bristol music

• Music / venues

  Annual grassroots music celebration ‘more important than ever’

  Bristol music venues share why Independent Venue Week is so vital and what they have planned

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• Music / Reviews

  The Brothers Gillespie, Downend Folk and Roots – ‘Utterly timeless’

  Two actual brothers with incredible voices pay a visit from Northumberland

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• Music / Reviews

  Review: Belair Lip Bombs, The Louisiana – ‘Raucous rock from Aussie up-and-comers’

  It's the start of a Euro-tour for the swaggering four-piece that are surely set for bigger things

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• Music / Get To Know

  Get to Know: Grandmas House

  With the fire in their bellies, the post punk outfit is cranking it up a notch

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• Music / Reviews

  Review: Roses, The Louisiana – ‘Angry, defiant and empowering’

  There's nothing better than being unexpectedly blown away by a newly discovered act

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• Your say / music

  ‘We are sleepwalking towards a future without music’

  Our musical culture faces an existential threat as youth music numbers dwindle at an alarming rate

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• Music / folk

  Bristol’s month in folk and roots – January 2025

  New year, new music: there are tons of folky gigs to go out and enjoy this month

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• Music / best of 2024

  Bristol’s top releases of 2024

  From folktronica to fuzz, queer dream pop to hip hop: a rundown of our city's year in music

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