Having arrived at O2 Academy Bristol in a terrible mood with dampened spirits, I wanted to be anywhere but standing in front of the stage at the crowded venue, packed in like a sardine and positioned behind an older, rounder… Continue Reading
Review by Arran Dutton – “Why did we wait so long?” – That’s the chorus line sung by Travis in “Mother”, the band’s opener as they took centre stage in the jam packed O2 Academy Bristol. The question has poignancy;… Continue Reading
To be alive and to be in the acoustic/alt-rockers Brother & Bones must be pretty good these days. Playing their biggest tour to date, having just released their ‘To Be Alive’ EP, and currently moving towards the unveiling of their… Continue Reading
Playing almost underwater on a wet and wintry October Sunday night somehow suited Canadian electro-pop quartet Gold & Youth‘s stormy set at Bristol’s Thekla. Supporting Keston Cobblers Club and To Kill a King on the second date of their short… Continue Reading
San Cisco performing at Thekla. Photo by www.willfahy.co.uk Review by Kevin McGough – San Cisco have come to save indie-pop, and they want to put a smile on your face while they’re doing it. With their irresistibly catchy choruses, imaginative… Continue Reading
Review by Matthew Nicholson – Click here to read our interview with The 1975’s Matthew Healy Touring off the back off a number one album (self titled: The 1975) and just in time for Bristol’s Fresher’s Week, The 1975 are… Continue Reading
Review by McGough- Photographs by willfahy.co.uk Composer and musician Johann Sebastian Bach once mused that virtuosity in music was actually really quite an unremarkable thing: “all you have to do is touch the right key at the right time and… Continue Reading
Ahead of this week’s Glastonbury Festival, we’re dipping into our archives to re-post reviews of acts playing. You can watch Of Monsters and Men on The Other Stage at 5.30pm on Sunday 30th June. Of Monsters and Men were once described… Continue Reading