As SWX begins to swell toward its 1100 capacity crowd, it isn’t at every gig that one gets to witness what looks like an extra from Quadrophenia busting out magic tricks in support on the evening’s main act. Thus,… Continue Reading
28th September 2022 Any debate as to the importance of on stage badinage at a live music performance isn’t a particularly straightforward one. The most enjoyable gig going experiences can be made so by an artist who can utilise… Continue Reading
27th September 2022 In the before times, late February 2020, it was the London born indie rock four piece who provided The Fix with its penultimate live… Continue Reading
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