My train ticket from Bristol to Frome read ‘Bristol TM to rome; this typo afforded a grandiosity to my day that was entirely unwarranted. I was not visiting one of the founding cities of Western Civilisation, I was visiting a...
Category - Music
The Croft, Bristol – April 14th 2009 Chicago’s Casiotone for the Painfully Alone aka Owen Ashcroft has developed considerably as an artist in the decade since his debut album. With an array of instruments bolstering the...
Drag City Recordings Having ditched the Smog moniker for 2007’s Woke On A Whaleheart, Bill Callahan emerged more ambitious, eager to try out new textures. Although Whaleheart was a slightly disappointing progression when...
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...
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