Perhaps it’s an indictment on my loosening grasp as to the joys lurking within the smaller corners of the local music scene that it took something of a personal vanity project – akin to a Dave Gorman stage show –… Continue Reading
Fifteen years ago, back before Alex Horne had established himself as a National Comedy Treasure with his lauded Taskmaster series, the chaotic and silly Horne Section band was born. A quintet of highly talented musicians (plus Horne) who also happen… Continue Reading
Nearly sixty years after his controversial world tour of 1966, it seems rather ludicrous that Bob Dylan’s embracing the concept of plugging in a guitar and appearing with a full band should result in fans revolting in a volley of… Continue Reading
Surrounding Newcastle-born singer-songwriter Andrew Cushin is a rather unique and conflicting aura of vibrant youth and a deference to all that is vintage. This is certainly reflected amidst tonight’s sold out audience; within the stark intimacy of the 250 capacity… Continue Reading
(Photo by George Salisbury) If one weren’t already familiar with the band’s usual stagecraft, the signals are immediate in regard to the visual spectacular to be imminently offered up by The Flaming Lips; a sign outside the hall details ‘Special… Continue Reading
Thirty three years after the release of their debut record, tonight finds us just two months in from the release of the Welsh rock group’s fifteenth studio album Critical Thinking. While we’re going all the way back to 1992 for… Continue Reading
(Photo by Dave Sausins) Sporting a black, rhinestone old school military jacket, eyes doused in kohl, and wearing thick black lipstick, frontman Thomas Hawtin appears something akin to a gothic Sgt Pepper. Considering their ingeniously off-kilter name and self-description as… Continue Reading
It was in Bristol 20 years ago that Francois Marry started the Atlas Mountains project. Working as a French tutor, he was playing around with electronic instruments and sketching soulful snapshots of the city. Their first album was released on… Continue Reading