Alt rock

• News / Dot to Dot

  Dozens more acts added to Dot to Dot lineup

  The second wave announcement takes the lineup close to 100 acts

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• Music / Reviews

  Review: Heavy Lungs, the Louisiana – ‘If in doubt go into a tiny room and sweat it out with strangers’

  It's a big Bristol double header at a secret sweaty spot

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• Music / Reviews

  Review: Home Counties, Rough Trade – ‘Charm, angst and punk excitement’

  Support came from homegrown favourites My First Time

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• Music / new releases

  Four new tracks and one album to rock out to

  Rock music is having a moment in Bristol

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• Music / Reviews

  Review: Deerhoof, Strange Brew – ‘A sound uniquely theirs’

  The venue goes big guns with this superstar show, and it pays off

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• Music / Reviews

  Review: Cheekface, Strange Brew – ‘the hottest gig in Bristol’

  Even in a room hotter than the sun, Cheekface made it impossible not to dance

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• Music / Reviews

  Review: Zebrahead, Thekla – ‘Relentlessly high-energy’

  Zebrahead whipped Thekla into a punk rock storm

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• Music / Reviews

  Review: Hellogoodbye, Thekla – ‘A synth-driven set ahead of 20th anniversary’

  Hellogoodbye prove they’ve still got the charm that made them cult favourites in the 2000s

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