This is the time of year for lists, the best of this the best of that. In the end they are usually all pretty similar – so I have decided to put together three tracks that I think deserve a… Continue Reading
The Christmas Spiegeltent, erected for the festive period in Millennium Square, hosted the world premier of something a little bit different. Marc Collin of Nouvelle Vague fame has a new project: Bristol. No, not the city itself, but a French… Continue Reading
Song: I Fought The Law Artist: The Bobby Fuller Four Year: 1965 Written by Texan musician Sonny Curtis, ‘I Fought The Law’ was first recorded in 1959 by The Crickets when Curtis was drafted into the band following Buddy Holly’s… Continue Reading
So, it’s that time of year where the music press fill their pages with simplistic, superficial summaries of the past 12 months…and we at The Fix are no different! However, instead of giving you a list of a million songs… Continue Reading
Polar Bear’s outstanding 2014 album In Each and Every One brought one of the UK’s finest jazz outfits back into the recording studio after a four year hiatus. We described the album as ‘an absolute masterclass in musical fusion, melding modern… Continue Reading
Melt Yourself Down are a band with outstanding pedigree. The band started when saxophonist Pete Wareham (Polar Bear) decided to make some “Nubian-inspired party punk music” and gathered his friends bassist Ruth Goller (Acoustic Ladyland), drummer Tom Skinner and saxophonist… Continue Reading
15 November 2014 If there were prizes for long-term commitment in an industry notoriously obsessed with youth, then industrial electro-goth outfit Das Fluff’s experienced lineup would be near to the top of the shortlist. But their lack-lustre Bristol gig at… Continue Reading
12 December 2014 Some gigs are consistently good throughout, some are consistently bad, and some leave you baffled, serving you the equivalent of a chicken and slug salad. Parts of it are absolutely delicious, but then other parts make you… Continue Reading