A word from the Editor

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Cheltenham’s MND

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Benin City Review

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Record Store Day Review

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Fabio Thomas

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Fausto EP Review

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What’s On Listings

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A Word From The Editor

I had the pleasure of going to watch the Missy Malone & Friends Burlesque Revue in April and I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed it. It isn’t my first visit to the Missy Malone show and it certainly won’t be my last and I urge you all next time the show is in Cheltenham to get yourself tickets, you will not be disappointed.

I know every month I say how much is going on in the county, but really May’s listings are HUGE there is so much going on. Not only are we full swing into Festival season with The Cheltenham Jazz Festival and Wychwood Fes-tival both happening this month, but also the sheer amount of gigs happening across Glouc-estershire is amazing! There is no excuse for you to be stuck for going out.

Not only do we have a massive 5 pages worth of listings in this month’s issue we also have some pretty awesome reviews too. Dan Gut-teridge returns for his annual Record Store Day diary entry which sees him running between Badlands and Rise for the best part of the day. Fabio Thomas reviews Peace at the Gloucester Guildhall while our 10 Minute Review is of Be-nin City’s return to the Frog and Fiddle courtesy of The Cheltenham Underground. Finally we also have an EP review of one of Cheltenham’s finest bands Fausto.

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Take advantage of all of the awesome gigs and festivals going on this month and enjoy May’s issue of MAG!

Cheltenham’s Music Network Developer

May I?

After last months’ announcement in this column, I’d like to start this one by saying a big thank you for the unexpected messages of kindness about my time as a music network developer - you know who you are : ) This was especially appreciated as I’ve really felt things have wound down over the last twelve months so I’m just glad I’ve at least been able to help a few people in some small way.

With thanks out of the way, we’re walking into a month that is bookended by Cheltenham Jazz & Wychwood festivals. Lechlade & Rene:gade festivals also continue to make their mark on the county’s programming this month - with numerous other considerations for arts and crafts continuing to grow year on year. Not to mention some little gathering about chasing cheese down a hill or something!

It turns out that the realisation in this month’s col-umn is that it just keeps getting easier to write. The cultural landscape of this fine county has never been so rich and highlighting what I think is good is the only hard part about writing each month. But that decision doesn’t (and shouldn’t) lie with me - it’s with you. As always, my advice remains the same: go out and see a gig this month. The com-merciality of music sales has Record Store Day to celebrate another year’s survival - bands don’t get to have a “Live Music Day” - so perhaps it’s worth going out withfriend and seeing if you can’t find something that’s not just worth listening too, but worth seeing as well.

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10 Minute ReviewWords: Tom Brunsdon | Picture: Dean Toad

Benin City, Emmett Brown, KSH & The Going Goods @ The Frog & Fiddle, Cheltenham (12.04.13)

There’s probably close to 100 people here tonight at the Frog. It’s certainly over 50 (I’m not going to count every single one of them so let’s call it 75). That’s about 53 more people than you used to get watch-ing live bands in Cheltenham ten years ago in pubs. Something’s going right.KSH & The Going Goods don’t look like they sound

(in the nicest possible way). I guess this is what you could call acoustic hip-hop. The guy who beatboxes his way through the set is a relentless machine – his mouth must be absolutely shattered by the end of it. The two singers are contrasting figures – one fronts the band confidently and jokes and raps, then jokes some more, whilst the other nervously holds a bottle of beer in one hand and sings all of the parts that need to be sung beautifully. It’s a good mix. Perhaps this is how Sublime would have ended up sounding if Bradley Knowell hadn’t overdosed in 1996.

Emmett Brown, on the other hand, are a ramshackle mix of ska and punk - I thought everyone stopped playing ska in 2003, but I must be wrong. They have an attitude you can’t buy, like an early King Blues mixed with King Prawn’s more eclectic moments. Their set is a little loose and they snap some strings, but that’s what local bands do. Onward and upwards for them.

And finally, Benin City from London (city) round of this evening’s entertainment with a soulful, atmospheric performance backed by sax and drums. They are all about frontman Joshua Idehen as he grabs the micro-phone, bounces around and spits out carefully written 21st Century prose.

Record Store Day 2013Words: Dan Gutteridge

There’s Birthdays, there’s Christmases, there’s the first day of the football season or the opening of the January sales but no other day makes me want to get up bright and early (seriously early, we’re talking 6am here) and no other day makes me smile as much as Record Store Day does.

