Tango Alchemy, BristolAires.
7-8pm Tango Workshop
8- midnight Milonga!*
Tickets available on the door. £10 (Milonga only), £20 (includes workshop).
Tango Alchemy, BristolAires.
6-8pm Tango Workshop
8- midnight Milonga!*
Tickets available on the door. £10 (Milonga only), £20 (includes workshop).
Doors 19.30
£14 adv + bf
14+ (under 16s must be accompanied by an adult)
Trinity now operates a "Challenge 25" policy. If you look under 25, please be prepared to show proof of age when buying alcohol.
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NNTS Presents one of the finest bands on this planet;
The band’s second album, “Gloss Drop” will be released on June 6, 2011. The album’s first single, “Ice Cream”, was released in March 2011.
Battles and have caused a maelstrom of interest in the last 18 months, despite having only released 3 EPs. A phenomenon that began in NYC, they soon broke out of the cliquey East Coast scene, accumulating a fervent legion of fans across the US, a testament to their astounding live performances. And now, kicking off 2006 we present them to you with a uniquely packaged introductory album.
Perhaps you have already come across this frenetic, experimental East Coast sensation when they headlined Eat Your Own Ears and rammed it to the rafters; perhaps you soon will when they play at the taste making ATP weekender in December.
Precisely why they are one of the hottest US alt. imports is this; technically awe inspiring, Battles concoct a mix of strident post-rock/ jazz/ hardcore and electronics, stunning crowds with mind boggling poly-rhythmic sequences and complicated time signatures, hurtled at you with sheer sonic velocity.
Too beat orientated to be dubbed ‘post rock’, as vanguards Battles stand on their own in the realm of contemporary music. Battles will captivate you live with the dexterous competency of each member, executing musical forms previously unattainable outside the sphere of the electronic scene.
Some have dubbed Battles a ‘supergroup’ – John Stanier on drums, originating from the legacy that is Helmet, and still lending his skills to Mike Patton’s Tomahawk and Australian powerhouse The Mark of Cain; Ian Williams guitarist/ keyboardist known for his distinctive guitar styling in cult band Don Caballero; Dave Konopka, guitar and bass, previously in the underground band Lynx and Tyondai Braxton, avant-garde solo musician (who recently collaborated with Prefuse 73), here vox/ keyboardist/ guitar/ electronics
As Battles explain, their sound is “Somewhere between electronic and rock. Those two factors. Since we’ve always been in bands, at this point we’re like horses trained to pull the sled w/ 3 marshall half stacks plus 80lb. trap case everywhere we go, but we don’t have to play garage music the way you might if all the members had only been in garage bands before. Battles can do what it wants.”
And the result is evolved and fresh and justifies their position as the apple of the alternative scene’s eye. Everyone has Battles in their lives.
The band’s second album, “Gloss Drop” will be released on June 6, 2011. The album’s first single, “Ice Cream”, was released in March 2011.
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Support To Be Confirmed
Doors 7.30pm
£14* adv + BF
(*correction from previous listed price)
14+ (under 16s must be accompanied by an adult)
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New York-based musicians Alex Naidus (bass), Kip Berman (guitar/vocals), Kurt Feldman (drums), and Peggy Wang-East (keyboards/vocals) came together to form the Pains of Being Pure at Heart in 2007. With its wall-of-fuzz guitar stylings and sugary pop underpinnings, the band nodded to any number of old-school indie pop and shoegaze acts, most notably Black Tambourine and My Bloody Valentine. The band recorded a few tracks soon after forming, which were released as a self-titled 3" CD-R on Cloudberry Records. A self-titled EP followed soon after for Painbow. During 2008 the band released a number of limited-edition split singles on Atomic Beat Records and Slumberland. Their first album, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, was released in February of 2009 on Slumberland and the good reviews and positive press (including a spot on Late Night with Carson Daly) made them one of the most talked about bands of early 2009. After the release of the summer 2010 single Say No to Love, legendary producers Flood (Smashing Pumpkins) and Alan Moulder (My Bloody Valentine) were hired to give the band's sound a slicker, more powerful sound. The resulting album, Belong, was released by Slumberland in March of 2011.
