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Review: Arctic Monkeys’ generation-spanning masterclass at Ashton Gate (29/5/23)

Posted on May 30, 2023 by Scott Hammond

  (Photo by Paul Gillis/Reach PLC) Eighteen years since they emerged from Sheffield with 2005 debut Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not, Arctic Monkeys remain a 21st century musical behemoth. That album’s distinctly Northern-flavoured navigations of fledgling… Continue Reading →

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Love Saves the Day 2023: Our Top Picks for the big weekend

Posted on May 11, 2023 by Conal Dougan

Bristol’s biggest festival rolls around once again, the behemoth that is Love Saves the Day settling itself for the second time in the lush bowl of Ashton Court Estate over the late May Bank Holiday weekend. Boasting yet another power-packed… Continue Reading →

Music

Preview: Blur are back as they announce intimate warmup gigs ahead of two massive summer shows at Wembley Stadium

Posted on April 27, 2023 by Scott Hammond

(photo by Kevin Westernberg) And just like that the mighty Blur have returned. After announcing back in November that they will perform two nights at Wembley Stadium this July – their first headline shows since 2015’s Magic Whip tour –… Continue Reading →

Music

Review: Caitlin Rose – enthralling music and a nifty comedic sideline at The Fleece (23/4/23)

Posted on April 24, 2023 by Scott Hammond

(Photo by Laura E Partain) In the nine year hiatus between her second album The Stand-In and November 2022 release Cazimi, Nashville’s Caitlin Rose endured a period of personal and creative tumult that saw her fall out of love with… Continue Reading →

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Review: Ryan Adams delights the die-hards with marathon Hippodrome show

Posted on April 19, 2023 by Scott Hammond

Considering Ryan Adams’ mid-1990s incarnation as lead singer for alt-country band Whiskeytown, it’s an almost thirty year career that precedes tonight’s lengthy, solo acoustic spotlight. Since hitting a commercial peak with his 2001 sophomore record Gold, the North Carolina born… Continue Reading →

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Review: Waldo’s Circus of Magic and Terror at Bristol Old Vic

Posted on March 22, 2023 by Conal Dougan

It’s 1933, and Waldo’s Circus of Magic and Terror is fighting several battles in Germany. With the National Socialists grabbing power, the performing troupe of deaf, disabled and non-disabled aerialists and acrobats are in the firing line of discrimination, violent… Continue Reading →

Theatre

Review: H.Hawkline – a beautifully subdued tour closer at Rough Trade (17/3/23)

Posted on March 18, 2023 by Scott Hammond

  (Photo by Sophie Caby) It’s both the one week anniversary since the release of fifth studio album Milk For Flowers and an evening where the curtain closes on Cardiff born singer-songwriter H. Hawkline’s (real name Huw Evans) seven date… Continue Reading →

Gig Reviews

Review: The Comet Is Coming at SWX- a jazzy fusion for an intergalactic future

Posted on March 13, 2023 by Scott Hammond

     Given that it can certainly be interpreted as a name that alludes to a universal, foreboding doom, the chosen moniker of the London based trio holds a darkly attractive charm. Bringing a heady fusion of funk, jazz, rock… Continue Reading →

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