MARCH
2019
%16TH MAR%
7 - 9 Baldwin Street
Bristol, BS1 1RU
JELLY BOY
Benji Compston, formerly of Happyness, wheels his Jelly Boy project to town for their debut Bristol headline. The Everybody Is A Universe EP is out via Cannibal Hymns (Our Girl / Dream Wife) on 5th April.
7:30pm doors | FREE ENTRY
+ PET SHIMMERS
Brand new Bristol champions
Pet Shimmers also make their Bristol debut.
%19TH MAR%
117 - 119 Stokes Croft
Bristol, BS1 3RW
WOMAN'S HOUR
Kendal based band Woman’s Hour have just unveiled ‘Luke’, the second single from their upcoming sophomore record ‘Ephyra’ which is being released digitally and on limited edition vinyl on 15 February via Practise Music.
7:30pm doors | £6.50 adv.
%21ST MAR%
Wapping Rd, Bathurst Terrace
Bristol, BS1 6UA
BAYONNE
Each song on Bayonne’s Drastic Measures is orchestral in texture, unfolding in countless layers and kaleidoscopic tones. With great intensity of detail, Roger Sellers deepens that sonic complexity by weaving in warped samples of the field recordings he’s gathered for over a decade.
7:30pm doors | £7.50 adv.
3 New Bridewell, Nelson Street
Bristol, BS1 2QD
%21ST MAR%
HOLIDAY
GHOSTS
+ LANGKAMER
+ UBIQUITOUS MEH
Falmouth born, now Brighton based, the Holiday Ghosts train rolls around once more with their second record - the 'Slipstream' featuring West Bay Playroom - out via PKNSLM on 15th February.
7:30pm doors | £6.00 adv.
APRIL
2019
%2ND APR%
Wapping Rd, Bathurst Terrace
Bristol, BS1 6UA
ART SCHOOL
Newly signed to Paul Epworth's Wolf Tone label (home to The Horrors + Glass Animals), Art School Girlfriend brew glittering, ethereal electronica. With several releases tucked beneath the project's belt, sessions at Epworth's renowned Church Studios (Adele, U2, Lorde) have resulted in latest single 'Moon'.
7:30pm doors | £7.00 adv.
GIRLFRIEND
%9TH APR%
Wapping Rd, Bathurst Terrace
Bristol, BS1 6UA
LIELA MOSS
Usually caught fronting The Duke Spirit, Liela Moss has stepped into solo territory with her debut LP 'My Name Is Safe in Your Mouth' - out now via Bella Union. A serene-to-stormy series of deep dream-pop meditations on devotion, selfhood and creativity.
7:30pm doors | £12.00 adv.
FAKE LAUGH
%10TH APR%
43 Bath Buildings
Bristol, BS6 5PT
Having recently relocated from Berlin to London and in the midst of touring duty for The Japanese House, Kamran Khan's most recent release ‘Better for Me’ has gained over 4 million plays on YouTube whilst its sister track ‘On Loop’ enjoyed BBC6 Music support.
8:00pm doors | £7.00 adv.
PORRIDGE RADIO
%13TH APR%
43 Bath Buildings
Bristol, BS6 5PT
Porridge Radio began as Dana Margolin’s sadcore bedroom project in 2012. Now a post-punk 4-piece, they inelegantly knot together vicious, furious emotional outpour with beautifully melodic pop songs, with a second full length coming very soon!
8:00pm doors | £5.00 adv.
ANNA ST. LOUIS
%14TH APR%
7 - 9 Baldwin Street
Bristol, BS1 1RU
Produced by Kevin Morby and Kyle Thomas (King Tuff), 'If Only There Was A River' is the first full-length studio album from Anna St. Louis, following the compilation 'First Songs' on Woodsist / Mare Records.
8:00pm doors | FREE
117 - 119 Stokes Croft
Bristol, BS1 3RW
%23RD APR%
MIKE KROL
7:30pm doors | £7.00 adv.
Music ruined Krol’s life. And then saved it. Latest LP 'Power Chords' is painful, voyeuristic, and angry, but ultimately transcendent and timeless. The sound of Krol giving in to a force greater than himself, as though the chords are playing him rather than the other way around.
+ DOGEYED
+ ARCHIE VALENTINE
72 - 73 Old Market Street
Bristol, BS2 0EJ
%23RD APR%
WEYES BLOOD
7:30pm doors | £11.00 adv.
The phantom zone, the parallax, the upside down—there is a rich cultural history of exploring in-between places. Through her latest, Titanic Rising (out April 5, 2019 on Sub Pop Records), Weyes Blood (a.k.a. Natalie Mering) has, too, designed her own universe to soulfully navigate life’s mysteries.
