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Tel: 0116 251 0080Tickets: www.themusicianpub.co.ukTuesday 26thJune£8advwww.doug-macleod.comDougMacLeod is a singer-songwriter in the American tradition. He is a travelingartist that writes and sings original songs that are based on his own life andexperiences. He learned from the old masters, lived the music, survived thelife and carries forward a valuable tradition. MacLeod is known for his superbsongwriting, guitar wizardry, warm soulful vocals, wit and unforgettable liveperformances. At the heart of this is his knack for storytelling, bringingcharacters-from the faceless to the legendary-to strikingly real life.Wednesday 27th JuneLeicester RocksFreeThis event inthe LEICESTER ROCKS programme will showcase many of the bands that have been inthis and the Weekend Warrior scheme giving many the opportunity to performalong with all the other musicians that have been involved.So expect awide variety of styles and talent and for those of you who don't already know,LEICESTER ROCKS has been organised by Dan Britton and Simon Gilroy and isdesigned to target those musicians who have allowed time and their instrumentsto slip into the background as life, work and families have taken priority.LEICESTER ROCKSis there to help with getting back into the music scene - it is a regularmentored rehearsal course aimed at creating and supporting new bands and isheld at Quad studios.Thursday 28thJune
feat. Dick Taylor (Rolling Stones/Pretty Things)
£7www.thehillmansbluesband.co.uk
Playing a mix of jazz blues, Chicago blues, deltablues, rock & roll and carefully selected popular songs, The Hillmans arenow firmly established as a leading band on the Isle Of Wight. This is hardlysurprising as they feature the legendary Dick Taylor, guitarist with the PrettyThings and an original member of the Rolling Stones. The band also featuresTony Minx's solid rhythm guitar, powerful vocals and howling harmonica, andMike Huddart's lyrical, driving bass, which combine to provide the idealplatform for Dick to showcase his amazing fretboard technique, particularlywith a bottleneck.Friday 29thJune
£10www.thegroundhogs.co.uk
Tony McPhee may be the godfather of grunge, askNirvana producer Jack Endino, he may have been playing with blues legends(Hooker, Dupree, Wolf) in the British Blues boom check out BBC4's 'BluesBritania' and 'Blues in Britain' footage. He's still featuring in Classic Rock,Mojo and Music Maker magazines, you will have to buy those… and yet he remainsone of the businesses more enigmatic guitar legends, choosing to just get onand play rather than jump on the biz bandwagon.For more info visit www.xanderpromotions.co.ukSaturday 30thJune
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plusThe Ark (feat. DJ Trevor Rockers)www.kingsize-ska.comKingsize play foot-stompin’, house rocking Kingsizedarrangements of the finest original Jamaican ska sounds. Their style drawsheavily on the classic Studio One song catalogue and traditional big bandsounds of ‘60s ska.TheMusician Venue & BarClyde Street
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The PhoenixPhoenix Square
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Leicester
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General Enquiries: 01162422803Web:http://phoenix.org.uk/Monday 25th JuneVisit the Phoenix website (link above and below) for allstart times and certification.2 Days inNew York Julie Delphy writes, directs and stars in this followup to her hit comedy Two Days in Paris. Delphy plays Marion, a passionateFrench photographer living in New York with her DJ boyfriend Mingus (ChrisRock, playing brilliantly against type). When Marion's family descends on thecouple out of the blue, their cosy life is thrown into disarray through aseries of misunderstandings and a profound clash of cultures. A wickedly wittyensemble piece, cementing Delphy's reputation as a director of skill andimagination.Cafe deFlore One of the standout films on last year's festivalcircuit, Cafe De Flore weaves together two love stories separated by 40 years.In modern day Montreal, Carole mourns the loss of her husband and childhoodsweetheart to another woman, whilst four decades back in 1960's Paris,Jacqueline (Vanessa Paradis) cares for the love of her life: her 7 year-oldson. With its stunning mix of music and visual textures, Vallee creates a dreamy,moving exploration of obsession and lost love.
