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Goldenvoice Present Wolf Alice + Support

Currently holed-up in the studio working on their debut album, Wolf Alice today announce a run of headline dates that will set up a surely gargantuan 2015. It follows a meteoric year, which has seen the band pack out festival stages and ignite a fierce fanbase with their heralded Creature Songs EP. Having sold out London’s Heaven, the band have set their sights on their next conquest - Shepherd’s Bush Empire, traditionally a marker for a band’s ascent into stardom. Wolf Alice have been ready for those heights for months – after perfecting their craft in the studio since the summer, 2015 is the year they’ll stake claim to the throne.

General On Sale – 28th November 9am

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Set times: SHARON 21.00 / SAM AMIDON 20.00

May 2014 brought about the release of Van Etten's fourth record, Are We There on Jagjaguwar. Van Etten self-produced the record with Stewart Lerman. The record includes Torres' Mackenzie Scott, Shearwater's Jonathan Meiburg, Lower Dens' Jana Hunter and Efterklang affiliate Peter Broderick. Van Etten said some of the instruments in the recording of the album were used by John Lennon and Patti Smith. The album was recorded at Hobo Sound Studios in Weehawken, New Jersey and at Electric Lady Studios in New York City.

"The social orbit surrounding Sharon Van Etten has sometimes felt like the world's most exclusive musicians' club, jam-packed with singers, multi-instrumentalists and producers who in the past helped propel a force from within her that others would normally hide from. Whilst collaboration remains her source of creativity, it's no longer the sole-driver for it. The growing pains have subsided, the training wheels have come off and now she is the one steering the ship - Sharon Van Etten is here.

In many ways, like the three before them, her upcoming album, Are We There, is an open book, though depending on what page you open to, that book seems like you're reading the transcripts of a private confession, a relentless satire, or a fictional tale. The most revealing in her new delivery is how she captures an eternal tension in her words, steering them both poetically and provocatively" The 405

Support: Sam Amidon

Hudson Taylor release their new single ‘Chasing Rubies on October 19th on Polydor Records and are currently finishing their debut album which is set for release early next year.

/ Hudson Taylor 9.15pm

/ Southern 8.25pm

/ Jack Morris 7.50pm

Damon Albarn is a master of smaller, independent, venues. His engaging style and warmth fills even the cosiest of venues, but you never get the feeling his ego or acoustic prowess will extend beyond the walls of this intimate, gothic, Bristol setting. This engagement did however extend into the consciousness of the audience that night, with everyone a riding high on a sense that the former Blur frontman will remember the evening as much as the punters as he blasted out Last Living Souls accompanied by his band, The Heavy Seas.

Next came the dedication of the Gorrilaz’s number Slow Country to Massive Attack which harked back to not only the venues status as the birthplace of the Bristol Sound, but also to alluring atmosphere that has drawn in the aforementioned trip-hop artists and The Prodigy amongst others. Securing these acts is a result of Trinity’s strong musical heritage, and the passion for the intimate, incognito, atmosphere that artists of the calibre of Damon Albarn obviously have.

His crowd pleasing encore involved an 8 strong gospel choir from East London, who supported 2 new songs; Mr Tembo and Heavy Seas of Love. But what got the crowd romping and jumping was a version of Gorillaz’s Clint Eastwood that featured Bristol-based paramedic K*Ners, who when he is not rescuing the sick, rescued the hip-hop sections of the song due to a last minute drop out of Damon’s preferred Snoop Dogg wannabe.

It was refreshing to see Albarn finish on the soporifically sombre - This is a Low, which was both the low note, and the high point, of this particular performance.

Review by John Barker, Trinity Trustee

Image by www.lifelivephotography.com

LA’s Banks ploughs a polished furrow in deeply personal themes delivered as powerful sultry vocals over often fervently moody electronica.

On this UK tour she has been joined by LuckyMe’s resident DJ and darling of Rinse FM and Radio One, Eclair Fifi, here ushering in the audience with a selection that mines the seam where r’n’b meets bleeding edge, post-dubstep production. It’s an at once accessible and thrilling alliance - and the perfect fanfare for a visiting artist that has leant so heavily on the production values of the UK’s taste-making underground.

Taking the stage to sinister scene-setter Before I Ever Met You, backlit and misted in dry ice, the slight American cuts a gothic silhouette as she sashays back and forth from the shadows.

On stage, Banks is flanked by two musicians, one at a drum kit, the other alternating between keys and guitar, augmenting the backing track. There is a synergy at play here, and with a lighting production that perfectly encapsulates the intensity of her sound, the show is at once intimate and powerful.

Following the haunting This Is What It Feels Like Now the more upbeat Change reveals a little of the true vocal power our host can wield. Then just when it seems the whole evening might be trotted out in the same vain she lets rip on Brain.

Perhaps because this is the first night of the tour, from this point we see a more relaxed and confident performance. We are treated to a debut airing and a little more in the way of conversation as the mood gradually lightens through Warm Water towards something of a soulful, even sunny, groove.

