by Luisa De la Concha Montes ÔÿàÔÿàÔÿàÔÿàÔÿå Set up with the intention of offering a smaller festival with a similar layout to Glastonbury and Reading, Truck Festival has been running since 1998 at Hill Farm, Oxfordshire. Each passing year the festival has been building up its name by offering a wide variety of activities and music acts throughout the weekend. This year, the lineup included … Continue reading Review | Truck Festival, Oxfordshire
by Maisie Marston ÔÿàÔÿàÔÿàÔÿåÔÿå This year Citadel Festival took place in LondonÔÇÖs Gunnersbury Park, already christened by the attendees of Lovebox from the previous two days. In the 12 hour turn around all that changed were the signs, acts, and consequently, the demographic. IÔÇÖd like to think that despite the fact it was essentially Lovebox (but with more hipster Dads), it had some personality. Unlike … Continue reading Review | Citadel Festival, London
Words by:┬áLuisa De la Concha Montes Last Friday, Kele Okereke played at Clwb Ifor Bach with an acoustic set in an intimate environment, which is quite contrasting to what he is normally associated with, as the front man of Bloc Party. Many fans still remain unaware that for the last eight years, he has been quite invested in developing his solo career.During an interview back … Continue reading LIVE REVIEW: Kele Okereke @ Clwb Ifor Bach 26/04/18
Words by Rowan Lees Akala made his long awaited return to Cardiff after last year’s succesful Clwb Ifor Bach gig, bringing with him a host of impressive support acts. Proceedings began with Deacon (whose interview with Quench you can read here) who gave a commanding performance on the tricky first slot of the night. We heard the brooding debut ÔÇÿNo EvilÔÇÖ and the crowd fully … Continue reading LIVE REVIEW: Akala @ The Globe Cardiff 22/04/18
A performance poet with years of experience on the open mic circuit and a history with AkalaÔÇÖs groundbreaking Hip-Hop Shakespeare Company, Deacon has this year begun to turn his skills to music. With a debut EP in the works and already making waves online, he kindly sat down for a chat with Quench before his show supporting Akala at The Globe. So how is touring … Continue reading Interview: Deacon
By Max Modell A chorus of pop-punk rising from the audience greeted me as I entered Y Plas in preparation for seeing Waterparks. This set the tone for the evening as the first of the two support acts had yet to come on and the crowd were already amped.┬á It was a mix of teens and those who wish they could be teens again, such … Continue reading Live Review: Waterparks @ Y Plas, 08/03/2018
By Luisa De la Concha Montes Days before Everything EverythingÔÇÖs concert in Bristol, we were panicking. The starting date of the tour was supposed to be in Dublin, but because of the weather, the band had to postpone it. On top of that, they also had to cancel and postpone their gigs in Norwich and Birmingham. So, there we were, continuously (and a bit desperately) … Continue reading Live Review: Everything Everything @Colston Hall, Bristol, 5/03/18
Words by Naomi Kensall Himalayas finish their eight-gig UK tour with a homecoming gig at Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. The indie-rock band formed in 2015 and released their debut EP ÔÇÿEcstasyÔÇÖ, in 2016 with a highly positive response. They have grown rapidly since, establishing their own sound over the last three years. Made up of Mike Griffiths on lead guitar and vocals, Joe Williams on … Continue reading LIVE REVIEW AND INTERVIEW: Himalayas @ Clwb Ifor Bach
Formed in Brighton back in 2013, Indie pop band Fickle Friends have been establishing their place in the live music scene for some years now.┬á Kicking off the first night of their current tour in the Globe on Albany Road on the 26th February, their bright and energetic set showed that this band know how to work a crowd.┬á┬á The combination of the synth pop … Continue reading Live Review: Fickle Friends @The Globe 26/2/18
There are a few essential ingredients need to be great punk act and The Blinders seem to have all of these. They have a raw angry sound, thrashing guitars, screaming vocals and an over simplified evocative political message. This is all brought together by natural stage presence and charisma. This all promised a lot, but did they deliver? Not wholly original, The Blinders draw influences … Continue reading The Blinders @ The Globe – Live Review
