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welcome Bristol comes to life this month, as touring season starts anew. With so much great stuff coming up in terms of both shows and releases, it’s hard to know where to start. Sharon Van Etten graces our cover in preparation for her show next month; she talks to Lauren Down about writing her new album by accident. Find out more about the life changes that led up to her most distinct record to date. Elsewhere, our new favourite queer antipopstar, Sir Babygirl chats to us about the origins of her rather composite sound, while New Orleans’ DAWN details how her latest effort celebrates her Big Easy roots and pushes for women of colour to be betterrecognised for alternative music. All this, plus February’s most exciting releases from Bristol and beyond, special guests, a brimming live listings section and tons more. Hunker down to stream, dance and sing your way through the final roar of winter.
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FULL LISTINGS
SHARON VAN ETTEN
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NEW SOUNDS 57
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new sounds by Christian Northwood Protection Spells Like winter itself, London three-piece, Protection Spells, are a cold, mysterious force to be reckoned with. The band treated us to two singles at the end of last year, both dripping with otherworldly echoes and spacious, entwining guitars that recall the likes of Warpaint. But with Protection Spells, they choose to strip away any hint of psychedelia, instead adding earthy, folky elements to create beautifully-sparse landscapes. Understated vocals from Gwen Austin swirl around, never settling, as their presence and the folklore-referencing lyrics they carry send chills along your
skin. ‘Bleed Through the Sheet’ dips into spiritual history, imagining the relationship between Mary and the Holy Ghost as heard by Mary’s mother, Anne, through her bedroom wall. Meanwhile, ‘Under the Hilltop’ takes inspiration from the ballad of Tam Lin: a fantastical Scottish tale in which an injured young man is taken under a hill to become the consort of a fairy queen. Austin’s lyrics transform these tales anew, while the instrumentation adds its modern touch, with sharp guitars cutting through the hazey reverb. The band have already supported Jane Weaver and Jessica Williamson, as well as playing a few churches along the way, but 2019 looks to be the year their tales truly enchant. LISTEN TO: Bleed Through the Sheets LIVE: Southwest shows TBA @ ProtectionSpellsBand
Two Day Coma Bristol three-piece, Two Day Coma, have been charming rooms all over the city with their tender, melodic take on folk for a while now. Indeed, their debut EP A Few Days That We Don’t Speak Of came out nearly two years ago now, but the band have started 2019 with new-found vigour, releasing single ‘Shudder’ last month and showing why they’re one of the city’s most exciting young bands. It’s a swelling, twinkling blend of folk and indie, the overlapping vocals and rising choruses allowing the band’s intricacies to blossom perfectly. Let’s hope we hear more from them soon. LISTEN TO: Shudder @ twodaycoma
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“My mom raised me to deeply respect Whitney Houston as the most important diva...”
Sir Babygirl words: Kezia Cochrane photography: Eli Raskin
wanted my name to be the resume, the cover letter,” Kelsie Hogue says of her creative alias Sir Babygirl, and it certainly does that, conveying the playful pop vitality and subversion of gender that Hogue’s music, and identity, embody. Throughout her debut Crush On Me there’s an immediately tangible theatricality and high-octane charisma. “Sir Babygirl is just like a blown up, exaggerated version of certain aspects of me,” Hogue expresses. “I think of Sir Babygirl as like a gay clown”, a caricature that aptly sums up the innate fusion of astute humour and melodrama within her music. “Clowns are incredible because they’re so, so broken and sad and are constantly working through that to find resilience and that’s a huge thing for me,” she muses, “using humour as a form of healing and resilience as opposed to deprecation.” Channelling the spirit of influential pop and punk icons, from Kathleen Hanna to Britney Spears, the album offers narratives of queer
experience, alighting on social anxieties, with an overarching air of enthusiasm and absurdity. “My mom raised me to deeply respect Whitney Houston as the most important diva,” Hogue details. Having studied musical theatre, spent time as a stand-up comedian, as well as going through a wide-ranging spectrum of musical phases “I wanted to be a jazz saxophonist in third grade ‘cause I discovered Lisa Simpson,” Hogue anecdotally recounts – she states “discovering PC Music made me go back to all of the pop music that I formatively grew up with.” And through this rediscovery she reached the distinctive bubblegum pop fused with hardcore punk energy that comprises Sir Babygirl’s kaleidoscopic sonic cosmos. “It had that harder edge that I felt I could access emotionally and then it was like ‘holy shit’, all of that music that I thought, because of my internalised misogyny in college, was stupid it’s the best shit I’ve ever heard.” Not only did this offer the perfect sound but also the scope to explore and adopt personas and identities within that space: “I’d done all this work and was a total theatre kid so I loved playing all these characters but none of
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them fit perfectly. And then I was like everything else can go into pop music and to me, I don’t think it’s true for everyone, but for me it helped. I think pop music, ’cause it’s so image based, it’s a world-building type of music,” she enthuses. “It’s all there, I feel like it’s the perfect container for everything.” As we discuss the significant rise in prominence of queer pop artists in recent years Hogue reflects “I think it’s in conversation with the Internet, I think it’s hugely fuelled by stan Twitter and Instagram. With the Internet, more queer people, and more marginalised voices in general, are allowed to have more of a platform and there are more communities online that help nurture that. I think when people ask me what does it feel like to be a queer musician it’s like well, we’ve always been here,” she pertinently articulates. “I think it’s funny ‘cause we always place whiteness and heteronormativity and cis-normativity as the default, but it’s not the default it’s just the most privileged. It’s funny because every campaign has an angle and a sexuality or an explicit non-sexuality so now we’re actually getting a wider range of that.”
“I think pop music, ’cause it’s so image based, it’s a worldbuilding type of music... it’s all there, I feel like it’s the perfect container for everything.” Alighting on the intersection between comedy and pop, something undeniably essential in the lyrical narratives and delivery of Sir Babygirl, Hogue emphasises “Comedy’s always been inherent in whatever I do,” adding “for me, sense of humour is so imperative in pop because I both take pop music deadly seriously and it’s a joke. It’s both things constantly. I think the best pop artists always have a tongue in their cheek”. And Sir Babygirl is absolutely one such artist. Crush on Me is released February 15th via Father/Daughter Records @sir_babygirl
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events things happening soon that you don’t want to miss out on DIAMIN
PLU VALENTINES Based across Bristol and London, People Like Us have been getting people excited about disco and more since 2010. This month they present a queer party headed up by DJ and vinyl enthusiast, Amapola Ibieta, better known as DIAMIN. Her sets explore the deep roots of house and techno, allowing her to cross paths into synth pop, krautrock and more. A resident at multiple queer nights in her home of Buenos Aires, she’s more than qualified to take charge in the unique setting of 1800s private members’ space, Dare To Club, frequented by Bristol’s fetish and LGBT community alike. FEBRUARY 16TH, DARE TO CLUB
BRITISH DAL FESTIVAL In this crazy, mixed up hard-soft-Brexit world, what better reminder of the positive impact of multiculturalism than delicious Indian food? Stepping across the aisle this month is the humble lentil, as part of the British Dal Festival. While the main festival takes place on the 10th, with more info announced soon, there are also supplementary events on the 9th (Dal Lunch at the Hindu Temple, Redfield), 13th (St Nick’s Market Dal Special, featuring Thali Café) and 16th (Grand Dal Finale). Come get your finger on the pulse of contemporary Anglo-Indian cuisine that’s certain to curry favour. Cheque please. FEBRUARY 10TH, VARIOUS LOCATIONS
PALETTE SERIES LAUNCH The Love Inn’s brand new Palette Series launches this month, seeing one Bristol DJ each month joined by a guest each night. The opening string of nights will be led by the rather familiar Dave Harvey (Team Love, Futureboogie) with guests including Craig Richards, Danielle Moore (of Crazy P), Gatto Fritto and Paranoid London. A friendly little night, every Friday, at a much-loved night-time staple – and all free before 10pm. No excuses. FEB 1ST, 8TH, 15TH, 22ND, LOVE INN
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LEONARDO DA VINCI: A LIFE IN DRAWING Did you know that that bloke from The Da Vinci Code was a real guy, who lived, like, hundreds of years ago? February 1st sees Bristol Museum open a two-month-long exhibition that marks 500 years since the great polymath’s death as part of #Leonardo500. They’ll be displaying twelve of his finest drawings from the Royal Collection – the world’s finest collection of da Vinci’s works – all selected to show the scope of his interests, from painting and sculpture to engineering, zoology, botany and anatomy. 1ST FEB ONWARD, BRISTOL MUSEUM
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Each month, Spike Island’s café invite people of all ages and abilities to take part in new ways of making art. Past instalments include print-making with surface designer Justyna Medon, moulding plaster objects inspired by Benoît Maire and an interactive workshop on making your own DIY cinema. This month they welcome Bristol artist, Jono Sandilands for ‘Inklab’, where attendees will learn a thing or two about the use of conductive inks and the general use of technology in art. The result of the practical portion is an interactive web of drawings and wires. FEB. 2ND, SPIKE ISLAND Bristol in Stereo: 19
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DAWN
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photography: Robert Arnold
here is a new movement of people coming. It’s with creatives, it’s with artists, it’s with women. We are no longer silenced by the things we felt we had to be,” Dawn Richard asserts over the phone from LAX. Now under the moniker of DAWN (FKA D∆WN), the American artist, who as we speak is about to wrap up a tour with her old US chart-topping group Danity Kane, rattles answers out at a frenetic pace. This is a woman with passion and cynical know-how that’s indebted as much to her upbringing in New Orleans as it is to her switch from pop star to independent solo artist...
