The Louisiana
Bristol's most important indie venue.
An essential tour stop for any emerging indie artist the Louisiana is Bristol's prime indie and folk venue. Literally everyone who's anyone has played the Lousiana on their way to the top, and I mean everyone. Muse, Kings of Leon, White Stripes, Bloc Party, Coldplay, The Libertines, The Strokes... all have graced the Lousiana's modest stage.
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Our recent recommendations for The Louisiana
Leaders of the new wave of Brummie heavy ‘stadium doom’ born under the diabolical sign of Sabbath and Maiden. Margarita Witch Cult rip through the 70s proto-metal blues riff rulebook with galloping future-classic choruses destined to lodge themselves eternally in your willing mind. This is a shockingly fresh and vital metal force FFO: Green Lung, Uncle Acid, Truckfighters, Orange Goblin, Sleep.
Margarita Witch Cult / Longheads /Choir of the sun at The Louisiana.
Dreamwave’s spellbinding stoner-surfbeat’s sent them stratospheric. Indulge in their Nuggets-grade garage-pop and fuzz-guitar frenzies, utterly essential FFO: Ty Segall, Syd Barrett, Night Beats, Osees, King Gizzard.
Dreamwave - Moon Dogs E.P Launch at The Louisiana.
A truly immersive and atmospheric sonic communion of dreamy dubstep, dusky electronica, neo-classical melodicism and bass reverberations as Ninja Tune affiliate Emika headlines The Louisiana. Big one FFO: Bonobo, Kelly Lee Owens, Nils Frahm, Hania Rani.
Emika at The Louisiana.
An abundant Louisiana love-in from Cellar Door, headed up by Canned Pineapple’s indie sleaze revival rock. Plus: dark dreampoppers Wonderbug, baroque pop-rock five-piece Blue Bayou, post-cowpunk locals Boys, soft soulgaze from newbies Humdrum – AND (pause to breathe) – V-day appropriate, saudade-themed art exhibition to boot. Massive!
CELLAR DOOR VALENTINES DAY SPECIAL // 3 FLOOR EVENT
Three electrifying shredders from the South West & Wales! Peach’s raw noise-grunge tears through the senses: power-sludge with visceral ferocity. In great company with Shlug’s careening rhythms + industrial buzzsaw guitars, and Kill Mirror Image’s psych-inflected jankcore. Big FFO: PJ Harvey, The Jesus Lizard, Pigs x 7, fIREHOSE.
Velvet Echoes and Extra Terrestrial promotions present Live and the Louisiana PEACH with Shlug and Kill Mirror Image