Somewhere there is a record for the hottest gig venue. For Molotov Jukebox’s set, the record has been absolutely smashed as the crowd drips aboard Bristol’s floating Thekla venue. Still the gypsy-step outfit aren’t satisfied – vocalist Sam Apley tells… Continue Reading
Spellbinding and hair tingling Hitcham born Rhodes (David Rhodes) arrives in Bristol armed with some sure-fire future hits – so perfectly formed you may suspect they were a gift from Zeus rather than a mortal creation – to enrapture Bristol’s… Continue Reading
Strode Live ‘Stripped and Semi-Acoustic’ is an event organised by the extended diploma level three music students at Strode College in Street, Somerset. Students are given the challenge of putting on the event as part of their events management modules… Continue Reading
Aberdeen is not the first place one would think to find a jazz superstar, but then Scottish born Seb Rochford and his troop of experimental pioneers, Polar Bear, are in so many ways an exceptional case. Former Mercury Music Prize… Continue Reading
In recent years, Metronomy, the electronic four-piece fronted by Joseph Mount, have progressed from cult indietronic band to festival headliners, and tonight sees them touring their most commercially successful album to date, ‘Love Letters’. The sell-out crowd at Bristol’s O2… Continue Reading
Review by Scott Hammond – “I know that when I was growing up, I had all the potential in the world,” thus asserts fiercely ambitious independent filmmaker Mark Borchardt at the beginning of Chris Smith’s documentary American Movie. To imbue… Continue Reading
Interview by Georgina E Robbins – It has been an exciting few months for South West boys EMP!RE with the announcements that they are playing Sonisphere Festival and Southampton’s Takedown festival. It’s a testament to years of hard work and like… Continue Reading
‘In Each and Every One’ is the fifth studio album by experimental jazz band Polar Bear, following on from their well-received ‘Peepers’ in 2012. The Mercury-nominated five-piece features twin saxophones, bass and electronics/guitar, led by the precocious drummer Seb Rochford.… Continue Reading