Handsome Furs, The Cooler, Friday 30th October Bounding onto the Cooler’s stage complete with its cardboard skeletons, the husband and wife duo of Handsome Furs appear genuinely pleased to be here. It may have something to do...
GaBLé Live at the Cube Microplex, Saturday 17th October GaBlé are hilarious. Their performance tonight establishes them as bona fide comedy geniuses. Like artist David Shrigley, the French trio combine naivety with the macabre...
GaBLé with support from A Press of Suspects – The Cube Cinema, 17th October French anti-folk surrealists GaBlé bring their innovative genre-blurring sounds to Bristol’s Cube Cinema this coming weekend. The three-piece...
Since July, my good friend Elliott has been attentively rearing two chickens in his garden. He built them a coop, christened them Betty and Leia, fed them, and even read Animal Farm to prepare for all eventualities. He has waited...
Musical Takeover by Geoff Barrow’s Label Invada Invasion curated by Geoff Barrow featuring Zu, Mogwai, Zun Zun Egui, F**k Buttons Colston Hall, Saturday September 26th Invada Records’ mission statement is to avoid...
Roni Size’s Reprazent and William Goodchild with The Emerald Ensemble Review Colston Hall Friday September 25th And on the eighth day, God gave us Roni Size. Day eight in Colston Hall’s ten day launch programme for its new...
TV Eye The wine glass slipped from her hand, bounced once on the carpet before rolling a couple of times on its base. Bending down, Linda took the thin stem between her fingers and stood up. It was eleven in the morning and she...
Darren Hayman & the Secondary Modern, The Fleece, Bristol Thursday 10th September Darren Hayman, the one-time frontman of Indie heroes Hefner, has consistently written nuanced lyrics that expose with wit and tenderness the...
Here is the rather lovely Sara Frisk animation video to accompany Wildbirds & Peacedrums single My Heart: Enjoyed this video – check out this live performance from Freelance Whales.
Green Man Festival Review 2009 Glanusk Park Estate, Brecon Beacons, August 21st – 23rd Nestled within the rolling hills of the Brecon Beacons, Green Man is a serene festival in every respect. With a line-up spanning folk...