Podcast Episode 16
Our first podcast episode of 2020, playing Knife Wife – Dogs Jaunt – Nostalgia for the Present Moment Pictish Trail – Lead Balloon Mitchell Museum – Hold Me Up Asgeir – Pictures Hosted in Bristol, UK by Matt
[Live Review] – 1% of One presents Pile and SANS, Crofter’s Rights, Bristol 18th September 2019
Just last week, a colleague and I were discussing the high calibre of gigs in Bristol being promoted by 1% of One, and how well their opening acts suit the headliner. Tonight seems like a perfect example. Openers, Bristol band SANS – who are really loud – play rhythmically complex music that defies predictability and…
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[Podcast] Episode 15
Our new podcast episode is now online, playing amazing new tracks from Naytronix, Playing House, Jane Weaver, Grebes, and Moon Panda. Subscribe on iTunes, Spotify etc (I’m trying to be good about doing this every month), or listen below
[Live Review] Wasuremono, The Fleece, Bristol 25th May 2019
Wasuremono on stage (l-r Madelaine Ryan, Will Southward & Phoebe Phillips). Photo by Matt Law (CC-BY-SA 3.0) With a healthy amount of airplay and buzz surrounding recent singles ‘Are You OK?’, ‘Lonely Type’ and ‘Self-Help’, Wasuremono find a receptive and full Bristol crowd for their short set as part of this year’s Dot to Dot…
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[Live Review] Drahla, The Lousiana, Bristol, May 10th, 2019
Drahla – ‘Stimulus for Living’ This month saw the release of Drahla‘s debit album Useless Coordinates on Captured Tracks, to widespread warm reviews hailing their mastery of a jagged post-punk sound. Mastery really is the word, and it is no less apparent live tonight. With minimal banter, the band exude poise and a sense that…
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New podcast episode
A new episode of our podcast, for May 2019. Hosted by Matt, and playing new music from Drahla, Wasuremono, Empath, Sebadoh and Deliluh. Subscribe in iTunes
[Live Review] The Lemonheads, SWX, Bristol 18th February 2019
Midway through his set, Evan Dando mumbles something about liking Bristol and having played at Thekla, and then announces ‘this is a song from 1987’, before bursting into ‘Clang Bang Clang‘ (or ‘Left for Dead‘, depending on whether you read and believe the sleeve to 1988’s Creator or 1990 major label debut Lovey), and it…
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Air Waves, The Crofter’s Rights, Bristol, February 1st 2019
There’s an awkward point where Air Waves‘s first visit to Bristol looks to be inauspicious. A venue that was packed for support act Katy J Pearson has emptied out to the bar beyond, and as Nicole Schneit takes the stage, there are perhaps seven of us here. Undeterred, she begins, and it isn’t long before…
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From the archive: Bowery Electric
Bowery Electric – ‘ Freedom Fighter’ (2000) Bowery Electric ‘s 2000 album, Lushlife, is reissued by Beggar’s Arkive this Friday, on 180g vinyl (order here), mastered by John Davis at Metropolis. The album, the band’s third and final release, expanded on a previously quite minimalist sound, adding strings, giving more prominence to Martha Schwendener’s lyrics,…
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Kid Vinyl’s January List on Spotify
New releases we’re currently enjoying – featuring Half Japanese, Air Waves, Active Bird Community, Advance Base, Lens Mozer and Mike Krol