Bristol Friday 2nd April 2009 With Dirty Projectors, Polar Bear, Wildbirds & Peacedrums, Matt Elliott, Nat Baldwin, Gary Smith, Silver Stairs Of Ketchikan Mountain of 8 at the Arnolfini is a coming together of two of...
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Vic Chesnutt, Elf Power, and The Balky Mule Gig Review The Polish Club, St Pauls Rd March 29th 2009 The Balky Mule is the brainchild of Bristolian post-rocker, now residing in Australia, Sam Jones. Through the Bulky Mule, Jones...
Psychedelic Guide to Monsterism Island Review Welsh-born artist Pete Fowler created Monsterism Island and its bizarre inhabitants in an ambitious multi-faceted art project. The Psychedelic Guide… is the latest in a series of...
Two Door Cinema Club Louisiana, Bristol Tuesday 3rd March 2009 Hailing from Bangor in Northern Ireland, Two Door Cinema Club are representative of a new breed of band that effortlessly assimilate respectable musical influences...
It’s 2009. I’m listening to Motown, looking out on a snowy Bristol scene with the dull ache of alcoholism and gluttony inside. A two week sojourner from work is all but over, gone in a festive flash of over-indulgence and...
Crissy M – Darren Hayman I’m not working. Christmas is coming. It’s cold. Here’s Darren Hayman singing a song about the porn star Crissy M to warm your cockles. Darren was frontman with my favourite band...
It’s Tuesday. It’s time for another one of my favourite songs. Here’s Sister Rosetta Tharpe rocking like nobody’s business. Enjoy. Sister Rosetta Tharpe – Up Above My Head
I hope everyone had a good bonfire night. I spent the evening peering out of the window into a thick smog, feeling the minimal heat from my house escaping out the sash-window as I did so. I should have stopped and pulled the...
Vampire Weekend Academy, Bristol Friday 31st October 2008 It’s Halloween and they’re called VAMPIRE Weekend. Audience and band alike are in ghoulish fancy-dress. There’s a spooky synergy to tonight’s...
Metronomy Gig Review Bristol Start the Bus, Bristol Thursday 23rd October 2008 Recession looming. Clocks soon to go back. Winter fast approaching. People too depressed to party? Hell no! Joseph Mount’s Metronomy possess tunes...