21st April 2016 Cage The Elephant – ‘Cry Baby’ Taken from last December’s Tell Me I’m Pretty, this new single from the Kentucky four-piece is a stomping slab of indie rock which combines retro psychedelia – as best exemplified in… Continue Reading
7th April 2016 Leon Bridges – ‘River’ To overtly stray into the realm of pastiche is never a good thing – examples being Bruce Willis’ venture into rhythm and blues under the laughable pseudonym of Bruno Radolini, UB40’s caucasian mock-reggae… Continue Reading
24th March 2016 New Order – ‘Singularity’ Still going strong after 35 years in the music biz, the Mancunian band’s new single is from last September’s tenth studio album Music Complete. The song is accompanied by a video featuring images… Continue Reading
20th March 2016 Hailed as the “grandfather of modern dance music”, a “maverick, genius outsider” and “one of the most important people of 20th century music”, the sense of hagiographical terrain is abundantly clear in the earliest moments of Volker… Continue Reading
6th March 2016 Formed in late 2014, and with appearances at The Fleece and the inaugural ‘The Underdog’ battle of the band contests at the Thunderbolt throughout last year, local band Thelema’s Sunday evening show at The Crofters Rights was… Continue Reading
25th February 2016 Rudimental Ft. Will Heard and Anne-Marie – ‘Rumour Mill’ ‘Rumour Mill’ is the fourth single to be taken from British drum and bass outfit’s 2015 album We the Generation, a record that features an eclectic series of… Continue Reading
19th February 2016 Having been among the standout performers when they previously visited the city for last year’s Dot To Dot Festival, many Bristolian music appreciators may already be familiar with the exciting, uncomplicated live performance clamour of five-piece garage… Continue Reading
18th February 2016 The original approach to story-telling in African British theatre group Tiata Fahodzi’s latest work is immediately alluded to as the audience file into the Old Vic’s studio to the sight of two actors holding Nintendo Wii controllers… Continue Reading