GIG REVIEWS
FROM CANADA WITH LOVE
The Burning Hell… without doubt are one of the greatest bands to exist in all of time and I can say that with confidence because I have lost count of how many times I have […]
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FACE MELTERS
CHANSYTHSTRINGFEST
A few years ago Arbiter Titan and I took a little roadtrip up to Evesham to see an exceptional band that played right into our love of Cardiacs called The Dowling Poole which was an […]
BLEEP BLOOPS
HOT TOWN, PSYCH IN THE CITY!
This was it, the big one! The highly anticipated big event of the year for The Shonk with Arbiter Titan picking up early-bird tickets what feels like an eternity to go. Every event we have […]
Great Venues
BLEEP BLOOPS
A WEEK OF WHELMED PT3 THE FINAL FRONTIER
In the beginning, There were three excited individuals who had tickets to a 12-hour hootenanny in Bristol that provided a rich palette of sounds ranging from the recognisable and expected to the jaw-dropping and terrifying. […]
GIG REVIEWS
THE WEEK OF WHELMED PT2
Lead Upto… Still processing Monday’s top night at Hy-Brasil with SANS & CRACK CLOUD The Shoracle contacted me asking if I wanted a ticket to see Warmduscher at The Exchange on Thursday, at the time […]
FACE MELTERS
THE WEEK OF WHELMED PT1
Lead Upto… Sometimes the gig calendar looks bleak for us lowly writers. We look up at the big board on our writer’s floor and there are huge soulless gaps where we have to find things […]
GIG REVIEWS
AIDEN MOFFAT & RM HUBBERT
Aiden Moffat and RM Hubbert played their latest album called Here lies the Body released on Rock Action Records, in the gig room at Rough Trade Records in Bristol with support from Siobhan Wilson. I […]
BLEEP BLOOPS
JUST AS I EXPECTED…
RunUp Now and then we expect to go to a gig with the expectation of an enjoyably linear evening. One where everything is fine and grand and we have a nice time but nothing notably […]
GIG REVIEWS
NIGHT OF THE LIVIN’ SAX PT3
Once upon a time… In a small shack in some sandy area beneath a giant antennae a secret meeting took place. Those in attendance were David Lynch, Angelo Badlamenti, Miles Davis and Les Claypool. David […]