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Glass Animals - The Louisiana - 20.06.13
GLASS ANIMALS
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A four-piece Oxford band that plays electronic music that is somehow fragile but still has enough bass to shake your internal organs.
Nick Mulvey - The Louisiana - 26.06.13
NICK MULVEY
www.nickmulvey.com
Nick Mulvey sings and plays African-style acoustic guitar with a positive karma that you can feel in his music and hear in his words. The lyrics and melodies reach out and wrap around you leaving you with a little of that vibe for the rest of the day.
Simone Felice - The Louisiana - 30.06.13
SIMONE FELICE
www.simonefelice.com
Simone Felice is a celebrated songwriter, author, and poet from New York. Between his work with The Felice Brothers and the launch of his solo career, Felice briefly formed The Duke & The King, a folk-soul vocal group he fronted whose understated debut 'Nothing Gold Can Stay' was lauded as one of 2009's albums of the year by critics and audiences alike.
Johnny Flynn (solo) - Coslton Hall - 30.07.13
JOHNNY FLYNN (SOLO)
www.johnny-flynn.com
After a two-year hiatus from the live circuit, Johnny Flynn has announced a July solo headline UK tour. The dates will provide an opportunity to hear new material from his forthcoming third album, further details of which will be released soon.
James Blake - O2 Academy Bristol - 24.09.13
JAMES BLAKE
www.jamesblakemusic.com
The talented producer/singer/composer and DJ from London released one of 2011's most unique and interesting albums with his experimental, self-titled debut.
The 1975 - O2 Academy Bristol - 26.09.13
THE 1975
www.the1975.com
Dark and far-reaching, reverential to 90s shoegaze yet constantly looking forward: The 1975's bombastic sound is just starting to peek out of the underground, ready to captivate a massive new audience with their wintery, glitchy, melodic form of alternative rock.
Cloud Control - Start The Bus - 27.09.13
CLOUD CONTROL
www.cloudcontrolband.com
Originally hailing from Australia’s Blue Mountains, but now residing in the UK, Cloud Control - Alister Wright, Heidi Lenffer, Ulrich Lenffer and Jeremy Kelshaw - are applying last minute magic to the follow up to 2010’s Bliss Release (released in the UK in May 2011 to critical acclaim, including 4* reviews in Q, The Times and The Guardian).
Sam Gray - Coslton Hall 2 - 30.09.13
SAM GRAY
www.samgray.co.uk
Since bursting onto the scene in 2011 with the Radio 2 play-listed debut single ‘Cartwheel Queen’ Sam Gray has gone from strength to strength.
Fat Freddy's Drop - Colston Hall - 02.10.13
FAT FREDDY'S DROP
www.fatfreddysdrop.com
Heavyweight soul providers Fat Freddy’s Drop are about to take flight once again with the worldwide release of new album Blackbird on 28 June 2013.
Passenger - O2 Academy Bristol - 04.10.13
PASSENGER
www.passengermusic.com
From years dedicated to busking the streets of wide-flung towns and cities across the globe, to sudden worldwide recognition and a certified international hit, it’s certainly been a wild and wonderful trip of late for Passenger, AKA Mike Rosenberg.
