The Maccabees to perform at the Harbourside Ampitheatre, Bristol, 23rd July

For the first time in 14 years, The Mac­cabees return to Bris­tol per­form­ing at the beau­ti­ful Bris­tol Har­bour­side Amphithe­atre for an out­door sum­mer show. Pre­sale tick­ets are already sold out. Pub­lic sale tick­ets sale com­menced Fri 28th Nov 10am – tick­ets are still avail­able. Since The Mac­cabees reunit­ed in 2024, things have been going well them…

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Review: Scaler album ‘Endlessly’

Scaler (for­mer­ly Scalp­ing) have part­ly built their rep­u­ta­tion on intense and immer­sive per­for­mances and while noth­ing could have pre­pared me for that first expe­ri­ence of see­ing them live, I’ve con­tin­ued to be blown away by their raw vis­cer­al ener­gy. They man­age to trans­fer that pow­er to their record­ed out­put too. Debut album Void was released in…

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Forwards 2024 closes with The Jesus and Mary Chain

Fol­low­ing last week’s announce­ment of rave pio­neers Under­world being added to the FORWARDSline­up, the Bris­tol fes­ti­val now clos­es its 2024 music pro­gramme with The Jesus and Mary Chain on Sun­day. The mys­te­ri­ous ensem­ble GLASS BEAMS are also play­ing. Also join­ing the 2024 FORWARDS pro­gramme is a col­lec­tion of Big Team’s Next Lev­el ArtistDevel­op­ment Pro­gramme, a…

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Review: Julia Jacklin at The Louisiana

Julia Jack­lin stands on stage at The Louisiana in Bris­tol as motion­less as a stat­ue, clos­es her eyes and man­ages to hush the entire room. All eyes are upon her as she starts to sing. There is a mes­meris­ing qual­i­ty to her voice, some­thing about the rich, dreamy swoop­i­ness which suits the Australian’s alt– coun­try indie folk mate­r­i­al. Then there’s her abil­i­ty to…

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