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Be@Proud w/Bookhouse Boys. Proud Galleries. December 20th.
17/12/2008
Monday morning notes: vague recollection of “WHAT HAPPENED” and “WITH WHO” / sense of overwhelming paranoia as City boys stare and whisper. WALK FASTER! Don’t even consider bank-balance!!! Can barely roll a cigarette… hands shaking like a pneumatic drill. Colleagues are avoiding eye-contact; probably for the best. Listen to Abbey Road and chain-smoke and occasionally… just occasionally manage to string a God-damn sentence together that makes me think I’m closer to sanity than I first envisaged. Or insanity! Hit the toilet. Feel mildly better. Keep it at bay, boy… keep it at bay. Following Monday morning notes: See above. See, it doesn’t matter how big the shit-load is during the working week, with nights like Be@Proud, you know you’re going to be fighting through the post-night head-rape on a Monday morning - EVERY WEEK! This Saturday’s ‘Be’ will continue where the last one (and the one before that recurring) left-off. With top draw music, baby. Jingle Bell ROCK!!! Live acts taking to the Camden venue will be: The Stillhouse Orchestra . Following Planetnotion tradition, I checked them out on their MySpace. Here’s where the music took me: Woah! I’m giving a sweet little country honey the eye and she’s smiling back at me. I feel fucked on this moonshine and the hay is making me sneeve, but screw-it; when this band finishes their bluegrass-country-swing-type-set, me and this floozy will be rolling around in it anyway! The Stillhouse Orchestra are the ideal band for drunken dancing and Christmas cheer. YEEHAW! 9-piece-Orchestra, the Bookhouse Boys , are also on the bill. Once again, here’s a MySpace reaction: Right, the Bookhouse Boys manage to achieve what I believe all good acts should achieve… a blend of uplifting, spas-out dance-rock tracks and “nurse the come-down” lo-fi (kinda depressing) rocked out tunes. And it’s all done with a mix of trumpets and guitars and keyboards and stuff. Anything that can make you smile and laugh and dance like a maniac at the beginning of the night, and then cry your eyes out and drink warm beer whilst listening to the same band the next morning, has to be Top Drawer. Don’t be confused by their name either… they have a female vocalist called Catherine. Get this: the Non-Stop Electric Cabaret will shift from the stables area of Proud to take-over the main room. Regular DJ Bioux and burlesque lovely, Miss Vicky Butterfly , will be joined by one of the finest burlesque performers these shores have seen. God, I’m getting all hot and sweaty just thinking about it… maybe it’s the come-down or the bottle of Chivas Regal I downed in a moment of pre-Crimbo madness last night. But I think it’s because the mighty Roxy Velvet will be revealing more than a little thigh! To round things off, Be resident DJs, David H, John Power and Clemence Lachance, will make you jig a drunken jig and dance a drunken dance, with a mix of indie, new wave, disco and electro beats in the South Gallery. O, and if that wasn’t enough, the Mystery Jets will be joining the boys for a DJ set! 'Be' have called this event ‘The Last Nightmare Before Christmas’… In reality, the nightmare will come the day after the night, the night of that day, and probably the day and the night after that… The Last Nightmare Before Christmas Saturday 20th December 8pm – 4am Proud Galleries, Horse Hospital, Stables Market, Camden, NW18AH Tickets: £8 (adv) £5 (b49) £10 (after) ticketweb.co.uk
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Amadou & Mariam. 2009 UK Tour.