Now in its 7th year Record Store Day was started across the pond, with the premise of promoting independent record stores through bands putting out limited releases and plying live in stores. The day quickly spread across to the UK and through to other countries and is now a force to be reckoned with in the music world.

My day started at just before 6, as I got up, show-ered, breakfasted and made my way to join the queues down at Badlands. This is my third year of RSD in Cheltenham and the queues have got big-ger every time, which shows just how much this day has upped the interest in independents and vinyl’s. I picked myself up a beautiful White Stripes re-issue, the kind of record that makes you shake at the knees. After heading home to let it spin from start to finish, it was straight back out for the day to truly begin.

Were incredibly blessed in Gloucestershire, and more specifically Cheltenham, in that there are some wonderful record shops. Rise and Badlands both had some incredible and well-known local acts playing throughout the day.

The first band I checked out was Welcome To Mara-thon, a band that I’ve been reviewing lots in MAG as of late. A band that I truly do believe is the best band in Cheltenham, and quite possibly the whole of the county. Rise positioned all of their bands towards the

back of the shop, and I don’t know whether it was planned or a lucky coincidence but the acoustics made for a simply wonderful sound. Not just for Mara-thon but for everyone playing in Rise that day.

Once Marathon had finished it was off to Badlands to catch the afternoon acts there. The staff had opened up the shop to the whole road and turned it into and absolute street party. The place was buzzing with pa-ella stands, cake stands, people walking around play-ing ukuleles. Jeremy from Zen Elephant was playing as I walked up to the store. Standing slightly above everybody else on the pavement strumming away. Zen Elephant are band I greatly admire, and Jeremy’s set was no different. I strongly recommend checking them out if you haven’t done so already. After it was the outstanding Jim Lockey. He, again, performed on his own, just him and his guitar. It felt like quite a privilege to be in that small crowd watching Jim. As the rate he’s growing at, whose to say where he’ll be in the next few years. So it was definately a perfor-mance to savour, even with the odd forgotten lyric. I must also pull up the fact that Jim clashed horribly with Andy Oliveri. If anyone from Rise or Badlands is reading this, promise me and the rest of Cheltenham you’ll never do that again!!!

Once Jim had finished it was over to Rise to catch the last few acts of the day. Young Kato and Crooks, are two bands I admire greatly. Both however weren’t meant for playing in-store shows. But both bands adapted really well, and put on a great show. They finished the day of in magnificent style. Shouting away to Crooks, was just the icing on cake of what had be an excellent day.

Record Store Day truly is my favorite all dayer of the year. Unlike Christmases and Birthdays or the foot-ball and the first day shopping in the sales, there’s no down points. There’s no quiet hour after the turkey or half times. The day starts at 8am and steam rolls all the way through to the evening. Well done to Rise and Badlands for both putting on excellent days with great bands, great record and great paella. And now the countdown to next year begins. Only 365 days to go…

Fabio Thomas On...PeaceWords: Fabio Thomas | Picture: Louis Gill iEye

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On April 21st I crammed into Gloucester Guildhall with 399 other fans who were keen to experience what NME are calling one of Britain’s “best live bands”. Peace, who have just come off the NME tour opening for Palma Violets, Miles Kane and Django Django, were tonight supported by Superfood. Only moments after I saw Superfood stagger through the small art gallery in the guildhall, they were taking to the stage. My slight ap-prehension was dismissed as soon as they began. Their brand of 90s rock, which stood somewhere in between grunge and Britpop, sounded much like Primal Scream’s first album. A highlight of the set was the band’s final track ‘Superfood’, which is up as a free download via their Facebook page. The straight up groove and edgy guitar is reminiscent of Robyn Hitchcock’s backing band The Venus Three, whilst echoing the harmonies of Viva Brother – but without all the bravado bullshit.

Twenty minutes passed between the sets, before a surprisingly funk driven track played and a velvet-clad Koisser strode on with the rest of the gang. After a brief “Hello”, the coconut jive of ‘Delicious’ was triggered and the band ran through ‘Waste of Paint’, ‘Toxic’ and ‘Sugerstone’ before “taking things down a level” to ‘Float Forever’. What was most impressive was how such a young, new band could create music that energetic and alive whilst looking so relaxed. It appeared as if they had been playing these songs together for years on end – when in reality this debut (stunning as it is) is just shy of a month old.

