inSYNC | 2017 October

inSYNC’s ‘Needed’ Track of the Week: ‘Happy Hour’ by Weezer

October 30, 2017 No Comments Tobi Stidolph

US rock band Weezer has popped up with another studio album just eighteen months after their release of tenth record ‘Weezer (White Album)’. This is arguably one of the band’s best albums and so expectations have been high for ‘Pacific Daydream’, which was released last Friday. We were lucky enough

Featured Review: Jehst at The Marble Factory, Bristol

October 30, 2017 No Comments Tom Evans

Though the boom bap productions, sampling and scratching that typify UK hip-hop originated in the US, the setting here could not be more different. Far from the high-rise projects of Brooklyn and even further from the hot sun and golden beaches of California, hip-hop fans gathered in Bristol for the

The Smyths at The Old Fire Station, Bournemouth

October 26, 2017 No Comments Tobi Stidolph

It is The Smiths that helped popularise and define British music culture during the 1980s, producing four critically acclaimed LPs over their short five-year life. The Manchester five-piece were beloved by many but by the release of their fourth studio album in 1987 tensions between frontman Morrissey and lead guitarist Johnny Marr

inSYNC’s ‘Needed’ Track of the Week: ‘Little Dark Age’ by MGMT

October 23, 2017 No Comments Tobi Stidolph

American indie rock band MGMT have appeared with a brand new single named ‘Little Dark Age’. The group have been quiet since the release of their self-titled 2013 album and subsequent world tour. The new tune is the title track to the group’s recently announced fourth studio album. The exact

Jehst Hits Bristol’s Marble Factory Tonight

October 19, 2017 No Comments Tom Evans

Few artists can be as ubiquitous with their respective genres as is Jehst, who plays the Marble Factory in Bristol this Thursday, with the UK hip hop scene. Following the release of his eagerly anticipated album Billy Green is Dead earlier this year, Jehst is touring the country, having already

Preview: Simple Things, Bristol

October 17, 2017 No Comments Tobi Stidolph

Returning for the seventh year in a row, Bristol’s Simple Things Festival offers a diverse lineup of artists spread throughout the city’s most interesting and best live venues. Taking place on October 21st, Simple Things is a collaboration between some of Bristol’s best music promoters incorporating the most loved venues

inSYNC’s ‘Needed’ Track of the Week: ‘Dreams’ by Beck

October 16, 2017 No Comments Tobi Stidolph

Beck is one of the most successful recording artists of all time producing twelve studio albums and selling over sixteen million records worldwide. The forty-seven-year-old’s newest LP, ‘Colors’, is his first since 2014. Our ‘Needed’ track this week is ‘Dreams’, the first single that Beck released for the album. This pop

Odesza at The O2 Kentish Town Forum, London

October 16, 2017 No Comments Tobi Stidolph

Due to their unstoppable growing presence in the electronic music scene, the Grammy-nominated duo, Odesza, finally made a comeback to headline their biggest tour in the UK at the O2 Kentish Town Forum in London. The announcement of their eagerly-awaited world tour across Australia, Europe and North America followed the

inSYNC’s ‘Needed’ Track of the Week: ‘Joli Mai’ by Daphni

October 9, 2017 No Comments Tobi Stidolph

Canadian electronic music producer Dan Snaith, better known as Caribou, has just released his second studio album under his secondary artist moniker Daphni. It’s the thirty-nine-year old’s first helping of new music as Daphni since 2012, and his first LP in three years. This techno-inspired electronica album shows the best in

Motion In:Motion Series 2017 Opening Party

October 5, 2017 No Comments Tom Welch

After a long nine months of waiting, the highly anticipated Bristol In:Motion Series has begun. The lineup was released in late July and has been the talk of Bristol’s underground music scene. With a range of top quality dance music spanning from drum & bass to techno and world-renowned DJs