Headfirst Editor's Pick
"When the caravan of Al-Mutreb Abul-Loul came to town, wielding covers of Gainsbourg and Syrian popular song twisted into improv noise-lounge funeral marches, we weren’t ready. Now the departed Drowned By Locals troubadour has his own Bristol tribute band!? Let the mystery unfurl with Bryn Wyrd’s free electronics and double bass + ATC's industrial pain-jazz gremlin Monika Badly. "
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A gig held at Moor Beer Co on Thursday 22nd May. The event starts at 20:00.
Drowned By Locals / Bryn Wyrd / Monika Badly
José and the Cancelitas (an Al Mutreb Abul-loul tribute band)
Drowned By Locals' misunderstood lounge punk genius Al-Mutreb Abul-Loul officially retired from the world stage 08/05/25 at Moor Beer. On that night, a collection of Bristol locals fronted by José were moved by the performance to carry on his legacy, with his blessing. Expect rousing renditions of such classics 'Sorry Habibti' and 'It's my birthday and I'll die if I want to' filtered through an Avonian lens.
Listen - https://drownedbylocals.bandcamp.com/album/eed-b-eed-ma3-el-shaytan-ft-sheekie-sheekie
Bryn Wyrd -
Bryn Wyrd is a Bristol based duo with strong Midlands roots. The collaboration between Anthony Brown (Repo Man / Iceman Furniss Quintet / Swelt) on upright bass and Aron Ward (Harpoon / Olanza / Repo Man) on assorted electronics, drum machines and fx mangling wields an impressively diverse palate on 'L.A. Crab'. Aron and Ant bring a gnarled, rugged and hyperactive sound to the table with traces of early Warp-style IDM (Idiotic Dance Music) colliding with free-jazz bass wigouts, dub/concrète/industrial textures smudged into the corners and plenty of proper swingin’, sweatin’ groove to gurn your face off to.
Listen - https://aphelioneditions.bandcamp.com/album/l-a-crab
Watch - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8w9-zMQfbQ
Monika Badly -
Hot off the release of their sophomore full length, 'Love Songs', Monika Badly returns to Moor for another dose of bass heavy, noise-punk-industrial techno chaos, channeling themes of gender dysphoria, body horror, misanthropy, and queer rage through cathartic audio obliteration. Visceral, hallucinatory, and overwhelming, their live performances will have you dancing and cowering in equal measure.
Listen - https://monikabadly.bandcamp.com/album/love-songs
Entry requirements: no age restrictions
José and the Cancelitas (an Al Mutreb Abul-loul tribute band)
Drowned By Locals' misunderstood lounge punk genius Al-Mutreb Abul-Loul officially retired from the world stage 08/05/25 at Moor Beer. On that night, a collection of Bristol locals fronted by José were moved by the performance to carry on his legacy, with his blessing. Expect rousing renditions of such classics 'Sorry Habibti' and 'It's my birthday and I'll die if I want to' filtered through an Avonian lens.
Listen - https://drownedbylocals.bandcamp.com/album/eed-b-eed-ma3-el-shaytan-ft-sheekie-sheekie
Bryn Wyrd -
Bryn Wyrd is a Bristol based duo with strong Midlands roots. The collaboration between Anthony Brown (Repo Man / Iceman Furniss Quintet / Swelt) on upright bass and Aron Ward (Harpoon / Olanza / Repo Man) on assorted electronics, drum machines and fx mangling wields an impressively diverse palate on 'L.A. Crab'. Aron and Ant bring a gnarled, rugged and hyperactive sound to the table with traces of early Warp-style IDM (Idiotic Dance Music) colliding with free-jazz bass wigouts, dub/concrète/industrial textures smudged into the corners and plenty of proper swingin’, sweatin’ groove to gurn your face off to.
Listen - https://aphelioneditions.bandcamp.com/album/l-a-crab
Watch - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8w9-zMQfbQ
Monika Badly -
Hot off the release of their sophomore full length, 'Love Songs', Monika Badly returns to Moor for another dose of bass heavy, noise-punk-industrial techno chaos, channeling themes of gender dysphoria, body horror, misanthropy, and queer rage through cathartic audio obliteration. Visceral, hallucinatory, and overwhelming, their live performances will have you dancing and cowering in equal measure.
Listen - https://monikabadly.bandcamp.com/album/love-songs
Entry requirements: no age restrictions
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