Our recent recommendations for Strange Brew
Sell out warning! Harsh joy, opulent noise, beloved punk-spirited pop. Are Deerhoof the most utterly distinctive yet impossible-to-pin-down band of the 21st century? WELL DUH.
DEERHOOF at Strange Brew.
Sell out warning! If you’ve had your ears to the gutters of Bristol these last 12 years, you would’ve heard the gentle throb of Schwet aligning with your heart flutters. Self-identifying sonic freaks, make your way to the checkout please.
Schwetfest 12.0 at Strange Brew.
Sell out warning! Seismic Bristol debut for these incendiary garage-punk / prog-jazz / heavy psych disciples. From LA they came, riding heady clouds of sax squall into stoner fuzz pedal storms, screaming with proto-punk falsettos and afro-funk chops. This’ll be a serious third eye watering FFO: Osees, Ty Segall, King Gizzard, Bitches Brew, Witch, King Crimson.
FRANKIE AND THE WITCH FINGERS + guests at Strange Brew.
Sell out warning! Hazy country rock dreams will come true with Wooden Shjips / Moon Duo journeyman Ripley Johnson. Rose City Band’s gorgeous pedal steel, soothing harmonica and soft drumming mix the hushed, anthemic beauty of Mazzy Star or Yo La Tengo with the freewheeling cosmic pastoral of the Grateful Dead.
Rose City Band at Strange Brew.
Sell out warning! Turn on, tune in, Gnod out, worship at the immemorial megalith of space music past-present-and-future. If you pray long enough, the heavy-motorik-psych-drone pan-unity might just answer your call. This IS your brain on drugs FFO: Spacemen 3, Hawkwind, Acid Mothers Temple, Mugstar, Oneida, Robedoor.
GNOD Drop Out with WHITE HILLS at Strange Brew.