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Welcome back my fellow Bristolians. As March marches on, so do we, and I’d highly suggest you do so in the direction of a good gig or two. One such recommendation is Self Esteem, who plays Thekla this month. Our Danny Wright talks to Slow Club’s Rebecca Taylor about this, her latest project. Hitting our cover this month is rising London rapper, Little Simz. Tara Joshi talks to her about the new album and what’s really important in 2019. What’s more, I’m practically falling over myself to let you know that personal fave, Nilüfer Yanya, is also playing this month. Emma Madden talks to her about evading the pressure to excel, while we note how she in fact does so. Elsewhere, Ffion Riordan-Jones of The Canteen shares some great thoughts on International Women’s Day on page 59. All this, plus the month’s best releases, listings for Bristol’s best venues and loads more. Do join us...

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WHAT’S ON

NILÜFER YANYA

SELF ESTEEM

EVENTS

FULL LISTINGS

LITTLE SIMZ

FEATURES 10

NEW SOUNDS 57

IN BRISTOL

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new sounds by Christian Northwood Hockeysmith Hockeysmith exists between two places. The first is Falmouth, where Annie Hockeysmith formulated the project, stowing herself away in a van in the isolated Cornish countryside. The second is Copenhagen, where Annie would take the fragments of songs that she had made in self-imposed isolation to friends in the city, blending her love of shoegaze and 90s rave with other, more contemporary references. The result is debut EP, Tears At My Age, a record that perfectly blends all these influences, resulting in a whole new beast. Hockeysmith’s sound is full of hypnotic textures, with reverb-drenched vocals billowing around looping, washing

guitars, as clattering drums echo for eternity in the background. EP track, ‘Messed Up’, for example, starts out as a washed-out Cure-like piece of guitar introversion, before morphing into a nocturnal banger. And while Annie can become lost in the echoing fog, she still manages to flex her pop muscles – notably on ‘Loney Loving Me’. It’s a polished, infectious track that sounds like a lost Madonna single with its bustling drums and soft synths giving it a technicolour glaze, whilst retaining a darkness and unpredictability. It’s this ability to meld and mold differing styles together seamlessly that makes Hockeysmith something very special. LISTEN TO: Lonely Loving Me @hockeysmithband

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Pet Shimmers Slinking out of the shadows come Pet Shimmers, a brand new Bristol band that counts members of Herbal Tea, Scarlet Rascal and Oliver Wilde among its number. Championed by the newly-formed Deertone Records, Pet Shimmers are a woozy, dense affair, like the feeling of being half asleep in the sun after a few beers. Debut single, ‘Persona Party’, fills your head with lush, warm textures. A lazy acoustic guitar is jostled by playful electronics, while joyous harmonies drift along, often being lost beneath the plethora of beautiful layers. Keep your eyes and ears peeled for Pet Shimmers. LISTEN TO: Persona Party @petshimmers

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hen I first saw Nilüfer Yanya perform over two years ago, I heard a guitar sound which glowed ruddy and gold; horns which turned each song into a cinema; a voice which sounded as firm as it did friendly. Yanya and her school friends played and smiled on the stage, the audience swayed, and I remember thinking how proud I felt to live in London in that moment. “I’ve always loved London,” Yanya tells me on a call from Washington DC. “I guess it has created my sound in a way.” You can hear the city in each of the singles she’s been steadily releasing since 2016. Her truncated voice is unmistakably the voice of the capital, her guitar is heated like sunshine on the city’s concrete, her candour and coolness is identifiably, ineffably London. Beyond her home city, Yanya’s gained immediate interest with her humble back-catalogue, which she’s taken on the road while supporting the likes of Interpol, Broken Social Scene and, currently, our recent cover star, Sharon Van Etten. While her songs so far have

displayed Yanya’s vital talent for writing neat, catchy bops, they also point to a songwriting capability which is bordering on greatness. And, like any great songwriter, Yanya’s songs work on multiple levels. Take ‘Small Crimes’, for instance, a highlight from her 2016 EP of the same name. On one level, it’s the story of her

stolen bike, on the next it’s a pleading love song, on another, it’s a broader commentary on injustice and repentance at large. “I think that’s because I’m not really an open person, so for me it’s easier to bring other contexts into it, instead of it all just being about me,” she says. While she refers to herself as opaque and somewhat closed-off, Yanya’s deepest fears, her paranoia and her need for validation are exposed on her forthcoming

LP. The long-awaited debut, Miss Universe, maximises Yanya’s macro-micro songwriting methodology, as she draws on her own experiences and emotional universe to identify the ways in which authorial voices govern our lives at a distance. Specifically, Miss Universe muses on the ways in which self-help culture stultifies our own personal conduct and relationships. As Forbes reported in 2018, around 94 percent of millennials are making personal improvement

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“You picture yourself in the future, doing whatever, with whoever, but you’re never actually at one with the process of getting there...”

commitments. We wear health monitors which allow professionals to intervene should something look awry, we consume self-help books and take on veganuary and sober January. Each year, we better ourselves to death. Miss Universe – which opens with elevatorstyle muzak and a hebetudinous voice positively reinforcing: “Welcome to WWAY [We Worry About Your] Health, our 24/7 care programme. We are here for you, we care about you, we worry about you,” – is Yanya’s attempt at satirising the devious parts of self-improvement culture. The 17-track album is peppered with these interludes, which become increasingly farcical, and are “based off tube announcements”, Yanya says; “the tone of authority that you don’t really question much”. “It plays into the idea that you can always do better, which is fine, because most of the time you can, but it’s also hard to enjoy the present and appreciate the state you’re at now when you’re always trying to improve, and WWAY Health takes it a bit further, in the way you’re improving but you don’t even know why you need to improve anymore.”

While self-improvement culture – with its vow to help you exceed your expectations — seems rewarding at a first glance, Miss Universe’s pivotal moment occurs when Yanya realises her limitations. “This is the bar I’m waiting,” she sings on the album’s closer ‘Heavyweight Champion of the Year’. “This is the bar I’m staying.” So, is Miss Universe Yanya’s antiself-improvement manifesto? “Yeah! ‘Cos it’s so much pressure to do well, to be the best, but the most important thing is the process. You picture yourself in the future, doing whatever, with whoever, but you’re never actually at one with the process of getting there. I think that’s why people get disillusioned. They wonder what they’re doing in their relationships, ‘cos we’re sold this idea that if you’re aspiring to something, and you get it, you often think, ‘this isn’t as great as I thought it would be, whats wrong with me?’” Miss Universe is released March 22nd via ATO. LIVE: Rough Trade East, London, March 23rd EartH, London, April 9th Thekla, Bristol, April 12th @niluferyanya

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MACHINA BRISTRONICA No-one can escape the fun of synths, music hardware and basically anything that makes a noise when you twiddle it. That’s why this month’s Machina Bristronica has us very excited indeed. Bringing together fantastic artists from Bristol and beyond – such as Kahn, Batu and Anna Disclaim – with top brands like Native Instruments, Ableton and Moog, it’s a festival of performance, play and discussion across four warehouse rooms. Check out the stalls, watch panel talks, or just see the pros in action. You can even take a deep dive with Ableton into a Max4Live build, or enter the mystifying world of modular synthesis. MARCH 30TH, MOTION

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY An occasion that needs little introduction, International Women’s Day serves of a reminder of the successes and injustices we should be aware of all year round. As part of this year’s discourse, charitable organisations welcome guest from Bristol’s 100 Most Influential Women list to talk at the St Paul Learning Centre. Elsewhere, the Bristol Improv Theatre holds a night of female talent headed up by Rhiannon Vivian and Maria Peters, and Aerospace Bristol spotlights the women who shaped aviation history. Closer to home, our pals at the Old Market Assembly have a whole month of female artists in-store. MARCH 8TH, VARIOUS LOCATIONS

THE PALACE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL The Palace provides a platform for a diverse selection of queer cinema at The Cube this month. With a programme of both shorts and feature films from underground artists the world over, one screening even promises a live score, before the closing Palace Party takes it all home with further live acts and immersive installations. This is PIFF’s UK debut and is organised by the Palace Collective, an 800-strong collaborative force, originally founded in Poland. MARCH 14-16TH, THE CUBE

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BRISTOL JAZZ AND BLUES FESTIVAL Jazz hands at the ready, people; the Bristol International Jazz and Blues Festival is back with an eclectic lineup set to make you feel far too cultured indeed. American guitarist, keyboardist and vocalist, Lucky Peterson, fuses blues with soul and much more. Ray Gelato is exactly as Italian as he sounds and, from around 30 seconds in, you’ll realise why he’s partly responsible for the 80s swing revival here in the UK. Head down for a grown-up weekend of nostalgia and keen musicianship. MARCH 22ND-24TH, VARIOUS VENUES

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Falling aptly just after International Women’s Day, new documentary ‘So, Which Band is Your Boyfriend In?’ screens at Exchange this month. Taking a deeper look at the gender divide in music, it features conversations with women and genderfluid individuals from all parts of the industry. Learn more about why and how such people got into music, their positive and not-sopositive experiences doing so, and what we can all do about it. “The gender divide exists,” remind the organisers, dissatisfied with how the current media coverage “only scratches the surface.” MARCH 9TH, EXCHANGE

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Self Esteem words: Danny Wright photography: Charlotte Patmore

“Look at me. Don’t look at me. Love me. Don’t fucking love me too much!” ou can hear it in Slow Club records - I was ready to do this kind of thing and I couldn't do it in the band, so it was time to go – for my own well being. I was going a bit crazy trying to shoehorn my ideas into something that was very different.” Once of Slow Club, Rebecca Taylor is now following her own path as Self Esteem. Sat in a cosy South London pub she’s explaining how the name that had been in her head for 10 years has now become a self-fulfilling prophecy. “I felt exhausted by the end of Slow Club and mentally it was very difficult to consistently be compromised - and I didn't really realise that at the time - but now I'm doing this, I feel so much happier and comfortable in myself.” “I’m still pretty skint and my life’s still pretty normal but I now have this wild outlet that I can do anything with. I was in a band for 10 years where I had to stand on stage, zip my coat up and look at my feet and say sorry if I fucked up. I wanted to experiment more, especially aesthetically. But you can’t push someone to do that and Charles and I are very different people.”

Her debut album Compliments Please (“That name works so well for the album because I am such a mixed message. Look at me. Don’t look at me. Love me. Don’t fucking love me too much!”) is different, inspired by her love of pop and hip hop and full of vibrant, technicolor moments. It’s the sound of someone finding her own voice. Not that this will all be completely new to Slow Club fans. “It’s still digestible to a Slow Club fan’s ear. And I’m pretty consistently sad, angry with someone, horny and depressed - so all the songs sound like one of those things. You’ve just never had a full album of that as it’s always been peppered with Charles’ nice metaphors,” she laughs. It took her a while to find her sound as she visited pop studios trying to pin it down. But these trips only led to her realising what she didn’t want to do. “I wanted to see how those proper pop factories worked but it wasn’t right for me. I thought I wanted to be this huge star but I realised pretty quickly I didn’t want to be a huge star in that way.” “There’s a certain type of accepted sexuality you can put on big pop songs and there’s a certain type of feminism. Nothing’s messy enough for me. It was all a bit too processed.”

