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Iain Dot Baker

Bumped into XFM and Jesus Jones' very own Iain Dot Baker at the triumphant return of David Devant and his Spirit Wife at Dingwalls (now Lock 17) on Tuesday night....

David Devant and his Spirit Wife

Well the gig was fantastic I'm very glad to report, a homecoming to Dingwalls (now called Lock 17 for some reason), the launchplace of their first album, was somehow appropriate. The place was packed, perhaps partly because of an enormous free guest...

Power Words for Better Living

DAMN, forgot to take home the new David Devant and his Spirit Wife album "Power Words for Better Living" at the weekend, so I've missed out on some valuable pre-gig listening time... but this morning I've given it a good going over, and am mightily i...

Updates of the day

Got the David Devant single today, there's a review up here, get tickets for their Dingwalls show... Also some more links to Goldie Lookin' Chain pictures... They're playing live tonight, supporting the Super Furry Animals, and also at some "new band...

Contact

A very welcome return for the very first band ever to be added to popex - David Devant and his Spirit Wife release new single "Contact" on Monday. It's mostly a mellow relaxed tune, it puts me in mind of lying on my back on the ground, looking at the...

Free Jim Bob CD

Jim Bob is touring in October, and there's free CD's to be had each night... the first 10 people to visit the t-shirt stall each night will receive a free copy of "Acoustic Party 7", featuring solo acoustic versions of:Candy FlossCarry On AloneSealed...

CSS

Got Clare's CV fixed up, using proper CSS and that. Had a bit of trouble with the lists overnight, wanted to include things that were lists as proper lists, ie;<ul> <li>element 1</li> <li>element 2</li> <li&g...

Some sort of monster gig at Dingwalls

There's a bit of a show at Dingwalls tomorrow (Wednesday) night that is sounding good... I don't have all the details, but it sounds like Parva are playing, as are The Ex-Models, The Sights, The Rocks, The Hiss, M.A.S.S. and possibly more...There's t...

Jack and Meg White Stripe

They were watching the Von Bondies. They looked very white and didn't smile.

Iceland Rock

Leaves are doing a lot of stuff right now, just got a new single from them - "Race" - it's out on the 6th of May... they're going touring crazy too, playing the Essential Festival in Bristol and supporting The Coral, Doves and Electric Soft Parade o...

Cocks Out!

!!MARCH DATES!!SATURDAY 9TH: Spiky Soundclash, plus live bands and DJs, 10pm CorsicaStudios, 28 Midland Road,St. Pancras Station. �4/�2 guestlist (email us tobe on it!)WEDNESDAY 13TH: Camden Dingwalls,...

Bill Oddie

Yes, The Oddmeister himself, The Wizard of Odd, ODDIE BLUDDY ODBOURNE!!!

He was the host of the aforementioned Mojo Magazine Quiz.

Did I say it was a bit tough?

Edwin Collins

Last night it was the annual Mojo Magazine quiz, and through a happy haze of free beer, the only off-duty celeb I saw was Edwin Collins.He seemed to be hanging around the the side of the stage, and in the toilet a lot - nerves because he was going to...

Jarvis Cocker

Last night about 8:30pm at the Richard Hawley gig Jarvis and loads of mates from Sheffield and other members of PULP crowded the sparsly populated Dingwalls. Jarvis stood against a pillar on the main floor sucking several fags, chuckling at Richard's...

Space, Man

Space (remember them?) are playing some actual gigs in August - and none of them are on TFI Friday.They play Camden Dingwalls on the 23rd, and Edinburgh Liquid Rooms on the 24th, as part of the Fringe Festival.Space are also headlinining Manchester's...

Astrid Tour

Astrid are touring, and it started over a week ago and I forgot to post it up... still, here's the second half of the tour:Tues 08 May Leicester CharlotteWed 09 May Ashton Under Lyme WitchwoodSat 12 May Cardiff BarflyMon 14 May Brighton Pressure Poin...

Noel, Gem and Andy Bell

It was last night and they weren't doing anything exciting. But they were there. The gig was fantastic by the way.

Poptones Take Dingwalls

Monday April the 2nd sees Captain Soul, Vanderman and the High Llamas playing at Camden Dingwalls.The 'Soul promise "fiery guitar licks... and summer harmonies", a very fair description...It's a joint (no S Club Party jokes, please) effort between U...

Shivaree Winners

Zesty Pete and Visage (a winning 2 step / garage act name if ever I heard one) are the two lucky winners of tickets for tonight's Shivaree show at Dingwalls...They also get a copy of the album "I oughta give you a shot in the head for making me live ...

A Cool Free Gig

Shivaree are playing a special one off at Camden Dingwalls on 11 December, and if you want two free tickets, read on...After their "Later with Jools Holland" performance and fantastic reviews ofthe LP, "I Oughtta Give You A Shot In The Head For Makin...

Ever banged your finger in a door?

OK, lots of people have banged their finger in a do60 BORDER=1>...

The main bloke and the girl

The bloke who is called Per or something simliar, and the girl with the dark hair.
A very poor day when they are the biggest stars present...

Gigs for tonight...

OK, it's the first ever Moshi Moshi night tonight, at Spitz, and the chaps from the Moshi Moshi record label play popEx, and sent me some free tickets before, so I could go there... OR, it is Spearmint tonight at Dingwalls, and I LUUUUUUURVE Spearmin...

Get ready to get ready to ROCK!

It's that time again, if you frequent the North London Borough of Camden you can't have failed to spot the CAMDEMONIUM posters... are you ready for it?The inner city "festival" formerly known as the Camden Crawl is ready to hit the streets on Thursda...

I'm sure I've nicked this from somewhere...

The world is going to end. Some huge old fireball is going to crash into the earth, and everyone is running around, panicking etc, as you would. About 10 minutes before it happens, when it's clearly far too late, and things are getting hot, the hero ...

My liver is at the dry cleaner's

No reason really NOT TO DRINK this week, but I'm having a go anyway, feeling generally run down, it's stressful work dealing with all the cheating on here - kids, and valued punters, please do not control more than one account, or I will FITE YOU.Ton...

Tolken Folkie MY ARSE!

I KNOW there are lists of Mercury Nominees going around saying "Coldplay, Richard Ashcroft, blah blah, token folkie no-one's heard of"... That "token folkie" is Kathryn Williams, who has been a PopEx commodity for a while, and who I'm going to see at...
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Taking the Hiss

Ten Benson have a new album released this week, and to promote it in a retrospective stylee they're ALREADY ON TOUR! The album is called "Hiss" and is described as "highlighting the many faces" of The Benson... Monday they're at Leicester Princess Ch...

Seafood - AND EAT IT! HA HA HA HA!

Seafood play live at Camden Dingwalls on Thursday 30th of March. Support comes from Turn and Wilt.

Apologies for there being no rude words in this news story.

Dingwalls

Not just Dingwalls, all around Camden, I saw Collapsed Lung and Moby and a few more.
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