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Last month saw a slew of festival announcements for our corner of the UK, with cups that ranneth over with artists we’re passionate about. One such artist, Loyle Carner, graces our cover this month, as he prepares to drop Not Waving, But Drowning. He talks about what’s changed between the crafting of his debut and sophomore efforts. Elsewhere, we chat to Northern punks, Martha (Exchange, 26th) about life in postBrexit Britain, as they share the serious (fuck UKIP) and not-so-serious (wrestling) themes on their latest release. We also hear from Girl Unit, who returns for the first time in seven years with a battery of features in tow. He used the time away to wipe the sonic slate clean – and the results are stunning. All this, plus April’s best releases (inc. Dave’s long awaited debut), our events guide, full live listings, guests and more! Go get some. Stay tuned for next month, when we take a closer look at festival season 2019.
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GIRL UNIT
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LOYLE CARNER
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NEW SOUNDS 57
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TOP TEN: New Sounds Sevdaliza – Darkest Hour Holly Herndon – Eternal Leikeli47 – No Reload Kedr Livanskiy – Kiska Scalping – Satan II Mr.Kitty – Trauma Snapped Ankles – Three Steps to a Development Self Esteem – Wrestling Dis Fig – Alive Drahla – Stimulus for Living GET MORE NEW MUSIC FROM KEZIA COCHRANE EVERY MONDAY AT BRISTOLINSTEREO.COM
new sounds Kelora Proffering a distinctive blend of medieval-folk-meets-broodingelectronica, Kelora exude an aura of ethereal, enigmatic majesty. The Glasgow-based duo, comprised of Benedict Salter and Kitty Hall, have been garnering attention and acclaim with their string of impressive singles to date, including the icy eeriness of ‘999’, and their striking debut EP Calpol, which came out last March. Having played with the likes of PC Music’s felicita, Let’s Eat Grandma and Caroline Polachek (of Chairlift renown), the pair have captivated with their sonic sorcery. There’s a certain timeless nostalgia to the atmosphere they create, with their fusion of dulcet harmonies, crystalline
piano melodies, and rumbling basslines that oscillates between the graceful soaring pop of ‘All I Want Is You’ and the spectral delicacy of ‘Sunday’s Ghost’, or the chilling off-kilter obscurity of ‘Moonstone and Honey’. Crafting vivid, immersive soundscapes, Kelora’s music offers a transcendental, fairytale world that is equal parts unsettling and beautiful. Having recently played their debut Bristol show, hosted by Spinny Nights, Kelora are definitely not to be missed whenever they return – hopefully sooner rather than later. If you can’t wait ‘til then, you can catch them in London for their next ‘Fairy Liquid’ night. Kezia Cochrane LISTEN TO: 999 @kelorakelora
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Anna Lisa After only a couple of singles, it’s not hard to see why Anna Lisa is already creeping into the peripherals of tastemakers. Drawing influence from grime, dubstep, trap and hiphop and working alongside creative partner, MUSSI, the duo have tapped into a winning combination with Anna’s emotive lyricism riding high amongst the bass-heavy production. The result is a deeply personal sound and style, with Anna Lisa weaving stories of emotional battles, heartbreak and unbridled resentment. With her fast and consistent delivery, we expect an equally fast ascent for Anna in 2019. Beth Sheldrick LISTEN TO: Courage /annalisauk
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MARTHA words: Danny Wright
“...when it comes to it, when asked - and sometimes when not asked we’re going to say how we feel...” t the exact time I call Daniel, Naomi and Nathan of Martha about their new record Love Keeps Kicking, the second meaningful vote on Brexit is taking place (with the speed at which events are unravelling, who knows what will have happened by the time you’re reading this: Trading deals with Belarus and Vatican City? A surplus of bendy bananas but no medicine?). The self- described four-piece straight-edge, anarchist, DIY rockers from the north-eastern village of Pity Me are trying to make sense of the events of the last few years. “We had the new leader of UKIP come and visit our town last week,” Naomi says. “And we had to protest outside. Having to even do that, to oppose an openly fascist visitor to our town, is something you’d never imagine.”
Not that they think a People’s Vote will be the salve to save the country. “Nothing has changed structurally to change the conditions in which Brexit occurred,” explains Nathan. ”It's a much bigger problem than having another referendum. People will act against their own self-interest when they’re completely alienated and fucked off. They don't like being told that they're stupid because, although I think it was a bad, bad, bad decision, they made it in good faith.” “I think we’ll look back on this and see moments like Trump and Brexit as the wheels falling off capitalism.” But if all this makes it sound like listening to Martha would be a sombre lesson in class politics, you couldn’t be more wrong. Their music is an exhilarating mix of fuzzy, fizzy guitars and joyous harmonies, with songs that fuse pop and politics together. “But it would be such a nightmare if everyone was just political all the time - it would be so fucking horrible. But when it comes to it, when asked - and sometimes when not asked - we're going to say how we feel.” Bristol in Stereo: 15 Bristol in Stereo: 15
Naomi agrees: “Songwriting is definitely a platform for us to talk about things that we worry about and are passionate about.” And that’s the point. The politics in their songs is the politics of real life, the minutiae of actually living – of snooker halls and supermarkets – and having to put up with all of the shit that is flying at us at the moment. And this weaving of the political and the personal is where the “I think that kind of sums up Martha: alchemy in their songs occurs. “There’s a song reading I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings called ‘The Void’,” Daniel and also just being really into wrestling.” explains. “And on the surface, it’s about a couple of people who got involved in a ritual that has gone wrong, but I mean it wrestler, Rowdy Roddy Piper. “Jimmy (the can very much be read as about the growing fourth member of the band) had a dream rise of fascism.” about Maya Angelou and Roddy Piper and that became a line in the song,” Nathan “We wrote really collaboratively for this,” explains. “I think that kind of sums up says Naomi. “And Nathan is great at taking Martha: reading I Know Why the Caged Bird complex ideas and reflecting and Sings and also just being really into representing them through a story.” wrestling.” It makes Love Keeps Kicking, their third and I ask if they’re going to do any wrestling possibly best album, both break-up record tie-ins and play any shows. and an exploration of the world spiralling around us. The songs tell stories of the lives “Yeah, I mean I'm waiting for the call from of people trying to cope with it all: Vince McMahon… Actually he doesn't let his institutionalised children (‘Mini Was a workers unionise, so fuck him.” Preteen Arsonist’), and feminist sci-fi writers As we all continue to grapple with everything (‘Lucy Shone a Light On You: The Ballad of that’s going on in the world, it’s good to Lucy Connor Part II’ - a sequel to an early know there are some other weirdos here on demo from 2012). “There’s a bit of your side. intertextuality and some wanky, going-upyour-own-arsehole type stuff going on,” laughs Nathan. “But it’s fun and hopefully people who liked the demo will get a thrill from it.” And ‘Wrestlemania VIII’ is a song, Nathan says, “about finding other freaks that are like you and you can celebrate being weirdos with”. It features a line about iconic 90s
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events things happening soon that you don’t want to miss out on LONDON MODULAR ALLIANCE
RECORD STORE DAY It’s Christmas for collectors. The Ramadan of reissues. The Divali of discs. Okay these are getting a bit tenuous now. The point is, it’s a big day for music fans. Rough Trade is the place to be for this year’s Record Store Day, with queues expected to wind around the block in anticipation of some rather special releases. On the RSD list for 2019 are classics from Captain Beefheart, David Bowie, Dr Dre, Pink Floyd and Elton John, plus newer offerings from Anderson Paak, Glass Animals, our own IDLES and more. Live lineup for the day still TBA, but usually stellar. APRIL 13TH, ROUGH TRADE
BRISTOL BAD FILM CLUB Set up in celebration of films that are “so bad they’re great”, Bristol Bad Film Club tours the city screening unique and rarely-shown cult classics. Their nights are a chance to gather in awe of how not to make a movie: bad writing, bad acting, and production values lower than Theresa May’s approval rating. Showing that it’s not all The Room or whatever Mark Wahlberg was last in, this month’s presentation is Pieces, a chainsaw gore-fest with the promising tagline of: “Pieces: It’s exactly what you think it is”. If your answer was ‘shit’, you’re halfway there. APRIL 24TH, BRISTOL IMPROV THEATRE
BRISTOL TAKEOVER 2019 Colston Hall’s Bristol Takeover is set to showcase some of the best acts our city has to offer. “But BiS, isn’t Colston Hall being renovated?” Yes, which is why this year sees the mini-fest transform the venue’s multilevel main building into a unique party space. We’ll be presenting the main live stage in the foyer. Elsewhere, Saffron Records, BIMM and Multi-Track present some of their faves. Later, SWU. FM host influential Bristol DJs on the terrace. APRIL 27TH, COLSTON HALL
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STAGFEST 2019 From its original home at the Stag & Hounds, to its current one at Mothers Ruin, Stagfest has some blinding instalments of local music under its belt. Wrapping neatly around the Easter weekend, the 2019 lineup so far is just as varied as ever, with the same matey atmosphere of years past. Two nights of a total four have been announced at time of printing, with highlights including long-standing scene staples The Backhand Jags and the choice post-rock of Olanza. APRIL 18-21ST, MOTHERS RUIN
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start our conversation with a question that I suspect Phil Gamble, AKA Girl Unit, will be asked frequently around his debut album, Song Feel. Aside from the excellent remixed single ‘WYWD’ featuring Kelela that dropped last year, now the album’s intoxicating closer, this is his first release since 2012 - ‘Have you been putting the record together for a colossal seven years?’ “Sort of, yeah. I did a lot of work on side projects and remixes as well,” he admits. “So yeah, that was one part of it. But a lot of it was wanting to get better at producing, because it’s one thing to just make instrumental music, but to write with people and actually structure songs and do songwriting is a different thing altogether. I just wanted to take my time with everything. I wanted to take some time to make a lot of stuff and just see how it worked out and sounded, putting the album together. Rather than just necessarily making the twelve tracks, I made about fifty and took what I liked.”
a clean slate and I could do whatever I wanted...”
