Live Review: Quantic & Alice Russell @ Koko – 2 May
Will Holland a.k.a Quantic, is a man of many guises. The continental sounds which dominate his music make it hard to believe he grew up in rural Worcestershire. His story becomes more convincing when you find out he has been living in Cali, Columbia, since 2007. His most recent album, recorded with long-time collaborator and...
Live Review: Tricky @ O2 Academy Bristol – 26 April
Luke Swann reports back on Tricky's homecoming show at Bristol's O2 Academy where he performed his critically-acclaimed debut album, Maxinquaye, in full plus some other favourites.
Live Review: Fanfarlo @ Thekla, Bristol – 27 February
Touring their new album, 'Rooms Filled With Light', Fanfarlo have taken a real musical step up after their Indie-Folk 2009 debut 'Reservoir'. Adam Sheridan explains why in his review of their Thekla gig last night.
Live Review: Dog Is Dead @ Thekla, Bristol – 21 February
Standing in a sparsely populated hull of a ship is already an odd sensation. This is multiplied however when waiting to see a five-piece from Nottingham that operates under the name ‘Dog Is Dead’. Naturally with this kind of name one might expect a virile metal concoction to make your ears weep. Yet the noise...
Live Review: T.E.E.D @ Thekla, Bristol – 15 February
TEED put on one hell of a show to a sold-out and very sweaty crowd at Bristol's Thekla. Read our review and check out our two favourite tracks.
Live Review: Death in Vegas @ Thekla, Bristol – 14 December
Since forming on the very fringes of Britpop in the early 90s, Death in Vegas have never failed to challenge genre boundaries, foraying from their very organic, electronic sound into trance, dub and krautrock. It has been seven years since the duo last released an album and fans have been hungry for more of their...
Live Review: Azealia Banks @ Hoxton Square, London – 6 November
"I'm a bit nervous, y'all a good looking crowd." Despite this shy admittance (modesty being an uncommon trait in Hip-hop), Azealia Banks has little to fear. Beginning entirely acapella, her flow is seamless and visceral; she barks and bites whilst retaining an alluring coyness that's utterly compelling. The beats are predominantly minimal, almost tribal, full...
Live Review: The Antlers @ Thekla, Bristol – 9 November
Despite hardly being thought of as a “happy” sort of band by those who have listened to them, frontman Pete Silberman twice tells us The Antlers are indeed very happy to be here in Bristol, and I believe him. Following the release of their near-universally acclaimed second album Burst Apart, I’d imagine it’s quite a...