The dark and light of ‘Waiting Game’ brings the night full circle before our host announces her last of the evening is to be another 'world premier', a mild disappointment of crude r’n’b-informed pop, perhaps hinting at a more American aesthetic for the forthcoming album.

This would be a shame, for us in the UK at least, as it is through the unapologetic intelligence and atmospherics of her material to date that she stands a greater longevity in hearts and minds over here.

by Mark Edmundson

Tonight in Bristol their sound was deep and loud (especially in "Monkey" from The Great Destroyer). Steve Garrington's bass was almost cruel in its precision and resonance. Alan Sparhawk's guitars roared when they weren't whispering. He was in truculent communion with the universe, expressing his normal laconic wit in wordless gestures and physical moves. "For your boys in Dubai…" was his shrugged opening line, introducing the unsettling "Plastic Cup" from the new album. He is a very handsome man.

Mimi Parker sang her songs and harmonies as beautifully as only she can, repressing something that wasn't being said by giving nothing away. Sixteen songs and two encores were presented – and they were all magnificent. The Trinity audience were reverentially silent (and the last words of the last song "I Hear Goodnight" were whispered – but every bit as audible as the shrugs)

The new album "The Invisible Way" was threaded through some of the best know classics like "Canada" and "Walk Into The Sea". The new songs maintained the high quality and intensity that Low's admirers expect. Trinity's audience were spellbound throughout .

Hibronix, a project of David Blumberg, formerly of Yuck, opened the evening with three big pieces of slurred and slowed Sparklehorse-like drone , supported on two by sidemen Sparhawk and Garrington. ("my backing band", he quipped) . What a very good night it was.

Sam Saunders

joined by Rider Shafique

Lead by Pete Cunningham, known for his work as proud protector of Bristolian heritage and support of  local visual and musical talent, Ishmael Ensemble create stirring ambient invocations, club-ready percussive workouts, spiralling grooves, and hazy psychedelic electronica. Their new album, Visions Of Light, assures us the future of Bristol’s musical legacy is in more than capable hands.

Food will be available throughout the event. Social distancing rules apply. Tickets are for tables of up to 6 people.

This is a seated event as part of our Garden Sessions - featuring some of the best artists and promoters from Bristol and beyond, all playing in our new outdoor venue, set in the historic grounds of Trinity.

The Garden Session are supported through the Cultural Recovery Fund #HereForCulture

Please note, this is a standing show

Please read our COVID-19 Safety Policy for information on attending events during this time.

+ support from Sunun

Lead by Pete Cunningham, known for his work as proud protector of Bristolian heritage and support of  local visual and musical talent, Ishmael Ensemble create stirring ambient invocations, club-ready percussive workouts, spiralling grooves, and hazy psychedelic electronica. Their new album, Visions Of Light, assures us the future of Bristol’s musical legacy is in more than capable hands.

Food will be available throughout the event. Social distancing rules apply. Tickets are for tables of up to 6 people.

This is a seated event as part of our Garden Sessions - featuring some of the best artists and promoters from Bristol and beyond, all playing in our new outdoor venue, set in the historic grounds of Trinity.

The Garden Session are supported through the Cultural Recovery Fund #HereForCulture

Capturing the wild sound and infectious dance riddim vibes of the Shona language, Kutamba mix their love of Zimbabwean music with a western fusion. From fiery rhythms to soul clenching melodies, Kutamba take to our stage to share their joyful, high energy vibes.

Bristol friends, True Strays, use the rights and wrongs of the past to paint a brighter, hope-filled future. Their music is a cathartic celebration of alternative roots Americana and blues rock; making sounds for an America that didn't quite exist.

Food will be available throughout the event. Social distancing rules apply. Tickets are for tables of up to 6 people.

This is a seated event as part of our Garden Sessions - featuring some of the best artists and promoters from Bristol and beyond, all playing in our new outdoor venue, set in the historic grounds of Trinity.

The Garden Session are supported through the Cultural Recovery Fund #HereForCulture

Timedance owner Batu has carved out a unique sound for himself, grounded in British bass bin principles. Relentlessly forward thinking, Batu pushes his sound in adventurous was to create a signature aesthetic in electronic music.

Bristol duo Cando, made up of DJ/producer Chad Leotaud and his production partner Owen Roberts, entered the scene with a debut  release for heavy-weight Bristol techno label Livity Sound. Together, their sound is best described as UK funky influenced percussive pressure, combining surging bass with a blend of Afro-tech drums and blissful synth motifs.

Food will be available throughout the event. Social distancing rules apply. Tickets are for tables of up to 6 people.

This is a seated event as part of our Garden Sessions - featuring some of the best artists and promoters from Bristol and beyond, all playing in our new outdoor venue, set in the historic grounds of Trinity.

Daytime Session: 2-5pm

Evening Session: 6-9pm (SOLD OUT)

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The Garden Session are supported through the Cultural Recovery Fund #HereForCulture

Please note, this is a standing show