This approach resulted in Song Feel, a kaleidoscopic long player that manages to pay homage to the classic Night Slugs sound Gamble has pioneered for so long, while incorporating elements as varied as trap, jungle and soaring pop choruses. It’s the latter style that lends the album its stand-out moments, as tracks like ‘Stuck’ and ‘24 Hours’ dish out euphoria by the bucketload, propelled by crisp, unique Girl Unit instrumentals. “I think a lot of it was to do with the fact I hadn’t made music for a long time. I just felt
like I had a clean slate and I could do whatever I wanted,” he says of Song Feel’s genre-spanning tracklist. “I didn’t feel too tied to anything I’d done in the past, so I was really able to channel myself and just see what happened.” On that note, it would have been a far easier win to throw some club bangers together as expected and call it your debut, I consider. But a Girl Unit full-length was never going to be predictable. Gamble replies: “I still wanted it to sound like me and I never wanted to go too much in any one direction because, I mean, I’m not an expert in any one specific genre. The idea was Bristol in Stereo: 23 Bristol in Stereo: 23
“...I just want to create the setting, and I want them to tell their story in whatever way...” just to make the thing that I make and withdraw from it somewhat, but still not necessarily go so deep with it that it became disjointed. So it was a case of having to make everything sound like me, pull back a bit and medium across it, so that I never go too far in one direction.” On repeated listens, the significance of collaboration feels integral to Song Feel’s success, although Gamble perhaps didn’t set out to make a record with so many features. “I started making instrumentals and that was mostly what the album was going to be, and it wasn’t really until I started making certain tracks and meeting up with songwriters and singers that I was able to realise the potential of them being vocal tracks.” That potential was realised by an exhilarating array of talent, including collaborators he already had personal connections with (Rush Davis), to those he
drafted in through Bok Bok and other mutual friends (Brook Baili, Ms Boogie). His process was always the same, however. “I’ll always have a conversation with the collaborator. Every track starts with just getting to know the other person and, even if I do already know them, it’s still helpful to talk about whatever’s going on and helps to get the subject out. But, for the most part, I didn’t want to give too much direction in terms of lyrical content, purely because I just want to create the setting, and I want them to tell their story in whatever way.” The crucial connection between producer and collaborator may feel effortless to Gamble, but it elevates Song Feel into territory occupied by only the most sublime debut albums in electronic music. Well worth the seven-year wait, if you ask me. Song Feel is released April 5th via Night Slugs. @GIRLUNIT
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Carner words: Robin Murray photography: Phil Sharp
oyle Carner is a figure of contentment. Relaxing on a couch, his broad smile belongs to someone with complete confidence in his artistry, someone who is relishing each passing day. But then, wouldn’t you be? Debut album Yesterday’s Gone was an overwhelming success, garnering BRIT and Mercury nominations alongside universal critical praise. Except sometime in 2017 he found himself with a pretty serious problem: crafting a sequel.
“ If nothing is
happening then I don’t exist. I ’ m writing in response. It ’ s like being a fisherman with no fish! ”
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“I’m sorting things out,” he explains. “I’ve sorted my mum’s mortgage out, got a place of my own, fell in love. All these things are cool. But then… I’m still not completely happy. So, why? What else is happening?”
added, and a few removed. Rebel Kleff is largely absent from the new album, with the pair’s friendship evaporating amid the pressures of fame, and the responsibilities it brings.
It’s this question that forms the crux of his exceptional new album Not Waving, But Drowning. From the Stevie Smith reference in the title, to the final notes, it’s a nuanced, complex, charismatic record, one that answers to deeply held convictions about art and the way it should be made.
“It’s a long story but like they say, you shouldn’t work with your friends,” he says with a sigh so heavy the floor seems to shake under him. “Before you know it: it sucks. Animosity.”
“Rap is the most important thing in my life,” he says, the smile stretching ever further. “It goes hip-hop, my mum and my missus – they’re all floating up there together! It’s everything to me.” “This is the purest form of rap,” Loyle continues. “I read this interview with Earl Sweatshirt who said rap is black expression – and it was but now I think it’s a colourless expression, a colour-full expression, it’s for everyone and everything. But it’s rhythm and poetry. So whatever rhythm I’m given, I can put poetry to it and then that is rap to me.” Locking himself away in the studio, Loyle Carner gathered a close-knit batch of collaborators. Kwes, Tom Misch, and Jordan Rakei helped refine his palette, with the process developing deep, trusting friendships. As he freely admits, Loyle is a little hungover today – he was actually at Jordan Rakei’s wedding reception the night before. “It was just making music for the sake of music,” he insists. “I wasn’t thinking about putting an album together. And then I just kind of fell into a pocket of this… atmosphere, that was present on a lot of the tunes. It wasn’t necessarily the sound, but they all follow the same pattern. It’s just the sense of getting a snapshot of time.” But snapshots can change. Yesterday’s Gone was adorned with a photo featuring Loyle surrounded by the people closest to him, people who helped that record exist; if taken today, though, a few faces would be
The lack of one central production voice, though, allows Not Waving, But Drowning to veer into some remarkable places. Jorja Smith’s vocal on ‘Loose Ends’ is sublime, while a last-minute session with Charlotte Day Wilson produces a moment of beautiful clarity. Each voice is chosen carefully, adding something vital to the project as a whole. “Maybe I just have a bit of an ear for what fits together,” he says. “It’s about trust. Some people look at it and go: oh here’s Loyle Carner with his second album using his feature cards. But they’re all friends of mine. And these songs would have been made either way.” “I got beats from some of my favourite producers of all time but they weren’t right,” he reveals. “It’s difficult to explain that. Maybe I’m in my head too much. But I’m not going to do it for the sake of it. Those tunes are there because I believe in them, because they mean something to me.” At every point, Loyle Carner was working quickly, removing the barriers between his emotions and his art. “Getting in, writing it, and recording it. And hating it, then listening to it a few times and thinking, actually, this is how I felt,” he explains. “Like, me and my missus had an argument and I went in and recorded my lines without a pop shield. You can hear in my voice that Kwes was looking at me like, are you OK? And I was like, nah, not really... but I had to finish the verse.” “It was about the importance of the first take, the importance of getting stuff out when it’s fresh,” he says. “That was a big
deal for me. Things are not perfect, the world isn’t perfect, music is not perfect. All the best things that come out are mistakes, I think.” Amid these mistakes comes a renewed sense of focus, however, something Loyle Carner attributes to his partner, and the love referenced so passionately on the new album. “She knows everything there is to know about me,” he laughs. “Genuinely everything!” “I’m famous for not finishing a verse before I record it,” he continues. “But she told me: you’re a wordsmith, you have to care about
your words. She was integral, the only reason I went back through it with a fine tooth-comb. Are there any words here that I need to change or make more of? And once I did that I had this attitude of: every word there, has to be there. No other word can fit its place.” Words are his currency and Loyle Carner spends them well. Not Waving, But Drowning delves even deeper than his debut, exploring identity, fatherhood, mental health and so much more. The difficulty, he admits, is finding where to draw the line. BristolininStereo: Stereo: 29 Bristol 29
“ I’m
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Once I’ve got some kids and a dog… bruv, I’ve done it all! ”
“I guess I try not to say too many names, that’s the only thing,” he insists. “I get paid a stupid amount of money sometimes to make music about myself and how I feel and my release is my wage. There has to be a catch. And the catch is that people get to hear some shit about me. It is what it is, I guess. It’s like being a superhero. There has to be something wrong. It can’t just be perfect.” That’s the thing: if his life is perfect, Loyle Carner can’t create. “I used to get really upset with writer’s block but I realised that writer’s block is the nicest thing – for me – because it means that things are content, at the time.” “That’s the interesting thing: if nothing is happening then I don’t exist. I’m writing in
response. It’s like being a fisherman with no fish!” And things are pretty content right now. Loyle is able to meet his heroes – from discussing the power of words with Benjamin Zephaniah through to shooting a video with Yotam Ottolenghi. “It’s meeting people that I love,” he gushes with that ever-present smile. “I’m sorted. Once I’ve got some kids and a dog… bruv, I’ve done it all!” Not Waving But Drowning is released April 19th via AMF Records. FESTIVALS: Glastonbury, June 26th-30th. Lovebox, July 12th. NASS, July 13th. Latitude, July 19th. The Downs, August 31st. @LoyleCarner
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DAVE PSYCHODRAMA out now Neighbourhood Recordings
In 2016 we sat in Camden Assembly, where a queue was snaking around the venue and out the door. Everyone there to go see someone called ‘Dave’. We laughed at the simple name, and thought not much more of it. Turns out we were mugs. When ‘100M’s’ fizzed its way into our lives, we realised our mistake. The following EP, Game Over, boasting the searing ‘Question Time’, moved that on further: this was someone special, with something worth saying and saying it with equal amounts of eloquence and ire. Could that momentum be continued onto his debut album? Danny Wright got Tara Joshi and Eki Igbinoba together to find out... How long have you been a fan? Eki: I think it was 2015/2016 when he did his debut Fire in the Booth? I just remember being taken aback by his flow and his use of metaphors. He's so articulate in a non-intimidating, relatable way. And his song with J Hus… Tara: It was a little later for me - just after ‘Six Paths’ dropped, so end of 2016? It was definitely something about him being so quietly articulate that drew me in, and also doing things a little out there in terms of musicality? And I can't lie, the J Hus and Drake associations helped me pay attention, haha.
