know, Seasick Steve Tunstall appears metaphors, the freight train appears to is an American Bluesman who has found on one song have slowed down somewhat. This is not some critical and commercial success in (instruments only: to say that the album is completely without his latter years, since the release of 2006’s she was unavailable fi re. This is Seasick Steve we’re talking ‘Dog House Music’, he’s spent much of his to record her about. ‘Chiggers’ for example, though life, so he claims, riding freight trains as a vocal part). The played on the acoustic guitar, is full of fi re, hobo, and living “kind of hand in mouth.” album, though, and ‘Thunderbird’, a song about nothing Editor’s His vast amount of life-experience comes retains a sense other than drinking wine (and don’t think across on these songs, as he spins yarns over of homemade we’re talking Pinot Grigio here) builds up Column his various guitars, some of them broken simplicity and to a frantic and impressive conclusion. down or heavily customised. His previous honesty, as Seasick albums brought him success for their Steve starts many Steve has taken former ‘Level Devil’ simplicity and raw power, as he recorded of the tracks with (his backing band from ‘Cheap’) Dan them altogether in his kitchen, with a a short spoken Magnusson on drums, and this adds Image Caption Box kettle on a stove next to him. This album i n t r o d u c t i o n , complexity and layers to the songs. Not to is his fi rst on a major label, and though explaining why say that percussion was missing formerly it is more refi ned, it has lost none of its the song is there, – the trusty Mississippi Drum Machine Im vullum ing ercilit wisci tis adit predecessor’s power and burning honesty. and any lingo that (a stomping box with a bit of carpet and lut vulla aut amet wis ad tat. Lor ad might be required a Mississippi license plate) returns – it’s eniat nit ut inissequat acilit, sum What do I mean by that? Well, it’s hard to understand it. just a slightly diff erent way of doing illa commodignit nonulla facilla feummodolor sum et, conse con to say. He certainly seems more adaptable, things. It’s still that old dog, Seasick Steve. estionse faccum adigniam duisi. both with his songs and his voice, with The songs themselves range use of his acoustic guitar, and these tracks 9/10 Met duipit lorper sequism elements of folk, bluegrass and even gospel too, and on the whole the album feels feel very polished, from the beautifully odoloreril irit am zzrilis dolummo melding together on the album. He duets more laid back than the fi ery ‘Dog House written ‘Walkin’ Man’, which features early dionsec tetumsan et dionsecte ex with such varied artists as Grinderman and Music’. Wold seems to have made more on the album, through to the wistful ‘My eugait, volor sumsan erit lorem quis nulput lutat wis dolupta tueriurem nonulla mconseq uisisci duissequat nullametummy nim You Me At Six - Take O Your Colours quipit ipit in hent pratisl exeros am doloreetue dit ullaore ming By Tom Shepherd impressive. There are hints of older pop does TOYC deliver in this department. fi lled outing from You Me At Six, all the ercincidunt wisciduisci ea faci eros nonse del ulluptate con henim aut For those of you who hearing about punk infl uences such as The Starting Line Recent single ‘Jealous Minds Think Alike’ more inspiring for hearing a British band aute faccum dunt nis del dolesti Surrey quintet You Me At Six for the fi rst seeping through at some parts. While and fan favourite ‘Save It For the Bedroom’ take on this type of music. The task now at onulla amconse ver summod modit time, let me fi ll you in. You Me At Six are more contemporary infl uences are also are absolutely riddled with hooks and hand is to retain their position as princes autat. Ut utpatum aliquisit aliquis a pop punk act who fi rst arrived on the apparent, as certain tracks wouldn’t seem off er some killer choruses. Whilst the of pop punk and not fall off the map as ero dolore vel dipit, quis nis alit scene just over two years ago. Since out of place on a Fall Out Boy or Boys Like anthemic ‘The Rumour’ will have even previous acts have done before them. irilit delit, sustie consenim ipisisim then, the band have raised their profi le Girls record. Unfortunately it seems that the harshest of critics chanting along. But I have a feeling this may not be the ex eummodip exerius tionsequisim by releasing some popular demos onto the admiration of some modern acts went This said, TOYC does seem to be a bit hit last time that we hear from You Me At Six. do del utat alit ullan volut pratem the social networking website known as a bit far, with melodies being lifted straight or miss, with some tracks being a lot less 7/10 veliquam incipit do exero commy myspace. This, along with some relentless out of existing songs, and lyrics pinched memorable than others and there is nibh euisit veliquat, quisse touring, has in turn earned them support off of other contemporary bands, not cool. undeniably a fair amount of fi ller on eniatue raestrud molor iureet slots with the likes of New Found Glory, The band do attempt to break away the record. But all in all a fun ulluptatue dionull aortissectet wiscipsusto cortion sectem Paramore and an appearance at this from their stereotyped ‘pop’ sound, with a velenim vero consed tie vendrem year’s Reading festival. Fast forward to rougher and rawer feel on tracks such as quismol orerit, quat dolorperat October 2008 and we see the band about ‘If You Run’ and single ‘If I Were In Your am doloree tueraestio odipsum to embark on their biggest headline tour Shoes’. A sound which is refreshing to date, including a sold out date at the and a commendably brave act by London Astoria, a stop off at our very the band. However, the ball is own Students Union, and perhaps more well and truly in YMA6’s importantly, features the release of their court when asked to debut album Take Off Your Colours. But will make some good the British youngsters live up to the hype? old fashioned, The fi rst thing you need to realise about jumping on TOYC is that this isn’t anything new and this your bed pop album will in fact, not change your life. But punk, and that was never really on YMA6’s agenda, b o y what they have set out to do is create some catchy, feel-good, pop punk; and on TOYC they demonstrate that this something they’re not half bad at. At just nineteen years old, the caliber and talent that ranges through YMA6 on this album is undeniably Records Holy Ghost Revival - Twilight Exit

