Thursday, 26 May 2016

990 ADAM ANT, Bristol Colston Hall, Wednesday 25th May 2016

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And to round off my “May, Month Of Legends” gig month with the appropriate ostentatious flourish, there’s only one suitable candidat...
Thursday, 19 May 2016

989 BRIAN WILSON PRESENTS “PET SOUNDS”, Cardiff St. David’s Hall, Wednesday 18th May 2016

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My fancifully-named “Month Of Legends” continues, with a massive name; and my attendance at this one is actually really down ...
Monday, 16 May 2016

988 CLOSE LOBSTERS, Lemonhaze, London Oxford Street 100 Club, Saturday 14th May 2016

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This should have been an utter triumph. The first time in over 25 years of seeing Close Lobsters, the class act of the mid 80’s “C86” DIY ...
Sunday, 8 May 2016

987 LUSH, Spectres, London Camden The Roundhouse, Saturday 7th May 2016

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“Lush are hot hot hot and they’re gonna be huge huge huge!” I wrote that back in the day (gig 160, March 1990!) when Lush’s crush colli...
Sunday, 1 May 2016

986 THE SHUDDERS, Fake Walnut Dash, Swindon The Locomotive, Friday 29th April 2016

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Can we squeeze another April gig in? OK, why not, considering it’s Tim’s band of alt-Americana troubadours The Shudders, whom my fr...
Friday, 22 April 2016

985 WHITE LILAC, Wasuremono, Neverlnd, Swindon The Victoria, Thursday 21st April 2016

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A local one, this, and another of those rather splendid “Songs Of Praise” promoted evenings that I really, rather shamefully, never ...
Tuesday, 19 April 2016

984 GET INUIT, Supporting Vant, Soeur, Bristol Louisiana, Sunday 17th April 2016

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A second Sunday night trundle down to Bristol in a row; this time it’s in the fine company, both onstage and off, of young Summery indie-r...