“I realised that that woman was someone I was never going to be: someone who I wasn’t raised to be...” “You know, as a black woman,” she says, reflecting on her early career, “I’ve had to pander and I’ve had to be quiet. We listened because we were afraid to lose our jobs. I realised that that woman was someone I was never going to be: someone who I wasn’t raised to be.” DAWN is talking about the message at the core of her forthcoming record, new breed. The album, which arrives three years after the conclusion of her solo album trilogy, is an uncompromising calling card for honouring the true self. What separates this record from the triptych is Richard’s move back to New Orleans (her family was displaced by Hurricane Katrina in
2004 and relocated to Maryland). But, she stresses, her solo work has always carried the torch for self-preservation and for marginalised voices. This time the sights, sounds and people of her hometown have rekindled a fire inside her. The result is a record that repurposes New Orleans’ music with DAWN's stamp of Afro-futurism. As our conversation races ahead it becomes clear that Richard’s uprooting in 2005 contributed towards her losing her artistic vision. As the hurricane hit, Richard’s pop career was kicking off with Making the Band, the MTV series that established Danity Kane. Her second band, Dirty Money, folded in 2012. She looks back on those early years as being, in part, a victim of the homogenised pop machine. “I thought that to be grateful meant to be quiet,” she says, thinking it a necessary evil. But that silence left her creatively unfulfilled. “This new album really speaks to the history behind why I chose to be an indie artist even though it was a really hard run,” DAWN explains. “I was told, ‘If you just do this and just be like this then you can have the career you want.’ But that just wasn’t me. I owe that all to the foundation of where I come from.” The submissive nature of the pop industry she discusses sits at odds with the spirit of New Orleans. “Where I come from, the Mardi Gras Indian, the woman, the queen, the kings, they are proud people – we are proud people. This album speaks to who I was and who I am now. This album speaks to every girl, every man, every gay, every person who’s ever felt they’re new – they’re a new breed of person – and they’re refusing to be unapologetic for being exactly the fuck themselves.” With new breed, DAWN has found a way to channel this outlook. The title track, at points carrying remnants of New Orleans bounce, is full of proud proclamations dotted over hulky polyrhythms – “I am a lion, I am a woman,” she sings. At the end of the carnivalesque ‘dreams and converse’, Richard introduces Mardi Gras field recordings. It’s the first of Bristolin inStereo: Stereo: 23 Bristol 23
many spoken-word vignettes that bind the old New Orleans with the new: the resilient, musical city, and the modern electronic sounds Richard so boldly experiments with. Though largely a self-produced album, Richard worked Derek Bergheimer to create original sounds. “I wanted to make sure that I didn't lose anyone but I also wanted to include New Orleans. She “would never want to just take samples”, however, “I wanted to make it all me.” Long time fans of Richard’s solo work will know that authenticity is her weapon.
“Where I come from, the Mardi Gras Indian, the woman, the queen, the kings, they are proud people – we are proud people. This album speaks to who I was and who I am now...” When the subject is broached about whether the music industry is finally catching up with female producers like herself, she says it is, but slowly. “With goldenheart in 2013 I was doing alternative underground stuff at a time when people weren't really celebrating a girl without a label. In 2015 everyone was like, ‘Oh [FKA] Twigs, SZA, Kelela...we get it.’ Don’t forget, I was blessed [in Danity Kane] to be part of something that was a hit but I want people to catch up a little faster.” She mentions Janelle Monáe. “We’re only just catching up with her as a beautiful brown girl who’s doing something that isn't just R&B.” Richard wants to “champion” these women, “especially chocolatey brown girls doing great things in electronic music.” Even in the midst of her own promotion DAWN speaks up for others. A new breed; a new dawn is coming. new breed is out now via Local Action Records/Our Dawn Ent. @DawnRichard
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Sharon Van Etten words: Lauren Down photography: Mathew Parri Thomas
“ It’s this
snowballing of verything changed in that moment.” A contemplative Sharon Van Etten sits next to me on a cold November morning, our hands mirroring one another’s clasped around warm coffee cups. She’s musing on the origins of ‘I Told You Everything’, the understated drama of her statement matching the gravitas of the song’s expansive piano keys - keys that mark the beginning of her fifth studio album, Remind Me Tomorrow. “I remember it was 2013, I was rehearsing with my drummer. We were getting ready to go on tour with Nick Cave. I couldn’t afford to bring my whole band so I decided to make it as dynamic a set as possible, just guitar and drums, minimal synths. Both of us were in unhealthy relationships and after every rehearsal we dragged our feet going home. We just went to the bar by our practice and grabbed a drink and talked about where we were in our lives. I told this really heavy story about something that happened to me in my early 20s. It was one of those things that I took for granted that he knew about me. It’s a story that I’m still learning how to tell people. I don’t know how publicly I’ll say it yet. Hopefully, I’ll do it within my lifetime.”
real life shit. It’s not just about heartbreak or your lover. It’s life, and it’s overwhelming... ” “I told him the whole story. I remember the bar so clearly, all of a sudden his face just changed. It was like he knew me in a different way, like he now understood me. I remember that so clearly. It was transformative for me. We fell in love on that tour. We couldn’t act on it because we were with other people but we acknowledged it. We waited a year before we returned to that feeling and we’ve been together ever since. That song really sums up everything and I felt like it was the appropriate way to bring people in. The whole record is about this life that we’ve created for each other.” BristolininStereo: Stereo: 27 27 Bristol
Her first record in four years, Remind Me Tomorrow has a lot of life to speak of: going back to school to pursue her long-term goal of becoming a therapist, starring in The OA and becoming a mum all while writing the Ry Cooder Paris, Texas-inspired score for Katherine Dieckmann’s Strange Weather. Van Etten speaks about these experiences in such rapid succession with an infectious, almost enviable, energy that I begin to see how Remind Me Tomorrow came together in stolen scraps of time. “The whole time I was writing a record and I didn’t know it! I feel like there are very different time periods in each song. There’s a little bit of all of it. I would just put on headphones, listen to demos, and write lyrics while [my son] was napping just to be creative while I was home and nursing, but never with the intention of making a record. Maybe I just don’t know how to stop?” Then one day, when her son was about six months old, she realised she had about forty demos and confessed to her partner that she had written all these songs. “He was like, ‘Oh really, can you play me some?’ Then all of a sudden I’m playing to him and he says, ‘You wrote a record’.” Van Etten’s simple reply, “Shit, did I?!” “You did!” I laugh ... and what a record. Remind Me Tomorrow is new territory for Van Etten: She has taken these years of change and transformed them into 10 stunning songs - each one built upon familiar intimate narratives but framed by new experimental sounds. ‘I Told You Everything’ was chosen as the introduction not only because it represents the catalyst for the entire record but to connect with people. “To show them that this is still me. I’m still very vulnerable and I’m with you but things are about to change.” Sonically, the traces of records past - those stark melodies, delicate harmonies and slow builds - are most evident in the album’s opening and closing ‘Stay’. Everything in between - from the sweeping nostalgia of ‘Seventeen’ to the defiant cries of synth-
scored return, ‘Comeback Kid’ and the indestructible momentum of ‘Hands’ - is edgier, daring even… a brave and hopeful face presented to a world full of political and personal upheaval. “It was really psychedelic. I was six months pregnant when Trump got elected into office,” Sharon says when we talk about doubt and fear and the maternal instinct to protect. “I was home alone watching the election, so that played a big part.” “There is an overall feeling of knowing that it’s a dark period, but there is this sense of responsibility to be positive and to be a good role model, to rise above it. Looking at my kid who’s just so helpless and happy, so innocent … you don’t have that very long. I feel that my job is to instil that in him as much as I can. Even though I’m terrified, he doesn’t need to know. When I started writing all these songs they were love songs to my partner and then when I finished, they were more like love songs to my child. As we get older we see ourselves in our kids, we see where our parents are and we feel our own mortality. It’s this snowballing of real life shit. It’s not just about heartbreak or your lover. It’s life, and it’s overwhelming.” Beyond the swirling uncertainties of the world at large, Van Etten’s new direction can in part be attributed to microcosmic circumstances. The guitar fatigue brought on by creating the soundtrack for Strange Weather drew Van Etten to the synths and keyboards of her practice space pal Michael Cera. “It was fun to have them around” she explains whilst laughing to acknowledge the randomness of this situation. “It was good to think about things differently just to clear my head. I gravitated towards his instruments because they weren’t mine. I had no preconceived notions of what they sounded like or how they worked. He had this vintage organ and I would fuck with it and plug it in, amp it, and reverb it like crazy, or add a bunch of delay, and just make it sound like it’s not supposed to sound. It created these drones and I ended up liking the tone and how dark and weird it was.”
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still me. I’m still very vulnerable and I’m with you but things are about to change... ”
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Van Etten clearly wanted a record that was “very drone-centric, very bass and beats-orientated”, adding that “Suicide, Nick Cave’s Skeleton Tree and Portishead” were her main points of reference. She also knew she wanted to work with someone else: “I felt like every time I was hands-on in the recording process, and the production process, that I was actually holding myself back. If I was really going to challenge myself as an artist, the biggest challenge was going to be to let go.”
“ ...there is this sense
of responsibility to be positive and to be a good role model, to rise above it... ” What safer hands to trust with something like this than John Congleton’s?! “He enhanced the darkness and he picked really amazing musicians. That was another thing that pushed me outside of my comfort zone. The moments in my life where I feel the strongest are ones where I’m moving forward, but learning from the past is about looking backwards so how do I apply that?” At its core, Remind Me Tomorrow attempts to answer that question how to do both? In that answer, Van Etten seems to find balance - the balance of intimate intricacies and bolder sounds, the balance of lives and dreams past and present, the wanting of everything, of healing turned to hope and to the future.
Sharon Van Etten’s Remind Me Tomorrow is out now via Jagjaguwar. LIVE: SWX, March 27th. @sharonvanetten @SharonVanEttenMusic
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It seems wild now that we first saw Girlpool way back in 2014, but that’s a fact we’re just going to need to deal with. The band have been a big part of our collective world ever since those early shows, so the announcement of a new record is always reason to celebrate. That being the case, Danny Wright gathered Stephanie Phillips and Kezia Cochrane together to talk all things What Chaos Is Imaginary. Have you been a fan of the band since they started? Kezia: Definitely! I first came across them when I heard their cover of Radiator Hospital's 'Cut Your Bangs' and instantly fell in love with their sound. And then Before the World Was Big came out at a time when quite a lot of their lyrics really resonated with where I was at at the time personally – and I’ve followed what they've been doing ever since. Stephanie: I first heard about them via their first EP. I loved their lo-fi vibe. It reminded me a lot of Bratmobile and that chaotic approach to indie and punk. I really like a few songs on Before the World was Big. Mostly I enjoyed that their vibe seemed to be two people indulging in the best of girl culture and not being afraid to show that.
photo: Ilana Kozlov
Was it the personal nature of what they do that got you interested too? Stephanie: It was definitely a positive. They seemed like a band that every girl and teen needed to find at some point. It changes your approach to your own creativity and what you can achieve. Mainly I loved the sing-song nature of their vocal styles and the fact that they always sang in unison. It added to the child-like glee of their lyrics. Kezia: That was part of it for sure; the relatability of their songs is something I always found reassuring. Their close friendship is so tangible in their music. It feels like being granted a special invitation into their worlds - something which is particularly shown in their vocal harmonies. So does this record retain all of that? Kezia: I think it's definitely still there but in a less immediate way. I think Powerplant already took their sound on from those earlier harmonies but on this record that difference is much more apparent.
