JUNE 2014 MAY 2014 DHP presents... Tue 3 Cheeseweasel Promotions presents... A PLASTIC ROSE Fri 16 £6 - plus support JERSEY BUDD (FULL BAND SHOW) Belfast’s alternative rock four-piece are hotly tipped for success in £10adv £12door - plus Bluebird Parade the UK in 2013 after the release of debut album ‘Camera.Shutter. Jersey Budd smashed the British music scene square in its face Life’ to critical acclaim (KKKK review in Kerrang, dubbing it a with his first album, Wonderlands. Acclaimed by Q Magazine “stunning debut”, “APR deserve whole-heartedly to be your new as “rollicking bar room rock in thrall to Tom Petty and Bruce favourite band”) and rave reviews of their live shows. Their diverse Springsteen”, Leicester born Jersey is one of a handful of new sound, which is compared to the likes of Brand New, Manchester artists gathering fans with his own brand of rich, full hearted and Orchestra, Sunny Day Real Estate and Twin Atlantic but very much honest music. Jersey is part of the new young breed of British in their own key, has seen them appear at major festivals such as songwriters ready to take the mantle from the likes of Arctic Reading and Leeds and T Vital. www.aplasticrose.co.uk Monkeys, Oasis and Coldplay. www.facebook.com/jerseybuddmusic Sat 7 TONY HAZZARD £8 - with The Junipers Live In Leicester presents... Tony Hazzard wrote hits for Manfred Mann, The Hollies, Lulu, Mon 19 Herman’s Hermits, The Tremeloes, Gene Pitney, and Andy COURTNEY BARNETT Williams. His songs have also been covered by Hall and Oates, £8.50adv £10door - plus Honeyblood and Richard Warren Cliff Richard, Nana Mouskouri, and The Yardbirds, among others. Welcome to the world of Courtney Barnett, a hot, hazy place As a session singer he sang on albums by Long John Baldry, where suburban banalities and mindless procrastination have Elton John, and James Last. His award-winning song, Fox On The never sounded so compelling. The 26-year-old Melbourne-based Run, has been recorded by Tom T. Hall, Bill Monroe, The Country singer has a nurtured a growing legion of devotees through a Gentlemen, George Jones, Ricky Scaggs, Bare Naked Ladies, The series of DIY releases that have been re-released worldwide to Zac Brown Band, and many more. www.tonyhazzard.com snowballing acclaim. Singles ‘Avant Gardener’ and ‘History Eraser’ are vivid displays of her magic. Hook-laden fugs of country roots Magic Teapot presents... and discordant psychedelia with dream-like narratives. Courtney Tue 17 is nominated for NME’s Best New Band at the 2014 NME Awards ELECTRIC MOON while and her sprawling, rocking live shows have seen her sell out £8adv £10door - plus Nylon 9 tours in the UK, USA and back home in Australia. Electric Moon were founded in late 2009 by painting artist/bass player Komet Lulu and Sula Bassana. Now with Marcus Schnitzler on drums, who is member of The Spacelords. Take a huge dose of Doktor Dyper Promotions presents... psychedelia, blend it with some acid colours and get as high as Fri 23 you can - this is the state of mind Electric Moon create with their THE ENID sound. They want to celebrate their love of music together with £10adv £12door - plus Matt Stevens the audience and the highest point of communication is reached Formed among friends in 1974 The Enid invented a school of when there is a happening symbiosis between audience and intelligent, powerful and romantic popular music which is unique band. www.electricmoon.de to them. The Enid “school of art” for want of a better description, is free from constraints of template rock/pop where rhythm, Sun 22 harmony and melody are invariably dictated by the traditions, THE KOKOMO KINGS prejudices and limitations associated with style. Their 13th, and £8adv £10door latest studio album Invicta, has received wide acclaim including Take a big bucket of unpolished Mississippi juke joint boogie and being voted into the Top Ten Guardian readers poll for best album blend it with another bucket of laid back down home blues. Add and best track. www.theenid.co.uk a teacup of swamp pop, a tablespoon of hillbilly and a pound of profane, ecstatic gospel and you’ll have the Kokomo Kings. This is rock ‘n’ roll before rock ‘n’ roll was born. Nothing but primitive, Cheeseweasel Promotions presents... groovy Saturday-night music made for dancing. Thu 29 www.kokomokings.com GWYN ASHTON £8adv £10door - plus The Della Grants and Dr. X Tue 24 Welsh-born Australian singer/songwriter/guitarist Gwyn Ashton HANNAH ALDRIDGE goes back to his roots with his uniquely intense, £7adv £8door eclectic one-man blues army live show. Displaying a dynamic Hannah Aldridge is the daughter of Alabama Music Hall of Famer blend of blues, country, jazz and reggae, his impassioned vocals, Walt Aldridge, who is one of the most prolific songwriters of