This Tuesday sees an evening of “post” and “rock” type stuff at our beloved Newport french-themed music venue. Beyond This Point Are Monsters, east-midlanders spread out over derby and notts, do good old loud/quiet tunes in the stylee of Mogwai circa-Young Team. They also claim Earth and Tristeza influences, and their myspace tracks sound far more swirly than anything the Glaswegians produced. Certainly worth seeing.

Supporting them are local chaps thinking with sand (capitals correct). Trite comparison time – they probably sound a bit like 65daysofstatic if they suddenly fell in love with early 90s shoegaze, making us of drum machines in addition to the usual shimmering guitars and revurb. I’m really trying hard to leave My Bloody Valentine comparisons at the door, I am…

And just for those who didn’t think Circa Regna Tonat’s assault on Meze was quite enough last Thursday, introducing them all are metal-dirgers Spore, also of Derby. In myspace terms this lot are very, very new – boasting, ooh, 20 friends. According to the jam’s they’ve posted, they make sonics likely to scrape the hair off your scalp. Bring ear plugs.

When its two quid on the door, what excuse do you have?