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CHATS!

November 1, 2018 Department Of Input 1,265

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 Arbiter Titan 1,000

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 […]

MIKE DENNIS

October 24, 2018 dukeofearl 848

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 […]

SUNFLOWERS

September 20, 2018 Arbiter Titan 2,970

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 […]

YO NO SE

September 20, 2018 dukeofearl 452

It’s hard not to get excited when you know you’re going to a night at The Old E in Bristol. So far every experience in the Montpelier based musical safe haven has been exquisite and […]

OH SEES & FLAT WORMS

September 6, 2018 Department Of Input 622

From the desk and mind of Arbiter Titan! The Shonk overcomes The Beast from the East to face their psyche quest. Back in March, The Shonk prepared a scouting team to venture to That London […]

IDLES AS AN ACT OF RESISTANCE

September 1, 2018 Jeni Hell 3,273

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 […]

GREEN MAN PT3 2018

August 31, 2018 dukeofearl 798

I’m going to admit at this point that I’ve lost the second itinerary that I wrote out for this exercise. I lost the one that I made for the festival so wrote out another by […]

GREEN MAN PT2 2018

August 30, 2018 dukeofearl 2,059

Saturday… and my head was pounding! I had spent far more energy tokens than I had intended on Friday night deep into Saturday morning, I even introduced gin into the equation (some peer pressure may […]

GREEN MAN PT1 2018

August 29, 2018 dukeofearl 849

Many months ago I got the hankering for a festival. I didn’t fancy the fast paced turbo charged carnage of Boomtown, a festival so amazing that you never see any of the acts you have […]