By Pete Benwell in the their heads it’s 1986, it’s Live Aid, riff seemingly stolen from Iron Maiden’s however, is quickly restored with Remember The Darkness? Weren’t they and Holy Ghost Revival are leading the bins. ‘Old Hollywood Is Over’ and ‘Wetbrain Bandana’, which wins the prize awful? Well, someone’s gone and formed glam-rock crusade against world hunger. ‘Empire Skies’ then make passable for tackiest keys of the year, and the album bands that are even worse. Holy Ghost Whilst the opener kicks off the record stabs at mid paced cock-rock anthems limps towards a close, with the stompy Revival make music in a similar vein to with a bang (albeit an unpleasant one), without quite making the distance. anthem ‘Arrogant Army’ the only saving that made by Justin Hawkins and co – the next two, however, are complete non Surprisingly, Holy Ghost Revival then grace in a customarily weak fi nal third. that is to say, a nauseating rip-off of the entities of songs, passing by in a dull haze whip out ‘Burn Down Your House’ – a half Holy Ghost Revival’s problem is that, tackiest bits of 70’s and 80’s rock music – of stompy piano and sludgy guitar. Four decent, slow burning David Bowie recalling despite desperately trying to make a but without any of the riff s, hooks or tunes. tracks in, and ‘Embrace the Hate’ sees the ballad, that suggests that there is some spectacle of themselves, they don’t stick Coming soon to an empty pub near you, band switch their attention away from underlying song writing out enough. Despite making music Holy Ghost Revival are so desperate to make messers Mercury, May and the other two merit behind all the designed to cause a splash, divide opinion, Editor’s classic glam-rock you can almost smell the to a kind of watered- pomp and swagger. stick out like a sore thumb amongst any desperation, sweat and fake leather. down h a i r The status quo, current ‘scene’ – novelty music, Column I fi rst listened to this record metal, essentially – they haven’t knowing absolutely nothing about with made anything either the band – no press release and I a catchy or, depending hadn’t even checked their myspace on how you look at it, yet. However, within the fi rst notoriously terrible to Image Caption Box three seconds of opening gain the fame they clearly track ‘The Gospel desire. Without their According To Judas’ own ‘I Believe In A Im vullum ing ercilit wisci tis adit (the song names are Thing Called Love’ lut vulla aut amet wis ad tat. Lor ad almost as bad as the they’re simply eniat nit ut inissequat acilit, sum band name) it’s clear another retro- illa commodignit nonulla facilla feummodolor sum et, conse con that Holy Ghost rock pub band. estionse faccum adigniam duisi. Revival are out to And, even if they Met duipit lorper sequism rip someone off – in write something odoloreril irit am zzrilis dolummo the case of the fi rst better, then what? dionsec tetumsan et dionsecte ex track, Queen. If the dramatic They’ll need a eugait, volor sumsan erit lorem I-see-a-little-silhouette-of- bloody good quis nulput lutat wis dolupta a-man high pitched piano catsuit to beat tueriurem nonulla mconseq uisisci stabs weren’t enough, Justin Hawkins. duissequat nullametummy nim Conor St Kiley’s vocals are 2/10 quipit ipit in hent pratisl exeros so second-rate Mercury it’s am doloreetue dit ullaore ming spooky, and it’s clear that ercincidunt wisciduisci ea faci eros nonse del ulluptate con henim aut aute faccum dunt nis del dolesti onulla amconse ver summod modit autat. Ut utpatum aliquisit aliquis ero dolore vel dipit, quis nis alit Upcoming Gigs: The Edge Recomends irilit delit, sustie consenim ipisisim ex eummodip exerius tionsequisim do del utat alit ullan volut pratem - On Saturday 18th of October -On Thursday 23rd of October in this issue) on the same night. - On Wednesday 5th November veliquam incipit do exero commy cockernee rockers Dirty Pretty all the cool kids will be watching Almost certain to have Garden Ryan Adams plays to what nibh euisit veliquat, quisse Things play the Southampton Hot Chip at the Guildhall. ‘Ready Court pogoing, it’s a must for all undoubtable will be a packed O2 eniatue raestrud molor iureet Guildhall...... for the Floor’? I’ll say! (you’re fi red the pop-punk lovers out there. ulluptatue dionull aortissectet Arena. Apparently if you ask for wiscipsusto cortion sectem - Ed.) ‘Summer of ‘69’ he goes mental, velenim vero consed tie vendrem - On Wednesday 29th so, y’know, if you get bored... just a quismol orerit, quat dolorperat ...... but if that’s not your bag, you October Goldfrapp are playing thought. am doloree tueraestio odipsum can see Legend, a tribute to Bob - On Friday 24th October Southampton Guildhall. A must- Marley at The Brook (where else for Geno Washington performs at see for lovers of electro-pop...... on the same night Post-punk tribute acts?) the Brook. Aparently ths man is legends The Fall are playing The so talented that Dexys Midnight - On Sunday 2nd November Brook. So, if you’re cool enough - On Sunday 19th October Runners wrote a song about him. Alphabeat are performing at our to like the Fall (heaven knows I’m London folk-pop troubadour very own University. This gig is sold not), then you know where to be. Jeremy Warmsley plays the Joiners - On Saturday 25th October Easy out so unless you’ve got friends arms with support from Edward Star All-Stars perform at the Brook. in high places, your best bet is to - On Thursday 6th of November, J. Hicks. Lovely, warm and nerdy, This New York Reggae group are read about it in the next issue of Tim Minchin is playing our very perfect for a sunday night. most well known for their reggae the Edge. own Nuﬃ eld Theatre. Yes, not masterpiece ‘Dub Side of the music, comedy! Featuring songs Moon’, a cover of Pink Floyd’s about pigs and feet, I’m told - On Monday 20th October Tilly ‘Dark Side of the Moon’. - On Monday 3rd November The he’s well worth checking out, and the Wall are performing at Killers play the Royal Albert Hall in supposedly. the Brook. They have a tap dancer London, which will surely satisfy instead of a drummer, so this is ..... Meanwhile you can see You the demands of even Brandon defi nately a must see. Me At Six (check out album review Flower’s ego. Records Holy Ghost Revival - Twilight Exit

British Sea Power, Garden Court Refectory (Southampton Uni), 03/10/08 On the 3rd October the Garden court their Myspace just fails to display their everything was drowned out by heavy played I was already fed up and wanted refectory opened its doors to British Sea best work. This is a band to look out for guitar. Unfortunately the uninteresting to leave. British Sea Power do have some Power with support from Lisa Lindley- in the future, they have a lot of potential stuff made up most of the set which really good songs, but they also have Jones and Film School. The audience to produce some very good music. went on about half an hour too long, by some stuff that is just boring, and boring wasn’t fi lled with ankle biters as one might the time some of the better songs were is something you don’t want to pay to see. expect at the Garden Court but with an Finally, after what older more experienced crowd, adept at seemed like an eternity Look out for reviews of both Film heckling and general loutish behaviour. of waiting, British Sea School’s and Lisa-Lindly Jones’ new Power graced the albums in the next issue of the Edge. Lisa Lindley-Jones started off stage along with some Editor’s proceedings and whilst some members of trees for props and an the crowd were restless for the headline arty backing video. By Hannah Calcutt Column act, most were receptive to her. This artist Other than a few whilst widely unknown is steadily building good songs British Sea up her following. From appearances in Power’s performance the Mighty Boosh to features in Clash left a lot to be desired. magazine, Lisa Lindley-Jones is certainly Their constant Image Caption Box trying to fi nd a cult following. Her music instrument switching is gentle, her performance strong but and strange backing nothing stand out. This is very much videos were annoying Im vullum ing ercilit