Dean Lane
Bristol, BS3 1DB
%25TH APR%
ROZI PLAIN
The music of Rozi Plain has always felt like a freeze-frame. A colourful and graceful snapshot of the world, paused, suspended in time, and then gently toyed with, like stepping out of the linear world as we know it. Wide awake in dreaming.
8:00pm doors | £9.00 adv.
+ NUALA HONAN
MAY
2019
DEATH BY
%3RD MAY%
7 - 9 Baldwin Street
Bristol, BS1 1RU
Even though Norwegian outfit Death By Unga Bunga are still considered to be fairly young men, they’ve actually just celebrated their ten year anniversary as a band. Rock band, to be precise. To commemorate this, they released their fifth album, "So Far So Good So Cool" - a title that summarises their career so far pretty well.
8:00pm doors | FREE
UNGA BUNGA
117 - 119 Stokes Croft
Bristol, BS1 3RW
%7TH MAY%
HAND HABITS
Meg Duffy grew up in a small town in Upstate New York and they cut their teeth as a session guitarist and touring member of Kevin Morby's band. The project's sophomore album, placeholder, due out March 1st on Saddle Creek.
7:30pm doors | £8.00 adv.
PEARL CHARLES
%10TH MAY%
7 - 9 Baldwin Street
Bristol, BS1 1RU
The raw '60s-inspired garage and light psych-pop of drumming with The Blank Tapes soon gave way to the more polished pop and country-rock of 2018's Sleepless Dreamer, Charles' full-length debut and first for Brooklyn indie Kanine Records.
8:00pm doors | FREE
3 New Bridewell, Nelson Street
Bristol, BS1 2QD
%12TH MAY%
PRIESTS
What is at stake in the seduction of Kansas? Like a gavel or hammer, the question rattles across the second LP from Washington, D.C. rock iconoclasts Priests: The Seduction of Kansas, out April 5th via their own Sister Polygon Records.
7:30pm doors | £9.00 adv.
%13TH MAY%
Wapping Rd, Bathurst Terrace
Bristol, BS1 6UA
JAMES
YORKSTON
+ VIKING MOSES
Returning with new record ‘The Route to the Harmonium’ on Domino Recordings in February, Scottish hero
James Yorkston (the very same of Yorkston / Thorne / Khan) makes his welcome comeback to Bristol on 13th May.
7:30pm doors | £13.00 adv.
72 - 73 Old Market Street
Bristol, BS2 0EJ
%22ND MAY%
STEVE LAMACQ
Acclaimed DJ and journalist Steve Lamacq celebrates 30 plus years in the music industry with a new, intimate one man show full of anecdotes and observations, clocked up over three decades of championing new music and interviewing Rock & Roll’s
Great & The Good.
7:30pm doors | £15.00 adv.
GOING DEAF FOR A LIVING
15 Nelson Street
Bristol, BS1 2JY
%23RD MAY%
HOMESHAKE
Beginning the recording process immediately following their last record was completed, 4th LP Fresh Air continues Peter Sagar aka Homeshake's exploration of his signature dreamy, downtempo, bedroom R&B.
7:00pm doors | £14.00 adv.
%28TH MAY%
Wapping Rd, Bathurst Terrace
Bristol, BS1 6UA
CHRIS COHEN
Recorded in his Lincoln Heights studio and Tropico Beauties in Glendale, California, Chris Cohen returns with his third LP via Captured Tracks on 29th March - this time a self titled affair. Expect a host of guests, as is regular with Cohen's esteemed production credits.
7:30pm doors | £7.50 adv.
3 New Bridewell, Nelson Street
Bristol, BS1 2QD
%31ST MAY%
STILL CORNERS
Their last Bristol date sold out over two months in advance, so we're thrilled to welcome the return of Still Corners!
With three Sub Pop released LP's under their belt, the project returned in 2018 with fourth effort 'Slow Air'.
7:30pm doors | £12.00 adv.
JULY
2019
117 - 119 Stokes Croft
Bristol, BS1 3RW
%16TH JUL%
THE STROPPIES
7:30pm doors | £7.00 adv.
Music ruined Krol’s life. And then saved it. Latest LP 'Power Chords' is painful, voyeuristic, and angry, but ultimately transcendent and timeless. The sound of Krol giving in to a force greater than himself, as though the chords are playing him rather than the other way around.
Wapping Rd, Bathurst Terrace
Bristol, BS1 6UA
%7TH SEP%
GIA MARGARET
For her self-produced debut album, 'There’s Always Glimmer', Gia Margaret crafted twelve gorgeously melancholic lullabies to combat her own insomnia, and to salvage some beauty from the brighter and darker moments of her life. combining elements of folk, shoegaze, slowcore and ambient electronica.