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| Tuesday 28 July 8pm ARBOURETUM SPITDUST CO-PILGRIM Arbouretum first began in late 2002 as a vehicle for singer/guitarist David Heumann's songwriting. Since their debut album, Long Live the Well-Doer, there have been several lineup changes that have included musicians such as Ned Oldham (Anomoanon), Walker Teret (Cass McCombs' band), and Jennifer Hutt, as well as drummers Mitchell Feldstein (Lungfish) and David Bergander (Celebration). The sweeping, atmospheric textures of the first record soon gave way to a more visceral, elemental approach. Amplifiers were turned up, drums were hit harder, and songs crescendoed into spiraling, noise-soaked climaxes on the second full-length, Rites of Uncovering. Released on Thrill Jockey in early 2007, the record garnered much attention and critical acclaim. Recorded at Lord Baltimore Recordings by Rob Girardi over two months in the fall of 2008, Song of the Pearl is Arbouretum's third full-length and the first to feature the same core band on every song. With Dave Heumann on guitar and vocals, Corey Allender on bass, Daniel Franz (also sometimes seen with Beach House) on drums, and Steve Strohmeier on guitar, Song of the Pearl is more earthy and direct than the band's previous efforts. While Rites of Uncovering seemed to peer down from a vantage point far above, Song of the Pearl reaches out from within the mire itself. The songs seem to have more immediacy and urgency than that of its predecessor. Paradoxically, the album exudes hopefulness, even though the songs' protagonists are often ultimately and intrinsically doomed. Before coming to Winchester, Arbouretum tour the US with Band Of Horses in June. "Dave Heumann's vocal melodies are clear, grand, and hymnal and at the risk of stretching the arboreal theme, it is possible to hear the solid, ringing chords and exquisite pealing twin-guitar solos as the trunk and the canopy of their unique sound. Pretty special." - The Guardian http://www.myspace.com/arbouretum Tickets £8 Click here to buy tickets from Ticketweb or call them on 08700 600 100 (24 hours) Please click here for venue details. |
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| Sunday 6 September 2pm SXSC FESTIVAL starring RICHMOND FONTAINE PETER BRUNTNELL BAND BEATNIK FILMSTARS RYAN O'REILLY BAND SXSC HOUSE BAND CHRIS T-T WHALEBONE POLLY JIM JONES JASON McNIFF OWEN TROMANS Doors will be open at 1 pm and the first act on will be at 2 pm. There will be two rooms, featuring electric bands downstairs and an Acoustic Lounge upstairs. All timings will be announced in advance, so you don’t arrive late and miss out, and there will be no clashes. Tickets £20 Click here to buy tickets from Ticketweb or call them on 08700 600 100 (24 hours) Please click here for venue details. |
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| Tuesday 29 September 8pm CHUCK PROPHET & THE MISSION EXPRESS FRANZ NICOLAY You want stories? They're everywhere. Chuck, over ten years ago, once jumped from one San Francisco rooftop onto another and fell three stories through a skylight onto the cement floor of a mechanics' garage; all in an attempt to impress a girl and get into his apartment (that he had locked himself out of). He was high. The stories are endless. His long-suffering wife and musical partner Stephanie Finch can assure any disbeliever of that. You get clean and you cut it out, right? Nah. Chuck simply tells me, "I don't want to embarrass my parents anymore than I already have." The recording of Chuck's latest record has incurred him a smashed car windshield and, at last count, 27 parking tickets. He can't get it right. Chuck, in his Green On Red days was often called, in quotation marks, Billy The Kid. He signed to New West records in 2002 and was promptly dropped in 2005. How does Chuck feel about it? Who knows? He's no Ryan Adams. Mike Lembo, Chuck's manager from 1995 through 2000 stole all of Chuck's publishing rights from underneath him. To add nothing but insult to injury Lembo threw away all of Chuck's master recordings. Chuck eventually got his publishing rights back. How does he feel about the whole thing? Broken glass and cement floors hurt much worse. So what did hurt? Mike made Chuck lie about his age, forever keeping him several years younger for the sake of press. In talking to Chuck you can tell it's not the "making" him do it that bothered him so much, it's that he went along with it. Chuck Prophet is 43 years old. There, now you know. But he's still a fucking kid. A kid with a guitar and some songs. - John Murry http://www.chuckprophet.com Tickets £15 Click here to buy tickets from Ticketweb or call them on 08700 600 100 (24 hours) Please click here for venue details. |
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| Unless stated, these gigs will take place at The Railway Inn, St Pauls Hill, Winchester. It's only 120 capacity - imagine your front room with a bar and a big PA. Click here to see the venue on multimap Click here to go to the Railway website The venue is 5 minutes walk from the train station. If you're arriving from London Waterloo (or other stations on that line) leave the platform and on your left there are some steps. Go down these, turn left, walk under the tracks, go up the next steps on your left, walk out of the door on your right, walk through the car park and the Railway Inn is just there, on your left, when you get to the end of the car park. If you're coming by train from Southampton (or other stations on that line) just leave the platform and go through the door in front of you into the car park. Then just follow what it says above. Trains to Winchester leave London Waterloo at least once an hour. For more train times and prices click here for thetrainline.com Back to the top |
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