After all the singles and collaborations, did the album live up to expectations? Eki: I’m glad he took his time. Some UK rappers have built up a lot of hype and sadly haven't delivered. It was more conscious than I was expecting, and it’s going to really define him as a UK MC everyone should pay attention to. Tara: With Game Over he asserted himself as someone with very poetic, conscious ability, but you're right, I wasn't expecting the album to lean into that side as much, but I'm really glad he did. It's pretentious to say, but it's still relatively rare that consumers consider MCs as ‘artists’, but this is an album of artistry. Eki: Same. Blackness in UK music is still not as talked about as our US counterparts. As a black girl, having a prominent black man speak about loving yourself despite society setting you up for failure is a very important message. Dave and I are from the same part of Nigeria so, in terms of identity, I resonate with him a lot.
What did you make of the reaction to ‘Black’? Eki: Lol. I don’t expect anything more from the British public to be honest, but shout out to the Radio 1 DJs, white and black, defending him. Tara: Yeah that was very cool at least, good to see who the real allies are. But you know, they shouldn't have had to. A young black man expressing himself and, let's be real, not even being offensive, and people want to call him out? Bizarre. Eki: The reaction just proves we still have a long way to go, which is why it’s such an important song. Tara: Racism here is just a lot more insidious. But then it's like "oh lol, where did all these deportations come from!?" Eki: Shout out Amber Rudd! What do you think of the psychotherapist concept? Tara: It’s a really clever way of linking the themes. Eki: Mental health with music is such a key conversation right now, especially amongst men. I thought it was subtle but very effective. And I love when rappers do skits, it adds so much to the story. Tara: I can’t speak to the experience of a young British black man, but even just as a person of colour, I’m aware conversations about mental health are a lot more stigmatised, and with men that conversation has a long way to go – so it's so great that he's openly being ‘in conversation’ with a therapist. Eki: Exactly, like the album is his therapy session, and it creates a conversation. Within Nigerian culture we don't really talk about mental health, so I feel like this will inspire a conversation. Is there one track that stands out? Eki: ‘Streatham’ and ‘Screwface Capital’. ‘Streatham’ carefully explains what it’s like to be a young black boy in the ends, and this song is a nice little ‘fuck you’ to The Sun and The Daily Mail who demonise young black boys. Tara: ‘Screwface Capital’, yesss! Also ‘Location’ for that line about Indian girls! And ‘Lesley’ is something else. There are very few artists who could pull off 11-minute tracks that get so deep without losing interest. It's a credit to his incredible skills as a storyteller.
Any lines that have stayed with you? Eki: So many – I’d say ‘Black’ stands out the most. It doesn’t romanticise our trauma, it highlights it and proves we're still wonderful in spite of the shit we face. Those words mean a lot to me. I’m all for black artists promoting self-love. Tara: Solange-style "FUBU", which I can't fully relate to in the same way, but fully appreciate. Also on a much less serious note, if I had to pick one line "Girl from India, sweet as naani / Head so good, now I speak Gujarati," rendered me dead for a bit… Finally, how important an artist do you think he can be? Eki: He's 20 and has already put out such a strong body of work. He's intelligent and he knows what he wants, which for someone so young can only be inspiring. Tara: The scope of what he could evolve into when he’s already doing so much is hard to comprehend. I’m normally wary about talking about how ‘important’ an artist is, because a lot of the language around empowerment and protest has been wildly misused and turned meaningless – but I think he’s very, very important, in a sincere way. LIVE: O2 Academy, Bristol, April 26th O2 Academy Brixton, London, May 2nd & 3rd. @Santandave1
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LOVE + FEAR Atlantic Records April 26th
CRAIG FINN I NEED A NEW WAR Partisan Records April 26th Sure, it only takes 18 seconds of ‘Blankets’ to find ourselves at the race track, and not many more for things to get druggy... But, for all those generous nods to the Hold Steady’s beloved motifs, Craig Finn’s made a glorious solo record that sounds nothing like his regular band and, more so, doesn’t leave us kinda wishing it did. From the Northern soul horns, that kick as hard as Dexy’s ever did, on ‘Something To Hope For’, to the swoony waltz of ‘Indications’, I Need A New War oozes a rich, relaxed confidence that does everything you want from Finn, but repeatedly surprises and thrills. Of course there are tender studies of humans trying to get by, but this is the hungover slog when the partying ain’t so funny anymore, trying not to fall apart in big cities, and where “Anne Marie’s dancing while Shane gets pissed.” I Need A New War is poignant, potent and the best music Finn’s put his name to in years. Dave Rowlinson
One of the first gigs I ever went to was Marina & The Diamonds. I saved up my Saturday café job money and cried as she sang ‘I Am Not A Robot’ onstage in Birmingham. But as I have grown, so has Marina. Leaving behind the suffix ‘and The Diamonds’ along with her platinum-blonde hair and black eyeliner love hearts, just Marina has never been more herself. Boosted by previously-released singles ‘Superstar’ and ‘Baby’, her dual-concept album LOVE + FEAR holds our hand as we venture through a jungle of infatuation, confusion and growth. ‘Karma’ unpicks her ‘Heartbreaker’ persona alongside Latin-inspired guitars while ‘True’ lays bare the Welsh singer-songwriter in all her gooey electro-pop glory. Instead of pushing for new versions of an idolised self, Marina has taken a much-needed step backwards. Caitlin Clark
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STOCKHOLM MARATHON Studio Barnhus // April 26th Does Studio Barnhus, the Stockholm label helmed by Axel Boman, Petter Nordkvist and Kornél Kovács, ever put out a bad release? Following on from the fantastic compilation released last year, the latter of the trio returns with an album that builds on their wonky-pop and offbeat house blueprint. Recorded in the aftermath of a break-up and a period of self-reflection, Stockholm Marathon is the epitome of bittersweet; ‘Ducks’ strikes a tone that’s both down-tempo as well as undeniably danceable while ‘Szombat’’s juddering push-and-pull mechanism feels like aching limbo between an ex-lover, while the chorus of ‘Marathon’: “I’m falling in love, such a mistake, you got me moving around, feeling so sick,” seems set to be a refrain repeated on dancefloors for years to come. Lee Wakefield
WEYES BLOOD TITANIC RISING Sub Pop April 5th
Just as there was a time when it felt like all pop songs were written about drugs (then sex, then love, then crying in the club), soon there will come a day when all music will be about the end of the world. Natalie Mering, aka Weyes Blood’s third album Titanic Rising — an appropriately absurd and cinematic title, and nod to the James Cameron film which influenced it — is the ecocritical flagship for a world in which the iceberg has already melted. Retro-futuristic synths combine with classic, 70s songwriting in the same vein as Carole King; the overdubbed vocals of Karen Carpenter, the twists and turns of Laura Nyro, the stridency of Harry Nilsson, the heart of Judee Sill; the sound that’s come to be defined as ‘timeless’. It’s an impressive tapestry of influences which make themselves apparent from the album’s get-go, but they’re tinged with the pathos of deliberately-dated synths, and the understanding that no art can truly be timeless in a world that is soon to melt down to the size of a dewdrop. The composition on Titanic Rising rivals even the most ambitious and cerebral of today’s songwriters, but in a way that never seems impressive for the sake of being impressive. Instead, Mering lulls you towards her point of view with a soft insistence. It’s Mering’s quietness that convinces, and no more so than on the album’s standout track, ‘Movies’. Waves of synth swallow her memories of watching movies as a child, and her plea never to leave. It’s the sound of a ship capsized. Emma Madden
