24th January 2015 Over four years since the release of their debut album October, Looking South, Bristol quintet The Lasting Days marked the launch of follow up album We Simplify with a celebratory Saturday night of live music at the… Continue Reading
14th January 2015 The sisters Soderberg first brought their precocious folk talents to the quaint city of Bath late into the summer of 2012; a performance at the 220 capacity Moles where those blessed with an early inkling as to… Continue Reading
15 November 2014 If there were prizes for long-term commitment in an industry notoriously obsessed with youth, then industrial electro-goth outfit Das Fluff’s experienced lineup would be near to the top of the shortlist. But their lack-lustre Bristol gig at… Continue Reading
29th November 2014 Plucked from internet obscurity just two short years ago when the self-produced YouTube postings of James Bagshaw and Thomas Walmsley caught the attention of Heavenly Records, psychedelic rock revivalists Temples have since emerged as one of Britain’s… Continue Reading
When, after the fey slowness of her opening track, Canadian songstress Gianna Lauren dubs her role at The Canteen as simply to provide “afternoon lullabies during your Sunday roast,” it is as apt a phrase to describe her delicate, half… Continue Reading
“I hate festivals, no one’s really up for crying at festivals,” jokes Luke Sital-Singh as he introduces the evening’s fourth track, ‘Inaudible Sigh.’ Further expressing his imaginings of starting his own annual event by the name of “Depressed-tival,” these are… Continue Reading
As he stands on the Louisiana stage, Oldham born Kiran Leonard’s unkempt visage of no shoes, odd socks, casual attire and a mop of ‘dragged-through-a-hedge’ blondish-brown hair, gives off the aura of an A-Level student basking in the slovenly bliss… Continue Reading
Originally part of the American lo-fi guitar ‘scene’ along with bands such as Blank Dogs, Woods and Crystal Stilts, Dum Dum Girls have now been around for so long that their inception occurred when Dee Dee Penny (real name Kristin Welchez)… Continue Reading