Stephanie: It’s quite a departure from their earlier work, a fully grown-up record. But I always felt like their harmonies were an integral part of the band so now it’s almost like a completely different band. If I didn't see their name I wouldn't have known this was them – that brings up the question ‘What happens to an artist when they no longer have the sound that made them famous?’. How would you describe this new sound? Stephanie: It seems more like a step to the side, rather than a step up – like they're chasing the Waxahatchee sound, with influences from mid '90s rock like Pavement. The additions of the drum machines and the country-style guitar licks were really interesting - but overall I feel like the record meandered quite a lot. Kezia: I think actually, after a good few listens, this record is my favourite of theirs! Having listened to the music they've been creating separately as well it all makes sense together. It reflects their personal growth and identities in the particularly honest way that's always been at the heart of the songs. The sound is less immediate but I find it leaves more of an impression - like the strings on the title track. It's interesting seeing them explore such different sounds. They've both been through a lot personally. How clearly does that come across? Stephanie: The music feels particularly reflective, like a record you put on after you've had a bad day. There aren't any upbeat tracks on here. Even the slightly faster ones sound aggressive and angsty. Kezia: Overall it feels very pensive and that's particularly conveyed sonically. Lyrics naturally play a part but the overarching atmosphere of the record is really more brooding and downtempo than before. Which tracks stand out? Stephanie: I enjoyed ‘Hire’. It feels like a song that's about venting after feeling defeated. The instrumentals are particularly beautiful and show how adept they are at their craft. ‘Pretty’ also stands out. It's bedroom dancing material and reminds me of ‘Your Dog’ by Soccer Mommy.
photo: Benedict Brink
Kezia: I think the drum machine on 'Minute In Your Mind' is really immediate and potent, and ‘What Chaos is Imaginary’ stands out with the really striking fusion of strings and vocals For the fans who’ve grown with the band, do you think this feels like a next shared step or is it more about the personal journey of the band? Stephanie: It seems like the band thought about it more as a personal journey considering everything they've been through. But it could be true that their fans will be looking for something new to connect with. Kezia: I think it's more about their personal journey - while there's still this feeling of sharing in their world, naturally their lyrics reflect what they've personally experienced. The difference between their first and second album was so great that it's not surprising that this record takes Girlpool to somewhere different yet again. What Chaos Is Imaginary is released February 1st via Anti- Records. @girlpool
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SNEAKS
HIGHWAY HYPNOSIS Merge Records January 25th
ELDER ISLAND THE OMNITONE COLLECTION Self-release February 8th As kids, we’re encouraged to respect our elders, but at a certain point in life, we start to question that notion with the scepticism gained through experience. Before I’d even listened to the new album from Elder Island, The Omnitone Collection, I instinctively wavered between instant deference to their musical authority and my ongoing desire to be mildly subversive. I often feel like a kid when listening to music. It’s part of the fun. As the best adults do, it won me over, gained my admiration quickly and completely. As the best adults do, it combined youthful energy, joy, curious wisdom, and ‘Kape Fear’ allowed me to dance in my pants around my living room without inhibition. This album pulses with vibrant life. Jon Kean
After years carving out a musical identity as a one-woman punk band, on her third release Sneaks, aka Eva Moolchan, focuses on forging the DIY practicality of the lo-fi world with her need for avant-garde experiments. Highway Hypnosis veers between diluted versions of 90s rave culture and bass-heavy hip-hop. It’s an approach that bubbles and bounces quietly on the experimental r&b number ‘Ecstasy’, while the sultry ‘Suck It Like a Whistle’ is a ready-made electroclash club banger. The album is also awash with samples of conversations and percussive household items, heard on ‘Money Don’t Grow On Trees’. The result is an album that evokes the same cut and paste feel as the zines from the punk culture Sneaks came up in and clearly is still loyal to. Stephanie Phillips
JAMIE CRUICKSHANK WORN THROUGH Breakfast Records February 1st A harmonious blend of lilting strings, tender vocals and intricate folk guitar, Worn Through is a striking solo debut of graceful sonic subtlety. An undeniable stalwart of Bristol’s music scene, Cruickshank’s aptitude for crafting lingering, wistful tracks imbued with a certain earnest warmth really comes to the fore on this record and leaves a lasting impression. ‘Loserville’ offers dreamy, sighing melodies, whilst ‘New Shoes’ brings fuzzy, reverb-infused basslines that emerge amidst Cruickshank’s gentle, heartfelt crooning and the rustling drums that saunter throughout the record. Glistening with the delicacy of dewy droplets in early morning sunshine, Worn Through is permeated by this particular kind of quiet, poised contemplation, both sonically and lyrically, that makes for an unassumingly-poignant listen. Kezia Cochrane
AJ TRACEY AJ TRACEY Self-release February 8th Right now the world is at AJ Tracey’s feet. A storming 12 months have seen the West London rapper seize control, with his Not3s-aided single ‘Butterflies’ providing last summer with arguably its most seductive, entirely irresistible soundtrack. With two EPs and a bulging bag of singles behind him, he has every right to approach this debut full-length with confidence. Able to call on some of the biggest producers in the game, he’s largely shunned this path, matching red-hot beatmakers – step forward man of the moment Steel Banglez – with artists more neatly aligned to the underground. The result is a punchy but broad selection, moving from road rap to chrome-plated hip-hop, while fusing elements of afrobeat, grime, and more into a sound that neatly sums up where UK underground music is at in 2019. Opener ‘Plan B’ twists and turns on its spine-shattering electronics, while ‘Double C’s’ has that ice cold Eski feel. New single ‘Psych Out’ might come with a trademark lavish video, but the beat is sheer London, while the Landlord himself, Giggs, guests on riotous club burner ‘Nothing But Net’. ‘Doing It’ is a return to his early grime sound, while Conducta channels the ghosts of UKG on ‘Ladbroke Grove’, a homage to AJ Tracey’s roots both sonically and physically. Indeed, that’s exactly what makes his debut album so emphatic – AJ is able to stretch, to absorb new influences, while remaining completely true to himself. It’s a triumph. Robin Murray
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YOUNG AND COOL If 2015’s Understanding and Everything Else was Woahnows’ frontman, Tim, turning a sympathetic eye on inner doubts, picking at the stitches of personal wounds, Young and Cool is the application of that emotional insight to the people around him. Empathy is at the heart of these melodies. Fretful but gentle, and warmly intelligent, Woahnows’ latest is thoroughlypresent punk, where the consideration of others and the way we affect one another stands as the tentpole from which their sunny, fractious punk can hang. Everyone has fragilities, and everyone carries stones capable of shattering those they love; a topic which Tim broaches with a fraught delivery and refreshing sensitivity, removed of judgment or ego. ‘I Know, I Knooow’ is an irrepressible banger, too. Grant Bailey
HELIUM
Helium is a brilliantly apt title for the new record from Homeshake. Peter Sagar’s follow-up to 2017’s Fresh Air is a gossamer collection of late-night cuts, from the heady, hypnotic highlight ‘All Night Long’, which cleverly evokes both Mac Demarco and Frank Ocean, to the laid-back r&b jiving of ‘Just Like My’. Punctuated with soporific interludes, the LP drifts by effortlessly, thanks to loungey moments of romance (see the falsetto cool of ‘Nothing Could Be Better’) and subtly-infectious 80s pop of ‘Another Thing’. Helium is not short of gentle vulnerability and feeling, with the swaying chorus of ‘Like Mariah’ showcasing the Montreal-based artist’s knack for soulful melody. Homeshake goes from strengthto-strength and it’s a treat to float away with Helium. George O’Brien Bristol in Stereo: 37