16/12/2008
Malian duo, Amadou & Mariam, are heading to the UK for a string of 2009 live dates. Planetnotion didn’t really know a lot about the pair until we saw them on Jools Holland. Then we were all like: “WOAH, THAT’S SOME PRETTY GOOD SH*T RIGHT THERE!” We’re talking crazy bongos and drums and keyboards; Amadou licking the electric guitar whilst singing these sweet harmonies with Mariam. A real taste of Africa with just enough of a pop/rock vibe to appeal to the less experimental… or, um, the Western World. And to produce such stunning compositions is pretty mind-blowing when you consider that the ‘real life couple’ are both blind! Anyways, Planetnotion was so taken aback by their performance that we wanted to learn more… then we realized we weren’t the first to be blown away by the Malian duo. The Observer Music Monthly voted their debut album, Welcome To Mali, at number two in their Albums of the Year. Whilst Damon Albarn rated the pair so highly that he produced the first track on their debut album, as well as Amadou & Mariam’s first single. Anyways, enough of the rambling; here are those all important dates and details… Tue 24th Feb. Concorde 2, Brighton Ticket price: £15 Box Office: 01273 673 311 www.ticketweb.co.uk Wed 25th Feb. Koko, London Ticket price: £17.50 in advance Box Office: 0870 145 1115 www.ticketweb.co.uk and www.comono.co.uk Thu 26th Feb. Academy, Bristol Ticket price: £15 Box Office: 08444 77 2000 www.ticketweb.co.uk Sat 28th Feb. Picturehouse, Edinburgh Ticket price: £14 Box Office: 0844 847 1740 www.ticketweb.co.uk Sun 1st March. Vicar Street, Dublin Ticket price: € 24.00 Box Office: 0818 719 390 www.ticketmaster.ie
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Eastern Electrics. Secret London Location. December 31st.
12/12/2008
Planetnotion’s feeling a tad worse for wear. Went out yesterday and can’t remember a god-damn thing, except dancing around like Lizzie from Playdays to Chris De Burgh’s ‘A Spaceman Came Traveling’. Anyways, the show must go on as they say, so I’m going to battle through my churning gut-ache and bring another NYE party to your attention. And this one’s a wee bit special. Following the success of their August Bank Holiday debut, Eastern Electrics are returning for a NYE rave-up. Fuck knows where it’s taking place; it’s all a bit cloak and dagger at the moment; very hush, hush, as they say. Anyways, Tayo and Frank Tope are going to be hosting the TAYO TRACKSUIT PARTY! Tayo and Frank Tope’s special guest will be Serge Santiago, and he’ll be making you make shapes with some top-notch beats. Man Make Music will also be bringing a string of top talent to Eastern Electrics, including Sketchy, Another Amit, Noel Mas, Jacob Husley and the awesome George Fitzgerald. You’d be forgiven for thinking the fun ends there, but it doesn’t. O no, no: Mulletover will also be bringing a string of representatives to the secret NYE location. First-up: DJ duo M.A.N.D.Y will round off a year of global touring and festival dates by taking to the decks on the night. And no stranger to Mulletover, The Crosstown Rebels’ Damian Lazarus will also spin his yarn, with support from Simon Morell and Mulletover founder DJ Geddes. PHEW! Time to dust-off Dad’s old shell-suit, grow yourself a Scouse moustache, and party like its 1985! You’ll have to be quick though, because early bird tickets sold-out mega-quick and £20 tickets are strictly limited! Eastern Electrics WEDNESDAY 31st December 9pm-6am Secret London Location Tickets: £20 +BF - LIMITED RELEASE residentadvisor. net /ee
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Be@Proud w/Fan Death. Proud Galleries. November 29th.
