On Saturday 7 November, Simple Things Festival returned to Bristol for its twelfth edition. The multi-venue event across the city centre gave attendees a taster of the best up-and-coming music across a range of genres. The first band I saw… Continue Reading
What I had anticipated being a raunchy, sex-positive, British comedy ended up being a romantic fable of heartfelt and poignant quality; a timeless parable about gender roles, possession, and what “true love” really is. Packed with euphemisms and profanity, and… Continue Reading
In promotion of their fourth album Forever, released just six days ago, the London indie quartet presided over a short and very sweet set of stripped back tunes as a prelude to an in store album signing at Rough Trade… Continue Reading
Formed from the ashes of legendary post-punks Ought, Canadian three-piece Cola are simultaneously more restrained and harder to define than their predecessors. On the one hand, you have bassist Ben Stidworthy and drummer Evan Cartwright’s (formerly of U.S. Girls) uniquely… Continue Reading
Horse Jumper of Love, an indie rock, slowcore 3-piece rock band from Boston, Massachusetts that formed in 2013, consist of Dimitri Giannopoulos on vocals and guitar, John Margais on bass, and Jamie Vadala-Doran on drums. Their music is a downtempo… Continue Reading
Lance Oppenheim’s highly-anticipated semi-biopic on the rise of Chris Hansen, and his infamous NBC Dateline programme, To Catch a Predator, finally released in the UK last week, starring Robert Pattinson, whose year is increasingly becoming one for the ages. The… Continue Reading
Colourful characters, chaotic criminal mishaps, and a confidently eclectic soundtrack shape Semolina Pilchard to be an eccentric mismatch comedy of errors that attempts to replicate the great capers of Guy Ritchie, Matthew Vaughn, and Nick Love. Director Mike Clarke refreshingly… Continue Reading
(Photo by Joe Lepper) Such is the Irish punk quintet’s seemingly inherent savvy for creating an alluring live show atmosphere, the twanging guitar and dramatic strings of an Ennio Morricone soundtrack – emanating from the dark and misty stage –… Continue Reading