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But that's not to say she doesn't love 'pop'. She listens to a lot of Rihanna, likes Let’s Eat Grandma (“but they’re like half my age so it’s very stressful”) and remembers thinking when Lorde first came out “I’d been talking about doing this for years”. She’s also “a fucking huge Little Mix fan and I love that it’s not perfect and pristine. I realised if I’m gonna do this then it needs to be in a different way.”

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perfect and pristine. I realised if I’m gonna do this then it needs to be in a different way.” And Self Esteem feels like a new kind of pop — not processed but something proudly, powerfully female. She told herself “if you’re going to do it make it really, really beautiful and powerful and evoke really soaring emotion in people” and the album is full of gospel choirs, strings, striking vocals and syncopated beats. “I think ‘Wrestling’ was the first time I was like ‘This is what it sounds like’, and then to my mind I’d written the album and it was done. I’d been in a relationship and I was like ‘This is great, I can be in a relationship and still write an album’. I’d always thought I had to be in turmoil to write good stuff. So I thought I’d disprove that theory but then we did break up and I wrote ‘Rollout’, ‘In Time’, ‘I’m Shy’ - all of my favourites. I was, like, ‘Shiitt!’.”

Our chat turns to sexism in the industry. “I do feel respected finally. In Slow Club it wasn’t anyone’s fault but people didn’t think I wrote songs. That hurt me for years actually. But now both my managers are beautiful strong women. So I don’t think people will fuck with me quite so much anymore!” “I’m not doing this to say ‘FUCK MEN!’ but I was playing the game in a man’s world in indie land and I’m not waving a flag… I just naturally have the flag on me. God, I sound like Bros. My analogies are terrible!” The new Matt Goss? Possibly not. But you get the feeling Rebecca Taylor won’t be asking about when she will be famous for much longer. Compliments Please is released March 1st via Fiction Records. LIVE: Village Underground, London, March 20th Thekla, Bristol, March 21st @SELFESTEEM___

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“ People are dying.

Who actually cares about any of this stuff? ” s human beings, we have a tendency to get wrapped up in the minutiae of our individual existences – reading the bleak things going on in the news can be overwhelming when we’re already so inundated by work drama, relationships, money, and even fully trivial stuff like what it means when someone hasn’t watched our latest Instagram Stories. But there’s a sense of confusion and guilt too, when you start to question your priorities in life: are they the right ones? Have you already made bad, selfish choices? Should you be directing yourself towards things that will “make a difference” in the grander scheme?

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mys e lf u p to the wo r ld, a nd it p u ts me in a v e r y vu lne r a b le p o sition – b u t it ’ s my wa y o f de a ling with thing s . A nd I ’ m ve r y gr a te f u l tha t I ha ve mu s ic... ”

For an artist, that sentiment is manifest in a lyric from London rapper Little Simz’ latest album – “People are dying / who gives a fuck about making hits?”. Down a crackly phone line, Simz (real name Simbi Ajikawo) is discussing that bar with me: “I get caught up in irrelevant things when there are bigger things I could focus my energy towards,” she sighs. “And I don’t. I worry about the small things. So I guess that line was me speaking to myself, really.” There are murky in-between places in life where there are no clear answers: and the

older we get, the more it feels maybe there is no certainty in anything – nothing is black and white. With lyrics like, “Afraid of the answers to questions I never ask”, it’s for this reason the North London rapper has named her exquisite third album GREY Area. The record doesn’t sit in one particular genre – she spits, she soothes, even screams her thoughtful bars over everything from soulful boom-bap to twinkling keys to howling guitars. “At the time I was making the record it felt like that was the space I was in,” she explains, “Realising that things are a lot more complex than they may seem,

so I was peeling back more layers in myself and learning more about myself.” Simz’ work has always gracefully delved into self-reflection, but this time around it all feels more fully-realised as a concept: not only is her delivery more assured, and the production (largely done by her childhood friend Inflo) phenomenal, but the theme also seems more forthright. The track ‘Therapy’, for example, finds her sitting across from a therapist and growing frustrated (“I see the way you look at me like I’m some sort of charity / the only reason I come is so I can get some clarity / and it didn’t work”). It transpires this is all an imagined scenario: “I’ve never actually been to therapy, so it’s more how I might talk to a therapist and imagining myself in his or her office, coffee table, sitting on a sofa… I’ve been told I should try therapy, but I didn’t really get the idea of talking to a stranger and paying them by the minute – it just didn’t appeal to me. So I just decided to write about it instead. That’s my one form of therapy.” It’s not that she’s writing off the possibility of trying therapy one day, but as a self-described introvert, for now Simz’ work is the space that allows her to express her anxieties out loud: “I know that I open myself up to the world, and it puts me in a very vulnerable position – but it’s my way of dealing with things. And I’m very grateful that I have music – like some people deal with things in a negative way: some people turn to substance abuse, or whatever it is, to deal with what they’re going through. I’m very lucky to have an outlet like music.” As someone who prefers to keep things inward in her everyday life, I suggest it must be a surreal feeling to get on stage and speak so openly about what’s going on in her head: “It is tricky – sometimes when I go and perform songs and I’m not over certain things then it’s like opening up a wound that I haven’t let fully heal. But it comes with the gig, isn’t it? It’s part of being an artist.”

That sentiment of getting in front of the crowd and being fully vulnerable adds an extra layer to how she describes some of the tracks on the album. ‘Boss’, for example, is a searing, thrilling guitar-anthem that is one of the only non-cynical iterations of a woman’s empowerment anthem in recent times, with its refrain of “I’m a boss in a fucking dress”. For Simz the track was not, as I wonder aloud to her, a reaction to a particularly shitty interaction with a man – but instead a more abstract situation: “It’s like, if I were to walk into a boxing ring, how would I feel?” “ It ’ s

lik e , if I w e r e to w a lk in to a b o x in g ring , ho w w ou ld I f e e l? ” The song, which was first released as part of TV series Insecure’s soundtrack, was written in the back of an Uber she says – a space, it transpires, where she writes a lot of her songs. Indeed, while last album Stillness In Wonderland found Simz travelling non-stop, writing and recording in different time zones and operating on little sleep, this album was made in London and, accordingly, afforded her time to be more grounded with it. “I was able to hone in more on my thoughts and feelings, and took time to understand certain emotions and write about them as I was stationary at home in London. I was in a better physical state making this – though of course mentally I’m still going through the motions.” Beyond that willingness to get deeper into her demons than ever, and the sublime sense of confidence that oozes from her flow these days, Simz’ growth on GREY Area is tangible in the smaller details too. So quick that you almost miss it, she spits, “n****s wanna see dead bodies / prolly not” over the dissonant strings on the cinematic ‘Venom’, in reference to standout track ‘Dead Body’ from her first album, A Curious Tale of Trials + Persons. Bristol in Stereo:2929 Bristol in Stereo:

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person that feels like where they ’ re at is very complex and confusing. You ’ re not alone... ” I did try and be a little clever with it,” she says with a small laugh when I point it out. “I hope to do it in stuff always, but for me ‘Venom’ is like the ‘Dead Body’ of this album, if that makes sense? On each of my three albums there are songs that are of the same vibe, but with an evolved me. So, for example, ‘Dead Body’ on the first album to ‘King of Hearts’ on Stillness In Wonderland, and now ‘Venom’. Like it’s all in a similar vibe, but it’s just an evolved version.” On GREY Area, Simbi Ajikawo is still unravelling herself and her life – what her priorities should be, how best she can look after herself, how she can exist as a woman in a space that might try push her down, her artistic evolution, and how best she can use her art to provide a space for people feeling a similar way. Indeed, before the call ends I ask if she has any final words people ought to know about the record, and she replies: “If anyone does listen to this or feel like they can relate to it, we’re all figuring it out, man. You’re not the only person that feels like where they’re at is very complex and confusing. You’re not alone.” GREY Area is released March 1st via Age 101 FESTIVALS: All Points East, London, May 24th Boomtown, WInchester, August 7th-11th @LittleSimz

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It’s been a decade of sonic innovation since a teenage Jack and George Barnett released their debut album Beat Pyramid as These New Puritans. Over those 10 years they’ve proven themselves to be fearless innovators and last record Field Of Reeds was a thing of beauty. Now they’re back, with their first album in six years, we thought it was about time Danny Wright got Gemma Samways and Thomas Hannan together to get inside Inside the Rose.. So, what are your thoughts about TNP? Thomas: To be honest they irritated the hell out of me right up until Field of Reeds, but I loved that record and after that I’ve come to be a big admirer. They make really ambitious and inventive music and are, in general, a force for good. Gemma: I was aware of them around the first record but it was Hidden that got me into them. Thomas: They're also not at all fashionable, and they don't seem to care one bit, which is a quality I admire in people and bands alike. Gemma: When you write down what they do, and where their influences are, they sound insanely pretentious. But in practise, I love them.

THESE NEW PURITANS INSIDE THE ROSE Thomas: Oh definitely. It is pretentious. But so is.... ballet. And David Foster Wallace. Why do you think it works then? And was Field of Reeds their best record? Thomas: It's definitely my favourite. I thought it was really beautiful, where I found the preceding records a bit style over substance. It all came together on that record for me. It works because they've got conviction in what they're doing, and while they clearly know their way around really technical aspects of composition, there's a heart to it. Gemma: I was so into Hidden, I found Field of Reeds a bit of a wrench initially. But they have a way of seeping under your skin. I agree about the conviction. They never feel like they're paying lip service to a style for credibility, which you do sense with some bands. Thomas: I agree - it's almost a bit unfair to review this record before it's had a really long time to settle with you. We should talk again in 2023. Gemma: Saying that, this new one I was into straight away!

The press release says: 'It’s unlike anything else you’ll hear this year' – is that true? Or an album you'll hear in 2023? Thomas: In terms of their contemporaries, none of them who've survived will release a record anywhere near this interesting, or downright good, this year. There's music like this of course, but it's not being made by many 'bands' as such. Their career trajectory reminds me of Talk Talk, which I mean as the highest of compliments. Gemma: I see them as in the lineage of Kate Bush or Scott Walker - not in a literal sense that their music is similar but in the sense that they seem out of step with everyone else. And genuinely seem to develop with each record. Though the press release says they hate looking back: so they'd probably be pissed with being compared to them. They said: “Why dream backwards when you can dream forwards?” Does it sound like the future? Gemma: SOPHIE sounds like the future. TNP feel timeless? Thomas: A lot of it sounds like 60s minimalism - one of my favourites is the opener ‘Infinity Vibraphones’, but if there's a more Steve Reich title of a song this year that isn't actually by Steve Reich I'd be surprised.

Thomas: I like ‘Into the Fire’ a lot. It starts with this lovely major chord which is so jarring because the rest of it is so relentlessly murky. It's just this one really awesome moment. ‘Anti-Gravity’ is great too, proof that they can write hooks if they want to. They just... don't really want to. ‘Where the Trees are on Fire’ is gorgeous, they have a way of combining brass and strings and weird, scary, simple sentences really well.

