"Illustrated music magazine The Bristol GERM, focuses on avant-garde and experimental music and promises to be a welcome addition to Bristol’s underground music scene. This is their launch party. THE NATURALS In a band where fx pedals outnumber musicians four-to-one, stentorian vocals are torn apart and hurled with abandon. Diced drum patterns, heavy guitar riffs and floods of distortion complete The Naturals’ sound - first heard on their 2015 debut for Howling Owl Records. The band have promised to debut unheard new material at next month’s TBG zine launch. SCALPING Following Simple Things Festival - Bristol, and support for Holy Fuck, newcomers SCALPING combine noise, techno and stunning live visuals. Secret location sent to ticket holders ahead of event. Tickets £5):"
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A gig held at Loco Klub on Saturday 25th November. The event starts at 20:00.
Featuring local legends The Naturals (experimental industrial psych) and new breakthrough act Scalping (live techno accompanied by visuals) alongside other special guests in a top secret venue in Bristol, this show’s historic and cultural importance is beyond measure, and future generations will weep for having not been there themselves. ‘Tis a historic hour indeed; buy tickets now from Headfirst, lest you are left in the cold, as this event WILL sell out.
‘The Bristol Germ’ is an illustrated music magazine documenting a historic new episode in underground and avant-garde music taking place in Bristol, England. Verily, the city is a verdant Eden of DIY artistic culture, populated by a tight-knit but stylistically eclectic community of musicians and makers. Due to the shortcomings of the complacent and parochial mainstream music press, this moment has gone almost entirely under the radar, but in this magazine we have a dedicated effort to documenting this inspiring, dramatic and unique moment in new British underground music, pairing in-depth interviews with original illustrations by local artists; ‘tis a literary and visual voyage of discovery. Featuring artists and projects from across Bristol’s artistic spectrum (IDLES, Giant Swan, Howling Owl, Thorny, Oliver Wilde, Breakfast Records etc.), this magazine will be an inclusive and eclectic document of this historic epoch, launched to purchase physically or read for free online on the 25th November.
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