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SEPTEMBER.18.2006 LISTINGS@gairrhydd.COM
week listings with Harris & Sgueglia The Pirates, Bonamassa and Kathryn Tickell Band
Monday
25/09
Fun Factory @ Solus, SU Cardiff’s own alternative night, featuring bands, a heavy rock room and a generally sweaty, rocked-out atmosphere. 10pm-2am. Free entry with NUS. £3 otherwise. X Factory @ The Taf The University’s student radio station shows off its best DJs. 9pm-1am. Free. New Noise @ Metros Alternative therapy for the musically depressed. 9pm-2am. £3 before 11pm. And more afterwards, presumably. Milk @ Moloko DJs playing nu-jazz, Latin, broken beats, deep house, etc. Pokey dance floor, but Molokos more than makes up for that by having over 50 brands of vodka. 8pm-2am. Free, but their cocktails will kill your wallets. Stereogum @ The Union Not anything to do with our Students’ Union but still good. Rock, metal, punk and electro. 9pm. £2 with flyer. I-Candy @ Tiger Tiger Wales’ latest superclub, where everything is, well, super. Five rooms, five bars, two dancing rooms, private booths. £3/4 NUS. Movie Monday @ Molokos All the fun you could want, under one roof: DJs, new music, live bands, open mic and drinks promos. 7pm. Free. Pick Of The Day The Walkmen @ The Point They take the qualities most admired in the last 35 years of US rock and barbecue them together as they hint at the Ramones, the band are on the move outwards and upwards. 7.30pm. £10.50. La Boheme @ Wales Millenium Centre. For more information contact the venue.
Friday 29/09
.. Access all Areas @ Sulus SU New Look Friday. Another Union event, another way to make people drunk. It should be a good night. 10pm-2am. £3.50/£3 adv. The Dudes Abide @ Clwb Ifor Bach Music for those who love music. An indie and retro night that takes in the heady landscape created by the likes of Hendrix, the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin and Dusty Springfield. Probably the best club night on Fridays, and far more relaxed than the equally-good-in-allother-ways Popscene. 10.00pm – 2.30am. £3.50/ £4. Mad4It! @ Barfly DJ Mike TV compares an indietastic night of alternative music, from the Strokes to the Smiths. 10.30pm-2am. £5. Chaos @ Metros The hard rock night. £2.50 before 10pm. Full Fat @ Moloko Cheeky bootlegs to heavy funk, old skool classics, and jump up party breaks. Free entry before 11pm. Pick Of The Day Kathryn Tickell Band @ St. David’s Hall Part of the Roots Unearthed season that comprises of quality folk and world music. The interaction between diverse folk musicians on instruments such as fiddle and melodeon provides a powerful setting for Kathryn’s music. 8pm. £12. DJ Residences @ Buffalo Bar Funk, soul, hip hop. 8pm. £2/3. The Stranglers @ Coal Exchange One of Britains finest long-running bands do their thing whilst promoting their 16th studio album. See opposite page for more details. 7.30pm. £18.50. North by Northwest @ Chapter Arts Centre Hitchcock’s ultimate “wrong man” comedy thriller, sees the world conspiring to wipe the smile off cooler-than-thou Cary Grant’s face and failing. Contact venue.
