Does It Offend You, Yeah?

“If you can’t get past the name, get out of the way.”

DOES IT OFFEND YOU, YEAH? have taken the dance music blueprint laid down by Justice, The Neptunes, and DFA 1979 and have given it a … complete makeover. They sound dance. They act rock. DIOY,Y? have loaded up on Prodigy, Daft Punk, and Devo records, pulled an all nighter with some broken gear and turned out the dirtiest clean dancefloor track “Lets Make Out ” since Gary Numan made stoned Brit teens get all sweet and sour to ” My Shadow in Vain”.

Get your tickets HERE for the gig on Saturday 13th at The Wedgewood Rooms.

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New Young Pony Club @ The Wedge

I’m pretty sure we saw New Young Pony Club at The Wedgewood Rooms a few years back. I’m sure of it. Hang on, yep, March 2007 at The Pyramids on the NME Tour. I’ve not heard any of their new stuff to be honest, but they were damn good back then. Get involved and find out for yourself at The Wedgewood Rooms this Monday 15th.

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King Kong Wedge:One

You might remember the King Kong event at the skatepark back in the autumn of last year (our photos are here and here), it was really successful and raised a lot of money for the skatepark. On Friday 12th March the next King Kong event will this time be at The Wedgewood Rooms with a line up including music and an indoor mini ramp. Yes. Indoor. Mini ramp. Doors open 8pm-2am (U18s allowed 8pm-12). Tickets are £5, £6 on the door.

ROOM:ONE

The Ruskins
“a wonderful f**king band – like Jamie T on steroids” – Tom Robinson (BBC 6)
“Anyone who can stick the words ‘cycling proficiency’ in their song deserves to be on my show!!” – Steve Lamacq (Radio 1)

Milk Kan
Blaggers, chancers, punks and urban poets
“Milk Kan you rule. Somewhere between Bob Dylan and Mike skinner. Poets with Attitude, free-form, stream-of-consciousness blues-rapping with acoustic guitars…” – Steve Lamacq BBC Radio 1.

The Hit-Ups!
“…A hugely energetic mix of funk, ska and bruising hip-hop.” – Venue Magazine
“F**king awesome!” – live-music-scene.co.uk

Orange Blossom Specials
Fresh new addition to Southsea’s indie scene.

PLUS: AN INDOOR MINI-RAMP!!
A mixture of Bored & Herbal’s skateboard team & a handful of Southsea’s finest in-liners shredding it up throughout the night.

Plus DJs Fotza & Spikey Mark

ROOM:TWO

Durty Sound System
funk.hiphop.dub.rock.latin.jazz.reggae.soul

+ Skateboard, In-Line & BMX films screened all night

There will also be an afterparty too:

BREAKNECK & 10TON AFTERPARTY : SDM & CHARGE
drum&bass.dubstep.grime
Goes without saying these guys are top of the game and will be ending the night like no others can.
Midnight >> £1 OTD

Once again all profits made will be going to SOUTHSEA SKATEPARK

Ticket Outlets are:

Portsmouth
- Box Office, Albert Rd | 023 9286 3911 | tickets@wedgewood-rooms.co.uk
- Bored Skateboard Shop, Albert Rd | 02392 426 388
- Southsea Skatepark | 02392 295360

Southampton
- Reskue Skateboard Shop, 10 Bargate Str | 02380 710528
- Pijin BMX Shop, Above Bar Str | 02380 336777

Chichester
- E.S.P Skate/BMX Shop, Cathedral Courtyard | 01243 532828

Tags: King Kong, The Wedgewood Rooms

Wheel of Four Tunes

Sorry, I forgot to get this up. Somethings slip, but this night will definitely not be slipping. Proper Southsea face Dave “Handsome Dave Rocker’ Morgan’s Wheel of Four Tunes returns. This time at The Little Johnny Russells. This promises to be a gaurenteed night of fun for sure, and if you like fun then this is for you…

“We get 1 huge wheel with 8 different types of music, supplied by the souths top djs. aka Southseas finest. then get a member of the paying public to spin the wheel and what ever it lands on we play for 4 tunes!!!!! Plus the added bonus of Handsome Dave Rocker dressed as a gorgeous assistant (lady) and we all have fun, then have a right old knees up for the last hour. Fancy it then get the hell down there.”

MJ COLE at the One Eyed Dog

The Legendary Genius behind tracks like ‘Sincere’ & ‘Hold on to Me’ is now making some of the best bass music you’re ever going to hear. We Welcome DJing in Portsmouth for the very first time…MJ COLE

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Save BBC Radio 6

Right then. I’m sure a lot of you are all ready aware of this ridiculous situation and whilst tax payers airwaves are wasted on idiots like Moyles and Mills there is always hope. It’s quite simple boys and girls. Follow the link and sign the petition HERE.

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Science @ The Loft

On Saturday 6th March Science continues its current series of parties exploring all aspects of the underground palette. This month they welcome back the very talented Simon Young who impressed at the first Science Party. Simon is well known on the London and international circuit with regular slots at Fabric and the infamous Panorama Bar, spinning with the likes of Jesse Rose, Terry Francis and Derrick Carter! Also lined up for an appearance, Squared party resident Laurence Reed an avid vinyl junkie who will joining Science residents Stu Bryan and Rich Archaic. This month will also see a slight twist to the usual decor, with some psychedelic projections.

8pm to 1am, £4.

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Photographer wanted – COR Ashley Beedle

All round nice guy Mark Persuad got in contact to ask if we could put a call out for a Photographer for this Saturdays (27th Feb) COR party with Ashley Beedle. If you fancy taking on this gig then you and a friend can get in for FREE, but they can’t pay a fee. So no negotiations. If you think this is something you’d like to do then drop mark an email asap at mark@c-o-r.co.uk

The following is another message from those crazy disco cats at Civilisation Of The Rough. Sterling.

