Preview: Africa Express in Bristol
Since 2006, the Africa Express has been bringing together some of the greatest acts in African music…
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: 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 menacing sounds; a hunger that was evident amongst the sell-out crowd at Thekla…
Tracks You Might’ve Missed: Dirty Gold – California Sunrise
It’s stalemate in my house at the minute. No-one wants to admit defeat to the seasons and cough up the money to turn the heating on. We’re putting up one final stand against the cold, armed with this warming track from San Diego’s Dirty Gold…
Live Review: Wu Lyf @ Thekla, Bristol – 25 October
The mystery is paling slightly but Wu Lyf’s charming volatility is still affecting. The controversy over their indie-credibility probably makes up the majority of their column inches…