SOAK
GRIM TOWN Rough Trade Records April 26th “A dystopia that I’ve created in my brain,” explains SOAK of her second album, Grim Town. “Me on the inside, processed into a pretend location.” Bridie Monds-Watson does possess an exceptional ability to transport the listener to a beautifully cold, movingly desolate place with her incredibly assured, thought-provoking and astute songwriting. Pair this with a beautifully unique vocal and intricate, diverse production and it’s a record of great depth and variety. ‘Deja Vu’ is an uplifting pop ditty wrapped in typical SOAK subtlety, ‘Knock Me Off My Feet’ recalls Wild Nothing with its gently-driving indie-pop hue, while lead single ‘Everybody Loves You’ is a stunning example of Monds-Watson’s melancholy balladry. SOAK has invited us all to Grim Town, but sonically it’s an entirely beautiful place to be. George O’Brien Bristol in Stereo: 37 Bristol in Stereo: 37
SEAN ADDICOTT TAPESLEEP Self-release April 19th Addicott illustrates his interpretation of dreams, sleep and sleeplessness through shifts in tone, rhythm and emotion, making a typically-passive and genre-enveloping effort. The single, ‘Restless Bursts’, particularly shows Addicott’s ability to harness contradictory, sonic elements; drone and staccato, stillness and erratic movement. More than anything though, the album presents itself as an interpretive work on our thoughts, as they become uncontrollable in the night while we border consciousness and unconsciousness. Tapesleep is an enjoyable listen if you’re into ambient and is one of the better albums of its kind in such minimalist genres. Does it do anything new? Not particularly, but it’s a solid project from what sounds like a student of all the right groundbreakers. Albert Testani
MEMORY OF ELEPHANTS BEACHBALLIN’ Self-release April 19th Funded by an online pledge campaign and fuelled by passion and determination, local math-rock trio Memory of Elephants release their very first album, Beachballin’. Teasing boisterous riffs and progressive melodies, the intensely-creative and expertly-refined ‘Scrapsuit Mafia’ marks the first single to be released, packed with vibrant energy and infectious instrumentation. Despite Beachballin’ being a debut, there is no indication throughout these tracks that the trio could be amateurs. Having spent six years touring, mastering their sound and working towards what they’re calling a ‘collective dream’, Memory of Elephants appear to be on the verge of a breakthrough. If ‘Scrapsuit Mafia’ is anything to go by, the band certainly have a great year ahead. Kelly Ronaldson
VISIBLE CLOAKS, YOSHIO OJIMA & SATSUKI SHIBANO FRKWYS VOL. 15: SERENITATEM RVNG Intl // April 5th Bring your headphones to this FRKWYS party, as Portland’s digital duo Visible Cloaks team up with two Japanese veterans, producer Yoshio Ojima and pianist Satsuki Shibano. Close listening helps to absorb the tiny details that make this album’s pairing such an intriguing study in ambient music. On opener, ‘Toi’, it’s Ojima and Shibano that quickly establish themselves as the dominant force with their impressively quiet atmospheric pop. On the margins are the American pair who selectively jump in and out to run interference with their processed blips and gurgles. Over its eight tracks, the focus is largely on Shibano’s treated Laurie Anderson-esque vocals, as the album eventually settles into an ethereal drift. But I prefer these duos separately, rather than together. Four’s a crowd. Geoff Cowart
OTOBOKE BEAVER
IKETOMA HITS Damnably April 26th Due to their chimeric sound, personal aliases, and skewed Western press that assumes a band made up of women must be totalled as feminist, Kyoto’s Otoboke Beaver are righteously “punk as fuck” and still alluringly enigmatic. Six new songs present themselves on Iketoma Hits among tracks from Love Is Short and Bakuro Book EPs, most of which have been cleaned up for the occasion and feature new contributions from drummer Kahokiss. Yet the running order – far from betraying itself as a compilation – is extremely tight and makes for a wholly mind-blowing listen. If the eighteen-second and aptly titled ‘Mean’ makes you to question what this noise is yet draws you to listen further, you’re perhaps on the right track. Iketoma Hits, and it hits hard. Harriet Taylor
W.H. LUNG
INCIDENTAL MUSIC Melodic April 5th Blur sounds like a great name for a chain of opticians. Mumford & Sons could easily be undertakers. Oasis (allegedly) named themselves after a leisure pool in Swindon. W.H. Lung sounds like the purveyor of stationery and offal, and are named after their local Chinese supermarket. Any self-respecting supermarket plays incidental music. If supermarkets played as mesmeric, non-incidental music as the content of W.H. Lung’s Incidental Music, then arguably more people would go shopping. No more quick trolley-dashes, dodging the arguing families and the unpleasant chilled aisles. You’d definitely hang about. After merely two of the ten-minutes-plus of synth-pop/post-rock opener, ‘Simpatico People’, you’ve already had a warming dose of Kraftwerk, The Cure, Mogwai and Public Service Broadcasting. Well worth checking out. Jon Kean
TR/ST
THE DESTROYER - I Grouch/House Arrest April 19th In the five years since the release of Joyland, Ontario musician Robert Alfons, otherwise known as TR/ST, developed an unwavering appreciation for patience and perseverance. Taking a new approach towards writing and recording this album, Alfons sought absolute quiet to make sense of the inner workings of his mind, resulting in an enthralling two-part record. Opening the first instalment, the dark-wave influence of ‘Colossal’ sinks under the skin through a series of pounding, electrifying beats, before lead single ‘Gone’ moves towards a lighter anthemic sound, combining emotive vocals with a dizzying sense of longing. Tracks such as ‘Unbleached’ and ‘Bicep’ blend new-wave undertones with an electro-pop dance vibe, while ‘Control Me’ and ‘Wake With’ entrance with a series of dream-pop influences Kelly Ronaldson Bristol in Stereo: 39 Bristol in Stereo: 39
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LE SPECTRE £5ADV / 8.00PM / GRAIN BARGE HEAVY SMOKE + BLACKBIRD + GRAVITONE + JACK HUMPHRIES £2 / 7.00PM / THE GRYPHON CHLOE FOY FREE / 7.00PM / HY BRASIL OCEAN FLOOR + SWIR + TWIN SIBLINGS VS RAINS £5 / 7.00PM / THE MOTHERS RUIN ELEPHANT TALK £3 / 9.00PM / MR WOLFS MEADOWLARK £11ADV / 7:30PM / ROUGH TRADE
SONIC SUNRISE £5ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA
FONTAINES DC ALBUM AND TICKET / 1:00PM / ROUGH TRADE
GIN JAM - OPEN STAGE NIGHT FREE / 9.00PM / MR WOLFS
FONTAINES D.C. / 7.00PM / THEKLA
JAMES BLAKE £26.50ADV / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY
JOHNNY DOWD + DJ CACTUS COUNTY £10ADV / 7.30PM / THE THUNDERBOLT
DAYGLO: THE POLY STYRENE STORY BOOK AND TICKET / 7:00PM / ROUGH TRADE
FRIDAY 12TH APRIL
THURSDAY 11TH APRIL
MOLLY TUTTLE £16.35INC BF / 8.00PM / BRISTOL FOLK HOUSE
AMELIA WHITE FREE / 8.30PM / THE BRISTOL FRINGE DIANE CLUCK & WES SWING £10 / 5PM & 8PM / CAFÉ KINO GLAMOUR & THE BAYBES FREE / 9.30PM / THE CANTEEN REWIIND - A 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY TRIBUTE TO NEIL KYMATIK / 8.00PM / THE DOGHOUSE GAZ BROOKFIELD + PAUL HENSHAW + TRISTAN GORMAN + B-SYDES £8ADV / 7.00PM / EXCHANGE
LEE MCCRORY FREE / 8.30PM / THE BRISTOL FRINGE APRIL ACOUSTICS FOR MIND £3 / 7.00PM / CAFÉ KINO LIVE MUSIC TBA FREE / 9.30PM / THE CANTEEN SUBHUMANS + A-HEADS + RAGE DC £10ADV / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE YOUNG BROS £5ADV / 11.00PM / EXCHANGE
Bristol in Stereo: 43
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FULL LIVE LISTINGS BLACKBEARDS TEA PARTY & PUNCH THE SKY £5 / 9.00PM / THE GOLDEN LION BENEATH THE DIVINE + BLACK EMERALD + CINDERMIST FREE / 7.00PM / THE GRYPHON COLSTON HALL PRESENTS: KALEEM TAYLOR / 7.00PM / HY BRASIL BLG: THE TRAVIS WALTONS + SUPPORT FREE / 7.00PM / THE LANES VANT £10ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA CREATURE FEATURE: THE ANGRY BADGERS BLAKRABB1T / / THE MOTHERS RUIN HYPOTHETICS + ROSE AFFAIR £3/£4 / 9.00PM / MR WOLFS EDEN ROOTS REGGAE BAND FREE / 11.00PM / NO. 1 HARBOURSIDE SLEEPER £20ADV / 6.30PM / O2 ACADEMY LIVE MUSIC TBA TBC / / OLD MARKET ASSEMBLY NILUFER YANYA + WESTERMAN / 7.00PM / THEKLA THE DUALERS £20ADV / 7.00PM / TRINITY CENTRE SATURDAY 13TH APRIL STATION 2 STATION FREE / 8.30PM / THE BRISTOL FRINGE
