GALLERY // IDLES at SWX
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Win tickets to Teachings in Dub x Deep Medi: The Weekender
To celebrate the biggest sound system night of the year, we’re giving away two pairs of tickets to Teachings in Dub x Deep Medi: The Weekender Pt.4. Deep Medi and Bristol sound system institution Teachings in Dub will be coming together under one roof once again at Trinity on 23 and 24 November, powered by …
Where to celebrate Halloween this weekend
Once again Bristol promoters have risen to the occasion for Halloween weekend, with sound systems out in full force across the city. We’ve picked out 10 of the best nights on offer this weekend, offering a mixture of top local talent and some the biggest names in the country, whether you want to go large …
INTERVIEW // Psychedelic two-piece The Lovely Eggs invite us into Eggland
When Iggy Pop growls, sage-like on national radio, that your fully DIY, two-fingers-up-at-the-music-industry-punk-band-just-doing-it-for-the-fucking-love-of-it is “really amazing”, face it: you’re onto something. The Lovely Eggs – psychedelic Lancaster-based rip-roarers and BBC 6 Music beloveds, with a cult following of Eggheads built over five records – are finally learning to bottle up these moments. Lately there’s been …
INTERVIEW // Barney Artist: “Vulnerability is important in hip hop”
The hip hop-jazz scene that’s been sweeping the nation since Tom Misch started amassing SoundCloud plays back in 2011 now has it’s very own truth teller; he goes by the name of Barney Artist. East London rapper Barney Artist has been working with names now synonymous with the scene – Mische, Alfa Mist and Jordan …
Home-Grown Heat artists Splitz P, Charece and Solomon O.B will perform at Bristol’s first Industry Takeover
In an ongoing effort to open the gates of the professional music world to all, Bristol music-access organisation Multi-Track is culminating the first year of their new artist mentorship programme Home-Grown Heat with an all-day industry takeover at Arnolfini on 27 October, with live performances from Home-Grown Heat’s first cohort: Splitz P, Charece and Solomon …
REVIEW // Slowthai shows why he’s one of UK’s most exciting rap artists
Following a meteoric rise over the last two years Slowthai has quickly established himself as one of the hottest prospects in the UK grime scene. His live shows have rapidly gained a not-to-be-missed reputation for his relentless energy and aggressive delivery. The Exchange – off the back of the news that it is likely to …
REVIEW // Tenacious, left-field and non-stop: Boomtown Chapter 10
Sitting well on the metaphorical fence between absurd music festival and immersive dystopian theatre, Boomtown Fair descended upon Hampshire’s Matterley Bowl for the 10th year running this August. A world within another explicit, offensive and downright loveable world, Boomtown welcomes up to 60,000 local and international revellers each summer, selling out earlier and earlier as …
INTERVIEW // Fuzzy alt-rock group No Violet release their debut EP
No Violet have an itch. For five years they’ve been gurgling, stomping and shrieking their fuzzy alt-rock grunge around Bristol; now their four track debut EP Faces, finished back in January, is a honed capsule of their sound, teetering on the verge of release. Bassist Kerry explains: ‘We wanted to take our time over it …
10 questions with Frontier Ruckus
Indie-leaning folk pop outfit Frontier Ruckus are coming to Bristol’s Canteen all the way from Detroit, as part of a European tour to promote their fifth studio album Enter The Kingdom. Helmed by singer songwriter Matthew Milia, Enter The Kingdom draws on his own life experiences – his father losing his job and relying …