Live music at the Roadmender this month

Over at The Roadmender, a great month of visitors starts off with the mighty Pharcyde (August 8).

Together with fellow artists like Gang Starr and Tribe Called Quest, the hugely influential hip hop collective forged a new path back in the 90s, with their own brand of social commentary.

The South Central LA players dropped their first album, Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde way back in ‘92. Remember those halcyon days of new tunes? Pharcyde is still out there and doing it. You should be consuming.

Kiefer Sutherland (August 13) might be best-known as a pedigree actor with more than four decades of onscreen action under his talented belt, but in more recent years he has shown his prowess as a musician too.

The star behind movies including Stand By Me, The Lost Boys, Flatliners and Young Guns has replicated big screen success on the small screen, with aces in the pack like 24, but in 2016 he cut loose the first of three elpees that would be delivered in the space of five years.
He has since toured Down In A Hole, Reckless & Me and Bloor Street extensively, with more than 600 live shows. And now it’s Northampton’s turn to enjoy the live assault.

On August 25, things will get heavy with the Forever Nu night playing tribute to System Of A Down, Korn, Rage Against The Machine, Disturbed and Deftones.

Peter Doherty holds court on August 28.

With Carl Barat, his partner in rhyme, earlier this year The Libertines delivered their fourth album, All Quiet on the Eastern Esplanade, which smashed into the charts in the No1 position.

Not content to leave it there, the rejuvenated talent is spending the summer touring solo when he gets space in the diary – hence this date.
Next month, he’ll be back with the band, ticking through a sold-out 26 date UK tour, which includes a three day residency at London’s Roundhouse.

If you want to see the songwriter, poet and artist cutting loose on his lonesome, get a wriggle on, tickets are in demand.
Stalwart punk players The Undertones return (Aug 31) with a set of classic tracks taken from their iconic back catalogue – how else would you describe My Perfect Cousin and Teenage Kicks?

Also at the venue this month, The Smyths (Aug 3) celebrate the 40th anniversary of the real deal’s self-titled debut album, and Hatful of Hollow.

They’ll incorporate a ‘best of’ set too.

Whatever you fancy, the place to book remains the same: theroadmender.com