Day three, and another six bands. By any sensible measure, the festival should have been turning into some kind an endurance event by then, but […]
Return to the Batcave Day 2 – Centrum Reanimacji Kultury, Wrocław – 7 October 2022
Middle day – body weight in pierogies eaten, hair sufficiently backcombed, here we go again! The opening act was today’s Ukrainian band, Кадриль (Quadrille) who, […]
Return to the Batcave Day 1 – Centrum Reanimacji Kultury, Wrocław – 6 October 2022
This was my first “proper” Return to the Batcave, but I had some idea of what to expect, having attended the special, shorter, edition in […]
Goteki, Inertia and Covenant – The Exchange, Bristol – 18 Sept 2022
The night opened with Goteki, a local electronic bleepy stuff duo who don’t take themselves too seriously (there’s a refrain of “don’t listen to Goteki”) […]
Musings of a lapsed medievalist on Femina by Dr Janina Ramirez
I’m going to preface this review by saying that I am not the target audience for this book. Obviously I agree that writing women back […]
XVII Prague Gothic Treffen – Fuchs2/BikeJesus, Prague – 26 & 27 August 2022
This was my first time at PGT, having been foiled last year by the Czech authorities (sensibly) banning tourism from the UK on account of […]
Book Review: Lucy Jago – A Net for Small Fishes
Ann Turner has a good life: Her husband is a successful physician at the court of King James I (and VI) who approves of her […]
Soft Kill and Choir Boy with Sun Spot – The Exchange, Bristol – 27 June 2022
Sun Spot are a local outfit, purveyors of generic indie rock. Nothing to write home about (yet) but they have entertaining between-song banter you don’t […]
Black Doldrums and Shoun Shoun, The Crofters Rights, Bristol 26 June 2022
This was the start of a bumper week for gigs at small venues in Bristol. More reviews to follow soon. Shoun Shoun are a local […]
Ritual Howls and bloody/bath – the Crofters Rights, Bristol – 16 May 2022
bloody/bath are a five-piece outfit from Northampton. They were a splendid surprise, serving up a high-energy pop-punk sound somewhat reminiscent of the Pixies. The audience […]