28/11/2008
I hate restrictions, man. Rules and shit like that. “YOU CAN’T GO FOR 4 PINTS AT LUNCH-TIME, YOU’RE AT WORK!” What kind of logic is that? Don’t these people understand that man/woman/I need my creative juices to be flowing, and that until I have my daily, lunch-time fix, I’m a juiceless, shrivelled, corpse of a man; a non-walking, non-talking Zombie; listening to The Velvet Underground and Nico and staring through the computer screen, my tongue hanging out my mouth like I’m a fucking vegetable or something. Dead. Dead. Dead. But fuck it, enough of this spiel, the important thing is that nobody : Bosses, mums, dads, brothers, police, sisters, grandparents or lovers; builders, cleaners, executive commissioners, grocers, cleaners or New Labour, can prevent me from going to Be@Proud on Saturday night! Here are the acts you can expect to see… The Chap (pictured): I started shifting on my seat, all jagged like someone had taken a dump on it and I was frightened to sit down, when I heard The Chap. I was pecking thin-air, like a blind sparrow, and rapidly tapping my desk like I had A.D.D. or something. I must have looked pretty fucking weird, because people in the office were looking at me real funny. This is the kinda music I’d call spazzed-out electro; real experimental stuff with lyrics thrown-up every-now and then like verbal diarreah. The lyrics don’t seem to mean a lot, but they mess your mind-up; and sometimes you need a good brain-buggering more than you need a good preaching, baby. Visit The Chap MySpace HERE ! Fan Death: YES! Music that transports you into dance-heaven is like drawing 10 Aces in a game of Poker! Physically impossible, I know, but everybody needs dreams of happiness after working 10 hour shifts, 5 days a week; being stuck on public transport for 2 hours, with some dudes onion breath in your face and an old ladies wig-hairs up your nostrils. Fan Death more than supply such needs! Their music’s kinda like 80s electro – but the decent side of it; the side that forces you to make shapes with every part of your body that can wobble or move; legs; arms; head; cock; balls; wrists; breasts… Currently residing in the USA, Marta, Dandilion, and producer Szam Findlay, had their first release on Erol Alkan’s Phantasy Label, with a remix by the big man himself. End of story. Visit the Fan Death MySpace HERE ! Burlesque Action: I’ve been called a sexual predator, but that’s unfair; like calling a raw-carrot a deep-fried pizza… Hell, everyone needs a bit of titillation every now and then, and that’s where Be@Proud’s Non-Stop Electric Cabaret Bar comes in. Resident burlesque lovely, Miss Vicky Butterfly, will be joined by fellow burlesque lovelies whilst market-stall lovely Bioux spins vintage tunes on the rock n’ roll jukebox. BEAT THAT FOR LOVELINESS! The Rest (Of The People At Be@Proud: Disco Bloodbath! MO-FOing Disco Bloodbath, man! They’ll be carrying on shenanigans, debauchery and general merriment to the wee hours of Sunday morn. We’re talking beats that’ll have you busting a move like Mister Miyagi on thirty-blotters of cranking LSD, man. Resident VJ Hagpop Matossian will be supplying some 3D visual wizardry, that’ll have you freaking out like Mister Miyagi on forty-blotters of pumping LSD, man. Note: Those were mere estimations… Be@Proud Saturday 29th November Proud Galleries, Horse Hospital Stables Market, Camden NW1 8AH 8pm – 2.30am Tickets: £5 (before 9) £8 (adv) £10 www.be-at.co.uk
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Lucha Libre London. The Roundhouse. December 6th - 9th.
27/11/2008
Think of your wildest dream, times it by two; then times it by four; then times it by a million. Hold that thought! I shall now prove the power of Planetnotion.com’s alcohol-and-narcotic fried psyche, by revealing exactly what your ‘wildest dream’ is... It’s the BBC’s Last Choir Standing getting a second series, right? RIGHT? Okay, okay, okay… GROWN MEN ROLLING AROUND ON TOP OF EACH OTHER WEARING FUNNY MASKS, right? RIGHT? Even if I’m wrong, which is pretty god-damn rare, I bet I can convince you that the Lucha Libre should be your wildest dream. Sure, it may be men in masks rolling around a ring, but it’s so much better than the stuff I used to watch on TV, back in the day when I used to shit the bed. Planetnotion.com previewed the last Lucha Libre event at the legendary Roundhouse, but just to refresh your memory, allow me to explain the concept. The Lucha Libre originated in Mexico and features two sets of Luchadores (free-style wrestlers), representing ‘good’ (lovely people) and ‘bad’ (evil bastards). The ‘good’ are referred to as tecnicos, due to their quality technical ability and high-flying assaults. The ‘bad’ are referred to as rudos, which probably means big and mean or something. Anyway, the rudos use brute force to over-come the little tecnicos ; or not, as the case may be. Some of the moves the Luchadores pull-off will leave you thinking “GOOD GOD, MAN! DID THAT REALLY HAPPEN?” kinda like the time a guy ran up to me and took a dump on my shoe. Technically, it’s superior to any other event of its kind! You’ll probably recognize some of the Luchadores too; well, if you ever saw that Jack Black comedy ‘Nacho Libre’ anyway. El Lobo (one of the evil bastards) played a little troll like dude in the movie… Transvestite (Exotico) Luchadore Cassandro, who beats men with the power of his/her lip-lock, will be bringing a fellow transvestite along for the occasion, whilst MC Greg McLaren ‘El Caballero Ingles’ and DJ Toy Selectah will keep the music and Luchadore intros ticking over. For a full line-up of participating Luchadores and ticket prices, visit luchalibrelondon.com Lucha Libre London December 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th The Roundhouse, Chalk Farm Road, London, NW1 8EH
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Be@Proud w/Ebony Bones. Proud Galleries. November 22nd.
