A Place To Bury Strangers
The sultry neo-psychedelic sound of the Black Angels came together in spring 2004. Hailing from Austin, Texas, they initially comprised Stephanie Bailey (drums), Christian Bland (guitar), Alex Maas (vocals), Jennifer Raines (organ), and Nathan Ryan (bass), and took their name from a Velvet Underground classic, "The Black Angel's Death Song." The band's self-titled debut EP was released in late 2005. After a string of North American dates in winter 2006, they readied themselves for a performance at the annual South by Southwest Music Conference in March. Their first couple of full-length albums -- April 2006's Passover and April 2008's Directions to See a Ghost -- were both, in the main, recorded at Erik Wofford's Austin, Texas-based Cacophony Recorders, a studio also used by other local and notable indie rock acts such as White Denim and Voxtrot. By the time the second record was issued, Raines had been replaced by multi-instrumentalist Kyle Hunt and the Black Angels were beginning to create a name for themselves on the live circuit among fans of '60s-inspired psych rock. In late 2008, they performed as the backing band for former 13th Floor Elevators frontman Roky Erickson on a series of dates across the West Coast of the U.S. Next, in 2010, they recorded a couple of collaborative tracks with Unkle, one of which -- "With You in My Head" -- appeared on the soundtrack to that summer's multi-million-grossing The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. This large-scale exposure led to their third album, September 2010's Phosphene Dream, becoming something of a breakthrough record when it hit the Top 50 of the Billboard chart immediately following its release. Its companion piece, the Phosgene Nightmare EP, arrived in 2011, and in 2012, following Ryan's departure, Rishi Dhir of Elephant Stone became an auxiliary bandmember, filling in on guitar and occasionally bolstering their live sound with sitar. Released in 2013, Indigo Meadow was produced and mixed by Grammy-nominated fellow Texan John Congleton, and that release was soon followed by its own companion EP, April 2014's Clear Lake Forest. Following a four-year gap, the band finally released its fifth long-player in 2017. Death Song was the Black Angels' heaviest to date, having been recorded during the turbulent U.S. election process.
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Channel One Sound System
Ft Mikey Dread & Ras Kayleb + full crew
In session - all night
Strictly upful vibrations - Roots Rock Reggae is the order of the day
A.skillz
Ed solo
The Correspondents
Dr Meaker live
Tremor all stars ft
the phunk junkies - howla - twitchee - trafic - ydott
Yes Man Jellyfish
The Flamenco Thief
plus
walkabout performers
food & stalls from local businesses
ball pit
limbo & outdoor games
l-acoustics line-array sound system
limited early birds on sale now
tickets available from bit.ly/thebigsummerbbq_tkt
£10 early bird tickets
admit one person aged 16+
£26 early bird family ticket
admits two adults aged 18+ and two children aged 15 and under
under 16s must be accompanied by an adult
food
as with any summer bbq there will be food stalls. we have not yet finalised what food vendors will be there. we are currently taking applications. please send us a message to our page and we will send you a booking form and email address.
market stalls
we also are taking applications for market stalls. local businesses with hand crafted jewellery to t-shirts and more. we want the choice to be as broad as possible and the selection to be as vibrant as possible. please send Tremor a message on Facebook and they will send you a booking form and email address.
Hosted by: Edson Burton & Lottie Ball
Ft:
Dubkasm (20 year celebration)
Iyabe
Motes
Peng Sound's Wilfy Rootikal ft Snoopy
Run Logan Run
Sepia
Sounds of Harlowe
Tezeta
Toddler
Trinity Youth Music Showcase
Activities:
Ila Dance Project (12:30pm & 1:30pm): Adesola Akinleye and Dancing Strong Company invite children aged 3-8yrs to join their playful and creative dance workshop. Based on monvement devised with school children during the Ila Project, the inclusive workshops offer the children a chance to move, play and explore what connects us to our environment and each other
Pixel Whipped (all day): Are be back and will be bringing their array of retro video games to keep you entertained out of the sun Drumming Workshops: 1pm & 2pm Welcoming all ages to take part in this years drumming workshops. Whatever level you are, come and get involved
Food Stalls:
Ranna Special - Curries
Stone Baked - Pizza
Roger Moores Caribbean Cuisine & Juice Bar. - Caribbean
Tuk-tuk Cafe - Artisan coffee & cakes
Salt Cafe - Home made pastries, salads, frittata's & cakes
Garden: The Community Garden will have a stall full of lovely plants & herbal teas. There will be a chance for you to taste some amazing pizza from the garden's stone bake oven. They will be accepting donations on the day, which goes towards the Community Garden Project
If you would like to apply for an info, produce, arts & crafts, drinks, food stall please contact info@3ca.org.uk for more information
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Smerin's are back with a new album. Yes that's right... a NEW ALBUM!!! 'Jelly Deals' is due for release in late April and to celebrate the occasion we've lined up a massive launch party at Bristol's Trinity Centre on Friday 12th May.