It's immediately appealing in the same way their debut was-- Kip Berman's aw-shucks lyrics ("She was the heart in your heartbreak/ She was the miss in your mistake") arcing with effortless melody, with the underrated and understated rhythm section propelling everything forward, at least until the dramatic pause.
But while the interior decoration of "Heartbreak" is more luxuriant than we're used to from Pains, it's more a matter of spatial relationships than pricey embellishment-- the handclaps, synth beams, and frazzled tone of the guitar solo are the sort of trimmings that marked their economically packed debut, but each is given far more room to breathe and flourish. It's like they've come back from a lavish spa treatment-- an earned indulgence...
And when we tell you to go buy it, we mean push yourself away from your computer, stand up from your desk, go outside and enjoy the crisp, frigid winter day, as you make your way toward your nearest independent record store*, where you will take a few dollars out of your pocket, and purchase an actual, physical copy of it, which you can hold and feel and smell and admire for being pressed on purple vinyl. When you get it home later, you'll sit on the floor next to your record player and listen to the A-side, "Heart in Your Heartbreak," while doing absolutely nothing else except maybe looking a little more closely at the beautiful, substantial packaging and cover art. When that song is over, you'll flip the record and listen to B-side "The One," still while doing nothing else. Just listening. When you're finished, you might want to listen a few more times. Now you're free to let the rest of your life carry on as usual. Maybe make yourself some dinner. Maybe hang some Christmas decorations. After a little while, or maybe after a few seconds, you'll realize that, jeez, this is how listening to records is supposed to feel. And then you'll realize that, jeez, these two Pains of Being Pure at Heart songs are worlds better than all the really great stuff they've already done, and that, jeez, if this is any indication of what's in store for us on the full-length they've got scheduled for release in March, then we have an awful lot to look forward to.
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The album 'The English Riviera' gives a variety of structures, with some material sounding almost improvised. Just a minute of the intro will be enough to confirm this is not a man who thinks inside given confines, The End Of You Too is a track throwing some intriguing shapes, colour combinations and styles. It crucially all sounds live, so even if it has been constructed on a computer, the presence of live musicians has given Metronomy's music an essentially human element, making it more vulnerable as a result.
Doors 7.30pm
£11 adv + BF *SOLD OUT*
14+ (under 16's must be accompanied by an adult)
Tickets available from:
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]]>Essential for all those connected with the Indie Soul Industry and anybody with an interested in Contemporary New Soul Music.
Please contact Indie Soul Mixer for more information or to get involved.
Performance will include:
Live Acts;
Martine Girault, UK / La Sonya Gunter, New York / Soulpersona ft Princess Freesia, UK / Bashiyra, UK / Trish n Tom, New York / Nikki Wade, Atlanta / Khiry Tha Young Prod'G, Atlanta / Misty Sharp, Atlanta / Catt, Atlanta / Twin Spirit, Atlanta / Colie Williams, Washington DC / Michael Ashanti, New York/London / Soul D'out ft Sharon Rose and Lifford, London / Uturn Project ft Juliette and guests, UK / Celestine, Bristol / 6fears7, Bristol / ZionFlex, Bristol / Bashema, Bristol / Jay Wilcox, Bristol / James Morton, Bristol / Type Sun, Bristol / End of the Line, Bristol
DJ's;
Soul Freedom / Roger Williams - Soulsort / Corner Pocket Soul / Soul Train Soundsystem / DJ Read / Luke Type / Mr Soulsbury / D'Nyce - Rampage / DJ Jackie Brown /DJ Skint
More details available from Bristol Indie Soul Mixer
Doors for evening performance and events: 8pm
Tickets £10 adv + bf
Available from Bristol Ticket Shop 0117 929 9008
]]>Bill Callahan, also known as Smog, is an American singer-songwriter. Callahan began working in the lo-fi genre of underground rock, with home-made tape-albums recorded on four track tape recorders. Later he began releasing albums with the label Drag City, to which he remains signed today. Trinity are looking forward to this experimental experience from the man himself.