21/11/2008
Ah, decisions. Do I have the Banoffee Pie or the Knicker-Bocker-Glory? Well, I know the answer to that one. When I was a 10-year-old I went round my friend’s place for dinner. It was always a bit unpredictable, because they’d cook some proper mind-blowing stuff. You never knew what you were going to get. It was kind of like dropping Acid. Anyway, one day I struck gold. They served up home-made chips and a piece of fish shaped like a massive donger. “WOW!” I thought, and I immediately carved a chunk out of the fish and whacked it in my mouth. Picture my shock when I realised I was chomping on a banana in batter. I was mentally scarred by the experience - it was the taste of the unexpected; I felt sick and haven’t eaten a banana since. So fuck the Banoffee Pie, give me a Knicker-Bocker-Glory with a cherry on top and a dollop of thick white cream. Anyway, one thing that you’re guaranteed to like is Be@Proud. This week Be@Proud are serving up another juicy carving of spunk-filled musical pie, and not a banana in sight. First-up: Ebony Bones. Little need for introduction as far as Ebony goes; everyone knows her as the fit one from failed Channel 5 soap-opera Family Affairs. Thing is, her music’s a different story. As in it doesn’t fail to disappoint. Put simply, Ebony delivers punchy lyrics on funky-electro back-beats and dark-pop-reverbs. What more could you ask for when you’re going out on the lash to pull hot-young-things and dance like Squiddly Diddly on dodgy ‘shrooms? Ebony not only appeared at Glastonbury this year, but she also played at the Barack Obama concert in New York City… plus she’s currently working on a project with Mark Ronson, so, you know, the only way is up. Don’t know a lot about Anoorak, but I listened to him on his MySpace. I decided to listen to Waiting For Your Call . The electro-pop on offer took me to a disco-wonderland where women pole-dance and men dress in leather and when the clock strikes midnight everyone gyrates, all sexy like you see in the sci-fi movie club-scenes. Total Recall and things like that. See, Anoorak’s mash-ups are proper 80s style man. Thing is, if you dance to music that’s too recent and you can’t dance very well (like me), you tend to find the hot people looking at you like you’ve shat your pants. But nobody could dance in the 80s anyway, so happy days; big up Anoorak. Finally, Dolby-Anol, two Glaswegians who like tae rave, likesay, will be bringing some bangin’ beats to the table. They’ve shared stage with everyone from Erol Alkan to Simian Mobile Disco and played festivals from Glastonbury to DotToDot. If you dislike house music more than I hate the humble banana, you may change your tune after feeling the nuclear-sound of Dolby-Anol reverberating off your heart, and making the wee fella do the Riverdance on your rib-cage. This is music that even the dance-shy will want to go fucking mental to. A unique take on everything from techno to electro, delivered like skuzzy 24-carat gold! Resident DJs David H, John Power and Clemence Lachance will be playing some top fodder whilst VJ Hagpop Matossian will make your eyes flutter, Excorcist style, with some 3D visuals. O and there’s more: Some burlesque action to turn your nipples into ice-cream cones, courtesy of Miss Vikcy Butterfly and friends in the Non-stop Electric Cabaret bar. Be@Proud Saturday 22nd November Proud Galleries, Horse Hospital Stables Market, Camden NW1 8AH 8pm – 2.30am Tickets: £5 (before 9) £8 (adv) £10 www.be-at.co.uk
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Breakin Convention. Camden Barfly. November 22nd.
