Review: The Big Moon’s time transcending show at Tramshed, Cardiff
27th September 2022 In the before times, late February 2020, it was the London born indie rock four piece who provided The Fix with its penultimate live… Continue Reading
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Review: Belle & Sebastian end two year wait with positively non ‘twee’ harbourside show
15th July 2022 “I don’t mind having a morning off, but not two and a half years” says frontman and prime songwriter Stuart Murdoch halfway through tonight’s set. Indeed, it’s been a long time coming; essentially a curtain raiser… Continue Reading
Review: Nile Rodgers and Chic delivering ‘Maximum funkosity’ at Bristol Harbourside
13th July 2022 When, toward the end of tonight’s performance, Chic drummer Ralph Rolle incites the packed harbourside audience to show their appreciation for main man Nile Rodgers, he invokes a staggering statistic that, as producer… Continue Reading
Preview: Nile Rodgers & Chic, plus Belle & Sebastian, appear this week at the harbourside
Swiftly following the six night extravaganza at this year’s Bristol Sounds, The Canon’s Marsh amphitheatre is set to play host to living legend Nile Rodgers & Chic for two consecutive shows (13th and 14th July) before Scottish indie-pop icons Belle… Continue Reading
Review: Courtney Barnett’s outstanding sold out show at Tramshed, Cardiff
29th June 2022 (Photo by Danny Clinch) Of all the acts to have emerged into the alternative/indie rock universe in the past decade, Melbourne based singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett makes a solid claim to being the most brilliant and unique.… Continue Reading
Review: The War on Drugs end Bristol Sounds in guitar shredding style
27th June 2022 Having begun with Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds’ pre-Glastonbury show last Wednesday night, this year’s Bristol Sounds – the largest to date with a programme of six quality headliners performing over consecutive evenings – ended in… Continue Reading
Review: New look First Aid Kit reliably solid at Bristol Sounds
26th June 2022 When three unfamiliar musicians enter stage left at 8.30pm and perform a short instrumental interlude, one can be forgiven for feeling a slight sense of confusion. A rugged, long haired guitarist stands in the spot once… Continue Reading
Review: Tim Key’s subversive take on stand up lights up Thursday night at Comedy Garden
16th June 2022 After its nine year run in Queens Square ended in 2019, Bristol Comedy Garden expanded and moved its annual stand up extravaganza to the Downs last year. However, we were still shaking off the shackles of… Continue Reading