IMPREGNATE AN AURORA OF
BEARS
That makes my job kind of hard. Listening to music, on the other hand, is pretty easy, so I thought maybe you’d like to know some times and places to do that.
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To be honest, I threw that quote in mainly because I have no idea how to describe Factory Floor, who are playing at the Arts Centre on the 3rd, except that I think they’re quite good and that there’s a good chance you will too. What’s more, they’re going to be supported by Bearsuit and Magoo, who are as much a part of Norwich’s musical heritage as anyone.
Also at the NAC this month is Norwich’s first Ladyfest, an ever-expanding global celebration of female artists, now in its tenth year. The Arts Centre’s Facebook page, however, says something about “a party full of exciting lady activity”. Imagine. If you need any more enticement than that, you should probably know that Bitches (who are a whole lot better than their name would suggest) and Viv Albertine from The Slits, amongst various other ladies and lady sympathisers, will be playing. That’s on the 31st.
If you ever wanted to know what an aurora (collective noun beauty!) of pregnant polar bears, that had been forced to watch a twenty-four hour Jeremy Kyle Show marathon until they got really angry and then rolled down a hill in a cage would sound like, then you could either impregnate an aurora of polar bears and force them to watch a twenty-four hour Jeremy Kyle Show marathon then put them in a cage and roll it down a hill or you could go and see Throats at The Marquee on the 2nd. Mainly for logistic and animal welfare reasons – but also because they rock – I would strongly recommend the second option.
I mention that particularly raucous event partly because, while I was doing research for this page, I discovered that Scouting for Girls are playing in Thetford Forest this month (on the 8th, if you must know), and I got so annoyed that I needed to redress the balance a bit. Scouting For Girls? Really?
44 / JULY 2010 /
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riting about music,’ Elvis Costello once said, ‘is like dancing about architecture.’
POLAR
There’s some more noisy stuff, if that’s what you’re after: it turns out that Sepultura, after twenty-six years, are still touring. I had no idea. They are, admittedly, the Trigger’s broom of metal bands – the bassist being the only original member – but they do still exist. And making concept albums. They’re playing at the Waterfront on the 21st.
Keith Brown is launching his new album on the 9th at the crypt at Take 5. He’s a fairly new artist, but he’s clearly got a real talent for writing catchy fuzz loaded pop rock songs, and his new backing band definitely sound like they know what they’re doing.
The St Benedicts Street Fair, on Sunday the 11th, should be good fun. The Ten Bells are doing their bit by putting on acoustic performances from Girl in a Thunderbolt, Violet Violet and Sargasso Trio.
There’s another little festival going on in Chapelfield Gardens on the 10th, as part of the Lord Mayor’s Celebrations. Busy month. The BBC Norfolk Introducing stage is what we’re interested in, with performances from Console Wars, Avosetta and The Kabeedies. It should be a good chance to see local bands that you might have missed.
Oh, and there’s also some kind of music festival in Southwold, apparently.
Dan Bleksley
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