Genre fusion is becoming increasingly popular in the modern music scene. This has allowed many artists who would normally have niche audiences expand to the edge of the mainstream. GoGo Penguin are one such band. They are a jazz trio and in that sense are rather traditional, however their hypnotic energic beats and rhythms often feel like they would be more at home in electronic … Continue reading Gogo Penguin @ Trinity Centre Bristol – Live Review
The first time I saw LANY in concert was in the spring of this year, in an intimate venue in London, just before the release of their debut album. In the time that has passed since, they have garnered much acclaim and cemented a place amongst the most exciting artists around right now. On a recent wintry evening in Bristol, I went to see LANY … Continue reading LANY @ O2 Academy, Bristol – Live Review
ÔÿàÔÿàÔÿàÔÿàÔÿå Laura Pergolizzi, LP for her fans, is one of the most unique and astonishing voices the panorama of American rock music has ever seen. Her break-through album Lost on You was a big success around the globe and particularly in Europe where it reached peaks of 100,000 copies sold in France. In an interview with Quench last Wednesday, we talked with Laura about her … Continue reading LP- Interview and Review
After touring his seminal album, 6 Feet Beneath the Moon, ┬áKing Krule (also known as Archy Marshall, Edgar the beatmaker, DJ JD Sports) retreated from the stage and from most forms of public life. Residing in an ever-changing London he set to work on the difficult second album, trawling through fan mail and recruiting a busking saxophonist to help pull him above the creative rut … Continue reading King Krule – Live @ Motion, Bristol
It is often difficult to track the moment when you move from being a great admirer of an artist too when you completely fall in love. Often this will take the form of emotional significance if a particular artist or particular song holds values because they remind you of a particular time of your life or a particular person. However, sometimes the moment you fall … Continue reading Lucy Rose Review
At the O2 Academy Bristol, the notorious Bristol gig goer, Big Jeff was front row for Wolf AliceÔÇÖs first date on their first UK tour since the release of their second record. Anyone who knows of Big Jeff, knows that this is a sign of a good gig. Superfood opened the show in the best way possible, with the enormously catchy boom-chica-boom of ÔÇÿWhereÔÇÖs … Continue reading Wolf Alice Gig Review
A short walk round the back of Temple Meads station sits a looming abandoned car park, an eerie lake populated by silently gliding swans, and one of BristolÔÇÖs finest nightclubs – Motion.┬á This is where Mount Kimbie were to take centre stage for their Love What Survives tour. The venue is basically a converted barn, with sparkling fairy lights across the roof, and a large … Continue reading Mount Kimbie – Bristol 2/11/17 Live Review
7th November marks the first-time Norwegian pop sensation Sigrid, has taken to a Bristol stage. As Oh WonderÔÇÖs support act, Sigrid warmed up the already packed crowd. A whole band graced the stage of BristolÔÇÖs notorious o2 Academy. Starting with an unreleased song and going straight into ÔÇÿPlot TwistÔÇÖ, the twenty-one-year-old bought confidence and sass right to the stage. With lyrics such as ÔÇ£better work … Continue reading Sigrid Live Review
In aid of charity GlobalÔÇÖs Make Some Noise, Stereophonics took to the stage at Cardiff UniversityÔÇÖs Great Hall for, perhaps, their most intimate show of the past twenty years. This twenty-year anniversary also celebrates the release of their first album ÔÇÿWord Gets AroundÔÇÖ and it seems that the hype that surrounded the Welsh rockers is as blatant as ever. Prior to the gig, the band … Continue reading Stereophonics Review in The Great Hall Cardiff
YouÔÇÖre touring with your recently released Bedroom EP and my flatmates and I canÔÇÖt stop playing the track Finders Keepers. Are you happy with how it all turned out? Yeah itÔÇÖs been amazing; I wasnÔÇÖt expecting it. ItÔÇÖs been a slow build up, that song actually came out in March but is in the chart now which is crazy. ThatÔÇÖs is exactly what I had … Continue reading An Interview with Mabel and a Review of her Bristol gig