wisci tis adit an artist to listen to on lazy Sunday and whilst some of lut vulla aut amet wis ad tat. Lor ad afternoons or in quiet jazz bars. Some their most dedicated eniat nit ut inissequat acilit, sum piano sections in her songs are beautiful, fans were jumping illa commodignit nonulla facilla feummodolor sum et, conse con almost classical but this music won’t be enthusiastically at estionse faccum adigniam duisi. to everyone’s tastes. Worth a listen if you the front, most of the Met duipit lorper sequism like gentle, indie, easy-listening music. crowd weren’t overly odoloreril irit am zzrilis dolummo The second support act was Film School, impressed. Songs such dionsec tetumsan et dionsecte ex an American band, who played extremely as ‘No Lucifer’ were eugait, volor sumsan erit lorem well despite some severe technical performed well with a quis nulput lutat wis dolupta diﬃ culties. Quiet vocals plagued their very good interaction tueriurem nonulla mconseq uisisci whole set but musically they were very between the viola duissequat nullametummy nim good. Listening to their Myspace now, the and the cornet but quipit ipit in hent pratisl exeros band doesn’t seem to stand out as much as other songs weren’t am doloreetue dit ullaore ming they do in a live performance but maybe as interesting and ercincidunt wisciduisci ea faci eros nonse del ulluptate con henim aut aute faccum dunt nis del dolesti onulla amconse ver summod modit The Academy Is, Wedgewood Rooms (Portsmouth), 14/09/08 autat. Ut utpatum aliquisit aliquis ero dolore vel dipit, quis nis alit This may not be the biggest tour that The of the tour is always going to make getting doctor ordered, delivering a medley of ground over the last few years, but TAI are irilit delit, sustie consenim ipisisim Academy Is.. have participated in over in the the crowd going a struggle, throw in some tracks from the new album and their fi rst certainly faced in the right direction and are ex eummodip exerius tionsequisim UK, but spirits are high at The Wedgewood bad sound and your front-man’s arm in album ‘Almost Here”, omitting all but one paying attention to their fans. And if shows do del utat alit ullan volut pratem Rooms tonight, besides, most the audience a cast and it’s damn near impossible. track from the shambles that was their of tonight’s calibre are consistently on the veliquam incipit do exero commy aren’t old enough to remember a time But regardless The Maine battle on, sophomore attempt, ‘Santi.’ The audience cards, I wouldn’t be writing them off just yet. nibh euisit veliquat, quisse when TAI were supported by then lesser and a cover of Akon’s ‘I Wanna Love You’ lap it up, and at times you can hardly eniatue raestrud molor iureet known band Panic At The Disco. This tour proves an unlikely highlight of the set hear William Beckett’s sharp, sleek vocals ulluptatue dionull aortissectet wiscipsusto cortion sectem isn’t about refl ecting on the past though, and gives the crowd a burst of energy, for the crowd singing along. The band of velenim vero consed tie vendrem it’s to celebrate that TAI are back on track, enough to carry the band through a twenty-somethings command the stage By Tom Shepherd quismol orerit, quat dolorperat and there’s an heir of anticipation around more entertaining second half of the set. in a charismatic, but non-threatening way. am doloree tueraestio odipsum the room to see if new album ‘Fast Times At Up next are Florida pop punkers We They are of course themselves, only Barrington High’ lives up to expectation live. The Kings’. Their previous experience and a few years older than the audience But up fi rst are American youngsters reputation with UK audiences is obvious which they tame, and there is an air of The Maine’. Being the lesser known band from the much brighter response that realisation that the band haven’t done they receive from the adolescent crowd. half bad to get to where they have in It’s a pretty solid set and vocalist Travis such a short time frame, bad second makes light work of drawing in the album or no bad second album. The audience for a few singalongs, putting all band close with a favourite from their earlier sound issues to bed. It seems to be debut, ‘Black Mamba’ - the very same a night of bizarre covers as in a moment song that they closed with on the of madness the band decide to attempt aforementioned tour some 3/4 years Gorillaz’ ‘Feel Good Inc.’ Awkward rapping ago. This may have been a set that has aside, the band end their set on a high, and off ered little progression, but it is also close with fan favourite ‘Check Yes Juliet.’ a brave set, for the band’s admittance The Academy Is.. strut onto the stage in and acceptance that their earlier stuff paramount fashion. They’re back and they is still their best, and that takes guts. mean business. The setlist is just what the They may not have made up too much © 2008 Accenture. All rights reserved.

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Millencolin, London Astoria 2, 25/09/08

Millencolin, a band who came out of the 90s skate-punk explosion, showed 15, the album they are touring in support they can still pack a venue (albeit small) of tonight. The acoustic guitar comes out with devoted fans, but before one of for ‘The Ballad’ followed by some early fan Sweden’s greatest exports (alongside favourites including ‘Bullion’. They even Ikea and Volvos) came on stage there give the audience the chance to decide were the opening acts Templeton Pek on the language the next song is sung Editor’s and The Strawberry Blondes to play. in. They of course scream for Swedish and proceed to sing along in English. Column Templeton Pek played their short set to a sparse crowd still fi ling into the Astoria On fi nding out Millencolin were playing II’s small pit. They maintain the interest of the smaller side of the Astoria venue I was the few down the front with their brand surprised a band I thought was relatively of melodic alternative rock which takes its that big would be playing a venue this small. Image Caption Box cues from the likes of Rise Against as well However, after such an intimate evening as tonight’s headliners. The Strawberry with the Swedish punk heroes I’m not sure Blondes don’t so much get a frosty I’d have liked them to try and fi ll out a Im vullum ing ercilit wisci tis adit reception as an indiff erent one. It seems bigger venue and lose some of the energy lut vulla aut amet wis ad tat. Lor ad their mix of Rancid/Clash infl uenced street they can still seemingly pump out at will. eniat nit ut inissequat acilit, sum punk doesn’t hit the right notes with the illa commodignit nonulla facilla feummodolor sum et, conse con fans, even following a well meant cover Millencolin fi nish the main set with estionse faccum adigniam duisi. of The Specials’ ‘A Message to you Rudie’, skate-rock-comp-main-stay ‘No Cigar’ Met duipit lorper sequism nor the mild provocation to get excited before an encore closing with a thunderous odoloreril irit am zzrilis dolummo because ‘Bristol did last night’. Not even a rendition of ‘Kemp’. They say peace and dionsec tetumsan et dionsecte ex dedication to Joe Strummer raises more good night with the crowd still baying eugait, volor sumsan erit lorem than a handful of cheers back.It’s very for more with what is left of their voices. quis nulput