BAD LOSERS FREE / 9.00PM / THE GOLDEN LION DESOLATOR + DYCHOSIS + MERITHIAN + OVERTHROW £TBC / 7.00PM / THE GRYPHON SAPPHIRE BLUES £5ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA BIG SPRING PLUS NUNS OF THE TUNDRA AND CRIME FREE / 7.00PM / THE MOTHERS RUIN RAMNASTAX + WHAIL TALE £3/£4 / 9.00PM / MR WOLFS CHAR B FREE / 11.00PM / NO. 1 HARBOURSIDE PARTY WITH THE GREATEST SHOWMAN £15.59ADV / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY HOT NIGHT IN THE CITY: BLUES £5ADV / 9.30PM / OLD MARKET ASSEMBLY RECORD STORE DAY FREE / 8:00AM / ROUGH TRADE MAVERICK SABRE £16ADV / 7.00PM / TRINITY CENTRE SUNDAY 14TH APRIL LIVE MUSIC TBA FREE / 8.30PM / THE BRISTOL FRINGE GOOD WEATHER FOR AN AIRSTRIKE £4 / 7.00PM / CAFÉ KINO CHORLTON COUNTRY CLUB FREE / 4.00PM / THE CANTEEN
CHIMINYO FREE / 9.30PM / THE CANTEEN
THC DREAMS + JETSKY BABYLON + HIGHER GROUND + TRASHED + THREE DEAD £6ADV / 7.00PM / EXCHANGE
GRAVY TRAIN: HOUSEWIVES + BO GRITZ £8.50ADV / 7.30PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS
THE PHANTOM ENSEMBLE FREE / 9.00PM / THE GALLIMAUFRY
WIDT + THE FUNNEL + VIRIDIAN £8ADV / 8.00PM / THE CUBE
REPRISAL + INFECTED DEAD + AURAELIS £5OTD / 7.00PM / THE GRYPHON
FUELLED BY CIDER ALL DAYER + IMPRINTS + CUT THROAT FRANCIS + CORKY £10ADV / 7.00PM / EXCHANGE
1% OF ONE PRESENTS ANNA ST. LOUIS FREE / 7.00PM / HY BRASIL
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FULL LIVE LISTINGS AN EVENING WITH CHARLIE HARPER (UK SUBS) LIVE PLUS Q+A £6ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA MOLLY & THE KINGS FREE / 8.00PM / TOBACCO FACTORY MONDAY 15TH APRIL CANTEEN LATIN SESSION FREE / 9.30PM / THE CANTEEN GET THE BLESSING + THE EVIL USSES £8ADV / 8.00PM / EXCHANGE OPEN MIC: HOSTED BY MIKE DENNIS FREE / 8.00PM / THE GALLIMAUFRY LYSERGIC LIMES: HOOVERIII FREE / 7.30PM / THE LANES CHINA BOWLS £FREE / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA LOVEBUTTER + EVERYPEOPLE + SUPPORTS £3 / 8.00PM / MR WOLFS PAPA ROACH £32.50ADV / 6.00PM / O2 ACADEMY TUESDAY 16TH APRIL OPEN MIC FREE / 8.30PM / THE BRISTOL FRINGE TWO MAN TING FREE / 9.30PM / THE CANTEEN NATHAN BALL + SUPPORT £8ADV / 7.30PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS DAUGHTERS + JESSICA93 £SOLDOUT / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE SEEDLING SESSIONS: STANLAEY & LYLE! FREE / 9.00PM / THE GALLIMAUFRY OPEN MIC FREE / 8.00PM / GRAIN BARGE ORLA GARTLAND £8ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA SONGSMITH FREE / 8.00PM / MR WOLFS
BEAR'S DEN £22.50ADV / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY TOM SPEIGHT FREE / 1:00PM / ROUGH TRADE WEDNESDAY 17TH APRIL FRINGE JAZZ FREE / 8.30PM / THE BRISTOL FRINGE BRISTOL COMMUNITY BIG BAND FREE / 9.30PM / THE CANTEEN LOSS LEADER £6ADV / 7.00PM / EXCHANGE WALDO’S GIFT: OPEN COLLABORATION FREE / 9.00PM / THE GALLIMAUFRY OPEN MIC FREE / 9.00PM / THE GOLDEN LION COLSTON HALL PRESENTS: PRESS CLUB / 7.00PM / HY BRASIL HICKEYS + SWALLOW CAVE FREE / 8.00PM / THE LANES CREEPSHOW £12ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA GIN JAM: OPEN STAGE NIGHT FREE / 9.00PM / MR WOLFS YASIIN BEY PLAYS MOS DEF £25ADV / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY PETE K MALLY + FLOWERPOT £6ADV / 7.30PM / THE THUNDERBOLT THURSDAY 18TH APRIL NYE BANFIELD FREE / 9.30PM / THE CANTEEN IT’S PEACHY: BEN HAYES + SUPPORT / 7.00PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS PUPPY + GREEN LUNG £10ADV / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE SNAZZBACK PRESENTS: THE INDECISION FREE / 9.00PM / THE GALLIMAUFRY HIP HOP JAM FREE / 9.00PM / THE GOLDEN LION Bristol in Stereo: 45
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FULL LIVE LISTINGS DEAF HORSE + PERVERTS + VILLAINOUS + CHIASMODON £3 / 7.00PM / THE GRYPHON ARTS2LIFE FREE / 7.00PM / HY BRASIL CHAY SNOWDON £5ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA STAGFEST DAY 1: THE BACKHAND JAGS, CHANG, LIIP, MONOCLE, GRANDMAS HOUSE, TWIN SIBLINGS AND EVERYTHING ELSE FREE / 6.00PM / THE MOTHERS RUIN THE RIFF + SUPPORT £3 / 9.00PM / MR WOLFS MONSTER TRUCK £15ADV / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY SPILL GOLD £4ADV / 7:30PM / ROUGH TRADE FRIDAY 19TH APRIL THE HANGOVER CLUB FREE / 8.30PM / THE BRISTOL FRINGE PHIL KING FREE / 9.30PM / THE CANTEEN THE HAWKMEN + JC’S HOPELESS SINNERS £8ADV / 7.00PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS UT + ZAD KOKAR + SLAYLOR MOON £8ADV / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE ADRENALIZED £6 / 8.00PM / THE GOLDEN LION COUNTLESS SKIES + SEPULCHRE + RAZE THE VOID £5OTD / 7.00PM / THE GRYPHON BLG: FRANKIE TEARDROP DEAD / 7.00PM / THE LANES STAGFEST DAY 2: ALKAHEST, OLANZA, OILMEN, HOPS, FES, ESUNA AND LITTLE ISLAND FREE / 6.00PM / THE MOTHERS RUIN IMAGINE THAT: ADAM & ELIVS + IDLE GOD + JACK KING £3/£4 / 9.00PM / MR WOLFS
KIRRIS RIVIERE BLUES BAND FREE / 11.00PM / NO. 1 HARBOURSIDE LOVE FROM STOURBRIDGE £30ADV / 6.00PM / O2 ACADEMY CC SMUGGLERS £8ADV / 10.00PM / OLD MARKET ASSEMBLY MEMORY OF ELEPHANTS £6.60ADV / 7:30PM / ROUGH TRADE SATURDAY 20TH APRIL MARK FEVEN / 8.30PM / THE BRISTOL FRINGE LIVE MUSIC TBA FREE / 9.30PM / THE CANTEEN BLACK WATER COUNTY £8ADV / 7.00PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS HOWLFEST £15/20 / 12.00PM / EXCHANGE CLUMSY FREE / 9.00PM / THE GOLDEN LION BRAINCASKET + PRIMORDIAL SWARM + ABLATED + MORDHAU FREE / 7.00PM / THE GRYPHON EXTERMINATION DISMEMBERMENT (BELARUS) + PRIMORDIAL + ABLATED + MORDHAU £10 / 7.00PM / THE GRYPHON THE BACK ROOM FREE / 7.00PM / HY BRASIL PET SHIMMERS £5ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA STAGFEST DAY 3: THE KING DUKES, CLAY BOTTOM JUG BUSTERS, MIKE CRAWFORD AND THE VARIOUS SORROWS, SLIMLINE SHUFFLERS AND JAK JAMES FREE / 6.00PM / THE MOTHERS RUIN VIANNE £3/£4 / 9.00PM / MR WOLFS BRISTOL SESSIONS WITH RUTH ROYALL FREE / 11.00PM / NO. 1 HARBOURSIDE PRINCE NIGHT: UNDER THE CHERRY MOON £15ADV / 9.30PM / OLD MARKET ASSEMBLY
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FULL LIVE LISTINGS REPO MAN £5ADV / 7:30PM / ROUGH TRADE
OPEN MIC: HOSTED BY MIKE DENNIS FREE / 8.00PM / THE GALLIMAUFRY
LAKE STREET DIVE £20ADV / 6.30PM / SWX
SONGSMITH FREE / 8.00PM / MR WOLFS
SUNDAY 21ST APRIL
TUESDAY 23RD APRIL
TONY REMY / / THE BRISTOL FRINGE
OPEN MIC / / THE BRISTOL FRINGE
RICHIE AND ROSIE FREE / 4.00PM / THE CANTEEN
EMBER FREE / 9.30PM / THE CANTEEN
ECHO COLLECTIVE PLAYS AMNESIAC BY RADIOHEAD £16.35INC BF / 8.00PM / COLSTON HALL
1%: MIKE KROL + DOGEYED + ARCHIE VALENTINE £7ADV / 7.30PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS
THE HIDEAWAYS + NANA WHITE PEPPER + ERICA £8ADV / 7.00PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS
WEYES BLOOD £11ADV / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE
THE HARD ACHES £5ADV / 2.00PM / EXCHANGE ULCERATE + CARCINOMA + CRYPTWORM £10ADV / 7.00PM / EXCHANGE GRANAREUNITED FREE / 7.00PM / THE GOLDEN LION STAHLSARG + CRIMSON THRONE + SAARKOTH + BLACK PYRE 10 / 7.00PM / THE GRYPHON STAGFEST DAY 4: FOOTBALL FC, DECCAN TRAPS FREE / 6.00PM / THE MOTHERS RUIN SUEDE £37.50ADV / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY SOLVE ALONG MURDER SHE WROTE TBC / 6.00PM / OLD MARKET ASSEMBLY SCRITCH TBC / 8.00PM / OLD MARKET ASSEMBLY SCHMOOZENBERGS FREE / 8.00PM / TOBACCO FACTORY
SUN RA ARKESTRA £27.50INC BF / 8.00PM / FIDDLERS DEXTER SELBOY AND THE SHONKY TRIO FREE / 9.00PM / THE GALLIMAUFRY OPEN MIC FREE / 8.00PM / GRAIN BARGE VINTAGE CROP / 7.30PM / THE LANES MALENA ZAVALA £8ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA LIVE MUSIC IN SUPPORT OF MACMILLAN CANCER RESEARCH / 9.00PM / MR WOLFS WEDNESDAY 24TH APRIL FRINGE JAZZ / / THE BRISTOL FRINGE E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL: IN CONCERT £30.40INC BF / 7.30PM / BRISTOL HIPPODROME
MONDAY 22ND APRIL
SCHMOOZENBERGS FREE / 9.30PM / THE CANTEEN
SLIM'S BLUES SESSION FREE / 9.30PM / THE CANTEEN
THE SOUND CUPBOARD PWYW / 8.00PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS
RAMRIDDLZ £15ADV / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE Bristol in Stereo: 47
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FULL LIVE LISTINGS WALDO’S GIFT REWORKS: JON HOPKINS ‘INSIDES’ FREE / 9.00PM / THE GALLIMAUFRY
FRIDAY 26TH APRIL
OPEN MIC FREE / 9.00PM / THE GOLDEN LION
BLAIR DUNLOP £13.09INC BF / 8.00PM / BRISTOL FOLK HOUSE
TOM SPEIGHT £8ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA
LEE MCCRORY / / THE BRISTOL FRINGE