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PURSUIT OF MOMENTARY HAPPINESS Virgin EMI / Third Man Records February 8th The desire for contentment in creativity heavily informs Yak’s second effort, Pursuit of Momentary Happiness. Driven to near breaking point by the hunger to create the record, frontman Oli Burslem led two tumultuous years to reach this point. What’s come of it is a record that ultimately hints at the grandeur to equate for its fervent beginnings, yet doesn’t provide enough substance or cohesiveness to carry it. When basking under strident brass and the colossal sound of guitars, Yak thrive. Yet when Burslem tones everything down to just his own voice, it shows their lack of density through throwaway lyrics that come off as some forced attempt at pertinence. It’s a record that lacks the consistency to exercise the truly eye-opening bite they desired. Ross Jones
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TEARS AT MY AGE EP Ex-Local // January 25th Cornwall-based sisters Hockeysmith were quite the buzz band five years ago. ‘Let’s Bang’ was stirring dream-pop, while the darkwave acid house trip of ‘But Blood’ was a masterclass in fusing guitar and synth. Now, with Annie Hockeysmith continuing without guitarist Georgie, she’s produced an EP that keeps experimentation alive but introduces flushes of pop. ‘Lonely Loving You’ is Annie’s catchy “Kylie-on-acid” number. Elsewhere, inspired by ‘90s IDM and Cornwall’s historical rave subculture, Annie employs dance samples such as York’s ‘On The Beach’ for ‘Messed Up’. This ode to self-destruction shapeshifts fluently from Balearic to slowcore. With shoegaze guitars, ‘Tears At My Age’ is the most idiosyncratic ‘old’ Hockeysmith song – almost as if Georgie’s back – though Annie proves she can do it alone. Charlotte Krol
ÅLESUND
SHIFT AND FLUX Self-release // February 15th With sparse guitars underlying lead singer Alba Torisset’s powerhouse vocals, it’s no surprise that Ålesund have already drawn comparisons to the likes of Florence & The Machine and London Grammar. But thanks to some restrained and inventive production from Jake Bright, alongside Torisset’s beguiling voice, Shift and Flux avoids the looming shadows of Ålesund’s predecessors, albeit only by a hair. While the verses of the title track are a little amorphous, the chorus is breathtaking, with Torriset’s rich voice easily carrying the weight of the song’s simplicity where many others would fall short. The true intrigue of the EP, however, is in second track, ‘Lucid’. With trip-hop shimmers and intricate electronic vocal layering, the experimentation is welcome and offers the kind of originality that stops fans from growing fickle. Zander Sharp
JESSICA PRATT QUIET SIGNS City Slang February 8th Only today's greatest musicians are able to convey absolute solitude — it's there in Frank Ocean's echoey soliloquies, and there in Grouper's lonely hiss. Now it's here again in Jessica Pratt's Quiet Signs. Pratt's third album is that rare thing, where the music is so preternatural that it's almost impossible to understand how the musician got there. The songs are melodically and hypnotically simple, with each sound seeming to melt into one another in a cosy similitude, while Pratt sings entirely untethered. And that's something that often goes unfortunately unremarked — Pratt's phenomenal singing range. She glides into soprano and skids into a croaking bass effortlessly, re-enacting the sounds that we likely heard from inside our mother's stomachs in utero. How anyone is able to convey that is near miraculous, but it's what happens when you can tell that the musician has no audience inside of their head, only sound. Emma Madden
HEALTH
VOL. 4 :: SLAVE OF FEAR Loma Vista Recordings February 8th Paying heed to the steady slew of collaborations HEALTH released recently, you’re able to see a band continuing to fight the lingering, oppressive and clumsily applied labels that have clouded perceptions of their music for over a decade. Following on from 2015’s Death Magic, Vol. 4 still packs a fair punch, but once more redraws the lines of what to expect from this atypical heavy band in 2019. Giving Duznik’s candid ruminations further opportunity to breathe and reach out beyond layers of tortured synths and industrial riffs is working wonders – as on ‘Decimation’ – providing additional depth and a stirring desire to replay. At least half of the songs present on Vol. 4 are among the best HEALTH have committed to record; its missteps, entirely forgiveable. Harriet Taylor
JULIA JACKLIN CRUSHING
Transgressive Records February 22nd Despite spending a significant part of last year working on indie-pop side project Phantastic Ferniture, Australian artist Julia Jacklin returns this month with another captivating musical offering. Following up her acclaimed 2016 debut Don’t Let the Kids Win, Jacklin’s latest release Crushing is an emotive time-capsule that solidifies the singer’s identity and radiates an impeccable sense of selfassurance. Lead single ‘Body’ marks an intimate opening while the unapologetic ‘Head Alone’ sees the musician taking control and setting boundaries, before ‘Don’t Know How To Keep Loving You’ floats by in the form of a soulful post-rock masterpiece. Expressing the inner workings of Jacklin’s mind as she challenges expectations, Crushing expertly showcases a plethora of human emotion through a blend of intricate melodies, romantic narratives and raw vocal talent. Kelly Ronaldson Bristol in Stereo: 39 Bristol in Stereo: 39
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FULL LIVE LISTINGS RSVP BHANGRA FREE / 9.30PM / THE CANTEEN NATURE OF WIRES + THIS HUMAN CONDITION + FOURTH ENGINE + SOMBRE MOON £11INC BF / 7.00PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS NO FUTURE PUNK FESTIVAL 2019 £25ADV / 2.00PM / THE FLEECE BLUDGEON + CEREBAL ATROPHY + MAGOGMAGORE £TBC / 7.00PM / THE GRYPHON ONE INCH BADGE PRESENTS: CHARLIE WINSTON £TBC / 7.00PM / HY BRASIL DEPT S : THE SCRUBS + MITCHEL SANDERS £3ADV / 9.00PM / THE LANES HEAVY LUNGS £8ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA
CHEWING ON TINFOIL + TOODLES & THE HECTIC PITY + LIVE, DO NOTHING £6ADV / 7.00PM / EXCHANGE SUPERBOWL ON GIANT SCREENS FREE / 10.30PM / THE FLEECE FORTH & BACK HIP HOP JAM FREE / 9.00PM / THE GALLIMAUFRY THE GOOD BOYS FREE / 4PM / THE GOLDEN LION CHERRY GLAZERR ALBUM AND TICKET / 8:00PM / ROUGH TRADE CHARLENE SORAIA ALBUM AND TICKET / 2:30PM / ROUGH TRADE MONDAY 4TH FEBRUARY CANTEEN JAZZ SESSION FREE / 9.30PM / THE CANTEEN
IMAGINE THAT PRESENTS: LATENIGHT HONEYMOON £3 / £4 / 9.00PM / MR WOLFS
JERRY PAPER + ALDOUS RH + RALPH TV £7.70INC BF / 7.30PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS
THE RIN TINS FREE / 11.00PM / NO. 1 HARBOURSIDE
OBSCURA £18ADV / 7.30PM / THE FLEECE
DISGRACEFUL BEHAVIOUR £7ADV / £10 OTD / 9.30PM / OLD MARKET ASSEMBLY
OPEN MIC: HOSTED BY MIKE DENNIS FREE / 8.00PM / THE GALLIMAUFRY
FREE CAKE FOR EVERY CREATURE £7 / 7:30PM / ROUGH TRADE TEN TONNES / 7.00PM / THEKLA TECH N9NE £16ADV / 7.00PM / TRINITY CENTRE SUNDAY 3RD FEBRUARY JAZZ RENDEZ-VOUS FREE / 5.00PM / THE BRISTOL FRINGE ORPHIC FREE / 4.00PM / THE CANTEEN SWEARIN’ + WOAHNOWS + DOGEYED £9ADV / 7.00PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS
BUCKS QUIZZ £1 / 8PM / THE GOLDEN LION SONGSMITH FREE / 8.00PM / MR WOLFS ANDY BURROWS FREE / 5PM / ROUGH TRADE ISLAND £11 / 8:00PM / ROUGH TRADE TUESDAY 5TH FEBRUARY OPEN MIC FREE / / THE BRISTOL FRINGE BEN JORDAN FREE / 9.30PM / THE CANTEEN A TRIBE CALLED RED £12ADV / 7.30PM / THE FLEECE Bristol in Stereo: 41
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FULL LIVE LISTINGS LEWIS CREAVEN'S DHARMA BLUES FREE / 9.00PM / THE GALLIMAUFRY
THURSDAY 7TH FEBRUARY
JARROD DICKENSON £14ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA
FOFOULAH FREE / 9.30PM / THE CANTEEN
JAZZ FUNK SOUL JAM FREE / 9.00PM / MR WOLFS
NOODS SOCIAL / 8.00PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS
GHETTS / 7.00PM / THEKLA
THE TESKEY BROTHERS + GEO £10ADV / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE
CHANCE MCCOY + ELI WEST £15INBF / 8.00PM / THE WARDROBE
MICAH P HINSON £15ADV / 7.30PM / THE FLEECE
WEDNESDAY 6TH FEBRUARY
NEON AND THE DEONS FREE / 9.00PM / THE GALLIMAUFRY
FRINGE JAZZ WITH HUW WARREN TRIO FREE / / THE BRISTOL FRINGE
JAZZ JAM FREE / 9PM / THE GOLDEN LION
FFTP FREE / 9.30PM / THE CANTEEN
WAX MUSIC PRESENTS: PARTY HARDLY FREE / 7.00PM / HY BRASIL
MASAYOSHI FUJITA £13.08 INC BF / 8.00PM / COLSTON HALL
SWEET LIME + THE LOVE HANDLES + SHANE DOHERTY / 7.30PM / THE MOTHERS RUIN
DRUG CHURCH + SINGLE MOTHERS + HOT MASS £TBC / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE
RAISED BY WOLVES + INC £3 / 9.00PM / MR WOLFS
BALTHAZAR £12.50ADV / 7.30PM / THE FLEECE
HONEY LUNG ALBUM AND TICKET / 6:30PM / ROUGH TRADE
WALDO’S GIFT TRIO + WANDERING MONSTER FREE / 9.00PM / THE GALLIMAUFRY OPEN MIC FREE / 8PM / THE GOLDEN LION ALEX VARGAS £9ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA GIN JAM - OPEN STAGE NIGHT FREE / 9.00PM / MR WOLFS BUCKCHERRY + HOOBASTANK £23ADV / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY IAN SWEET £8.80 / 7:30PM / ROUGH TRADE THIS WILD LIFE & WILLIAM RYAN KEY + JIM LOCKEY / 6.30PM / THEKLA