‘Higher than the Sun’ saw the band again raise the stakes with the chorus causing the crowd to reach an-other level (literally and metaphorically). The track was followed by ‘Wraith’, ‘Follow Baby’ and ‘Scumbag’. As the crowd screamed back every word that left Koisser’s mouth, it felt as if the band were playing a run of singles that they had accumulated over decades. The strength of each standalone track shows the enormous achieve-ment that is ‘In Love’. The album holds nothing back, giving its all on every track, literally pouring its heart out

into each song. Peace describe it as “music that fucks you in the heart”, but I am beginning to prefer “music that fucks you in the ears”.

The set closed with ‘1998’, a track that was left off ‘In Love’. As the band built up and brought down the ten minute epic I think I began to understand why the song was left off the album – it is an out and out live track. Its peaks and troughs captivated and controlled the audi-ence leaving them screaming for more when the band departed from the stage.

After a couple of minutes of desperation in the eyes of the fans, Peace finally delivered, returning to play ‘Cali-fornia Daze’ and ‘Bloodshake’. After seeing the group in Birmingham on the NME tour, I was not 100% sold on their live performance. However, seeing this extended set, which included the majority of the tracks from their debut, I think I am in love with ‘In Love’.

Fausto EP ReviewWords: Andrew Hammond | Picture: Liam Evans

Suffice it to say that it’s un-usual to see a record that has more tracks on it than minutes of play. However, Chelten-ham’s newest devil may care punk outfit, Fausto, have pro-duced one of the most unique and refreshing albums to emerge from the local music scene in quite some time.

Fausto contains the usual ingredients for a loud and intrusive punk band, but they take a step away from the norm by writing music for nothing else but fun. There’s no underlying message to be found in their lyrics, examples of which include: “Ow, you punched me in the shin. Why’d you punch me there?” Their nonsensical words add to the undeniably entertain-ing character of Fausto, where the decision to make short, good songs in abundance, has paid off bril-liantly.

The band are unrelenting both on record, and on stage. You may barely notice a song close before another begins, making their debut release an ex-hausting pleasure to listen to. The full Fausto experi-ence can only be discovered upon seeing them live though, so I implore you to support a local outfit as they continue to redefine what it means to be a punk band, regardless of their own insistence that Fausto suck.

Cheltenham 01/05/2013 The Bayshill Gordon Wood 20:30 01/05/2013 Art Gallery Triple Sec 20:00

02/05/2013 ZiZi Peter Nemesvari 19:00 02/05/2013 Montpellier Brasserie Swing From Paris TBC

03/05/2013 2pigs JUDDER! 22:00 03/05/2013 The London Inn The Bridge 21:00 03/05/2013 The United Services Tubby Blues Club 20:00 03/05/2013 The Royal Kim Cypher Quartet 21:00 03/05/2013 The Cotswold Stressechoes 21:00

04/05/2013 2pigs Cynotia & I The Lion 20:00 04/05/2013 The Daffodil Alex Hutton Trio 12:30 04/05/2013 Montpellier Gardens Steve Franks Trio 13:30 04/05/2013 The Bayshill Over The Hill 21:00 04/05/2013 Albion House Echoes 20:45

05/05/2013 Montpellier Gardens Indigo Kings 13:30 05/05/2013 Albion House Phat and Funky 14:30 05/05/2013 The Exmouth JB2 12:00

06/05/2013 The Wheatsheaf Profoundly Blue All Day 06/05/2013 Montpellier Gardens Roving Crows 18:30 06/05/2013 Royal Union Steve Franks 20:00 06/05/2013 The Daffodil John Paul Gard 20:00 Hammond Trio 07/05/2013 Royal Union Steve Franks 20:00

09/05/2013 ZiZi Peter Nemesvari 19:00

10/05/2013 The Exmouth The Revue 21:00 10/05/2013 London Inn Mike Maddams 21:00 10/05/2013 Beaufort Arms Cheltenham Folk Club 20:00

11/05/2013 The Daffodil Dom Franks 12:30 11/05/2013 Charlton Kings Club Steamroller 21:00 11/05/2013 The Bayshill Otis Mack & 21:00 The Tubby Bluesters 11/05/2013 Albion House So 80’s 20:00 11/05/2013 2pigs Me! Me! Me’s? 20:00