lutat wis dolupta obvious the band the people came to tueriurem nonulla mconseq uisisci see as the venue is packed and already duissequat nullametummy nim sweating by the time Millencolin hit the quipit ipit in hent pratisl exeros stage. The smaller venue really enhanced am doloreetue dit ullaore ming the live experience with so many fervent ercincidunt wisciduisci ea faci eros By Adam McCartney nonse del ulluptate con henim aut fans shouting along to the bands staple live aute faccum dunt nis del dolesti songs including ‘Man or Mouse’ and ‘Fox’ onulla amconse ver summod modit as well as tracks from new album Machine autat. Ut utpatum aliquisit aliquis ero dolore vel dipit, quis nis alit irilit delit, sustie consenim ipisisim ex eummodip exerius tionsequisim do del utat alit ullan volut pratem veliquam incipit do exero commy I n c o m i n g ! nibh euisit veliquat, quisse eniatue raestrud molor iureet ulluptatue dionull aortissectet Subhumans at the Talking Heads, Thursday, 23/10/08 Frank Turner at Winchester Tower wiscipsusto cortion sectem Arts Centre Thursday 30/10/09 velenim vero consed tie vendrem quismol orerit, quat dolorperat The Subhumans are an UK (Wiltshire) relevance in the world of today. am doloree tueraestio odipsum anarcho-punk band that formed in Frank Turner is a singer songwriter with famous’, ‘Reasons Not to Be an Idiot. ’ 1980. They are best described by the Recommended Songs: ‘Religious Wars’, a diff erence. He used to front hardcore band ‘moods’ section for them on allmusic. ‘No’, ‘Evolution’, ‘Mickey Mouse is Dead’ Million Dead, who have long since broken com; confrontational, provocative, up. Now though, he plays by himself, or, as brash, cathartic, rousing, rebellious and on this tour, with a backing band. As he says uncompromising. They comment on himself, he still has ‘attitude in every song a range of social issues, from religion I sing’. He creates glorious sing-a-longs. to animal testing, via police brutality Frank has massive cross-genre appeal; and the government. Best described fans of his old work enjoy the newer stuff , as a clash between Confl ict and Crass’ along with folk and acoustic fans. Having experimental hardcore punk, and more packed out tent after tent during his festival traditional oi-punk, yet occasionally appearances this summer, he is touring adding in a little bit of the Clash, the country to what will be full venues. the band have a powerful sound. They had previously split up, Recommended Songs: ‘Father’s but reformed after the millennium Day’, ‘The Ballad of Me and My Friends’, as their songs still carried a lot of ‘I Knew Prufrock before he was Live

Seasick Steve, Southampton Guildhall, 03/10/08

What can I say about Steve Wold, aka Hisself’ prompts a small smile, and a shake and throughout the show he responds to though, it comes to life in Steve’s hands Seasick Steve? Well, a hell of a lot, frankly, of the head. However, since the release of calls from the crowd with that same smile and howls out the blues, plain and but to really appreciate him, you have to his debut solo album ‘Dog House Music’ and some witty banter. Seasick Steve’s simple. As Steve himself says ‘it don’t experience him for yourself. It sounds like two years ago, Seasick Steve has been life has clearly been an interesting one, sound too good, but it’s real’. Quit kidding it would never work: an old man, a former the focus of some serious critical plaudits, and though his telling of stories on his us Steve, you know you sound good. hobo, playing homemade instruments on and since appearing on Jools Holland’s fi rst album came in for some criticism, stage, with his friend Dan Magnusson on annual ‘Hootenanny’ his popularity has he still does it on stage, twisting out drums, and his youngest son appearing soared. Indeed, I wouldn’t be surprised yarns both in his songs and in between. Editor’s from time to time to play the washboard. if you already knew all of this about him. The songs themselves have the By Ed Powell It sounds crazy. But try telling that to the As abashed as he seems at all the crowd swaying and dancing on the Column thousands of people packed into the attention, once the show starts he fi nds his spot, pounding blues rhythms and Guildhall who are hanging on his every rhythm and proves to be an accomplished funkier numbers, ranging all the way to word; his every little movement even. Steve showman, pandering to the crowd’s sweet love songs (Walkin’ Man) to songs himself seems baffl ed by this, even the big cheers as he takes off his shirt by rippling about nothing other than drinking wine poster at the back of the stage of ‘the Dog the muscles on his heavily tattooed arms, (Thunderbird). What stands out in the Image Caption Box show itself is Steve’s ability to take you there, to be believable. He spends most of the show sat in a little wooden chair, Im vullum ing ercilit wisci tis adit his guitar on his lap, and when he brings lut vulla aut amet wis ad tat. Lor ad a girl up on stage to serenade her, he tells eniat nit ut inissequat acilit, sum her ‘now, we’re just sat on the porch here illa commodignit nonulla facilla feummodolor sum et, conse con in summer’ and when he starts singing, estionse faccum adigniam duisi. and the lights dim, you half believe him. Met duipit lorper sequism On some of the more energetic numbers odoloreril irit am zzrilis dolummo he’s up though, up and leaping frantically dionsec tetumsan et dionsecte ex round the stage, or wandering through eugait, volor sumsan erit lorem the crowd with his guitar playing a solo. quis nulput lutat wis dolupta Now, his guitar. Or his guitars, I should tueriurem nonulla mconseq uisisci say. I’ve never seen anything like them, duissequat nullametummy nim or wanted any guitar I’ve seen more. quipit ipit in hent pratisl exeros They range from his acoustic guitar ‘nasty am doloreetue dit ullaore ming little guitar I should have thrown away a ercincidunt wisciduisci ea faci eros nonse del ulluptate con henim aut long time ago’, to his electric guitar, to his aute faccum dunt nis del dolesti custom guitars. The fi rst is homemade, onulla amconse ver summod modit and clearly. A piece of wood, with a wire autat. Ut utpatum aliquisit aliquis stretched between two cans on either end, ero dolore vel dipit, quis nis alit adorned with car handles and dollar bills. irilit delit, sustie consenim ipisisim His other is probably his most famous, ex eummodip exerius tionsequisim and its appearance alone prompts a cheer do del utat alit ullan volut pratem from the crowd. Called the Three-String veliquam incipit do exero commy Tranz Wonder, it only has three strings, and nibh euisit veliquat, quisse these in the wrong positions. Somehow eniatue raestrud molor iureet ulluptatue dionull aortissectet wiscipsusto cortion sectem velenim vero consed tie vendrem Colour / Caesura / Secondsmile, Talking Heads, Southampton, 19/10/2008 quismol orerit, quat dolorperat am doloree tueraestio odipsum Upon entering the agreeable live setting the songs seemed to lack the Caesura. Their emo-ish post-rock is version of The Shins on too much caff eine. surroundings of the Talking Heads, I was vitality of order material. Whereas debut instantly captivating, alternating between Opener ‘Shamu’ has a strangely surfy feel, surprised to learn that Secondsmile, one E.P.’I Am Not Romeo, You