15 shows to look forward to at Colston Hall

Ever eclectic, the autumn music array at the Bristol institution is as dynamic a mix as ever. The coming months bring a loose cinematic theme to the masses with live soundtracks and film-inspired gigs to entice you out of the house as the evenings draw in.

1: Xiu Xiu plays the music of Twin Peaks, October 3 at The Lantern
Jamie Stewart’s experimental pop band, Xiu Xiu, pay “due-diligent but beautifully damaged homage” to the unmistakable score for Twin Peaks, with emphasis on the chaos, drama and fear.
www.colstonhall.org/shows/xiu-xiu-plays-the-music-of-twin-peaks/

2: Akua Naru, October 16 at The Lantern
Associated with artist movements such as the 90’s hip hop era and acts such as Lauryn Hill and The Roots, Akua Naru performs with The DIGFLO Band, a six-piece ensemble, with classic boom bap hip hop sounds, socially conscious rhymes, and jazz-soul elements.
www.colstonhall.org/shows/akua-naru/

3: Yo La Tengo, October 18
The New Jersey natives present ‘Stuff Like That There’, the band’s fourteenth album in 30 years. “Listening to the group’s records feels a little like eavesdropping on a private performance, whilst going to see the trio live often feels more like spending an evening with old friends,” says Drowned in Sound.
www.colstonhall.org/shows/yo-la-tengo/

4: Bassekou Kouyaté and Ngoni Ba, October 20 at The Lantern
“The best rock’n’roll band in the world” (The Independent) turn up the volume for latest offering Ba Power. Led by Malian lute master Bassekou Kouyaté, Ngoni Ba create “an extraordinary array of sounds from a spindly metallic plinking to a grinding bluesy roar” (The Daily Telegraph).
www.colstonhall.org/shows/bassekou-kouyate-and-ngoni-ba/

5: Asian Dub Foundation’s THX1138, October 21
Asian Dub Foundation present their new live soundtrack to the dystopian fantasy THX 1138, a group celebrated for their brilliant live shows and their trademark fusion of punk, electronic beats, reggae, bhangra and hip-hop. This event is a 12a certificate.
www.colstonhall.org/shows/asian-dub-foundations-thx1138/

6: DaM-FunK, October 23 at The Lantern
Los Angeles ‘Ambassador of Boogie Funk’ and Snoop Dogg collaborator, D?m-Funk brings his modern funk to the The Lantern through his arsenal of vintage synths and drum machines.
www.colstonhall.org/shows/dam-funk/

7: Destroyer, November 2 at The Lantern
Canadian indie-rock stalwarts Destroyer return with new album Poison Season, having won universal acclaim in 2011 for their “funny,tragic, artful, and ultimately true” (Pitchfork) album Kaputt. Melodic verve, nimble arrangements, and a certain blue-eyed soul sadness
www.colstonhall.org/shows/destroyer/

8: The Hot 8 Brass Band, November 3 at The Lantern
Expect “undiluted nourishment for the soul” (The Big Issue) as the purveyors of brass-tinged party music dole out hefty helpings of “swaggering jazz, raucous funk, second line strut and hip-hop attitude” (MOJO).
www.colstonhall.org/shows/the-hot-8-brass-band/

9: Julia Holter, November 10 at The Lantern
“This is wild music, a celestial cabaret that absorbs and unsettles,” says NME of the LA avant-garde performer’s third album, inspired by Colette’s 1944 novella Gigi.
www.colstonhall.org/shows/julia-holter/

10: In Dreams: David Lynch Revisited, November 19
Sound is a vital component of David Lynch’s films – his carefully chosen songs conveying his characters’ mental states. In Dreams immerses the audience into the mood and atmosphere of Lynch’s universe, with landmark instrumental tracks and exciting new versions of songs from his films.
www.colstonhall.org/shows/in-dreams-david-lynch-revisited/

11: Herbert, November 20 at The Lantern
Electronic pioneer Herbert returned this year with new album The Shakes, his first dance album in almost a decade, a sequel to his much-lauded Bodily Functions album.
www.colstonhall.org/shows/herbert/

12: Laurel Halo with Peverelist and Asusu (Livity Sound), November 27 at The Lantern
The music of Michigan-born, Berlin-based artist Laurel Halo “flickers between ’90s-era IDM fussiness, warped hypnagogic sentimentality and actual club music”, says Pitchfork.
www.colstonhall.org/shows/laurel-halo-friends/

13: The Maccabees, November 28
The south Londoners set out on tour in support of their chart-topping album, Marks to Prove It. “It’s a beautifully crafted album,” says NME, “with Orlando [Weeks’] lyrics their strongest ever.”
www.colstonhall.org/shows/the-maccabees/

14: Sheelanagig’s Christmas Shindig, December 18
Celebrating 10 years of Sheelanagig and all things Balkan, gypsy and jazzy. The band have travelled far and wide and are now ready to bring the music home to celebrate a decade’s worth of mayhem and madness,
www.colstonhall.org/shows/sheelanagigs-christmas-shindig/

15: Global Beat – New Year’s Eve Party, with Submotion Orchestra & Ibibio Sound Machine + more to be announced, December 31
Colston Hall presents its third New Year shindig, this time a riot of sound and colour as we go global to take revellers into 2016 headlined by Submotion Orchestra with their raucous fusion of soul, jazz, reggae, electronica and dubstep. Earlybird tickets now available.
www.colstonhall.org/shows/global-beat-new-years-eve-party/

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