MARCH
Friday 11 London
Double Shot O' Soul
Aunt Nelly + The Francis Jetty
Tamla Motown, Stax, Atlantic, northern & club soul.
@ The Drop below The Three Crowns, 175 Stoke Newington High Street London N16 0LH. 9pm-4am, £5 entry
Sat 12 London
Mousetrap Club 20th Anniversary
Garage Punk, Freakbeat Ravers, and Psychedelic Freakouts.
Orleans, 259 Seven Sisters Rd, Finsbury Park, London N4 2DD. 10-6
Saturday 19 London
The Blues Kitchen's Big Night Out
The Pretty Things, Pete Molinari, Son Of Dave, The Fabulous Penetrators, King Salami & The Cumberland 3, Rodeo Massacre, Dollar Bill, The Langley Sisters, Marcus Bonfanti, Big Joe Louis, Tom Mansi & The Icebreakers.
The Garage, 20-22 Highbury Corner, - 7-2 - £10 advance, £12 on the door.
Austin, Texas
Get Hip Recordings' SXSW showcase: The Hi-Tones, Level Spirits, The Ripe, Dom Mariani 3, The Mullens, The Ugly Beats, The Cynics. Easy Tiger Patio, 709 E. 6th St. Austin, TX.
Friday 25 London
Time Tunnel - The very best in Mod, Ska, R&B, Sixties Underground and more.
Canterbury Arms - Brixton. 8-2am - £3
London
Slim Chance play the songs of Ronnie Lane.
The Boston Arms Music Room, 178 Junction Road, Tufnell Park, London N19 5QQ
Sunday 27 Bournemouth
Acid, Incense and Balloons @ Sixty Million Postcards, 19-21 Exeter Road, Bournemouth, BH25AF. Free entry, 3.30pm till 8.30pm
Dollyrocker Club cordially invites you to a hazy afternoon of blues, roots, strange folk, whimsical pop, embryonic funk, and more psychedelic frivolity.
Wed 30 & thur 31 London
New York Dolls
Old Vic Tunnels, Waterloo - http://nyd30.qrickets.com
APRIL
Friday 1 Bournemouth
Dollyrocker Club @ The Winchester Pub, 39 Poole Hill, The Triangle, BH2 5BW.
£3 on the door, 9 till very late
psych/60s garage/authentic rockabilly/ rhythm and blues/surf/soul/b-movie oddities/exotica
Friday 8 London
Diddy Wah
The Haggerston, 438 Kingsland Rd, Dalston E84AA - 9-3 - www.diddywah.blogspot.com
Saturday 9 London
The Primevals
Monto Water Rats
Sunday 10 Brighton
The Primevals
The Hydrant London
Insurrection Sunday All-day fuzz fest feat: Thee Vicars, The Priscillas, Bubblegum Screw, Wild Evel and The Trashbones, Brand New Hate, Vomit Tongues.
The Drop, The Three Crowns, 175 Stoke Newington High Street London N16 0LH
Fri 21 - Sun 24 London
Le Beat Bespoke - 10 live bands including The Flamin Groovies, Eli Paperboy Reed, The Dragtones, King Khan & The Shrines & more + International DJ Line-Up,Guest Clubs, Go Go Girls, Cult Flicks, Eye Candy Visuals, Rare Vinyl Record Fair, Retro Market www.newuntouchables.com
MAY
Friday 20 Leicester
The Junipers
The Guildhall - Two sets & an intermission. 8pm. Tickets approx £6.00
Tues 17 - Tues 24 Liverpool
International Pop Overthrow
IPO Liverpool will feature 140 of the best pop and rock bands from all over the world. The Cavern Club and Cavern Pub.
Fri 27 - Mon 30 London
International Pop Overthrow
IPO London will feature 50 of the best pop and rock bands from London and beyond. There will be a Shindig! Magazine showcase on Sunday 29. Bands confirmed for the showcase include The Hall Of Mirrors, The Higher State, The Silver Factory, Ben Jones, Ulysses, and Dave Rave. The Bull and Gate. internationalpopoverthrow.com
JUNE
Fri 10 - Sun 12 Dunblane
Doune the Rabbit Hole Music Festival
The Vaselines, Arthur Brown, Mike Heron, The Tremblin g Bells, The Hidden Masters, Broadcast 2000, Colorama, James Yorkston, Houdini Dax, Alasdair Roberts, The Method, Remember Remember + Eyes Wide Open www.dounetherabbithole.co.uk
Saturday 18 London
A Little Mixed Up Alldayer
Organised by Mod fanzine Double Breasted. Modus, The Laynes, Aunt Nelly, The Mynd Set, RT3 and The Nite Tones Fiddlers Elbow, Camden.
