The Old England Pub

Sitting in that sweet spot between the Conny Plank and Martin Hannett schools of introspective kosmische, Konformer lay out bass / synth / drum grooves for your detached Ballardian trip down the autobahn. Minimalist, hypnotic, Cold War noir done right, with ace local support from Omega Institute’s Radiophonic free jazz freakery. A rare one FFO: Neu!, BEAK>, early New Order, Kosmischer Läufer. KONFORMER - Nuremberg based Krautrock/Psychedelia outfit KONFORMER play the Old E Bristol!

Another essential Essential Sessions session incoming from Bristol roots and dub institution 2 Kings! The production stable of longtime Smith & Mighty associates Henry & Louis has attracted some serious roots pedigree from Johnny Clark, Mikey Dread and Tony Tuff over the years. Bossman selector Andy Scholes will be raiding the vaults for vintage 90s vocals plates and 00s cuts of proto-dubstep dread. Essential Sessions - 2 Kings Records

Contagious and eggy good-time garage action from Down Under! Taking the itchy, radioactive pop of Ty Segall and DEVO and dialling the fun to near-meltdown levels with surreal samples and trumpet blasts - we dare you not to fall for Media Puzzle’s goofy post-punk universe. Even the Pitchfork stiffs dig it! Lofi garage rock!

We’ve been superfans of Bruno Bof-Wilkinson since he was nary a twinkle in Artcore’s eye, spewing precocious DIY masterpieces over the internet with a homebrewed microgenre taxonomy to give our Editorial Team a run for its money… Dadaist shit-fi scum-rock indeed!!! This is wunderkind garage punk that’s gotta be seen to be believed FFO: Erik Nervous, GG King, Dead Moon, Crass, The Gories. Bruno And The Outrageous Methods Of Presentation ‘Tire Iron’/‘You Know I Love You’ debut single release, party and fanzine. W/ MASSIVE SMILE + Barry Jitter & the Special Brew

All hail new kids on the promo block Anvil, barely fresh out of the forge and already tirelessly keeping scene fires burning across the city. This Old E 4-biller’s classic catch-em-before-Arctangent-books-em territory, ft Seneca’s knotty math-prog, Chasing Dolls’ windswept Southwest emo, Cubicles’ spindly 90s-flavoured angst and Too Pretty I’m Scared’s dreamy bedroom sadcore. Mid-west/math/emo gig at The Old England.