Tuesday 9th March 2010 @ The Lanes, Bristol
With Support From: On Off Switch
Tonight at The Lanes it’s a juicy line-up of Bristol bands. First up are On Off Switch whose funky-punky choruses really hold their set together. They’ve got instantly recognisable hooks, lovely collaboration between the rhythm section and some really well thought out breaks and it’s what makes these guys unique; unfortunately, what comes between their driving choruses is laziness branded as multi-instrumental ability. Read the rest of this entry »
Friday 5th until Thursday 25th March 2010 @ Watershed, Bristol
Not content with dominating the art world, it seems the infamous Banksy has now turned his hand to cinema. On the face of it, his film, Exit Through The Gift Shop, is a colourful documentary about the rise of street art and its explosion in popularity over the last 5-10 years. We’ve got interviews with several of the big players (and some of the smaller ones), tales of their exploits and narrated segments of various “key” moments in the scene’s (and Banksy’s) history like the spraying of the West Bank wall and the placing of a Guantanamo Bay detainee model in Disneyland. Holding all this documenting together is the story of one man, a certain Thierry Guetta, and how his love of street art slowly took over his life and changed it beyond recognition. Read the rest of this entry »
Friday 26th and Saturday 27th February 2010 @ Metropolis and Motion, Bristol
Featuring Performances From: Pee Wee Ellis, Andreya Triana, Dubkasm, Minotaur Shock, King Midas Sound, The Bug, Theo Parrish, Dixon, Appleblim, Headhunter
The Global Music Academy took a weekend off its month-long London ‘term’ to festoon Bristol’s keen beat enthusiasts, head-nodders and vinyl spinning elite with a celebration of the city’s inspirational musical heritage and potential.
Friday 26th February 2010 @ The Croft, Bristol
With Support From: Truffle Pig
The Croft, with its Narnia style door to the cavernous ‘Band Room’ behind the scenes of a normal looking pub, is the perfect setting for a raucous gig. Even better perhaps, it lends itself adequately as the setting for a video shoot staged by new Bristol heavyweights, The Hit Ups, for their song Dirt Pile. With a gaggle of bright young things tripping through the door to participate, you get the sense that these guys are bound for the dizzying heights of fame.
The last couple of years have seen a surge in Westcountry, and particularly Bristolian, comedians slowly taking over our screens, radios and stages. Has something happened to warm the public at large to the Bristol twang or is it all a massive, hilarious coincidence? Who knows, but let’s find out a bit more about some of Bristol’s funny sons…
Wednesday 24th until Saturday 27th February 2010 @ Bristol Old Vic, Bristol
Tom Wainwright is a Bristol-based writer/performer with a taste for the sinister and the absurd. Pedestrian is his latest project; a dark and brooding one-man fairytale of epic proportions. Our journey begins with Wainwright reliving a dream of his, walking down a generic, pedestrianised highstreet - walking but going nowhere – and all the time pursued by a giant goldfish. Onstage it is just him, a real goldfish swimming beside him in a bowl and a screen that’s decorated at various interludes with tempo and mood setting images full of subtle metaphor. Wainwright is talking to us fast and frankly, describing everything and everyone he sees (chuggers, pretty girls, empty Woolworths), but he’s always on edge, paranoid and unsettled. What slowly emerges is a dark, nightmarish fairytale where the rules change every minute and you have no idea who we are going to meet or where we will turn next.
Monday 22nd February 2010 @ The Louisiana, Bristol
With Support From: Daylight Fireworks, Severn Sleepers
If last night at the Louisiana proved anything, it was that it will take a lot more than a chilly Monday night to put Bristol’s gig goers off. Punters packed inside to enjoy the evening’s triple billing and things got started by local outfit, Daylight Fireworks. The young 4-piece opened with a dark and broody instrumental number that built and built, gathering momentum until finally erupting in a pop-rock explosion of razor-sharp guitar and pounding drums. They are an energetic band, just as adapt at playing these atmospheric slowies as much as the adrenaline thumping pogo-provokers and their short but sweet set was thoroughly enjoyable. I only wish they’d stop apologising after every song; we didn’t notice you doing anything wrong guys, just enjoy it! Read the rest of this entry »
Thursday 11th February until Saturday 20th March 2010 @ Tobacco Factory Theatre, Bristol
These are momentous times for Bristol’s renowned theatre company, Shakespeare At The Tobacco Factory: Two years ago they had their first guest director in the form of Jonathan Miller’s Hamlet, last year was their tenth anniversary season, six months ago saw their first ever co-production as they put on Uncle Vanya at the Bristol Old Vic and this year they are revisiting one of the bard’s plays for the very first time with A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
A seventeen piece brass band and no stage…sounds like a recipe for disaster but the Prom’s reopening party was a great night. The staff were clearly knackered after a week of late nights and early mornings getting the venue sorted out but they were in high spirits in their impressive 20’s fancy dress and were in the mood to party! Apart from the missing stage, and slightly patchy paintwork, the place looked good and after my free shot and a couple of (what turned out to be very ) strong fruit punches, I’d forgotten about the not entirely “complete re-furb”. Read the rest of this entry »
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