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Sound For The Future: a chat with filmmaker Matt Hulse

Most films about bands aren’t made by its own members. But there again, Sound For The Future isn’t your average music film or documentary. Much like artist/photographer/filmmaker and performer Matt Hulse himself – it’s a hybrid. Or, as Matt recently put it, “A part animated, kaleidoscopic, queer, musical docu-drama that takes its name from the…
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[Live Review] IDLES: Lock In Sessions, August 29 & 30, Abbey Road Studios, London

I don’t know that it’s the adjective they would most hope to be described with, but I find IDLES adorable – watching them perform is always a real joy. So it was exciting to learn that they were offering the opportunity to watch three sets over the long weekend, all from the comfort of one’s…
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IDLES release lockdown video for Mr Motivator + guitar tutorial

Lovable Bristol band IDLES last week trailed their third album with a new single, Mr. Motivator, backed by an amazing lockdown video: IDLES frontman Joe Talbot says of the song: “We want to start this journey with a means to not only encapsulate the album’s sentiment, but to encourage our audience to dance like no…
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[Live Review] The Wants and Unschooling, The Lanes, Bristol, February

Showing a marked taste for red offset Fender guitars, French quartet Unschooling begin proceedings tonight. A side project of Rouen-based musical polymath Vincent Fevrier, the band play a rhythmic post-punk that dives between time signatures and skirts around the edges of dissonance. This is unexpected and exciting stuff. New Yorkers The Wants are also a…
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[Live Review] Japanese Television, The Lanes, Bristol. February 7th 2020

Self-styled space surf rockers Japanese Television launched 2020 with a release of EP1 and EP 2 with their Marc Riley BBC 6 Music session, and celebrated with a UK headline tour, which stopped at The Lanes in Bristol for a free show in early Feb. Space surf rock is a good description, although the band…
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