LONDON2012 FESTIVAL FILMS The premiere of four brilliant short filmscelebrating the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games by some of the UK’sfinest directors.Witness a unique cinematic event as the four films arescreened together on Monday 25 June at 6.30, followed by exclusive Q&Aswith the filmmakers live via satellite from Hackney Picturehouse, London.MonsieurLazhar Nominated for the Best Foreign Film Oscar, BachirLazhar plays an Algerian immigrant hired as a substitute after a primary schoolteacher commits suicide. As his antiquated teaching methods and policy ofmutual respect begins to help the pupils deal with their grief, so to must hecome to terms with tragic events in his own life. With echoes of The Class andÊtre et avoir, this is a moving and thoroughly brilliant film. The final scenewon't leave a dry eye in the house.Tuesday 26th June2 Days InNew York(See Above)Café DeFlore(See Above)MonsieurLazhar(See above)Wednesday 27th June2 Days InNew York(See Above)Café DeFlore(See Above)MonsieurLazhar(See above)Thursday 28th June2 Days InNew York(See Above)Café DeFlore(See Above)MonsieurLazhar(See above)
StevenSeverin - Vampyr After the success of his Blood of a Poet tour in2010, Steven Severin returns to Phoenix with a rare opportunity to hear his newscore for Vampyr, the third in his ongoing film accompaniment series - MusicFor Silents. Dreyer's unsettling tale of fear and obsession finds its auralcounterpart in Severin's suitably textured score, a synthesised, highlyatmospheric soundscape. Loosely based on Sheridan Le Fanu's genre-defining 1872vampire tale Carmilla, Vampyr is an alternative take on the cinematic vampire,creating an intense, nightmarish atmosphere that haunts the mind long after thelights go up.Friday 29th JuneFree Men(Les Hommes Libres) Tahar Ramin (A Prophet) delivers another intenseperformance Younes - an Algerian smuggler who finds himself in the hands of theGestapo in Paris in 1942. Instructed to spy on the local Muslim community, theinitially apolitical Younes finds himself drawn to benevolent mosque leader SiKaddour Ban Ghabrit (Michael Lonsdale Of Gods and Men) and the plight of theresistance. A tense, intelligent and thrilling tale of suspense and trust indifficult times based on real events.Mamma Mia Join us at Phoenix for a special one- off screeningof Phyllida Lloyd’s 2008 smash-hit! A young bride-to-be’s search for her realfather is played out to the songs of 70s super-group ABBA! Grab a glass of wine(or two!) and sing your heart out to this endlessly charming movie! Come andsing along to Mamma Mia with Anne and friends from Marriott Primary School asthey celebrate a successful school year and her retirement.The Source(La Source des femmes) Romanian born Mihaileanu (The Concert) presents amodern re-telling of the Lysistrata myth in this tale of female empowerment ina remote Magherb village. The women of the secluded community have finally hadenough of carrying water to the township everyday while the men lounge onporches drinking tea. They enforce a love embargo, denying their frustratedhusbands sex until they consent to build a water pipe to the village. Anintense drama punctuated with great songs and moments of laugh-out-loud humour.Top Cat 3DTop Cat and the gang face a new police chief, who isnot at all happy with the poor officer Dribble's performance trying to preventTop Cat's scams!Saturday 30th JuneFree Men(Les Hommes Libres)(See Above)The Source(La Source des femmes) (See Above)Top Cat 3D(See Above)VanechandNo Var ghodo A non-stop comedy film adapated from a popularGujarati book. Devang Patel is best known for his popular song - Jalsa kar babajalsa kar. Please note that this screening is in Gujarati with no Englishsubtitles.Sunday 1st JulyFree Men(Les Hommes Libres)(See Above)The Source(La Source des femmes) (See Above)Top Cat 3D(See Above)The PhoenixPhoenix Square
