10th December 2015 Peaches – ‘Rub’ First up this week is this understated beauty from Peaches, AKA Canada’s Merrill Beth Nisker. The history of popular music lyricism is littered with sly nods and double entendres, from Bo Carter’s ‘Please Warm My Weiner‘… Continue Reading
2nd December 2015 For this Christmas season, Bristol Old Vic have reawakened the classic tale of Sleeping Beauty. Charles Perrault’s fairy tale – made famous by the 1959 Disney film – is given a contemporary twist by Director Sally Cookson and co,… Continue Reading
25th November 2015 In 1942, Albert Camus’ existential masterpiece l’Etranger introduced readers to Meursault, an indifferent French Algerian who murders an Arab on a beach with five shots of a pistol. Sentenced to death as much for his honesty as for the… Continue Reading
22nd November 2015 Glasgow’s Òran Mór Performing Arts Centre is where the ground-breaking lunchtime theatre programme A Play, a Pie and a Pint was founded in 2004 by David MacLennan. Presumably, the idea behind this initiative is that presenting bite-sized… Continue Reading
12th November 2015 Everything Everything – ‘No Reptiles’ With ‘No Reptiles’, taken from 2015 album Get to Heaven, Everything Everything continue to progress their reputation for creating the kind of art rock that pushes against the bland conventions of indie music.… Continue Reading
15th November 2015 Earlier this year, The Fix was introduced to Duotone, a.k.a. Barney Morse-Brown, an experimental, classically-trained, contemporary folk musician hailing from Oxford. In the belly of the Grain Barge, on a cold January evening we received a taste… Continue Reading
9th November 2015 Yep, it’s fair to say we’re pretty excited for this one! Following the success of last years move to Eastville Park, Love Saves The Day will this year return to Bristol for it’s fifth instalment, taking place… Continue Reading
5th November 2015 Redlight ft. Melisa Whiskey – ‘Threshold’ Taken from debut album X Colour, ‘Threshold’ is the latest single from Redlight – AKA Hugh Pescod from Bristol. Picked as Annie Mac’s Hottest Record in the World, the chunky slab of mainroom… Continue Reading