JEREMY PORTER & THE TUCOS + RUFUS GOODLOVE
Wednesday October 10th
The King Billy, Northampton
A rock’n’roll trio on tour from Detroit, USA. You’ll find everything from Cheap Trick to Gram Parsons on their third album [from last year], Don’t Worry, It’s Not Contagious. Doors 8pm, free entry
THE DUALERS
Thursday October 11th
The Picturedrome, Northampton
Much-loved ska/reggae duo. This show has sold out, check with venue for returns.
MISCREANT + THE TROPHY LIFE
Thursday October 11th
Club 43, Northampton
Miscreant bring a sinister and dark vibe to the UK metal scene, while achieving bouncy riffs with grooves. Support from five-piece post hardcore/metal band from Bedfordshire/Northamptonshire. Doors 8pm, £5 entry
NEIL BROPHY BAND + SIR REG
Thursday October 11th
The Black Prince, Northampton
Two of the busiest touring folk-rock and Celtic punk bands of ex-pats based in Denmark and Sweden have joined forces and are on the road in the UK on a 10 day tour. Brophy is originally from Moulton. They had a single ‘The Record Collector’, based on Northampton record shop Memory Lane. Their forthcoming album True Stories covers songs of travel, revelry and life growing up in Northampton in the 1980s. Swedish six piece Sir Reg are fronted by Irishman Brendan Sheehy, and they are plugging their latest release The Underdogs. Doors 7pm, £5 entry
JENNY JOY
Thursday October 11th
The King Billy, Northampton
The voice of Joyrides, flying solo. Music from 9pm, free entry
PHANTOM ISLE + EARBONES
Friday October 12th
Club 43, Northampton
The alternative club ‘Rebel Waltz’ returns for a second outing, with Northampton/London psych rockers headlining and heavy blues duo Earbones opening DJs til the early hours playing all the anthems of rock’n’roll through the ages. Doors 8pm. Free before 9.30pm, £4 before 11pm/with flyer, £5 after
[sane] + GLITCH OUT
Friday October 12th
The Pomfret Arms, Northampton
Recent New Music Friday stars [sane] create catchy, electronic music with a smattering of synths, samples and guitar riffs over crunchy, textured beats. Glitch Out is Far Cotton local Oscar Baldwin, who makes mind-bending breakbeats and Aphex Twin-influenced IDM. Doors 8.30pm, free entry
ODDITY ISLAND + ROSS ALEXANDER & STEPH ASHCROFT + JACOB BRAITHWAITE
Friday October 12th
The Three Cocks Inn, Kettering
A night of gentle strumming. Oddity Island are a five-piece psychedelic/folk -rock band, and currently recording a second EP for release soon. The Abrahams singer teams up with Ashcroft, and folkie Braithwaite opens proceedings. Doors 8pm, free entry
THE BLACK DELTA MOVEMENT + BLOODY KNIVES + KILAMOJO + SKYFLOOD
Saturday October 13th
The Lab, Northampton
A night of experimental music from Hull [psych/garage], Austin Texas [space rock/post-punk], Northampton [groove/psych] and Corby [post-rock]. Gotta be done really. Doors 7.30pm, £5 tickets
JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR + KRIS BARRAS BAND
Saturday October 13th
The Roadmender, Northampton
Taylor has established herself as a star of the UK blues-rock world. The girl with the big voice from the Black Country released her debut album White Sugar back in 2009. Latest, critically acclaimed album Wild [2016] included promotional performances on Later With Jools Holland and saw her part of the BBC’s Glastonbury coverage. Doors 7pm, £22.50 tickets
LEVEL 42 + THE BLOW MONKEYS
Saturday October 13th
Royal & Derngate, Northampton
The 1980s/’90s hit-makers embark on a 19-date ‘Eternity Tour’ of the UK, with special guests The Blow Monkeys. Doors 7pm, £29.50 tickets
LUCKY SHIVERS + SH DAVIDSON + NIKOLAS GRAY
Saturday October 13th
The Lamplighter, Northampton
Headlining quartet bring to mind Pavement and Grandaddy, whilst Davidson is the songwriter and driving force behind acclaimed indie rocker Tellison. A solo Gray [with a full band assisting him] is known for his Kapowski, New Cassettes, Motherdeer, and Century City smashers. Doors 6pm, free entry
JONO & THE UKE DEALERS + TOBY STARKIE
Saturday October 13th
The Pomfret Arms, Northampton
The socially-conscious folk-rockers plus new single ‘Spring Boroughs’, plus solo support set from the former VHS Pirates man. Doors 8.30pm, free entry
TWISTED WHEEL + SKIRT + LUNA ROSA
Saturday October 13th
The White Hart, Corby
Noughties Oldham indie rockers continue their successful live comeback trail with a return visit to Corby, plus they celebrate the release of their ‘Jonny Guitar’ single. Local support of the same fevered variety as the headliners. Doors 7.30pm, £9 tickets
CLIMAX BLUES BAND + BIG WOLF BAND
Saturday October 13th
The Raven Hotel, Corby
It’s now 50 years since the band were formed by the late Colin Cooper. CBB now have 18 albums of jazz and blues to plunder. Support is a blues-rock powerhouse quartet from Birmingham. Doors 7.30pm, £15 tickets
FALSE IDOL + LARGERSHOP + EX-PETS
Saturday October 13th
Raff’s Bar, Wellingborough
Headliners are an alternative rock band from Milton Keynes, formed in January 2015 from the ashes of Atonements. Punkish supports. Doors 7pm, £6 entry
Saturday October 13th
The Old House, Wellingborough
Hart Family Brewers’ annual celebration of the harvest will have live music all day, headlined by a couple of Kettering bands: emo rockers, and a quartet that fuse folk, psychedelia with a punky edge. Doors midday, free entry
Saturday October 13th
The Old Forge Tea Room, Cranfield
Robin Nolan is one of the world’s best known and most admired Gypsy Jazz guitarists of the last 20 years, having played with every major Gypsy Jazz artist and headlined every major Gypsy Jazz festival across the globe. Nolan is accompanied by returning guitarist Chris Quinn and Dutch double bassist Arnoud Vandenberg. Doors 8pm, tickets?
