PUNK – The Shonk

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I’M ON JOURNO!

November 1, 2018 Department Of Input 0

We’re the chats from Queensland Australia! Taking the reigns from down under punk royalty Cosmic Psychos, The chats put on a punk masterclass in Brighton on Sunday. Banging out tunes of their Get This in […]

NEW KIDS ON THE ROCK

September 21, 2018 dukeofearl 0

As I sit here and listen to the bewildering chaos generated by the wind whisking through the woods that wrap around Shonk Towers it brings me to think of forces to be reckoned with, of […]

GUITAR STORM, ALRIGHT?

July 13, 2018 dukeofearl 0

This particular gig saw our resident noise inventor being invited to play and open for two high-class welsh punk rock / roll bands! Due to The Shonk bi-laws it is forbidden to review any appointed […]

THE WEEK OF WHELMED PT1

June 10, 2018 dukeofearl 1

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 […]

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 [...]
SONS OF KEMET

November 6, 2018 0

Before the show the nervous excitement was palpable in a sold out Fleece, the crowd was here to dance and dance they would. I have always loved the sound of two drummers, it allows one [...]
I’M ON JOURNO!

November 1, 2018 0

We’re the chats from Queensland Australia! Taking the reigns from down under punk royalty Cosmic Psychos, The chats put on a punk masterclass in Brighton on Sunday. Banging out tunes of their Get This in [...]
JIM GHEDI & TOBY HAY

October 31, 2018 0

A gig in a recording studio, quite a culturally important studio, both Portishead, Dummy and Massive Attack, Blue Lines were recorded here, two iconic moments in the musical history of Bristol, iconic albums which will [...]
SUNFLOWERS

October 24, 2018 0

Portuguese psych band Boy and girl, guitar and drums Lots of hair also

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