HIGH DEFINITION ACTION
Rediscover some of the coolest television shows from the the 1960s and 1970s. In Shindig! No.11, we ran an extensive feature on one of our retro TV faves, The Prisoner. Now Network DVD has included that show amongst many others on a series of high deifinition Blu Ray discs entitled Retro-Action!
Patrick McGoohan is also featured in the Prisoner precursor Danger Man; Roger Moore appears as The Saint and alongside Tony Curtis in The Persuaders!
The list of goodies goes on with Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), Department S, The Champions, Man In A Suitcase, The Invisible Man, The Baron, Gideon's Way and The Adventures of Robin Hood.
For episode details and further information – www.networkdvd.net Shindig! No.11 with The Prisoner feature is out of print, but available in digital format at yudu.com
DELUXE KINKS
The Kinks first three albums are being reissued as double CDs, with rarities, outtakes, demos, session tracks, as well as in-depth liner notes.
A 28 track version of their debut album 'Kinks' (1964), comes with a disc of bonus material, including alternative takes of 'Too Much Monkey Business' and 'Got Love If You Want It' as well as BBC interviews with Ray Davies and BBC session tracks. These include the band's interpretation of Bo Diddley's 'Cadillac', the Number One hit 'You Really Got Me' and Number Two single 'All Day and All of the Night'.
The bonus material included on the 'Kinda Kinks' (1965) re-issue includes demo versions of 'I Go To Sleep', 'When I See That Girl Of Mine' and 'A Little Bit of Sunlight' in addition to alternative takes of 'See My Friends' and 'Come On Now'. BBC sessions of 'Tired of Waiting For You', 'This Strange Effect' and 'Hide and Seek' are also included.
'The Kink Kontroversy''s (1965) deluxe material will feature the mono single versions of 'Dedicated Follower of Fashion' and 'I'm Not Like Everybody Else' as well as album outtake 'Mr. Reporter' and 'Time Will Tell' and BBC session versions of 'Where Have All The Good Times Gone' and 'Never Met A Girl Like You Before'. Released 28 March on Universal
Sandy Denny limited edition for Record Store Day
16th April is Record Store Day and Island Records and Sandy Denny's estate are putting together a strictly limited edition 7" from the new Sandy Denny recordings unearthed on her critically acclaimed recent box set. Did you buy this collection? Or are you intrigued to hear some of these recordings?
Island and her estate would like to know what would be your pick for the 2 tracks on the single;
• I'm a Dreamer (home demo) Disc 19 track 17
• Lord Bateman (studio demo) disc 15 track 6
• Whispering Grass (studio demo) disc 16 track 12
• No End (demo) disc 15 track 15
• Banks of the Nile (demo) disc 15 track 5
• Who Knows Where The Time Goes (1st demo) disc 12 track 25
The tracks that receive the most votes will be used and 1000 copies of this single will be available for one day only at local independent retailers across the country. www.recordstoreday.co.uk
A Bunny Wee Festival
Doune the Rabbit Hole Music Festival is only officially a year old though it has been going on in secret for a wee while. It is committed to revealing a lot of good and interesting artists from many different genres, not just music. It plays host to film-makers, comedians, magicians, lecturers, poets and sculptors but most of all musicians to give the place an incredible and truly festive feel. The event is held in an amazing walled garden outside Doune Castle, near Dunblane and guests camp at the festival by the river. Acts booked so far include, The Vaselines, Arthur Brown (has agreed to play if his recovery allows him to), Mike Heron, The Trembling Bells, The Hidden Masters, Broadcast 2000, Colorama, James Yorkston, Houdini Dax, Alasdair Roberts, The Method, Remember Remember and many more.
Glasgow event producers, Eyes Wide Open, are curating an evening of psych/garage. Doune the Rabbit Hole is a not-for-profit festival - all the money generated from its events goes into funding outreach programmes and the setting up of small arts and music schools around Scotland to give young and disadvantaged people the chance to learn an instrument, write, paint or just be generally creative. www.dounetherabbithole.co.uk
Back From The Shadows
Currently featured in Shindig! Quarterly No.1 with his fab new band The Maharajas, wild Swede Jens Lindsberg returns with a newly reconstituted version of his '80s garage teen punk band The Crimson Shadows with a brand new 45 on Screaming Apple. The disc features two old Shadows songs, which have now been perfected. 'Nightmares' was originally included on a number of comps back in the day but was marred by a cheesy harmonica solo; the new version fixes this with added fuzz. Flip, 'It's Too Late' only ever got to a 1986 rehearsal tape stage, so here it is exactly how it should have sounded 25 years ago.