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A reunitedBlur are to debut two new songs on Twitter.The band will play the new tracks, which have notbeen performed in public, in a live web stream next week.The performance on Monday comes ahead of theirappearance at London's Hyde Park in August, in a show to mark the close of theOlympics.The quartet will play Under The Westway and ThePuritan from a secret location in the UK.The songs will later be available to download and alimited edition vinyl 7in single will be released by Parlophone on 6 August.The live stream takes place on Twitter at 6.15pm on 2July @blurofficial.There will also be an interview with the band.Frontman Damon Albarn said: "I wrote these songsfor Hyde Park and I'm really excited about getting out there and playing themfor people."The group - made up of Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon,Alex James and Dave Rowntree - are also playing warm-up dates in August atMargate Winter Gardens, Wolverhampton Civic Hall and Plymouth Pavilions.Source: BBC
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Lost Dog Found - The Jump Start Scandal (Independent)
Lost Dog Found is a retro swing jump blues band,based in San Francisco, but guaranteed to raise a ruckus wherever they’reheard. Led by guitarist Stevie Mac, the band, all seven of them, let rip on theirdebut long player “The Jump Start Scandal”, which features an impressive tracklisting that’s comprised of no less than 11 original songs.They begin with “Tear Up theFloor” with guitarist Mac and trumpeter Adam Borden combiningbeautifully to cook up a ‘50s noir setting for vocalist Chris Hudlow’s afterhours delivery (he’ll solve the mystery and get the girl – but you know she’sgoing to turn out bad). It’s followed by the goodtime “50Things I Love About a Woman”, which wisely turns out to be just abouteverything, and the slower “Turn Me On” offersclues as to why they were Jango’s number one indieblues band for a third of a year.Swing revivals may come and go, but while there arebands out there as good as Lost Dog Found, it’s a genre that will continue tolive, breathe and thrive. In fact, these guys would go down a storm on the UKAmericana circuit, and I hope they make a trip over sooner rather than later.Until then we’ll just have to be satisfied with their record, and however muchI’d love to see them do there thing live on a local stage, I know I’ve got thenext best thing right here.www.lostdogfound.comwww.facebook.com/ldfbandRob F. 
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"Imaginea Yo La Tengo too tight to get cute or far out, dispensing a Velvet Undergroundderivative, fluent enough to warm the erectile tissue of anyone with a thingfor guitar drones.” Rolling Stone4/5
“I consider Wussy the best band inAmerica ... just about every one of the 46 songs on those five albums: Funeral Dress, followed by Left for Dead, Wussy, the unplugged start-to-finish remake Funeral Dress II,and Strawberry. We're talkingBeatles-Stones consistency here.” RobertChristgau
“Recalling a roll call of adventurous boy/girl-styled indie bands – Yo LaTengo, Handsome Family, X – Wussydraws on plenty of yin/yang sexual and existential tension, a charminglyshambling, rough-hewn sound, and an army of alternately droning and janglingguitars on their sharpest outing yet.” Uncut ****ChuckCleaver (formerly of Cincinnati's Ass Ponys) and Lisa Walker began playing together in2001 as a result of Cleaver’s stage fright when asked to perform a brief run ofsolo shows. The duo’s first performance was largely unplanned, and yetwent without incident… so they agreed to continue and expand. Mark Messerly came on board in 2002 asbassist and utility man, with DawnBurman joining on drums shortly thereafter. Joe Klug was added as drummer and multi-instrumentalist afterBurman’s departure in early 2009. Not one, but two great singersongwriters complimenting each other on guitar and vocals over a pulsatingthrum of drone-shoegazey spikey rock. The four-piece has released severalalbums and EP's on their native Cincinnati’s Shake It label.
Wussy will be coming to the UK inSeptember - dates below:
Wednesday 19th Sepember - London, Brixton Windmill
Thursday 20th September - York,Stereo
Friday 21st September - Wakefield, The Hop
Saturday 22nd September - Cardiff, Dempsey's
Sunday 23rd September - Bristol, Croft
Tuesday 25th September - Leicester, Musician
Thursday 27th September - Hull, Adelphi
Saturday 29th September - Brighton, Green Door
Monday 1st October - London, Cargo - Damnably6th Birthday spectacular!