Plus support from Michele Stodart
Doors 7.30pm
£14adv (+BF)
Tickets available from:
Bristol Ticket Shop 0870 444 4400
14+ (under 16 must be accompanied by an adult)
Trinity now operates a "Challenge 25" policy. If you look under 25, please be prepared to show proof of age when buying alcohol.
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Indie folk at its best, the album entitled ‘Last Night On Earth’, is set for release in Spring. Noah & The Whale formed in London, 2006. During their early years they included the female vocal presence of Laura Marling. But this no longer being the case, this has pushed them forward for a more upbeat, straight-ahead album with 'Last Night On Earth'.
Plus support from: Exlovers
Doors 7.30pm
£13 adv +BF
14+ (under 16 must be accompanied)
SOLD OUT
tickets available from;
Bristol Ticket Shop 0870 444 4400
Trinity now operates a "Challenge 25" policy. If you look under 25, please be prepared to show proof of age when buying alcohol
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The Pigeon Detectives are pleased to announce details of a new single , a new album and their first UK headline shows since selling out London’s Alexandra Palace at end of 2008. In the interim, the band took leave before recharging and have spent the past year writing and demoing in New York before recording in earnest in the Autumn of 2010,.
The entire experience has been a new one for the quintet from Leeds whose two previous albums - which have now sold in excess of half a million copies in the UK , were written and recorded on home turf and the first fruits of which will be the brand new single ‘Done In Secret’
Door 7.00pm
£14 adv + BF
14+ (under 16s must be accompanied)
Trinity now operates a "Challenge 25" policy. If you look under 25, please be prepared to show proof of age when buying alcohol.
Tickets available from:
Gigs and Tours 0844 811 0051
Bristol Ticket Shop 0870 444 4400
]]>Return for a full UK tour ahead of their new album release, "C'mon", to be released April 12th 2011.
Doors 7.30pm
£16.50 adv + BF
On Sale Friday 4th Feb
14+ (under 16 must be accompanied)
tickets available from
Bristol Ticket Shop 0870 444 4400
Trinity now operates a "Challenge 25" policy. If you look under 25, please be prepared to show proof of age when buying alcohol
]]>in the arena
IRATION STEPPAS sound system
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live on stage
MACKA B and the rooots ragga band
100% of the profits from this event will be given to
TO 'PLAN LALIBELA' & 'FOR-ETHIOPIA'
to be used towards their projects in Ethiopia, Africa
Doors 10pm
£13 adv +bf (more on the door)
Tickets available from :
Bristol Ticket Shop 0870 44 44 400
Genesis Music
Cooshti
18+
Trinity now operates a "Challenge 25" policy. If you look under 25, please be prepared to show proof of age when buying alcohol.
]]>MEET YOUR FEET will be punching out original tunes and sounds with soul, jazz, latin, funk and pop influences, resulting in infectious tunes and rhythms. The songs are dynamic with tight harmonies, catchy sax riffs, infectious percussion and spot-on lyrics, making it almost impossible to stop your feet from dancing.
Last year they performed for the first time in nearly 20 years! Make sure you don’t miss them this year!
+ CINDY STRATTON & MARIUS FRANK
Cindy has been both writing and singing her own original songs for a number of years. A dedicated performer with a huge vocal range and a ‘voice that both cuts and melts’ (Venue), Cindy has a far ranging appeal.
With her long-term collaborator, Marius, bass player extraordinaire, you can expect a set of spellbinding and beautiful singing and musicianship.
