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
23rd May 2015 “I don’t like it when it’s this hot, I’d prefer it if it was a bit cooler to be honest”. These are the very first discernible words that I hear from a fellow humanoid as, five… Continue Reading
21st May 2015 Exploring male friendship, the altering dynamic of relationships over time and posing questions as to theatre’s potential role in the world, Tim Crouch and Andy Smith’s play delivers in its own uniquely quiet and understated manner.… Continue Reading
16th May 2015 Starting where Shakespeare left off This Last Tempest ponders “what happens after the revolution, when a tyranny has been overthrown and those who held authority have been deposed.” Pitching itself as a sequel of sorts to the… Continue Reading
15th May 2015 In these times of ecological decline, corporate hegemony and inequality in various forms, it is all too easy for one to feel pessimistic. In writer and director Chris Goode’s thought provoking verbatim piece ‘Stand’, however, we… Continue Reading
14th May 2015 Dealing with the impending loss of a loved one is never an easy experience, but when death comes on slowly and painfully it’s sombre silhouette casts an even more unwelcome shadow than usual. Sadly, this was the… Continue Reading
27th April 2015 As centenary commemorations for the First World War continued in Gallipoli over the weekend our minds were once more cast back to the blood soaked horror and tragedy of the “War to End All Wars”. With the sobering sound of… Continue Reading
23rd April 2015 With their inventive approach of sampling retro public information films, archive footage and war time propaganda materials atop euphoric soundscapes of electronic rock, London-based history fetishists Public Service Broadcasting can lay claim to being one… Continue Reading