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Fearless Records has launched the pre-order for the North American release of Lostprophets’ long-waited new LP Weapons at: http://lostprophets.merchnow.com.
Fans will get an instant download of the band’s current single “Bring ‘Em Down” with each pre-order.
Formed in Pontypridd, South Wales, the Welsh rock band have made their mark on both sides of the Atlantic with their blend of strong melodic choruses and aggressively edged rock. Through four previous albums - 2000's fakesoundofprogress, 2004's Start Something, 2006's Liberation Transmission, and 2010's The Betrayed - the band has grown, both in songwriting and success, stacking up a dozen or so top 40 singles and selling over 2 million albums worldwide. Recipients of Kerrang! Magazine's 2010's Classic Songwriters Award, Lostprophets have become one of the U.K.'s biggest rock bands, gracing countless magazine covers and headlining stages at Reading/Leeds and Download Festivals.
"With the business being as it is, and America being such a huge market to be absent from, we couldn't be more flattered and excited that Fearless are giving us another crack at it - Another shot, if you will. Warped Tour will remind everyone - old fans and new - how good it is having Lostprophets on these shores. It's been a long time since a UK rock band has made a real impact in America and we're ready to carry that torch." - Ian Watkins, Lead Vocals
Weapons will be the band's first North American release since "Liberation Transmission", and will be available on June 19th, 2012. The album was recorded in North Hollywood, CA at NRG Studios with producer Ken Andrews (A Perfect Circle, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club).
Tracklist for Weapons:
1. Bring 'Em Down
2. We Bring An Arsenal
3. Another Shot
4. Jesus Walks
5. A Song for Where I'm From
6. A Little Reminder That I'll Never Forget
7. Better Off Dead
8. Heart on Loan
9. Somedays
10. Can't Get Enough
In support of the new album, the band is currently on a European headline tour, with support from Modstep and Young Guns, respectively, and will continue their Stateside takeover throughout the summer on the Vans Warped Tour 2012 from July 12 - Aug 5.
Lostprophets with Modstep
Apr 24 - Aberdeen, UK @ Aberdeen Music Hall
Apr 25 - Glasgow, UK @ O2 Academy Glasgow
Apr 27 - Newcastle upon Tyne, UK @ 02 Academy Cardiff
Apr 28 - Cardiff, UK @ Motorpoint Arena Cardiff
Apr 30 - Nottingham, UK @ Rock City
May 1 - Cambridge, UK @ Corn Exchange - Cambridge
May 2 - Southampton, UK @ Southampton Guildhall
May 4 - London, UK @ O2 Academy Brixton
Lostprophets with Young Guns
May 6 - Koin, Germany @ Live Music Hall
May 7 - Bruxelles, Belgium @ Ancienne Belgique
May 8 - Paris, France @ Le Bataclan
May 10 - Hamburg, Germany @ Docks Hamburg
May 11 - Berlin, Germany @ Columbiahalle
May 13 - Munchen, Germany @ Backstage Werk
May 14 - Zurich, Switzerland @ Komplex457
May 15- Bologna, Italy @Estragon
May 17- Ysseltsteyn, Netherlands @Jera On Air Festival
Jun 23- London, UK @ BBC Radio 1 Hackey Weekend
Jun 24- Roeser Luxembourg, Luxembourg @ Herchesfeld- Roeser Luxembourg
Jun 26- Trms Fylke, Norway @ Hove Festival
Jun 27- Sopron, Hungary @ Volt Festival
Jun 29- Prague, Czech Republic @ Prague City Festival
Jul 02- Dresden, Germany @ Schlachthof
Jul 03- Schoppenstedt, Germany @ Eventhalle
Jul 04- Dortmund, Germany @ FZW
Jul 06- Milan, Italy @ Heineken Jammin’ Festival
Jul 08- Amneville, France @ Sonisphere
VANS WARPED TOUR 2012
July 12 - Burgettstown, PA @ First Niagra Pavillion
July 13 - Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts Center
July 14 - Toronto, ON @ Molson Canadian Ampitheater
July 15 - Montreal, QC @ Parc Jean-Drapeau
