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Category Archives: Features
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
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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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.
PRE-ORDER ‘WELCOME’ NOW!
‘Welcome’ Standard EP:
Standard physical edition of the much anticipated EP on compact disc, featuring the artwork you see here and more. £4.
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.
MEET: Tricky

We catch up ‘Bristol Sound’ pioneer Tricky, in build up to his very special return to Bristol and some exclusive new shows… Continue reading
LEND ME YOUR EARS: April / Beyond
And here’s roundup of local tracks gracing our ears at the moment:
Hysteria
[Ceremony]
Californian hardcore punk icons return to the UK supporting new album Zoo.
LEND ME YOUR EARS: April / Bristol
And here’s roundup of local tracks gracing our ears at the moment:
Imagined Communities
[Idles]
The new video (the track’s now available for free download) showcasing churning Kraut melodies and impassioned vocals.



