Review: Prima Queen – pop choruses and a worthy support slot at Rough Trade (7/6/2024)
Called up as an eleventh hour substitution at this year’s Dot To Dot Festival,...
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Review: Richard Hawley’s blissful sonics at Bristol Beacon (6/6/2024)
“You know, I sometimes think about retiring” says Richard Hawley one song away from...
Review: Beatles Dub Club emphatically resides over Thekla’s fortieth celebration finale
At a time when small, local music venues have sadly become an endangered species...
Review: Adrianne Lenker – beautifully intimate, occasionally unpolished, at Bristol Beacon (29/4/24)
Bookending tonight’s performance – and with a few straightforward declarations of audience love along...
Review: Paul Weller’s era-spanning masterclass at Bristol Beacon
It’s incredible to think that it’s been 42 years since ‘Modfather’ Paul Weller broke...
Review: Ben Ottewell & Ian Ball end of tour celebration of Gomez at Trinity (26/3/2024)
With Ben Ottewell and Ian Ball having toured the United States and Australia in...
Review: Bill Ryder-Jones – mining hope from the heartache at sold-out Thekla (17/3/2024)
With January’s Iechyd Da – it translating as “good health” in Welsh and his...
Review: Speedy Ortiz at Rough Trade – a punchy, indie rock distraction from the bullshit (23/2/24)
As the Philadelphia four-piece crash into opener ‘Ghostwriter’, they feel like the perfect type...