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: Bristol Holds Tight for emotional final day of Forwards Festival
4th August 2022 After a frantic day of fun on Saturday, Forwards Festival has a lot to live up to on its second and final day. From the outset though it’s clear that any fears are misplaced as the pace… Continue Reading
Review: Forwards Festival brings music back to the Downs with a bang
A weekend of world-class music is back at the Downs, this time in the guise of Forwards Festival. Any suggestion of slow ticket sales beforehand is negated as throngs of revellers burst through the turnstiles, ready for one last… Continue Reading
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
Why Glastonbury has got us excited for Forwards Festival
While Forwards Festival, hitting the Downs on 3rd and 4th September, is still a couple of months off, the scorching performances of some of the confirmed line-up at Glastonbury a couple of weeks ago has got us tingling for more.… 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