Does it feel like the first albums? Or something new? Thomas: It feels like a natural progression from Field of Reeds which, as someone who wasn't really in to the first few albums, I'm very happy about. Gemma: I had it as a cross between Hidden and Field of Reeds, but less mad than the former and more varied than the latter. I really love this album. Thomas: They let ideas breathe a lot more these days, which is good because they have a lot of really fascinating ideas. Gemma: There's a lyric that stuck out for me, in ‘A-R-P’: “Let this music be a kind of paradise, a kind of nightmare, a kind of I don’t care”. I genuinely don't think they give a fuck what anyone thinks.

Is it a potential album of the year? (I ask in February) Thomas: It'll be my album of 2023. I'm not sure I'll have got my head around it properly by the end of the year. Gemma: Quite possibly, yes. It needs to embed itself in my brain for a bit longer.

And what about favourite tracks? Gemma: ‘Into The Fire’, ‘A-R-P’ and ‘Six’. And ‘Beyond Black Suns’ reminds me of Depeche Mode.

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Is it something that you think will come to life live, too? Thomas: I’d love to see it live. But this is stuff for fancy concert halls, not sticky carpet venues. Gemma: It’s got Barbican written all over it. Thomas: Exactly. It almost feels like it's been commissioned by somewhere like that. Inside The Rose is released March 22nd via Infectious Music.

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HELADO NEGRO THIS IS HOW YOU SMILE RVNG Intl. March 8th If, like me, you consider steel drums to be the most joyful instrument on the planet, then you’ll probably concur that Roberto Carlos Lange’s ability to make them resonate with sweet melancholia on ‘Imagining What To Do’ neatly sums up the rich and sumptuous experience of This Is How You Smile. On one hand, you could let the album gently wash over you: ‘Please Won’t Please’ the soundtrack to those Sunday ‘Well, if you’re having a Bloody Mary I will too’ scenes. ‘Seen My Aura’ filling the sky at sun-kissed summer rooftop parties, where your friends are as happy and care-free as you’ve ever seen them... Or, if your space allows for more contemplation, you can soak up the tender ruminations on family, friends, love and self that course through this record: “Take care of people today, hold their hand, call them up if you, wanna say: ‘Hey’...” is a message that feels just as good as that sun-kiss or Bloody Mary. Dave Rowlinson

BMG // March 15th Opening with ‘Lux Prima’ (first light) and closing with ‘Nox Lumina’ (night light), Lux Prima, delivers a liberating landscape from two luminescent alchemists. Lush textures, romantic string sections and Karen O’s soaring vocal range lace this record with warmth, indulgence and weightlessness. Early single, ‘Woman’, is a feisty and powerful mid-album interlude, while lighter cuts ‘Turn The Light’, with its funky bassline, and the softly crackly ‘Reveries’ tell of daydreams, intimacy and adventure. This album was created without boundaries and expectations, and nowhere does that liberating creative process shine brighter than on closing track, ‘Nox Lumina’. It’s wistful and cinematic, otherworldly and experimental. “Every time I close my eyes, someone else’s paradise” Karen O sings. In Lux Prima, the pair have created a paradise of their own. Katie Thomas

JAYDA G

SIGNIFICANT CHANGES Ninja Tune // March 22nd In the same year that Jayda Guy completed her Masters, she also finished her debut album. Structured like a scientific essay, she weaves field recordings amongst ‘Orca’s Reprise’ and significant speeches about the protection of whales on ‘Missy Know What’s Up’ with fascinating results. But, as ever, Jayda deals best in euphoria, as seen on the joyfully-hypnotic ‘Sunshine In The Valley’. “Hey you, I see you with your phone, looking at Instagram. This is the dancefloor baby, this is where you’re supposed to get down,” we’re playfully told on ‘Stanley’s Get Down (No Parking On The DF)’. Inspired by the club-dwelling “row of guys just standing there, not dancing, just staring”, it’s impossible to picture anyone not intoxicated by Significant Changes and remaining still in its wake. Lee Wakefield

STELLA DONNELLY

BEWARE OF THE DOGS Secretly Canadian March 8th A debut album of strident, striking potency, Beware of the Dogs sees Stella Donnelly firmly at the helm, with her characteristic, captivating charm. Following on from her breakthrough solo EP Thrush Metal, the sound here carries itself with a greater assurance, reflecting the time Donnelly took during the album’s creation to “take stock” of everything after relentless touring and rapidly-spreading acclaim off the back of the EP. For this record, the Fremantle-based musician enlisted a bunch of her friends to complete the band, this core familiarity imbuing the album with a tangible dynamism and the fuller sound complementing Donnelly’s compositions perfectly. Lyrically, Beware of the Dogs bears Donnelly’s particular, wry demeanour as she astutely balances sharp wit alongside stark vulnerability, purveyed via her soaring vocals. On ‘Boys Will Be Boys’, a track that also featured on her previous EP, Donnelly poignantly addresses – with a gut-wrenching rawness – the culture of victim-blaming sexual assault survivors. While opening track, and lead single, ‘Old Man’ sees Donnelly confront the track’s creeping namesake with compelling defiance. Throughout the record, Donnelly’s vocal dexterity is sublime as she offers chirruping vibrato on ‘Lunch’, the piercing high-notes of ‘Watching Telly’, or dulcet crooning on ‘Mosquito’ - all delivered with her distinctive sprightly tone, accompanied by glistening guitar refrains and velvety melodies. And it is this way in which she simultaneously presents visceral fragility, a sense of playfulness, and unflinching poise that makes Donnelly’s music so undeniable and enchanting. Kezia Cochrane

HAND HABITS

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Listening to Hand Habits while telling my three-year-old to stop ferreting around in his pyjama bottoms for the tenth time in eight minutes has a certain synchronicity. The comparisons between Meg Duffy’s second album and the aforementioned habits of certain exploratory hands don’t stop there. The tracks offer anything from rather close scrutiny of personal matters, to seeking comfort and reassurance. Kevin Morby, for whom Duffy played guitar, correctly described Hand Habits’ sound as like a warm bath. It’s melodious alt-folk, Americana that could make America great again - without sporting a stupid red hat. Title track, ‘placeholder’ contemplates accepting second-best in life, yet Duffy’s guitar solos on ‘jessica’ and ‘can’t calm down’ (the calmest song you’ll ever hear about not being calm) are especially majestic. Jon Kean

SUCKER PUNCH Waiting for Sigrid Raabe’s debut album has felt much like the run-up to Shura’s; a real-deal pop artist dangling elusive treasure for more than two years. There’s risk of not delivering when the time comes – but Sigrid's outdone herself. Sure, the inclusion of pop behemoth ‘Don’t Kill My Vibe’ and her UK top 10 hit ‘Strangers’ in the tracklist was always going to provide a safety net. These tracks, however, don’t necessarily eclipse a host of thrilling, fresh material. ‘Basic’, ‘Never Mine’, ‘Sucker Punch’ and ‘Mine Right Now’ are all immediate earworms: a sugar rush of snap-clap synths and the Norwegian artist’s zesty vocal whoops. Some trite lyrics and a misstep on normcore-pop track ‘Don’t Feel Like Crying’ notwithstanding, Sucker Punch is an absolute triumph. Charlotte Krol Bristol in Stereo: 37

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TAMU MASSIF

LITTLE DEATH SUMMER Chiverin March 29th Want a suite of tunes to soundtrack winter giving way to the restless, budding energy and welcome warmth of spring? Tamu Massif’s debut album, Little Death Summer ought to do the trick. It twitches and glitches with start-stop samples, like a landscape that’s about to burst into vibrant colour. His vocals rasp hot breath that melts the final chills of the cruellest months. You’ll be checking on the state of your festival wardrobe as you feel the bass beat for ‘Senses’ through your bare feet. ‘Get Some Sleep’ will undoubtedly be your neighbours’ favourite new song, whether they like it or not. Similarly, the washing synths of ‘Carapace’ will surely coax you back out of your shell. The stand-out track is ‘FEELGOOD’. Clue’s in the name. Jon Kean

THE DESERT

WINNING YOU BACK Funnel Music March 8th With an aptitude for merging dark-folk influences with a haunting electronic ambience, The Desert have solidified their place within Bristol’s music scene as one of the most outstanding trip-hop acts that the city has to offer, and their second EP only enhances their reputation. A spell-binding masterpiece that rivals some of the most renowned names in the genre, Winning You Back flows through a delicate journey of lost love and self-rediscovery, blending the incredibly vulnerable vocals of Gina Leonard with heart-wrenching synths courtesy of producer Tom Freyer. The record’s ethereal balance of fragility and hope is its most remarkable feature, most evident throughout ‘Bitterness’ as it lays bare the reality of confronting and accepting heartbreak, and letting go of pain in search of something new. Kelly Ronaldson

SUGAR HORSE DRUJ

Self Release // out now "The sound of three socially-inept humans soundtracking your disappointing transition into adult life, drawing on their shared love of self-destructive behaviour and cognitive dissonance to create incoherent pop songs drowned in bleak soundscapes and visceral rhythms." This is how Sugar Horse invite the listeners to make their acquaintance – and darkness and gloom hold considerable weight on the Bristol trio's new EP, Druj. While titles like ‘Your Degree Is Worthless And Your Parents Aren't Proud Of You’ or ‘I Liked You Better Before You Went To Art School’ might trick you into thinking this is another Millennial indie/art-pop band, Sugar Horse's music is, actually, a compelling dive headfirst into shoegaze and experimental 90s rock, with guitars that create a lacerating wall of sound and squealing vocals. Guia Cortassa

AMERICAN FOOTBALL LP3

Big Scary Monsters March 22nd Whilst American Football’s eponymous nineties debut channelled devastating emotional fits derived from post- break up adolescence and late-night bouts of existential ennui, LP3 is continually bleaker and more mature by comparison, like the aftermath of a cold, hard winter alone – or twenty years where not a lot has changed – seasoned by regrets, passing days and shouldered blame. The twinkling intro to lead single ‘Silhouettes’ sets the tone well, and insists on drawing tears by the time Kinsella laments, “Oh, the muscle memory / continue to haunt me” over the pains of infidelity. If you regard second-wave emo as a genre that set the (music) world on fire, then LP3 seems to acutely trace the path of its fading embers with serene, stylistic beauty. Harriet Taylor

LAMBCHOP

THIS (IS WHAT I WANTED TO TELL YOU) City Slang March 22nd Your opinion about album number 14 from Kurt Wagner’s Lambchop will largely be decided by your feelings about Auto-Tune. With the band stripped back to a bare trio – featuring bassist Matt Swanson and pianist Tony Crow – the music is delightfully pensive and melancholy. Yet it’s impossible to truly connect with Wagner thanks to the obsession with the digital processing of his vocals. It’s a shame, because the tunes mangled way back in the mix are supple and playful, recalling the gentle power of Talk Talk, with the shuffling drum work of ‘The Lasting Last of You’ a joy to behold. But there’s nothing persuasive about the cloaked sound of Wagner’s singing. And to think his music used to be a cut above… Geoff Cowart

