Metronomy review – Trinity 28/9/11

Some bands are too trendy for their own good.

Totnes electro-pop fourpiece Metronomy are certainly flavour of the month at the moment, as evidenced by a sold-out Trinity crowd.

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Van Morrison review – Colston Hall 22/9/11

 

 

These days, Van “The Man” Morrison’s reputation precedes him – gruff, cantankerous and unlikely to indulge in banter between songs.

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The Bluetones review – Academy Bristol 21/9/11

 

Major music scenes pretty much follow the same pattern – a few big names at the top above a sea of chancers and imitators.

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Jigsy review – Tobacco Factory 20/9/11

For anyone who watched TV in the 1980s, the idea that Les Dennis would one day be a critically acclaimed actor would have been frankly ludicrous.

This was the guy who played second fiddle to the dreadful Russ Abbott and trotted out ropey light entertainment on the ironically titled Les Dennis Laughter Show.

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Sam Baker review – St Bonaventure’s Social Club 12/9/11

 

Sam Baker was travelling through Peru in 1986 when a terrorist bomb blew up the train he was on. Several passengers died including the German boy he was sitting next to, and Baker suffered brain damage, gangrene, renal failure, a mangled left-hand and shrapnel in his leg.

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Mr Big review – Bristol Academy 12/9/11

 

Mr Big may not be a familiar name to everyone, but the band enjoyed worldwide success with their single, To Be With You, which topped the charts in 15 countries in 1991.

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Toots and the Maytals review – Bristol Academy 11/9/11

 

Reggae has to be one of the most reliable forms of music there is.
If that’s a polite way of saying it all sounds the same, that’s not such a bad thing.

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Sarabeth Tuceck preview – Thekla, 13/9/11

Critically acclaimed American singer songwriter Sarabeth Tuceck is set to play the Thekla tonight.

In town to promote her second album “Get Well Soon”, Tuceck comes with quite the indie pedigree.

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Robyn review – Bristol Academy 10/9/11

 

There’s a fine line between critically-acclaimed credibility and the indistinguishable line  of bands that might be at T4 on the Beach one year and  a footnote in pop history the next.

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Twin Towers Memorial Charity Concert review – Bristol Cathedral 10/9/11

 

 

All the artists taking part in this concert to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 disaster gave their services free. Proceeds from the evening are being donated to The Fire Fighters Charity.

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