tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13355932095990848862012-02-15T23:54:08.891-08:00The home of Forecast - Cardiff promoters of leftfield, underground, weird but always wonderful music from Wales, the UK and beyond. Run by the people behind My Kung Fu Records (http://www.mykungfu.com)John Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16713515387296334615noreply@blogger.comBlogger91100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1335593209599084886.post-75710106575550605542009-04-03T09:23:00.000-07:002009-04-03T09:29:44.270-07:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GeHhP--FD0k/SdY4aMPkNCI/AAAAAAAAABA/EBw_bqHoT6E/s1600-h/zombie_zombie_low_res.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GeHhP--FD0k/SdY4aMPkNCI/AAAAAAAAABA/EBw_bqHoT6E/s320/zombie_zombie_low_res.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320502032399086626" /></a><br /><br /><br />Forecast presents...<br />ZOMBIE ZOMBIE<br />ANTONI MAIOVVI<br /><br />Tuesday 5th May<br />Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff<br />£6.00adv from http://www.wegottickets.com/event/47372<br />www.clwb.net<br />7.30pm / please arrive early as this show will curfew at 10.30pm<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1335593209599084886-7571010657555060554?l=weareforecast.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>John Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16713515387296334615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1335593209599084886.post-11177125654798898382009-03-10T04:48:00.001-07:002009-03-10T04:48:48.489-07:00Forecast presents...<br />NME RADAR TOUR<br /><br />LA ROUX<br />HEARTBREAK<br />MAGISTRATES<br />THE CHAPMAN FAMILY<br /><br />Sunday 3rd May<br />The Globe, Cardiff<br />£9.50adv from www.nme.com / Spillers Records http://www.wegottickets.com/event/46093 and more<br />7.00pm / please arrive early as this show will curfew at 10.30pm / 14+<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1335593209599084886-1117712565479889838?l=weareforecast.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>John Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16713515387296334615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1335593209599084886.post-64907737543669826722009-03-10T04:47:00.001-07:002009-04-03T09:17:24.054-07:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GeHhP--FD0k/SdY2TI5tGkI/AAAAAAAAAA4/pqFQ5-653pA/s1600-h/crystal+antlers_low_res.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GeHhP--FD0k/SdY2TI5tGkI/AAAAAAAAAA4/pqFQ5-653pA/s320/crystal+antlers_low_res.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320499712219748930" /></a><br /><br /><br />Forecast presents...<br /><br />CRYSTAL ANTLERS<br />(raw power, organ howls and screamers. New album ‘Tentacles’ out on Touch & Go)<br /><br />TRUCKERS OF HUSK<br />(first Cardiff show of 2009 for the mighty My Kung Fu outfit)<br /><br />Tommy’s Bar, Howard Gardens School of Art, UWIC<br />Sunday 17th May 2009<br />Doors 7.00pm / curfew 10.30pm<br />£6 adv / £8 door / please buy in advance from http://www.wegottickets.com/event/46005<br /><br />www.weareforecast.com<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1335593209599084886-6490773754366982672?l=weareforecast.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>John Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16713515387296334615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1335593209599084886.post-57330667221581394722009-03-10T04:25:00.000-07:002009-03-10T04:47:06.758-07:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GeHhP--FD0k/SbZTM3VMt1I/AAAAAAAAAAw/h09A8tQBCJw/s1600-h/banjo_or_freakout_low_res.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GeHhP--FD0k/SbZTM3VMt1I/AAAAAAAAAAw/h09A8tQBCJw/s320/banjo_or_freakout_low_res.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311524291006478162" /></a><br /><br /><br />Forecast presents...<br />BANJO OR FREAKOUT<br />THE BALKY MULE<br />THINGS MAKE ELECTRIC<br /><br />Thursday 30th April<br />Upstairs, Clwb Ifor Bach<br />£6adv from http://www.wegottickets.com/event/46004 / www.clwb.net<br />7.30pm / please arrive early as this show will curfew at 10.30pm<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1335593209599084886-5733066722158139472?l=weareforecast.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>John Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16713515387296334615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1335593209599084886.post-39422413845378408622009-03-10T04:12:00.000-07:002009-03-10T04:22:36.787-07:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GeHhP--FD0k/SbZLo2xXdpI/AAAAAAAAAAo/qs6goralotM/s1600-h/dent_may_low_res.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GeHhP--FD0k/SbZLo2xXdpI/AAAAAAAAAAo/qs6goralotM/s320/dent_may_low_res.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311515975799502482" /></a><br /><br /><br />Forecast presents...<br /><br />DENT MAY AND HIS MAGNIFICENT UKULELE<br />(signed to their Paw Tracks label and fresh from a tour with Animal Collective)<br /><br />SWEET BABOO<br />(his only live show in Cardiff. Brilliant debut album 'The Mighty Baboo' out now)<br /><br />THURS 2 APRIL 2009<br />Ground Floor, Clwb Ifor Bach<br />£5adv / £7doors http://www.wegottickets.com/event/45355 or www.clwb.net<br />Doors 7.30pm / This is an early show - curfew at 10.00pm<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1335593209599084886-3942241384537840862?l=weareforecast.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>John Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16713515387296334615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1335593209599084886.post-44114648407179770702009-02-04T14:41:00.000-08:002009-02-08T08:16:38.178-08:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GeHhP--FD0k/SY8EqvJtXFI/AAAAAAAAAAg/1HIbW5tCzv4/s1600-h/PONYTAIL.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GeHhP--FD0k/SY8EqvJtXFI/AAAAAAAAAAg/1HIbW5tCzv4/s320/PONYTAIL.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300460418696567890" /></a><br />Forecast presents...