WYCH ELM

RAT BLANKET EP Post Mortem March 22nd With seven songs in fifteen minutes, Rat Blanket, the debut EP by Bristol’s Wych Elm is focused and refreshingly concise. Opener, ‘Monkey Jaw’ lurches and squeals its way into the appropriately raw, sore ‘Help Me’. ‘Susan Smith’ and ‘Greasy Fringe’ drip with grisly guilt. The rhythm section rumbles ominously. Appropriately for a band named after the native British species of elm, ‘1983’ ends with the bass line from The Cure’s ‘A Forest’. On ‘School Shooter’, they sing, “My brain is filled with sludge and drugs.” There’s something densely substantial and intoxicating in their viscous, treacly grunge. With a coarse- grained slacker abrasiveness, Rat Blanket is a riot of Babes In Toyland, Veruca Salt, Bikini Kill, L7, The Breeders and Nirvana – a disturbance you can’t help but endorse. Jon Kean Bristol in Stereo: 39 Bristol in Stereo: 39

OHTIS CURVE OF EARTH Full Time Hobby March 29th Curve Of Earth is the incredibly h o n e s t debut album from Ohtis. Sculpted from frontman and songwriter Sam Swinson’s remarkable and painful personal experiences - an upbringing in a fundamentalist evangelical cult, time in and out of rehab battling heroin addiction, a friend’s fatal overdose - the collection of songs are as darkly melancholic as they are gently uplifting. There’s a wit and knowing-smile underlying everything Swinson does with the darkly upbeat ‘Rehab’, almost reminiscent of undeniably contagious early Noah And The Whale, offering a catchy, country-pop take on an incredibly difficult subject. ‘Running’ too offers a timeless, breezy Americana ditty on another heavyweight topic, forging links with others on the fringes of society. The eight-track LP paints a picture of hope, through examining the bleakest moments. George O’Brien

ROYAL TRUX WHITE STUFF Fat Possum March 8th

IBIBIO SOUND MACHINE DOKO MIEN

Island Records // March 22nd Essential live, Ibibio Sound Machine kick off their third album with all the vivacity of their in-the-flesh shows – the horn‘n’synth-led Afrofunk of ‘I Need You To Be Sweet Like Sugar’ precedes the outright disco of ‘Wanna Come Down’ and the high-energy electro of ‘Tell Me’. Such a hyperactive approach could exhaust over a whole studio album, so ISM punctuate Doko Mien with subtler pleasures, from the anthemic electronic spiritualism of ‘I Will Run’ to some cool, jazz-flecked desert blues. Throughout, frontwoman Eno Williams’ vocal switches between the English language of her birthplace and the Nigerian Ibibio of her formative years, a fusion of the sort that characterises the diverse spirit of Doko Mien, giving it legs beyond only the dancefloor or well-trampled festival field. Nick Mee

To me, Royal Trux always sounded like what might happen if you asked people who’d never heard rock’n’roll to form a band based on what they’d picked up from reading Lester Bangs articles while high; all the tropes were present, but in a frighteningly, fantastically, fucked up way. Thankfully, the same is also true of their first album in 19 years. White Stuff is one of Neil Hagerty and Jennifer Herrema’s more “tuneful” records, but it still makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. The paranoid skronks of ‘Every Day Swan’ and ‘Year of the Dog’ terrify me. They are my favourite tracks. Oh, and ‘Get Used to This’ has Kool Keith on it, for some reason. Album of the year? Fucked if I know. But, yeah. Maybe. Thomas Hannan

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Waldo’s Gift

Out of this world musicianship combines Hip-hop, Math, Jazz, Groove & Electronica

6 March ~ Waldo’s Gift Trio

Alun Elliott-Williams - Guitar, Harry Stoneham - Bass, James Vine - Drums

13 March ~ Waldo’s Gift Reworks: Outkast Paying tribute to the hip hop duo

20 March ~ Waldo’s Gift: Open Collaboration

Waldo’s Gift open the stage to musicians who wish to join them in the spirit of improvisation and the free flow of ideas

27 March ~ Waldo’s Gift Reworks: Radiohead’s ‘In Rainbows’

Performing their take on the seventh LP from one UK’s finest rock bands

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BOHEMIAN EMBASSY + LUNA LAKE + DEEP THIEVES £3 / 9.00PM / MR WOLFS THE LBJBS FREE / 11.00PM / NO. 1 HARBOURSIDE MR.FITZ AND MISTA TRICK LIVE AV SHOW £5 / 10.00PM / OLD MARKET ASSEMBLY MELISSA CHEMAM BOOK AND TICKET / 2:00PM / ROUGH TRADE THE MUDHEADS + HOLLOW TREES + 2 WHITE 4 SPICE + DEJA TWO £4ADV / 7.30PM / THE THUNDERBOLT

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FULL LIVE LISTINGS NUBIYAN TWIST £15ADV / 7.30PM / TRINITY CENTRE

SONGSMITH FREE / 8.00PM / MR WOLFS

SUNDAY 3RD MARCH

SKINNY LISTER ALBUM AND TICKET / 7:30PM / ROUGH TRADE

JAZZ RENDEZ-VOUS & SPEL POETRY FREE / 8.30PM / THE BRISTOL FRINGE NEW MUSIC TRIPLE BILL - JADE / KRAKE / HARRIET RILEY £10 / 7.00PM / CAFÉ KINO

BAS / 7.30PM / THEKLA TUESDAY 5TH MARCH

HOLLY CARTER FREE / 4.00PM / THE CANTEEN

OPEN MIC FREE / 8.30PM / THE BRISTOL FRINGE

NIGHT FLIGHT + RALPH TAYLOR £6.54INC BF / 7.30PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS

AVA FREE / 9.30PM / THE CANTEEN

THE SPITFIRES + NICK CORBIN £13.50ADV / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE

SUDDEN INFANT + FUCK AUTHORITY + WARPED FREQS £7ADV / 7.00PM / EXCHANGE

CORY WONG (VULFPECK) SOLD OUT / 7.00PM / THE FLEECE

LEWIS CREAVEN'S DHARMA BLUES FREE / 9.00PM / THE GALLIMAUFRY

JAZZ SESSIONS HOSTED BY CRAIG CROFTON FREE / 9.00PM / THE GALLIMAUFRY

OPEN MIC FREE / 8.00PM / GRAIN BARGE

VICTORIA KLEWIN FREE / 4PM / THE GOLDEN LION

AUDIOBOOKS £7.50ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA

LAURA GIBSON £13.08INCBF / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA

LET'S SWIM + GET SWIMMING + FLOUR BABIES £3 / 7.00PM / THE MOTHERS RUIN

SUNDARA KARMA ALBUM AND TICKET / 7:00PM / ROUGH TRADE

JFS PRESENT: SOUL DIVA £3 / 9.00PM / MR WOLFS

EMBER FREE / 8.00PM / TOBACCO FACTORY

FREDO £20 / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY

MONDAY 4TH MARCH

SELF ESTEEM ALBUM AND TICKET / 7:00PM / ROUGH TRADE

CABARET SHOW FREE / 8.30PM / THE BRISTOL FRINGE CANTEEN JAZZ SESSION FREE / 9.30PM / THE CANTEEN RVBY £4INC BF / 7.30PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS STEVE MASON £15ADV / 7.00PM / THE FLEECE OPEN MIC: HOSTED BY MIKE DENNIS FREE / 8.00PM / THE GALLIMAUFRY

SEAFRET / 7.00PM / THEKLA WEDNESDAY 6TH MARCH PAUL DUNMALL & JOHN ETHERIDGE QUARTET £10ADV / 8.30PM / THE BRISTOL FRINGE THIS IS IT FOREVER PRESENTS: WORRIEDABOUTSATAN + LTO £6 / 7.30PM / CAFÉ KINO Bristol in Stereo: 43

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FULL LIVE LISTINGS BORNWYN LEONARD FREE / 9.30PM / THE CANTEEN

ALEXIS KINGS & BEVERLY SHRILLS £3 / 9.00PM / MR WOLFS

SEPTABEAT + MUTANT-THOUGHTS £5ADV / 7.00PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS

UFO £24.50 / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY

JAY PRINCE £12ADV / 7.00PM / EXCHANGE

LUNARY + GREEN SILENCE + IDLE SCIENCE + COMMUNE £4ADV / 7.30PM / THE THUNDERBOLT

SKINNY LISTER £12ADV / 7.30PM / THE FLEECE WALDO’S GIFT TRIO FREE / 9.00PM / THE GALLIMAUFRY OPEN MIC FREE / 9PM / THE GOLDEN LION FEET £6ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA GIN JAM - OPEN STAGE NIGHT FREE / 9.00PM / MR WOLFS FISHIES BRISTOL SPECIAL £5 / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY SAINT RAYMOND / 7.00PM / THEKLA THE HELLCATS £4ADV / 7.30PM / THE THUNDERBOLT

FRIDAY 8TH MARCH INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY SPECIAL FREE / 9.30PM / THE CANTEEN SCALPING + KINLAW & FRANCO FRANCO + CRUELTY £7ADV / 7.00PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS PUNKA £6/7/8 / 8.00PM / EXCHANGE THE REGZ 4ADV / 7.00PM / THE FLEECE SOMA SOMA £3 / 9PM / THE GOLDEN LION JEREMY & THE HARLEQUINS £10ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA

THURSDAY 7TH MARCH

THIS FEELING: BRISTOL WITH PARA ALTA + VRILLON + RAINMAKER £5 / 7.00PM / THE MOTHERS RUIN

KEITH CHRISTMAS ALBUM LAUNCH FREE / 8.30PM / THE BRISTOL FRINGE

HALFPENNY + SOUL MISSON £3 / £4 / 9.00PM / MR WOLFS

BURNOUT + SUPPORT £4 / 7.00PM / CAFÉ KINO

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY W/CELESTINE FREE / 11.00PM / NO. 1 HARBOURSIDE

ARXX FREE / 9.30PM / THE CANTEEN NOODS SOCIAL / / CROFTERS RIGHTS RODNEY P + BLAK TWANG + TY £11ADV / 7.00PM / THE FLEECE SNAZZBACK PRESENTS: TBC FREE / 9.00PM / THE GALLIMAUFRY CLOSEUP PRESENTS: WYLDEST FREE / 7.00PM / HY BRASIL BASS DRUM OF DEATH £12ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA

MARIBOU STATE £20 / 6.30PM / O2 ACADEMY MR T & THE MINIONS £4.50ADV / 10.00PM / OLD MARKET ASSEMBLY DISCOUNT COLUMBO £6.00 / 7:30PM / ROUGH TRADE CATS IN SPACE / 7.00PM / THEKLA BR PRODUCTION PRESENTS CHRISSIE HUNTLY AND BAND + SUPPORT £4ADV / 7.30PM / THE THUNDERBOLT

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FULL LIVE LISTINGS SATURDAY 9TH MARCH