For the uninitiated, Smerin's Anti-Social Club have been firing up festival crowds and gig-goers across the land for the past 15 years with their inimitable blend of brass-heavy funk, swing, rock, drum ‘n’ bass, and ska. Although they’ve made ripples on the radio with releases such as their infamous dub rendition of the Doctor Who theme featuring killer vocals of the late great Tenor Fly, and thrilled fans with the willfully schizophonic self-released Primordial Cordial LP, it’s their enviable reputation as a live act that has long been winning this 8-piece band appearances at the country’s top festivals.
The Carny Villains
We're honoured to have our friends and sure-fire party starters The Carny Villains join us on the lineup. They've gone from strength to strength since they took Bristol by storm at the Invisible Circus's legendary Carny Ville events, and we can't wait to see what they been up to in the studio over the Winter months.
Known for their raucous blend of stomping swing, ska and Balkan-style folk played with the riotous energy of punk rock, The Carny Villains enigmatic and animated live shows are are always something to behold, punctuated by off the wal theatrics, humour and showmanship.
Dj Dad
Bristol's one and only DJ Dad will keep things flowing with his seemingly endless collection of great tunes.
If you're interested in having fun on roller-skates, then you have come to the right place! Don't worry if you can't skate or don't have your own skates, we have got loads of skates available and our lovely Roller Boys & Girls will help you round if your a bit wobbly on your wheels... And if it all gets too much, then you can just chill out and get a large drink to get over the experience!
Expect a mixture of DJ's bringing you lots of energy and good sounds, with also live acts and entertainment to just complete your roller-disco night.
Please note roller-skating is at your own risk!
Adults including Skate Hire - £9 adv / £11 on the door
Got your own Skates - £7
or you can pay on the door, but to avoid disappointment if this event sells out...get a ticket! Strictly over 18's (bar open all night), last entry 1am. To keep up-to-date with what’s happening at BUMP Rollerdisco then follow them on Twitter @BumpRollerDisco , join their Facebook group www.facebook.com/bumprollerdisco or visit our website www.bumpclub.co.uk
]]>Following the release of her recent EP Miss You which marked a mature new sound and has thus far racked up an impressive 25 million streams online, Gabrielle Aplin has confirmed a UK autumn tour.
With three years of phenomenal success for an artist still aged only 24, including sales of over two million singles, 200 million Spotify streams and 150 million Youtube views, Aplin’s rap sheet of achievements is nothing short of remarkable.
Her debut album English Rain (2013), now certified Gold in the UK, contained a slew of UK top 10 singles, including ‘Please Don’t Say You Love Me’, ‘Panic Cord’, ‘Home’, ‘Salvation’ and Gabrielle’s unforgettable cover of ‘The Power Of Love’ which reached #1 in the UK chart. Her sophomore album Light Up The Dark (2015) displayed a maturing in Aplin’s sound and lead to eighteen months of international touring during which she enjoyed a taste of fan mania in Japan, Australia, The US and Brazil, Aplin racking up a further 3 #1 singles Worldwide.
The ‘Miss You’ EP features three original tracks and a stripped back piano version of the single and title track. It will be available on Aplin’s own independent record label Never Fade Records; founded by Aplin to self release her own music and ‘in order to give young talent and unsigned artists their first stepping stone in the music industry’.
]]>Support: Ida Mae
Opener: Sean McGowan
After selling out the Union Chapel in London last year, rambling folk singer Will Varley announces his biggest headline tour to date.
Momentum has been growing around the young troubadour since the release of his 4th studio album ‘Kingsdown Sundown’ and this year he is poised to bring his music to an even wider audience. The album was released in November 2016 to rave reviews, reaching number 5 in the Official Independent Album Breakers Chart and receiving four stars from The Independent.
Darkly comic, often politically charged and always emotionally loaded, Varley’s live shows have been drawing crowds across the world, and his headline tours have seen him selling out venues from Berlin to New York and everywhere in between. Last summer saw triumphant festival appearances at the likes of Glastonbury and Cambridge Folk Festival, with packed tents shouting along to every word.
]]>Tycho + nitemoves (Sold out)
Tycho, an American ambient music project led by Scott Hansen as primary composer, songwriter and producer, hailing from San Francisco, California.
Brining their sonic sound of electronic intelligent dance music with the new instalment to their album catalogue, ‘Epoch’, which joins previous successes with Dive (2011) and Awake (2014).
The title track, has a Deep House edge, coupled with their usual rhythm signatures, and expansive wave-forms that linger in the air intermixed with rushes of urban soundscapes.