melodic, soulful, haunting lap slide and bottleneck playing are the modern musical era. With sounds ranging from blues in guaranteed to raise the hairs on the back of your neck. Ashton’s the Mississippi Delta to the dusty, dixieland jazz sounds from descriptive songwriting reflects experiences of many years spent New Orleans, the musical stylings of Muscle Shoals on up to travelling around the world and he has recorded with some of the primitive roots of American Country music, Hannah Aldridge the best musicians in the business. www.gwynashton.com leaves no inspiration or influence untapped. hannah-aldridge.com Sat 31 Thu 26 STEPHEN DALE PETIT SAN FRANCISCO NIGHTS: U.S. LEGENDS OF THE £7adv £9door - plus The River Chickens PYSCHEDELIC 60’s Stephen Dale Petit’s blues guitar odyssey started at a very young £10adv £12door - feat. Sam Andrew (Big Brother & The Holding age. His almost obsessive passion and talent has carried him Company), David Bennett Cohen & Bruce Barthol (Country Joe & The through drug addiction, alcoholism and, ultimately, salvation and Fish), Greg Douglass (Steve Miller Band/Hot Tuna), Roy Blumenfeld recovery. His journey has seen him homeless and busking for (The Blues Project/Sea Train) and Bex Marshall as the voice of Janis food on street corners. It has taken him from media buzz tube Joplin - plus support from John Butler (Diesel Park West) platform performer to star of UK festival stages; from focus of The “San Francisco Nights” 2014 UK tour coincides with the Underground traveller’s delight to inspirational University music 47th Anniversary of the 1967 Monterey International Pop Music lecturer. It is a journey which has seen him play alongside many Festival in California - the first ever widely promoted and heavily guitar icons and, finally, become one himself. attended rock festival. This show features members of no less www.stephendalepetit.com than four bands who appeared there who will be performing an exciting back catalogue of their classic songs.... and more! Need a gig? Contact Darren on either 07970 529 760 or [email protected] 8.00pm until midnight Sunday to Thursday 8.00pm until 1.00am Friday and Saturday Live music starts after 8.30pm MAY JUNE Thu 1 Stackridge - £12adv £15door Sun 1 Closed plus Rhind, Smith & Wilson. Prog rock, psych, Beatlesque powerpop and folk! Mon 2 Night Beats - £8adv Fri 2 The Dualers - £10adv £12door plus The Cult Of Dom Keller, Pusher and Al Lover. Magic Teapot presents... plus Moccasin Mile. Highly popular Croydon-based ska and reggae outfit. Tue 3 A Plastic Rose - £6 Sat 3 Original Bands Showcase: Semi-Final 2 - £6 guestlist/flyer plus support. Highly acclaimed four-piece alternative rock from Belfast. feat. Murmur, The Suicide B’s, Ash Mammal, Strangler Figs, The Della Grants Wed 4 Pete Morton - £8 and Beneath The Lights. Popular songwriter, singer and ‘folk rapper’ mixing social comment and personal insight. Sun 4 Musician Blues Festival - £12 all-day £7 afternoon £7 evening Thu 5 The Suicide B’s + The Dedbeats - £4adv £5door feat. Jack J Hutchinson Band, Ron Sayer Jr, Alex McKown Band, Ryan Thomas, Two of the most exciting acts on Leicester’s alternative rock scene. Jack Broadbent and Blacktop Deluxe. Fri 6 Ann Duggan Band - £6 Mon 5 Joe Buck Yourself - £6adv £7door Hugely entertaining and powerful mix of country/blues and roots music. plus Preacher & The Bear and The Bobcats. Former Th’Legendary Shack Shakers guitarist. Sat 7 Tony Hazzard - £8 Tue 6 Private Event with The Junipers. Legendary hit songwriter returns to the Musician. Wed 7 Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker with Kyle Carey - £10 Sun 8 Janet Robin - £7adv £9door (Daytime Show 3pm - 8pm) Award-winning folk duo plus acclaimed Gaelic Americana singer. plus Abandon Her and Stevie Jones & The Wildfires. Randy Rhoads tutored guitarist. Thu 8 The Redlands Palomino Company - £8adv £10door Mon 9 The City Acoustic Club - free plus The Rosellys and Paul McClure. Return of one of the UK’s finest Americana acts. Leicester’s original and best open mic night. Fri 9 Glenn Tilbrook - £17adv £19door - SHOW SOLD OUT Tue 10 Multimorph - £3 Solo acoustic show from one half of Squeeze’s legendary song-writing duo. plus support. Psychedelia and poetry from Maureen Anderson’s unique band. Sat 10 Mick Pini - £10 Wed 11 Hatful Of Rain - £8adv £10door Brilliant and inimitable Leicester-born bluesman Musical virtuosity from the bluegrass/old time influenced British folk/roots group. Sun 11 Harpeth Rising - £10adv £12door Thu 12 The Sea - £5 plus Fred’s House. Progressive folk and rich harmonies from the Nashville group. plus Goldray (feat. Kenwyn House of Reef) and Jack Rabbits. Punk and blues collide. Mon 12 Ezra Furman & The Boy-Friends - £8.50adv £10door Fri 13 Mojohand - £6 plus Happyness and Violet Cities.