<br /><br />PONYTAIL <br />COMANECHI<br />GALLOPS!<br /><br />MON 9th MARCH 2009 <br />Tommy's Bar, Howard Gardens School of Art, UWIC <br />Doors 7.30pm <br />£7.00 adv <br />Tickets on sale now http://www.wegottickets.com/event/42965<br /><br />listen to Ponytail here http://www.myspace.com/jreamteam<br /><br />listen to Comanechi here<br />http://www.myspace.com/comanechi<br /><br />and listen to Gallops! here<br />http://www.myspace.com/thegallopsband<br /><br />each of these bands could headline this event. So WHAT a show to have all three bands on one bill, and for just £7adv, that's £2.33 a band!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1335593209599084886-4411464840717977070?l=weareforecast.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>John Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16713515387296334615noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1335593209599084886.post-81078231907953789582009-01-23T11:30:00.000-08:002009-01-23T11:37:35.348-08:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GeHhP--FD0k/SXocSr5U-pI/AAAAAAAAAAY/OKTV3wpQXPs/s1600-h/brakes.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294575419273837202" style="WIDTH: 226px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GeHhP--FD0k/SXocSr5U-pI/AAAAAAAAAAY/OKTV3wpQXPs/s320/brakes.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div> </div><div>our next gig will be</div><br /><div>BRAKES </div><br /><div>with Gindrinker</div><br /><div>Monday 2nd February 2009</div><br /><div>Tommy's Bar, Howard Gardens School of Art, UWIC</div><br /><div>£8.50, 7:30pm</div><br /><div>Brakes are a band who seem to be having a good time...all the time. And this sense of fun always translates into their recorded music and their legendary live shows. Now, the band bring their raucous entertainment and songs from their new album to the cosy confines of Tommy's Bar in Cardiff.</div><br /><div>Despite their complete disinterest in taking things too seriously (remember, this is a band who recorded a five-second long song called Cheney, whose lyrics went “Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, stop being such a d*ck”), Brakes have won accolades and awards wherever they have gone.</div><br /><div>Their debut album, Give Blood, was voted Rough Trade record shop's no.1 album of 2005, got a 5* review in The Observer and gained them support slots with Belle And Sebastian and Editors as well as several headline tours of their own. Their second album, Beatific Visions, won Colin Murray's best album of 2006 and a tour support slot with The Killers. After three years on Rough Trade, the band are newly signed to esteemed indie, Fat Cat and are about to release their 3rd album, Touchdown. With typical enthusiasm and perhaps a dose of humour, the band describe the album as “our best yet...the zenith of civilisation, it will make your jaw drop further than the Dow Jones in 2008”. </div><br /><div>listen to them here <a href="http://www.myspace.com/brakesband">www.myspace.com/brakesband</a> </div><br /><div>Support comes from Cardiff noise-making 2-piece, Gindrinker. Fronted by the shouting, occasional cornet-playing DC Gates, Gindrinker are Cardiff's answer to The Fall. <a href="http://www.myspace.com/gindrinker">www.myspace.com/gindrinker</a> </div><br /><div>Tickets are available from www.wegottickets.com/event/42190 and are £8.50 (there's no booking fee here either. whoop!)</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1335593209599084886-8107823190795378958?l=weareforecast.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>John Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16713515387296334615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1335593209599084886.post-23828422639100785312008-10-20T04:31:00.000-07:002008-10-20T04:40:26.333-07:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GeHhP--FD0k/SPxtEHejP9I/AAAAAAAAAAM/POykVt-D8tk/s1600-h/a+place+to+bury+strangers_small.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259198382355988434" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GeHhP--FD0k/SPxtEHejP9I/AAAAAAAAAAM/POykVt-D8tk/s320/a+place+to+bury+strangers_small.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div>after some months away, Forecast is back... Sat 6th Dec : A Place To Bury Strangers + guests / Clwb Ifor Bach / £6.50adv from www.clwb.net or Spillers Records (029) 20224905. This will be an early show, so please arrive for doors at 7.30pm. Please, please , please buy your tickets in advance too so we can sellout, beat the other shows in the UK, buck the trend about slow sales in Cardiff, and we can relax a little that it's going to be a blast of a return for Forecast. If you don't know A Place To Bury Strangers you can listen here <a onmousedown="'UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this)," href="http://www.myspace.com/aplacetoburystrangers" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.myspace.com/aplacetoburystrangers</a></div><br /><div>Tomos Monpot went to see them at ATP and said they were</div><br /><div>1) awesome</div><br /><div>2) loud</div><br /><div>which sounds perfect to me.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1335593209599084886-2382842263910078531?l=weareforecast.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>John Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16713515387296334615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1335593209599084886.post-33152504108738283172008-10-19T15:17:00.000-07:002008-10-19T15:18:44.039-07:00After a six month hiatus Forecast is back... I'm ditching myspace, which I find soooo slow and awkward, and though great for checking bands, is no use for keeping you updated on Forecast shows. So here's our new home. Keep checking back - follow the feed for updates!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1335593209599084886-3315250410873828317?l=weareforecast.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>John Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16713515387296334615noreply@blogger.com0