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Gig Guide JORDAN WORLAND FROM LOCAL MUSIC WEBSITE SLATE THE DISCO GIVES HIS TOP LIVE MUSIC PICKS FOR THE MONTH AHEAD
lush month of gigs awaits us this March, with our top pick taking place at the Junction 2 on the 18th. Headlining are Warmduscher, a cowboy-fronted post-
punk band who carry a formidable live reputation. Made up of members of Fat White Family, Paranoid London, Insecure Men and Childhood, this six- piece were formed spontaneously for a New Year’s Eve party in 2014, but decided to keep the party going. Expect a wild riot with a constant stream of crowd-surfers thrashing around to buzzing guitars and the prowling menace of frontman Clams Baker. Support on the night comes from a flamboyant outfit who carry one of the best band names around, Lynks Afrikka. Unfortunately, it looks like all the tickets to this have been snapped up, so you’ll have to beg, steal or borrow your way in. Guildford indie prodigies The Estevans play The Portland Arms on the 10th. Expect a condensed set demonstrating their anthemic intent. The same venue hosts fellow emerging star David Keenan and his arresting songcraft on the 15th. Blues-rock quartet Broken Witt Rebels play on the 23rd, as do our main Portland tip for this month, Peggy Sue, on the 24th. The London-based duo, who have a new album on the horizon, excel in beautiful, jangly, indie-pop sounds. The Cambridge Junction hosts a trio of excellent folk shows this month. Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman (16th) are an award-winning duo who need no introduction in Cambridge. The Trials of Cato (31st), however, are new names who are causing many to take notice. Dubbed ‘the Sex Pistols of folk’, they create swaggering, fascinating, power folk. Folk (well, bluegrass) AC/DC enthusiasts Hayseed Dixie are also back in town on the 28th. Last but by no means least, Tensheds play at The Blue Moon on the 27th. Their audacious showmanship deftly delivers a brand of gritty, heavy, edgy blues/punk, which incorporates elements of a classical background. Back with a new album, this duo take no
Milton Jones will perform his new show Milton: Impossible at the Corn Exchange on 13 March. Having appeared on Mock the Week , Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow and Live at the Apollo , he has been a prominent English comedian for over two decades. With a sense of humour described as ‘one-liners involving puns delivered in a deadpan and slightly neurotic style’, join Milton as he reveals the truth about his life as an international spy in an evening of exquisitely daft nonsense. Tickets are £30.50. cambridgelive.org.uk MILTON JONES
After kicking off the year with a string of shows, The Cat Empire are heading to Europe to embark on a tour of the UK and Spain. This March, you can catch the sextet’s feel- good pop at the Cambridge Corn Exchange. Hailing from Melbourne, The Cat Empire’s high-energy, smile-inducing musicianship proves time and time again that they are a world-class act. Now seven albums into their career, the band are showing no signs of slowing down, dedicating much of their time to touring internationally. You can see The Cat Empire on 15 March at 7.30pm. Tickets are £33. cambridgelive.org.uk THE CAT EMPIRE
prisoners when they deliver what Tensheds has coined ‘21st-century blues’. For the uninitiated, think ‘The White Stripes meets Tom Waits via Jerry Lee Lewis’.
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