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November 11, 2018 dukeofearl 1

It was almost two years ago when a good friend of mine and I were hot-boxing our ceremonious shed, courtesy of a late friend of ours when I was first introduced to Idles. Chef Rhys, […]

IDLES AS AN ACT OF RESISTANCE

September 1, 2018 Jeni Hell 0

Jeni Hell has been a busy girl; IDLES Joy exhibition followed by the Rough Trade Bristol show. There’s another one but I am sure she’ll talk about that later… The gig room in Bristol’s Rough […]

REASONS TO ASTRAL

June 13, 2019 0

If you’re a regular reader of The Shonk you will know that we don’t say anything that we don’t mean, so understand us when we say that if you haven’t bought your tickets for Astral [...]
CAVE

May 2, 2019 0

I have long wanted to see CAVE live; 8 years, I thought my chance had gone, they haven’t toured for some time. When I chanced upon a listing for their only UK show this year [...]
SLIFT, LE PUB 2019

May 1, 2019 0

We at The Shonk are loathed to write reviews of our own shows for fear of appearing biased and self-congratulatory. We KNOW the shows we put on are fantastic events of audio-visual delight and feel [...]
LOOK MUM, IT’S HALF MAN, MUN!

March 25, 2019 0

Half Man Half Biscuit are one of the greatest bands in the world, that’s an irrefutable fact here at Shonk Towers and as a rule you’ll lose your job here if you are inclined to [...]
THE SHONK 100 CHRISTMAS BAND LIST

December 6, 2018 0

If you clicked on the link for this article expecting an actual list you are about to be sorely disappointed. There is no way that we can articulate a list of bands in any kind [...]
SCARE A TORY, READ THIS!

November 11, 2018 1

It was almost two years ago when a good friend of mine and I were hot-boxing our ceremonious shed, courtesy of a late friend of ours when I was first introduced to Idles. Chef Rhys, [...]
LOOPS IN THE SECRET SOCIETY

November 10, 2018 0

Beautiful show tonight by @JanelWeaver@TrinityBristol,to deconstruct and then rebuild her songs in front of us, alone, takes bravery, ingenuity and talent. Class I posted this tweet immediately upon leaving the Trinity Centre, I could have [...]