4th June 2015 Melding melancholic electro with a bluegrass soul North Carolinian natives Sylvan Esso are currently on the crest of a wave and come to Bristol’s Marble Factory with the kind of swagger that only an unstoppable momentum can imbue.… Continue Reading
20th May 2015 Lets get this out of the way first: Swans are very, very loud. You don’t get a reputation for being the loudest band in rock, and hand out free ear buds at your shows, without some justification. But… Continue Reading
11th May 2015 With frontman Sam France’s penchant for volatile stage antics (smashing himself in the face with a microphone, climbing speaker-stacks, confronting hecklers, breaking his own leg), Californian psychedelic rockers Foxygen have established a growing reputation for… Continue Reading
5th April 2015 As the years go by the guitar band has become an increasingly endangered beast, a sadly inevitable consequence of the ever dwindling ability of those who wield the “axe” to find new and inventive ways of adding to the sonic… Continue Reading
28th March 2015 Judging by the fruitless appeals for spare tickets both on the internet and outside the venue before tonight’s sell out show, Melbourne singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett perhaps could’ve packed out a venue twice the size of… Continue Reading
19th March 2015 When it comes to civic rivalries Bristol vs Bath doesn’t really even register on the Richter scale. This isn’t the historically fraught hostility of a Manchester and Liverpool. If anything our two fair cities share more of… Continue Reading
4th March 2015 Being a bit of a beard enthusiast, I’m a little in awe of this fine beard which belongs to Jack Bessant of Reef. Jack will be performing with Reef this Friday (6th March) at the O2 Academy… Continue Reading
17th February 2015 On a night when the pre-gig bustle of the Colston Hall foyer and the employ of extra security staff are indications of the triumphant return of local hero George Ezra, something rather lower key was going on… Continue Reading