Headfirst Editor's Pick
"David Lance Callahan is the dark pastoral anti-hero we need right nowo, rising in droning fits from the 21st century socio-political mire like an LSD raga-folk-punk phoneix. Essential transcendence FFO: Fahey, Incredible String Band, Robert Wyatt, PJ Harvey, Chumbawamba’s English Rebel Songs, Richard Bishop, Wolfhounds."
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A gig held at The Thunderbolt on Friday 1st September. The event starts at 19:30.
Grey Muzzle is delighted to present the legendary David Lance Callahan, singer of The Wolfhounds.
Stewart Lee’s newsletter January 2022: “the year’s stand-out album for me was English Primitive by David Lance Callahan, where the Wolfhounds’ frontman gave his usually acerbic social commentaries a kind of visionary mythic quality, weaving them into extended cyclical mantras of folk-blues guitar to create a magic realist state of the nation musical address.”
Poet Laureate Simon Armitage’s ‘Song of the Week’ on 6 Music: “a sort of modern-day
pastoral”
"It's an often dark, spooked-out concoction, difficult to pin down and seemingly determined to swerve every expectation … [has] the eldritch power of old folk music … an impressive work, deep and troubling.” Ben Wood, Bearded Magazine.
WANDERING SUMMER
Wandering Summer are an indiepop/noisepop, shoegaze indie-punk band from Leeds UK, mingling lofi jangle with clouds of psychedelic fuzz. Wandering Summer rouse the essence of Sonic Youth, Flying Nun Records and the West Coast USA DIY pop scene. They feature former members of Sarah Records favourites Boyracer, this will be their first outing in Bristol.
JOHN MOUSE
Cardiff based John MOuse has been active on the UK indie circuit for over twenty years. Noted for acerbic chronicles of everyday micro-drama and for his performative live act. His most recent project, The Fashion Weak, spawned 3 singles with guest appearances from Gruff Rhys and Miki Berenyi on 80’s sythn driven pop vignettes. Championed by BBC 6 Music expect tales of unwanted pigeons and Anne Summers Parties accompanied by some of the finest Dad Dance moves.
DJ HEIDI HEELZ 11-midnight
"The best DJ in the Multiverse" - Emily Breeze
Entry requirements:
Stewart Lee’s newsletter January 2022: “the year’s stand-out album for me was English Primitive by David Lance Callahan, where the Wolfhounds’ frontman gave his usually acerbic social commentaries a kind of visionary mythic quality, weaving them into extended cyclical mantras of folk-blues guitar to create a magic realist state of the nation musical address.”
Poet Laureate Simon Armitage’s ‘Song of the Week’ on 6 Music: “a sort of modern-day
pastoral”
"It's an often dark, spooked-out concoction, difficult to pin down and seemingly determined to swerve every expectation … [has] the eldritch power of old folk music … an impressive work, deep and troubling.” Ben Wood, Bearded Magazine.
WANDERING SUMMER
Wandering Summer are an indiepop/noisepop, shoegaze indie-punk band from Leeds UK, mingling lofi jangle with clouds of psychedelic fuzz. Wandering Summer rouse the essence of Sonic Youth, Flying Nun Records and the West Coast USA DIY pop scene. They feature former members of Sarah Records favourites Boyracer, this will be their first outing in Bristol.
JOHN MOUSE
Cardiff based John MOuse has been active on the UK indie circuit for over twenty years. Noted for acerbic chronicles of everyday micro-drama and for his performative live act. His most recent project, The Fashion Weak, spawned 3 singles with guest appearances from Gruff Rhys and Miki Berenyi on 80’s sythn driven pop vignettes. Championed by BBC 6 Music expect tales of unwanted pigeons and Anne Summers Parties accompanied by some of the finest Dad Dance moves.
DJ HEIDI HEELZ 11-midnight
"The best DJ in the Multiverse" - Emily Breeze
Entry requirements:
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