Gig Reviews Review: Ben Folds’ Brilliant Tour Opener at Bath Forum (8/11/23) (Photo by Alysse Gafkjen) Two songs into tonight’s performance, singer-songwriter Ben Folds declares “It’s...
Gig Reviews Review: Divide & Dissolve + Blacks’ Myths – Voice Without Words – Battling Oppression with Powerful Drone in Strange Brew Author Scott Hammond Date September 8, 2023 (Divide and Dissolve) On the night of Wednesday 6th September I ‘popped my...
Gig Reviews Review: Amanda Shires – amid Glasto and Bristol Sounds – gives an excellent show in the shadows at The Exchange Author Scott Hammond Date June 24, 2023 (Photo by Michael Schmelling) It makes one endeared to the Bristol music scene that...
Comedy Review: Bristol Comedy Garden, Thursday 15 June 2023 Author Scott Hammond Date June 19, 2023 (Photo by Rob Grieg) It is a truth universally acknowledged that a comedy review...
Gig Reviews Review: Kurt Vile’s enjoyable, not always essential, guitar jams at SWX Author Scott Hammond Date June 16, 2023 Though the Philadelphia born singer/songwriter’s laidback guitar jams and hirsute gawkiness have seen him...
Gig Reviews Review: Arctic Monkeys’ generation-spanning masterclass at Ashton Gate (29/5/23) Author Scott Hammond Date May 30, 2023 (Photo by Paul Gillis/Reach PLC) Eighteen years since they emerged from Sheffield with...
Gig Reviews Review: Caitlin Rose – enthralling music and a nifty comedic sideline at The Fleece (23/4/23) Author Scott Hammond Date April 24, 2023 (Photo by Laura E Partain) In the nine year hiatus between her second album...
Gig Reviews Review: Ryan Adams delights the die-hards with marathon Hippodrome show Author Scott Hammond Date April 19, 2023 Considering Ryan Adams’ mid-1990s incarnation as lead singer for alt-country band Whiskeytown, it’s an...