IBIBIO SOUND MACHINE £14ADV / 7.30PM / TRINITY CENTRE

DAN MILTON FREE / 8.30PM / THE BRISTOL FRINGE

SUNDAY 10TH MARCH

LIVE MUSIC TBA FREE / 9.30PM / THE CANTEEN

STEVE PAYNE FREE / 8.30PM / THE BRISTOL FRINGE

CROOKED COLOURS £11.99INC BF / 8.00PM / COLSTON HALL

ALICE FLORENCE AND THE VINES FREE / 4.00PM / THE CANTEEN

DEFSYNTH: CAFFEINE KILL + JAN DOYLE BAND + MADMOIZEL + SOMBRE MOON / 7.00PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS

ASCENT: FOSSETTE £5.50INC BF / 7.30PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS

SO, WHICH BAND IS YOUR BOYFRIEND IN? £DONATIONS / 12.00PM / EXCHANGE

COLTER WALL £16ADV / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE

EAT UP £5ADV / 8.00PM / EXCHANGE

PHANTOM ENSEMBLE 'CONNECTIONS' LP LAUNCH FREE / 9.00PM / THE GALLIMAUFRY

ATOM HEART FLOYD £4ADV / 7.00PM / THE FLEECE

STARLING FREE / 4PM / THE GOLDEN LION

BILLY IN THE LOWGROUND FREE / 9PM / THE GOLDEN LION

COMMUNE £5ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA

HOOPLA BLUE / / THE LANES

STIFF LITTLE FINGERS £20 / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY

RYLOTH + SUPPORT £5 / 7.00PM / THE MOTHERS RUIN

MEUTE £16ADV / 7.00PM / SWX

FAMILY JOOLS + CUT + YOU DIRTY BLUE + GRANFALLOON PWYW / 7.00PM / THE MOTHERS RUIN

NEW WAVE CABARET FREE / 8.00PM / TOBACCO FACTORY

STANLAEY + MAD KING LUDWIG £3 / 9.00PM / MR WOLFS THE GIN BOWLERS FREE / 11.00PM / NO. 1 HARBOURSIDE CLICENDALES / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY CATERGORY IS TBC / 10.00PM / OLD MARKET ASSEMBLY WOOZE 7.70 / 7:30PM / ROUGH TRADE AJ TRACEY SOLD OUT / 6.00PM / SWX WILLE & THE BANDITS / 7.00PM / THEKLA

MONDAY 11TH MARCH DECYPHERS HIP HOP SESSION FREE / 9.30PM / THE CANTEEN MAKE FRIENDS + JOE PROBERT £5ADV / 7.30PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS BASSETT & BRAGGS £6ADV / 8.00PM / EXCHANGE HAYSEED DIXIE £12ADV / 7.30PM / THE FLEECE OPEN MIC: HOSTED BY MIKE DENNIS FREE / 8.00PM / THE GALLIMAUFRY CALVA LOUISE £8ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA SONGSMITH FREE / 8.00PM / MR WOLFS Bristol in Stereo: 45

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FULL LIVE LISTINGS EMBRACE £25 / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY

FREYA RIDINGS SOLD OUT / 7.00PM / SWX

TUESDAY 12TH MARCH

TYPAN+ SECOND SELF + DERAILER + CIELO DRIVE £4ADV / 7.30PM / THE THUNDERBOLT

OPEN MIC FREE / 8.30PM / THE BRISTOL FRINGE HOLYSSEUS FLY FREE / 9.30PM / THE CANTEEN WINDHAND £14ADV / 7.00PM / EXCHANGE

THURSDAY 14TH MARCH STARLING FREE / 9.30PM / THE CANTEEN SNAPPED ANKLE £9ADV / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE

DELIGHT A THIEF + MIRIAM + ROB BERESFORD FREE / 9.00PM / THE GALLIMAUFRY

SWMRS £17.50ADV / 7.30PM / THE FLEECE

OPEN MIC FREE / 8.00PM / GRAIN BARGE

SNAZZBACK BEAT TAPE FREE / 9.00PM / THE GALLIMAUFRY

JFS PRESENTS HIPPO £3 / 9.00PM / MR WOLFS

ENTER THE LION FREE / 9PM / THE GOLDEN LION

BRING ME THE HORIZON ALBUM AND TICKET / 5:30PM / ROUGH TRADE

TREP + EDEN IN PROGRESS + IRONVOLT £TBC / 7.00PM / THE GRYPHON

NEW CANDYS 4.00 / 8:00PM / ROUGH TRADE WEDNESDAY 13TH MARCH TONY ORRELL'S BIG TOP £10ADV / 8.30PM / THE BRISTOL FRINGE STANLAEY FREE / 9.30PM / THE CANTEEN ELIZA £12.50ADV / 7.00PM / EXCHANGE WALDO’S GIFT REWORKS: OUTKAST FREE / 9.00PM / THE GALLIMAUFRY OPEN MIC £1 / 9PM / THE GOLDEN LION LYSERGIC LIMES & BLG: JAMES CHANCE + DIE CONTORTIONS £13ADV / 7.30PM / THE LANES GIN JAM - OPEN STAGE NIGHT FREE / 9.00PM / MR WOLFS DODIE £20 / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY

CLOSEUP PRESENTS: BEACH FOR TIGER FREE / 7.00PM / HY BRASIL BLG: THE NOW FREE / / THE LANES NAPOLEON £10ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA JAKE MORRELL + DANNY MCMAHON £3 / 9.00PM / MR WOLFS SMOKEPURPP £22 / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY ABANDON FREE / 7:00PM / ROUGH TRADE SWMRS ALBUM AND TICKET / 5:30PM / ROUGH TRADE ULRICH SCHNAUSS / 6.30PM / THEKLA FAMILY JOOLS + WHO USED TO SEE THE SKY + COLOURFUL TREATMENT + HOODOO BLUE £4ADV / 7.30PM / THE THUNDERBOLT

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FULL LIVE LISTINGS FRIDAY 15TH MARCH BISCUIT SHUFFLE FREE / 8.30PM / THE BRISTOL FRINGE DENZLER, LASH, DAVIS, COOKE £5 / 8.00PM / CAFÉ KINO LIVE MUSIC TBA FREE / 9.30PM / THE CANTEEN PROMISES PROMISES + VUROMANTICS + COOKFATHER £5.60INC BF / 7.00PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS

THE LASTING DAYS + BELLES OF MOSCOW + AARON DOUGLAS £5ADV / 7.30PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS PLO MAN + DOC JAY £5/7/9 / 11.00PM / EXCHANGE SUMAC + BAPTISTS + ENDON £14ADV / 7.00PM / EXCHANGE PUNK ROCK YOGA £8ADV / 11.00PM / EXCHANGE LOVE DISTRACTION (HUMAN LEAGUE) + MANOEUVRES (OMD) £4ADV / 7.00PM / THE FLEECE

SVALBARD + MORROW + PUNCH ON! + MODERN RITUALS + SIAL £8ADV / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE

THE HOUDINIS FREE / 9PM / THE GOLDEN LION

DREADZONE £5ADV / 7.30PM / THE FLEECE

BLOODTHREAD + APOSTATE + CADAVER SOIREE + LOCKERSLUDGE FREE / 7.00PM / THE GRYPHON

ALMATIC £4 / 9PM / THE GOLDEN LION

1% OF ONE PRESENTS: JELLY BOY FREE / 7.00PM / HY BRASIL

THE ATROCITY EXHIBIT + BLACK SKIES BURN + BA'AL + THEY LIVE WE SLEEP £TBC / 7.00PM / THE GRYPHON

PATAWAWA £10ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA

THIS FEELING PRESENTS... £TBC / 7.00PM / HY BRASIL

NIGHTBUS PRESENTS: LAIMU + GÜRL + RICHARD THE FOURTH £3 / £4 / 9.00PM / MR WOLFS

THE DLX £5ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA

LIVE MUSIC TO BE CONFIRMED FREE / 11.00PM / NO. 1 HARBOURSIDE

COOL BEANS PRESENTS: SMILING IVY + MAD APPLE CIRCUS £3 / £4 / 9.00PM / MR WOLFS

GARAGE NATION £5 / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY

BELLE DAY FREE / 11.00PM / NO. 1 HARBOURSIDE

LIVE MUSIC TBA TBC / 10.00PM / OLD MARKET ASSEMBLY

THE DESTROYERS £4.50ADV / 10.00PM / OLD MARKET ASSEMBLY

NO VIOLET £7.70 / 7.00PM / ROUGH TRADE

THE VIBRATORS + THE PERVERTS £4ADV / 7.30PM / THE THUNDERBOLT SATURDAY 16TH MARCH MARK FEVER FREE / 8.30PM / THE BRISTOL FRINGE LIVE MUSIC TBA FREE / 9.30PM / THE CANTEEN

YUNGBLUD £11ADV / 6.30PM / SWX SUNDAY 17TH MARCH COYOTE BLUES FREE / 8.30PM / THE BRISTOL FRINGE TRUCKSTOP HONEYMOON FREE / 4.00PM / THE CANTEEN YOU TELL ME + SWEET BILLY PILGRIM £9ADV / 7.00PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS Bristol in Stereo: 47

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FULL LIVE LISTINGS M2TM HEAT £5ADV / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE

TUESDAY 19TH MARCH

CARING IN BRISTOL FUNDRAISER FREE / 9.00PM / THE GALLIMAUFRY

OPEN MIC FREE / 8.30PM / THE BRISTOL FRINGE

THE ROUNDABOUT SWING BAND FREE / 4PM / THE GOLDEN LION

FEMME NIGHT FREE / 9.30PM / THE CANTEEN

CLIMATE OF FEAR + STITCHED UP £TBC / 7.00PM / THE GRYPHON

1%: WOMAN’S HOUR £6.50ADV / 7.00PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS

CHANG + LIIP + HOLLOW TREES £5ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA

KATIE ELLEN + KATIE ELLEN + SLAGHEAP £8ADV / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE

DEAF HAVANA £18.50 / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY

SEEDLING SESSIONS: SOUNDS OF HARLOWE & MYLA FREE / 9.00PM / THE GALLIMAUFRY

JAMES RILEY SINGLE LAUNCH £4.50ADV / 7.00PM / OLD MARKET ASSEMBLY BENJAMIN FRANCIS LEFTWICH ALBUM AND TICKET / 3:00PM / ROUGH TRADE THE OLD MALT HOUSE JAZZ BAND FREE / 8.00PM / TOBACCO FACTORY MICK JENKINS £18.50ADV / 7.00PM / TRINITY CENTRE MONDAY 18TH MARCH CANTEEN LATIN SESSION FREE / 9.30PM / THE CANTEEN A COLLECTIVE: SOUL / 7.00PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS SKINNY LIVING + JAMES GILLESPIE £8.50ADV / 7.00PM / EXCHANGE SARAH DARLING £5ADV / 7.30PM / THE FLEECE OPEN MIC: HOSTED BY MIKE DENNIS FREE / 8.00PM / THE GALLIMAUFRY ONE INCH BADGE PRESENTS: BROTHER ALI £TBC / 7.00PM / HY BRASIL