The wraps are off, the details are out!! You knew ASHLEY BEEDLE was coming to town – Here are the details….COR will be dusting down the GETTANO banner for our first party of 2010 and we’ve invited along the pioneering DJ and producer ASHLEY BEEDLE to lead the proceedings! The man responsible for such wonderful house delights as The Black Science Orchestra and The Ballistic Brothers and of course he is one third of the mighty Xpress2.

We’re going back to the venue of the first GETTANO party for this one – The Loft, Albert Road. Get involved. If you don’t know, get to know. Big Love. More Details to follow. If you don’t know, GETTANO! Follow Facebreaker HERE

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Miles Davis at the Isle of Wight Festival

Nope, he won’t be playing a posthumous show at this year’s festival, the title refers to the 1970 festival. Although not quite Portsmouth (well, maybe he came through to get the ferry) but I’ve been listening to the live recording of Miles Davis and band from this festival. Despite it being a little before my time I can’t begin to imagine how incredible it must have been to see him play in the flesh (let alone The Doors, Hendrix, etc!) with a crowd of 600,000!

Did anyone here go? Please post your memories. If you didn’t go or were too young have a watch below, the other parts of the performance are also on YouTube too.

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The Pipettes

The wonderful Pipettes will be performing at the Wedgewood Rooms on Sunday 25th April, tickets are only £8 and available online or at the box office. These ladies really are really rather special, will see you there.

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Galleons of Light

Galleons of Light will be performing tomorrow night at LJRs as part of a free music evening. Galleons of Light includes one of Southsea’s busiest bees Louise Bush and Samuel Carter and his very impressive effects pedals. Should be good. The night also sees The Marvellous Mechanical Band playing too who are meant to have a Captain Beefheart feel.

Tags: Galleons of Light, Little Johnny Russells, The Marvellous Mechanical Band

FREE Drum & Bass with Breakneck & UP.dnb

As a payback to all the regulars who have attended nights over the past few months, UP.dnb will be teaming up with the legendary Breakneck team to put on a FREE 100% Drum and Bass night. More info over at the Facebook event page.

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MICKEY MOONLIGHT at little Johhny Russells

If you don’t know Ed banger Records then shame, shame, we know your name. Leading on from his Soulwax tour Ed Bangers Mickey Moonlight will be shutting the dancefloor down at LJRs this Saturday 27th. Come prepared as it’s gonna be rammed.

Time Bomb at The Wedgewood Rooms

“Just to let you all know that my band ‘Time-Bomb‘ are playing at the Wedgewood Rooms on Friday 26th February. We are supporting the fantastic 8 piece Portsmouth Ska Band ‘Orange Street’ who play a fantastic set of Ska Covers (Madness, Bad Manners etc).

We will be providing our hard hitting Mod/Ska set with numbers from the likes of The Jam, The Who, The Small Faces, The Specials, (and any other band with ‘the’ in the title!), and our own material. The night will then be finished off into the early hours with Dj’s playing similar music.

This all for the tidy sum of just £6 in advance. Tickets can be bought from the venue ticket office (across the road from Wedgewood Rooms) in Southsea or through their website wedgewood-rooms.co.uk

This is our first time playing at the Wedgewood rooms so your support would be welcomed and I am confident if you like Mod or Ska Music or just a night out with live bands you will not be dissapointed. Cheers, Guy Cowmeadow.

Tags: Ska, Time Bomb

New Young Pony Club

New Young Pony Club release their new single ‘Chaos’ on the 22nd and have also been booked to play at the Wedgewood Rooms on Monday 15th of March. Tickets are £11.50 and available from the Box Office and online, be quick though, sure to sell out really fast.

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DJ Format at Little Johhny Russells

Gentle reminder that this is going to be a damn good night people. The Little Johnny Russells and We Supply Movement formally present Brightons own Mature B-Boy DJ Format. His sets are renowned for their boundary-crossing selection of the funk, soul, rock & hip-hop and his fabric mix showed of a condensed version of the party set that he’s built a solid reputation on. In there like swimwear people.

With support from Gentle Bren, Pimpernel Jones, Handsome Dave Rocker, £3 on the door

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Record Fair with SDM & Gentle Bren

Two of Southsea’s top DJs are hosting a record fair to sell some of their much loved vinyl. Genre’s include Drum & Bass, Jungle, Hip-hop, Funk & Soul. The record fair will be at The One Eyed Dog on Sunday between 4pm and 6pm. If you want to find out more or ask if they have a particular record you are after check the Facebook event.

Tags: Gentle Bren, SDM, The One Eyed Dog

Futureheads

Futureheads will be passing through Southsea in the summer for a performance at the Wedgewood Rooms on the 12th of May. Tickets are available online and at the box office. Going to be good, no doubt about it.

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DJ Format at Little Johhny Russells

Now this is going to be a damn good night people. The Little Johnny Russells and We Supply Movement formally present Brightons own Mature B-Boy DJ Format. His sets are renowned for their boundary-crossing selection of the funk, soul, rock & hip-hop and his fabric mix showed of a condensed version of the party set that he’s built a solid reputation on. In there like swimwear people.

With support from Gentle Bren, Pimpernel Jones, Handsome Dave Rocker, £3 on the door

Tags: DJ Format, Little Johnny Russells, We Supply Movement

Hip Drop at The Fat Fox

Secondhand Dan and Lucky Darren are all set to tear up the Fat Fox this Friday 12th with Hip Drop. They have both had a little spend up on new records for this night!!! Rhythm and blues and funk and roll. Its gonna be tougher than old boots used to be before they went all synthetic. You better come and shake sonink..