Space chimps and heavy, heavy music. That’ll be March at TBB

Issue four of Thee Big Black sees the first appearance of Enos The Chimp, our new monthly comic. Each issue will include another 5 pages of the ongoing saga of the United States most highly trained space chimp.
We also have an exclusive interview with Pombagira, an interview with Cloudkicker, more from The Inevitable Nose and much more. As always issue four of Thee Big Black is free to download, just follow this link to download your free copy.




On Saturday 20th March we have Enos’ musical persona performing for us (incidentally Enos will also be playing with the fantastic White Hills and Pontiak at The Engine Room on Saturday March 6th) at the first of our new bi-monthly club nights at The Engine Room in Brighton. As well as live music you can also hear guest DJ Neil Kingsbury of Blackstorm and Fall Of Efrarfa playing the best in doom, stoner, metal and grunge. All this for the princely sum of five quid!!!!









As if that’s not enough we also have the mighty Pombagira with support from Funeral Hag and Greg(o)rian at The Engine Room on Saturday 13th March, again for the bargain price of £5, this is going to be a seriously heavy night!!!





As always make sure you check out our brand spanking new forum, and keep an eye on our blog for updates. You can also keep up to date with everything that is going on via Facebook, Myspace and Twitter. And don’t forget that we are always looking for contributors, so if you think that you would like to get involved please get in touch.

Thee Big Black Issue 4 Now available!

Thee Big Black Issue 4Here it is, issue number four of Thee Big Black!

In this issue with have an exclusive interview with the no doubt soon to be legendary Pombagira, taking time out from work on their third album to talk to us voaclist/guitarist Pete fills us in with all things Pombagira. We also have these guys on a show at The Engine Room in Brighton on the 13th of March with Funeral Hag and Greg(o)rian, that’s a show no self respecting doom fan will want to miss.

There’s an interview with the ever intriguing Ben Sharp of Cloudkicker, if you’re not familiar with this man’s work then this interview will no doubt whet your appetite for more. The Inevitable Nose also continues his Fans Into Fanatics article and fills you in on some developments in digital music formats.

As well as all the usual reviews, interviews and other articles Enos The Chimp makes his first appearance in our new monthly comic!!

Download issue 4 of Thee Big Black here.

March also sees the first of our bi-monthly club nights at The Engine Room on the 20th where as well as live music from Enos we have DJs, including Neil Kingsbury from Blackstorm/Fall Of Efrafa playing the best in doom, stoner, grunge, metal and more into the wee hours!!

Thee Big Black Club Night 20th March 2010

Brian Blessed pays to play black metal and the blues with Banksy!!

Here’s a selection of some of the best threads on our newly upgraded forum that we think you might be interested in. Our forum is free to join and open to all, just follow this or any of the other links . . . .

Suggest a Band, recommend the best bands you’ve discovered and check out the bands others think you should know about.

Bad Album Artwork, some of the worst, or best depending on your point of view, album covers of all time!!!

Metal To The Masses – South East. a contentious subject. Brighton’s pay to play battle of the bands, have your say

The Blues Thread, the original ‘devil’s music’. And let’s face it, this is where it all starts.

Exit Through The Gift Shop, the Banksy film, arguably the best street artist there is now has a movie out.

Black Metal Revelations, one for the Kvltists, some of the best black metal around.

Ye Olde Film Thread, because silent movies and old cartoons are creepy as hell!!

Thee Brian Blessed, because this man is just plain awesome. You know it, we know, and this is why!!!

Forum upgrade

After a couple of days working away we now have a brand spanking new forum and we think you’ll agree that it’s a big improvement on the old one!!

If you had a profile on our old forum you will already be set up and ready to go on our new board, however, passwords weren’t transferred over for security reasons, all you have to do is hit ‘forgot password’ and you will be sent a new one, log in with that and you will find all your messages and posts intact.

So, click here to check out the new TBB forum!!!

