Any sense of unease ahead of Sky Ferreira’s long-awaited Bristol debut is quickly and loudly dismantled by the 60 minutes of electrifying goth pop lapped up by this adoring audience. Of course, that uncertainty is not unfounded. Sky’s career has had more stop-starts than probably any other musician in recent history. It’s been 11 years […]
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If you went to an indie disco, festival or even turned on the radio at any point between 2004 and 2009 then part of your life was soundtracked by The Zutons. The Liverpudlian indie band split 15 years ago but have now regrouped for their Nile Rodgers and Ian Broudie-produced fourth album, “The Big Decider”. […]
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The queue for Holly Humberstone’s Bristol gig loops around the Beacon’s foyer long before doors are due to open. It is not dissimilar to waiting for a major pop act’s arena show; a mix of ages, younger audience members carrying homemade signs and dressed in Holly’s trademark y2k grunge aesthetic. The BRIT award-winning singer-songwriter was […]
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It’s hard to imagine a better band for a Saturday night than Brooklyn-based trio, Say She She. If you’ve heard their 2023 album, Silver, then you already know to expect an evening of exhilarating disco. Indeed, a number of people in the audience have arrived in their finest sparkles. The show was originally set to […]
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After 6 consecutive top 10 albums, Editors released their Best Of record, “Black Gold”, last year. 2020 sees the indie-rock band embark on a huge run of dates billed as a Greatest Hits tour. Like many of the British indie bands catapulted into the mainsteam in the mid 00’s, Editors‘ commercial success in the UK […]
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Skunk Anansie are celebrating 25 years since the release of their debut LP, “Paranoid and Sunburnt”. Rather than taking the popular approach of playing that record in full, they are using the opportunity to honour the catalogue they have built up over that period. Lead singer, Skin, tells the sold out crowd that they have […]
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Disco legend, Nile Rodgers, explained to the crowd that a few years before tonight’s gig, he was diagnosed with cancer. He decided at that point that he was going to “write more songs” and “play more shows” than he ever had before. He jubilantly declared that he was “100% cancer free” and a celebratory roar […]
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Frontman Aaron Starkie tell us tonight that this is The Slow Reader Club‘s first year as a full time band but it does not seem that way. As their 33 date UK tour arrives in Gloucester, they bring with them a hardcore following wearing their T-shirts and drinking their own signature beer on sale tonight.
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Nao brought her Saturn tour to a sold out main room at Digbeth’s Institute tonight. Before she even took to the stage, there was a real sense of occasion in the venue as the Friday night crowd sang along to the pre show playlist of R&B cuts.
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Rebecca Taylor is probably best known as one half of British indie group, Slow Club, who are currently on hiatus. As Self Esteem, she has released one of the albums of the year and her tour to support it reaches Bristol tonight.
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