{"id":1190,"date":"2011-07-24T22:01:28","date_gmt":"2011-07-24T21:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nusic.org.uk\/wordpress\/?p=1190"},"modified":"2012-08-17T17:57:42","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T16:57:42","slug":"nusic-top-3-gigs-%e2%80%93-week-beginning-25th-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nusic.org.uk\/wordpress\/nusic-top-3-gigs-%e2%80%93-week-beginning-25th-july\/","title":{"rendered":"NUSIC TOP 3 GIGS \u2013 Week beginning 25th July"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve got a bit of a mix for you this week Comrades!<br \/>\n<br \/>\nOn Wednesday at <strong>The Maze<\/strong> we\u2019ve got a big, local metal gig.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nFirstly we have <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Systematic-Killing-Machine-official\/110010522375873\">SYSTEMATIC KILLING MACHINE<\/a><\/strong>. Expect plenty of<br \/>\nheadbanging and windmilling when these guys take to the stage. Despite<br \/>\nthe name, these chaps seem very playful and you\u2019ll definitely be in<br \/>\nfor some entertainment.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nKeeping the happy vibes going will be <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Dirty-Beard\/40639747051\">DIRTY BEARD<\/a><\/strong> who have found a<br \/>\njoyful medium between metal and blues. They mix catchy riffs with slow<br \/>\nrock beats. Don\u2019t miss these!<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Way-Of-The-Atom\/112015488836354\">WAY OF THE ATOM<\/a><\/strong> are up next. These guys would be star pupils in an<br \/>\n\u2018How to Make a Great Rock Crescendo\u2019 class. They tease you in with<br \/>\npretty riffs then suddenly attack you with waves of crafted noise. I\u2019m<br \/>\nlooking forward to these.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nA band from Stoke <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/devildown\">DEVIL DOWN<\/a><\/strong> will be on next, but we don\u2019t like Stoke<br \/>\nas much as we like Nottingham so we\u2019ll move on.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nOn next are <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Into-Ruins\/121292417915901?sk=info\">INTO RUINS<\/a><\/strong> and they are LOUD. There will certainly be some<br \/>\nmosh pits started up in the Maze when these guys start to play. You<br \/>\ncan\u2019t help but move to their ridiculously fast songs.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nThe final act to shake up the Maze are <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100000345197562&#038;sk=info\">IMPERIAL CIRCUS<\/a><\/strong>. They sound<br \/>\nlike a heavier version of a Dave Grohl-fronted Red Hot Chili Peppers.<br \/>\nThere will be air guitars and power stances all round when they start<br \/>\nto play their alternative take to metal.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nDoors: 7pm<br \/>\nTickets: \u00a33<br \/>\n<br \/>\nNext on Thursday (28th) we have <strong>Acoustickle<\/strong> at <strong>Alley Caf\u00e9<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nAs always this promises to be a night of chill time, in a bubbly<br \/>\natmosphere with some really talented, acoustic Notts artists.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/breadchasersska\">BEN WAGNER<\/a><\/strong> from <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/breadchasersska\">BREADCHASERS<\/a><\/strong>, a great Notts ska band, will be playing<br \/>\nwith perhaps even a beatboxer to mix things up. Don\u2019t miss this<br \/>\nversatile man.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nKeeping the entertainment fresh, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/The-Maffa-Kings\/114687317901\">THE MAFFA KINGS<\/a><\/strong>, who are known to be<br \/>\nan alternative, psychedelic rock band will be turning the tempo down<br \/>\non their tunes to keep the theme acoustic.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nCRS\u2019s very own <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/goughmusic\">LEE GOUGH<\/a><\/strong> has got one hell of a voice on him, make sure<br \/>\nyou grab his set and be prepared to be blown away.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nAnd <strong>ROSANNA O\u2019BRIEN<\/strong> may be young and relatively new to the Notts music<br \/>\nscene, but she\u2019s not shy. Having played her very first gig at the<br \/>\nValentine\u2019s Acoustickle with a huge crowd to see her play, it\u2019s nice<br \/>\nto see her back and raring to go.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nDoors: 7.30pm<br \/>\nTickets: FREE!<br \/>\n<br \/>\nAnd finally, again on Thursday (28th) <strong>Farmyard Records<\/strong> brings you<br \/>\n<strong>Acoustic Sessions<\/strong> at <strong>The Golden Fleece<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Gallery47?ref=ts\">GALLERY 47<\/a><\/strong> will be playing this one, and he\u2019s really not someone you<br \/>\ncan justify missing if you haven\u2019t seen him play live before (or even<br \/>\nif you have). Having played T In The Park and Splendour this summer<br \/>\nand with great reception, he\u2019s back in town ready to bring you some<br \/>\ngorgeous acoustic. How he sings so elegantly and plucks his guitar so<br \/>\nquickly at the same time baffles me.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nDoors:<br \/>\nTickets: FREE!<br \/>\n<br \/>\nYours in Love of New Music<br \/>\n<br \/>\nLiz Riordan and Danielle Sorsby<br \/>\nx<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve got a bit of a mix for you this week Comrades! On Wednesday at The Maze we\u2019ve got a big, local metal gig. Firstly we have SYSTEMATIC KILLING MACHINE. Expect plenty of headbanging and windmilling when these guys take to the stage. Despite the name, these chaps seem very playful and you\u2019ll definitely be&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"bookmark\" class=\"theme-button-text wvc-button wvc-button-size-xs\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nusic.org.uk\/wordpress\/nusic-top-3-gigs-%e2%80%93-week-beginning-25th-july\/\"><small class=\"wvc-button-background-fill\"><\/small><span>Continue reading<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,16,8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1190","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-blog","7":"category-previews","8":"category-top-3-gigs","9":"entry-post-skin-dark","10":"entry","11":"clearfix","12":"entry-grid","13":"entry-columns-default","14":"entry-post-module-layout-fullwidth","15":"no-post-thumbnail","16":"entry-post","18":"entry-post-grid"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nusic.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nusic.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nusic.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nusic.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nusic.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1190"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.nusic.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6202,"href":"https:\/\/www.nusic.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1190\/revisions\/6202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nusic.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nusic.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nusic.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}