MUSIC SAVED MY LIFE

BBC Introducing in Bristol has made a documentary for BBC Radio Bristol looking at the power of music as a tool for personal, emotional and physical development. Broadcast on 5th June at 6pm, this documentary explores people’s personal relationships with music at some of the community music projects in the South West. Continue reading

LIVE: Geisha / Big Joan / Thought Forms @ The Louisiana [4th May]

By Serena Cherry

Batting first for Bristols’ noise team tonight are the ever-expansive post rock three piece Thought Forms, who quite literally put dozens of (effect) pedals to the metal, and overdrive the audience into their own little world of fuzz. They begin their set with some ethereal sounding recent material; combining minimalist delayed guitars with guitarist Charlies’ beautiful soft vocals, to pay a slow-building homage to the hazy sound of My Bloody Valentine.
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MEET: Yes Sir Boss

By Darren Paul Thompson

Mid-morning, Monday 30th April, I walked through Stokes Croft in Bristol under a sun that was trying its best to creep out from behind the ominous conveyor belt of clouds overhead. Stopping in at ‘The Social’ on Cheltenham Road to interview up-and-coming band ‘Yes Sir Boss’, I met Matty Sellors (lead singer/rhythm guitarist) and Josh Stopford (Bass/Backing Vocals) for a chilled-out chat a few days prior to the launch of their new EP, ‘Desperation State’. Eagerly anticipating the EP launch party on the 5th May, they were both in high spirits.
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