OPEN MIC FREE / 8.00PM / GRAIN BARGE DAMNATIO MEMORIAE & BLG: PINK TURNS BLUE + BLEIB MODERN + NAUT £13ADV / 7.30PM / THE LANES JFS PRESENTS: ZENEL £3 / 9.00PM / MR WOLFS ADY SULEIMAN / 7.00PM / THEKLA WEDNESDAY 20TH MARCH JOHN PEARCE & DAVE NEWTON BAND £10ADV / 8.30PM / THE BRISTOL FRINGE SEFRIAL FREE / 9.30PM / THE CANTEEN THE RAVEN AGE £10ADV / 7.30PM / THE FLEECE WALDO’S GIFT: OPEN COLLABORATION FREE / 9.00PM / THE GALLIMAUFRY OPEN MIC FREE / 9PM / THE GOLDEN LION POP OR NOT PRESENTS: THE SHIFTERS FREE / 7.00PM / HY BRASIL

SONGSMITH FREE / 8.00PM / MR WOLFS

JOE JAMMER £15ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA

BECKY HILL / 6.30PM / THEKLA

GRIM EXISTENCE + HERD MOVER £5 / 7.00PM / THE MOTHERS RUIN

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FULL LIVE LISTINGS GIN JAM - OPEN STAGE NIGHT FREE / 9.00PM / MR WOLFS THE WAILERS £24.50 / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY SPORTS TEAM £8.80 / 7:30PM / ROUGH TRADE THE PICKPOCKETS (BRIGHTON) + DRIFTWOOD £4ADV / 7.30PM / THE THUNDERBOLT

RED TELEPHONES (CARDIFF) + THE VENEER £4ADV / 7.30PM / THE THUNDERBOLT FRIDAY 22ND MARCH HANGOVER CLUB FREE / 8.30PM / THE BRISTOL FRINGE JELLY CLEAVER FREE / 9.30PM / THE CANTEEN

THURSDAY 21ST MARCH

LAPIS LAZULI + SNAZZBACK £10ADV / 7.30PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS

AN EVENING WITH HUSH MOZEY £3 / 7.30PM / CAFÉ KINO

MXM JOY £10/12ADV / 8.00PM / EXCHANGE

SAFFRON RECORDS FT. ELSA + DJS FREE / 9.30PM / THE CANTEEN

PINK TRIBUTE £23ADV / 7.00PM / THE FLEECE

THE SHUCKS + ILL WILL + RAISED BY HOUNDS + FANGS OF THE DODO / 7.00PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS

DUNCAN DISORDELY £5 / 9PM / THE GOLDEN LION

DESPERATE JOURNALIST + SHE MAKES WAR + OH, THE GUILT £11ADV / 7.00PM / EXCHANGE SWINDLE LIVE £13.08INC BF / 8.00PM / FIDDLERS THE LOUNGE KITTENS £13ADV / 7.30PM / THE FLEECE SNAZZBACK PRESENTS: LAIMU FREE / 9.00PM / THE GALLIMAUFRY HIP HOP JAM FREE / 9PM / THE GOLDEN LION

BLASPHEMER + ASCARIS + HYDRA £TBC / 7.00PM / THE GRYPHON AUDIOPHILES TAKE-OVER FREE / 7.00PM / HY BRASIL YEAR OF THE DOG + SUPPORT £3 / £4 / 9.00PM / MR WOLFS CAPTAIN JAMAICA & THE MELLOTONES FREE / 11.00PM / NO. 1 HARBOURSIDE THE HERBALISER £18 / 6.30PM / O2 ACADEMY THE BAGDADDIES £8ADV / 10.00PM / OLD MARKET ASSEMBLY

ISOLATION + INFERNAL DIADEM + MORE HUMAN THAN HUMAN + £TBC / 7.00PM / THE GRYPHON

DYLAN CARLSON & ØGÏVES £10.00 / 7:30PM / ROUGH TRADE

BAYONNE £7.50ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA

SATURDAY 23RD MARCH

SONGSMITH EXTRA £3 / 9.00PM / MR WOLFS

LEE MCRORY FREE / 8.30PM / THE BRISTOL FRINGE

ARCTIC MONKEYS: 10 PIECE BRASS BAND £15 / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY

LIVE MUSIC TBA FREE / 9.30PM / THE CANTEEN

HOLIDAY GHOSTS 6.00 / 7:30PM / ROUGH TRADE

BREAKFAST RECORDS: REBECKA REINHARD + THE ORNSTEINS + KETIBU £5ADV / 7.30PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS

RIVERSIDE £18.50ADV / 7.00PM / SWX

Bristol in Stereo: 49

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FULL LIVE LISTINGS PUNK ROCK YOGA £5ADV / 12.30PM / EXCHANGE

FORTH & BACK HIP HOP JAM FREE / 9.00PM / THE GALLIMAUFRY

DREAM STATE + SUPERLOVE £10ADV / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE

LEWIS CLARKE FREE / 4PM / THE GOLDEN LION

PUNK ROCK YOGA £8ADV / 11.00PM / EXCHANGE

XY&O £7ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA

THE CHRISTIANS £4ADV / 7.00PM / THE FLEECE

FANTASY ORCHESTRA - EDITH PIAF TRIBUTE £8ADV / 7.00PM / OLD MARKET ASSEMBLY

DAPPA DON FREE / 9PM / THE GOLDEN LION CHAINSAW CASTRATION + CRANIAL DISCHARGE + MEAT TRAIN + MISANTHROPIA £TBC / 7.00PM / THE GRYPHON THE BACK ROOM FREE / 9.00PM / HY BRASIL EMILY BURNS £7.50ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA ARCADIA ROOTS + FARFISA £3 / £4 / 9.00PM / MR WOLFS AFON SISTEMA FREE / 11.00PM / NO. 1 HARBOURSIDE GIPSY KINGS £35 / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY IC MUSIC EVENT TBC / 10.00PM / OLD MARKET ASSEMBLY

CLEOPATRICK 8.25 / 7:30PM / ROUGH TRADE THE PINEAPPLE THIEF £18ADV / 7.00PM / SWX SOMA SOMA FREE / 8.00PM / TOBACCO FACTORY THE LAST POETS £15ADV / 7.00PM / TRINITY CENTRE MONDAY 25TH MARCH SLIM'S BLUES SESSION FREE / 9.30PM / THE CANTEEN HYSTERICAL INJURY / 7.00PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS OPEN MIC: HOSTED BY MIKE DENNIS FREE / 8.00PM / THE GALLIMAUFRY

WYCH ELM 5.00 / 7:30PM / ROUGH TRADE

SNUFF LANE & BLG: BELZEBONG + THE NECROMANCERS + MAIDAVALE £11.50ADV / 8.00PM / THE LANES

SUNDAY 24TH MARCH

JAKE ISAAC £11ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA

HARRISONS TRIO FREE / 8.30PM / THE BRISTOL FRINGE

SONGSMITH FREE / 8.00PM / MR WOLFS

THE HOT HOUSE FOUR FREE / 4.00PM / THE CANTEEN

NILUFER YANYA ALBUM AND TICKET / 7:30PM / ROUGH TRADE

FEBUEDER £7.70INC BF / 7.00PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS LEIFUR JAMES £10ADV / 7.00PM / EXCHANGE DUKE £15ADV / 7.30PM / THE FLEECE

TUESDAY 26TH MARCH OPEN MIC FREE / 8.30PM / THE BRISTOL FRINGE HANDS OF THE HERON FREE / 9.30PM / THE CANTEEN

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FULL LIVE LISTINGS BLG: GLOWE + SUPPORT / 8.00PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS

SHARON VAN ETTEN £22.50ADV / 7.00PM / SWX

TINY RUINS £12ADV / 8.00PM / EXCHANGE

TOURIST / 7.00PM / THEKLA

THE SLOW READERS CLUB £11ADV / 7.30PM / THE FLEECE

LEYLA DIAMONDI (EP LAUNCH) £4ADV / 7.30PM / THE THUNDERBOLT

CAPTAIN JAMAICA & THE MELLOTONES FREE / 9.00PM / THE GALLIMAUFRY

THURSDAY 28TH MARCH

OPEN MIC FREE / 8.00PM / GRAIN BARGE

INEZA FREE / 9.30PM / THE CANTEEN

JAZZ FUNK SOUL SOCIETY £3 / 9.00PM / MR WOLFS

HUW EDDY & THE CARNIVAL £8.80INC BF / 7.00PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS

NAO £20 / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY

PIGS PIGS PIGS PIGS PIGS PIGS PIGS + THE PERVERTS £SOLDOUT / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE

WEDNESDAY 27TH MARCH FRINGE JAZZ FREE / 8.30PM / THE BRISTOL FRINGE PRIMA QUEEN FREE / 9.30PM / THE CANTEEN NICO CASAL £11.99INC BF / 8.00PM / COLSTON HALL

KRISTIN HERSH £16.50ADV / 7.30PM / THE FLEECE SNAZZBACK: 8-PIECE REUNION GIG FREE / 9.00PM / THE GALLIMAUFRY A NIGHT OF NU-METAL: LAST CALL + SEVERED ILLUSIONS £3 / 7.00PM / THE GRYPHON

THE SOUND CUPBOARD / / CROFTERS RIGHTS

NU-METAL NIGHT: LAST CALL + SEVERED ILLUSIONS £3 / 7.00PM / THE GRYPHON

HEALTH + BLISS SIGNAL £12ADV / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE

YMX PRESENTS... £TBC / 7.00PM / HY BRASIL

JULIA JACKLIN SOLD OUT / 7.30PM / THE FLEECE

KROOKED TONGUE £5ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA

WALDO’S GIFT REWORKS: RADIOHEAD’S ‘IN RAINBOWS’ FREE / 9.00PM / THE GALLIMAUFRY

LADY BIRD SOLD OUT / 7.00PM / THE MOTHERS RUIN

OPEN MIC FREE / 9PM / THE GOLDEN LION NECRONAUTICAL + DEUS MORI + NOMOS £TBC / 7.00PM / THE GRYPHON ARCTIC LAKE £9ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA GIN JAM - OPEN STAGE NIGHT FREE / 9.00PM / MR WOLFS

TBC £3 / 9.00PM / MR WOLFS THE STRANGLERS £27.50 / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY TOM RUSSELL / 7.00PM / THEKLA JAMES FUSSELL AND THE NORTH STREET BAND + VALENTINA + FORGETTING CURVE £4ADV / 7.30PM / THE THUNDERBOLT

THE INTERNET £22.50 / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY Bristol in Stereo: 51