Are Not Juliet’ was moments of hypnotic, fl oaty beauty and carried along by borderline-irritatingly time next-big-things with two albums a wonderful post-hardcore riot, all squally, sudden storms of brutally heavy guitar, catchy chorus, as is the similarly standout and numerous UK tours under their belts frantic guitars and furious screeches of frontman Mossy’s powerful vocals equally ‘Chutes’, while the handclaps of ‘Over The are playing third fi ddle to lesser known vocals, the material from ‘Years’ is more as impressive as Caesura’s intriguing, Moon’ shows a level of pop nous above and local boys Caesura and the equally considered, maybe more mature, but more interlocking guitar lines, showcased best on beyond their current status. With enough less accomplished Colour, headlining boring. Opening with ‘Long Road Home’, the punchy ‘Weight and Carriage’. Go see. substance and individuality of their own to tonight’s bill. However, the high billing their set chugged along in easy fashion Equally as young and exciting, avoid being lumped in with much of the of the other bands was to prove but never quite took off despite occasional Kingston based Colour’s headline slot generic NME fodder being slapped with the justifi ed, each proving a fresher, more fl ashes of brilliance, such as on the wistful proved fully justifi ed. Despite being four ‘indie-pop’ tag at the moment, it’s clear that exciting prospect than their older peers. pop-rock of ‘Stars Away’. Leaving after only kids that wouldn’t look out of place on Colour have the pop potential to be big. Secondsmile’s set consisted fi ve or six songs, the band seem a little Skins or in a Topman ad, Colour possess largely of material from latest release unenthusiastic, perhaps unhappy with the blessed combination of both style and ‘Years’. Taking a more straightforward their own newer material. Unluckily for substance, making an intelligent indie-pop By Pete Benwell rock route than previous records, in a them, up next were the far more interesting racket that sounds like a younger, happier Finding your way. 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Kumiss Beginning their fi rst U.K. tour The Wessex (music) Scene this month, Kumiss, have gone Last issue we gave you a tour of Southampton’s live venues. It would be pretty bad of us not to tell you about the bands through a fair few changes in their you might see playing them. Pete Benwell gives you a summary of some of the best acts to be found playing around time. Originally playing funk-rock, Kumiss thankfully decided that Southampton..... wasn’t for them and started to identify more with Godspeed You! Luke Leighfi eld Six Nation State Black Emperor style post-rock. With Self styled ‘urban pop troubadour’ Having been knocking around the the acquisition of a violinst and Luke Leighfi eld makes uplifting Southampton area for a few years piano player, the band have since piano pop that makes me want to now, Six Nation State are now to started to head in a more pop di- punch the air with joy. I don’t ac- be seen more around London and Caesura rection, though their music retains tually know what it makes me so Reading, but still play regularly on an experimental edge. New tracks happy about, but I defy anyone to Caesura make emo-esque post- listen to ‘If You Haven’t Got Anyone’ the south coast. Having recently rock songs that unfurl beautifully such as ‘Home Sweet Home’ are and not end up beaming from ear released their debut album, the into impressive, autumnal feeling invigorating, folk-edged summery to ear, which, in the library, is quite band have been drawing increas- masterpieces. Using guitar, drums, pop, and sound all the better for a rare sight. Not only does he make ing press attention and look to bass and vocals, the Winchester it. Check out www.myspace.com/ me want to dance down Portswood grow bigger as they advance into kumiss for more. high street grinning like an idiot, based outfi t’s music switches be- he’s also an irritatingly talented high 2009. Making jaunty, upbeat, tween crunchy, uplifting rock riff s achiever. Having already released sometimes punky pop-rock in a to moments of stunning beauty, Thos Henley two albums on his own record la- classic vein, Six Nation State are shimmering, intertwining delay- If you don’t like twee, then you defi - bel, Got Got Need, he’s toured Eu- hardly the most original of bands, pedal guitars creating a wonderful, nitely don’t like Thos Henley. Those, rope, played violin for Get Cape wearing infl uences such as The however, who can bear twee-ness Wear Cape Fly and intends to take glacial musical landscape. If that his live show to Russia and China in Coral, The Beatles and The Zutons sounds suspiciously hyperbolic, would be well advised than check- the near future. All this, whilst still (Merseyside anyone?) on their col- then fi nd out for yourself. The ing out the Winchester based being a Southampton University lective sleeve. However, they have band have, unsurprisingly, a mys- singer-songwriter. Singing and student. Yep, Luke Leighfi eld is one nonetheless gained a solid fan pace (www.myspace.com/caesura- playing the Ukeleke, Thos Henley’s of us. His extracurricular activities base and impressive live reputa- songs are deliciously fl eshed out make that occasional dance lesson band), and last year’s mini album or writing trite articles in the Edge tion that seems to assure their Dear Light Outside is available on with accordion and piano, and de- seem not quite so impressive, huh? place on the Southampton music itunes, highlights of the release spite sounding upbeat, are lyrically If he can do this whilst most of us scene and beyond for a while yet. including the awesome rock-out fi lled with ‘sorrow and woe’, suppos- are moping around the Stags, it’s ‘Obstacles’ and the closing epic edly, although the summery, surfy terrifying to think what he’s capa- carefree instrumentation suggests ble of next. Happily for you, you can Venice Ahoy ‘Watching You Through Glass’. Even see him on tour very soon (check better, look out for live dates in the otherwise. Here’s the obligatory www.myspace.com/simplyluke- Certain to be derided as band- near future, where you can hear myspace link – myspace.com/thosh- leighfi eld) and maybe, if wagon-jumping chancers by some, shit-hot new material that prom- enley – choice cuts include ‘Summer you’re well behaved, Venice Ahoy make jerky, frantic ises to take Caesura onto bigger on the Thames’ and an interesting and interview guitar pop that is more than a little reworking of Leona Lewis. in next month’s reminiscent of Foals. Although so and better things. Edge. Watch irritatingly hip that you suspect this space. they may have been created artifi cially in a laboratory somewhere by NME and Thomas Tantrum are guaranteed Topman, Venice Ahoy are Thomas Tantrum at least double the press coverage nonetheless exciting. 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rude t-shirt!) It certainly has an apt director – Robert Weide best known for his direction of the Larry David comedy Curb Your Enthusiasm, makes his feature film debut, and a fitting source – the memoirs of Toby Young Starring: Simon Pegg, Kirsten who wrote about his embarrassing experiences as a British journalist at Dunst, Megan Fox, Jeff Bridges Vanity Fair before his inevitable firing.

