Review: Placebo play host to Bristol Sounds’ flagship 2024 sell out.
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Review: Speedy Ortiz at Rough Trade – a punchy, indie rock distraction from the bullshit (23/2/24)
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 only mean one thing – Forwards Festival is back, bringing together the city for a brace of line-ups combining heritage acts with up and coming stars.… Continue Reading
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 – on an evening whereby live music alternatives are available in the form of the Glastonbury Festival and James’ concurrent appearance at the harbourside – there’s… Continue Reading
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 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
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 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
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 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
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 themes and love-gone-wrong composition, Arizona born Courtney Marie Andrews first garnered significant critical praise for 2018 album May Your Kindness Remain. Outside of Andrews’ solid songwriting,… Continue Reading