On sale Friday 3rd March
]]>Yellow Brick Roadz returns for another night of heavyweight bass music
This time bringing Hyperdub boss and tastemaker Kode 9 to Bristol for an all night set!
London-based electronic music artist and founder of the Hyperdub record label. Initially inspired by what he calls the "hardcore continuum" of British dance music, he was one of the founding members of the early dubstep scene with the late MC and former collaborator The Spaceape.
Extra bassweight provided by Neuron Pro Audio.
]]>Martha Tilston has grown up immersed in music. Her singer/songwriter father Steve Tilston and renowned folk singer Maggie Boyle (step-mother) were obvious influences on the young Martha. Musicians of the 70s folk-revival such as Bert Jansch, John Rebourn and John Martin would often gather and sing in her kitchen.
Her subsequent musical journey has taken her from the acoustic stage at Glastonbury to touring the far reaches of the globe. She has also earned a nomination for Best Newcomer at the BBC Folk Awards while releasing six albums and featuring on the Zero 7 album ‘Yeah Ghost’.
Tilston began her musical tenure in folk duo Mouse (alongside Nick Marshall) and built up a dedicated word of mouth audience playing the London underground music scene, often sharing stages with the likes of Kate Tempest, Damien Rice amongst others. Her first lo-fi solo album released in 2003 then accompanied extensive touring with Damien Rice.
Her earthy compositions and delicate melodies swiftly attracted a sizeable fanbase and considerable record label interest, which she eschewed in favour of starting her own label, Squiggly Records. This led to 2004’s ‘Bimbling’ album and the free to download ‘Ropeswing’ two years later, the latter of which was credited to Martha Tilston & The Woods.
A period with The Woods established a musical relationship with Matt Tweed that has endured to this day via the albums ‘Milkmaids & Architects’ (2007), ‘Lucy & The Wolves (2010) and ‘Machines of Love & Grace’ (2012). In 2014 her highly acclaimed folk album ‘The Sea’ was named by BBC 6 Music’s Cerys Matthews as her album of the year.
With a voice like spider-webbed hollows and lyrics that inspire and captivate, Martha has built a large captive audience worldwide via her astute lyrical observations and mesmerising songs that range from stripped down acoustic arrangements to textural electronica with sparkling melodies and her beautiful crystal-clear vocals.
QUOTES
“Sharp, original songs that dissect the modern world. She captures both the harshness and enchantment of life”
Guardian
“Redolent of early Kate Bush. Soulful vocals that soar around on an understated masterpiece”
Acoustic Magazine
“She has the power to draw an audience into her world”
Time Out
“Let her silky voice wash over you”
Independent
Swans are an influential American post-punk band initially active from 1982 to 1997, led by singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Michael Gira. The band was one of the few groups to emerge from the early 1980s New York No Wave scene and stay intact into the next decade. They reactivated in 2010 with live shows.
]]>Mew are pleased to unveil news of their upcoming (seventh) album Visuals on 28th April 2017 through Play It Again Sam alongside details of a European run of live dates in May.
Unlike previous albums, Visuals arrives fairly quickly on the back of 2015’s ‘+ -‘ album and came to fruition as front-man Jonas Bjerre explains; “the live shows around that album saw us hit a creative peak, writing tracks on-the-road and the spark was lit. Breaking the normal cycle felt right and we wanted to make an album spontaneously retaining the energy we’d generated on that world tour, rather than wait the normal three or four years.”
Recorded and self-produced in Copenhagen, Visuals was completed in under a year and sees Mew at their most concise, each song representing its own little chapter and narrative. The first taste of the album comes in the shape of the mesmerising intricacies of the album’s finale Carry Me To Safety.
Meanwhile, the slow-build euphoria of album opener, Nothingness And No Regrets, and expansive 80’s-style pop of The Wake Of Your Life countered by the discordant stomp of the intriguingly titled Candy Pieces All Smeared Out and blissful glide of In A Better Place, compete across eleven tracks that convey an irrepressible ebullience of a band on their debut album. Many of the newer tracks evolved in light of what was happening globally. “It was pretty dark last year on many levels, so lyrically that definitely came into play, it’s an important reminder to treasure the here and now,” says Bjerre. Visuals feels like the culmination for one of rock’s most ambitious and inventive groups.
Twenty years into their career, Visuals is the distinctive sound of Mew seizing the moment…
Mew embark a short run of European shows in May, pre-sale tickets will go on sale at 09.00am on 25th January, and general sale starts at 09:00am on 27th January. The full list of dates is below.
Visuals will be released on CD, vinyl and digitally through Play It Again Sam and is available to pre-order here: http://found.ee/mewstore
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