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FULL LIVE LISTINGS FRIDAY 29TH MARCH LEE MCRORY FREE / 8.30PM / THE BRISTOL FRINGE JOHN NICHOLAS £7 / 7.00PM / CAFÉ KINO BREXIT GIG FREE / 9.30PM / THE CANTEEN ST PIERRE SNAKE INVASION + JOHN E VISTIC + DROOGS + BLIND MAN DEATH STARE £9.50ADV / 7.00PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS NEUROTIC FICTION + DOWN AND OUTS + LATCHSTRING + WINE MUMS £6ADV / 7.00PM / EXCHANGE DUB PISTOLS ALL NIGHTER £13ADV / 7.00PM / THE FLEECE NEWBORN SESSIONS £3 / 9PM / THE GOLDEN LION REIGN OF FURY + DISPOSABLE + DEMOCRATUS + WE COME FROM ASHES £10ADV / 7.00PM / THE GRYPHON BLG: THE BRASS FUNKEYS / / THE LANES DYLAN CARTLIDGE £6.50ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA PALOOKA 5 + BULLYBONES £3 / £4 / 9.00PM / MR WOLFS THE HUCKLEBUCK FREE / 11.00PM / NO. 1 HARBOURSIDE JAMES MORRISON £28.50 / 6.30PM / O2 ACADEMY LAZY DAY £7.70 / 7.00PM / ROUGH TRADE SLOWTHAI £15ADV / 6.30PM / SWX SATURDAY 30TH MARCH STEVE LEVER FREE / 8.30PM / THE BRISTOL FRINGE LADIYFEST BRISTOL FREE / 9.30PM / THE CANTEEN

BREAKFAST RECORDS: TWISTED ANKLE + BIG SLAMMU + TWIN SIBLINGS £5ADV / 7.30PM / CROFTERS RIGHTS FISHSTOCK 2019 £7ADV / 2.00PM / EXCHANGE THE CLONE ROSES £4ADV / 7.00PM / THE FLEECE FOSSIL FOOLS FREE / 9PM / THE GOLDEN LION OBZIDIAN + FROM HER ASHES + INCURSION + DREMORA + NAPIER £5OTD / 7.00PM / THE GRYPHON FIREWOODISLAND £7ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA BANG £3ADV / 10.00PM / THE LOUISIANA IMAGINE THAT PRESENT: CEREMONEY + BRAVO SIERRA + ANNA COLETTE £3 / £4 / 9.00PM / MR WOLFS LIVE MUSIC TO BE CONFIRMED FREE / 11.00PM / NO. 1 HARBOURSIDE 25 YEARS OF SKIBADEE £10 / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY BEEFYWINK TBA / 7:30PM / ROUGH TRADE TRINITY THE TUCK £22ADV / 5.30PM / SWX SUNDAY 31ST MARCH HOT CLUB + JACK CALLAWAY BAND / 8.30PM / THE BRISTOL FRINGE CLAIRE JI FREE / 4.00PM / THE CANTEEN JOE PAYNE £20ADV / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE SKANKFEST 2019 FT. IMPERIAL LEISURE £15ADV / 12.00PM / THE FLEECE TONY TROUBADOUR FREE / 4PM / THE GOLDEN LION LAZARUS PRESENTS: MC LARS £TBC / 7.00PM / HY BRASIL

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FULL LIVE LISTINGS BLG + LYSERGIC LIMES: SUGAR CANDY MOUNTAIN £6ADV / 7.30PM / THE LANES

LARKIN POE SOLD OUT / 8.00PM / THE FLEECE

APRE £6.50ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA

LOVEBUTTER + HACKSAW + HER BURDEN + ROLLIN' SIXES £2 / 7.00PM / THE GRYPHON

OOZING WOUND 12.00 / 7:30PM / ROUGH TRADE

AMYL AND THE SNIFFERS £12ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA

MEDICINE CREEK FREE / 8.00PM / TOBACCO FACTORY

PENELOPE ISLES £8.17 / 7:20PM / ROUGH TRADE

MONDAY 1ST APRIL

CHERRY GLAZERR / 7.00PM / THEKLA

DALEK + ANTA + MXLX + SANS £10ADV / 8.00PM / THE LANES

TALLULAH RENDALL £16 - £33ADV / 7.15PM / TRINITY CENTRE

POPPY AJUDHA £12ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA

FRIDAY 5TH APRIL

THE ZUTONS £27.50 / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY

MUSICAL YOUTH £15.26INC BF / 8.00PM / COLSTON HALL

TUESDAY 2ND APRIL

METEORS £15ADV / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE

THE TOASTERS + CAPTAIN ACCIDENT + THE SNEAK EAZIES £10ADV / 7.00PM / EXCHANGE

THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER £12ADV / 7.00PM / THE FLEECE

ART SCHOOL GIRLFRIEND £7ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA

WAYLANDER + CALL OF FENRIR + ALATYR + CISTVAEN 10 / 7.00PM / THE GRYPHON

MARSICANS & ABBIE MCCARTHY £9.90 / 7:30PM / ROUGH TRADE

ETUK UBONG & FULL BAND £10ADV / 7.00PM / THE LANES

WEDNESDAY 3RD APRIL

KESTON COBBLERS CLUB £SOLDOUT / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA

FRANKIE STEW & HARVEY GUNN £10ADV / 7.00PM / EXCHANGE

DRENGE £16ADV / 6.30PM / SWX

CUTE IS WHAT WE AIM FOR £17ADV / 7.30PM / THE FLEECE CARCER CITY + LOST HOUNDS £7ADV / 7.00PM / THE LANES THURSDAY 4TH APRIL HAILU MERGIA £15.26INC BF / 8.00PM / COLSTON HALL YOUNG ECHO £TBC / 10.00PM / EXCHANGE

COCO AND THE BUTTERFIELDS / 7.00PM / THEKLA SATURDAY 6TH APRIL GLAMOUR OF THE KILL + SILENT SCREAMS + INVISIONS £14ADV / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE A BAND CALLED MALICE £15ADV / 7.00PM / THE FLEECE OUTRIGHT RESISTANCE + SECRETS OF MARIANA £TBC / 7.00PM / THE GRYPHON Bristol in Stereo: 53

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FULL LIVE LISTINGS DEPARTMENT S: THE AMERICAS £3ADV / 9.00PM / THE LANES

JAMES BLAKE £26.50 / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY

SLEAFORD MODS £19.50 / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY

WEDNESDAY 10TH APRIL

PIROSHKA £13.62 / 8:00PM / ROUGH TRADE

AESTHETIC PERFECTION £14ADV / 7.30PM / THE FLEECE

MASSIVE WAGONS / 6.00PM / THEKLA

GO DARK £9ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA

SUNDAY 7TH APRIL

JAMES BLAKE £26.50 / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY

STAND ATLANTIC + IN HER OWN WORDS + SHADED £10ADV / 7.00PM / EXCHANGE

THURSDAY 11TH APRIL

EMMURE £14ADV / 6.30PM / THE FLEECE

GAZ BROOKFIELD + PAUL HENSHAW + TRISTAN GORMAN + B-SYDES £8ADV / 7.00PM / EXCHANGE

FAZI FREE / 7.00PM / THE LANES

THE UNDERCOVER HIPPY £14ADV / 7.30PM / THE FLEECE

SHAKE! FREE / 12:00PM / ROUGH TRADE

HEAVY SMOKE + BLACKBIRD + GRAVITONE + JACK HUMPHRIES £2 / 7.00PM / THE GRYPHON

POZI ALBUM AND TICKET / 7:30PM / ROUGH TRADE IN FLAMES £22.50ADV / 7.00PM / SWX BENJAMIN FRANCIS LEFTWICH / 7.30PM / THEKLA MONDAY 8TH APRIL SUNDARA KARMA £17 / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY TUESDAY 9TH APRIL GEORGIA ANNE MULDROW £17.44INC BF / 8.00PM / FIDDLERS

FONTAINES DC ALBUM AND TICKET / 1:00PM / ROUGH TRADE MEADOWLARK 11.00 / 7:30PM / ROUGH TRADE FONTAINES D.C. / 7.00PM / THEKLA FRIDAY 12TH APRIL MOLLY TUTTLE £16.35INC BF / 8.00PM / BRISTOL FOLK HOUSE SUBHUMANS £10ADV / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE

PUP SOLD OUT / 7.30PM / THE FLEECE

BENEATH THE DIVINE + BLACK EMERALD + CINDERMIST £TBC / 7.00PM / THE GRYPHON

MATERIAL GIRLS + GORK FREE / 7.30PM / THE LANES

VANT £10ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA

LIELA MOSS £12ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA

SLEEPER £20 / 6.30PM / O2 ACADEMY

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FULL LIVE LISTINGS NILUFER YANYA + WESTERMAN / 7.00PM / THEKLA

WEDNESDAY 17TH APRIL

THE DUALERS £20ADV / 7.00PM / TRINITY CENTRE

HICKEYS + SWALLOW CAVE FREE / 8.00PM / THE LANES

SATURDAY 13TH APRIL

CREEPSHOW £12ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA

FUELLED BY CIDER ALL DAYER + IMPRINTS + CUT THROAT FRANCIS + CORKY £10ADV / 7.00PM / EXCHANGE

YASIIN BEY-MOS DEF £25 / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY

DESOLATOR + DYCHOSIS + MERITHIAN + OVERTHROW £TBC / 7.00PM / THE GRYPHON PARTY WITH THE GREATEST SHOWMAN £15.59 / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY MAVERICK SABRE £16 ADV / 7.00PM / TRINITY CENTRE SUNDAY 14TH APRIL JETSKY BABYLON £6ADV / 7.00PM / EXCHANGE REPRISAL + INFECTED DEAD + AURAELIS £TBC / 7.00PM / THE GRYPHON AN EVENING WITH CHARLIE HARPER (UK SUBS) LIVE PLUS Q+A £6ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA

THURSDAY 18TH APRIL PUPPY £10ADV / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE MONSTER TRUCK £15 / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY SPILL GOLD 4.00 / 7:30PM / ROUGH TRADE FRIDAY 19TH APRIL TOM MENZINGERS + ROGER HARVEY £10ADV / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE COUNTLESS SKIES £TBC / 7.00PM / THE GRYPHON BLG: FRANKIE TEARDROP DEAD / 7.00PM / THE LANES

MONDAY 15TH APRIL

LOVE FROM STOURBRIDGE £30 / 6.00PM / O2 ACADEMY

GET THE BLESSING + THE EVIL USSES £8ADV / 8.00PM / EXCHANGE

MEMORY OF ELEPHANTS 6.60 / 7:30PM / ROUGH TRADE

LYSERGIC LIMES: HOOVERIII FREE / 7.30PM / THE LANES

SATURDAY 20TH APRIL

PAPA ROACH £32.50 / 6.00PM / O2 ACADEMY

HOWLFEST £15/20 / 12.00PM / EXCHANGE

TUESDAY 16TH APRIL

BRAINCASKET + PRIMORDIAL SWARM + ABLATED + MORDHAU FREE / 7.00PM / THE GRYPHON

DAUGHTERS + JESSICA93 £SOLDOUT / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE ORLA GARTLAND £8ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA BEAR'S DEN £22.50 / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY

REPO MAN 5.00 / 7:30PM / ROUGH TRADE LAKE STREET DIVE £20ADV / 6.30PM / SWX

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FULL LIVE LISTINGS SUNDAY 21ST APRIL

