Music

Mac DeMarco 'Salad Days' Album Review

Authored by eldpotts
Posted: Mon, 05/12/2014 - 12:25pm

An effortlessly lazy third album from tousled Canadian blue-waver DeMarco, Salad Days sees a daydreaming melange of lulling guitars glazed with Sunday morning vocals delivered through a hungover smile.

Opening track ‘Salad Days’ is an upbeat lament similarly as ‘Let Her Go’ carries a sunshine feel despite lyrical sadness.

Lo-Fi and nonchalant, the record is brushed with psychedelic tones with ‘Brother’ and stand out track ‘Chamber of Reflection’ exercising this with much of a continuation of the sounds heard on 2012’s ‘2’.

Penultimate ‘Go Easy’ is synonymous with...

Lack of Afro

Event Date: 
02/05/2014 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Phoenix

Fri 02 May 2014 | 7.30pm | £7.50 Wide ranging, eclectic and progressive musical outlook has always been the Lack of Afro approach. Harnessing disparate musical styles including funk, soul and hip-hop to create a contemporary yet vintage musical escapade of superb songs, he has DJ’d across the world, producing and remixing everyone from The Pharcyde to Tom Jones.

VENUE: THEEXETERDAILY.CO.UK AUDITORIUM BUY TICKETS: http://www.exeterphoenix.org.uk/events/lack-of-afro/

Emily Portman

Event Date: 
24/04/2014 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Phoenix

Thu 24 Apr 2014 | 8pm | £10 (£8) | Seated

Emily Portman Emily Portman is a singer, writer and concertina player originating from Glastonbury and hailed ‘one of the new British folk scene’s most beguiling presences’ (Uncut). Her BBC Folk award-winning album Hatchling is described as ‘Marvelous’ (The Observer) ‘Eerily magnificent’ (fROOTS) and ‘One of the year’s most distinctive folk releases’ (Songlines). With her debut album The Glamoury also gaining her two BBC Folk Award nominations, Emily is fast gaining a reputation for her ‘remarkable and original’ songwriting (The Observer)....

Honiton Church to host charity Violin Recital

Event Date: 
19/03/2014 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
St Paul's Church, Honiton

With spring finally pushing through the last remnants of winter, St Paul’s Church in Honiton is set to play host to a Spring Violin Recital on Wednesday 19th March at 7.30pm.

The event, sponsored by Gilbert Stephens Solicitors, will feature Devon violinist Marie Langrishe. Marie is 19 and lives near Honiton. She started learning the violin aged 7, and continued musical studies whilst studying at Maynard School in Exeter, where she led both the school orchestras and the school quartet for a number of years.

During this time she gained Distinction in her grade 8 violin,...

Your guide to what's on this weekend

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Mon, 11/25/2013 - 10:05pm

Don't make any plans until you have checked out our essential guide to what's on in and around Exeter this weekend:

THEATRE

English Touring Opera: Agrippina Friday & Saturday, 7.30pm, Northcott Theatre, Exeter Widely regarded as Handel’s first operatic masterpiece, Agrippina stands out for the quality of its music, full of freshness and musical invention. Sung in English. Tickets: £17-£32. www.exeternorthcott.co.uk

A Fool's Proof Friday & Saturday, The Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter A Fool’s Proof takes inspiration from the true story of Jessica McClure, who at...

THE PHONIC FM CHRISTMAS CABARET PARTY!

Event Date: 
21/12/2013 - 7:15pm to 22/12/2013 - 2:00am
Venue: 
Exeter Phoenix

The Phonic Christmas Cabaret Party!

21st December 2013 7.15pm - Late *3 Adv. £10 on the door

The amazing PHONIC CHRISTMAS PARTY is back!

The Phonic Screwdriver Radio Show in conjunction with Mojo Jones Entertainment proudly present an OUTRAGEOUS night of AWARD WINNING Burlesque, Comedy,AWARD WINNING Bands , DJs and much much more!The night also includes a late bar guaranteed to help with the party atmosphere!

Enter into the Christmas spirit with burlesque routines based around films, Comics and TV like The Nightmare before Christmas, Godzilla, Doctor Who,...

Police Dog Hogan 2013 Tour Double Bill with The Carrivick Sisters

Event Date: 
07/11/2013 - 8:00pm to 11:00pm
Venue: 
The Barnfield Theatre, Barnfield Road, Exeter, Devon, EX1 1SN

Catch country/folk band Police Dog Hogan Tour, double bill with The Carrivick Sisters ( local to the area ) playing The Barnfield Theatre Thursday 7 November

Police Dog Hogan are a high-energy seven-piece (including fiddle, banjo, mandolin, drums and guitars) that fuses country-folk to a pop sensibility. The band is rapidly building a following through joyous, foot-stomping live performances, having received rapturous receptions at festivals including Cornbury, Larmer Tree, Camp Bestival and Kendal Calling, and in sellout shows in London venues such as Bush Hall, The Troubadour and...

Oxjam Exeter 2013 Competition Terms and Conditions

PROMOTER’S NAME AND ADDRESS
: The Daily (UK) Limited (Company number: 08195930) whose registered office address is at 6 Northernhay Place, Exeter EX4 3QJ.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE: 
In order to enter this promotion you’re your answer, name and telephone number to ted@thedailyuk.com with the words ‘ENTER OXJAM EXETER 2013’in the subject box. Entries which are incomplete, misspelt, inaudible, or incomprehensible are void and will not be entered into this promotion.

Only one entry per person may be made for this prize promotion.

START DATE: 
This promotion will start on...

Oxjam Exeter 2013 Competition

Over 60 artists, six venues and two days of fantastic local music bought to you by Oxjam Exeter 2013…

…and we're giving away four tickets to one lucky winner!

We have teamed up with the Exeter Daily to give you the chance to win four tickets for you and your mates. One ticket will gain you a wristband, which can be collected from any of our venues and will allow entry to all of these throughout the weekend. Our venues are, The Cavern, Exeter Phoenix, The Revelry & Cellar Door, The Angel Bar, The Oddfellows and The Globe Inn (with free events in Princesshay and the...

Not just any Wednesday at Mama Stones

Yes Sir Boss brought their eclectic sound to Mama Stone's on Wednesday and it was everything promised and more! Joss Stone executive produced their album "Desperate State" released under her label Stone'd Records, and although she wasn't in the house last night to provide additional vocals on Mrs. #1 as she does on the album, the enthusiastic audience certainly didn't mind. Indeed the packed dance floor never missed a beat and sang and danced their way through every number. Yes Sir Boss is a good time party band and the live performance brings a whole new dimension to their recorded work....

Pages