Category: Gig Review
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Venue: Jam Jar Bristol Date: 2025-11-12T12:27:01+0000 There’s something about firsts — first gigs at new venues, first albums from rising bands, first moments when music hits you in the chest and makes you move. On November 6th, Oswald Slain delivered all three in one glorious swoop at Bristol’s Jam Jar, a venue I’d somehow never…
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Venue: Strange Brew Date: 2025-09-06T17:54:57+0100 It’s a strange sensation when a band’s debut album feels like a reunion. Divorce may have only just released Drive To Golden Hammer , but their presence has long lingered in the playlists and hearts of fans who packed out Bristol’s Strange Brew for a sold-out celebration. From the moment…
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Venue: QUEEN SQUARE Date: Aug 2, 2025 One question was on everyone’s lips in the lead-up to this event: how can you fit 15,000 people in Queen Square safely and happily? Well, let’s have a look! The sun was shining on a resplendent King Street awash with AF Gang members with every IDLES t-shirt in…
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Venue: Thekla Date: 2025-05-27T11:15:47+0100 What better way for Prima Queen to kick off their tour celebrating the release of their debut album, The Prize , than aboard Bristol’s iconic floating venue, Thekla ? For Bristol native Louise Macphail , this was more than just another gig—it was a homecoming, filled with nostalgia and the echoes…
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Venue: THEKLA Date: May 24, 2025 There aren’t many evenings when you go from sleeping to being in a punk rock circle pit in the space of 15 minutes, but Thursday was one of them. I was confused, excited and ready to be infused by the night’s proceedings. I got in early to catch the…
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⚠️ Venue: not auto-detected – needs manual entry Date: 2025-05-23T19:29:28+0100 Ten albums in, and somehow, this was my first time seeing Ezra Furman live. Ridiculous, I know. But what better way to make amends than at an intimate, sold-out in-store show at Rough Trade Bristol , celebrating the release of Goodbye Small Head . From…
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Venue: THEKLA Date: May 14, 2025 You only get one debut album. Luckily, Bristol’s KNIVES have smashed it. Thus making their album launch for GLITTER a punk party. They treat a sold out Thekla crowd to the album in full on a night that feels like a culmination of years of hard work and celebration…
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Venue: ELECTRIC BRISTOL Date: May 12, 2025 After 12 years away, a completely new musical landscape awaits the Scissor Sisters. Luckily, they have a band packed with elite performing powerhouses and haven’t aged a day in the meantime. This evening was guaranteed to be filled with effervescent joy: it marks 20 years since their self-titled…
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Venue: EXCHANGE Date: May 7, 2025 I’ve been keeping tabs on Dominie Hooper’s immense talents since she opened for the delight that is This Is The Kit at the Bristol Beacon last year. The Exchange ‘dungeon’ offers quite a contrast, but it’s the perfect venue to premiere new material and for an intensely intimate musical…