All Entries Tagged With: "Bristol"
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, [...]
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: JAMIE WOON AT BRISTOL ANSON ROOMS (03/06/11)
I’d never heard a Jamie Woon tune before this gig, and what an introduction. Several interviews have alluded to his gradual involvement of dubstep themes in his music so Bristol, a trail blazing city in the dub scene, was an ideal opportunity to see how he was going to combine the synth we expect with [...]
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: FRANK TURNER AT BRISTOL ST GEORGE’S (25/05/11)
There’s something pretty special about Frank Turner gigs – the overwhelming feeling of cameraderie and collective consciousness. The formula is a simple one – raw guitars and vocals and simple yet poignant lyrics about life, love and loss. Last time I saw Frank was at Strummerville. The gig was in a rammed disused East London [...]
REVIEW: BRISTOL DOT TO DOT FESTIVAL (28/05/11)
Dot to Dot is fast becoming one of the leading inner-city music festivals in Britain. Taking place over 3 days in numerous venues across Manchester, Nottingham and Bristol, the day long music festival is a platform to showcase some of the most exciting, up-and-coming new music around at the moment, with over 50 bands and [...]
WIN MORE TICKETS TO BRISTOL WE THE PEOPLE FESTIVAL
The countdown is on for this weekend’s massive We The People festival in Bristol and we’ve teamed up with the organisers to offer readers the chance to win one of three pairs of tickets. We The People looks set to be THE Bristol event of the Summer with some mega acts lined up for both [...]
ERASURE FESTIVAL WARM UP GIG AT BRISTOL FLEECE SELLS OUT IN JUST 90 SECONDS
Tickets for the Erasure “warm up” gig at The Fleece in Bristol sold out in just 90 seconds. An allocation of just 300 tickets available to fan club members only went on sale through the Bristol Ticket Shop website at 9am on Friday. According to Bristol Ticket Shop, they had messages from people as far [...]
REVIEW: THE RURAL ALBERTA ADVANTAGE AT BRISTOL COOLER (18/05/11)
Everyone knows the more successful bands aren’t always the most inventive or original and the hottest ticket in town isn’t always going to be something the critics mention when they compile their end-of-year lists. The reverse is often true; a lot of the best gigs are played in front of just a few followers, unsuspecting [...]
REVIEW: EARTHTONE9 + MAYBESHEWILL AT BRISTOL THEKLA (21/05/11)
The Thekla in Bristol hosted the penultimate leg of the six-date Scuzz Friction tour – featuring with the long awaited return of Earthtone9, ably supported by The Ocean and Maybeshewill. Almost a decade since Earthtone9 went to play alternative metal at the great gig in the sky, Bristol saw drummer Simon Hutchby returning to the [...]
REVIEW: VILLAGERS AT BRISTOL TRINITY CENTRE (18/05/11)
Full marks to The Trinity Centre in Bristol for providing the perfect sound to an almost perfect gig. It happened with Bill Callahan last week and now here, with Villagers, we see another infallible effort on the sound front. Granted, it helps that the musicians themselves are pretty flawless but a degree of praise has [...]
REVIEW: WARPAINT + CONNAN MOCKASIN AT BRISTOL 02 ACADEMY (17/05/11)
To like Warpaint’s support, Connan Mockasin, is clearly to love them. This came across blindingly in the night’s opening set with some of their careless psychedelic blues proving the perfect soundtrack to a smoke filled room but other tracks sounding more like a year seven schoolboy who just found the pitch bend function on a [...]
VEG FEST UK 2011 HITS BRISTOL THIS WEEKEND
VegfestUK is set to return to Bristol for its ninth year running, taking place from May 21st to May 29th. Once again, the festival will welcome vegan and vegetarian food producers from around the world to offer their veggie and vegan delights to the public. The festival has also introduced a new ‘Fringe Week’ to [...]
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: YUCK AT BRISTOL THEKLA (16/05/11)
Cajun Dance Party sucked. They made bad pop indie, and did it badly. Former members Daniel Blumberg and Max Bloom evidently had some sort epiphany to that effect in 2009, possibly while listening to a Dinosaur Jr. album, and decided to sack off their terrible band. Henceforth they created Yuck, better music was born and [...]
EAST 17 REFORM FOR SUMMER GIGS – WITHOUT BRIAN HARVEY
Ninetees boy band East 17 has announced their much-anticipated return to the live circuit and reveal a brand new line up. Original members Tony Mortimer, John Hendy, and Terry Coldwell will be joined by Blair Dreelan on lead vocals (instead of the infamous Brian Harvey – second right on pic), as the band hit the [...]
REVIEW: BILL CALLAHAN AT BRISTOL TRINITY CENTRE (10/05/11)
Despite being flanked by two impeccable musicians, Bill Callahan cut a lone figure on the stage of one of Bristol’s most underrated venues, the Trinity Centre. As unassuming man whose age is very hard to pin down, his weathered face and dramatic expressions portray a man who has lived, yet his fitted suit and clean [...]
REVIEW: FRANKIE & THE HEARTSTRINGS AT BRISTOL FLEECE (09/05/11)
Frankie Francis kicks off the night by exclaiming something is not right, “there is a Jeff-spaced hole here at the front!” pointing at the void between the stage and the crowd, he is referencing to everyone local that knows, if 247 columnist Big Jeff is not at your show it’s not the best gig in [...]
REVIEW: BEST COAST AT BRISTOL THEKLA (01/05/11)
It’s almost a year to the day since Best Coast last played in Bristol and the change is clear to see; they got popular. Last time the touring three-piece played to a barely half-full 100 capacity Louisiana. This year they play to a completely sold out Thekla, capacity around 350 and tickets costing a fairly [...]
KELIS TO HEADLINE BRISTOL PRIDE 2011
Pride Bristol has secured international superstar Kelis to headline Pride Day 2011 on Saturday 16 July at Castle Park, Central Bristol. Kelis has won BRIT, NME, and Q awards and been twice nominated for a Grammy. She is one of the most distinctive artists, musically and visually to emerge in the past twenty years. Constantly [...]