BROKEN BRASS ENSEMBLE / 7.00PM / THEKLA SLUM VILLAGE (LIVE) X ABSTRACT ORCHESTRA £18ADV / 7.00PM / TRINITY CENTRE FRIDAY 8TH FEBRUARY FREE LIVE MUSIC TBA FREE / 9.00PM / THE BRISTOL FRINGE AUTOCORRECT + KATRINA SIMON FREE / 7.30PM / CAFÉ KINO ROUTE2ROOTS FREE / 9.30PM / THE CANTEEN AGBEKO + MALAVITA + AMY TRUE £5ADV / 8.00PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS XAMVOLO + GüRL £8ADV / 7.00PM / EXCHANGE
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FULL LIVE LISTINGS ULTIMATE POWER CLUB NIGHT £5ADV / 11.00PM / THE FLEECE STEVE MASON £20ADV / 7.00PM / THE FLEECE PSYCHADELEPHANT FREE / 10PM / THE GOLDEN LION ABSOLUTION + SEREGON + ROAD MUTANT £3OTD / 7.00PM / THE GRYPHON WAXSLAX PRESENTS: BOKITO FREE / 7.00PM / HY BRASIL SEáN MCGOWAN £10ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA BREAKFAST PRESENTS DIM VANILLA EP LAUNCH + SPECIAL GUESTS £5 / 7.30PM / THE MOTHERS RUIN
CHINA SHOP BULL + JUST SAY NAY + PRIMEVAL SOUP + MARTYRIALS £6ADV / 7.00PM / EXCHANGE PUNK ROCK YOGA £8ADV / 11.30PM / EXCHANGE THESE SMITHS £13.50ADV / 7.00PM / THE FLEECE PHEONIX RIVER BAND FREE / 9PM / THE GOLDEN LION FOETAL JUICE + HUMAN CULL + THE BROOD + ABLATED £7ADV / 7.00PM / THE GRYPHON FOIL + SUPERSEED + LEATHERS £5ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA SKATA TONES + BAREFOOT BANDITS £3 / £4 / 9.00PM / MR WOLFS
THIS FEELING PRESENTS GETRZ + THE ESTEVANS + MOLETRAP £5 / 7.30PM / THE MOTHERS RUIN
THE BARE SOULS FREE / 11.00PM / NO. 1 HARBOURSIDE
ZYLA + ANGELA JONES £3 / £4 / 9.00PM / MR WOLFS
GORGON CITY £17.50ADV / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY
5000AD FREE / 11.00PM / NO. 1 HARBOURSIDE
WAYNE AND WANDA VALENTINE'S LIP SERVICE £3ADV / £5 OTD / 10.00PM / OLD MARKET ASSEMBLY
FUN LOVIN' CRIMINALS £25ADV / 6.30PM / O2 ACADEMY NO STOP GO 5 / 10.00PM / OLD MARKET ASSEMBLY PUBLIC PRACTICE & SUPPORT £7.70 / 7:30PM / ROUGH TRADE KERO KERO BONITO / 7.00PM / THEKLA
WHENYOUNG £9.90 / 7:30PM / ROUGH TRADE WHISKEY SHIVERS / 7.00PM / THEKLA SUNDAY 10TH FEBRUARY
SMALL £4ADV / 7.30PM / THE THUNDERBOLT
PEANUT SHUFFLE CLUN FOLLOWED BY JAM FREE / 5.00PM / THE BRISTOL FRINGE
SATURDAY 9TH FEBRUARY
APPLE OF MY EYE FREE / 4.00PM / THE CANTEEN
ELLA'S TRIO FREE / 9.00PM / THE BRISTOL FRINGE
BETTER THAN MENDING + GLASTON + PUNCH ON + GHOST OF AVALANCHE £5ADV / 7.00PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS
THE HUCKLEBUCK FREE / 9.30PM / THE CANTEEN LEAH SENIOR FREE / 8.00PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS
THE PHANTOM ENSEMBLE FREE / 9.00PM / THE GALLIMAUFRY BON TEMP PLAYBOYS FREE / 4PM / THE GOLDEN LION Bristol in Stereo: 43
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FULL LIVE LISTINGS THE DEAD SOUTH £18ADV / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY
RTB & MILK: SPOTLIGHT POETRY / 7.30PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS
SHAKE! 'SOME KINDA ART FAIR' PALENTINES DAY EDITION FREE / 12.00PM / ROUGH TRADE
THE LIMIñANAS £11ADV / 7.00PM / EXCHANGE
ALLUSINLOVE TICKETS AVAILABLE / 7.30PM / ROUGH TRADE THE MURLOCS / 7.30PM / THEKLA MONDAY 11TH FEBRUARY DECYPHERS HIP HOP SESSION FREE / 9.30PM / THE CANTEEN MICHAEL CLARK / 7.00PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS BABEHEAVEN £10ADV / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE POLYPHIA £12ADV / 7.30PM / THE FLEECE OPEN MIC: HOSTED BY MIKE DENNIS FREE / 8.00PM / THE GALLIMAUFRY BUCKS QUIZZ £1 / 8PM / THE GOLDEN LION CROSSTOWN PRESENTS: JUANITA STEIN FREE / 7.00PM / HY BRASIL DUTCH CRIMINAL RECORD £5ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA SONGSMITH FREE / 8.00PM / MR WOLFS YAK ALBUM AND TICKET / 7:30PM / ROUGH TRADE DE STAAT / 7.30PM / THEKLA TUESDAY 12TH FEBRUARY OPEN MIC FREE / / THE BRISTOL FRINGE LEO JAMES FREE / 9.30PM / THE CANTEEN
FRANK CARTER & THE RATTLESNAKES £18ADV / 7.30PM / THE FLEECE THE PLAY FREE / 9.00PM / THE GALLIMAUFRY VALERAS £8ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA JFS PRESENTS: FEELGOOD EXPERIMENT £3 / 9.00PM / MR WOLFS WHITE DENIM £19.50ADV / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY ELDER ISLAND ALBUM AND TICKET / 6:30PM / ROUGH TRADE LOUIS THE CHILD / 7.00PM / THEKLA WEDNESDAY 13TH FEBRUARY FRINGE JAZZ WITH KEVIN FIGES QUARTET FREE / 8.30PM / THE BRISTOL FRINGE THE BIG R BIG BAND FREE / 9.30PM / THE CANTEEN POPPY ACKROYD £10.90INC BF / 8.00PM / COLSTON HALL MY OCTOPUS MIND + JAKABOL £6ADV / 7.30PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS M2TM HEAT £5ADV / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE WALDO’S GIFT REWORKS: JOHNNY GRENNWOOD FREE / 9.00PM / THE GALLIMAUFRY OPEN MIC FREE / 8PM / THE GOLDEN LION COLSTON HALL PRESENTS: KALEEN TAYLOR 8 / 7.00PM / HY BRASIL BLG & PAGAN LOVE VIBRATIONS: GRINGO STAR £8ADV / 7.30PM / THE LANES
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FULL LIVE LISTINGS CEDRIC BURNSIDE £14.50INCBF / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA GIN JAM - OPEN STAGE NIGHT FREE / 9.00PM / MR WOLFS QUEEN ZEE & ITOLDYOUIWOULDEATYOU £7.70 / 7:30PM / ROUGH TRADE KOVIC / 7.00PM / THEKLA THURSDAY 14TH FEBRUARY YUSUFLA FREE / 9.30PM / THE CANTEEN DOE + MILK CRIMES £7ADV / 7.00PM / EXCHANGE THE OLD FIRM CASUALS £12ADV / 7.30PM / THE FLEECE SNAZZBACK: GLOBAL GROOVE EXPERIMENT: WORLD TOUR FREE / 9.00PM / THE GALLIMAUFRY ENTER THE LION FREE / 9PM / THE GOLDEN LION BLOODSHOT DAWN + GUESTS £10ADV / 7.00PM / THE GRYPHON WARE PRESENTS ALTCOIN £5 / 7.30PM / THE MOTHERS RUIN BIMM CHARITY EVENT £3 / 9.00PM / MR WOLFS BUGEYE £6ADV / 7.30PM / THE THUNDERBOLT KOAN SOUND £10-£20ADV / 7.00PM / TRINITY CENTRE FRIDAY 15TH FEBRUARY FREE LIVE MUSIC TBA FREE / 9.00PM / THE BRISTOL FRINGE BATCH GUEYE FREE / 9.30PM / THE CANTEEN
DORIAN CONCEPT (BRAINFEEDER) + JAMESZOO £15.26INC BF / 8.00PM / FIDDLERS CLUB TROPICANA 80S NIGHT £5ADV / 11.00PM / THE FLEECE THE BON JOVI EXPERIENCE £14ADV / 7.00PM / THE FLEECE DAPPA DON FREE / 10PM / THE GOLDEN LION DUNKELNACHT + GUESTS £TBC / 7.00PM / THE GRYPHON COLSTON HALL PRESENTS: LALA LALA FREE / 7.00PM / HY BRASIL AVI BUFFALO £10ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA CAMEMBERTS BOX OF DELIGHTS PRESENTS THESKYISTHINASPAPERHERE PYWY / £5 / 7PM / THE MOTHERS RUIN HUNKPAPA + SUPPORT £3 / £4 / 9.00PM / MR WOLFS IMPULSE JAM FREE / 11.00PM / NO. 1 HARBOURSIDE AFRIK BAWANTU 5 / 10.00PM / OLD MARKET ASSEMBLY KELVYN COLT £9.35 / 7:30PM / ROUGH TRADE JIMOTHY LACOSTE / 7.00PM / THEKLA DAVEY WOODWARD AND THE WINTER ORPHANS £3 / 7.30PM / THE THUNDERBOLT SATURDAY 16TH FEBRUARY IAN LUTHER FREE / 9.00PM / THE BRISTOL FRINGE GNAWA BLUES ALL STARS FREE / 9.30PM / THE CANTEEN
LAZYBONES + MARTYRIALS £4ADV / 7.00PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS
BLXXM + PROFILER + AUTUMNBOY + BRICK ON A ROPE £5ADV / 7.00PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS
RUSTY SHACKLE + THE RUMBLE £10.50ADV / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE
ART BRUT £15ADV / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE Bristol in Stereo: 45
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FULL LIVE LISTINGS CONTINUOUS MOVEMENT £10/12 / 11.00PM / EXCHANGE
I DRAW SLOW FREE / 4.00PM / THE CANTEEN
ANTARCTIC MONKEYS £13ADV / 7.00PM / THE FLEECE
DAMNATIO MEMORIAE & BLG: KAELAN MIKLA £8ADV / 7.30PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS
RUZZ GUITAR BLUES REVIEW FREE / 9PM / THE GOLDEN LION DAMIM + ZEALOT CULT FREE / 7.00PM / THE GRYPHON LITTLE PARADISE RECORDS PRESENTS: ROB HERON £TBC / 7.00PM / HY BRASIL DEPT S : THE GARAGE FLOWER £3ADV / 9.00PM / THE LANES CUB SPORT £7ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA NIGHTBUS: LIVE MUSIC AND DJ'S £3 / £4 / 9.00PM / MR WOLFS BOOGALOO STRING BAND FREE / 11.00PM / NO. 1 HARBOURSIDE H.E.R £28.50ADV / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY SHLOMO'S BEATBOX ADVENTURE FOR KIDS £8.72 INC BF / 3.30PM / REDGRAVE THEATRE
OUR HOLLOW OUR HOME + THE CITY IS OURS + THE UNCHARTED £8ADV / 6.00PM / EXCHANGE HAKEN £17.50ADV / 7.30PM / THE FLEECE FORTH & BACK HIP HOP JAM FREE / 9.00PM / THE GALLIMAUFRY IT, SOLID GONE FREE / 4PM / THE GOLDEN LION LOUIS STERLING £5ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA BLUE OCTOBER £27ADV / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY JAMMZ £9.90 / 7:30PM / ROUGH TRADE NENEH CHERRY SOLD OUT / 7.00PM / SWX BILL RYDER-JONES / 7.30PM / THEKLA
FUR £7.70 / 7.00PM / ROUGH TRADE
MONDAY 18TH FEBRUARY
SUBMOTION ORCHESTRA £14ADV / 6.30PM / SWX
CANTEEN LATIN SESSION FREE / 9.30PM / THE CANTEEN
BEANS ON TOAST / 7.00PM / THEKLA
PALACE £SOLDOUT / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE
DEEP SEA THIEVES "EP LAUNCH" £4ADV / 7.30PM / THE THUNDERBOLT
OPEN MIC: HOSTED BY MIKE DENNIS FREE / 8.00PM / THE GALLIMAUFRY
KOAN SOUND £10-£20ADV / 7.00PM / TRINITY CENTRE
BUCKS QUIZZ £1 / 8PM / THE GOLDEN LION
SUNDAY 17TH FEBRUARY
SONGSMITH FREE / 8.00PM / MR WOLFS
