PLAYLIST // Influences and favourites: From The Jam
From Dr. Feelgood and Bowie to Tedeschi Trucks Band and Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, From The Jam’s Bruce Foxton and Russell Hastings have put together an exclusive playlist for Nitelife NOISE, ahead of their Bristol show at SWX tomorrow night. They’re playing alongside 2 Tone legends The Selector, as part of a ska and …
Playlist // Some of the best sounds currently coming out BIMM Bristol
Bristol’s iconic music scene and continuous lust for evolving genres has always attracted new talent looking to get their foot in the door. Aside from an exceptionally rich musical heritage, every day our city continues to bounce out huge beats that span across a huge spectrum of genres, sub genres and hybrid genres. It is, …
PLAYLIST // HOME Events look back on their first year with a 3-hour house & techno playlist
The team behind HOME Festival are celebrating their 1st birthday this month. To celebrate, head honcho Terry Bird has put together a playlist remembering some special moments from the past year. Kick back and enjoy three hours of intelligent house and techno from some of the artists who helped make HOME Events’ first year such …
PLAYLIST // Talking Heads to Khruangbin: ‘Influences’ mix by rising indie trio Cassia
Vampire Weekend-esque guitar plucking, calypso rhythms and heady vocals are just part of the allure rising indie trio Cassia. Last year saw the band at major festivals including Reading and Leeds, as well as DHP family’s Dot-to-Dot festival (where they return for 2018 this May), plus their own spree of headline shows around the UK. …
PLAYLIST // Sequences Festival: Three hours of the best in bass from The Blast, Critical & Bandulu
With Sequences festival coming up at the end of the month, organisers The Blast have put together a playlist to give us a sonic sample of what’s to come at this year’s event. Still in its early infancy, the bass-centric festival made a big impression on the city in its debut year in 2016. It’s …
Graeme Park hints at Haçienda Classical set list with an hour-long acid house playlist
Fresh from opening the Pyramid stage at Glastonbury festival, Graeme Park, Tim Pickering and Peter Hook are coming to Bristol this Saturday night. With the help of a 40-piece orchestra and special guest vocalists, they will be recreating scenes from Manchester’s legendary Haçienda nightclub in the mid-80s and 90s at the height of acid house. …
Regression Sessions party playlist from Toyboy & Robin
London-based party-starters Regression Sessions are celebrating five years of hedonism with a UK birthday tour, finishing up at London’s Ministry of Sound. They’re stopping in at Bristol this Friday for a night of house music and silliness at Lakota. With a reputation for no holds barred production, at Regression Sessions, quality music and good times …
Playlist // Hold Tight Records bring some veteran talent and new heat to Love Saves the Day
Can you tell we’re just a bit excited about Love Saves the Day? We’ve got one more stage partner playlist to share with you, this time from Bristol dub and roots label Hold Tight Records, who are taking over the Brouhaha stage all day Sunday. They’re bringing some of the biggest names in dub to …
Playlist // RUN fire up for Arcadia Afterburner takeover at Love Saves the Day
Bristol drum and bass head RUN are taking over the 360 degree, fire-spewing Arcadia Afterburner stage at this year’s Love Saves Sunday, bringing the out-and-out best names in the game with them: Hype, Hazard, Friction, Dimension, Stokka, and the godfather of jungle, Randall who’ll be going B2B with 4hero. They’ve also recruited some fresh talent …