DUST, SOPHIE DAWES, LEATHERS AND STONY SUGAR SKULL DONATIONS / 7.30PM / THE MOTHERS RUIN
BOMO SWING FREE / 9.30PM / THE CANTEEN
GIN JAM: OPEN STAGE NIGHT FREE / 9.00PM / MR WOLFS HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD £18ADV / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY BARRIE £9.35 / 7:30PM / ROUGH TRADE POP! NOT HATE: SNAILS + VINEGAR + DAN O'FARREL & THE DIFFERENCE ENGINE + THE LOVELY BASEMENT / / STAG & HOUNDS ELECTROCITY: FOURTH ENGINE + NATURE OF WIRES + AUX ANIMAUX £4ADV / 7.30PM / THE THUNDERBOLT THURSDAY 25TH APRIL ALBERT JONES FREE / 9.30PM / THE CANTEEN MURRAY A. LIGHTBURN (OF THE DEARS) £10.90INC BF / 8.00PM / COLSTON HALL
DJ YODA + FRIENDS £16.35INC BF / 8.00PM / COLSTON HALL RAINBOW SLICER +EP/64 + HARPOON / 7.00PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS MARTHA £TBC / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE NEWBORN SESSIONS £3 / 9.00PM / THE GOLDEN LION RAISED BY OWLS + SODOMIZED CADAVER + SPAWNED FROM HATE + BRIANBLESSED + TROMBONOSCOPY SOLD OUT / 7.00PM / THE GRYPHON AUDIPHILES TAKEOVER FREE / 7.00PM / HY BRASIL MOGLI £10ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA MIK ARTISK FREE / 7.00PM / THE MOTHERS RUIN MULVEY'S MEDICINE + PRUDENT PRIMATE £3/£4 / 9.00PM / MR WOLFS
JAKE & THE JELLYFISH + TOODLES & THE HECTIC PITY / 7.00PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS
FREESOUL FAMILIA FREE / 11.00PM / NO. 1 HARBOURSIDE
SNAZZBACK PRESENTS: TWOSPEAK FREE / 9.00PM / THE GALLIMAUFRY
THE FLUX CAPACITORS + THE VAT EGG IMPOSITION + THE SCIENCE OF WORDS / / THE OLD ENGLAND
WE USED TO SEE THE SKY £5ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA SHAY D: WOMEN IN HIP HOP £3 / 9.00PM / MR WOLFS CIRCA WAVES £16ADV / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY RATKA & DEAFKIDS £8ADV / 7:30PM / ROUGH TRADE
JOHN FAIRHURST £8ADV / 11.00PM / OLD MARKET ASSEMBLY STEAM DOWN / 7:00PM / ROUGH TRADE THE SHOWHAWK DUO £18ADV / 6.30PM / SWX RITA LYNCH £5AADV / 7.30PM / THE THUNDERBOLT
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FULL LIVE LISTINGS SATURDAY 27TH APRIL STEVE LEVER / / THE BRISTOL FRINGE ALMATIC FREE / 9.30PM / THE CANTEEN
LONELY TOURIST + HELEN MCCOOKERYBOOK + THE TALL BOY + JONNY KINKAID + THE 12HR FOUNDATION / / THE GOLDEN GUINEA JJ GATSBY FREE / 4.00PM / THE GOLDEN LION
BRISTOL TAKEOVER 2019 FREE / 4.00PM / COLSTON HALL FOYER
ANTE-INFERNO + CRIMSON THRONE + DEAD END + CEREMONY + PROCREATION £7 / 7.00PM / THE GRYPHON
TRUE STRAYS £5ADV / 7.30PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS
THE UNDERGROUND YOUTH £5ADV / 7.30PM / THE LANES
MANGO FACTORY FREE / 9.00PM / THE GOLDEN LION
JS ONDARA £11ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA
DEEP FRIED FREE / 9.00PM / HY BRASIL
TOM WALKER £17.50ADV / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY
KLS / 7.30PM / THE MOTHERS RUIN
MONDAY 29TH APRIL
NIGHTBUS PRESENTS: FULL TILT COLLECTIVE + ARGLE BARGLE £3/£4 / 9.00PM / MR WOLFS
BEN BADOO FREE / 9.30PM / THE CANTEEN
THE JAMESTOWN BROTHERS FREE / 11.00PM / NO. 1 HARBOURSIDE KID INK £25ADV / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY TEETH OF THE SEA £9.90 / 7:30PM / ROUGH TRADE SUNDAY 28TH APRIL WILLIAM TYLER £13.62INC BF / 8.00PM / BRISTOL FOLK HOUSE
OPEN MIC: HOSTED BY MIKE DENNIS FREE / 8.00PM / THE GALLIMAUFRY MARTHAGUNN £8ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA SONGSMITH FREE / 8.00PM / MR WOLFS TUESDAY 30TH APRIL OPEN MIC / / THE BRISTOL FRINGE SAILING STONES FREE / 9.30PM / THE CANTEEN
HOT CLUB SWING JAZZ / JACK CALLAOWAYS BAND / / THE BRISTOL FRINGE
EYRE LLEW £8ADV / 7.00PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS
JAMES DORMAN FREE / 9.30PM / THE CANTEEN
CAPTAIN JAMAICA & THE MELLOTONES FREE / 9.00PM / THE GALLIMAUFRY
M2TM HEAT £5ADV / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE
TEN FÉ £8ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA
FORTH & BACK HIP HOP JAM FREE / 9.00PM / THE GALLIMAUFRY
JAZZ FUNK SOUL SOCIETY £3 / 9.00PM / MR WOLFS THE MIDNIGHT HOUR £13/£17ADV / 7.00PM / TRINITY CENTRE Bristol in Stereo: 49
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FULL LIVE LISTINGS WEDNESDAY 1ST MAY
FAT WHITE FAMILY £17.50ADV / 6.30PM / O2 ACADEMY
HI5GHOST - SOUND SURGERY MASTERCLASS £5INC BF / 7.00PM / COLSTON HALL
JUNIORE 8.80 / 7:30PM / ROUGH TRADE
BEE BEE SEA FREE / 7.30PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS WALDO’S GIFT TRIO FREE / 9.00PM / THE GALLIMAUFRY SNUFF LANE & BLG: ELECTRIC CITIZEN + VODUN + BLACKWATER + HOLYLIGHT £10ADV / 7.30PM / THE LANES RETIREE £11ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA THURSDAY 2ND MAY SNAZZBACK FREE / 9.00PM / THE GALLIMAUFRY INCARDINE COVEN + MISS KILL + I DIGRESS £3 / 7.00PM / THE GRYPHON MAISIE PETERS £9ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA MARTIN & ELIZA CARTHY £16.95INC BF / 7.30PM / THE STATION MARTIN & ELIZA CARTHY £16.95INC BF / 7.30PM / THE STATION BUILT TO SPILL / 7.00PM / THEKLA JOHN OTWAY AND WILD WILLY BARRETT £15ADV / 7.30PM / THE THUNDERBOLT FRIDAY 3RD MAY BODY HARVEST + SEPREVATION + CASKET FEEDER + INFECTED DEAD + HUMAN MYCOSIS £8ADV / 6.30PM / EXCHANGE MONOLITHIAN + GREENHORN + GRIEF RITUAL £4 / 7.00PM / THE GRYPHON SIMONE FELICE £20ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA
CARLA MORRISON £16.35INC BF / 8.00PM / THE STATION TERRORVISION £22.50ADV / 6.00PM / SWX KALA CHNG + PARIAH + CHINCHILLA + GINS £4ADV / 7.30PM / THE THUNDERBOLT SATURDAY 4TH MAY BRUTUS + CASSELS £10ADV / 7.00PM / EXCHANGE GRANT LEE PHILLIPS + JOSH ROUSE £21.80INC BF / 8.00PM / FIDDLERS GETS WORSE + ATOMCK + THIS ENDS HERE + HUMAN CULL £TBC / 7.00PM / THE GRYPHON DEPARTMENT S: TWISTED WHEEL + SUPPORT £10ADV / 9.00PM / THE LANES THE UNDERTONES + NEVILLE STAPLE BAND £25ADV / 6.30PM / SWX BLURT + EYE BROW £9ADV / 7.30PM / THE THUNDERBOLT LOYLE CARNER £20ADV / 7.00PM / TRINITY CENTRE SUNDAY 5TH MAY ONLY SHADOWS £5ADV / 7.00PM / EXCHANGE CASA VOYAGER £8ADV / 11.00PM / EXCHANGE CONNIE CONSTANCE £10ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA VIC GODARD AND THE SUBWAY SECT + SEAN MCCLUSKY + ROB MARCHE + JOHNNY BRITTON AND CHRIS BOSTOCK + THE BIG HOWEVER + THE CORMARANTS £10ADV / 7.30PM / THE THUNDERBOLT
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FULL LIVE LISTINGS MONDAY 6TH MAY
SATURDAY 11TH MAY
DERMOT KENNEDY £15ADV / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY
COWTOWN + GHUM £6ADV / 8.00PM / EXCHANGE
LEGENDS OF REGGAE £24.50ADV / 6.30PM / SWX
AFTER THE ABDUCTION + ASHEN CROWN £5 / 7.00PM / THE GRYPHON
TUESDAY 7TH MAY
BLG: TALLIES + SUPPORT FREE / 7.00PM / THE LANES
1%: HAND HABITS £8ADV / 7.00PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS
LEWSBERG £5ADV / 7:30PM / ROUGH TRADE
CASEY + GATHERERS + ACRES £12ADV / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE
THE FUNK TRAIN LAUNCH PARTY: KING BEE / 7.30PM / ZED ALLEY
THE WILDHEARTS £25ADV / 7.00PM / SWX WEDNESDAY 8TH MAY FLAMINGODS £10ADV / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE GIANT ROOKS £8ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA THURSDAY 9TH MAY THE PICTUREBOOKS £10ADV / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE WARRIOR POPE + ORGANCHRIST + BROKEN LUNGS £TBC / 7.00PM / THE GRYPHON FRIDAY 10TH MAY SPANISH LOVE SONGS + PKEW! PKEW! PKEW! £12ADV / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE FURY + DAKESIS + PALLAS ATHENA + TITANOMACHY £TBC / 7.00PM / THE GRYPHON
SUNDAY 12TH MAY ABYSMAL TORMENT (MALTA) + ATONEMENT + EMBODIMENT + SLOB £TBC / 7.00PM / THE GRYPHON STONEFIELD / 7.30PM / THE LANES PRIESTS 9.90 / 7:30PM / ROUGH TRADE SAMANTHA FISH / 7.30PM / THEKLA MONDAY 13TH MAY JAMES YORKSTON £13ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA SAM FENDER SOLD OUT / 7.00PM / SWX TUESDAY 14TH MAY KAIA KATER £15INC B / 8.00PM / THE CUBE
BETTER OBLIVION COMMUNITY CENTER £22.50ADV / 6.30PM / O2 ACADEMY
WEAKENED FRIENDS + ¡AY CARMELA! + SØFT £8ADV / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE
CUT CAPERS £15ADV / 6.30PM / SWX
GRAVY TRAIN & BLG: SPECTRUM £13ADV / 8.00PM / THE LANES
THE CIRCLES £6ADV / 7.30PM / THE THUNDERBOLT
KRS ONE £15ADV / 7.00PM / TRINITY CENTRE Bristol in Stereo: 51
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FULL LIVE LISTINGS WEDNESDAY 15TH MAY
DEPT S: LUNA ROSA + SUPPORT £3ADV / 9.00PM / THE LANES
PAGAN £7.50ADV / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE
BUCK & EVANS £12ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA
ALFA MIST £13ADV / 7.00PM / TRINITY CENTRE
