SY bags an interview with the craziest DJs Beach Break Live 2009 has ever seen, The Cuban Bothers!

www.thecubanbrothers.com

Stu Freeman

SY bags an interview with hip-hop’s newest exciting name Killa Kela at Beach Break Live 2009

www.killakela.com

Stu Freeman

SY bags an interview with hot young things Friendly Fires on their tour bus straight after they came off stage at Beach Break Live 2009:

www.wearefriendlyfires.com

Stu Freeman

Three style-finally-meets-substance pop stars from Cornwall with glitter in their eyes and a strange affinity with ice-cream vans, Rosie and The Goldbug, currently at the end of a mini-tour of America, are on their countdown to take off. Suit Yourself caught up with them for a quick Q&A.

Where does the name come from? It does have a classic ring to it, echoes of Bill Haley and The Comets, Iggy and The Stooges, Siouxsie and The Banshess, amongst others.
The name is purposefully in the vein of Siouxsie and The Banshees, Adam and The Ants - even Alice In Wonderland. We love the way that these are more than just names, they create a world; this is something we wanted our band name to do so people can become part of our weird world. The Goldbug is a story by gothic author Edgar Allen Poe which Rosie read and felt inspired by.
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Open between Friday 5th and Sunday 7th June 2009 @ Jamaica Street Studios, Bristol
With Opening After-Party on Friday 5th June 2009 @ The Croft, Bristol

The Jamaica Street Artists Studios have been an active and vibrant home to numerous artists, illustrators painters, photographers, film-makers, embroiderers and sculptors for over 20 years. Each year they open their doors to the public to showcase their work so head along and check it out for yourself!

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Saturday 16th May 2009 @ Thekla, Bristol

There’s no support band tonight, no warm-up, nothing, but who needs it when the atmosphere is already this electric? Thekla has been sold out for weeks ahead of tonight’s visit of electro-pop pioneers Metric and now everyone has eagerly crammed themselves into Thekla’s sweaty hull and you can almost taste the anticipation.

Under dim, blue lights, our four favourite Canadians emerge slowly to a deafening roar from the crowd. Metric break us in slowly with the sobering Twilight Galaxy before they unleash the almighty Gold Guns Girls; a rip-roaring, electro-pop opera that could bring a stadium to its knees, let alone the intimate Thekla.
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Skins is so hot right now! It’s the country’s favourite TV show and as a result, it’s making Bristol so hot right now! We caught up with Lisa Backwell (aka. Pandora) , one of only 2 cast members not to be cut last series and the only member of the current cast who resides in Bristol, to chat everything Skins and Bristol! Woop!

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Bristol’s Festival of Contemporary Theatre running across the city between Friday 1st and Saturday 16th May 2009

2009 will see Mayfest hit Bristol for its 6th year and the festival is really starting to get comfortable in its shoes as Bristol’s showpiece event in the theatre calendar, as festival co-producer Matthew Austin explains; “Every year it feels more like it’s become a festival rather than just a collection of shows. When Mayfest started it was basically a month of work which you’d just watch and not engage with, whereas now it feels that you can come for a few days and really get involved and hang out at the festival.
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Showing between Saturday 28th March and Thursday 2nd April 2009 @ Centrespace Gallery, Bristol

Tom White is older than I expected. What a terrible way to start a review I know, but it’s true. The only reason I had expected someone younger is the subject matter he has chosen for his Moment In Time exhibition; the slightly run down, underground cool and, lets face it, a little rough areas of Bristol. His paintings depict Stokes Croft, Easton and Montpellier, and it was this fact that made me expect an urban graffiti type artist in their early twenties. However, as soon as you look at White’s work, it is apparent that there is something entirely more compassionate and sensitive than the art these areas usually offer. It soon becomes apparent why, as White talks of the charity work he does in the area. He works for Second Step, which supports people with mental health and other support needs in the area.
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Thursday 26th February 2009 @ The Fleece, Bristol
With Support From: Young Husband

No sooner had I sat down in the backroom of The Fleece to have a chat with Emma Lee-Moss of Emmy The Great ahead of her performance, than I was presented with the naked, broad butt-cheeks of Joe from support band Young Husband. Two wholesome slabs of ham that were red-raw from a brutal spanking the night before…

SY: Owww – what had you done to deserve it?
Ric (violin/bass): He didn’t sell enough merch!

SY: Erm…eventful tour then?
Emma: I have become too comfortable with Joe’s genitalia and nether regions. This is the longest tour I’ve ever done - we’ve been going for 4 weeks and we’ve done 25 dates. This is our penultimate gig!

SY: Was the spanking yesterday a peak?
Joe: I’d say it was a low point…
Tom (keyboard) and Ric: Peak! Peak!

Emma: Alright! I’ll shout out an event from the tour and you’ve got to say whether it was a peak or a trough, OK?
All: Haha! OK!
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