hecklerspray Gig Guide - 9 - 15/1/06

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January is always a quiet month for music. As far as albums go, January is the month when albums by rubbish bands looking to release their terrible new album without too much competition - hello The Strokes - and nobody tours in January because everyone’s still broke from Christmas.

Having said that, the hecklerspray gig guide is still at hand to tell you the - literally - three decent gigs going on around the country and, as it’s so quiet, we’ll provide you with details of some of the must-see gigs of 2006.

This episode of the hecklerspray gig guide features Chas N Dave, Flaming Lips, Mogwai, OK Go, One Earth, Kanye West and The Rolling Stones…

Gigs This Week:

Chas N Dave - It may be cold and grim outside, but that hasn’t
deterred Chas N Dave from hitting the road and bringing their lovable
cockney sparrah sing-songs with them. Pete Doherty dreams that he’s a
tenth as good as Chas N Dave. Click For Dates And Tickets

Mogwai - The cold, grim weather suits Mogwai right down to the
ground, on the other hand. Whether you’ll get the Mogwai that play the
elongated Jewish hymns, the Mogwai that play the creepy spooky songs or
the Mogwai that make the noises that sound like planets exploding is
irrelevant - they’re all great. Click For Dates And Tickets

OK Go - There’s not a lot to say about OK Go. We quite like them, and their new record is pretty good and they dress well. If that hasn’t made you want to go and see OK Go live this very instant, we’re afraid you might be a lot cause. Click For Dates And Tickets

2006 Gigs:

Flaming Lips - Judging by previous live outings, when the Flaming Lips play live, they do it with such breathtaking flair that they should be on everyone’s must-see list. Unless they’ve ditched the punching nuns and the animal costumes and the fake blood for their new album, we’re sure we’ll see you there. Click For Dates And Tickets

One Earth - Unless you’re Jeremy Clarkson, you’re probably a little bothered by climate change. The Manic Street Preachers, The Strokes, Super Furry Animals and The Darkness are, and they’ll be playing their songs loudly enough to freeze the icecaps up a little bit. Frankly we can take or leave most of the bands on the bill, but - hey - Super Furry Animals? Marvellous. Click For Dates And Tickets

Kanye West - Usually hip hop concerts involve a man sloping onto a stage three hours late, mumbling two songs and then disappearing again. Kanye West should be the opposite of this. He’s got the charisma, the energy and - most importantly - the tunes to pull these gigs off in style. Click For Dates And Tickets

Rolling Stones - Come on, who doesn’t want to see a bunch of elderly men charge loads of money for you to listen to them playing 40-year-old songs in a field so big that you can’t even see them. Click For Dates And Tickets