Make Friends are a new four piece from Bristol. Dispensing progressive indie-pop, laced with infectious grooves and with echoes of Bombay Bicycle Club, Foals and Virginia Wing, Make Friends release their debut single Drop Naked via Funnel Music. Speaking of the song, the band explain, “The lyrics center around themes of being …
Read More »Interview: Henry and Mike of Boston Manor
After just releasing on the most anticipating album’s of 2018, I was able to catch up with the boys in Boston Manor to talk about everything Welcome to The Neighborhood on their recent UK headline tour, at Thekla, Bristol. ME: First off guys, huge congratulations on the album! You guys …
Read More »Gallery & Review: Myles Kennedy at Thekla in Bristol, UK 24/3/2018
With Myles Kennedy’s first solo tour, I have been lucky enough to see more than one show. So by the time the Bristol date arrived, I already knew more or less what to expect. Despite that, I was super excited about this one – not only the venue was on …
Read More »George Glew releases debut single ‘Bury Me’
One of the most powerful new voices you’ll hear in 2017; hugely soulful, vastly emotive, and delicately tender from Bristol newcomer George Glew. Born and raised in South Wales his childhood love of folk, blues and soul was nurtured by his parents before finding his later love for rock and indie …
Read More »Armchair Committee new single ‘Rawgabbit’
Recorded at the legendary Coach House Studios, Bristol, and produced by Tom Dalgety (Turbowolf / Dinosaur Pile-Up / Royal Blood) comes the latest single from Bristol three-piece Armchair Committee. Often labelled as ‘swamp rock’, the band grabs the aggression and experimentalism from contemporary guitar music and drags it through the …
Read More »Reading/Leeds playing The Jacques release new single ‘This Is England’
Bristol newcomers The Jacques have been confirmed to appear on the BBC Introducing Stage at Reading / Leeds Festivals later this month. This follows appearances at Glastonbury, Isle Of Wight and Secret Garden Festivals earlier this summer. To celebrate the band have put a fizzing new single ‘This Is England’ online. It is taken from their ‘Artful Dodger’ …
Read More »The Jacques ‘Artful Dodger’
Following on from the four track shock of their debut ‘Pretty DJ’ EP, memorably regarded by Clash as ‘Ray Davies at his most acerbic, Weller at his most romantic’, Bristol’s The Jacques return with a second blast of four songs and a host of festival dates throughout a summer sure to see them …
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New Coasts EP – “A Rush Of Blood”
Today, Bristol indie pop group Coasts dropped their fourth and final single, “Lions”, completing their second EP titled A Rush Of Blood. All four songs feature Coasts’ iconic sound of pounding percussion, pulsing synth sounds, combining to make a beautifully layered piece. The electronic pop beats are similar to that of Two …
Read More »Album Review: Ashestoangels – Horror Cult
Bristol’s Goth Punk band bring out a soundtrack to accompany your Halloween. How does the self-proclaimed “frantic and energetic” Horror Cult sound?
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