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) […]
Solar Fake with Auger and others – The Exchange, Bristol – 22-10-2023
Project Genrefluid: Hot on the heels of my return from a weekend of deathrock and postpunk bands, I’m hot-footing it across Bristol to take in […]
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 […]
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 […]
So that’s the way you call us home
In which your humble correspondent travels to the wilds of Sweden to watch synth duo Kite perform for 6000 people.
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 […]