Lovers of the finest Swedish '80s garage-punk have a lot to look forward to. www.screaming-apple-records.de
Pop in to see Peter Blake
RedHouse Originals in Harrogate are hosting a dedicated solo exhibition by the "Godfather of Pop Art" Sir Peter Blake.
Blake has designed some of the most iconic and enduring album covers of all time for artists including The Beatles, The Who, Paul Weller, Ian Dury, Eric Clapton, Brian Wilson, Oasis, Band Aid and many more.
Collectors are invited to view and purchase works during the exhibition, including some of the rarest and most sought after original and limited edition prints Blake has produced. Highlights include the artist's portraits of Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe and his seminal artwork for The Beatles' 1967 album Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
This exhibition will also feature the unveiling of Blake's recent portrait of Ian Stewart; the legendary keyboardist and co-founder of The Rolling Stones. The artist has designed the artwork for "Boogie For Stu"; a tribute album to Stewart featuring contributions from all four current Stones, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, Ronnie Wood and Charlie Watts, as well as former bassist Bill Wyman.
The artwork will be available to pre-order as a limited edition silkscreen print with proceeds going to the British Heart Foundation's 'Mending Broken Hearts' campaign.
RedHouse Originals Gallery, Harrogate
12th March – 10th April
Another Chance
Reformed, but unrepentant, the band Ronnie Lane formed when he left the Faces, Slim Chance, is treading the boards again. Original members Steve Simpson, Charlie Hart, Steve Bingham, Alun Davies and Colin Davey are playing Ronnie's songs in the spirit of the band's previous incarnations.
Films have been made, celebration concerts staged, articles written, covers recorded... now for the rebirth of the band! Recent live reviews have been frothing at the mouth with praise for their shows, our own Darius Drewe commenting 'Slim Chance not only do justice to the Lane legend but look like they finally have a future in their own right'. You can see them this month at the Tivoli Theatre in Dorset (March 11th), The Boston Arms Music Room in London (25th), and the Hailsham Pavilion on the 26th.
Overthrow Pop
The ninth annual International Pop Overthrow festival in Liverpool will take place from 17-24 May, at The Cavern Club and Cavern Pub.
IPO Liverpool will feature 140 of the best pop and rock bands from all over the world.
Also, the first annual International Pop Overthrow festival in London will take place from 27-30 May, at The Bull and Gate. IPO London will feature 50 of the best pop and rock bands from London and beyond, including several from outside the UK. Among the festivities will be a Shindig! Magazine showcase, which will take place from 6pm until Midnight on Sunday, 29 May. Bands confirmed for the Shindig! showcase include The Hall Of Mirrors, The Higher State, The Silver Factory, Ben Jones, Ulysses, and Dave Rave. www.internationalpopoverthrow.com
Mods in Berks
The wonderfully titled Reading Steady Go! exhibition explores the explosion of youth culture in the 1960s and its legacy in today's music and fashion.
In the early 1960s Reading emerged from the rationing and austerity of the post war years. A generation of 'Baby Boomers' enjoyed increased spending power, more freedom and leisure time. The term 'teenager' was used for the first time and alongside the new buildings that rose up in Reading, various youth cultures emerged. Young people began to define their identify through allegiance to different styles such as Teddy Boy, Rockabilly, Beatnik and Mod.
The town's Mods soaked up the influences and latest trends from London. They listened to black American R & B artists, wore smooth cropped hairstyles, tailored jackets and neat Italian rounded-collar shirts. The exhibition intends to be an insight into the real Mod world. It goes beyond the popular myths to show their passion for music, fashion and being young.
9 April - 9 October 2011. Reading Museum & Town Hall, Reading, RG1 1QH
Get Mixed Up
The third A Little Mixed Up alldayer organised by Mod fanzine Double Breasted will be taking place at the Fiddlers Elbow, Camden, London on Saturday June 18. Scottish bands Modus and The Laynes will be journeying south to join the lineup of Aunt Nelly, The Mynd Set, RT3 and The Nite Tones for a day of great scene sounds. DJs are Dave Edwards, Ricky Tick and Jennie & Colin from Double Breasted. Admission is £15 and tickets can be purchased in advance by emailing doublebreasted@hotmail.com or visiting Double Breasted Modzine on Facebook and Myspace.