Tuesday26/09
Wednesday27/09
Thursday28/09
Soul Motion @ Moloko Soultastic! Deep funk, rare soul, Tamla Motown, jazz dance and boogaloo. 7pm-2am. Free. Planet Rock @ Clwb Ifor Bach Revamped rock night that promises “familiar classics from the fields of metal, hard rock and goth”. Drinks promotions and you can email song requests. Alternatively, myspace it at www.myspace.com/planet_rock_club 9pm-2pm. £3. Bar Cuba Latin and world music classics and cheese, from Shakira to pretty much anything else that you can shake your hips to, old skool Ricky Matin included. 10.30-2am. Forecast @ Buffalo Bar Something of a night of hidden treasures: Prepresenting under-represented music. www.weareforecast.com 8pm-3am. £6. Traffic light party @ Solus, SU Red is no, Orange is maybe, Green is go. It’s pulling using colours. 9pm
Rubber Duck @ Solus, SU Clubbing for jocks, pretend jocks and those who love to dress up in costume. Suprisingly, it is a huge sell out. 10pm. £3. Popscene @ Clwb Ifor Bach Three floors, three different clubs. On one, classic funk and motown, another indie classics and brand new music, and on the final floor, cheese. Not literally though. Hugely popular- go early. 9.30pm. £3. Traffic @ Philharmonic Cardiff’s DJ and clubbing society takes over the decks, playing house music until one in the morning. 9pm. Panic @ Barfly The very latest and great Indie hits. 10.30pm. Free. Eat the DJ @ Buffalo Bar Resident DJs, but no cannibalism. Don’t get the wrong idea here, weirdos. Free. Jennie Savage Out of The World: An Exploration of the View @ ChapterArts Centre A fascinating photo montage of a view from a window looking out across Quebec City, accompanied by soundtrack and voice-over from Jennie Savage. 7.pm. Free. Soilwork @ Barfly They have been an early and masterful incarnation that has taken modernized metal to the next level generating a new genre of prolific music and surpassing all the expectations. 7.30pm. £10. Freak Kitchen @ The Point The heavy metal trio influences range from jazz to pop-music which makes for very interesting listening. 7.30pm. £10.
Replay @ Solus At time of writing I don’t have anymore details but for further information there are going to be lots of posters. 9pm Societies Fair @ Great Hall This is not just filling up space. (Ahem.) This is promoting an opportunity to join societies and therefore make lots of friends who you can then go to all the great events we write about. See, I’m right. 10am-4pm. Livewire @ Barfly Metal. So much of it that they could open a steel factory. Probably. A dash of punk and hardcore adds season. 10pm. Free entry. Cheapskates @ Metros Alternative and cheese. Waaaayyyy cheap drinks, but make sure to only ask for house spirits. Double and a mixer cost 99p. 9pm2am. Aperture @ Moloko Resident DJs. 8pm. Free before 11pm. Clubnight @ La Tropicana Hip-hop and R&B student night. 10pm. DJ Residences @ Buffalo Bar A nice mix of non re-issue funk 45s, soul, hip hop, and Motown. 9pm. £2/3. Neon Plastix @ Barfly This is music for the geeks sick of air-fix ,but not afraid to sniff the fumes.7.30pm. £5. Re-Live @ Chapter Arts Centre This event promises to be an honest and unusual evening, where memory meets theatre and the past becomes present once again. 8pm. £5-£3. Angel-A @ Chapter Arts Centre The starky beautiful Angel-A is a welcome return to directing by Luc Besson. The directors previous films include Subway ,Nikita and Leon. Peter Corry @ ST David’s Hall Peter an awesome talent spans the great musicals opera, rock, jazz and the haunting melodies of his native Norther Ireland. 7.30pm. £13.50 /£15.50/£17.50 .
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Pick Of The Day The Pirate of Penzance @ New Theatre Packed with fun, frolics, song favourites and a live orchestra, this vibrant musical glitters with all the trimmings, offering a great night out for all the family. 7.30pm £8 on the upper circle. Mabinogi Live @ Sherman Theatre The return of Terry Deary and of the Boomerang Company. 18.30pm. Free. The Beat Box Ballroom @B uffalo Bar The Beat Box Ballroom, in other words DJ Jaffa and mates are @ the Buffalo Bar to give the best musical night of your life. They promise you a night of Disco, Funk, Hip-Hop, Pop, Rock, and Soul. No excuses ,there is music for every taste. From 8pm to 4am £4/£3 before 10 pm.