July 17 - Darien Center, NY @ Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
July 19 - Mansfield, MA @ Comcast Center
July 20 - Camden, NJ @ Susquehanna Bank Center
July 21 - Uniondale, NY @ Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
July 22 - Hartford, CT @ The Comcast Theatre
July 24 - Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post Pavilion
July 25 - Virginia Beach, VA @ Farm Bureau Live at Virginia Beach
July 26 - Atlanta, GA @ Aaron's Ampitheater at Lakewood
July 27 - Orlando, FL @ Cenral FL Fairgrounds
July 28 - Miami, FL @ Cruzan Ampitheater
July 29 - St. Petersburg, FL @ Vinoy Park
July 30 - Charlotte, NC @ Charlotte Verizon Wireless Ampitheater
July 31 - Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Center
Aug 01 - Milwaukee, WI @ Marcus Ampitheater
Aug 04 - Redmond, WA @ Marymoor Ampitheater
Aug 05 - Portland, OR @ Rose Quarter Riverfront
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Rostrum/Atlantic Records artist, Wiz Khalifa has released "Work Hard, Play Hard," the lead single from his upcoming, sophomore album, "O.N.I.F.C." The track, produced by Stargate and Benny Blanco, is available at all digital retailers today. Listen to "Work Hard, Play Hard" here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13Gu9p0fM5w. What's more, the companion video for "Work Hard, Play Hard," was shot earlier this month in Khalifa's hometown of Pittsburgh, PA. Last week, Wiz was nominated for "Best New Artist" and "Best Rap Artist," at the 2012 Billboard Music Awards airing Sunday, May 20th from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas (check local listings.) These new nominations follow the rapper's two recent nominations at this year's Grammy Awards for "Best Rap Song" and "Best Rap Performance" for his 3X-Platinum hit, "Black And Yellow."
Adding to this excitement, Wiz is heralding the release of his new single with a summer amphitheater tour, dubbed the "Under The Influence Of Music Tour," with Mac Miller, and special guests Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q and Chevy Woods. The tour kicks off in Cincinnati, OH on July 26th and wraps on August 5th at Detroit's DTE Energy Music Theatre.
The acclaimed rapper recently took the stage at the 2012 Coachella Festival, where he joined rap veterans Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre for a performance of his 2x-Platinum, top 10 smash hit, "Young, Wild & Free." Adding to this, Wiz recently lent his rhymes to Maroon 5's new single "Payphone," which they performed together on NBC's The Voice last week. "Payphone" is currently #1 on the overall iTunes singles chart.
"O.N.I.F.C." is the follow-up to Wiz Khalifa's gold-certified major label debut "ROLLING PAPERS," which was released in March 2011, and spawned the multi-platinum hits "Black And Yellow," "Roll Up" and "No Sleep." Wiz earned himself two nominations at this year's Grammy Awards thanks to his breakout hit "Black And Yellow," in both the "Best Rap Song" and "Best Rap Performance" categories. Khalifa then joined forces with Snoop Dogg for "Mac And Devin Go To High School Soundtrack," the collaborative soundtrack album for the film "Mac And Devin Go To High School." The album featured the hit single "Young, Wild & Free (feat. Bruno Mars)," which has gone on to become 2x-certified Platinum, and has peaked at #7 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart. Wiz kicked off 2012 with a high-profile campaign with Bing, where he was featured in the search engine's nationwide commercials.
Khalifa is in the studio putting the final touches on his sophomore album "O.N.I.F.C." due later this year.
For more information on Wiz Khalifa, please visit www.wizkhalifa.com, www.twitter.com/RealWizKhalifa and www.facebook.com/WizKhalifa.
