Tag: yatin amin
REVIEW: DRY THE RIVER AT BRISTOL FLEECE (30/04/12)
Ever since Dry the River’s debut album ‘Shallow Bed’ made it’s way onto music store shelves, there’s been a mass hysteria about how big they’re going to be. Tonight, they’ll get the chance to prove themselves at The Fleece. Support tonight comes from Dancing Years and Tall Ships. The first reflect Dry the River’s folk [...]
REVIEW: JAMES VINCENT MCMORROW AT BRISTOL ANSON ROOMS (11/02/12)
James Vincent McMorrow seems to be genuinely overwhelmed by adoring reception of Bristol’s Anson room as they noisily jostle and yell, upgraded from the smaller Fleece to this thankfully larger school gym like room, and behaving nothing like one would expect from such a gentle artist’s followers. Having seen McMorrow at last year’s Green Man [...]
REVIEW: KINA GRANNIS AT BRISTOL THEKLA (07/02/12)
Tonight this old ship plays host to YouTube sensation Kina Grannis. Kina’s debut music video, “Message From Your Heart”, was aired during the half time commercials of the 2007 Super Bowl (XLII). Since then, her videos have received more than 77 million views, which has propelled her into becoming another one of the ever-growing popular [...]
REVIEW: WILD FLAG AT BRISTOL THEKLA (27/01/12)
Tonight, Bristol’s Thekla plays home to Portland’s finest quartet Wild Flag. Arriving at around 7:30pm, the venue seems eerily quiet and sparks a questionable atmosphere. Thankfully, by the time support band Peggy Sue take to the stage, the boat has filled a little and the girls aren’t faced with an empty room. The London three-piece [...]
REVIEW: THE HORRORS AT BRISTOL TRINITY CENTRE (20/01/12)
The crowd gathered in this renovated church might range from diehards donned in “I Am A Horror” t-shirts to those who have only perked up their ears after “Still Life” hit the Radio One Playlist last year, but the levels of enthusiasm remain equally high in all corners of the room and, come the end [...]
REVIEW: M83 AT BRISTOL TRINITY CENTRE (17/01/12)
M83 have endured a rapid rise to fame in the last few weeks thanks in no small part to having Midnight City being used as the theme tune to a TV show (who’s name I won’t sully my review with) being announced as the title music for this year’s BBC Olympic coverage and extensive play [...]
REVIEW: EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY AT BRISTOL O2 ACADEMY (20/11/11)
Words are arbitrary. They pick and choose an emotion and speak it with a vocal simplicity which deters from the musical talent of its forbearers. Sometimes lyrics can propel a song into the magnificent. Other times their absence can add a genuine ambience, drawing attention to all the other things which make live music exciting. [...]
REVIEW: SBTRKT AT BRISTOL THEKLA (06/10/11)
May 2011, Dot-to-Dot Festival, a little known electro dance act is playing Bristol’s favourite nautical venue. A relatively small gaggle of people most too drunk to really comprehend the cacophony of noise being bestowed upon them by the masked magician above, bob and weave and leave mostly satisfied with the experience they have had. Fast [...]
REVIEW: JENS LEKMAN AT BRISTOL THEKLA (18/10/11)
There’s no denying it, Scandinavia has produced some awesome acts over the years. Some big, some small and hideously underrated. Jens falls into the latter category. The charming, talented indie powehouse played a pre-club gig to a sizeable crowd at the Thekla – playing two encores and outstaying his welcome with the boat’s bouncers, hanging [...]
REVIEW: SLOW CLUB AT BRISTOL COOLER (25/09/11)
Slow Club seemed genuinely surprised by the amount of people packed into the Cooler to see them, but between the date of the original gig at the start of the year and this postponed date, people have come to know and love their new album Paradise – which they showcased at this here gig. Sheffield [...]
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS FROM END OF THE ROAD FESTIVAL 2011 (Part 1)
MIDLAKE JOANNA NEWSOM WILD BEASTS BEIRUT BEST COAST AUSTRA JOAN AS POLICEWOMAN All videos by Yatin Amin
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS FROM GREEN MAN FESTIVAL 2011 (Part 1)
NOAH AND THE WHALE IRON AND WINE FLEET FOXES EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY DRY THE RIVER JAMES BLAKE LAURA MARLING All videos by Yatin Amin
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS FROM ATP I’LL BE YOUR MIRROR 2011
PORTISHEAD PJ HARVEY CARIBOU BEACH HOUSE All videos by Yatin Amin
REVIEW: tUnE yArDs AT BRISTOL FLEECE (20/06/11)
This sold out tUnE yArDs gig was tipped as one of the ‘must see’ gigs of the year and the cream of the Bristol music crop was there to witness it, fronted of course by Big Jeff. tUnE yArDs is the baby of Merrill Garbus, an unlikely musical hero. Like Wye Oak, she has that [...]
REVIEW: ED SHEERAN AT BATH MOLES (15/06/11)
The hype train roars back into town, this time with a young ginger haired lad in tow with an acoustic guitar and cat paw scrawl. Ed Sheeran, this year’s next ‘big thing’ has been traversing the slippery road to musical recognition, gradually gaining attention via YouTube, Twitter and Facebook. Edmania is clearly on the move [...]
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS FROM PRIMAVERA SOUND FESTIVAL 2011
PJ HARVEY THE NATIONAL INTERPOL YUCK All videos by Yatin Amin
REVIEW: TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB AT BRISTOL THEKLA (02/06/11)
It’s easy to say that catchy music is cheap. Two Door Cinema Club fell out the right/ wrong end of 2009′s hype machine (depending on how favorably you use the term ‘mainstream’) and their 2010 Kitsuné debut, ‘Tourist History’ led to such feats as a slot on Letterman in the US, a headlining show at [...]