Director: Robert B. Weide Young has certainly made a career out of his short-lived post at the famous magazine and continued to BBC Film Critic and Official cause a stir during the film’s produc- Friend of the University Mark Ker- tion alleging he’d been banned from mode has a theory that you can pre- the set (rumour has it Kirsten Dunst dict a film is going to be bad if you see was unhappy to be given notes on her it advertised on the sides of buses or performance during takes) and fired on phone boxes. If the theory holds from the production (in reality his true, Simon Pegg’s new comedy How script treatment had been turned down to Lose Friends and Alienate People and the writing duty given to profes- should be one of the worst films ever sional screenwriter Peter Straughan). made. It seems like you cannot turn a corner nowadays, without running Simon Pegg reminisced about not planning it all out ‘now I have points are introduced but serve no into Pegg’s gurning face. One can only Young’s notoriety which occasionally to play a villain because I’ve played purpose to the overall narrative. wonder how strongly the film is be- added interesting hurdles to filming: two nice guys in a row or whatever’”. The effect is quite jarring and unfor- ing marketed across the pond where “There was a point where we were re- tunately serves only to disconnect supporting actors Kirsten Dunst hearsing in the Groucho Club before While creating a soft side to the viewer as the film begins to re- and Jeff Bridges are the only cast we started shooting and we asked the his character it was impossible not to semble highlights from a TV series. members with crowd-pulling clout. management if Toby could come along draw parallels between the journal- and perhaps sit in and they said “What ist trying to make it in New York and How to Lose Friends is cer- How to Lose Friends and part of Banned for Life don’t you under- the Gloucester-born actor working tainly not awful. The sets are suitably Alienate People posits itself as a hi- stand?” Director Robert Weide called in LA. “There were definitely paral- lavish and give an immediate sense of larious comedy of errors with Pegg him “a liability but a good liability”. lels about being British in America... cosmopolitan New York and the acting as Brit journalist Sidney Young, leav- The challenge for production was it’s tempting to believe that we are is more than capable. Jeff Bridges in ing a trail of destruction across high- then two-fold: turn a disjointed set part of the same continent, be- particular swings between cold boss society New York as he bumbles from of anecdotes into a cohesive narra- cause we speak the same language and confused ex-rebel with conviction. embarrassment to embarrassment tive and create a protagonist that is we are country-fellows and we’re (His long white hair seemingly making while in the employment of Sharps both unbearable yet likeable. Unfor- not, we are from a different country.” up for his baldness in Iron Man.) The magazine. (He spits food! He wears a tunately they only half succeed. Si- combination of Gillian Anderson’s icy mon Pegg’s turn as Sidney is the kind Producer Stephen Wolley ex- agent and Megan Fox’s pouty starlet of naughty-schoolboy likeable loser plained how they solved the problem add glamour and sex appeal but are performance we’ve come to expect of translating the book into a script not rewarded with any real character from him, but it’s just what the film with the addition of a romantic inter- resolution. Simon Pegg and Kirsten needs. It may be Pegg’s first starring est. “We we wanted to do was really Dunst stick close enough to the roles role away from friends Edgar Wright, find a spine to the tale, a romance, they’re famous for but rarely sparkle. Nick Frost and Hollywood chum David so Sidney Young not only falls in love The comedy is ‘fun’ rather than funny, Schwimmer but his first solo foray into with New York but also a character but bubbles along at a suitable rate. feature waters still leaves the creative from New York.” Sadly, the crowbar- Occasionally the script goes for cring- ripple of Pegg. Sidney Young reels off ring-in of a love interest for Sidney es rather than laughs, relying on two film quotes, jokes about bodypop- diverts the film into generic romantic identical transsexual gags. “She has a ping and drunkenly jumps around comedy clichés. Sidney must choose penis!” really isn’t the kind of strong listening to Metallica. Suffice to say between lust and love. Sidney must running gag a film like this deserves. we are on somewhat familiar ter- deal with a rival suitor. Sidney gets a ritory here, yet Pegg denies de- lesson about the price of fame. It’s a Office comedy has been done liberately typecasting himself: shame that a lot of the film’s potential better (Devil Wears Prada, Ugly Betty) is wasted on these tired conventions. but How to Lose Friends and Alienate “I don’t really have a game- People certainly tries hard and its heart plan. I just want to do The plot does take a few un- is in the right place. Go without expec- stuff that I enjoy, work expected turns, but this seems to tation and you won’t be disappointed. with people I enjoy work- be because of the numerous plot ing with and get satis- threads left hanging. Characters are Nicholas Brown 3.5/5 faction in my work. I’m introduced and then forgotten; plot

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Starring: Ben Stiller, Robert fied best in the fake movie trailers that Starring: Gerard Butler, Gemma Typical of Richie’s work, the film lacks di- Downey Jr., Jack Black, Steve Coo- precede the main picture and the parody Arterton, Ludacris rection and is more a collection of sub- gan of war films. Not since Top Se- plots and characters that are gradually cret! has the genre taken such a bashing; introduced throughout the film and clev- Note the use of 60’s rock, the Apocalypse Director: Guy Ritchie Director: Ben Stiller erly linked at the end. The plot follows the Now-inspired orange-tinged interiors and usual gangster film layout; a series of crim- Recent offerings from the movie world Speedman promising to teach Downey inal groups vie for dominance in corrupt Critics and audiences are still divided seem to fall into two main categories. Jr.’s character Kirk Lazarus to learn how to and drug-controlled London, but this is all on Ben Stiller, his movies veer errati- Browsing through the cinema listings I juggle after having his hands blown off. thrown out of alignment by the introduc- cally between the ludicrous classics such am presented with the rather compelling tion of Johnny Quid (Toby Kebbell), the as Zoolander and Dodgeball, and the biographical retelling of the Duchess of Roberty Downey Jr. steals the show, show- public-schooled, junkie rock star who ap- torturously bad. Oh how we try to for- Devonshire’s life in, inventively named, ing off the comedic acting chops we’ve preciates fine art and classical music, but get The Heartbreak Kid, Along Came The Duchess, starring Keira Knightley only seen hints of in Iron Man and Kiss Kiss has no aversion to stabbing someone to Polly, Meet the Fockers and the like. Bang Bang. His portrayal of Kirk Lazarus, the who, uncharacteristically, prances around idyllic English countryside looking rather death with a pencil. The cast also includes method actor’s method actor is grimacing a gay mobster, Handsome Bob (Tom Hardy) Fortuantely, like Zoolander, Tropic Thun- pleased with herself for fitting into an un- awkward and yet constantly hilarious. Jack who has an attraction to One Two, played der has Stiller on triple duty as writer, believably small corset. Alternatively there Black is rather wasted with a drug addict by Gerard Butler (300) which made the director and actor, creating laughs by is the simple-minded brutality and fast- comedian character, yet somehow the trio film more attractive for the girls. There is delving into a popular and influential paced action of the latest Jason Statham of Stiller, Downey Jr. and Black are consid- also a highly cultured black mobster, Tank industry, portraying a buffoon that has film, Death Race, where an overcrowded ered so funny they require two straight- (Nonso Anozie) and a couple of immortal insulated himself in a bubble of success prison logically necessitates the build- men to bounce off: Jay Baruchel who you Russian henchmen, creating a very amus- and is naive to the realities in which he ing of mammoth machines dripping with don’t remember from Knocked Up and ing and film with some fantastic one-liners. is placed. Yet while the moronic action Bandon T. Wilson who you didn’t know was weapons, in this seeming parody combin- star Tugg Speedman is no Derek Zool- ing