Tuesday, 19 April 2011

813 MILES HUNT & ERICA NOCKALLS, The Shudders, Swindon 12 Bar, Saturday 16 April 2011

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Here’s Swindon coming up trumps on the gig front for once; the first of 3 (maybe 4?) local gigs in the next 6 weeks, and a first performance...
Friday, 15 April 2011

812 BIG COUNTRY, Bristol O2 Academy, Thursday 14 April 2011

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It seems stupid in retrospect, but I nearly didn’t bother for this one… Big Country, one of the post-punk “rockist” bands I picked up on in ...
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...