Issue 3 out now, it comes with free MP3s

Here it is, issue three of Thee Big Black, a virtual Pandora’s box of an issue. We have an exclusive interview with Sons Of Alpha Centauri talking about their latest release, Last Days of Summer, which see’s them working with Tresure Cat (Will Mecum of Karma To Burn
’s side project) and Yawning Sons, their collaboration with Yawning Man.
We have a live review of Baroness’ London show in January, so if you missed them you can read all about just how great they were. There’s also more from The Inevitable Nose about building and maintaining an online fan base, an article about the Trifids’ showdown with the English middle classes and much more besides.

On top of all of this we wangled a couple of MP3s from two of Brighton’s top bands that are included free with the download. You’ll get a copy of Missing Star by Stone Circle, taken from their new album Myth and Funeral Hag’s down-tuned riff-a-thon Scorched Planet which is taken from their debut EP.

As always Thee Big Black is free to download, just follow this link to get your free copy

February also sees another great line-up at The Prince Albert in Brighton for our next TBB night. Wednesday the 10th of February will seeDopefight, Trippin Violet and DKH take to the stage from 8pm for a night of heavy stoner metal, all for the bargain price of three quid!

Also, here’s a bit of an early heads up for March. On the Saturday the 13th of March we are putting on the fantastic Pombagira with support in the shape of Funeral Hag and Greg(o)rian at The Engine Room in Brighton and Saturday the 20th of March see’s the first of our bi-monthly club nights at The Engine Room, with live music from our very own Enos
and guest DJ Neil Kingsbury of Blackstorm / Fall Of Efrafa this night promises to be great. Keep an eye on our blog for more details.

We are always looking for people to get involved and contribute to Thee Big Black, if you would like to get involved make sure you sign up to our forum and as always you can contact us through our our Myspace profile.

Until next time

TTFN

Dopefight + Trippin Violet + DKH – 10/02/10

Thee Big Black is proud to present . . .

Dopefight
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Trippin Violet
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DKH

At The Prince Albert, Brighton – Wednesday the 10th February 2010.

Doors at 8pm – £3 entry

18+ only

Thee Big Black at The Northern Lights

Thee Big Black will be running a night at The Northern Lights, Brighton on the 29th of January 2010 from 9pm and it’s FREE ENTRY!!!

The plan for the night at The Northern Lights is to promote the ‘zine and ideas behind TBB. We’ll be playing all the music you would expect from us plus there will be physical copies of the ‘zine for people to take.

The Northern Lights is the perfect venue for these meet ups, a relaxed Scandinavian bar in the heart of Brighton, tucked out of sight of the stag dos and hen parties. On top of that the food is fantastic, you can order a reindeer steak if the mood takes you!!

Our First Show Of The Decade . . . .

Thee Big Black is proud to present our first gig of 2010 . . . .

Enos
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Funeral Hag
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Uncle Debauchery

Live at The Prince Albert, Brighton on Wednesday the 13th January.

Entry just £3, doors open at 8pm. Over 18s only

Thee Big Black Issue 2

Issue2thumbNew year, new decade and a brand spanking new issue of Thee Big Black, We’ve battled the seasonal onslaught of religious holidays, blizzards, Facebook campaigns and computer meltdowns to bring the latest exciting installment of TBB!!

We have live reviews of Sunn 0))) and Alice In Chains, advice for bands on managing their online fan base, tales of the apocalypse, Victorian villainy and much more. As always TBB is free to download as a muti-page PDF file but now you can also read a selection of our articles online at theebigblack.com.

Go here to download Thee Big Black issue 2.

We are always looking for contributors so if you want to tell us about something or get involved please get in touch via our Myspace or visit our forum and get involved there.

January also see the first of our 2010 event. Wednesday 13th at The Prince Albert in Brighton will play host to the first TBB gig of the year with Enos, Funeral Hag and Uncle Debauchery playing live. Doors open at 8pm with entry just £3.

On Friday 29th we will be DJing at The Northern Lights in Brighton. The DJs will be starting at 9pm and entry is free all night.

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