Cindy will be performing some songs from her latest CD ‘Portraits of Life and Love’.
Doors 8pm
£7.50 adv + bf
Tickets available from Bristol Ticket Shop 0870 44 44 400
14+ (under 16s must be accompanied)
Trinity now operates a "Challenge 25" policy. If you look under 25, please be prepared to show proof of age when buying alcohol.
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Doors 7.30pm
£12.50 adv + BF
14+ (under 16s must be accompanied)
Trinity now operates a "Challenge 25" policy. If you look under 25, please be prepared to show proof of age when buying alcohol.
Tickets available from:
]]>Jay & Alex go way back, having been friends since their school days and DJing long before they formed EZ Rollers.
Formed in 1994 the E-Z Rollers released their first single Believe / Rolled into 1.
Singles include Walk This Land which appeared on the soundtrack of Brit-flick, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Back To Love featuring a Roni Size remix.
Albums include Storm from the East and Weekend World, Titles Of The Unexpected and Conductor.
Currently the Rollers are working on new DnB releases for 2010/11 with Tali, Darrison and Sian from Kosheen.
Following a break from the DJ circuit they are now taking bookings exclusively through Tania at UMC.
Laid Blak represent 'good vibes' music. The latest addition to Chris Blackwell and Tricky's new label Brown Punk, Laid Blak has been brought up on Marley, roots, carnival music and soundsystem culture. They mash it all up and what comes out makes hips move and spines tingle.
Created through the partnership of Bristol producer DJ Bunjy and MC Joe Peng, these two veterans of the jungle scene earned their stripes rocking the biggest sessions through the 90's rave scene. As they've grown, their musical direction took a course that led them to seek out some of Bristol's finest musicians. What started as a studio project became the acclaimed live act - Laid Blak.
MC Joe Peng shares front of stage with the vocal rocket launcher that is Flex. Flex has the voice and stage presence to grab any audience and devour them. The live set is centred in urban reggae, but touches on jazz, funk, soul and hip-hop. No one ever forgets a Laid Blak performance; the charisma and musical dexterity of the band leave a lasting impression. This is dance music aimed at getting you moving. The 'good vibes' shine through all the songs and they always steal the show at festivals, one review noting them as 'the essential festival band'.
In Laid Blak's journey so far they have supported heavyweights Julian Marley, John Legend and Desmond Dekker. They have rocked crowds at festivals like Glastonbury and Ashton Court Festival and made waves at In The City Urban.
A seven-piece DnB, soul and dubstep group from Bristol, led, co-written and produced by Clive Meaker.
Band members include (Ben Wood), keys (Clive Meaker), drums, guitar (Nigel Fulcher), bass (Rob Childs) and an vocalist (Lorna King) plus occasionally an mc.
The record All For You with Yolanda Quartey on vocals was used at the end of the television programme Skins Series 2, Episode 5 on the international version of the DVD. This garnered them support from Latin America as well as Australia and other release territories including the UK.
Anyone who has been exposed to the Invisible Circus will know the CarnyVillains - their upbeat gyp-hop promises to lead you dancing your socks you into the new year with a fantastic and unique stage presence that cannot be missed.
Junkyard Scientists are a ten-piece funk and soul outfit, born through a mish-mash of friends, broken bands and chance encounters around the thriving music scenes in London and Reading. With a passion for live performance and a do-it-yourself mentality, Junkyard have honed and fine-tuned a stage show that has risen the bar wherever they've played.
Stepping it up now for a seriously heavy dose of ragga-infused drum'n'bass. Expect the Trinity to get torn up by his rough, tough beats and in your face bass.
Bristol Sound Selector Read Jones provides floor-filling rhythms from the finest musicians on the planet. Resident DJ at Trinity, The Living Room, Bath's Back To Mine & The Bell, Read's first-class shows are packed with soul, funk, reggae, ska, d&b, calypso and much much more.
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