Category: Matt Barnes
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Venue: SWX Date: 2023-04-28T14:48:42.000Z Like all good evenings, this one started off with a reverse cow girl burger at Squeezed with the best fries in the universe – the perfect pre-gig meal before seeing New Jersey’s Indie Rockers at Yo La Tengo at SWX, as the band marked its newest releasee This Stupid World. The…
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Venue: SWX Date: 2023-03-22T12:11:54.000Z ‘I love you Nick!’ – shouted a fan as Nick Mulvey took to the stage at SWX in Bristol for the launch of his UK tour. It was St Partick’s Day evening, and the crowd was in good spirits for the folk singer and his bad. I, myself, arrived after two…
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⚠️ Venue: not auto-detected – needs manual entry Date: 2023-03-14T16:31:33.000Z ⚠️ Artist: not auto-detected – needs review It may have been wet and cold outside SWX but the venue quickly warmed up at this sell-out show. Energetic support act We Hate Change soon got the packed venue jumping and moshing but by the time band…
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Venue: SWX Date: 2023-03-06T16:00:02.000Z ‘Young Fathers are f**king awesome’ said Bristol legend Big Jeff. It’s great that the Bristol legend – aka Jeff Johns – is back, and that his expertise on a good band is still with him, despite being sidelined for many months after a fire at his home. As if catapulted to…
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Venue: SWX Date: 2023-01-20T13:00:18.000Z My emo roots fell out years ago and I can only dream of a fringe nowadays – so as I turned up to see Aussie rockers The Amity Affliction, along with the supporting bands, at SWX I was really interested on how it would go. My last visit to the venue…
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Venue: Trinity Centre Date: 2022-11-13T12:32:43.000Z I arrived very early as ever at the Trinity Centre for this one as I was really keen to see what the night had in store and to catch some new music – on the bill was Bristol’s own Ishmael Ensemble, supported by solo jazz/blues artist Jelly Cleaver. As Jelly…
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⚠️ Venue: not auto-detected – needs manual entry Date: 2022-10-21T10:28:52.000Z I was weirdly nervous before this one, I guess after listening on Spotify to both artists. mainly Dean Lewis. this gig may take me a bit out of my comfort zone as both artists are different from what I usually listen to. This I’m taking…
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Venue: Marble Factory Date: 2022-09-15T11:56:11.000Z Whoa, whoa, whoa. I had a bit of a rush to get to this one but thankfully I peddled fast and made it bang on for the start of support act Talk Like Tigers. On walking inside the Marble Factory I first noticed it was a seated gig – this…
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⚠️ Venue: not auto-detected – needs manual entry Date: 2022-09-06T10:52:42.000Z ⚠️ Artist: not auto-detected – needs review Bristol goes again! Day two of Forwards Festival promised a lot. Let’s see if it can deliver? The line-up was jam packed of music I was excited to see. It pays to get there early and to have…