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

PRE-ORDER: IDLES ‘Welcome’ EP Now!

It’s finally here! Well, almost. ‘Welcome’, the first release from Bristol acclaimed post-punk five-piece IDLES.The official launch party will be Saturday 4th of August, with the EP released on Monday the 6th.

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‘Welcome’ Standard EP:
Standard physical edition of the much anticipated EP on compact disc, featuring the artwork you see here and more. £4.

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LIVE: Toy @ Thekla [14th April]

By Jenn Brabbins

Photography by Felix Russell-Saw

Whether it was an unintentional coincidence or a flash of tecchie genius, Scarlet Rascal spent the majority of their set lit up in red.

Scarlet Rascal and the Trainwreck threw down the gauntlet as the first group to grace the Thekla’s beaten stage. Their raw meld of dirty distortion and a heavy, articulate drum lead throw them into the same privileged ranks in terms of sound, as the early entrepreneurs of garage music.

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