ANGELO DE AUGUSTINE £10.90INC BF / 8.00PM / BRISTOL FOLK HOUSE
THE LEMONHEADS £19.50ADV / 7.00PM / SWX
SHOOTIN' CROW FREE / 5.00PM / THE BRISTOL FRINGE
DECAPITATED / 7.00PM / THEKLA
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FULL LIVE LISTINGS TUESDAY 19TH FEBRUARY
FKJ SOLD OUT / 7.00PM / SWX
OPEN MIC FREE / 8.00PM / THE BRISTOL FRINGE
PSYCHEDELIC PORN CRUMPETS / 7.00PM / THEKLA
JESS MCALLISTER FREE / 9.30PM / THE CANTEEN
FKJ £16ADV / 7.00PM / TRINITY CENTRE
DADI ETRO + HALLELUGENIA + DJ PUNTO G / 9.00PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS
THURSDAY 21ST FEBRUARY
VEIN + HIGHER POWER + NARROW STAIRS £12ADV / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE
FRINGE JAZZ WITH ANDY SHEPPARD'S PUSHY DOCTORS £12 / 8.00PM / THE BRISTOL FRINGE
THE JOY FORMIDABLE £20ADV / 7.30PM / THE FLEECE
BANDINI FREE / 9.30PM / THE CANTEEN
SEEDLING SESSIONS: CHAZ THOROGOOD + TORSTEN JENSEN FREE / 9.00PM / THE GALLIMAUFRY
CROSA ROSA £6.60INC BF / 7.00PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS
JAZZ FUNK SOUL JAM FREE / 9.00PM / MR WOLFS JACOB COLLIER £20ADV / 7.00PM / TRINITY CENTRE WEDNESDAY 20TH FEBRUARY DOVETAIL QUARTET FREE / 9.30PM / THE CANTEEN
M2TM HEAT £5ADV / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE ANDY BURROWS £14ADV / 7.30PM / THE FLEECE SNAZZBACK: 6-PIECE FREE / 9.00PM / THE GALLIMAUFRY HIP HOP JAM FREE / 9PM / THE GOLDEN LION
ANOTHER SKY £7.70INC BF / 7.00PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS
ATOMCK + DEATH GOALS + THE MALEFIC GRIP + BLUNT TRAUMA £TBC / 7.00PM / THE GRYPHON
INTERNATIONAL TEACHERS OF POP £11ADV / 8.00PM / EXCHANGE
HEY CHARLIE £7ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA
WALDO’S GIFT + NIHILISM FREE / 9.00PM / THE GALLIMAUFRY
NICHOLSON HEAL + SUPPORT £3 / 9.00PM / MR WOLFS
OPEN MIC FREE / 8PM / THE GOLDEN LION
STEVE AOKI £22.50ADV / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY
CLOSEUP PRESENTS... FREE / 7.00PM / HY BRASIL
KRIS BARRAS BAND / 7.00PM / THEKLA
OHMME £7ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA
FRIDAY 22ND FEBRUARY
GIN JAM - OPEN STAGE NIGHT FREE / 9.00PM / MR WOLFS
WILL BLAKE FREE / 9.00PM / THE BRISTOL FRINGE
SCOTT BRADLEE'S POST MODERNJUKEBOX £28.50ADV / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY
LEWIS FIELDHOUSE PWYW / 6.30PM / CAFÉ KINO
Bristol in Stereo: 47
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FULL LIVE LISTINGS INTERCEPTORS FREE / 9.30PM / THE CANTEEN
INDIE ALL-DAYER £8EARLYBIRD / 2.00PM / EXCHANGE
PETAL £8ADV / 7.00PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS
BOOTLEG BLONDIE £12ADV / 7.00PM / THE FLEECE
SUGAR HORSE + FRAUDS + TWISTED ANKLE + OH, THE GUILT + DON JUAN + TWIN SIBLINGS + THE ROAD + BORROWED ATLAS £5ADV / 7.00PM / EXCHANGE
AMIGOS DJS FREE / 9PM / THE GOLDEN LION
BLACK PARADE 00S EMO ANTHEMS £5ADV / 11.00PM / THE FLEECE TRAGEDY £12ADV / 7.00PM / THE FLEECE NEWBORN SESSIONS FREE / 9PM / THE GOLDEN LION MJR PRESENTS: EMILY CAPELL £TBC / 7.00PM / HY BRASIL LASTELLE, LOOSE TOOTH AND EL MOONO / 7PM / THE MOTHERS RUIN NEW LUNA + AND ALICE + SUNGLO £3 / £4 / 9.00PM / MR WOLFS LIVE MUSIC TBA FREE / 11.00PM / NO. 1 HARBOURSIDE
INCINERY + BANGOVER + JACKAL’S BACKBONE £TBC / 7.00PM / THE GRYPHON GRAVY TRAIN PRESENTS: GANG FREE / 7.00PM / HY BRASIL BLG : UNCLE FRANK £8ADV / 7.30PM / THE LANES LOYAL £5.50ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA HOLDING PATTERNS + MODERN RITUALS + GUESTS TBA £4 / 7.30PM / THE MOTHERS RUIN LIVE MUSIC £3 / £4 / 9.00PM / MR WOLFS LIVE MUSIC TBA FREE / 11.00PM / NO. 1 HARBOURSIDE
MAYDAY PARADE + THE WONDER YEARS £22.50ADV / 6.30PM / O2 ACADEMY
PUNKA PRESENTS: TOKYO TABOO, COSMIC NINJA & DIS CHARGE 7 / 10.00PM / OLD MARKET ASSEMBLY
KASAI MASAI 5 / 10.00PM / OLD MARKET ASSEMBLY
STRANGE BONES + RASCALTON '£8.80 / 7:30PM / ROUGH TRADE
BREATHE PANEL £7.70 / 7:30PM / ROUGH TRADE
HIPPO CAMPUS £15ADV / 6.00PM / SWX
THE STRUTS SOLD OUT / 6.00PM / SWX
SUNDAY 24TH FEBRUARY
THE CHEAP THRILLS £5ADV / 7.30PM / THE THUNDERBOLT
HOT CLUB FREE / 5.00PM / THE BRISTOL FRINGE
SATURDAY 23RD FEBRUARY
MANOS PUESTAS TRIO FREE / 4.00PM / THE CANTEEN
STEVE LEVER FREE / 9.00PM / THE BRISTOL FRINGE
KATHRYN JOSEPH £10.90INC BF / 7.30PM / COLSTON HALL
MIDNIGHT RITUAL FREE / 9.30PM / THE CANTEEN
THE ORIELLES £10ADV / 7.30PM / THE FLEECE
FOOTSHOOTER FT BROTHER PORTRAIT + SOLOMON O.B + THE HIGH BREED £5ADV / 7.00PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS
TBC FREE / 9.00PM / THE GALLIMAUFRY
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FULL LIVE LISTINGS THE STRIKING CLOCK FREE / 4PM / THE GOLDEN LION
WEDNESDAY 27TH FEBRUARY
DAMNATIO MEMORIAE & BLG: BOY HARSHER + KONTRAVOID £10ADV / 8.00PM / THE LANES
FRINGE JAZZ FREE / 8.30PM / THE BRISTOL FRINGE
WILLIAM THE CONQUERER ALBUM AND TICKET / 2:00PM / ROUGH TRADE RY X £17.50ADV / 7.00PM / TRINITY CENTRE MONDAY 25TH FEBRUARY SLIM'S BLUES SESSION FREE / 9.30PM / THE CANTEEN DU BLONDE £11ADV / 7.30PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS AREA 11 £11ADV / 7.30PM / THE FLEECE OPEN MIC: HOSTED BY MIKE DENNIS FREE / 8.00PM / THE GALLIMAUFRY BUCKS QUIZZ £1 / 8PM / THE GOLDEN LION
THE GREY AREA PRESENTS: SILENCIO, AN EVENING OF AMBIENT MUSIC £5 / 7.00PM / CAFÉ KINO ATHEA FREE / 9.30PM / THE CANTEEN THE SOUND CUPBOARD PWYW / 7.30PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS WALDO’S GIFT: SYNESTHESIA FREE / 9.00PM / THE GALLIMAUFRY OPEN MIC FREE / 8PM / THE GOLDEN LION THE ARMED £12 / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA GIN JAM - OPEN STAGE NIGHT FREE / 9.00PM / MR WOLFS P.O.D + ALIEN ANT FARM £20ADV / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY
DEAD KIWIS PWYW / 7.30PM / THE MOTHERS RUIN
YOLA ALBUM AND TICKET / 7:30PM / ROUGH TRADE
SONGSMITH FREE / 8.00PM / MR WOLFS
THE RUTS DC £19.50ADV / 7.00PM / SWX
TUESDAY 26TH FEBRUARY
THURSDAY 28TH FEBRUARY
OPEN MIC FREE / / THE BRISTOL FRINGE
OPEN STAGE COMEDY NIGHT FREE / 8.30PM / THE BRISTOL FRINGE
LIVE MUSIC TO BE CONFIRMED FREE / 9.30PM / THE CANTEEN
VIPERTIME FREE / 9.30PM / THE CANTEEN
JEROME THOMAS £8.80ADV / 7.30PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS
BLG: YR POETRY + SUPPORT / 7.00PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS
CAPTAIN JAMAICA & THE MELLOTONES FREE / 9.00PM / THE GALLIMAUFRY
SHE DREW THE GUN £8ADV / 7.30PM / THE FLEECE
JFS PRESENTS CESCA £3 / 9.00PM / MR WOLFS
PRUDENT PRIMATE FREE / 9.00PM / THE GALLIMAUFRY
GUS DAPPERTON / 7.00PM / THEKLA
IMAGINE THAT PRESENTS: JACK KING FREE / 7.00PM / HY BRASIL
Bristol in Stereo: 49
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FULL LIVE LISTINGS OUR NAMELESS BOY £5ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA
SUNDAY 3RD MARCH
KACY & CLAYTON + SUPPORTS £11 / 7.30PM / THE MOTHERS RUIN
THE SPITFIRES £13.50ADV / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE
CHARITY EVENT £3 / 9.00PM / MR WOLFS
CORY WONG £13ADV / 7.30PM / THE FLEECE
WARD THOMAS £18.50ADV / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY
LAURA GIBSON £13.08INCBF / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA
JUNIUS MEYVANT / 7.00PM / THEKLA
MONDAY 4TH MARCH
SILENZIO + DANIEL LAND £4ADV / 7.30PM / THE THUNDERBOLT FRIDAY 1ST MARCH GAZELLE TWIN £13ADV / 7.00PM / EXCHANGE DR MEAKER £12.50ADV / 7.00PM / THE FLEECE XUUKI NIGHT FREE / 9.00PM / HY BRASIL WE ARE PARKAS £5ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA TANK AND THE BANGAS £15ADV / 7.00PM / SWX SATURDAY 2ND MARCH FUNKE AND THE TWO TONE BABY + MIKE DENNIS £9ADV / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE DOORS ALIVE + GIMI HENDRIX EXP £12.50ADV / 7.00PM / THE FLEECE FULL FORCE & POWER FREE / 9.30PM / THE GOLDEN LION
BAS / 7.30PM / THEKLA TUESDAY 5TH MARCH SUDDEN INFANT + FUCK AUTHORITY + WARPED FREQS £7ADV / 7.00PM / EXCHANGE AUDIOBOOKS £7.50ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA SEAFRET / 7.00PM / THEKLA WEDNESDAY 6TH MARCH JAY PRINCE £12ADV / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE SKINNY LISTER £15ADV / 7.30PM / THE FLEECE FEET £6ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA SAINT RAYMOND / 7.00PM / THEKLA THURSDAY 7TH MARCH
HOLLOWFEST V: KUROKUMA + BLIND MONARCH £TBC / 5.00PM / THE GRYPHON
YOUNG ECHO £4OTD / 10.00PM / EXCHANGE
NUBIYAN TWIST £15ADV / 7.30PM / TRINITY CENTRE
RODNEY P + BLAK TWANG + TY £12ADV / 7.30PM / THE FLEECE CLOSEUP PRESENTS: WYLDEST FREE / 7.00PM / HY BRASIL
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FULL LIVE LISTINGS BASS DRUM OF DEATH £12ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA
MONDAY 11TH MARCH
UFO £24.50ADV / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY
CALVA LOUISE £8ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA
FRIDAY 8TH MARCH
EMBRACE £25ADV / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY
PUNKA £6/7/8 / 8.00PM / EXCHANGE
TUESDAY 12TH MARCH
THE REGZ £11ADV / 7.00PM / THE FLEECE
WINDHAND £14ADV / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE
JEREMY & THE HARLEQUINS £10ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA
WEDNESDAY 13TH MARCH
MARIBOU STATE £20ADV / 6.30PM / O2 ACADEMY
ELIZA £12.50ADV / 7.00PM / EXCHANGE
CATS IN SPACE / 7.00PM / THEKLA SATURDAY 9TH MARCH CROOKED COLOURS £11.99INC BF / 8.00PM / COLSTON HALL ATOM HEART FLOYD £14ADV / 7.00PM / THE FLEECE IDA MAE £8ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA AJ TRACEY SOLD OUT / 6.00PM / SWX WILLE & THE BANDITS / 7.00PM / THEKLA IBIBIO SOUND MACHINE £14ADV / 7.30PM / TRINITY CENTRE SUNDAY 10TH MARCH COLTER WALL £16ADV / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE STIFF LITTLE FINGERS £20ADV / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY MEUTE £16ADV / 7.00PM / SWX
LYSERGIC LIMES & BLG: JAMES CHANCE + DIE CONTORTIONS £13ADV / 7.30PM / THE LANES DODIE £20ADV / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY FREYA RIDINGS SOLD OUT / 7.00PM / SWX THURSDAY 14TH MARCH SNAPPED ANKLE £9ADV / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE TREP + EDEN IN PROGRESS + MORE TBA £TBC / 7.00PM / THE GRYPHON CLOSEUP PRESENTS: BEACH FOR TIGER FREE / 7.00PM / HY BRASIL ULRICH SCHNAUSS / 6.30PM / THEKLA FRIDAY 15TH MARCH SVALBARD + MORROW + PUNCH ON! + MODERN RITUALS £8ADV / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE THIS FEELING PRESENTS... £TBC / 7.00PM / HY BRASIL
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FULL LIVE LISTINGS SATURDAY 16TH MARCH
SPORTS TEAM £8.80 / 7:30PM / ROUGH TRADE
SUMAC + BAPTISTS + ENDON £14ADV / 7.00PM / EXCHANGE
THURSDAY 21ST MARCH
1% OF ONE PRESENTS: JELLY BOY FREE / 7.00PM / HY BRASIL
DESPERATE JOURNALIST £11ADV / 7.00PM / EXCHANGE
NO VIOLET £7.70 / 7.00PM / ROUGH TRADE
BAYONNE £7.50ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA
YUNGBLUD £11ADV / 6.30PM / SWX
RIVERSIDE £18.50ADV / 7.00PM / SWX
SUNDAY 17TH MARCH
FRIDAY 22ND MARCH
M2TM HEAT £5ADV / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE
MXM JOY £10/12ADV / 8.00PM / EXCHANGE
MICK JENKINS £18.50ADV / 7.00PM / TRINITY CENTRE
AUDIOPHILES TAKE-OVER FREE / 7.00PM / HY BRASIL
MONDAY 18TH MARCH
DYLAN CARLSON & ØGÏVES £10.00 / 7:30PM / ROUGH TRADE
SKINNY LIVING £8.50ADV / 7.00PM / EXCHANGE
SATURDAY 23RD MARCH
ONE INCH BADGE PRESENTS: BROTHER ALI £TBC / 7.00PM / HY BRASIL
DREAM STATE + SUPERLOVE £10ADV / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE
BECKY HILL / 6.30PM / THEKLA TUESDAY 19TH MARCH KATIE ELLEN £8ADV / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE DAMNATIO MEMORIAE & BLG: PINK TURNS BLUE + BLEIB MODERN + NAUT £13ADV / 7.30PM / THE LANES ADY SULEIMAN / 7.00PM / THEKLA WEDNESDAY 20TH MARCH POP OR NOT PRESENTS: THE SHIFTERS FREE / 7.00PM / HY BRASIL THE WAILERS £24.50ADV / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY
THE BACK ROOM FREE / 9.00PM / HY BRASIL EMILY BURNS £7.50ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA SUNDAY 24TH MARCH THE PINEAPPLE THIEF £18ADV / 7.00PM / SWX MONDAY 25TH MARCH JAKE ISAAC £11ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA TUESDAY 26TH MARCH TINY RUINS £12ADV / 8.00PM / EXCHANGE NAO £20ADV / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY
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FULL LIVE LISTINGS WEDNESDAY 27TH MARCH
SUNDAY 31ST MARCH
HEALTH £12ADV / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE
JOE PAYNE £20ADV / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE
ARCTIC LAKE £9ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA
LAZARUS PRESENTS: MC LARS £TBC / 7.00PM / HY BRASIL
THE INTERNET £22.50ADV / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY
APRE £6.50ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA
SHARON VAN ETTEN £22.50ADV / 7.00PM / SWX
MONDAY 1ST APRIL
TOURIST / 7.00PM / THEKLA
COLD HARD TRUTH + SPLITKNUCKLE + NIHILITY £7ADV / 7.00PM / EXCHANGE
THURSDAY 28TH MARCH PIGS PIGS PIGS PIGS PIGS PIGS PIGS + THE PERVERTS £SOLDOUT / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE
DALEK + ANTA + MXLX + SANS £10ADV / 8.00PM / THE LANES POPPY AJUDHA £12ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA
YMX PRESENTS... £TBC / 7.00PM / HY BRASIL
TUESDAY 2ND APRIL
THE STRANGLERS £27.50ADV / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY
THE TOASTERS + CAPTAIN ACCIDENT + THE SNEAK EAZIES £10ADV / 7.00PM / EXCHANGE
TOM RUSSELL / 7.00PM / THEKLA FRIDAY 29TH MARCH NEUROTIC FICTION + DOWN AND OUTS + LATCHSTRING + WINE MUMS £6ADV / 7.00PM / EXCHANGE
ART SCHOOL GIRLFRIEND £7ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA MARSICANS & ABBIE MCCARTHY £9.90 / 7:30PM / ROUGH TRADE WEDNESDAY 3RD APRIL
REIGN OF FURY + DISPOSABLE + DEMOCRATUS + WE COME FROM ASHES £TBC / 7.00PM / THE GRYPHON
FRANKIE STEW & HARVEY GUNN £10ADV / 7.00PM / EXCHANGE
DYLAN CARTLIDGE £6.50ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA
THURSDAY 4TH APRIL
LAZY DAY £7.70 / 7.00PM / ROUGH TRADE SLOWTHAI £15ADV / 6.30PM / SWX SATURDAY 30TH MARCH
PENELOPE ISLES £8.17 / 7:20PM / ROUGH TRADE CHERRY GLAZERR / 7.00PM / THEKLA TALLULAH RENDALL £16 - £33 ADV / 7.15PM / TRINITY CENTRE
FISHSTOCK 2019 £7ADV / 2.00PM / EXCHANGE Bristol in Stereo: 53
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FULL LIVE LISTINGS FRIDAY 5TH APRIL
WEDNESDAY 10TH APRIL
MUSICAL YOUTH £15.26INC BF / 8.00PM / COLSTON HALL
GO DARK £9ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA
WAYLANDER + CALL OF FENRIR + ALATYR + CISTVAEN £TBC / 7.00PM / THE GRYPHON
THURSDAY 11TH APRIL
ETUK UBONG & FULL BAND £10ADV / 7.00PM / THE LANES
GAZ BROOKFIELD + PAUL HENSHAW + TRISTAN GORMAN + B-SYDES £8ADV / 7.00PM / EXCHANGE
DRENGE £16ADV / 6.30PM / SWX
FONTAINES D.C. / 7.00PM / THEKLA
COCO AND THE BUTTERFIELDS / 7.00PM / THEKLA
FRIDAY 12TH APRIL
SATURDAY 6TH APRIL GLAMOUR OF THE KILL + SILENT SCREAMS + INVISIONS £14ADV / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE
MOLLY TUTTLE £16.35INC BF / 8.00PM / BRISTOL FOLK HOUSE SUBHUMANS £10ADV / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE
PIROSHKA £13.62 / 8:00PM / ROUGH TRADE
NILUFER YANYA + WESTERMAN / 7.00PM / THEKLA
MASSIVE WAGONS / 6.00PM / THEKLA
THE DUALERS £20ADV / 7.00PM / TRINITY CENTRE
SUNDAY 7TH APRIL
SATURDAY 13TH APRIL
STAND ATLANTIC £10ADV / 7.00PM / EXCHANGE
FUELLED BY CIDER ALL DAYER + IMPRINTS + CUT THROAT FRANCIS + CORKY £10ADV / 7.00PM / EXCHANGE
IN FLAMES £22.50ADV / 7.00PM / SWX BENJAMIN FRANCIS LEFTWICH / 7.30PM / THEKLA MONDAY 8TH APRIL SUNDARA KARMA £17ADV / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY TUESDAY 9TH APRIL LIELA MOSS £12ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA
PARTY WITH THE GREATEST SHOWMAN £17.50ADV / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY MAVERICK SABRE £16 ADV / 7.00PM / TRINITY CENTRE MONDAY 15TH APRIL LYSERGIC LIMES: HOOVERIII FREE / 7.30PM / THE LANES HICKEYS + SWALLOW CAVE FREE / 8.00PM / THE LANES TUESDAY 16TH APRIL DAUGHTERS £SOLDOUT / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE
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FULL LIVE LISTINGS ORLA GARTLAND £8ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA
MOGLI £10ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA
THURSDAY 18TH APRIL
THE SHOWHAWK DUO £18ADV / 6.30PM / SWX
PUPPY £10ADV / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE
SATURDAY 27TH APRIL
FRIDAY 19TH APRIL
TEETH OF THE SEA £9.90 / 7:30PM / ROUGH TRADE
LOVE FROM STOURBRIDGE £30ADV / 6.30PM / O2 ACADEMY
SUNDAY 28TH APRIL
SATURDAY 20TH APRIL
WILLIAM TYLER £13.62INC BF / 8.00PM / BRISTOL FOLK HOUSE
LAKE STREET DIVE £20ADV / 6.30PM / SWX SUNDAY 21ST APRIL ULCERATE + CARCINOMA + CRYPTWORM £10ADV / 7.00PM / EXCHANGE STAHLSARG + CRIMSON THRONE + SAARKOTH + BLACK PYRE £TBC / 7.00PM / THE GRYPHON TUESDAY 23RD APRIL
M2TM HEAT £5ADV / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE THE UNDERGROUND YOUTH £5ADV / 7.30PM / THE LANES TOM WALKER £17.50ADV / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY TUESDAY 30TH APRIL TEN Fé £8ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA
RAISED BY OWLS + SODOMIZED CADAVER £10ADV / 7.00PM / THE GRYPHON
WEDNESDAY 1ST MAY
MALENA ZAVALA £8ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA
LYSERGIC LIMES & BLG: BEE BEE SEA FREE / 7.30PM / THE LANES
WEDNESDAY 24TH APRIL
THURSDAY 2ND MAY
E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL: IN CONCERT £30.40INC BF / 7.30PM / BRISTOL HIPPODROME
MAISIE PETERS £9ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA
HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD £18ADV / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY FRIDAY 26TH APRIL BLAIR DUNLOP £13.09INC BF / 8.00PM / BRISTOL FOLK HOUSE
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
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The Gallimaufry
Snazzback Afro-funk & psych-jazz
14 Feb ~ Snazzback: Global Groove Experiment: World Tour After months of searching Snazzback share some of their best loved musical gems from across the globe. Including music from India, West Africa, Brazil and the Caribbean.
