It’s hard to imagine a better band for a Saturday night than Brooklyn-based trio, Say She She. If you’ve heard their 2023 album, Silver, then you already know to expect an evening of exhilarating disco. Indeed, a number of people in the audience have arrived in their finest sparkles. The show was originally set to […]
Continue ReadingLIVE REVIEW: Jack Peñate – Louisiana, Bristol, 23rd October 2019
It’s been 10 years since we last saw Jack Peñate in Bristol. Then, he was playing the 1100 capacity Anson Rooms in support of his critically-acclaimed second album, “Everything Is New” , fresh off the back of a sub-headline slot on the John Peel stage at Glastonbury. Tonight it’s a much more intimate affair at […]
Continue ReadingLIVE REVIEW: Skunk Anansie – Bristol o2 Academy, 19th August 2019
Skunk Anansie are celebrating 25 years since the release of their debut LP, “Paranoid and Sunburnt”. Rather than taking the popular approach of playing that record in full, they are using the opportunity to honour the catalogue they have built up over that period. Lead singer, Skin, tells the sold out crowd that they have […]
Continue ReadingLive Review: Self Esteem – Bristol Thekla, 21 March 2019
Rebecca Taylor is probably best known as one half of British indie group, Slow Club, who are currently on hiatus. As Self Esteem, she has released one of the albums of the year and her tour to support it reaches Bristol tonight.
Continue ReadingLive Review: Becky Hill – Bristol Thekla, March 18 2019
This sold out show from The Voice alumni, Becky Hill, was originally listed for last October but was one of a handful of dates rescheduled due to what she jokingly described tonight as “tactical laryngitis”. She’s backed by a full live band and backing singers (one of whom, Lovelle, was tonight’s opening act) and brings […]
Continue ReadingSœur release new single “No Show”
After an exciting 2018 with the success of their second EP ‘Fight’, Bristol grungepop trio Sœur are storming into 2019 with a brand new single “No Show” released on the 4th March, premiered by Radio 1 Rock Show’s Daniel P. Carter on 3rd March. The band will be heading out on a full UK headline […]
Continue ReadingLIVE: Neneh Cherry – SWX, Bristol – 17th Feb 2019
It has always been difficult to describe Neneh Cherry‘s musical style. She’s spent the 30 years since her breakthrough album, Raw Like Sushi, navigating her way through a seemingly endless variety of genres. Each record is different from the one before and it is because of this continuous innovation that she is still selling out […]
Continue ReadingSœur – “Track Back”
“Track Back” is the first new track of Bristol based Sœur’s upcoming second EP, the follow up to last year’s excellent “What Separates Us” .
Continue ReadingLive Gig: Gang of Youths at Bristol Thekla
Australia’s Gang Of Youths have been getting the attention they deserve in their home country for a while now but they’re starting to get it overseas here too.
Continue ReadingLive Gig: Frank Turner at Bristol o2 Academy
Frank Turner and his band The Sleeping Souls are one of the most reliable, exciting and just generally fun live acts around. A Frank Turner concert is a special one, and one of those artists you need to see live to properly understand what makes him special.
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