Ryan's Gig Guide - September 2018

4 rgg Sep 2018 www.ryansgigguide.com Text and advertising are copyright of Ryan’s Gig Guide Reproduction in part or whole without written permission is strictly prohibited Whilst we try to get all gig listings and dates correct it is adviseable to check with the venue before travelling The views and comments expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the publisher. Head of reviews Nick J Townsend RYAN’SGIGGUIDE Birmingham&TheBlackCountry SEPTEMBER2018 ir i l tr 1 Inside... Contributors... Fat Bloke With No Tattoos, Adam Roberts, Nick J Townsend Layout & Graphics... Peter Williams THE TEAM Editor Ryan’s Dave Advertise in RGG  Go to: www.ryansgigguide.com/advertise or call us on: 0121 374 2890  Submit your gigs to RGG Go to: www.ryansgigguide.com/gigs or email: media@rggmag.com TO REACH US BY THE 18TH OF THE MONTH PRIOR TO PUBLICATION September 6 10 18 20 24 26 27 28 36 38 10 14 15 17 23 31 39 Contents Features Cover Artist: The Nightingales TheVerdict Local with Surge Music Mondo Royale Brian Downey MangeTout? Blackballed Review: Suhr Classic Antique Scott Matthews Sari Schorr Gig Listings Mondays &Tuesdays Wednesdays Thursdays Fridays Saturdays Sundays September Preview "Pantone chose ‘greenery’ as its colour of the year in 2017, while 2018-2019's colour is meant to be lilac, and 2020 will be all about mint." Yes, someone at Pantone, the colour-standards company, de- cides what colours are going to be ‘in’ each year. Using a system that I imagine is not disimilar to the sorting hat at Hogwarts, they decide what colour your next iPhone will be. Fawning corpora- tions & their designers bow down to this superior wisdom, make everything in the same colour and adorn them with the same motifs thus turning trend ‘predictions’ into self-fulfilling prophecies. But hey, we all need a flamingo-themed ironing board cover and matching pencil case don’t we? Music too, has become a victim of this method of reversing the direction that trends come into existence.As our columnist Nick J Townsend touches on in his arti- cle on page 14 [oops - we messed up and omitted Nick’s article - sorry Nick] we’re spoonfed identikit music from identikit artists who we’ve often never heard of until they pop up in a TV ad break, singing competition or cooking pro- gramme. Don’t be lazy and just lap up the music you’re being fed by the big ‘pop machine’ that’s taken over the TV. Make the effort listen to music by bands you’ve never heard of, check out the local scene and go see your mates’ band! Take a bloody gamble! Fat BlokeWith No Tattoos *Spoonfed Dead is a cracking song by Vault Of Eagles www.vaultofeagles.com Spoonfed dead