The Old England Pub

Cardiff’s most foul Tides of Sulfur summon their blackened sludge-grind this side of the pond with the best support around. They’re so fucking nasty APF signed ‘em, so expect the absolute sonic pits with Docile’s bruising crust and Byford Dolphin Incident’s red-lining mathcore powerviolence. Sub-genre crusher FFO: Full of Hell, Knoll, Funeral Chic, Missouri Executive Order 44. DOCILE are headlining at The Old England for the Bristol date of their summer tour.

Soren Bryce’s transatlantic DIY project is back in town! Tummyache’s spiraling arpeggios and dollops of reverb gradually build to head-banging skronk and clanging percussion, stretched beneath snaking vocals. Supported by some of the finest art-rockers in town, this’ll be a goldmine FFO: ‘00s Radiohead, Nilufer Yanya, Hand Habits, Big Thief. Join us for a night at The Old England, featuring some of the finest up-and-coming bands from headline band Tummyache with support bands Traitors, Palemoon, and Honeyglow.

Not a drum machine in sight for the Neuromancer electro-gothery of Citizenry! Mick Wallace jumps to the fore after playing stickman with Women and Preoccupations; the result’s a radical solo soundworld of MIDI-triggered synth-punk complexity. And hey, the evolution of Bristol’s own Cindy Lee aka Patsy Delve is pretty darn exciting right now. Right on FFO: The Soft Moon, Pop. 1280, Clan of Xymox. Preoccupations/Women drummers solo goth synth project

Earth’s noisiest experimentalists continue to gather under the everlasting Improv’s Greatest Hits banner! In the West Country vanguard, Paling’s mysterious post-rock meltdowns join Limited Ltd’s muscular post-punk stylings; from the northern flank, Edinburgh avant-gardists Raiments deploy playful jazz-drone alongside radical brass/bass pairings from Leeds' Iris Casling and Sam Spencer. IGH we salute you… More improv eclectricity ( word ? )

Anarchic, itchy post-punk infection that you definitely wanna catch – symptoms include doing the art school shuffle and depersonalisation. This ain’t your cut and paste 80s revivalism, Marauder dance to the off-kilter beat of their own careening paranoid funk. Casio-damaged ear-worms and bedroom sci-fi dreams abound FFO: LiLiPUT, eat-girls, Malaria, Essential Logic, The Serfs. One of best the no new wave bands on the planet