THURSDAY 25TH APRIL

ECHO COLLECTIVE PLAYS AMNESIAC BY RADIOHEAD £16.35INC BF / 8.00PM / COLSTON HALL

MURRAY A. LIGHTBURN (OF THE DEARS) £10.90INC BF / 8.00PM / COLSTON HALL

ULCERATE + CARCINOMA + CRYPTWORM £10ADV / 7.00PM / EXCHANGE STAHLSARG + CRIMSON THRONE + SAARKOTH + BLACK PYRE £TBC / 7.00PM / THE GRYPHON SUEDE £37.50 / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY MONDAY 22ND APRIL RAMRIDDLZ £15ADV / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE TUESDAY 23RD APRIL WEYES BLOOD £11ADV / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE SUN RA ARKESTRA £27.50INC BF / 8.00PM / FIDDLERS VINTAGE CROP / 7.30PM / THE LANES MALENA ZAVALA £8ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA WEDNESDAY 24TH APRIL E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL: IN CONCERT £30.40INC BF / 7.30PM / BRISTOL HIPPODROME E.T. THE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL: IN CONCERT £40.87-£59.95INC BF / 7.30PM / BRISTOL HIPPODROME HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD £18 / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY BARRIE 9.35 / 7:30PM / ROUGH TRADE

CIRCA WAVES £16 / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY RATKA & DEAFKIDS 8.00 / 7:30PM / ROUGH TRADE FRIDAY 26TH APRIL BLAIR DUNLOP £13.09INC BF / 8.00PM / BRISTOL FOLK HOUSE DJ YODA + FRIENDS £16.35INC BF / 8.00PM / COLSTON HALL MARTHA £TBC / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE RAISED BY OWLS + SODOMIZED CADAVER + SPAWNED FROM HATE + BRIANBLESSED + TROMBONOSCOPY £10ADV / 7.00PM / THE GRYPHON MOGLI £10ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA STEAM DOWN TBA / 7:00PM / ROUGH TRADE THE SHOWHAWK DUO £18ADV / 6.30PM / SWX SATURDAY 27TH APRIL KID INK £25 / 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 M2TM HEAT £5ADV / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE

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FULL LIVE LISTINGS ANTE-INFERNO + CRIMSON THRONE + DEAD END + CEREMONY + PROCREATION £7 / 7.00PM / THE GRYPHON THE UNDERGROUND YOUTH £5ADV / 7.30PM / THE LANES TOM WALKER £17.50 / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY

TERRORVISION £22.50ADV / 6.00PM / SWX SATURDAY 4TH MAY BRUTUS £10ADV / 7.00PM / EXCHANGE

TUESDAY 30TH APRIL

GRANT LEE PHILLIPS + JOSH ROUSE £21.80INC BF / 8.00PM / FIDDLERS

GETS WORSE + REGRET + THIS ENDS HERE £TBC / 7.00PM / THE GRYPHON

WEDNESDAY 1ST MAY LYSERGIC LIMES & BLG: BEE BEE SEA FREE / 7.30PM / THE LANES RETIREE £11ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA THURSDAY 2ND MAY 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 FRIDAY 3RD MAY MONOLITHIAN + GREENHORN + GRIEF RITUAL £4 / 7.00PM / THE GRYPHON

THE UNDERTONES + NEVILLE STAPLE BAND £25ADV / 6.30PM / SWX LOYLE CARNER £20ADV / 7.00PM / TRINITY CENTRE SUNDAY 5TH MAY ONLY SHADOWS £5ADV / 7.00PM / 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 MONDAY 6TH MAY DERMOT KENNEDY £15 / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY TUESDAY 7TH MAY

SIMONE FELICE £20ADV / 7.30PM / THE LOUISIANA

CASEY + GATHERERS + ACRES £12ADV / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE

FAT WHITE FAMILY £17.50 / 6.30PM / O2 ACADEMY

THE WILDHEARTS £25ADV / 7.00PM / SWX

JUNIORE 8.80 / 7:30PM / ROUGH TRADE

WEDNESDAY 8TH MAY

CARLA MORRISON £16.35INC BF / 8.00PM / THE STATION

FLAMINGODS £10ADV / 7.30PM / EXCHANGE Bristol in Stereo: 57

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in Bristol

with

Emily Breeze

When did you move to Bristol? I moved to Bristol in the year 2000. I was 20 years old and utterly bewildered by the stark demands of adult life. I was initially suspicious of how friendly Bristol people were and found their enthusiasm for the city grating. Since then I have been fully indoctrinated into the cult and have started smiling at strangers. Who’s your top Bristol artist at the moment? If there was an algorithm advanced enough to know exactly what turns me on about songwriting (tragedy, humour, trash and sophistication) it would present me with Duncan Fleming, AKA War Against Sleep. I have been lucky enough to have an advance preview of his new album and it’s an instant outsider classic. What are your go-to places to eat and drink? My favourite Bristol pub is The Hillgrove, which combines proper old man boozer sensibilities with an excellent playlist and lovely bar staff. If I’m feeling decadent I will head up to The Crying Wolf and bask in its velveteen gloom. What’s the perfect way to spend a day here? My perfect day here would involve being left alone to write a song in my flat before eating

a steak with my boyfriend, getting wildly drunk and over excited about everything under the sun and arguing over who has control of the stereo. Sorry, I know that is not very helpful for the tourist board. What’s your favourite thing about the city? The friends and community I am lucky enough to be supported, challenged and bolstered by. And your least favourite? I would like to see more done by Bristol City Council to support homelessness and to impose rent caps on the ludicrous hikes we have seen in the last ten years. Also, the public transport is a joke. Any top venues? Most of the venues are great: Exchange, The Louisiana, The Fringe and many more, but my favourite is The Cube for maximum eccentricity and atmosphere. Plans for 2019? This project is relatively new and we have only done a handful of gigs. We are releasing our album, Rituals in the summer, but before that we are releasing our second single ‘Ego Death’ on 8th March. Emily Breeze launches her single on 8th March at The Hen and Chicken in Bedminster.

thoughts.

When was the last time you heard the term ‘male-fronted’? by Ffion Riordan-Jones, Music Marketing Assistant, The Canteen Working in events marketing comes with the pleasure of giving bands a platform to share their music. At The Canteen, we host music seven days a week, where we strive to embrace all genres when booking acts. When we saw that International Women’s Day was coming up, it only felt right to honour the occasion by not limiting female performers to an evening, but to produce a month-long line-up to celebrate the talent we have in the city. Although we are delighted to have curated our ‘Womxn in Music Month’, the overriding feeling of frustration returned when faced with the irrefutable issue that gender imbalance is still plaguing venues. The fact that we felt compelled to host a month dedicated to those who identify as womxn speaks volumes within itself. The discussion of gender imbalance seems tireless, where raising awareness to bridge the gap can often feel like screaming into a void of no substantial change. With this, nothing brings a greater sense of defeat as the term “female-fronted”. Womxn shouldn’t be confined to a faux

genre which enables regression on a topic which demands progression. This expression of segregation is yet another factor which keeps the cultural shift stagnant. Let’s be real, when was the last time you heard the term “male-fronted”? With initiatives such as Keychange EU pledging to reach a 50/50 gender balance on a wider scale by 2020, this ideal will only be achieved with a sense of longevity if grassroots venues adhere to this idea. Bristol’s music scene is rich with groups who champion female talents, with SisterWorks and Saffron Records actively pushing for an equal playing field to become the norm rather than a second thought whilst filling a quota. Dedicating a month to womxn in music is just one step in positively challenging the bleak reality of underrepresentation. Throughout March, we aim to create an uplifting environment where all can discover new acts. ‘Womxn in Music Month’ is just a short term fix to an extensive problem, where I feel that it’s every venue’s duty to sincerely make a change.

Womxn in Music Month runs throughout March at The Canteen, Stokes Croft.

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live reviews

curated by Jon Kean, Live Editor JIMOTHY LACOSTE, SWX PHOTO: ALESHA HICKMANS

Straight-legged Adidas trackies, odd trainers and the double jacket combo; it’s the perfect outfit for GenZ’s new it-boy. Shoulder-shuffling across the stage of Bristol’s favourite boat-cum-club, Jimothy Lacoste has the entire crowd under his thumb; a hyped-up gaggle of university students exercising their overactive jaws and agreeing the best time to share a cigarette under the harsh glow of the smoking area spotlights. Finding fame with deadpan vocals and dance moves that Drake will inevitably rip off, Jimothy is a multi-faceted artist, one that nobody can really agree on. Seeing him march across the stage of Thekla, staring straight down the barrel of the Instagram lens, asking quite frankly, “Why you gotta do so many drugs?”, it’s easy to believe he’s cracked the witty, self-aware-without-beinga-drag code. While images of Disney’s Alice in Wonderland and 80s prime-time adverts flicker across the back wall and splatter colour onto the blackand-white self-portrait displayed on an easel

at the side of the stage, Jimothy looks like a child clinging onto the youth of generations gone by, instead of looking at whatever bleak future lies ahead of him. As he screams into the crowd “Let’s make some money!”, decked in wide sunglasses, it’s unclear whether his stacked irony is meant to be funny or not. Is he parodying himself? “Jimothy you’re my future bae!” a girl screams from the front row, as the hi-hats tip and the lights get down low. ‘FUTURE BAE’ is a primary example of Jimothy’s appeal; layer upon layer of witty lyricism, earnestness and confusion in equal measure. This guy is operating on so many different levels of meta that thinking about it too hard can drive you headfirst into a gaping black hole, unable to differentiate between sincerity and outright mockery. Whatever you want to label him, Jimothy embodies gleeful abandon of responsibility, taking everything we love (clothes, sex and hating TFL) and turning it into solid satirical gold. Caitlin Clark

YOUNG FATHERS, O2 BRISTOL PHOTO: ANDRZEJ ZAJAC

The crowd at Young Fathers turned stomping feet and clapping hands into jeers and boos. Fans of the Scottish trio should count themselves lucky: hip-hop legend Lauryn Hill’s European leg of her recent Miseducation anniversary tour often kept audiences waiting for two hours before she appeared on stage. Young Fathers, in comparison, were only half an hour late. And, initially, it took a while for the avantgarde group to win over the crowd, who had been waiting (not literally sitting outside) for this rescheduled show to take place since December. But before long, the tenacious energy of the set won over any previous frustrations from the audience. Opening with percussively-heavy tracks from the entire spectrum of their discography, proceedings were led by the beat of Alloysious Massaquoi’s drum. His piercing blue eyes (or, at least that was the colour the illuminated stage design transformed them into) scoured the audience, luring them into the performance and enticing them into the band’s mysterious soundscapes. The Edinburgh outfit make music in a genre notoriously difficult to pin down. Is it hip-hop? Rap? Electronica? Indie? R&B? World? Does it matter? Answer: probably not. It’s their spicy blend of a little bit of everything which makes them so compelling. This is especially true live, with hollering voices, loud pre-programmed beats and basslines, and an anarchic stage presence that nonetheless feels carefully considered – and geared more towards a theatrical production than a gig, never sacrificing tempo for a moment to breathe. No matter what was played, or where it was fished from in the band’s rich and complex sonic history, the vocal fusion of Massaquoi, Graham ‘G’ Hastings and Kayus Bankole was bewitching. Their many layers left so much to listen out for and so many audible threads to lose yourself in. And, even though their set was short, it was anything but sweet: instead intoxicating might be a more appropriate turn of phrase. Georgia Marsh

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