RAKETKANON 9.35 / 7:30PM / ROUGH TRADE
THURSDAY 16TH MAY
TOO MANY ZOOZ £18.50ADV / 6.30PM / SWX
BODY TYPE £8ADV / 7.30PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS
CRAZY P £18ADV / 7.00PM / TRINITY CENTRE
ELEPHANT SESSIONS £12.50ADV / 7.00PM / EXCHANGE
SUNDAY 19TH MAY
KAMINO + THREE DEAD + HATE SYSTEM + THE LONELY GOATS FREE / 7.00PM / THE GRYPHON
DAMNATIO MEMORIAE & BLG: XENO & OAKLANDER + VOID VISION £10ADV / 8.00PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS
W. H. LUNG £10ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA
GRAVY TRAIN & BLG: CROCODILES £10ADV / 8.00PM / THE LANES
BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH AND THE REVOLUTIONARY MINDS £15ADV / 7.00PM / TRINITY CENTRE
MONDAY 20TH MAY
FRIDAY 17TH MAY
YES WE MYSTIC £9ADV / 7.00PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS
CLUB KURU £8ADV / 7.00PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS
EMBERS OF EDEN + WRECKAGE OF SOCIETY + LIQUID STATE £7ADV / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE
UK SUBS + NECK £15ADV / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE
KIKAGAKU MOYO £13ADV / 7.00PM / THE LANES
MY SILENT WAKE + ACARASH + ATORC £5 / 7.00PM / THE GRYPHON
BEAK> £15ADV / 7.00PM / SWX
GEORGIA £9ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA
TUESDAY 21ST MAY
SECRET AFFAIR / 7.00PM / THEKLA
GAIKA £10ADV / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE
ASIAN DUB FOUNDATION TBA / 7.00PM / TRINITY CENTRE
CAAMP £10ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA
SATURDAY 18TH MAY
MICHAEL CHAPMAN / 7:30PM / ROUGH TRADE
M2TM SEMI FINALS £TBC / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE
WEDNESDAY 22ND MAY
LINE OF FIRE + HAND OF DOOM £TBC / 7.00PM / THE GRYPHON
BLG: BRUSHY ONE STRING + DUBI DOLCEK £10ADV / 7.00PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS
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FULL LIVE LISTINGS STEVE LAMACQ £15ADV / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE
SATURDAY 25TH MAY
LITTLE STEVEN AND THE DISCIPLES OF SOUL £36.50ADV / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY
BRISTOL BOOZE CRUISE £25DAY/£55WEEKEND / 1.00PM / EXCHANGE
THE JULIANNA HATFIELD THREE / 7.00PM / THEKLA
DOT TO DOT: SUNSHINE FRISBEE LASERBEAM + MIGNON + SONARS + JUJU JONES + YR POETRY + SIRACUSE + CACTUS HAUS + EMILY MAGPIE FREE / 12.00PM / THE LANES
THURSDAY 23RD MAY BLG: KING CHAMPION SOUNDS £7ADV / 7.30PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS
SUNDAY 26TH MAY
CHARITY SHOW + COUPLES + FAMILY JOOLS £FREEENTRY / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE
BRISTOL BOOZE CRUISE £25DAY/£55WEEKEND / 1.30PM / EXCHANGE
ERRATIC BATTING: MILDLIFE £8ADV / 8.00PM / THE LANES
MONDAY 27TH MAY
KAMSI WASHINGTON £28.50ADV / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY HOMESHAKE £14ADV / 7.00PM / SWX ALDOUS HARDING £12ADV / 7.00PM / TRINITY CENTRE FRIDAY 24TH MAY DF: ADMIRAL SIR CLOUDSELEY SHOVELL + SUPPORT £8ADV / 7.30PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS TV SMITH & THE VALENTINES £12ADV / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE NECROSY (ITALY) FREE / 7.00PM / THE GRYPHON FUZZY SUN £8ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA BIG THIEF £15ADV / 6.30PM / SWX BARNSTORMER + ATILLA THE STOCKBROKER + THE NEWTOWN NEUROTICS £10ADV / 7.30PM / THE THUNDERBOLT
VISTAS £6ADV / 7.00PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS EX HEX £12ADV / 7.00PM / EXCHANGE HONEYBLOOD ALBUM AND TICKET / 5:30PM / ROUGH TRADE TUESDAY 28TH MAY GRAVY TRAIN: TRUDY AND THE ROMANCE £9ADV / 7.30PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS NECKS £18ADV / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE CHRIS COHEN £7.50ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA WEDNESDAY 29TH MAY GARETH SAGER £6ADV / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE DAMNATIO MEMORIAE & BLG: TAMARYM + COLD SHOWERS £6ADV / 7.30PM / THE LANES SPINN £8ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA
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FULL LIVE LISTINGS MAREN MORRIS £27.50ADV / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY THURSDAY 30TH MAY
BULL-RIFF STAMPEDE + SEREGON + BANGOVER £5 / 7.00PM / THE GRYPHON DEPARTMENT S: THE STRAWBERRIES £3ADV / 9.00PM / THE LANES
FIR FOR AN AUTOPSY + VENOM PRISON + VULVODYNIA + JUSTICE FOR THE DAMNED £12ADV / 6.30PM / EXCHANGE
WONK UNIT £10ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA
SHAKEY GRAVE £17.35INC BF / 8.00PM / THE STATION
DAMIAN MARLEY £38ADV / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY
HANG MASSIVE £13.50ADV / 7.00PM / SWX
SUNDAY 2ND JUNE
FRIDAY 31ST MAY
METHYL ETHEL £8ADV / 7.00PM / EXCHANGE
THE ALLERGIES (FEAT. ANDY COOPER) £13.08INC BF / 8.00PM / COLSTON HALL FOYER
WARCRAB £5 / 7.00PM / THE GRYPHON
DON'T FLOP £10/12.50/15/17.50/20 / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE WITCH TRIPPER £5 / 7.00PM / THE GRYPHON FRANK & BEANS £5ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA
MONDAY 3RD JUNE GRAVY TRIAN & 1%: GUERILLA TOSS £8ADV / 7.30PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS WEDNESDAY 5TH JUNE
CASH £13ADV / 6.30PM / O2 ACADEMY
DUBKASM - SOUND SURGERY MASTERCLASS £5INC BF / 7.00PM / COLSTON HALL
STILL CORNERS £12ADV / 7:30PM / ROUGH TRADE
MR B THE GENTLEMAN RHYMER £13ADV / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE
THE TEN POUND SUIT BAND £12ADV / 6.30PM / SWX
DARKCELL (AUSTRALIA) £TBC / 7.00PM / THE GRYPHON
AN EVENING WITH ALAN MCGEE (OASIS/CREATION RECORDS) £16ADV / 7.30PM / THE THUNDERBOLT
PIP BLOM £9ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA
SATURDAY 1ST JUNE ALTERNATIVE TV + FLUX CAPACITORS + OTALGIA £9ADV / 7.30PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS M2TM SEMI FINALS £TBC / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE YOLA £15.26INC BF / 8.30PM / FIDDLERS
THURSDAY 6TH JUNE DALE WATSON £20ADV / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE THE SOAPGIRLS (S.AFRICA) + ALKAHEST + GOOD MORNING VIETNAM + GARUDA £TBC / 7.00PM / THE GRYPHON FRIDAY 7TH JUNE RAMMIFIED £11ADV / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE
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FULL LIVE LISTINGS SATURDAY 8TH JUNE
FRIDAY 14TH JUNE
TRIPTYCH2 £15ADV / 4.00PM / EXCHANGE
NEVER THE BRIDE + MAD APPLE CIRCUS £12ADV / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE
RED METHOD + KINASIS + THE CRIMSON BRIGADE £TBC / 7.00PM / THE GRYPHON
HALLELUGENIA £5ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA
SHOP FRONT HEROES + GILDA PARADE + SHOP FRONT HEROES & GILDA PARADE £5ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA THE WEDDING PRESENT £22ADV / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY SUNDAY 9TH JUNE BADLAKE HILL + COMMUNE + ELDWIN BARNARD £5ADV / 7.00PM / EXCHANGE ALVIN GIBBS AND THE DISOBEDIENT SERVANTS £10ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA
SATURDAY 15TH JUNE MELVINS £TBC / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE VISIONS OF DISFIGUREMENT + CEREBRAL ATROPHY £TBC / 7.00PM / THE GRYPHON DEPT S: DEEP SEA THIEVES £3ADV / 9.00PM / THE LANES STEREOLAB £22.50ADV / 6.00PM / SWX SUNDAY 16TH JUNE
MONDAY 10TH JUNE
KLAVIUM £TBC / 7.00PM / THE GRYPHON
SCOTT LAVENE & THE PUB GARDEN £3ADV / 7.30PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS
YAWNING MAN + THE BRACKISH / 7.00PM / THE LANES
TUESDAY 11TH JUNE
THURSDAY 20TH JUNE
ALIEN WEAPONRY £13ADV / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE
GRAVY TRAIN: MADONNATRON £7ADV / 7.30PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS
HATCHIE £8.50ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA
TAKING BACK SUNDAY £25ADV / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY
WEDNESDAY 12TH JUNE
FRIDAY 21ST JUNE
BILLIE MARTEN £10ADV / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE
BLG & WP: ALBER JUPITER + BLACK ASTEROIDS + EVIL OWL FREE / 7.00PM / THE LANES
THURSDAY 13TH JUNE SUNSET ROLLERCOASTER £13ADV / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE
SATURDAY 22ND JUNE U2 360 £12.50ADV / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE BLG: ELF POWER + SUPPORT £5ADV / 7.30PM / THE LANES Bristol in Stereo: 55
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The Gallimaufry
Snazzback Afro-funk & psych-jazz
4 April ~ Snazzback
Snazzback’s performances serve as an experimental soundboard for sonic collaboration, inspired by a collective love of music in all its forms.
