Friday, 17 October 2025

1,410 IDLEWILD, Humour, Bristol O2 Academy, Wednesday 15th October 2025

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  October 2005; Rachel and I got married on the 1 st , then embarked on a 2-centre honeymoon in California. We’d already noticed that windsw...
Saturday, 11 October 2025

1,409 MAISIE PETERS, Nell Mescal, London Hackney EartH Theatre, Thursday 9th October 2025

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  Well, here’s something outside of my musical wheelhouse, as often is the case with the daughter of the house… One of Jami’s favourite “pop...
Sunday, 5 October 2025

1,408 THE WEDDING PRESENT, Mozart Estate, Bristol O2 Academy, Friday 3rd October 2025

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  Well, veteran choppy Indie guitar abusers The Wedding Present have well and truly re-established themselves on my Dance Card with a vengea...
Friday, 3 October 2025

1,407 COACH PARTY, Oxford Jericho Tavern, Wednesday 1st October 2025

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  The third of 3 gigs in a row for me, and 5 th of 6 in 10 days! Retirement, shmetirement… this was actually a late addition to my Autumn D...
Thursday, 2 October 2025

1,406 EDWYN COLLINS, The Hanging Stars, Bath Komedia, Tuesday 30th September 2025

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  “A Last Lap Around The UK” was the enticing strapline for this one, a 2025 Testimonial Tour for veteran indie pop icon Edwyn Collins. As a...

1,405 BELLY, Bristol Trinity, Monday 29th September 2025

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  I’m really mining a 90’s indie pop seam at the moment; after Britpop roustabouts Sleeper and Rialto last time out, here’s a welcome return...
Sunday, 28 September 2025

1,404 SLEEPER, RIALTO, Bristol Electric, Friday 26th September 2025

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  Seems like I’ve been here before… Gig 368, waaaay back in 1998 in fact, when an upcoming bunch of widescreen cinematic urban popsters supp...