21/11/2008
Don’t go beating me round the head with a claw-hammer or piercing my nuts with a rusty coat-hanger and hanging me from a lamp-post. I know I’ve been pretty slack with the gig previews of late, but I’ve been off ill. Throat and ear infection. The antibiotics didn’t do a lot, but I strongly recommend a hot lemon drink and a bottle of Bells. Does fuck-all for the ear and throat infection, but it makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside, which beats sniffling in bed watching a bunch of feminists talk about their periods on Loose Women. Alas, tomorrow marks the return of Breakinconvention at Camden’s Barfly. Hoorah! Headliners on the night will be Black Daniel. The band, hailing from London and New York, have recently supported the likes of Kasabian and Bryan Adams on European and UK tours. Hence the media interest in their music. Planetnotion.com had a wee listen on Black Daniel’s MySpace page. I reckon they’re pretty fucking good. Kind of stuff you listen to after breaking up with a girl, doing 2grams of speed, downing a bottle of JD and venturing out into the morning sunshine; trying in vain to avoid eye-contact; the fear taking bites out of your sanity and sending you into paranoia free-fall. Think synth-electro, with lyrics and music drenched in a rock mentality. Planetnotion.com verdict: Thumbs up. Click HERE to visit their MySpace. Support will come from: The Ruskins. They’re a wee bit more light-hearted than Black Daniel, and I’d usually turn my nose-up like someone had shat on my shoe with light-hearted music. Thing is, if you’re into fast-paced free-styling lyrics in the vain of Jamie T and some good old fashioned Indie-rock guitar music, you’ll probably like these lads. Hell, its fun to jig about like a lunatic whilst someone shouts “OY, FUCK FACE!” and “HIS TOOTH COULDN’T BE FIXED WITH CELLOTAPE!” Check out their MySpace page HERE . Finally, London-based Manchester four-piece, The Crane Brothers, will be playing some sweet Indie-style beats for the masses. We’re told they feature a brass section, dramatic guitars, and are heavily influenced by Northern Soul and Ska. Should be fun. Vocally, they’ve been compared to Tom Waits. Tom Waits and Ska. A strange combo, but a fucking good one. In addition, London singer-songwriter Declan Hickling, will be breaking your hearts and sending tears into your pint-glass with some emotive ballads. Be there or… don’t be there. Though you should probably be there… Breakconvention Saturday 22nd November 7pm – 10.30pm (after party until 2am) The Barfly, 49 Chalk Farm Rd, Camden NW1 Tickets: £8 (adv) More on the door… www.breakconvention.net
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Be@Proud w/Boy Crisis. Proud Galleries. November 15th.
