Our recent recommendations for Strange Brew
Sell out warning! You can’t talk about the last decade of rap without saying ‘Billy Woods’ or ‘Backwoodz’. And if you’re not shouting those names by the end of it, Lord help you. By our counts this’ll be the second time he’s ever taken the stage in Bristol (hands up the Armand Hammer 2019 crowd). Do whatever you need to do to be there. Untouchable FFO: Quelle Chris, Def Jux, Ka, Mike, JPEGMAFIA, Pink Siifu.
Billy Woods + DJ Haram at Strange Brew.
Sell out warning! ‘Folktronica’ is a dirty word, so Stick In the Wheel prefer ‘Medieval Kraftwerk’ (and we can’t put it better). Auto-tuned Cockney poetry and glitched out field recordings via 17th century MIDI files. Unclassifiably gorgeous.
Stick In The Wheel at Strange Brew.
Breakfast Records' annual late-summer DIY showcase returns! Battering-ram art punk? Check. Self-deprecating power-pop heartbreak? Check. ’80s-style bubble-pop joy? Check. Breakfest is the city’s highest-calibre exhibition of guitar band eclecticism.
Breakfest 2025 at Strange Brew.
Sell out warning! Post-PC Music digital hypercore hard-pop for the chronically online, food house - the duo of fraxiom and gupi - make bangers about everything from snogging Skrillex, vore and frotting to furries and calling out music industry BS. Plus fun fact, Tony Hawk is gupi’s dad. Absolute no brainer FFO: 100gecs, Machine Girl, underscores, hyperpop, Jane Remover.
Food House + special guests at Strange Brew.