{"id":12071,"date":"2014-01-05T19:30:18","date_gmt":"2014-01-05T19:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nusic.org.uk\/wordpress\/?p=12071"},"modified":"2014-02-17T10:42:00","modified_gmt":"2014-02-17T10:42:00","slug":"top-3-gigs-week-beginning-6th-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nusic.org.uk\/wordpress\/top-3-gigs-week-beginning-6th-january\/","title":{"rendered":"TOP 3 GIGS &#8211; Week Beginning 6th January"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">Happy New Year! It&#8217;s 2014, and we&#8217;re back to tell you the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nusic.org.uk\/wordpress\/category\/top-3-gigs\/\">Top Three<\/a><\/strong> gigs going off in Notts this week! If you&#8217;re looking for more great local talent, make sure to check out our regular <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nusic.org.uk\/wordpress\/category\/podcasts\/\">New Music Podcasts<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nusic.org.uk\/wordpress\/category\/live-sessions\/\">Future Sessions<\/a><\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>GIG ONE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Kicking off our <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nusic.org.uk\/wordpress\/category\/top-3-gigs\/\">Top Three<\/a><\/strong> we have a cracking lineup at <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/themazerocks?fref=ts\">The Maze<\/a><\/strong>, thanks to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nottsinanutshell?fref=ts\">Notts In A Nutshell<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Up first we have the acoustic singer-songwriter vibes of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Connor-Spray-Music\/353521778013928?fref=ts\">CONNOR SPRAY<\/a><\/strong>. Think <strong>Oasis<\/strong>, add some rock &amp; roll sensibility, and you\u2019ll have an idea of what to expect. Then we\u2019ll have the insatiable, sleazy Blues Rock of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Fankium?fref=ts\">FRANKIUM<\/a><\/strong>. Next up we\u2019ll have the four-piece Punk Rockers that are <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/apl.band?fref=ts\">A PERFECT LIE<\/a><\/strong>, who will be bringing the house down with their in your face Punk energy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Supercara<\/strong> will then be performing. Before the retro Rock &amp; Roll pop of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheRascels?fref=ts\">THE RASCELS<\/a><\/strong> rounds off the night. Beautiful harmonies, mixed with catchy choruses. What more could you ask for?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>GIG TWO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Next up we have a brilliant lineup of local talent over at <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jamcafenottingham?rf=481537825192161\">Jam Cafe<\/a><\/strong> on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">First up we have some big festival esque Folk Pop from the boys in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CadetsBand?fref=ts\">CADETS<\/a><\/strong>. An explosion of Indie anthems await you, which are bound to get you moving and grooving. Next up we have the Ambient Post-Rock of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/fieldstudiesband?fref=ts\">FIELD STUDIES<\/a><\/strong>. Despite being new to the gigging scene, they have an incredibly refined sound, and are well worth checking out. Finally, finishing off the night we have the beautiful sounds of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Paperplanecrashband?fref=ts\">PAPER PLANE CRASH<\/a><\/strong>. Imaginative lyrics mixed with some sweet rhythm, these guys always put on a great show!<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>GIG THREE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Finishing our <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nusic.org.uk\/wordpress\/category\/top-3-gigs\/\">Top Three<\/a> <\/strong>this week, we\u2019ve got our second gig at <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/themazerocks?fref=ts\">The Maze<\/a><\/strong>. This Saturday brings together five great Nottingham bands for your listening pleasure!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" dir=\"ltr\">We\u2019ve got some familiar Folk from the boys in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CadetsBand?fref=ts\">CADETS<\/a><\/strong>, before four piece <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/The-Sherwins\/124277857648223?fref=ts\">THE SHERWINS<\/a><\/strong> bring their unique brand of \u201cGroove Rock\u201d to the stage. Next up <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Platform-58\/133889003344690?fref=ts\">PLATFORM 58<\/a><\/strong> will take to the stage and get everyone dancing with their foot-tapping Bluesy Rock.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Riff-Bastard\/382167041803899?fref=ts\">RIFF BASTARD<\/a><\/strong> are up next with their, and I quote \u201cRiff heavy, groove laden, no bullshit Hard Rock\u201d. An interesting description, but once you&#8217;ve heard them, you&#8217;ll understand it. Finally, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Tokyo-Green\/122372097054?fref=ts\">TOKYO GREEN\u2019s<\/a><\/strong> instrumental, yet incredibly enticing breed of Jazzy Funk Rock rounds off the night.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Yours In Love Of \u00a0New Music,<br \/>\nSam Nahirny x<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy New Year! It&#8217;s 2014, and we&#8217;re back to tell you the Top Three gigs going off in Notts this week! If you&#8217;re looking for more great local talent, make sure to check out our regular New Music Podcasts and Future Sessions! &nbsp; GIG ONE &nbsp; Kicking off our Top Three we have a cracking&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"bookmark\" class=\"theme-button-text wvc-button wvc-button-size-xs\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nusic.org.uk\/wordpress\/top-3-gigs-week-beginning-6th-january\/\"><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":[395,396,357,384,394,397,399,400,385,398,401],"class_list":{"0":"post-12071","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":"tag-a-perfect-lie","10":"tag-cadets","11":"tag-connor-spray","12":"tag-field-studies","13":"tag-frankium","14":"tag-paper-plane-crash","15":"tag-platform-58","16":"tag-riff-bastard","17":"tag-the-rascels","18":"tag-the-sherwins","19":"tag-tokyo-green","20":"entry-post-skin-dark","21":"entry","22":"clearfix","23":"entry-grid","24":"entry-columns-default","25":"entry-post-module-layout-fullwidth","26":"no-post-thumbnail","27":"entry-post","29":"entry-post-grid"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nusic.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12071","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=12071"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.nusic.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12071\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12089,"href":"https:\/\/www.nusic.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12071\/revisions\/12089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nusic.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nusic.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nusic.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}