21 Feb ~ Snazzback: 6-piece
The 6-piece returns with fresh material in preparation for their next record. Incorporating their wide influences to craft their unique brand of cinematic future-jazz.
thegallimaufry.co.uk
in Bristol
with
Tom Ridley @ Be Softly
When did you first move to Bristol? Five years ago, and since then a lot of important people in my life have gravitated here too - it’s really great. Jack, who cofounded Be Softly with Finn and me and masterminded the Be Softly spoken word projects, is still in Liverpool. Once he’s here we’ll reach peak mates. Who’s your top Bristol artist at the moment? Emily Isherwood. Her performance at the Harbour Festival in 2017 floored me - so fragile and moving. I hope we’ll work together on something this year - I’ll keep hassling her. What are your go-to places to eat and drink? The Hillgrove - best Japanese food, best beer. I always shazam the shit out of whatever they’re playing in there too. Full Court Press - best coffee, worst music. Mostly All Saints. What’s the perfect way to spend a day here? Get immersed in something creative and don’t leave the house. What’s your favourite thing about the city? There’s just enough people and diversity that weird stuff survives, but small enough that’s it’s friendly, familiar with a strong feeling of community.
And your least favourite? I wish there was more art. With Arnolfini out of action for the time being, Spike Island is the only contemporary gallery that we have. Maybe one day Be Softly will branch out into a gallery space; I’d love that. Any top venues? The Louisiana has a special place in my heart. It’s run by such great people. Thekla’s super immersive, and Crofter’s has been sounding really good lately. We saw our old mates Acoda there recently and it was pure heft. Lorenzo was on sound - man’s a wizard. What will we see from Be Softly this year? This year we’re working on a super exciting spoken word project with one of our favourite authors in the world. We also have a bunch of other releases out via Be Softly’s label arm - the first will be a couple of techno tracks by Stefan Goodchild, who’s also done a music video for Poisonous Birds’ ‘Big Water’. There’ll also be more events. Then Jack has just launched neutralspaces.co - a platform for the indie writing community to host their work on. It’s already become the best place on the internet to read the cutting edge of literature, and it’s growing daily. Be Softly is a self-sufficient record label, event promoter and most recently a monthly radio show. Bristol in Stereo: 57
live reviews
curated by Jon Kean, Live Editor MABEL, O2 ACADEMY PHOTO: NAOMI WILLIAMS
The story of Mabel is one that is still very much unravelling. Being the daughter of 90s trip-hop star, Neneh Cherry and Massive Attack producer, Cameron McVey was bound to bring out her musical side, but her output certainly differs from theirs. She revels in being the queen of sunny, tropical pop bangers. Take the club-ready ‘Ring Ring’, with Jax Jones, or the dancehall bop of ‘Cigarette’, with the chart-smart twosome of Stefflon Don and RAYE. Starting with reggae-charged R&B number, ‘One Shot’, the rising star never held back. ‘Take It All’ served as an Adele-style pop ballad, only electrically-fuelled with thunderous drums and crashing cymbals. Yet unlike many other artists, Mabel never wallows in the personal aspects of the tracks; she takes big emotions in her stride and spins them into colossal tunes that women across
the nation can relate to, sing along to and dance to. She celebrated this by belting out “turn your back on me baby, turn your back on me/ You should know better than to fuck with me” and of course the predominantly-female crowd sang back her words, empowered by the break-up chant that is ‘Come Over’. She owned the new tracks like ‘Bad Behaviour’, which attracted the same rabid devotion of excited cheers that the big hits like ‘Ring Ring’ and ‘My Lover’ raised so well. She possessed all the assured swagger and controlled confidence of Beyoncé at Coachella, yet never let her natural warmth and attention to the audience falter. It was endearing to see a young artist thrive in the early stages of their career. With her debut album still to come, the Swedish singer has proven she isn’t just famous from her fortunate heritage. Make no mistake, Mabel is nobody’s side chick. Oliver Evans
DMA’S, ANSON ROOMS PHOTO: CALLUM O’KEEFE
Australian Brit-pop may sound like an oxymoron, but DMA’s do it in style. Technical difficulties set the schedule back by half an hour, but the buzz in Anson Rooms remained palpable. The trio have had their sound blessed as ‘biblical’ by Liam Gallagher, so with that to live up to, opener ‘Dawning’ got the night off to a cracking start – as a chipper Tommy O’Dell bounced around, shaking his maraca and waving to the eager crowd. With a string of energetic indie tracks, you could see why the band have been likened to so many classic Brit-pop artists. Harnessing that trademark sound characterised by so many Mancunian acts, ‘For Now’ and ‘Melbourne’ were reminiscent of The Happy Mondays and The Stone Roses. Slowing it down with acoustic ballad ‘In The Air’, O’Dell’s distinctive vocals were joined by a few hundred more as the crowd sang back every word. A man of little conversation, O’Dell nevertheless makes for a great front man. From holding the mic out to the fans to let them do the talking, or singing, through the slow numbers, he’ll effortlessly switch to galloping around the stage and hyping the crowd up through tracks like ‘Warsaw’. Despite the initial delay, the band racked up an impressive setlist spread across both albums and their first EP. ‘Step Up The Morphine’, ‘Lazy Love’ and a strippedback version of ‘The End’ all caused a stir with their rousing guitar solos. O’Dell continued to be pitch-perfect. With a punchy three-song encore that kicked off with ‘Feels Like 37’, the crowd heaved forward as a singular mass one last time for hit ‘Lay Down’ and Oasisstyle finale ‘Play It Out’. All in all, we enjoyed a surprisingly fresh-sounding injection of the 90s. This tracksuit-clad trio may still be relatively mid-level, but that certainly won’t be the case for much longer. Angharad Bishop Find full reviews and more at: bristolinstereo.com Bristol in Stereo: 59
Behind Every Musician
@WeAreTheMU
New School vol.2
ert.indd 1
the free Bristol label download 2018/19
bristolinstereo.com/newschool
10/05/2
thoughts.
Action is Your Friend by Francisco Gonçalves Silva Let’s just say it out loud: we’ve all been through times in our lives where we’ve just wanted to reach out and do more. Yet most times, our own mental spiralling holds us back in the corner. We’re not good enough; we don’t do enough; we can only do so much. We’re our own worst enemy – and the act of letting go can be the toughest one of all.
The way this relates to our artistic expression lies in a complex and emotional part of our humanity, sometimes beyond our own understanding. I’m no psychologist or therapist. I studied culture and politics and ended up doing music 2017 11:10 journalism and communications. But I am a person, and I have struggled to express myself creatively and emotionally. When I relocated from Lisbon to the artistic hub of Berlin, I sometimes wondered, even before settling properly, why this was. A quarter-life crisis? A lack of stimulation, or fear? Maybe. But I always knew I had the will and the chops for it. There will always be self-doubt, but from my turmoil came valuable lessons that I’d happily share with anyone feeling the same way. Take the first steps. A touch more experience, the right people to share
ideas with and being in the right space can unlock a brand-new world – one you didn’t even know you could experience. Small improvements can lead to grand achievements and in turn validate you as a creative being. Do things wrong. As much as fear and a lack of self-esteem can be the shackles holding you back, by not acting you’re not allowing yourself to make valuable mistakes. It took me a while to let go of the little contradictory voice in my head, saying that it’s not okay to fail. But it is. Just ask those who’ve failed before you, and those who surely will after. Does it matter? Not really. Get yourself out there and find the right environment, one that inspires you to be a better version of yourself. Allow yourself to trust in the skills you’ve earned and talents you were given. If you accept yourself, others will too, and you can watch your sense of freedom and possibility expand. Allow yourself to create organically and dispose of preconceived notions of right and wrong. Such limitations are social constructs at odds with your artistic freedom. Trust your gut, be kind to yourself and allow time for growth. Just do it – and do it, exclusively, for yourself.
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