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Bravo Brave Bats on BBC6 Music
Just a tiny bloglet here to mark and celebrate the fact that Bravo Brave Bats got their highly deserved first national radio airplay last night on the inestimable Tom Robinson show on BBC6 Music. Tom chose High Wire/Tight Rope, originally … Continue reading
Bravo Brave Bats – Grain Barge
I promise to shut up about Bravo Brave Bats for a bit now, but before I do, a few words and some grainy pix to mark their support slot for EJ Esau at the Grain Barge last eve hot on … Continue reading
Bravo Brave Bats – BBC Session and at The Thekla w/ We Are Augustines
Bravo Brave Bats, Bristol’s best band (I will brook no dissent, they just simply are, and I know every Bristol band…) is having a bit of a good start to the year; a new project of writing a song a month with … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC Introducing Bristol, BravoBraveBats, Gig, Thekla, video, We Are Augustines
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The Best of 2011
I still know its a bit naff but I am still going to do it – here, in strictly alphabetical order, are my albums of 2011 (followed by my favourite gigs his year) I will instantly regret not including a … Continue reading
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Tagged A Winged Victory for the Sullen, A.A. Bondy, Ólafur Arnalds, Bill Callahan, Bon Iver, BravoBraveBats, Erased Tapes, Jon Hopkins, Justin Vernon, King Creosote, Koko, Low, Mono, Nils Frahm, Okkervil River, Scott Matthews, The Boxer Rebellion, Thekla, Trinity Centre, Turin Brakes, villagers, White Denim
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Purple EP Launch – Bravo Brave Bats
All of life is here in Stokes Croft on a Saturday night, and a goodly number of them were at The Croft for the launch gig for Bravo Brave Bats Purple EP. Their third EP in twelve months. I have … Continue reading
The Purple EP – Bravo Brave Bats
One band, three EP’s, six videos, twelve months, eighteen recorded tracks and 38 live shows. An impressive achievement by anyone’s standard. More impressive yet is the progress and development that Bravo Brave Bats have made during that journey, a journey … Continue reading
Bravo Brave Bats Vlog
Bravo Brave Bats have launched a vlog (a video blog to the uninitiated) on Blip.tv with the inaugural edition live this very day, Easter Monday 25th April 2011. Now the stated aim is to publish a new post every Monday over a … Continue reading
Bravo Brave Bats – Green EP Launch
I have scribbled before about just how good the new Green EP from Brave Brave Bats is but it is worth repeating – it is very good indeed. Tonight was the official launch of said Green EP at the still … Continue reading
Her Name Is Calla – Maw EP
. Those fine fellows Her Name Is Calla are shortly to embark upon a welcome European and UK tour. It would be well worth anyone’s time and cash to run along to any (or indeed all if that were possible) of their … Continue reading
Bravo Brave Bats – Green EP
What a difference six months make. It was only in October 2010 that Bravo Brave Bats released their inaugural Red EP; full of that fire-in-the-belly, hurry-up-Harry-ness of a band wanting to get itself out there and be heard. But here we are with another, this time … Continue reading