12/05/2013 Albion House Paul Jeyes 14:00

May GIG LISTINGS

13/05/2013 Royal Union Steve Franks 20:00 13/05/2013 The Daffodil Roy Forbes Quartet 20:00

14/05/2013 Royal Union Steve Franks 20:00

15/05/2013 Food & Drink Festival Indigo Kings TBC 15/05/2013 The Bayshill Bayshill Jam 21:00

16/05/2013 ZiZi Peter Nemesvari 19:00

17/05/2013 London Inn Cody 21:00 17/05/2013 SoundMusicVenue Allstars Dub Band 21:00 17/05/2013 Tithe Barn Ramrods 20:00 17/05/2013 2pigs Wasted 20:00

18/05/2013 The Cotswold Steamroller 21:00 18/05/2013 The Exmouth Arms Soul Remedy 21:00 18/05/2013 Albion House Ramrods 20:00 18/05/2013 The Daffodil Feliks Tabis Trio 12:30 18/05/2013 2pigs Broken Jaw 20:00

19/05/2013 Albion House Them Two 14:30

20/05/2013 Royal Union Steve Franks 20:00 20/05/2013 The Daffodil Tori Handsleys Jazz 20:00 Harp Experience

21/05/2013 Royal Union Steve Franks 20:00

22/05/2013 The Bayshill Bayshill Jam 21:00

23/05/2013 ZiZi Peter Nemesvari 19:00

24/05/2013 The Bayshill Kim Cypher Quartet 21:00 24/05/2013 Beaufort Arms Cheltenham Folk Club 20:00

25/05/2013 Albion House Over The Hill 20:45 25/05/2013 Beaufort Arms Live Music 21:00 25/05/2013 The Daffodil Steve Franks Trio 12:30 25/05/2013 The Exmouth Arms John D’Ambrosio 21:00 25/05/2013 2pigs Carmen 20:00

26/05/2013 The Playhouse Silverstar 19:00 26/05/2013 Albion House David Clifford 14:30 26/05/2013 Reddings Community Centre Bohemia & Jo Silver 20:00

27/05/2013 Royal Union Steve Franks 20:00 27/05/2013 The Daffodil Josephine Arthur Quartet 20:00

May GIG LISTINGS

28/05/2013 Norwood Arms Norwood Jam 20:30 28/05/2013 Royal Union Steve Franks 20:00 28/05/2013 The Exmouth Bex & Franks Latin 20:00 Salsa Night

30/05/2013 ZiZi Peter Nemesvari 19:00 30/05/2013 The Wheatsheaf Wheatsheaf Jam Night 20:00

31/05/2013 The Greatfield Over The Hill 21:00

Gloucester 01/05/2013 Café Rene Gaz Brookfield 21:00

03/05/2013 Guildhall Larry Miller Band 19:30 03/05/2013 Café Rene The Worried Men 23:00 03/05/2013 Wotton Hall The Former Members 19:30 present Monterey Festival 1967 Revisited 03/05/2013 The Brunswick Venus Mountains 20:00

04/05/2013 The Brunswick Me! Me! Me’s? 20:00 04/05/2013 Walls Club T.Rextasy 20:30 04/05/2013 Music Lounge Stereo Influence 20:00

08/05/2013 Café Rene Hannah Faulkner 21:00

10/05/2013 Café Rene Rickshaw Bride 23:00 10/05/2013 The Brunswick St Pierre Snake Invasion 20:00

11/05/2013 The Brunswick Hellbound 20:00 11/05/2013 Music Lounge Guy Challenger 20:00

12/05/2013 Guildhall Canary Swing 19:00 12/05/2013 The Docks Emily J Mew, Peter N 12:00 & Paul Newman

13/05/2013 Guildhall Folk Unplugged 20:00

15/05/2013 Café Rene The Richard O’Brien Project 21:00

17/05/2013 Guildhall Teenage Cancer Trust Fest 18:00 17/05/2013 Café Rene Demob 23:00

18/05/2013 The Brunswick Isolation 20:00 18/05/2013 Robinswood Hill Club Rockology 21:00 18/05/2013 Music Lounge Former Friends 20:00

