Category: Bristol Big Jeff
REVIEW: SPIRITUALIZED AT BRISTOL O2 ACADEMY (21/03/12)
Spiritualized were one of the many influential undercurrent of shoegaze bands from the 90s. They came offered a more blissed out, melodic alternative to the mass sonic drenching walls of noise from the likes of My Bloody Valentine or the cock’n’ballsyness of Primal Scream. They are one of those bands that may well go under [...]
REVIEW: THE JOY FORMIDABLE SECRET GIG IN BRISTOL
The thing that really bugs me about fashion-sponsored gigs like this (Clarks Originals being the sponsor here) is that the atmosphere at most of the shows just doesn’t feel right. That aside, I have been a big fan of The Joy Formidable for some time now. They are a shining example of how to make [...]
BRISTOL BIG JEFF: CUTTING FROM THE EDGE (JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2012)
Dear readers, it has been quite sometime since I last wrote to you guys, explaining my whereabouts and what I have been up to. It’s fair to say that life is a rollercoaster and no, I am not quoting Ronan Keating! So what has happened to me? Well, December was an interesting month. The Magic [...]
REVIEW: JUSTICE AT BRISTOL O2 ACADEMY (09/02/12)
Through out the past 20 or so years, France has been at the forefront of electronic music, with the likes of Air and Daft Punk and too-cool-for-school labels Ed Banger and Kitsune bringing electronic music to the hipster masses. So bring forth Justice. I definitely felt like a bit outcast when arriving at the Academy, [...]
REVIEW: MY RUIN AT BRISTOL TUNNELS (25/01/12)
I have never been to the Tunnels before, so it was a bit of a new adventure for me as I walked through the doors for tonight show. You see it felt like a working men’s club and it didn’t take me long to find where the stage was – it kind of felt like [...]
BRISTOL BIG JEFF: CUTTING FROM THE EDGE (NOVEMBER 2011)
Well hello readers! It’s been quite a while since I last wrote to you. This past month has been one that has been pretty topsy-turvy, starting off in a pretty band way when I had someone start on me at an all-ages hip hop/grime night at Blue Mountain. He accused me of being a paedophile, [...]
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS: JOSH T PEARSON LIVE INSTORE AT RISE BRISTOL (25/11/11)
247 Magazine favourite Josh T Pearson, who we interviewed for last month’s South West magazine, stopped off at Rise Records in Bristol en route from his Cardiff gig to play Exeter Phoenix (review HERE). More than 50 people turned up to see him, hear him and have him sign shit. We were there too see… [...]
REVIEW: BESNARD LAKES AT BRISTOL THEKLA (21/11/11)
Suuns enter the stage drowning it in in downbeat electronic drones, drawing on the kind of atmospherics which Primal Scream tried to use on XTRMNTR. Guitars sounded, at points, icy-thin, as if the are being played bouncing off the surface of a frozen lake. With clunking beats generating a trance like mood that definitely gets [...]
REVIEW: ZUN ZUN EGUI AT BRISTOL TRINITY CENTRE (29/10/11)
Tonight saw the album release party for one of Bristol’s most exciting bands, Zun Zun Egui. Their debut album Zatang, was released on Bella Union records – one of the finest record labels this country has to offer. We arrive, for what is going to be a very lengthy night as Zun Zun chose to [...]
BRISTOL BIG JEFF: CUTTING FROM THE EDGE (OCTOBER 2011)
How can I go about summing up the events of the past month? The last time you heard from me was the end of September and Brisfest had just happened with a very climactic ending. Since then, I have been bumbling around like a fat loping slug and feeling sorry for myself – mourning the [...]
REVIEW: WU LYF AT BRISTOL THEKLA (25/10/11)
What a timely visit to Bristol – on the week Wu Lyf (pronounced Woo Life we think) won best new act in the Q awards. While not completely sold out, the gig was full of scenesters. And while the band officially shys away from media attention, it’s kinda clear that’s what pulled in this crowd [...]
REVIEW: BLOWPOP IN:MOTION AT MOTION, BRISTOL (21/10/11)
Blow Pop has been the longest running night in Bristol, spanning 15 years, bringing the cutting edge of electronic music and some of the biggest names in the electro/house/hip hop music scene. So, it was no surprise to see that they were celebrating their 15th birthday at Motion, with a line-up that included big names [...]
BRISTOL BIG JEFF: CUTTING FROM THE EDGE (SEPTEMBER 2011)
My summer has been one full of festivals and gigs, which is pretty much standard for me. Well there was OFF! at the Thekla who’s show was so intense, that I ended up in the BRI with chest pains. Luckily, I’d just pulled some muscles in my rib cage – it hurt for quite a [...]
BRISTOL BIG JEFF: CUTTING FROM THE EDGE (AUGUST 2011)
That big monolith of a swampy festival called Glastonbury kept me busy at the end of June, where somebody called Bono was playing, ever heard of him? He fronts them there U2. So what were my highlights from the festival? In no particular order, Jannelle Monae, Queens of the Stone Age, Twilight Singers, Warpaint, Pulp, [...]
REVIEW: TRUCK FESTIVAL 2011
Truck was one of my favourite festivals of the summer last year. And while this years festival had slighty more twee line-up, I didn’t let that put me off. Psychedelic all female super choir Gaggle kicked things off with a very trancy set. All 16 donned mystical themed make-up and costumes that started with long [...]
BRISTOL BIG JEFF: CUTTING FROM THE EDGE (JULY 2011)
Well June what can I say, my brain particles have started to separate due to lack of sleep, I cant help myself when it comes to live music, I feed off of the rhythm. Well, my brain pretty much imploded after this year’s Dot to Dot musical spectacle, which included a pumped up show from [...]
BRISTOL BIG JEFF: CUTTING FROM THE EDGE (JUNE 2011)
I enjoyed a night of beat poetry when I performed improvised beat poetry at an event organised by some ex UWE students before seeing a poetry performance from Kate Tempest and her band, the Sound of Rum. Literally every time I have seen her perform, I have pretty much felt like reading out my wedding [...]
REVIEW: ATARI TEENAGE RIOT AT BRISTOL FLEECE (13/05/11)
Foe take to the stage tonight, looking like a bunch of uber cool kids with a sludgy lofi take on 90s groups like Queen Adreena and Daisy Chainsaw. Next up were Necro Deathmort, a two-piece that some how managed to combine doom metal and slow hollowed-out Dubstep. I know what you are thinking? How the [...]
REVIEW: DRIVE BY TRUCKERS + JOSH T PEARSON AT BRISTOL ANSON ROOMS (06/05/11)
Josh T Pearson entered the stage, looking thin and withdrawn with his massive beard bristling with with age, creating an eye catching and brooding presence. The place falls silent in anticipation for what proved to be a sparse, yet emotionally fraught set. He showcased songs from Last of The Country Gentleman, his first proper album [...]
BRISTOL BIG JEFF: CUTTING FROM THE EDGE (MAY 2011)
April was a busy month for me but I must hark back to the end of March to mention how, in one night, I managed to see both John Grant and Patrick wolf, by pegging it half way across Bristol, this even meant me pegging past people I hadn’t seen for years. You see, I [...]
