15th July 2022 “I don’t mind having a morning off, but not two and a half years” says frontman and prime songwriter Stuart Murdoch halfway through tonight’s set. Indeed, it’s been a long time coming; essentially a curtain raiser… Continue Reading
13th July 2022 When, toward the end of tonight’s performance, Chic drummer Ralph Rolle incites the packed harbourside audience to show their appreciation for main man Nile Rodgers, he invokes a staggering statistic that, as producer… Continue Reading
29th June 2022 (Photo by Danny Clinch) Of all the acts to have emerged into the alternative/indie rock universe in the past decade, Melbourne based singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett makes a solid claim to being the most brilliant and unique.… Continue Reading
27th June 2022 Having begun with Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds’ pre-Glastonbury show last Wednesday night, this year’s Bristol Sounds – the largest to date with a programme of six quality headliners performing over consecutive evenings – ended in… Continue Reading
26th June 2022 When three unfamiliar musicians enter stage left at 8.30pm and perform a short instrumental interlude, one can be forgiven for feeling a slight sense of confusion. A rugged, long haired guitarist stands in the spot once… Continue Reading
16th June 2022 After its nine year run in Queens Square ended in 2019, Bristol Comedy Garden expanded and moved its annual stand up extravaganza to the Downs last year. However, we were still shaking off the shackles of… Continue Reading
2-3 June 2022 From its origins in Castle and Eastville Park via a brief detour in the Downs, Love Saves the Day enters its second decade. This year sees the festival’s first outing at Ashton Court. LSTD encounters the tricky… Continue Reading
Hollywood’s profitable propensity for recycling its own young in the name of a sure bet blockbuster is writ large over this latest effort, with Tom Cruise sporting his patented shit-eating grin at every opportunity as director Joseph Kosiniski re-visits… Continue Reading