Obongjayar will release his second album, ‘Paradise Now’, on 30 May. The album follows his excellent 2022 debut, ‘Some Nights I Dream of Doors’. Since then, he’s enjoyed increased mainstream success thanks to collaborations with Fred again.. and Little Simz. The latest track to be taken from the new album is ‘Sweet Danger’ and you […]
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Bristol really is producing some of the best bands in the country right now. Oswald Slain are another band from Bristol and their debut EP, ‘Kiss Me on the Mouth’, is due for release on 16th April 2025. The EP’s most recent single ‘Sean Paul’ was released on March 27th 2025. Check it out below:
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2000 Trees Festival always offers a stacked line up and 2025 is no exception. They have announced another 35 bands for this year’s bill. Hot Milk will headline the Forest Stage on Wednesday for those who have limited early entry tickets. Twin Atlantic, who previously headlined the main stage, will headline the Axiom on Thursday. […]
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AJ Tracey returns with this third studio album, ‘Don’t Die Before You’re Dead’, on 13th June. Ahead of that, he will play a string of very intimate dates. Venues including Bristol’s Exchange and Birmingham’s Hare and Hounds range from 100 to 400 capacity and he has kept ticket prices at a very reasonable £20. The […]
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Wet Leg are back. The band played a pair of not-so-secret shows under the name Uma Thurman. Today, they have shared their new single ‘Catch These Fists’. Watch the video below: The infectious single is the first to be taken from their upcoming second LP, ‘Moisturizer’, which is due to be released on July 11. […]
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Noah Kahan is headlining BST’s Hyde Park this year on Friday 4th July and they have just announced a bunch of special guests for the show. We already knew that Gracie Abrams would be joining him. Both Noah and Gracie will be playing Glastonbury the weekend before. BST have now unveiled support acts Finneas, Gigi Perez, Paris Paloma, […]
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Folk singer-songwriter, Nadia Reid, is touring in support of her fourth album, ‘Enter Now Brightness’ which was released earlier this year. The stop at Strange Brew comes two years after she was last in Bristol, road-testing some of these songs at Crofters Rights. That 2023 performance was solo acoustic but this time the singer has […]
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It might have been a Sunday night but The Dare and his audience made it feel like the start of the weekend. The American electropop musician has been credited as one of the artists bringing back “indie sleaze”. His 2023 project ‘The Sex EP’ went viral on TikTok and he gained further recognition for producing, […]
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Machine Girl are a difficult band to describe; their music straddles so many genres that it can be quite an assault on the senses. Their latest release, 2024’s ‘MG Ultra’ album, is electronica, hardcore, punk and rave with the songs jumping around between these different sounds. One song can feel like listening to 100 Gecs […]
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Irish folk singer, Fionn Regan, brought his O Avalanche tour to a sold out Strange Brew. It’s his first gig in the city in almost 13 years, following his 2011 Trinity show. It’s a peculiar set up in the venue with around 100 or so seats in front of the stage and then other ticket […]
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