Founder of legendary Bristol club night Just Jack, Tom Rio is also a DJ/producer makes and plays underground house & techno. Though born in Rio, he spent the majority of his youth growing up in Holland. Cutting his teeth in the clubs of The Hague and Amsterdam, it was here that Tom developed his love [...]
Building on the success of its debut in 2012, this weekend saw the eagerly anticipated second coming of Love Saves the Day. A 10,000 strong, sold out crowd, were treated to two days of non-stop music, uniting some of the world’s top international acts with the best of Bristol’s much loved music scene. Arriving at [...]
The Saturday evening line-up of VegFest bit of a flashback to the days of the Hacienda, and a great way to plug vegetarianism. Good food and great music: I’ll have a bit of that, thank you. And what with it being the 25th anniversary of acid house, tonight‘s line-up was very appropriate. Everybody knows the [...]
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Beach party specialist Fatboy Slim has been confirmed at the headliner on Friday night at this years Bestival. He joins Elton John and Snoop Dogg as Bestival celebrates it’s 10th birthday over September 5th-8th on the Isle of Wight. Featuring 20 stages the musical line-up includes sets from MIA, Franz Ferdinand, Flaming Lips, The Knife, [...]
The Southwest’s premier music industry and music technology show celebrates its 5th year anniversary on Saturday 18 May at Exeter Phoenix. Organised by social enterprise Sound Gallery Studios, this unique event brings with it hundreds of visitors and an impressive guest speaker line-up featuring Peter Gabriel and Led Zeppelin percussionist Hossam Ramzy, soundscape innovator Richard [...]
Comedian Russell Brand is bringing his new show, Messiah Complex, to Plymouth Pavilions and Colston Hall, Bristol this autumn. Messiah Complex is a mental disorder where the sufferer thinks they might be the messiah. Did Jesus have it? What about Che Guevara, Gandhi, Malcolm X and Hitler? All these men have shaped our lives and [...]
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Beach party specialist Fatboy Slim has been confirmed at the headliner on Friday night at this years Bestival. He joins Elton John and Snoop Dogg as Bestival celebrates it’s 10th birthday over September 5th-8th on the Isle of Wight. Featuring 20 stages the musical line-up includes sets from MIA, Franz Ferdinand, Flaming Lips, The Knife, [...]
Red Bull Music Academy have done some excellent things for music and events over the past few years and it fantastic to have them hosting a famed RBMA lecture session (and after party) in Bristol. The lectures, held in The Canteen on Stokes Croft, started with a talk from Chris Farrel (Idle Hands), which gave [...]
After winning Independent Album of the Year at the AIM awards, and taking Best Live Band (for the second time) at the Kerrang! Awards in 2012, January 2013 then saw Enter Shikari announce the final leg to their eighteen month world tour off the back of third album ‘A Flash Flood of Colour’. While Falmouth’s [...]
Falmouth’s Princess Pavilion was the exact halfway point on King Charles’ 30 Shows 30 Days UK tour this April. Ahead of their new album, a very excited and expectant crowd filled the Pavilion for a night of dancing and debauchery and all their favourite songs from King Charles’ debut album Love Blood, released last May. [...]
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Building on the success of its debut in 2012, this weekend saw the eagerly anticipated second coming of Love Saves the Day. A 10,000 strong, sold out crowd, were treated to two days of non-stop music, uniting some of the world’s top international acts with the best of Bristol’s much loved music scene. Arriving at [...]
The Saturday evening line-up of VegFest bit of a flashback to the days of the Hacienda, and a great way to plug vegetarianism. Good food and great music: I’ll have a bit of that, thank you. And what with it being the 25th anniversary of acid house, tonight‘s line-up was very appropriate. Everybody knows the [...]
The first bank holiday in May is rapidly becoming synonymous with being in one place and one place only and that is just where 247 decided to be with 3,000 other people for this years utterly amazing Masked Ball in Porthleven, Cornwall. Expanded into two days and with twice the capacity, Saturday night saw the [...]
You’ve been in the business a while now, how does today’s industry compared to when you started out? The industry I entered into all those years ago still seems to be going strong but for younger people who need to give more of their lives than I did. 360% deals were not on the table when I [...]
We caught up with Bath singing sensation Gabrielle Aplin ahead of her free gig at the Rong O’Bells in Compton Martin on Halloween (October 31). She also plays Bristol Thekla on November 20, 2012.
Swn Festival founder Huw Stephens tells us what he’s most looking forward to at this year’s festival and how he’s got the Duke of Edinburgh to thank for his career.
Lots of fab music comin out of Devon these days, why do you think that is? Has to be the cider. Think maybe there’s always been lots of great bands in Devon it’s just they’ve not had the exposure that others areas get. You’ll find a similar thing with Somerset and the Bristol area. I [...]
Taffy is an interesting name, there was an old US singer called Taffy and it has Welsh implications, what was the thinking behind it? The band name used to be “salt water taffy”, but everyone was calling us “taffy” so we just decided to rename it as it is. We actually didn’t know about the [...]
So, Chris, tell us a bit about the origins Bleed Electric: where are you from and how did you start? Bleed Electric started as a solo side project of mine during studio down days. At the time I owned and ran Screamadelica Studios in Cardiff Bay and before I knew it I had an albums [...]
Introducing DJ and producer Jaydrop who presents us with this month’s Out of Hand Flyer Pack Mix. After a three year residency at Instinct, Chippenham, JayDrop is now Bristol based and has played sets at Bedlam, Champion Sound and more recently; Apex, Dirty Note, Honeyglazed, Drop Records and 51°27 with the highlight of his mixing [...]
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Red Bull Music Academy host a series of exclusive lectures this weekend in Bristol. Taking place on Sat 4th May at Hamilton House on Stokes Croft, guests John Talabot, Andres and Chris Farrell (Idle Hands) will be sharing their knowledge and offering advice on working within the music industry. The lectures run from 3pm-7pm and [...]
Plymouth has always had a good Drum and Bass scene in the westcountry and the key player in this over the past few years was a monthly night called Unleashed. Running from 2005 – 2012, they hosted some of the biggest names in the scene right now, before they became household names, such as Subfocus, [...]
For it’s first year Arc Festival definitely gave an exceptional first impression to the many festivals Bristol has to offer. A 12 hour festival of electronic music and digital art that did not fail to deliver with stunning displays of visual art and projections, excellent sound quality, and a crowd that were most definitely up [...]
