February 2012
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Live Review: High Places at The Cube
The Cube, Bristol (Fri 17 Feb)
Though they’ve been a band for almost six years, it’s the first time LA’s High Places (formerly Brooklyn’s High Places) have played in Bristol. They take the bizarre and make it not only listenable but familiar and tranquil, subduing with outlandish percussive noises, making the sporadic feel cyclic. Whilst Rob Barber enthusiastically ...
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NME Review
fuckyeahwildflag:
Review of the Thekla, Bristol show in this week’s NME. Original size here.
Such a great show. My photo!
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New show: The Duke Spirit at The Fleece
emptypoolsmusic:
Very happy to say we’ll be supporting The Duke Spirit at The Fleece on March 5. £8 cheap list if you RSVP on Facebook or email us at mptypls@gmail.com.
My band are playing a show with The Duke Spirit (and another with Gauntlet Hair at The Croft on February 19.) More TBA soon! Exciting!
January 2012
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Live Review: M83 at The Trinity Centre
Trinity Centre, Bristol (Tue 17 Jan)
Tonight, any attempt to identify a song by its intro quickly regresses into a game of cheapest reductive jab. “Poor man’s Gang Gang Dance!” “Instrumental Vampire Weekend!” “You know when you put your Tears for Fears records on at the wrong speed…?” To recreate this game at home: play the album through your phone (for the full experience: put your...
December 2011
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Record Review: Mouse Deer - The Mouse Deer EP
‘The Mouse Deer EP’ (EP, self-released)
Girl-group harmonies forged from a single vocal melody and a bounding guitar line. The elegance of a Joni Mitchell ballad veering towards a Disney-esque union of romance and malevolence, as loose handclaps and gutsy bass creep into the mix. Holly McIntosh knows her way around a melody, but has the sense, with a voice both delicate and clean cut, to ...
Watchkpartyawesome:
HAPPY HOLIDAYS, PEOPLE OF MY EARTH.
Here is a video Christmas list I made for my mom approx one year ago that is, sadly, still relevant. Please enjoy! It’s the reason for the season. Listen to reason.
“Because I don’t think you… could.”
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Live Review: Holy Stain at Thekla's Festive Fest
Thekla, Bristol (Sun 18 Dec)
It’s Holy Stain’s second to last ever show, so we can forgive them for believing volume is synonymous and interchangeable with enthusiasm. Their joyful send-off; our week of tinnitus. Peppered throughout the set are post-hardcore vocal exchanges which recall At The Drive-in (a sort of musical relay in which the changeover is initiated by a pained scream from...
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It's like a bark, a shout.
Recently, my friend wrote a review of Wild Flag’s set at ATP. You won’t find it, as it has since been removed from the web*. He wrote with colour about the music, about the relationships between the band members on-stage and in the songs, about the showmanship, the audience’s reactions - for such a visceral, immediate performance, it was an impressive recollection. The final...
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November 2011
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Live Review: St. Vincent at The Fleece
The Fleece, Bristol (Fri 11 Nov)
There’s always been a tension about St. Vincent’s live performances. “I’m just being coy,” Annie Clark muttered during a 2009 show, but her awkward shyness, her reticence – it appeared genuine. She recoiled from the mic at every opportunity, doubled over, face covered by hair as she threw frantic strum spasms at her guitar. Tonight, she shows real ...
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