Gladiator with The Fast and the Furious. an extra in 8 Mile. The real treasure comes The soundtrack compliments the film ander, the formula clearly has potency. from some great supporting cast such as So, not content with sitting through perfectly, and is used in conjunction with Matthew McConaughey, Bill Hader and skilful camera work to create an astonish- The opening premise of the movie sees a the best part of two hours of ignoring Nick Nolte. Also look out for Tom Cruise ing viewing experience. The end result group of prima-donna actors dropped into the plot and mindlessly staring at Keira, in a role that will confuse and amaze you. is an incredible film true to Richie’s best a dangerous Vietkong environment by a or watching Statham struggling to act work, the only letdown being that some vengeful director (played by Stiller’s friend through another film, I was very happy It wouldn’t be remiss without discuss- of the subplots were not completely re- Steve Coogan). The actors are oblivious to to see a new offering from Guy Richie. ing the controversy that has surrounded solved - I can only assume because there the dangers around them which they are Tropic Thunder since its release in the US. is a sequel planned for this film. Some- led to believe are part of the script. Unfor- Who can honestly say they weren’t se- The film has come under fire from two thing I hold some very strong reserves tunately the initially strong predicament duced by the fantastic cast, intricately separate lobby groups for two different about but will be interested to see! is dispensed with rather early and not re- tasteless jokes. Civil rights groups object threaded plotlines and astounding ally exploited to its full potential. Instead soundtrack of Richie’s Lock, Stock and Two to Downey Jr’s character being so method In the meantime I eagerly await Richie’s we get a wilderness-set comedy about Smoking Barrels (1998) and Snatch (2000)? he dyes his skin black to play a black char- rather extreme genre digression in his in- a group of actors coming to terms with Richie has made a couple of films since the acter (and refused to stop talking in an Af- terpretation of Arthur Conan-Doyle’s Sher- their careers and learning to ‘get along’. aforementioned masterpieces, including rican-american patter until “he’s done the lock Holmes, due for release in 2010, O f course, the plot Swept Away (2002) and Revolver (2005), DVD commentary”) while mental health but find it hard to imagine how is not impor- but they failed to encapsulate the British groups object to the use of the word “re- Robert Downey Jr. will fare tant if the jokes ‘charm’ and humour of his earlier films. tard” in reference to a Tugg Speedman’s as the clipped British are up to snuff. film-within-a-film ‘Simple Jack’. While both detective after his part Tropic Thun- Therefore I approached RockNRolla some- complaints have merit, it seems redun- in the recent abomi- der draws the what dubiously and have to admit that I dant to criticise a comedy film, particu- nation (we beg to dif- majority of its wasn’t convinced the film was going the larly where the jokes are there to mock fer - Ed), Tropic Thunder. humour from the main character’s (Speedman’s absurd right way after the first ten minutes. The two potent attempt at getting Academy recognition beginning lacks the quality that draws sources – and Lazarus’ bizarre transformation from you into the lives of the characters seen Ed Phillips the satire white Australian to crude black stereo- in Richie’s better work, possibly because of Holly- type). These jokes even feel a little tame the setting is rather verbose and really 4/5 w o o d compared to other more offensive material quite dull. However, the very believable exem- we’ve had from Hollywood in recent years. and oddly endearing characters are intro- pli- duced through Richie’s unique camera an- Ultiamtely, Tropic Thunder is beauti- gles and exceptional ability fully shot and with a healthy spread to make the characters of hilarity despite a sluggish mid- section, it’s is one of the strongest Hollywood comedies not to feature the Will Ferrell frat pack or the Judd seem Apatow consortium and proves that human. The Stiller still has it. He probably won’t cleverly linked win over any critics, but you get the scenes quickly illustrate the feeling that he doesn’t really care. infrastructure relating the characters and I am glad to say the humour of Richie’s earlier films is prevalent from the start. Nicholas Brown 4/5 Film

The Mist sane,” utters the unsung hero. “Put more than two of us in a room, we pick Starring: Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay sides and start dreaming up ways to kill one another,” I wouldn’t go that far, Main Title Box Harden, William Sadler herds a colony of model Americans into a jittery sci-fi /horror hybrid with odd sprin- mate. “Why do you think we invented small-town grocery store. “There’s some- kles of humour that recall the cult classics politics and religion?”…Good point. Sub Title Box Director: Frank Darabont thing in the mist!” barks a bloody-nosed of Jack Arnold, George A. Romero and John dweller as he stumbles through the store Carpenter. Only better. Yes, better. Dara- In spite, then, of its old chestnut line up At last- a refreshing throwback to the doors. “Shut the doors,” he cries. “Shut the bont’s delve into untried territory is an up- and rather rushed and “hazy” start, from good old American horrors of yes- doors, my god!” And so, it begins. The arche- right achievement in horror movie making. the moment the smog rolls in - swallowing teryear. The Happening, bug off … typal movie Americans vs. a pick and mix of The Shining? Not quite. Darabont may be a the entire township in one swift gulp - The crazy creatures hell bent on taking oﬃ ce. maestro of the screen adaptation but he’s Mist just gets better and better as it creeps Fish and Chips, Ant and Dec, Bread and no Stan’ Kubrick (who is?). There’s no dis- and crawls towards an unruly fi nal third Butter…not quite the intro’ you were ex- A cast of relative unknowns star, then, guising The Mist’s potential as a classic of that’ll haunt, shock and astound, disturb Editor’s pecting, right? Well I certainly hope not. alongside a host of newcomers, non- the horror genre, though. This is a writer/ and confound. And there’re plenty of left- But some things, I think you’d agree, are professionals and unfamiliar faces in this director who’s knack for tying an empathic overs for audiences to chew over. This, for a Column just meant to go together. Add to that able adaptation of King’s original short rapport between character and audience change, is a horror fi lm with something to list Frank Darabont and Stephen King: story. The blend of chaos and camarade- pays up front both where and when it mat- say whose fi nal stance over matters will lure the touching, pleasantly out of character rie between the characters proving cru- ters. Shawshank was a dream. The Mist is a countless back for seconds, no question. Name Box page turners of the latter so remarkably cial to the tone and impact of the fi lm as nightmare. But in all the right ways: a murky, reworked in the timeless, superseding Darabont’s handheld, moving cameras tantalizing terror-jolt with added sub- Frank Darabont’s melded ominous cam- fi lm classics of the former. For his third bob and weave through the well orien- stance. High-concept with a weighty sub- erawork, a forbidding score, top perfor- Image Caption Box King rework, though, writer/director Dara- tated cast, rack focussing from one plane text and a damn low-budget. Darabont’s mances, lurid tension and shock after bont’s ditched the potent period prison of depth to another as they bicker over more concerned with probing the human- shock into a modest American macabre play (see Shawshank Redemption, Green who (or what’s) to blame. Militants? Scien- ity of horror than the gore and the guts with a killer ending to rival that of anything Mile), opting to grapple with the author’s tists? Politics? Nature? God? Who or what- and the winged, slithery, tentacled fi ends I‘ve ever seen in fi lm. It’s a bit of a shame forte: horror. The Mist, though, is far more ever the culprit, survival would appear hurling themselves at the glass panes. As that the 3 time Oscar nominee’s initial de- permanent, profound and disconcert- salient for our classic horror fi lm players: far as CGI goes, you’ve probably seen bet- sire to release the fi lm in black and white ing than its banal B-movie title and look the valiant leader (Tom Jane at the top of ter (in fact it’s laughable on occasion) but never came to pass, but horror fi lm fans would suggest. Not only is it somewhat of his game), the mental preacher (Marcia when a fi lm’s set-up is this well conceived, will be hard pushed to fi nd a more rivet- a religious experience (keep an eye out for Gay Harden at the top of hers), the stupid it’s all right for the special eff ects to take ing two-hours of pure entertainment this the iconography), but it’s also a revelation. teen, the klutz, the blonde, the needy kid, a back seat. Example? The Birds. Example? winter than this: a cynical and paralyzing the plucky gran‘, the non-believer, the un- Jaws. Another? Alien. Add to this list The portrait of the humane and the inhumane In retrospect, the fi lm’s form and plotline sung hero. They’re all in there, and more. Mist. A fi lm rapt on how bloody timid and that certainly isn’t pleasant, but it grips like are as simple as they come: a mysterious fragile we - humans - are in the face of fear. a vice all the same. In a word? mist-ifying. mist veiling a brood of outlandish beasts All told, The Mist is stylistically nostalgic. A “As a species we’re fundamentally in- Jack Harding 4/5