11 April ~ Snazzback Beat Tape
Snazzback cut their compositions into shreds and make collages mixed with their favourite songs to form their BeatTapes. Inspired by Hip Hop culture, its a continuous vessel for improvisation, feat. a special guest MC.
18 April ~ Snazzback presents: The Indecision
“The Indecision have energetic vocals, a powerful rhythm section and a great horn section…they cover all grounds. Ska fans of any and all genres should give these guys a listen.” - ReadJunk
25 April ~ Snazzback presents: TwoSpeak
TwoSpeak’s sound is a volatile amalgamation of rhythmic intricacy and powerful melody. Their upcoming release ‘Twoism’, promises to deliver ‘upbeat tunes and infectious energy’ (LondonJazzNews) with influences from electronic, world and jazz music.
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in Bristol
with
Luca Ciscognetti @ Lysergic Limes
When did you move to Bristol?
Any top venues?
I left the sun of Napoli for its colder, UK cousin almost three years ago.
I’m a fierce independent venue supporter so you’ll usually find me in any of those.
Who’s your top Bristol artist at the moment?
How are things going with Lysergic Limes?
Lazarus Kane, Spang Sisters and Cruelty. Great friends doing great music; check them out.
Lysergic Limes was born with the intention of putting on some shows from time to time, just like any part-time promotion. After less than a year, the support of the community has been so outstanding and, thanks to The Lanes and The Crofters Rights’ management, the brand has quickly become one of the most relevant ones in Bristol for neopsychedelia and lo-fi.
What are your go-to places to eat and drink? I would say Franco Manca when I miss having a proper Neapolitan pizza, then Triple Co. Roast in Stokes Croft for a great coffee. What’s the perfect way to spend a day here? Being a flâneur while drinking Mexican soda. What’s your favourite thing about the city? Its strong sense of community. I don’t think you’ll find the same vibe in any other place in the UK. And your least favourite? The traffic lights.
Starting from this year I will be alternating shows between Lysergic Limes and my new darkwave and EBM venture, Damnatio Memoriae, which is pleasing the goth side of myself a lot, so that’s gloomy good. Lysergic Limes presents four shows at The Lanes in April: Material Girls & Gork (9th); Hooverii (15th); Vintage Crop (23rd) and The Underground Youth (28th).
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live reviews
curated by Jon Kean, Live Editor MASSIVE ATTACK, STEEL YARD PHOTO: LEE RAMSEY
A tantalising spectacle – Massive Attack trade nostalgia for all-too-real projections of a dark and apocalyptic film-maker behind BBC documentaries such as Hypernormalisation. While becoming more future. about visuals than a celebratory homecoming Before the Bristol trip-hop icons even set foot on stage, the surrounding speakers blasted hits from the year 1998. However, this wry nostalgic trip, acknowledging the album’s 21-year history, was merely an ironic quip. Massive Attack’s reprisal of their seminal 1998 release, Mezzanine, was far from a celebration of years gone by. Instead, the band utilised the album’s inherent darkness to soundtrack the myriad anxieties of today.
show, this did not matter. In fact, the show’s political premise made for a more gripping and essential live experience.
As the darkness descended on Filton’s Steel Yard, an industrial-sounding drone pulsed its way throughout the venue amid a backdrop of hypnotic blue flickers. Then, in an extraordinary change of tone, the band broke into The Velvet Underground’s ‘I Found A Reason’. The chipper doo-wop tune referenced an idyllic future, with the refrain of “found a reason to keep livin’.”
Twenty-one years on, Mezzanine’s ethereal wave of ghostly compositions was transformed into an even darker beast. ‘Angel’ was a showcase in intense darkness, its industrial tone piercing the ears and minds of the audience. Elizabeth Fraser’s spellbinding performance on ‘Teardrop’ acted as the calm before the storm – a glimmer of light in an otherwise apocalyptic show. Yet in today’s current political climate, Massive Attack’s take on the world seemed somewhat apt. A band unafraid to utilise their past as a means of dealing with the crises of today. Guy Marcham
This initial sentimentality would soon be torn apart by Massive Attack’s portrayal of computerised darkness and political disillusionment, especially through the array of visual effects directed by Adam Curtis, the
The band’s cover of Ultravox’s ‘ROckWrok’ proved jaw-dropping, adopting an angstdriven punk-rock edge. The performance’s visual element saw Curtis burrow further into today’s harrowing geo-political climate, with the terrorising stares of Trump and Putin being projected onto the screen behind.
BOY HARSHER, THE LANES PHOTO: NAOMI WILLIAMS
Breaking up the usual Sunday routine of admin and ironing felt refreshing when queuing up for this sold-out event. The Lanes is no stranger to bringing adventurous artists to its stage, so the atmosphere of bubbling excitement was to be expected. As Boy Harsher took to the stage, the duo floated into Yr Body Is Nothing’s ‘A Realness’. From the outset, moody delivery and expansive bass were chopped by chiming keys from Augustus Muller’s powerhouse production. It was easy to see why Bristol was enraptured, as their material delved into synth-pop territory commonplace in British music. Comparable to early Simple Minds, their latest full-length, Careful sees Boy Harsher graduate into poppier compositions. ‘LA’ in particular demonstrated a blend of BH’s typical cult-like noise with melodic techno seeping through. The album is an ode to struggle, in how rising from the darkest of places can be overcome. As seen in ‘Fate’ and ‘Lost’, the duo triumphed in showing how minimalism can sometimes make the most impact in the live setting. Jae remained quiet in the interludes, as the set convoyed through dreamwave beats and rampant basslines. With the upcoming week’s duties looming, the crowd seemed forever on the cusp of completely letting loose, but remained relatively tame. This factor by no means impeded Boy Harsher’s sonically-mesmerising set. The undeniable romance surrounding this act lies in their escapism, which revives nostalgic eras, all the while producing modern, danceinducing works. While Boy Harsher’s set was a tour of emotions, the one that stuck with me long after the gig itself was sheer rage. Throughout the set, a group took it upon themselves to constantly scream at Jae to remove her clothes. It was agonisingly painful. I hope that one day BH can return to the city for a less-tainted experience. Ffion Riordan-Jones Find full reviews and more at: bristolinstereo.com Bristol in Stereo: 59
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Investing in Future Talent By Owen Parry, Talent Development Producer @ Multi-Track + Matt Aitken, Music Programmer, Colston Hall Colston Hall has played host to countless icons in its 152-year history. Our stage has charted the story of popular music from Ella Fitzgerald to the Rolling Stones; Kate Bush to The XX. But, with grassroots music venues increasingly under threat, there is understandably a growing anxiety about the development of future music talent in the UK.
We recognise that the future health of our main stage depends on the health of current smaller stages and we are using the opportunity of our two-year redevelopment to be proactive and help develop the next generation of talent. While our own performance 2017 11:10 spaces are out of action, we’re programming in venues across Bristol through our Colston Hall Presents programme. By building our network of artists, agents, managers and venues, we have been able to take a diverse programme on the road across the city. We see ourselves as part of a music ecosystem and are really proud to be able to work with grassroots venues to book acts into their spaces and bring audiences and artists to new venues around Bristol. What’s more, with funding from the PRS Foundation we are also
booking local acts in support and headline slots. Bristol acts like Eva Lazarus, Javeon, Scalping, Jesuits, Ålesund, Tamu Massif, as well as more established artists like This Is The Kit and Francois and the Atlas Mountains have all been booked through our Colston Hall Presents programme. But the work goes deeper. Through our bespoke talent development programme Multi-Track, we ensure that Bristol underground artists are given the support they need to break through. In our first year we supported three artists – Splitz P, Charece and Solomon O.B – with one-to-one mentoring, studio time, performance opportunities, and masterclasses in marketing and PR. This year, we’re supporting five artists and our aim is to work closely with them to access the tools and knowledge they need to push for creative and commercial success and keep our culture alive. Now, to celebrate the grassroots scene in Bristol and showcase the talent bubbling up in a city that has seen fantastic success for homegrown acts like IDLES and Yola in recent times, we’re pleased to be working with Bristol in Stereo and a host of partners on the Bristol Takeover – a free one-day minifestival this month at Colston Hall.
The Bristol Takeover 2019 takes place on April 27th from 4pm to 1am. Lineup announcement coming soon via: colstonhall.org / @Colston_hall Bristol in Stereo: 61
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