2018 ⋆ THE SHONK

THE SHONK 100 CHRISTMAS BAND LIST

December 6, 2018 dukeofearl 1,133

If you clicked on the link for this article expecting an actual list you are about to be sorely disappointed. There is no way that we can articulate a list of bands in any kind […]

IDLES

November 11, 2018 dukeofearl 5,018

It was almost two years ago when a good friend of mine and I were hot-boxing our ceremonious shed, courtesy of a late friend of ours when I was first introduced to Idles. Chef Rhys, […]

Beautiful show tonight by @JanelWeaver@TrinityBristol,to deconstruct and then rebuild her songs in front of us, alone, takes bravery, ingenuity and talent. Class I posted this tweet immediately upon leaving the Trinity Centre, I could have […]

SONS OF KEMET

November 6, 2018 Arbiter Titan 3,986

Before the show the nervous excitement was palpable in a sold out Fleece, the crowd was here to dance and dance they would. I have always loved the sound of two drummers, it allows one […]

CHATS!

November 1, 2018 Department Of Input 3,265

We’re the chats from Queensland Australia! Taking the reigns from down under punk royalty Cosmic Psychos, The chats put on a punk masterclass in Brighton on Sunday. Banging out tunes of their Get This in […]

JIM GHEDI & TOBY HAY

October 31, 2018 Arbiter Titan 5,286

A gig in a recording studio, quite a culturally important studio, both Portishead, Dummy and Massive Attack, Blue Lines were recorded here, two iconic moments in the musical history of Bristol, iconic albums which will […]

SUNFLOWERS

October 24, 2018 Arbiter Titan 1,749

Portuguese psych band Boy and girl, guitar and drums Lots of hair also

MIKE DENNIS

October 24, 2018 dukeofearl 2,363

Music is an incredible and powerful tool and despite it existing for a very long time there are still gifted creators who conjure up new and exciting ways of putting forward their voice, heart and […]

SUPERSEED

September 21, 2018 dukeofearl 5,216

As I sit here and listen to the bewildering chaos generated by the wind whisking through the woods that wrap around Shonk Towers it brings me to think of forces to be reckoned with, of […]

SUNFLOWERS

September 20, 2018 Arbiter Titan 7,802

Having seen, and been blown away by these guys at Bristol Psych Fest, we at The Shonk were eager to catch these guys in a much smaller, more personal setting at one of our favourite […]