Review: Placebo play host to Bristol Sounds’ flagship 2024 sell out.
After headline shows by Skindred and Gentleman’s Dub Club last week, and James Arthur...
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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...
Review: Forwards Festival brings a weekend of shimmering music to the Downs
An early September weekend with thousands of Bristolians flooding northwards across the Downs can...
Review: Amanda Shires – amid Glasto and Bristol Sounds – gives an excellent show in the shadows at The Exchange
(Photo by Michael Schmelling) It makes one endeared to the Bristol music scene that...
Review: Arctic Monkeys’ generation-spanning masterclass at Ashton Gate (29/5/23)
(Photo by Paul Gillis/Reach PLC) Eighteen years since they emerged from Sheffield with...
Review: Caitlin Rose – enthralling music and a nifty comedic sideline at The Fleece (23/4/23)
(Photo by Laura E Partain) In the nine year hiatus between her second album...
Review: The Comet Is Coming at SWX- a jazzy fusion for an intergalactic future
Given that it can certainly be interpreted as a name that alludes...
Review: Courtney Marie Andrews’ bell-clear vocals and weeping guitars at Trinity Centre (2/3/23)
With a bell-clear vocal style and an effective grasp on the dynamics of introspective...