ALBUM REVIEWS
THE SHONK 100 CHRISTMAS BAND LIST
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 […]
WORDS
FACE MELTERS
SCARE A TORY, READ THIS!
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, […]
BLEEP BLOOPS
LOOPS IN THE SECRET SOCIETY
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 […]
GIG REVIEWS
SONS OF KEMET
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 […]
GIG REVIEWS
I’M ON JOURNO!
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 […]
GIG REVIEWS
JIM GHEDI & TOBY HAY
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 […]
HAIKU REVIEWS
SUNFLOWERS
Portuguese psych band Boy and girl, guitar and drums Lots of hair also
GIG REVIEWS
THE PIED MIKER
Music is an incredible and powerful tool and despite it existing for a very long time there are still gifted creators who conjure up new and exciting ways of putting forward their voice, heart and […]
FACE MELTERS
NEW KIDS ON THE ROCK
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 […]
FACE MELTERS
Help! ……… It’s the Hair Bear (SCARE) Bunch!
Having seen, and been blown away by these guys at Bristol Psych Fest, we at The Shonk were eager to catch these guys in a much smaller, more personal setting at one of our favourite […]