What's On / Friday 17th December 2010

What's On Friday 17th December in Bristol

— Friday 17th December 2010

A complete list of live music and nightlife for Friday 17th December.

Events on Friday 17th December

“The first UK-wide festival devoted to Japanese Film, Zipangu Fest aims to demonstrate the many identities of Japan as depicted by some of the country's most exciting and revered talents, introducing works - new and old - previously unseen by mainstream UK film audiences.”
From: Zipangu Film Festival

“Howlin' Lord have gone through various phases during their ascent to ragged glory but now, with the addition of Lord Tom Elgie on drums, they are beginning to .....peak. Still retaining that fucked-up, strung out vibe whilst also being paradoxically tight as fuck, these boys beam 21st century country rock'n' roll direct into brain cell number 9.”
From: Howlin' Lord

“Often billed as the West Country Beatles, this Bristol sextet started out of the local folk scene from there and developed quickly a strange presence on stage with the group using rhubarb leaves and dustbin lids as stage props and their strange cartoon-like characters described in their songs, a bit reminiscent of Gong's Planet Gong. The debut album (recorded only as a quintet) is full of those very bizarre heroes, but let's some real space for instrumental interplay often mixing their folk rock with symphonic instrumentation. By the second album, the again-sextet was building a healthy following in the club and university circuit.”
From: Stackridge

“"Mustard Allegro are not from California. Perhaps, then, the office blocks, docks and cranes of their native Bristol explain the angular portwards list of their peculiar brand of Surf music. The sense of humour is certainly British: named after an iconically awful 1970s car, and sporting track titles like'At the Mount of the Chocolate Fountain, At the Fount of the Chocolate Mountain (Hyperdrive!) ', the Mustards inhabit a world in which King Crimson write energetic two-minute micro-epics with Joe Meek at the controls, then dash down to the beach, boards in arms, only to find half a mile of mud between them and the Severn Estuary. "”
From: Mustard Allegro + Guests

“The Brock Out gang bring you an early Christmas present with one of the UK's most'avin it record labels joining us at the dark arches of timbuk2">Timbuk2 to drink, rave and be merry. The Off Me Nut Records bass division will be hotwiring Santa's sled and touching down in Bristol with a stocking full of turbo bass, stark gullyness and Christmas carols. Get ready for dancefloor armageddon...”
From: Brock Out

For all 17 events on Friday 17th see the listings below.