Monday, 28 March 2011

811 STIFF LITTLE FINGERS, Los Comos, Bristol O2 Academy, Sunday 27 March 2011

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Death, Taxes, Rip-Off Petrol Prices… and me and the Big Man heading down to Bristol in March to see SLF at the Academy. Some things in life ...
Wednesday, 23 March 2011

810 GLASVEGAS, Bristol Thekla, Tuesday 22 March 2011

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Glasvegas… on a boat! This is going to be fun… Since arriving at the arse end of 2008, fully formed, as a complete distillation of everythin...
Friday, 11 March 2011

809 BUFFALO TOM, Man Made, London Camden Dingwalls, Thursday 10 March 2011

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It honestly doesn't seem like five minutes since I last saw Boston blue-collar alt. rock veterans Buffalo Tom, but it's been nearly ...
Wednesday, 9 March 2011

808 THE DECEMBERISTS, Blind Pilot, Bristol O2 Academy, Tuesday 8 March 2011

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I'd been warned about The Decemberists. A US alt-rock band that had been skirting around the periphery of my rock vision for awhile, I...
Wednesday, 23 February 2011

807 THE WHIGS, The Dead Confederate, Blacklight Pioneer, Oxford Jericho Tavern, Tuesday 22 February 2011

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A good old fashioned short notice gig, this; I’d come across a classified ad for this dual-headlining tour by a couple of young bands from R...
Thursday, 10 February 2011

806 WHITE LIES, Crocodiles, Active Child, Bristol O2 Academy, Wednesday 9 February 2011

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Set-list signed by the band during gig 1,210 at Rough Trade on 18 February 2022! Another Bristol Academy gig – I’m here frequently to kick t...
Monday, 7 February 2011

805 THE HOLD STEADY, Wintersleep, Bristol O2 Academy, Saturday 5 February 2011

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The 2011 gig year finally gets under way with The Hold Steady, consistently my favourite band of the late “noughties”, and a bit of payback;...