Saturday, 30 December 2017

1,066 THE 12 BANDS OF CHRISTMAS 2017, Swindon The Victoria, Saturday 116th December 2017

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An entirely fitting way to end a splendid 50-gig year, this, in a year that Swindon has again served me well for gigs. Only the second ti...

1,065 PETER HOOK AND THE LIGHT, Salisbury City Hall, Friday 8th December 2017

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With a glorious Sunday evening Joy Division/ New Order retrospective set, Peter Hook And The Light snared my Band Of The Weekend award a...

1,064 WOLF ALICE, Sunflower Bean, Superfood, Southampton Guildhall, Tuesday 21st November 2017

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My last (currently!) scheduled out-of-town gig of the year came in the shape of by-now gig “dance card” regulars Wolf Alice, young Ellie...

1,063 DESPERATE JOURNALIST, Supp. Slow Reader’s Club, Bristol Thekla, Friday 17th November 2017

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Without a shadow of a doubt, Desperate Journalist are easily my favourite and most significant new musical discoveries of 2017, and are ...

1,062 THE 2017 “SHIIINE ON” WEEKENDER, Various Venues at Butlins Resort, Minehead, Friday 10th – Sunday 12th November 2017

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Well, we liked it so much last year, we were back for more… back to Minehead for the third (and our second) “Shiiine On” Weekender! And...

1,061 RIDE, Ulrika Spacek, Bristol SWX, Thursday 9th November 2017

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A quick warm-up to the forthcoming weekend's “Shiiine On” shenanigans came in this short-notice gig; I'd been eyeing up another ...
Monday, 30 October 2017

1,060 MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA, Bristol SWX, Saturday 28th October 2017

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Rachel and I, happily, have many bands where our tastes overlap, and about whom we’re equally keen to catch “live” whenever possible...