Stage times and venues fully announced! See below for full line-ups…
SOME LIKE IT DOT: An Interview With Dot To Dot Festival’s Anton
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
SIGUR ROS: Valtari Album Stream
Check out the gorgeous new album by Sigur Ros!
LEND ME YOUR EARS: May / Beyond.
And here’s roundup of tracks gracing our ears at the moment:
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[Tall Ships]
Gut wrenchingly jagged guitars, spurred on by frantic drums concludes the single for the upcoming album. Check them out playing FOF stage at this year’s Simple Things Festival on May 6th.
LEND ME YOUR EARS: May / Bristol & Bath
And here’s roundup of local tracks gracing our ears at the moment:
Nobody’s Bitch But Mine
[Rock In Your Pocket]
The bitter-sweet opening track from their recently released new album “Gutterdub”, set to plat a riotous set at this years Stokes Croft Festival, 19th May.
STREAM COME TRUE: Last Year’s Top 100 Streamed Tracks In Full

During their digging for the new streaming chart they’ve found out a few interesting things.
Today’s interesting thing? Well, the Official Charts Company has revealed (thank you Music Week) the top 100 streamed songs of 2011. Continue reading
MEET: Theme Park
1. Over the last 12 months, its seems like the whole world has taken notice of Theme Park, has this been as blistering a pace for the band as it has been for the music press trying to catch up?
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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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