12/11/2008
Hahaha! I’ve won the office battle to listen what I want to listen to. Everyone went out for lunch, but I had packed-lunch because I’m skint following a brain-fry weekend. So I put on the Best of Bowie . Well, imagine how I felt having to listen to obscure electro from the Outer Hebredes when I was seeing dragon-flies and cockroaches on my desk Monday morning; breaking out in anxiety-sweats and downing black coffee? But my choice won’t last. As soon as I nip out for a cigarette they’ll change CD. Maybe one day I’ll win the war, and people will kiss David Bowie’s feet for the big-bisexual-looking, dandy-genius he is… Until then, at least we can all agree on how fucking brilliant Be@Proud is on the landscape of music nights; because, well, it is. Boy Crisis will be heading to Camden’s Proud Galleries this Saturday. As per usual, I visited their MySpace, so that I could give you an idea of how they sound. Sounded like a big fuck-off orgy; full of big fuck-off, gorgeous people; in a big fuck-off, beautiful mansion; with a big fuck-off, amazing sound-system; with some big fuck-off, meaningless pop blaring out of it. That can’t be a bad thing, surely? Made me want to climb on my desk and dry-hump my pile of used tea-bags. Euphoric pop at its friggin’ finest! Next-up, we've got UK four-piece Plugs . They’ve received much love from the masses, including Zane Lowe. Lowe made their debut single, That Number, “THE HOTTEST RECORD IN THE WORLD” on his Radio 1 show. They received similar accolades on other big-boy Radio-Stations, and in a multitude of newspapers and magazines. I gave them a listen and was most impressed. It’s like electro-style pop music that transports you into a parallel universe. The kind of psychedelic paradise where big-titted alien women and alien men with super-size cocks, take you as their sex-slaves and force you to do their bidding via the power of their cosmic-sound. Proper far out, man! Finally, Suicidedogz will be DJing on the night. The Brixton based DJ has worked with everyone from Lily Allen and Micachu to Goldielocks and Audiobullys. Think deep, dirty basslines that make your guts feel like they're going to dance up your oesophagus, out of your mouth and onto the dancefloor, and you’re someway there. O and lest we forget, Hagpop Matossian will be whisking your eyes like scrambled eggs, with some awesome 3D visuals; whilst David H, John Power and Clemence Lachance spin their wicked yarn, and your wicked legs into a merry, merry spin. Plus, there’s burlesque action to make you feel all hot under the collar. Bliss! Be@Proud Saturday 15th November Proud Galleries, Horse Hospital Stables Market, Camden NW1 8AH 8pm – 2.30am Tickets: £5 (before 9) £8 (adv) £10 www.be-at.co.uk
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Bring Your Parents' Records. Bar Vinyl, Camden. November 23rd.
12/11/2008
Rarely do I feel any sense of shame for my actions, which is a good thing when I start to weigh up the pros and cons of my actions, for every single weekend of every single year. Not that I've ever raped, murdered, mugged or knifed; but it's those little things that add another second, minute, hour, day or year to a spell in purgatory. So I reckon it's about time I started to buy a bit of time back, by issuing a formal apology to the Big Man for using Dad's 'Sultans of Swing', 'Dark Side of the Moon' and 'Disraeli Gears' vinyls as a frisbee. Sorry. I was young and knew not the error of my ways… Regardless, this puts me in a bit of a bad position as far as the awesome Bring Your Parents' Records night goes at Bar Vinyl, Camden; well, relatively speaking. See, the premise of the evening, hosted by founder Jonny Awsum, is that there are no set playlists. You, the attendee, are invited to bring along, get-up, and spin some of your parents' vinyls for the masses. Thankfully, rather than keep this as a set rule, the vinyls don't necessarily have to be mums and dads. Pretty handy if, like me, you were a royal pain in the arse as a child and regularly scratched your parents' beloved collection. Something I've regretted since I started collecting myself… Even if you don't own any vinyls, there's a vinyl store below the venue where you can purchase second hand records to use at the event. And, bless the lord, my prayers have been answered - you don't even need any mixing skills. Again, very handy if you have fingers like Tesco's Finest: Apple and Stilton 100% Pork Sausages. With just one deck on the go, it's a simple case of playing a track, taking it off when the song finishes, and playing another. Simple. At the next event on November 23rd, there will also be a string of guests, special offers and events. Not only is Bar Vinyl free entry on the night, but you'll be treated to free pizza, there'll be a rock n' roll raffle, happy hour, and an acoustic set by Jonny Taylor. Jonny's kinda making small waves at the moment, that are expected to be pretty big, if not fucking massive waves, very, very soon. Veronica Avant and Ruari Meehan, from up-and-coming rock band Belakiss, will also be playing a special set of their parents' records. Ruari's dad was drummer for The Shadows, whilst Veronica's dad has played drums for everyone from Oasis to The Who. Others spinning music on the night, include The Black Dove Experiment, Screaming 66, LR Rockets and Ragdoll Rebels. For further information visit bringyourparentsrecords.com Bring Your Parents' Records Sunday 23 rd November Bar Vinyl, 6 Inverness Street Camden , London, NW1 7HJ
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