were ecstatic, but the critics showed concern. fected. There are some real heart-wrenching teach a lesson or two about love and sex. We It was predicted that a feature-length fi lm con- moments in the fi lm which may sound dra- could probably all learn something from each tinuing the stories of the four New York women, matic, but after so many years of loving the character, or relate to them in some way. We their friends and their lovers would mean kill- characters, one does feel a certain kind of at- may not have the pleasure of living in gor- Starring: Sarah Jessica Parker, ing the originality of the TV show. Quick-witted, tachment. Again, in classic SATC style, every- geous pent-houses in NYC or beach-houses thing within the fi lm’s story is fuelled by the Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia fresh and quirky, this television comedy does in LA, but SATC genuinely shows a strong indeed hold a distinct, timeless quality in its comedic dialogue between the four fabulous understanding and interesting portrayal of Nixon. portrayal of the independent, intelligent, single friends; Carrie’s wit, Charlotte’s sweet subtlety, how men and women have completely diff er- women. Sex and the City educated, empowered Miranda’s dry humour, and Samantha’s sexu- ent attitudes towards sex and relationships. Director: Michael Patrick King and entertained throughout the six years it was ally driven, dirty remarks. Watching this fi lm is broadcasted, and to say that the fi lm had a lot to a fun experience because you literally laugh SATC has naturally been labelled a chick fl ick, live up to is an understatement. However, I be- out loud. This reinforces why this fi lm is not just but I think it is much more than that. It is a bril- Sex and the City began in 1998. Based on char- lieve this movie is not just for the fans to enjoy, for die hard SATC fans, it is so open and hon- liantly funny and ultra glamorous extension of acters from the book by Candace Bushnell, the and the critics needn’t have been so sceptical… est about love and sex that it requires no spe- the popular television series where the classic TV show adaptation was an instant success cifi c sense of humour, it’s just genuinely funny. characters have even more style and even witti- amongst audiences and critics alike winning In true SATC tradition, the opening credits of er lines. As Samantha celebrates her 50th birth- multiple Golden Globes and Emmy Awards. For the fi lm appear over the striking shots of New SATC has always been renowned for the cos- day at the end of the fi lm, the girls show that six glorious seasons, the sex lives of Carrie, Sa- York City architecture, sound-tracked by that tumes. The characters are well dressed in fi ne they’ve truly become women through their wis- mantha, Charlotte and Miranda off ered quality lovable and familiar theme tune. It is clear from couture whenever they hit the streets, and they dom and experiences, yet still party like they’re entertainment to not just the single girl, but to this early moment that the fi lm remains loyal even look fashionable and sexy in their battered, in their twenties. It just goes to show that age both men and women of all ages and sexual- to the style and general feel of the TV show, lounging around outfi ts. The fashion-conscious is nothing but a number. If I must label this as ity. This programme, without taking itself too only on a bigger scale with a lot more glitz and Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) in particular sports a chick fl ick, it is defi nitely the ultimate way to seriously, has depth. Of course on the outside, glamour. Narrated by the witty, intelligent, love- some incredible pieces of clothing throughout spend an evening with your girlfriends. And if there is the context of shoes, lunch dates, de- struck Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker), the fi lm nar- the fi lm. If fashion is indeed your passion, you you’ve never even watched an episode of Sex signer labels, glamorous lifestyles and casual rative picks up from where the fi nal episode of won’t be able to take your eyes off the costumes. and the City before, do so now, otherwise you sex, but there is also the intelligent, witty and series six left off . All four girls are still paired up Hats off to Patricia Field, SATC’s costume design- are missing out on one of the most entertaining thought-provoking tales about love and rela- with their men: Carrie and Big, Charlotte and er. Not everything worn in the fi lm is labelled, and legendary TV shows of our generation. In tionships. Most signifi cantly, the show portrays Harry, Miranda and Steve, Samantha and Smith. for example Carrie wears a very signifi cant my opinion there is nothing to dislike about this the emotions and physicality of sex in an explic- These character relationships naturally evolved dress in the fi lm which is simple, stunning vin- fi lm and it exceeded all the expectations. If you it and frank way. This adult comedy still off ers since they were last seen on our screens, yet tage. However, names like Vera Wang, Vivienne are male, don’t knock it until you’ve tried it, and a refreshing and alternative genre of television throughout the fi lm, the on-going love story of Westwood, Louis Vuitton and Christian Dior will you never know, you might just learn something. in comparison to the canned laughter, Ameri- each relationship is exciting and unpredictable. scream at you throughout the whole feature. can sitcoms that always seem to hit our screens. Beth Glanvill Amongst the romance, heart-break, lust, lone- There are some fantastic, subtle touches in When the makers of Sex and the City announced liness, love and hate involved with the men this fi lm in terms of the script which make that the movie version was happening, the fans in their lives, the girls’ friendships are also af- it all the more entertaining, yet still seem to 4/5 The Gig Guide What’s going on in Southampton? October Steely Scam Legend (Bob Marley Tilly and the Wall Venue: The Brook Tribute) Karnataka Venue: The Brook Open Mic Night Venue: The Brook Venue: The Brook Venue: The Hobbit The Dreaming Tree The Stranglers Trash Fashion + Venice Venue: The Hobbit Dirty Pretty Things Jeremey Warmsley + Venue: The Guildhall Ahoy + The Exits The Strange Death of Venue: The Guildhall Edward J Hicks Venue: The Joiners Liberal England + Port It Hugs Back +Rod Thomas Venue: The Joiners The Rebs + The Erin Local Bands +Ascari +Christopher Robin Instill +Monrobots Tamborines + The Vision + Venue: The Joiners Venue: The Joiners Venue: The Joiners Jumping Ships Venue: The Joiners Venue: The Joiners

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Geno Washington Easy star all stars Open Mic Night Venue: The Brook Venue: The Brook Sly and Robbie + The 3 daft Monkeys +thinker Venue: The Hobbit Taxi Gang Venue: The Brook The Decoys The Brand New Heavies No Quarter Given +Blood Kids in Glass Houses Venue: The Brook Hot Chip Venue: The Hobbit Venue: Soul Cellar of Ash Venue: SUSU Garden Goldfrapp Venue: The Guildhall Venue: The Joiners Court Refectory Johnny Flynn Venue: The Guildhall Fearne + Max Raptor You Me At Six Venue: The Joiners Venue: The Joiners Venue: SUSU Garden Court Refectory

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Sliver Beatles Venue: The Brook The Fall Kid British + The Light Bring me the horizen Alphabeat Venue: The Brook Divided Venue: SUSU Garden Up Coming Local Bnads Venue: SUSU Garden The Riverside Blues Venue: Talking Heads Venue: The Joiners Court Refectory Band Court Refectory The Black Seeds Venue: The Hobbit Venue:Soul Cellar

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