Pick of the day Tenby Arts Festival @ Tenby. £15 Featuring local, national, international artistes creating a feast of music, drama, dance, film, poetry and talks. Contact www.tenbyartsfest.co.uk
Saturday 30/09
Sunday 01/10
Come Play @ Solus, SU Party tunes in the main room. Traffic (DJ and clubbing socitey) playing house music in the other. 10pm. £3.50. Blueprint @ Moloko Retro disco, future house, disco roots, drinks promos. Latin in the Express lounge. Free before 10pm, £3.50 after. Fly Swatter @ Barfly Indie party fest that mixes up the best music with the even better. 10.30pm. £5 NUS. Hellbent! @ The Model Inn, Quay Street Cardiff city’s only rock night on a Saturday. 9pm - 2am. Delinquent @ Metros Alternative and new music mixed with the best indie tunes. The dungeon-like surroundings makes it even better. 9pm-4am. Free with flyer before 10pm/£4. Clwb Cariad @ Clwb Ifor Bach Contemporary sounds (downstairs) with a little bit of other stuff thrown in 10pm – 2.30am. £3/4. Bogiez @ The Point For your fortnightly dose of rock,make sure you don’t miss Bogiez at The Point. 9pm. Antonio Forcione Quartet @ St. Donats Arts Centre “Be prepared to laugh, cry and be inspired by a musician who is rated to be one of the great acoustic guitarist in the world”, says The Guardian. Isn’t this already a temptation? Go to the ST Donats Centre and discover your Italian music personality. 8pm. £13.50/12.00.
The Hop @ Buffalo Bar Resident DJs present 50’s night: rock ‘n’ roll, jive, rockabilly and psychobilly. Cult 50s films, drive in themes and extra large milkshakes are said to be involved as well. 8pm3am. Free. Open Mike (Upstairs) @ Buffalo Bar An intimate and relaxed atmosphere, along with your chance to experience live acoustic acts, songwriters, bands and performers, as well as participating yourself if you so desire. 8pm-3am. £1.00 No Wax @ Moloko Bring your MP3s and you can be a DJ. I reccommend hijacking the venue and subjecting people to obsure indie bands (Terris, anyone?), or Wagner’s Ring Cycle. 7pm-2am. Free. The Birthday Party @ Bristol Old Vic, If you wanna hop over the Severn to Bristol, then there is a classic play showing this week, The Birthday Party. Stanley is an unemployed musician living in a seaside boarding house run by Meg and Petey. All is well until Meg decides to celebrate Stanley's birthday with Petey, Lulu and two mystery guests. Contact venue for information.
Pick Of The Day Estella’s fire@Sherman Theatre Join Estella on an emotional journey from childhood to adulthood as she struggles to act on her own feelings rather than the motives forced on her by the others. 20.00pm. £10/£8.
Pick Of The Day JA Promotions Presents Joe Bonamassa @ The Point Mixing original and classic blues, his latest album ‘You and Me’ incorporates influences of Chicago Delta and British blues into something unique. He is not just a typical blues guitarist. Born to a guitar dealer, Bonamassa has something of a cult following in the US. He started playing guitar aged 4, and his prodigous talent was such that at 12 he was asked to open for BB King. His career has been on a trajectory ever since.
VENUES Students’ Union, Park Place 02920 387421 www.cardiffstudents.com Med Club, Neuadd Meirionydd, Heath Park 02920 744948 Clwb Ifor Bach (The Welsh Club), 11 Womanby Street 02920 232199 www.clwb.net Barfly, Kingsway Tickets: 08709070999 www.barflyclub.com/cardiff Metros, Bakers Row 02920 399939 www.clubmetropolitan.com Dempseys, Castle Street 02920 252024 Moloko, 7 Mill Lane 02920 225592 Incognito, Park Place 02920 412190 Liquid, St. Mary Street 02920645464 The Philharmonic, 76-77 St. Mary Street 02920 230678 Café Jazz, 21 St. Mary Street 02920 387026 www.cafejazzcardiff.com The Riverbank Hotel, Despenser Street www.riverbankjazz.co.uk St. David’s Hall, The Hayes 02920 878444 www.stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk Chapter Arts Centre, Market Road, Canton 02920 304400 www.chapter.org Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay 0870 0402000 www.wmc.org.uk The New Theatre, Park Place 02920 878889 www.newtheatrecardiff.co.uk The Sherman Theatre, Senghennydd Road 02920 646900 www.shermantheatre.co.uk The Glee Club, Mermaid Quay 0870 2415093 www.glee.co.uk Cardiff International Arena, Mary Ann Street 02920 224488 The Millennium Stadium Can’t miss it. www.millenniumstadium.com The Point, Cardiff Bay 029 2046 0873. www.thepointcardiffbay.com