Culture Diary, Week Commencing 05/09/2011

Tues 06/09

Wooden Shjips @ The Kazimier, 8PM, £10
San Fran quartet Wooden Shjips visit their unique brand of psyche-rock/garage excesses on The Kazimier this week, a venue suiting their style perfectly. Ably supported by their countrymen The Fresh & Onlys and Liverpool based survivors Mugstar, this gig seems a steal at a tenner - get down there pronto.
http://www.myspace.com/woodenshjips

Carla Scott Fullerton// Cut-Fill-Skim @ The Royal Standard
Part of the appeal of Vauxhall's Royal Standard artist led studios and gallery is the willingness of its directors to open the doors up for a residency programme. This latest has seen Glasgow School of Art graduate Carla Scott Fullerton spend a month in Liverpool working toward showing the results in the exhibition space in TRS. Working with industrial materials, Fullerton's creative process is informed by architectural semiotics, and our relationship with the built environment.
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=103011379803974#!/event.php?eid=214136711973110
http://www.gsamfa.com/2008/carla_scott_fullerton.php

Thurs 08/09

Emily & The Faves @ Que Pasa, £3
Surely still feeling the residual glow of the warmest of receptions for the debut album released in June, catch Emily & The Faves near the start of a number of dates for September in the surrounds of Que Pasa on Lark Lane. Combining a great pop sensibility with a dreamy psyche feel to the well-crafted, catchy songs, here is a band fully deserving of their growing status in and beyond Liverpool.
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=103011379803974#!/emilyandthefaves?sk=app_178091127385 

Fri 09/09

Troll Hunter
Mimicking the viral campaign and feel of The Blair Witch Project, Troll Hunter blusters onto cinema screens later this week with nothing but rave reviews ushering it in. Drawing heavily on the centuries old myth and legend of his homeland, Norwegian director Andre Ovredal has created a monster flick capable of garnering both critical and popular acclaim. The action follows a group of students embarking on an expose of bear hunting for a college assignment, but as the title suggests, their investigations uncover something quite different. Have a gander at the trailer below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLEo7H9tqSM