21/05/2013 Guildhall Musiclab 19:30

May GIG LISTINGS

22/05/2013 Café Rene Funkie & The Two Tone Baby 21:00

24/05/2013 Café Rene Missin Rosie 23:00 25/05/2013 The Brunswick Goldsboro 20:00 25/05/2013 Ridge & Furrow Rockology 21:00 25/05/2013 Music Lounge The Drawing of the Three 20:00

26/05/2013 Guildhall Scott Ian 19:30

28/05/2013 Guildhall The Skints 19:30

29/05/2013 Café Rene Dan Hartland 21:00

Tewkesbury 03/05/2013 Cross Keys Junction 7 21:00

05/05/2013 Croft Farm Roving Crows 20:00

08/05/2013 Theoc House Indigo Kings 20:30

10/05/2013 Croft Farm Reloaded 21:00

12/05/2013 White Bear Rick Chase 16:00

18/05/2013 Croft Farm Occassionally Big Band 21:00

19/05/2013 White Bear Sax Appeal 16:00

29/05/2013 Theoc House Jo Silver & Café Boho 20:00

Cinderford 04/05/2013 Miners Hall The Banned 21:00

05/05/2013 Miners Hall Steve Marsden 21:00

10/05/2013 Miners Hall Kenny James 21:00 11/05/2013 Miners Hall Guitarman 56 21:00

19/05/2013 Miners Hall Phil Denton 21:00

25/05/2013 Soldiers & Sailors Sax Appeal 21:15

May GIG LISTINGS

26/05/2013 Miiners Hall John Dale 21:00

Stroud 10/05/2013 Queen Vic Kickback 21:00

16/05/2013 Brunel Goods Yard Building Jazz Jam 21:00 18/05/2013 Sub Rooms Lady Sings the Blues 19:30

25/05/2013 Sub Rooms The Blockheads 19:30

25/05/2013 Crown & Sceptre Allstars Dub Band 21:00

31/05/2013 Sub Rooms Friday Night Live 20:00

Birdlip

03/05/2013 Royal George Aiden Moore 21:00

17/05/2013 Royal George Greg Winters 21:00

24/05/2013 Royal George Scott Vallance 21:00

31/05/2013 Royal George Damsons Sky Duo 21:00

Winchcombe 07/05/2013 White Hart Folk Club 20:00 07/05/2013 Corner Cupboard Bluegrass Session 21:00

23/05/2013 Corner Cupboard Song Session 21:00

Whitecroft 03/05/2013 Royal Oak Kickback 21:00

06/05/2013 Miners Arms Club Django 20:00

Conderton

24/05/2013 Yew Tree Sax N Axe 17:00

May GIG LISTINGS

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MAG Editor Amelia Scognamiglio | Cover Design Robbie Pert | Listings Contributor Ollie West | Staff Writers Fabio Thomas, Andrew Hammond, Tom of 10 Minute Reviews & Dan Gutteridge| Thanks to all the people who contributed to issue TWENTY EIGHT of MAG, special thanks (again) goes to Robbie Pert for designing the awesome covers and to Andrew Lansley for continuing to support MAG and everything musical in Gloucestershire| All work remains property of the original owner, used with permission. Reproduction in whole or any part (especially the listings) of this fanzine would be awesome as it’s great to spread the word people, just make sure you credit the fanzine.

Festivals 1st-6th Cheltenham Jazz Festival Cheltenham Town Hall

5th Angelfest The Angel Coleford

24th-26th Lechlade Music Festival Lechlade

25th Rene:Gade Festival Café Rene Gloucester

26th Tall Ships Festivals Gloucester Docks

31st-2nd Wychwood Festival Racecourse Cheltenham

Open Mic Nights Tuesday St Paul’s Tavern, Cheltenham Tuesday Salisbury Inn, Cheltenham

Wednesday Cross Keys, Gloucester Wednesday Norwood Arms, Cheltenham

Thursday The Strand Bar, Cheltenham Thursday Hogs Head, Cheltenham Thursday The Restoration, Cheltenham

Friday Royal George Hotel, Cheltenham Friday Gardners Arms, Tewkesbury

Sunday Royal Union, Cheltenham Sunday The Cotswold Inn, Cheltenham Sunday Under the Edge Arts, Wotton Under Edge Sunday Walls Country & Western Club, Gloucester Sunday Fat Tony’s Jam Session, Somerset Arms, Cheltenham Sunday Sound Music Venue, Cheltenham

May GIG LISTINGS