(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
The name of rave-infused, electro-punk oddballs Snapped Ankles’ upcoming album offers up an appealingly straightforward recourse for regular folk in a time of crisis. Tonight’s show arrives eight days before the release of the London-based group’s Hard Times Furious Dancing.… Continue Reading
(Photo by Jeff Bierk) The pre-gig observation that the stage has been adorned with three monolith sculptures, that on closer inspection appear to be replica Easter Island statues, brings with it a foreshadowing of the triadic themes of tonight’s show.… Continue Reading
Toward the end of this enjoyable and inspiring 100 minute documentary, singer-songwriter Jackson Browne describes the eponymous collective of session musicians therein as “as much the authors of these songs and this music as the artists they did it with.”… Continue Reading
Previously, Squid have described their live shows as something like a DJ set – blending songs together, making stuff up and improvising a way to launch themselves from one sonic adventure to the next. Tonight at Bristol Beacon there is… Continue Reading