I didn’t have time to listen to Twin Noir before the show, but with a Bandcamp profilethat reads “Punk / New Wave / Goth / […]
Home Front & others – Rough Trade, Bristol – 02-11-2023
Barely had I recovered from my night of EBM bangers when it was time to head out to a punk rock show. Real Life (TM) […]
Return to the Batcave Day 3 – Centrum Reanimacji Kultury, Wrocław – Saturday 7 October 2023
Finally! In the best tradition of Return to the Batcave, we are running behind schedule tonight! Unfortunately I’d been plagued by the worst bout of […]
Return to the Batcave Day 2 – Centrum Reanimacji Kultury, Wrocław – Friday 6 October 2023
Friday night kicked off (again, nearly on schedule!) with Kurschatten, a new-ish postpunk four-piece act from Germany. Recorded, they produce a pleasant if nothing-to-write-home about […]
Return to the Batcave Day 1 – Centrum Reanimacji Kultury, Wrocław – Thursday 5 October 2023
I go through the gates of the Centrum Ranimacji Kultury, and I am home. Return to the Batcave is my favourite festival and the highlight […]
Miranda Sex Garden with Kristeen Young & Bleedingblackwood – The Fleece, Bristol – 25-09-2023
Bleedingblackwood is a solo artist from Berlin whose act spans the space between torch songs and spooky cabaret. He has the voice of an angel […]
We’re so happy we could die
Lord of the Lost with Esoterica – The Thekla, Bristol – 24 September 2023 Sunday saw me venture way out of my comfort zone, to […]
This Brutal Place
An expedition to the Crofters Rights to celebrate the release of BLED’s new EP.
Bein-E and Attrition – Zed Alley, Bristol – 15-09-2023
Bein-E (In full: Beinaheleidenschaftsgegenstand [Bein-a-hel-den-shafts-gegen-stand]Noun: The thing that is almost the thing you want.. but not quite) are a female-fronted ambient, experimental, industrial noise project “born of […]
Heilung with Eivor and Lili Refrain – Hammersmith Apollo – 14 January 2023
Well, that was something. There were support bands – two of them: Eivor and Lili Refrain. Both were good, and appropriate opening acts, but within […]